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Tory Johnson
Founder and CEO
Women for Hire

Career-savvy expert Tory Johnson is the founder and CEO of Women For Hire (www.womenforhire.com), which is the only producer of high caliber recruiting events for women. Johnson is the Workplace Contributor on ABC's Good Morning America, where she reaches millions of viewers on a wide range of job-related issues and career challenges. She is the anchor of Home Work on ABC News Now, the digital channel.

In addition to her television and online segments, Johnson writes regularly for ABCNEWS.com, Yahoo! Shine, and HotJobs on career advancement. She is also a Business & Career Coach for AOL.   She is a frequent speaker to audiences nationwide, ranging from college campuses and Fortune 500 companies to prestigious conferences, where she shares strategies and solutions for finding success and satisfaction at work.  Johnson is also the co-author of four career books, most recently Will Work From Home: Earn the Cash Without the Commute.  

Glamour magazine dubbed Johnson the "raise fairy godmother" because of her expertise in advising a panel of women on how to successfully ask for-and secure-salary increases.

Johnson serves on the Alumni Associaton Board of Directors for Emerson College. She is a member of the Women Presidents' Organization.  Johnson is a mentor to dozens of women throughout the country, providing one-on-one guidance on both career advancement and entrepreneurship. In addition to her high profile work with people displaced in the Gulf states because of Hurricane Katrina, she is an active volunteer for many community-based organizations focusing on women's issues and education. Johnson studied journalism at Emerson College, where she received the 2004 Altshuler Distinguished Fellowship in Communication, Media, and Arts Entrepreneurship and the 2005 Alumni Achievement Award.

Johnson founded Women For Hire after serving in corporate communications positions at ABC News, NBC News and Nickelodeon. She lives in New York City with her husband and children.