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ABOUT US
ABL Leadership
Mimi Grant, President
For over 20 years, Mimi has facilitated ABL's monthly Round Tables
and Membership-wide events, where Members exchange high-level
insights, connections, and practical ideas for each Member's
profitable growth. In addition to shaping the company's strategic
direction, Mimi is the publisher of ABL Online, a weekly
electronic newsletter to help ABL Members stay on the cutting-edge
of the issues that can most significantly impact their businesses.
Mimi took responsibility for ABL's nascent Healthcare division in
1990, when it had 14, LA-based Members. Over the years through ABL's
monthly Round Tables held in Los Angeles, Orange Country, San
Francisco and Dana Point, "Innovations in HealthcareSM"
and other special events, Mimi has been responsible for growing
Membership from San Diego to the Bay Area. She began facilitating
the ABL's Technology Round Tables and directing conference
activities in 1985, and has been particularly involved at the nexus
point of tech-enabled healthcare.
Prior to her involvement in ABL, Mimi co-founded and was President
of Five Star Marketing Services, an advertising/PR firm, and Five
Star Productions, its AV unit. Five Star provided a wide range of
marketing services to over 50 clients in 35 industries. Later, she
founded weCan, the Women's Economic and Career Advancement Network,
for professional development. Mimi began her career with ad agencies
BBD&O and FCB before moving into PR management with Mazda Motors of
America and Knott’s Berry Farm.
Mimi holds a BA in Communication Arts from Loyola-Marymount
University, from which she graduated magna cum laude, and was named
to two national honor societies. She graduated, in 1984, from the
Harvard Business School’s Owner/Presidents Management Program, and
later from the Japan Study Program for International Executives,
conducted in Tokyo and other major industrial cities throughout
Japan. In 1997, Mimi was selected as a Finalist for Ernst & Young's
"Entrepreneur of the Year" Award. She is active in her church, a
member of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association, and a
Trustee of Good Samaritan Hospital, where she serves on the "Patient
Care Excellence" Committee. She and Bob Kelley, her husband of over
32 years, raised their three children to adulthood. |
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