TIMELINE

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1962: Born on May 8th in Warren, Michigan, near "8 Mile"
1967: Moved to Sterling Heights, Michigan
1971: Wrote and created book of haiku poetry
1972: Double-promoted in mid-4th grade to 5th grade
1973: Tested like a high school sophomore in the 6th grade
1973: Selected for Oakland U.'s Young Authors' Conference
1973: Earned every Girl Scout badge except one
1973: Wrote letter to the editor published in The Detroit News
1975: Wrote poem read at assistant principal's funeral
1976: Elected sophomore class treasurer
1977: Elected junior class treasurer
1978: Named to The Detroit News' Student Press Club
1978: Won Michigan Press Association Award of Excellence
1978: Won Varsity Award for Girls Track
1978: Wrote letter to the editor published in The Detroit News
1978: Moved to St. Charles, Illinois
1978: Admitted for membership in American Mensa
1978: Waited on Guinness world record holder for dining out
1979: Named co-editor-in-chief of high school newspaper
1979: Earned highest "All-American" status for school paper
1979: Won regional VFW's "Voice of Democracy" Award
1979: National Semi-Finalist, Miss Teenage America
1979: Admitted to Northwestern University at age 16
1979: Awarded St. Charles Director's scholarship
1979: Awarded St. Charles Powder Keg scholarship
1979: Awarded Scripps-Howard journalism scholarship
1979: Awarded DeMolay Foundation scholarship
1980: Awarded Scripps-Howard journalism scholarship
1980: First sophomore intern for NU University Relations
1980: Founded first company, Cakes Unlimited
1980: Sold poetry to Seventeen magazine
1981: Awarded Scripps-Howard journalism scholarship
1981: Awarded NEH grant to research women's movement
1981: Assisted in founding of The Committee of 200
1983: Admitted to top MBA programs at age 20

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1983: Featured on the cover of Newsweek On Campus
1983: Earned BA in Economics from Northwestern University
1983: Earned Certificate in Women's Studies from NU
1983: First person in family to graduate from college

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1983: Honorable Mention, Glamour Top 10 College Women
1983: Moved to New York City to work on Wall Street
1984: Co-founded Young Women's Forum (YWF) of NY

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1984: YWF featured in The New York Times
1984: YWF in Savvy, Vogue, London's Sunday Times
1984: Featured in Austrian and Danish TV documentaries
1984: Ran the New York City Marathon
1986: Co-authored NAYPW (ex-YWF) position paper
1986: NAYPW wins the praise of Betty Friedan
1986: NAYPW featured in The New York Times and syndicate

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1986: Invited to White House forum for women leaders
1987: Featured in New York Daily News
1987: Featured in Business Week
1987: Quoted as expert in BW's Guide to Business Schools
1987: Quoted as expert in Essays That Worked for B-Schools
1987: NAYPW mentioned in Feminist Studies journal
1987: Entered Harvard Business School
1988: Named a General Mills/AAUW Foundation Fellow
1988: Named one of five Finalists for the Fitzie Award
1988: NAYPW won NOW's Susan B. Anthony Award
1989: Earned MBA from Harvard Business School
1989: Joined strategy consulting firm
1989: Co-founded Feed*Boston to feed homeless
1990: Delivered client presentation solo on 1st trip to Europe
1990: Sold follow-on assignment to London client
1990: Awarded unprecedented early promotion at work

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1990: Consulted pro bono for Gazeta Wyborcza in Warsaw

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1990: Married Andrew Dornenburg on August 25th
1990: Ran Montreal International Marathon on honeymoon
1991: Organized panels of "Five Under 35" Boston women
1991: Spoke on panel of dual-career couples at Harvard BS
1992: Co-organized 1st student-alumnae conference at HBS
1992: Moved to New York City
1992: Named Executive VP of Silver Eagle Publishers
1992: Named Executive VP of Media Development Corp.
1992: Landed Morgan Stanley as first client of MDC
1992: Named to Board of The International Alliance
1992: Landed book contract to write BECOMING A CHEF
1992: Founded HBS Network of Women Alumnae in NY
1993: Named to Northwestern's Council of 100
1993: Mentioned in New York Times as head of HBSNWA
1993: Introduced Hon. Geraldine Ferraro at TIA Conference

