Bio for Darcie Harris — Speaker for Women Entrepreneurs
CEO & founder, EWF International ® and Alpha Mare Academy™
An accomplished speaker, trainer, coach and business consultant, Darcie Harris is a champion for women entrepreneurs and business owners.
Darcie is the CEO and founder of EWF International — a company offering peer advisory groups, coaching and consulting for women entrepreneurs and executives — and the Alpha Mare Academy — offering e-courses, podcasts and e-books. Under her leadership, EWF International has grown to four locations and the Alpha Mare Academy provides online education to countless women through the world wide web.
A respected speaker for women entrepreneurs, Darcie finds the fulfillment of her own dreams by encouraging women business owners to think big, pursue their passions and achieve their personal best. In particular, she enjoys teaching leadership skills to woman at all stages in their careers, giving them the encouragement, confidence, and inspiration to grow. She has helped hundreds of women realize their professional dreams.
As a believer in the mantra, “Do what you love and love what you do,” Darcie has incorporated her love of horses and her experience as an equestrian into her leadership training through a talk encouraging women to embrace their power and use it for the greater good. She weaves her love of movies into a leadership course, using movie clips to demonstrate the qualities of women in leadership roles. She loves to read, attend yoga classes and especially loves to cook for friends and family, finding every excuse to gather people around a feast.
Prior to launching EWF International, Darcie managed a 24 hour a day crisis helpline with a staff of five and 250 volunteers. Under her leadership these volunteers faced the darkest days in Oklahoma history on April 19, 1995. Darcie managed the agency crisis response to community needs following the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building providing support and counseling to thousands of Oklahomans devastated by the tragedy.
Her previous roles in sales, marketing and management, combined with her love of learning, give Darcie a breadth of experience in entrepreneurship, strategic planning, project management, organizational structure and people-centered management.
In 2010 Darcie was named Oklahoma Women in Business Champion by the Small Business Administration. Her achievements have been recognized by The Oklahoman, who selected her as one of five finalists for Woman of the Year, by the Edmond, OK Chamber of Commerce who selected her as one of three finalists for Woman of the Year and by WE Magazine when she was named as one of 15 finalists in the We Magazine for Women cover story competition. The Journal Record selected her as one of their 50 Making a Difference candidates for 2010 Woman of the Year.
Darcie serves on the Advisory Council for Harwood International, the Academic Program Advisory Committee for Oklahoma State University–Oklahoma City, on the Leadership Team for the Institute for the Economic Empowerment of Women and Peace Through Business (a program devoted to teaching business skills and providing mentors to women in developing countries). Darcie has traveled twice to Rwanda to present the keynote address and leadership training for Peace Through Business graduates and alumni.
Darcie is a respected media resource on women’s leadership and entrepreneurship and a regular editorial columnist for The Journal Record newspaper, the Executive Women’s Journal (published by EWF International) and is widely published on the internet. She is certified in Conceptual Foundations of Organizational Lifecycles through the Adizes Graduate School for Organizational Transformation and serves on the Advisory Board for Harwood International.
Darcie’s passion for creating a sense of community makes her work a labor of love. She describes her work with women as the most rewarding of her career.