Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 12

7 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 11 GROWTH OF COUNTRY ROADS ANGEL NETWORK CELEBRATED AT NOV. 5 ANNUAL MEETING Hinton Native Stephanie Mathews O’Keefe of the International Women’s Forum, Offers Keynote I nvestors, entrepreneurs and supporters of the state’s only certified angel investment network recently gathered at Summit Bechtel Reserve to celebrate the successes of the Country Roads Angel Network (CRAN) and plan strategies for future business investments and job creation. Judy Moore, managing director of CRAN and executive director of the Beckley-based West Virginia Hive, said the non-profit organization “has become a major positive force in statewide small business development.” She said, “CRAN recently made its third investment in a West Virginia firm and is actively seeking more investors to help additional entrepreneurs who need private capital to grow their start-ups and existing businesses.” Hinton native Stephanie Mathews O’Keefe, CEO of the International Women’s Forum (IWF), a global organization of 7,500 preeminent women leaders in 33 countries, offered a compelling keynote address, “The Transformative Power of Private Capital.” O’Keefe’s career has spanned the private sector, government, and non-profit sector where she has held senior leadership positions at CTIA, the telecom trade association; American Bankers Association; OPENING L INES Stephanie Mathews O’Keefe, CEO of the International Women’s Forum (IWF) Judy Moore, managing director of CRAN and Kevin Combs, Chairman of CRAN’s Board of Directors