SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES   A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z Anne M. Janiak Women’s Enterprise Development Center Inc. Anne M. Janiak is the Executive Director of the Women's Enterprise Development Center Inc. (WEDC), a non-for-profit microenterprise development organization in White Plains, NY that helps women achieve economic self-sufficiency through small business development. She has been WEDC’S Executive Director since its founding in 1997 and has been active in women’s issues, local government & public policy matters in Westchester County for more than 25 years. She is a former Mayor of the Village of Scarsdale and serves as the Executive Director of the Westchester Municipal Officials Association. She is also a former President of the Scarsdale League of Women Voters and a former chair of the Westchester County’s Women Advisory Board. She has received several honors in recognition of her work to promote women’s business ownership including the Lillian Vernon Award from the Westchester Association of Women Business Owners and the Women's History Month Award from the African American Chamber of Commerce of Westchester and Rockland Counties. In 2005 she was inducted into Westchester County’s Women’s Hall of Fame. She has a BA in Secondary Education from the Pennsylvania State University and a MA in Women’s History from Sarah Lawrence College.