THE TEAM
Elisabeth L. Marchant, Founder and CEO 
Elisabeth L. Marchant is a change agent – this is at the core of every one of her many accomplishments – that ability to identify opportunities and provide transformative leadership to realize her vision. The Founder and CEO of Womenetics, embodies a true visionary spirit – someone who's synthesized the challenges she's faced as an individual professional woman with her experiences and rewards gained domestically and internationally, to coalesce and reinvest almost two decades of thought-capital with the launch of Womenetics. Since 2009, Womenetics has developed into a global media platform, reaching readers in more than 140 countries. Their executive events bring global thought leaders from every aspect of business and society together for the enrichment of attendees. Their online platform is infused with relevant and substantive content that reaches a global audience.
A product of being educated in an atmosphere that fostered independent thinking women, combined with continued studies here and abroad – at the university systems of Montreal at McGill University, New York City at The Parsons School of Environmental Design and at The Sorbonne, in Paris – Elisabeth has achieved a level of experience that is truly inspirational.
A lifelong entrepreneur, Marchant's professional experience began in a family-owned business specializing in construction and manufacturing. After 15 years and reaching the position of President and CEO, she went into business for herself and entered the publishing and media industry, launching her first endeavor with b3 Magazine, a national technology publication targeted at C-level executives; a success which led to the production of 15 annual executive conferences throughout the United States.
With growing recognition in the industry, Marchant became publisher of Business to Business magazine at The Leader Publishing Group where she founded Atlanta Woman magazine, subsequently praised for its inspiration, standards and encouragement of women in the workplace. Marchant was later named President and CEO and was responsible for four titles, 12 custom publications and 45 annual events.
In 2005, she joined Multicast Media Networks, an international leader specializing in broadband media. There, she served as executive director for the corporate and nonprofit division of the company.
While Elisabeth Marchant will tell you that her greatest reward has been the transformative effect of Womenetics on individual women and the visionary organizations embracing their lesson and message, it's worth noting that Marchant has been recognized by her peers through numerous community honors, including the YWCA's Academy of Women Achievers, the Atlanta Business Chronicle's Top 10 Women in Business.
A member of the 2004 Class of Leadership Atlanta, she is deeply involved in her community, having served on boards for the Atlanta Community Food Bank, the Henry W. Grady Hospital Foundation and the board of governors of The Buckhead Club and the Chair's Council of the Atlanta Women's Foundation.
Bonnie Chapman, Director of Sales 
Bonnie Chapman is the director of sales for Womenetics. As former sales manager for Atlanta Woman, Chapman continues her endeavors to support and inspire professional women. She has a broad range of radio sales experience, having acted as national sales manager for CBS Radio's 92.9 dave fm, general sales manager for WTSH-FM, and senior account executive for ABC Radio's WKHX-FM. Previously, she was a senior executive for Interep Radio, working as vice president/sales for ABC Radio and CBS Radio, as well as manager for Allied & Major Market Radio. A graduate of the University of Georgia, she is a former president of the Atlanta Broadcast Advertising Club and currently serves as an active fund-raiser for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
Janece Shaffer, Senior Editor
Janece Shaffer brings more than 20 years of communications and marketing experience to her position as senior editor of Womenetics.
Most recently, Shaffer spent nine years as national director of communications with The NAMES Project Foundation, the international caretaker of The AIDS Memorial Quilt, where she was responsible for developing communication, fundraising, and marketing strategies to advance the work of the Nobel Prize-nominated memorial.
In addition to her work in the field of communications, Shaffer is an award-winning, professionally produced playwright who has spent the last decade creating powerful, honest and often humorous works about women – women as professionals, as mothers, as wives and as friends. Her plays have been produced in theatres across the country including the Asolo Repertory Theatre, Sacramento Theatre Company and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
Four of Shaffer’s plays: “Broke,” “Managing Maxine,” “Bluish” and “He Looks Great in a Hat” received their world premieres at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, the largest regional theater in the Southeast. In addition, Shaffer’s play “Brownie Points,” winner of the 2010 Gene Gabriel Moore Best New Play Award, debuted at Atlanta’s Theatrical Outfit under the direction of Jasmine Guy. “Brownie Points” has since been produced at Seattle’s Taproot Theatre and will be presented at San Diego’s Lamb Players in the spring of 2012.
Earlier in her career, Shaffer was the director of creative services at the Alliance Theatre, and she was also employed at Emory University, first in the Office of News and Information and then at the Michael C. Carlos Museum.
Shaffer holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s degree in communications from Georgia State University. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Alliance Theatre and is the co-founder of Overture, a program that works to expose high school students to professional theater.
Ellen Adair Wyche, Director of Programs 
As head of public relations and event management, Ellen Adair Wyche develops and executes the Womenetics community image with thoughtful strategic counsel and a wide breadth of community knowledge. She brings more than 30 years of experience representing corporate, institutional, educational, arts, and entertainment clients and has made “building community” the defining center of her career.
After serving in a variety of public relations roles in corporate, civic, and agency settings, Wyche founded The Wyche Group in 2003. She now leads her team to achieve consistently powerful results while building an impeccable reputation with clients, media professionals, vendors, and others.
A graduate of Emory University, Wyche has been active in the Atlanta community since 1977 through such groups as The Trust for Public Land, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, and the Alzheimer’s Society of Atlanta. In 2008, she was named one of The Top 25 Atlantans to Watch by Atlanta Business magazine.
Jessica Wilbanks, Marketing & Conferences Coordinator
Jessica Wilbanks, marketing & conferences coordinator for Womenetics, graduated from Georgia College and State University with a bachelor’s in liberal studies in the areas of mass communication, Spanish, sociology, and computer-based information systems.
Wilbanks is responsible for a variety of functions including project management and events coordinator, communications, marketing materials, graphic design, and editorial liaison.
With a passion for community service, Wilbanks is a provisional member of Junior League Atlanta in addition to other volunteer activities. She is a Zeta Tau Alpha and founding member of the Kappa Upsilon chapter.
