Our publications are provided to women free of charge in over 4500 convenient local locations and at community events. The ability to offer our publications free of charge to millions of women annually is thanks to local business sponsors who purchase advertising space to support our mission.

Our organization is committed to supporting non-profit and charitable organizations in the community and has done so by donating large portions of space in their publications and sponsoring numerous events to build community awareness of these organizations and the causes they serve. As of the January 2008 issues, Empower Woman Publications has eclipsed the $275,000 mark in promotional expenses dedicated to organizations such as the Alzheimer's Foundation, American Cancer Society, Arthritis Foundation, Avon Walk, Y-Me Breast Cancer Organization, and Race for the Cure to name a few. Additionally, Empower Woman Publications sponsors multiple events annually that raise both awareness and funds for charitable organizations.

Empower Woman Publications' goal for the future is to continue providing women with cutting edge information, education and resources to empower them and to expand our readership even further. Women are the primary consumer decision makers in most households. Our advertisers recognize the tremendous influence and buying power that women represent in our communities. Local businesses and service providers are able to grow their businesses effectively with the sought after space within the pages of our publications for high exposure to their target audience; women.

Clients Include: Small businesses, individual service providers, members of the medical, health and fitness community including medical service facilities and professionals, national and regional corporations, and charitable organizations.

Judy began her career on Wall Street as a statistical stock analyst after earning her Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Ohio State University. Upon getting married and moving to the Chicagoland area, she worked at Motorola as project manager in the International Finance Department. In 1977, she and her former husband, Mark, established a residential real estate company. The company ultimately grew into a real estate sales, construction, interior design and project development organization which built six major residential and commercial developments and hundreds of new homes and office buildings over a twenty year time period.

Interested in furthering her education after experiencing some personal life challenges within her marriage, Judy attended The Family Institute at Northwestern University for graduate study in 1994. There she earned a Master's Degree in Individual, Marriage and Family Therapy. Upon completion in 1996, she established a psychotherapy practice in Barrington, Illinois, that she still maintains today.

While assisting individuals and families with many of the same issues that she faced herself and included a common theme among them, she sought a way to reach people on a broader scale to address these issues common to men and women. Recognizing that as a single mental health professional she could only offer assistance to one person or family at a time, she yearned to find a way to reach and assist more people, and women especially, with the stresses life presents. With a vision and great passion Judy was able to develop the conceptual ideas that are now represented within the community as highly respected and well received publications that help and empower women. Originally created to help provide guidance, insight and support for women in the area of relationships, family and midlife, the publications grew to encompass all of the life challenges that women face on a regular basis.

Beginning as a one woman operation with the publishing of Chicago Suburban Woman Newspaper in January of 2004, Empower Woman Publications has grown in 4 years to an organization of 12 people producing 4 media publications, Suburban Woman North Shore, City Woman Chicago, Suburban Woman Near West and Empower Woman Online. Initially, Judy handled all firm positions, learning the publishing business from the ground floor up. From sales to accounting and from distributing to editing, Judy worked hard and diligently to create a presence in the market place for her publication.

Our team now includes a Managing Director, Director of Advertising Sales, an Art Director, an Executive Office Manager, multiple full time marketing consultants, a Distribution Manager, a Distribution Coordinator and multiple part-time distributors and data and clerical associates.

In the coming issues and year, Empower Woman Publications is looking forward to continuing to further enhance the company's potential. From improving web medias, to expanding readership, to exploring new geographic markets, to offering improved design and to streamlining services to our clients, our goal is to continue to passionately pursue new avenues of growth, efficiency and development for our clients and for our readers.