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1994: Featured as 1 of 6 successful alumnae in HBS Bulletin

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1994: Consulted with Put' k Uspekhu via U.S. AID in Moscow
1994: Served as Founding Executive Director of NYNMA
1994: Organized HBS Alumnae Conference in NYC
1994: Testified before U.S. Glass Ceiling Commission
1995: Co-keynoted Pacific Coast Law Conference at U of W

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1995: Named to Executive Committee of the Council of 100
1995: Co-hosted one of the first culinary programs on AOL

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1995: Co-authored BECOMING A CHEF
1995: Established Becoming a Chef Scholarship Fund

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1995: Interviewed by Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today" show
1995: BAC cited in Restaurant Hospitality as "a must-read"
1995: Spoke at IACP National Conference
1995: Appointed to Board of Women Chefs & Restaurateurs
1996: Won James Beard Book Award - Best Writing on Food
1996: BAC featured in NYT article for "charitable intentions"
1996: Spoke at commencement at Academy of Culinary Arts
1996: Hosted Julia Child for her first-ever online chat
1996: AOL chat with Julia reported in LA Times, USA Today
1996: BAC featured in New York Times' Business section

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1996: Co-authored CULINARY ARTISTRY
1996: Cited as half of "brightest young author team" on NPR
1996: CA cited as one of the year's best books in Time Out
1996: CA cited as one of the year's best by Cody's Books
1996: CA cited as one of the year's best by Chicago Tribune
1997: Profiled in the Harvard Business School Bulletin
1997: Won the Melitta Bentz Award for Women's Achievement
1997: Interviewed for NYT business section on HBSNWA
1997: Organized HBS Alumnae Conference in NYC
1998: Featured in HBS Bulletin as "one-woman powerhouse"
1998: BAC cited as key book in history of culinary education

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1998: Co-authored DINING OUT
1998: DO received lead starred review in Publishers Weekly
1998: DO received "A-" review in Entertainment Weekly
1998: Featured at James Beard House for DINING OUT
1998: DO won gastronomy award at World Cookbook Fair
1998: Moderated panel of food critics at the 92nd Street Y
1998: Featured in U.S. News and World Report
1998: DO cited as "fascinating" in NY Times Book Review
1999: Spoke on panel at the Smithsonian Institute
1999: Spoke on panel at Radcliffe's Schlesinger Library
1999: DO a Finalist for Julia Child/IACP Cookbook Award
1999: DO a Finalist for James Beard Book Award
1999: Interviewed for NYT business section re: HBSNWA

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2001: Co-authored CHEF'S NIGHT OUT
2001: Established Chef's Night Out Dinership Fund
2001: CNO cited as "indispensable" in Bon Appetit
2001: Spoke at Symposium for Professional Food Writers
2001: Featured at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
2001: Featured at Smithsonian Institute
2001: Featured as "foremost experts" on field on Amazon
2001: Received NYWA's Woman of the Future Award
2001: Books featured in The New Yorker
2001: Organized HBS Alumnae Conference in NYC
2001: Invited to attend Citymeals Power Lunch for Women
2001: CNO named #1 book of 2001 by FabulousFoods.com
2001: BAC cited in the book French Food

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2002: Co-hosted "Chef's Night Out" show on TaxiVu
2002: Spoke on Committee of 200 panel of "rising stars"
2002: Joined Committee for Citymeals Power Lunch
2002: Organized HBS Alumnae Conference in NYC
2002: CA cited in Brazilian book Passaporte para o sabor
2002: Quoted in Allison Hemming's book Work It!
2003: DO called "best book on the field" by Washington Post
2003: Featured guests of a Q&A on eGullet.com

