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Presenter: Kathy Kinney and Cindy Ratzlaff

Kathy Kinney,who may best be known for her iconic role as “Mimi” on the ABC hit seriesThe Drew Carey Show, has appeared in dozens of TV shows includingLois and Clark, The Newhart Show, The Larry Sanders Show, Seinfeld, Whose Line Is It Anyway, My Name Is Earl, The Secret Life of the American Teenager?andFargo?(season 2). She has appeared in such films as?Parting Glances, Scrooged, Three Fugitives, Stanley & Iris, This Boy’s Life?and?Arachnophobia. With her background in improvisational comedy, she has performed extensively in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand, Caesars Palace and the Mirage with Drew Carey and the Improv All-Stars as well as tours with the USO in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the Persian Gulf. She is the co-author, along with her friend Cindy Ratzlaff, of three books,Queen of Your Own Life: The Grown-up Woman’s Guide to Claiming Happiness and Getting the Life You Deserve;Queenisms: 101 Jolts of Inspiration?and?Queen of Your Own Life: If Not Now, When??She also co-created a page-a-day calendar featuring?Queenisms, which are short inspirational sayings combined with vintage photos. Kathy is the star and co-producer of the award-winning website for children?MrsP.com, which promotes creativity, literacy and the joy of reading. She is also an education ambassador for Skype.

Author, speaker and entrepreneur?Cindy Ratzlaff?was named to the?Forbes?“20 Best Branded Women on Twitter” list, and?Forbes Woman?called her one of the?“Most Influential Women Tweeting about Entrepreneurship.” During her 20-plus years as a marketing executive with Simon & Schuster and Rodale, Cindy created branded marketing and PR campaigns that ushered more than 200 books onto the?New York Times?bestseller lists. She was named to theAd Age “Marketing 50” list for the launch campaign behind?The South Beach Diet,?which went on to sell more than two million copies. Cindy’s essays on happiness have appeared on Oprah.com and CNN.com, and her articles on social marketing can be read on BusinessInsider.com. She is the co-author, with her friend Kathy Kinney, of three books,?Queen of Your Own Life: The Grown-up Woman’s Guide to Claiming Happiness and Getting the Life You Deserve,?Queenisms: 101,?Jolts of Inspiration?and?Queen of Your Own Life: If Not Now, When??By licensing the contents of her Facebook page,?Queen of Your Own LifeTM,?Queenisms?are now available as a page-a-day calendar. Cindy speaks to conferences such as BookExpo America, the Pennsylvania Conference for Women, Romance Writers of America, Ernst & Young, Texas Conference for Women, among others, on the topics of happiness, personal branding and creating a digital footprint. She engages daily with more than 450,000 people through her popular Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blog sites.