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Errand Solutions founder and CEO Marsha McVicker has a solid background in supply chain management, communications, strategy and channel development, financial analysis and marketing. Her experience includes work as a public affairs consultant and more than six years as a communications director on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Marsha has her Supply Chain Management and Entrepreneurship MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a Logistics Analyst for Jewel Osco, a division of Albertson’s in Chicago, Illinois. As a result of concepts covered in her academic study and her logistics experience, Marsha came to the realization that many concierge models in the market are inefficient and expensive. As a participant in the Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE) program at the University of Wisconsin, Marsha was able to test the feasibility of Errand Solutions and develop the company's current model, which is both efficient and affordable. As a result, Errand Solutions received Wisconsin's first ever e-commerce technology development loan from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce. Marsha has been featured in i-Street Magazine and The Chicago Sun-Times as one of Chicago’s Women in Black, 26 most prominent women in Chicago’s high-tech community; she is profiled in the book You Need To Be A Little Crazy, by serial entrepreneur, Barry Moltz. Marsha is also a proud member of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization, SHRM, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, and she has been a guest lecturer at a variety of conferences and in academic settings, including the Women’s Business Development Center, Premier Patient Services Conference and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Additionally, Marsha has been interviewed by Robert Reich for National Public Radio’s Future of Success series; and she has been featured/profiled in many publications including the following: In Business Magazine, Crain’s, Madison Business Journal, Wisconsin State Journal, and the Chicago Sun-Times. As Errand Solutions' CEO, Marsha focuses on creating and sustaining corporate growth, managing investor relations, and identifying and interacting with Board members and other advisors. | 