JAN B. KING was the president and CEO of Merritt Publishing from 1991 through 1998, transforming this small business into a recognized financial publishing brand and one of the fifty largest woman-owned and run businesses in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal. She is currently a writer and business consultant, who in 2002 received the award for "Outstanding Performance as a Small Business Woman's Advocate" from the SBA/California Small Business Development Centers.