Janice Copeland...
Janice
Copeland knows what it is like to be both a mom
and a career professional. The Leesburg mother is founder
and President of Unlimited Growth Potential, a company
dedicated to helping women create extraordinary personal and
professional lives. Janice's unique experience and style was
gained from over 13 years of management, consulting and
sales expertise which has made her an accomplished coach,
consultant, speaker and trainer. She works with women who
are business and sales professionals, sole proprietors and
stay-at-home moms in areas of entrepreneurship, goal
attainment, leadership and personal growth. She is also the
Washington DC Metro/Northern Virginia Managing Director with
eWomenNetwork, a company recognized as the #1 resource for
connecting and promoting women and their businesses
worldwide.
After graduating from college, Janice decided to join the
then Bell Atlantic Mobile, now Verizon Wireless, as an
Account Executive in Philadelphia, PA instead of working in
Manhattan as she had originally planned. Copeland moved
through several telecom companies and quickly up the ranks
from sales to sales manager to product manager and
eventually Staff Director of Marketing where she was
responsible for a team of over 200 sales professionals.
Copeland tells us, ".It had always been a goal of mine
to become a director in the telecom industry by age 30 and I
am very proud to say that I met that goal!"
On a more personal note, Copeland tells us, "I met
my husband Daniel (a native of Northern Virginia) on the
Internet at ChristianMatchmaker.com.
Later I left a great job, my home and family in Pennsylvania
to move to Northern Virginia. After Sept 11, 2001, I decided
to be true to myself and focus on what was important to me.
I wanted to work from home on something more meaningful,
sharing my passion for excellence, my business ideas, and
supporting women in their quest for success and satisfying
lives. So I started my own business doing just that,"
says Copeland.
Copeland firmly believes that ordinary people can
accomplish extraordinary things with the right information,
support,encouragement and of course, their own desire for
success, commitment to work hard and dedication to seeing
the goal to completion. Copeland goes on to tell us,
"About the time that I launched Unlimited Growth
Potential, I discovered eWomenNetwork, Inc. on the web and
was intrigued and impressed by the group's inspiring mission
and the many successful and dynamic members. I joined right away and
discovered that a Managing Director was needed in this area
to facilitate local monthly networking meetings.. So I took
on that role. Since then our monthly networking events held
at the Tower Club have averaged over 80 success-minded women
in attendance each month! These meetings are extremely
worthwhile in terms of establishing relationships with other
like-minded women and coming together as a group of women
with the same mission: To help each other grow our
businesses and ourselves as individuals. eWomenNetwork, Inc
is the fastest growing membership-based professional women's
organization in North America. The members consciously and
intentionally look for ways to share information, leads,
contacts and business. eWomen represents a whole new
approach which honors how women connect and collaborate with
each other. I wanted to be a part of bringing that positive
networking for women here to the DC Metro area. When asked
to tell FAMILIES Magazine about a rewarding experience,
Copeland said, "In my business, I am blessed to be a
part of rewarding experiences every week! I get to see women
renewed with a new strategic bus plan, I see women who feel
less stress and guilt because they now ensure that their
core values run their actions.. HOW REWARDING! Each month I
see the connections and relationships being made amongst
successful businesswomen at the eWomenNetwork luncheons. I
receive such wonderful positive feedback from the ladies on
each event.. that too is very rewarding! On my personal
side, I work from home and have the freedom to see my son as
he develops everyday, That big smile melts mommy's heart! I
get to lead a new girl's ministry at our church with my
daughter which is a wonderful mother-daughter time! Yes, I
feel most blessed because I am living my life the way I want
to! Each day I get up knowing that I will help someone,
which is incredibly awesome! I also know that I will get
"guilt-free" time with my kids, with no boss
questioning my priorities! I am living out my priorities
daily! This is what being successful is all about!" If you would like to contact Janice to
find out about her company, Unlimited Growth Potential or
her networking group, eWomen, you can reach her by email at coachjanice@aol.com.
If you know of a successful woman and mother that you would
like to submit for a Washington Business Woman Profile in
Washington FAMILIES Magazine, send her name and contact
information to Brenda Hyde at bhyde@familiesmagazines.com
PERSONAL:
Born Nov. 17, 1965 in Pottstown, PA
Married to Daniel Copeland
CHILDREN:
Emily 10; Cameron 7; Zachary 2.
EDUCATION:
Graduated Summa Cum Laude from
Centenary College in Hackettstown NJ in 1987 with a BS
in Fashion
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