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2003: Co-authored THE NEW AMERICAN CHEF
2003: Co-authored 2nd edition of BECOMING A CHEF
2003: Celebrated 100,000th copy of BAC
2003: CA featured in The Washington Post as "a godsend"
2003: NAC featured in Restaurant Hospitality as "a godsend"

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2003: Attended Citymeals Power Lunch for Women

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2003: Profiled in Health magazine
2003: Featured on the cover of the New York Resident
2003: NAC named #2 book of 2003 by FabulousFoods.com
2003: NAC cited as a top culinary book of 2003 by the media
2003: CA cited in The Portable Postmodernist
2003: BAC cited in Globalization: Critical Concepts in Soc.
2004: Cited as "the Jane Goodalls of the chef world"
2004: NAC a Finalist for IACP Cookbook Award
2004: BAC cited as "a cult classic" in R&I magazine
2004: Moderated panel discussion for Relais Gourmands
2004: Co-keynoted Cascadia Culinary Arts conference
2004: CA cited by top bookseller as having a "cult following"
2004: Co-hosted Fleet Week's "Best Chow" competition
2004: Started Blog at BecomingAChef.com

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2004: Invited to Spain as guests of the Spanish government
2004: Keynoted Women Chefs & Restaurateurs conference

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2004: Attended Citymeals Power Lunch for Women
2004: CA inspired op-ed by minister in Charlotte Observer
2004: CA cited among COPIA curator's favorites
2004: CA cited among British Columbian chefs' favorites

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2004: NAC and BAC2 featured at Nat'l Press Club Book Fair
2004: BAC featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education
2004: Cited as U.S.' "leading experts on flavor development"
2004: BAC cited in U of Chicago book Accounting for Taste
2004: CA cited in MIT Press book Eating Architecture
2005: Spoke at the Medill School of Journalism at NU
2005: Keynoted FENI conference in New Orleans
2005: Ran NYRR Manhattan Half-Marathon in Central Park

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2005: Ran NYRR Grete's Gallop Half-Marathon
2005: e-Newsletter cited as best by Manhattan User's Guide
2005: Named to MUG's "The 400," top 400 NYC Web sites

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2005: Attended Citymeals Power Lunch for Women
2005: CA cited in psychologist Dr. Larry M. Leitner's paper
2006: Wrote Foreword for Become the CEO of You, Inc.
2006: CA cited in Janssens/Brett cultural intelligence article
2006: Named to GourmetFood.About.com's Top 10 Blogs
2006: Ran the NYRR Frostbite 10-Mile race in Central Park
2006: Ran the Manhattan Half-Marathon in Central Park

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2006: Co-delivered commencement speech at the CIA
2006: Ran the NYRR Brooklyn Half-Marathon
2006: Moderated panel discussion for Relais Gourmands
2006: Passed Court of Master Sommeliers intro course
2006: Co-hosted first Live Blog from James Beard Awards

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2006: Co-wrote WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT
2006: WTD "highly recommended" by Publishers Weekly

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2006: Ran the inaugural New York City Half-Marathon

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2006: Featured on cover of 50th Anniversary issue of Chef
2006: BAC (1995) cited as a key 50-year "milestone" in Chef
2006: CA cited as the most-used book of Gourmet's #1 chef
2006: Named to FoodReference.com's "Who's Who in Food"
2006: Spoke at Faulkner Society's Words & Music Festival

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2006: WTD named Georges Duboeuf Wine Book of the Year

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2006: Attended Citymeals Power Lunch for Women
2006: WTD won 2006 Gourmand World Cookbook Award
2006: Cited as "international culinary luminaries" by R&C
2007: Wrote chapter for annual Peterson's Culinary Schools
2007: WTD named #1 Book of 2006 by FabulousFoods.com

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2007: Ran 2007 NYRR Manhattan Half-Marathon
2007: WTD named Finalist for 2007 IACP Cookbook Award

