JoAnne Shaw

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JoAnne Shaw, president and founder of Coffee Beanery, is a key player in both the coffee and franchising worlds.

In demand as a public speaker, writer, panelist and board member, JoAnne seizes every opportunity to enhance The Coffee Beanery's image and sales. She was a featured speaker at the World Coffee Symposium in Vienna in 1994 and 1997, a panelist speaker at the same annual conference in Venice in 1995 and a featured speaker at the first Franchise Exposition in China in 2000.

JoAnne has received a number of honors and awards for her work on behalf of The Coffee Beanery and as a trailblazing female entrepreneur:

  • First woman to chair the International Franchise Association Board of Directors
  • First recipient of the Bonny Levine Award, given by the International Franchise Association to an individual who has served as a mentor to women
  • Entrepreneur of the Year in Michigan, 1991
  • Finalist, Inc. magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year, 1989 and 1990
  • Lifetime Member, Entrepreneurial Institute
  • Honorary doctoral degree in management, Kettering University, Flint, Michigan
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