Barbara Mangini is a sales and marketing consultant. Her training books, magazine articles, keynote addresses, and presentations have been used to inspire and train personnel world...view moreBarbara Mangini is a sales and marketing consultant. Her training books, magazine articles, keynote addresses, and presentations have been used to inspire and train personnel worldwide. While her entrepreneurial spirit and delivery style has won her awards like Educator of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, and Top 100 Most Influential People, her ambition is to help women by weaving a story centered on a debilitating illness she had when she was a young woman. She has accomplished this in The Proving Grounds. Mangini and her husband, John, live near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.view less