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2007: Named wine columnist for The Washington Post

2007: Named member of the Wine Century Club

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2007: WTD won IACP Award: Best on Wine, Beer or Spirits
2007: WTD named 2007 IACP "Cookbook of the Year"
2007: Featured alumna at "A Day with Northwestern"
2007: Named to MUG's "The 400," top 400 NYC Web sites
2007: Column on Virginia wines cited in The Week
2007: Column on intuition cited in Wine Review Weekly
2007: Keynote speaker at The Flavor Experience

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2007: Completed the Grete's Great Gallop Half-Marathon

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2007: Cited in Susan Davis's C200 25th Ann'y Gala keynote

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2007: Featured at National Press Club Book Fair
2007: Served as judge of Oyster Riot wine competition

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2007: Attended Citymeals Power Lunch for Women

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2007: Taped wine series for "Good Morning America Now"

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2008: Special guest at Women's Campaign Fund Gala
2008: Delivered keynote at Purdue Black-Tie Dinner
2008: Panelist at Gastronomy by the Seine in Paris

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2008: Co-wrote THE FLAVOR BIBLE
2008: TFB named Newsweek's "Book Pick of the Week"
2008: TFB received starred reviews from PW and LJ

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2008: Attended Citymeals Power Lunch for Women
2008: TFB named on NPR one of 19 favorite food books
2008: TFB one of year's 11 best on "Good Morning America"
2009: Co-keynoted global food pairing event in Belgium

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2009: TFB won James Beard Book Award

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2009: Co-hosted Fleet Week's "Best Chow" competition
2009: Featured speaker at Gastronomy by the Seine in Paris
2009: Featured author at East Hampton Authors Night event

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2009: Celebrity sous chef featured at SHARE fundraiser

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2009: Attended Citymeals Power Lunch for Women
2009: Judged "Oyster Riot" wine competition in DC

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2009: TFB cited on "Today" as one of the year's best books

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2010: Featured at the World's Largest Wine Book Signing
2010: Kick-off speakers at the Pillsbury Bake-Off in Orlando

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2010: Featured speakers at the IACP Conference in Portland

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2010: Live blogged the 2010 James Beard Awards

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2010: TFB won the 2010 Nautilus Book Award

Key:
BAC: Becoming a Chef
CA: Culinary Artistry
DO: Dining Out
CNO: Chef's Night Out
NAC: The New American Chef
WTD: What to Drink with What You Eat
TFB: The Flavor Bible

Oakland University's Young Authors Conference: An outcome of Dr. Harry T. Hahn's research and Language Encounters, this "celebration of the publication achievements of elementary students was a movement that swept the country."

Glamour Top 10 College Women Competition: "Every year since 1957, Glamour magazine’s Top 10 College Women Competition has saluted the most outstanding young female leaders on America’s campuses."

Fitzie Foundation Award: Given by the Margaret Fitzgerald Grogan Petersmeyer Foundation, which honors the most outstanding female students "Best Demonstrating Exemplary Leadership, Academic Excellence, and Commitment to Community" at four schools in the Boston area, including the Harvard Business School and Harvard College.

National Organization for Women (NOW)'s Susan B. Anthony Award: "Honoring leaders who have done their part to transform the world and bring us closer to achieving equality for women."

James Beard Book Award for Best Writing on Food: "The James Beard Foundation Awards recognize culinary professionals for excellence and achievement in their field."

Melitta Bentz Award for Women's Achievement: "Given every year to recognize a woman's leadership, ambition, and courage."

Georges Duboeuf Wine Book of the Year Award: "Presented to the year's most notable wine book, winners are selected for their ability to 'illuminate the subject of wine for both the beginner and the connoisseur'."

International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook of the Year Award: "The call for entries is sent out in September every year and generates over 400 entries, including cookbooks from Canada, Europe, Australia, and South Africa. The submissions are judged by an independent panel of 36 food and beverage professionals."