The Founder of Gloria Jean Coffee

Hire Gloria Jean

...to sit on your board of directors

Gloria Jean currently sits on the Board of Directors for Bright Star Inc. She is a successful business leader that can sit on your board or to speak to your group.

...to speak to your group

Gloria Jean has accepted many invitations to speak to a variety of different groups and communities to witness her success. Gloria Jean provides leadership techniques with her motivational and inspirational talks. Gloria Jean will also be available after the talk to speak to individualy for a short period.

Gloria Jean was a panel member at the International Women's Conference for the Women's Business Development Center sponsored by the Chicago Sun-Times

How to Sell Your Business and Put it Behind You
Entrepreneurial Women's Conference
Professional Women in Food Service
Gloria Jean is available to sit on your Board of Directors.
Gloria Jean has added spiritual speaking to many of the churches, snagogues and charities.

If you would like to have Gloria Jean come speak to your Affiliation, Business or Community, please fill out the request form by following the link below:

Speaking Topics Include...

Her Huge Success Story of a Cup of Coffee

She will tell you how she had to fight the big guys and prove to them that coffee is a good thing. Her troubles and loses but how the fight was won. How she made coffee and the color green, the signature of a great store. Why they decided to franchise, and how that saved the day.

Fighting Up the Ladder from Bernard Street

She grew up poor on the Northwest side of Chicago. She will share her memories and how a poor girl without a college education can work herself up to being a household name. She will tell you about her first business a beauty shop, which she also ran for 12 years while Gloria Jean’s was growing. She swears being a hairdresser was her best education. She will make you laugh and you will be enthralled by her heart-warming stories.

Her newest Battle With Cancer

Just when she thought life would be really good and she could sit back and enjoy life after selling Gloria Jean's, her husband asked for a divorce by fax and a couple years later she finds breast cancer. She approaches this with the same energy and positive thinking she has everything else in her life. She never loses her of sense humor, which she swears is her secret to her success.
Gloria Jean speaks openly about her war with cancer and the importance of showing no fear and your need to run to your doctor. Fear lets cancer grow.

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Some of Gloria's Awards and Press
(Too numerous to list them all here)

This outstanding growth had earned Gloria Jean the "1991 Illinois Entrepreneur of the Year" honors from Inc. magazine.
Success magazine ranked Gloria Jean’s among the "Best Managed Franchises."
Entrepreneur magazine ranked Gloria Jean’s as the # 1 Best Gourmet Coffee Franchiser"
The New York Times, "Gloria Jean’s Leads the Specialty Coffee Stampede"8/11/91.
Other awards include the National Association of Women Business Owner "Top 25" award among many others.
Gloria Jean has also had feature articles in the New York Times as well as in the Chicago Women's Today magazine.