Joanne Y. Cleaver

Wilson-Taylor Associates, Inc. is led by Joanne Cleaver. A strategic communication consultant and business journalist, she earned a BSJ from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1980 and an MSJ in 1981, with an emphasis on economic reporting. She has written extensively for consumer and business publications, including Pink, the Chicago Tribune, Crain's Chicago Business, Crain's New York Business, Working Woman, Working Mother, Home Office Computing, Small Business Computing, Ticker, and many others. She has authored seven books: four on business growth and three on family travel. The Career Lattice is scheduled to be published in mid 2012 by McGraw Business.

Designing the groundbreaking Working Woman Top 25 Companies for Executive Women list in 1998 and managing it for five more project cycles led her to develop the proprietary MOVE methodology that equips groups to advocate for women in their industries. This methodology stresses the business imperative for recruiting, retaining and advancing women, because more women means more sales, profits and growth. In 2011, Joanne became certified in the Media Skills methodology of media training.