Carolyn Gable, author of Everything I Know as a CEO I Learned as a Waitress, is president and chief executive officer of New Age Transportation, Distribution & Warehousing, Inc., a $28 million third-party logistics company that goes beyond basic transportation services. New Age helps clients identify cost-effective solutions for warehousing and product distribution.After struggling for 12 years as a waitress, Ms. Gable, a determined single mother of two children, walked into an employment office without a college education or prior professional experience and asked for a job in sales. She got a job in customer service for a motor freight company. During the next several years, Ms. Gable worked her way up—first to sales, then to management. Gable founded New Age Transportation in 1989. She started with just one employee, operating off of commissions for arranging freight shipments. In 1999, Gable expanded her freight business to include warehousing. The same year, she landed an account with the director of transportation at Time Warner Cable. Today, New Age Transportation has over 70 employees and is a thriving business with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small, local businesses. Recognizing "a new age is dawning in the trucking business", Ms. Gable developed innovative ways to lower costs, track freight, and offer excellent customer service. Ms. Gable's television appearances include being featured on ABC's 20/20 "The Millionaire Mind", WBBM Chicago's Channel 7 News "Someone You Should Know", and Chicago's WGN News' "Unsung Heroes". She has been the cover story of Sales & Marketing Magazine, Business Week's Small Biz Edition, and Remarkable Woman Magazine. Ms. Gable has also been the subject of articles in newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Daily Herald and USA Today. Ms. Gable has been profiled in magazines such as Crain's Chicago Business, Woman's World, The Inc. Life, Fortune-Online, Broadband Week, National Examiner, Today's Chicago Woman, MSN.com, Pistil, Winning Workplaces and her story appeared in Ladies' Home Journal. Ms. Gable's awards include the 2002 Regional Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the service category, the 2003 Chicago Entrepreneur of the Year Award presented by the University of Illinois, Chicago, the Women of Achievement Entrepreneur Award from the YWCA of Lake County, the National Luminary Award presented by The Mothers In Business Network, the International Alliance of Working Mothers, and the Right Award for Workplace Excellence. Most recently George W. Bush honored Ms. Gable with the Daily Points of Light Award.Ms. Gable has made it a point to give back as her professional fortunes increased. In 2001, she started "Expect A Miracle" Foundation, which provides working single parents with funds to enroll their children in extracurricular activities. A single mother, Gable started the foundation to help give children the opportunities they often miss from being in a one-parent family. Since its inception, "Expect A Miracle" Foundation has reached more than 2,000 children nationwide giving them access to music and dance lessons, sports, and school tutoring as well as other child-related programs. Gable is the mother of seven children ranging from ages 8 to 32 and lives in Kildeer, Illinois.Click here to order Carolyn's book.