MARY CANTANDO

MARY CANTANDO

The Woman’s Advantage®

Young Enterprising Women
Advisory Council
Co-Chair – Raleigh, NC

Mary Cantando has started, led and expanded multimillion-dollar businesses for 35+ years. An acclaimed author, speaker and consultant, she’s written seven books and hundreds of magazine articles.

Mary founded the Woman’s Advantage® Forum www.womansadvantage.com to help women with small businesses grow to the million-dollar level. As an Envoy of the US State Department, she’s helped women in developing countries start and grow microbusinesses.

She is a founder of xElle Ventures www.xelleventures.com, a community of women-led investors funding women-led companies. Mary was inducted into the inaugural class of the North Carolina Woman Business Owners’ Hall of Fame.

Her favorite role is mother, grandmother, and self-proclaimed “high-maintenance wife.”