Margarett best biography

American entrepreneur, CEO, writer and keynote speaker

For other people named Margaret Heffernan, see Margaret Heffernan (disambiguation).

Margaret Heffernan (born 16 June 1955) is an entrepreneur, CEO, writer and keynote speaker. She is currently a professor of Practice at the University of Bath School of Management in the UK.

Heffernan is the former chief executive officer of five businesses and is the writer of five books that explore the areas of business and leadership. She teaches entrepreneurship, mentors executives as part of a leadership development company, and makes presentations for corporations, associations, and universities.

While Heffernan's first two books focused on leadership and entrepreneurship and how they impact women in the workplace, her overarching theme is recognizing and releasing the talent that often lies buried inside organizations, under-valued and under-rewarded because it is unconventional.

Early life

Heffernan was born in the US state of Texas. At some point, her family moved to the Netherlands where she lived for the majority of her childhood. Heffernan and her family later moved to the United Kingdom. She attended Cambridge University and received a Master of Arts degree.

Personal life

Heffernan was awarded an Honorary Degree from the University of Bath in 2011, where she is a regular lecturer in the university's MBA program.

Currently, Heffernan lives in the outskirts of Bath, with her husband and their two children.

Career

In the United States, she worked, bought, sold and ran businesses for CMGI, serving as Chief Executive of iCast Corporation, ZineZone Corporation and I

Margarett Best (born 1958) is a Canadian politician. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election, representing the riding of Scarborough—Guildwood. She is a member of the Liberal Party.

Background

Best, an African Canadian lawyer and community activist, was born in Jamaica. She was educated at the University of Toronto at Scarborough and Osgoode Hall Law School. She holds a Mutual Fund Certificate from the Investment Funds Institute of Canada.

She is a mother, an avid gardener who loves the arts and has a passion for writing. In 2006 she was awarded the African Canadian Achievement Award for excellence in parenting and another African Canadian Award in 2011 for Excellence in Politics.

In 2008, she was conferred with a Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree by the Northern Caribbean University. Best has also received the BBPA Women of Distinction Award and, in October 2009, was bestowed with a 2009 National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada Award in the Distinguished Services category of Equality/Social Justice. She was named one of Canada's most influential women in Sports and Physical Activity in 2010 and received a City of Toronto Diversity Award in 2011.

Politics

A member of the Ontario Legislature, she was appointed Minister of Health Promotion after the 2007 election. Her ministry supports a wide range of programs and services that include chronic disease prevention, physical activity, sport participation, injury prevention and mental wellness.

In 2008, she introduced a bill that would ban smoking in cars when children were present. The bill called the Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act would impose a fine of $250 for transgressors.

In August 2010, the name of the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport was changed to include sports as part of the Ministry's name to reflect the fact that sport was a key component of her Ministerial responsibilities. She was a key part of the team le

Canadian politician

Margarett R. Best is a former Canadian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (MPP) from 2007 to 2013 and represented the riding of Scarborough—Guildwood. She was a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty.

Background

Best, an African Canadian, was born in Jamaica. She was educated at the University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus and Osgoode Hall Law School of York University.

She was a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada Solicitor's Examination Blueprint Committee, the Board of the Women's Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham, Sheena's Place Breakfast Committee, and the College Compensations and Appointment Council.

Politics

Best was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 Ontario election. She was appointed Minister of Health Promotion and Sport by Dalton McGuinty.

In 2008, she introduced legislation banning smoking in cars when children were present. The Bill called the Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act imposed a fine of $250 for transgressors. She was the lead minister in Ontario's successful bid for the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2015 Parapan American Games.

Best was re-elected in the 2011 election. She was the first African-Canadian woman to be re-elected to the Provincial Legislature in the Province of Ontario. Following the election, she was appointed Minister of Consumer Services.

In her capacity as Minister of Consumer Services, she introduced Bill 82, The Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2012, an act to strengthen consumer protection with respect to consumer agreements relating to wireless services accessed from a cellular phone, smartphone or any other similar mobile device. The bill died when McGuinty prorogued the Ontario Legislature in October 2012. Best also did extensive work on re