Maribeth Kuzmeski, MBA   President of Red Zone Marketing

Maribeth Kuzmeski is the author of the bestselling book, The Connectors: How The World's Most Successful Businesspeople Build Relationships and Win Clients for Life (Wiley, September 2009). She is President of the consulting firm, Red Zone Marketing. Maribeth and her firm focus on designing and improving sales and marketing strategies, customer service programs and branding and differentiation strategies for companies from high producing entrepreneurial firms to Fortune 100 companies and business units. The one goal: to increase the consistent flow of sales.

Maribeth is the author of 4 books including, "The Connectors" and "Red Zone Marketing." She has frequently appeared on TV and radio, and has written articles on marketing strategies for hundreds of publications including Business Week and Entrepreneur. She regularly speaks to audiences on topics relating to business development, marketing, and sales strategies. 

Maribeth graduated with a degree in journalism from Syracuse University and has an MBA from The George Washington University. She lives in the Chicago, IL area with her husband Rich and 2 children.