Dawn R. Rivers is the President and CEO of Wahmpreneur Publishing, Inc., and the editor and publisher of The MicroEnterprise Journal. She is a member of the Online New Association and serves on the Executive Advisory Board of Women Impacting Public Policy. In 2003, the Syracuse New York District of the U.S. Small Business Administration named Ms. Rivers as Small Business Journalist of the Year, and she has been selected for annual inclusion in Marquis’ Who’s Who in America® and Who’s Who of American Women®.

Ms. Rivers is also often sought by fellow journalists for her expertise on microbusinesses. She has been a featured guest on Internet radio and podcast shows such as Jim Blasingame’s Small Business Advocate and Small Business Trends Radio with Anita Campbell, and she is a regular contributor to Campbell’s popular Small Business Trends blog. She has also been quoted in articles for such publications as U.S. News & World Report, Information Week, CBS Marketwatch.

Ms. Rivers is intimately acquainted with both the heights and the depths of human endeavor as a result of a life that has spanned just about every socio-economic lifestyle available in this varied country. She rose out of poverty through education, earning an A Better Chance scholarship that sent her to Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia. From there, she attended Princeton and Columbia Universities and went on to work in legal administration for The Atlantic Recording Corporation and for premier Manhattan-based law firm Rosenman & Colin. She recently returned to school and is an honors student at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY, focusing on anthropology and economics.

In addition to her work reporting on news and issues for microenterprises, Ms. Rivers is the author of several books and papers, including E-Commerce For The Unfunded (2001), The Entrepreneurial Economy (2004), and the epic fantasy novel The Rise of The Phoenix (2002).

Ms. Rivers is a single mom currently living in the Catskill Mountains region of upstate New York with her three children.

With a widely varied background that allows her to view the microbusiness phenomenon in the United States from many different perspectives, she brings insight and dedication to her reporting for microbusinesses all across America.

Dawn Rivers is available for speaking engagements, workshop and seminar presentations, issues panel discussions, and interviews. Ms. Rivers can be contacted by telephone at 607-428-0521, or by email at editor@microbusinessnewsbriefs.com.