What if you heard about another woman, who enjoyed all the privileges of an exclusive finishing school followed by an Ivy League university and an exciting career, first in law and then in journalism?

What if I told you that both of those women are Dawn Rivers Baker?

Dawn Rivers Baker is the President and CEO of Wahmpreneur Publishing, Inc., and the editor and publisher of The MicroEnterprise Journal.

Dawn Rivers Baker is a member of the Online New Association and a National Partner of Women Impacting Public Policy, where she serves on its Executive Advisory Board.

Women Impacting Public Policy honored Dawn for her tireless work on behalf of microbusinesses with its 2010 Public Policy Award. In 2003, the Syracuse New York District of the U.S. Small Business Administration named Ms. Baker as Small Business Journalist of the Year, and she has been selected for annual inclusion in Marquis' Who's Who in America®.

Ms. Baker is often sought by fellow journalists for her expertise on microbusinesses. She has been a regular contributor to Small Business Trends and the OPEN Forum (American Express) web blogs. She has also been a featured guest on Internet radio and podcast shows such as Jim Blasingame's Small Business Advocate and has been quoted in articles for such publications as US News & World Report and CBS Marketwatch.

Ms. Baker 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.

In addition to her work reporting on news and issues for microenterprises, Ms. Baker 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. Baker is a divorced single mom living in the Catskill Mountains region of upstate New York with three of her four children. In her community, she is a parent member of the Committee on Special Education for her local school district.

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

Dawn Rivers Baker is available for speaking engagements, issues panel discussions, and interviews. Ms. Baker can be contacted by telephone at 607-428-0521, or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .