Face to Face would like to recognize and thank the following people who have helped shape the Options for Life women's economic empowerment programs.

Michaela Walsh Founder of Women's World Banking. In 1975, following the conference that marked the beginning of the United Nations Decade for Women, Ms. Walsh and a small group of delegates to that conference founded Women's World Banking (WWB), a private, non-profit organization which serves as an intermediary between community organizations, individuals and lending institutions, and provides business management and skill training. She served as President of WWB from 1980 to 1990. Prior to 1980, Michaela Walsh served as Project Director for the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and as a Program Associate with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. She was the first woman partner of Boettcher & Company and the first woman manager of Merrill Lynch International to work in its New York, London and Beirut offices. Ms. Walsh is a member of the Committee of 200, the Financial Women's Association and other institutions which support and encourage the advancement of women in the economy and preservation of the environment.

Dr. Sarah McCue Dr. Sarah McCue has been an adviser to international development institutions on trade development, e-commerce, e-government and ICT since 1996. She was president of the North American Association of Small Business Educators in 1998. Prior to joining the United Nations, she spent several years with the Michigan Small Business Development Center as Director of Research and Publications. Her published books include Internet: Force or Farce?; The Federal Role of National Export Development Organizations; Trade Secrets (published in over 60 countries); Secrets of Electronic Commerce (published in over 40 countries); and E-Commerce Strategy. Dr. McCue is also co-founder of The Remembering Site, a non-profit organization dedicated to allowing anyone anywhere to write and share their life story. She started The Remembering Site because her father died before she could ask him all the questions about his life that she should have.