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Katya Andresen Is Keynote Speaker at J Street Consulting’s Summer Summit

May 29, 2007
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To: BUSINESS EDITORS

Contact: Stephen Johnson for J Street Consulting, +1-703-547- 6754 (Office), or +1-703-798-5236 (Cell), Sjohnson@hirestrategy.com

WASHINGTON, May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Katya Andresen, vice president for marketing at Bethesda, Maryland-based Network for Good and author of the popular book “Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes,” will be the keynote speaker at J Street Consulting’s Summer Summit on Thursday morning, June 7, at the Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington.

The theme of the J Street Summer Summit is: “Make Money AND Do Good: Creating New Revenue Opportunities for Your Charity or Non- Profit Organization.”

Ms. Andresen’s organization, Network for Good (http:// www.networkforgood.org) is the Internet’s leading charitable resource. It includes detailed listings of more than one million U.S. charities and a searchable database of more than 40,000 volunteer opportunities. Network for Good has raised more than $120 million online for more than 25,000 charities since it was founded in 2001 by AOL, Cisco Systems and Yahoo!. Network for Good is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

In addition to Ms. Andresen’s keynote speech, the breakfast event includes a panel discussion including some of the Washington area’s non-profit leaders, including:

— Beth Wohlsen, Assistant Director, Corporate Sponsorship, Wolf Trap

Foundation

— Karen Cleveland, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Northern

Virginia

— Susie Kay, Founder and President, Hoop Dreams

— Mikel Smith Koon, Founder, Mosaik Strategies

— Debra Montanino, Vice President for Resource Development, American

Rivers

The panel will be moderated by Jim Wolfe, Co-Founder of J Street Consulting and Entrepreneur in Residence at George Mason University’s School of Management.

The Summer Summit will run from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The cost is $50.00. For more information and to register for the Summit, visit: http://www.acteva.com/go/jstreet.

About J Street Consulting:

J Street Consulting (http://www.jstreetconsulting.com) is a Washington, DC-based management consulting firm that advises leading companies and non- profit organizations on issues of strategy, marketing, and business development. We are strategic planning specialists who develop marketing and business plans that deliver results. We advise clients on their core business strategy, then develop branding, marketing plans and programs to fit that strategy. J Street also implements these plans through our network of marketing resources. We bring discipline from the Fortune 500, and creativity from entrepreneurial startups, to every relationship.

SOURCE J Street Consulting

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