Margo Engberg- "Changing The World One Cupcake At A Time: My Faith & Entrepreneurial Journey"Register Now

Margo Engberg, Founder/President, Pinkabella Cupcakes, Seattle, Washington, USA

 

 

TITLE:  Changing The World One Cupcake At A Time:  My Faith & Entrepreneurial Journey

DESCRIPTION:  Margo with share her story through a Q & A session with Rick Goossen and via audience interaction.  Margo will talk about being a Christian woman entrepreneur, mother of four, and a faith-driven difference maker.  Not an easy task--she'll share her story.

BIO: Margo Engberg is founder and operator of a gourmet cupcakery chain in greater Seattle, a mother of 4, and a faith-driven difference maker.  Her Pinkabella Cupcakes is just 3 years old and in that time has expanded to five stores and more than 40 employees.

Margo was Seattle Pacific University's 2013 Alumna of the Year.  Margo and her team supply 7,000 cupcakes at a time for famed chef Tom Douglas' annual Food Lifeline fundraiser. Besides being the exclusive provider of cakes for all American Girl Doll birthday parties in Seattle, Pinkabella creates thousands of logo-embossed cupcakes for Microsoft software launch parties and has inked with Amazon corporate the largest cupcake deal they've ever negotiated.

"I share my passion every chance I get," says Margo, who is the heart and face of Pinkabella Cupcakes.  Yet Margo and her family are so much more than a successful gourmet “cupcakery.” Pinkabella's corporate mission is emblazoned on the wall:  “Our goal is to change the world one cupcake at a time.”

Pinkabella will soon surpass 40,000 cupcakes donated to nonprofit organizations. That's about $120,000 worth of the confections, in addition to funds donated to a number of charities including Youth for Christ, where her “right arm,” husband Doug, is director of development for Snohomish and King counties. One hundred percent of all tips received at Pinkabella stores goes to care for abandoned children helped through Children of the Nations International. The list of groups the company has supported with donations is up to 84 names.

“The way Margo lives her faith and runs her business is fascinating to watch,” says Brian Muchmore, executive director of Seattle Area Youth for Christ. “I'd call it an almost perfect ‘businesstry,' business plus ministry. She has a huge heart and calling to care for kids in this world.” Margo has been an ambassador for YFC's work with kids in the community and has financially supported YFC's programs for juvenile justice, teen parents, and foster care.

This brief profile is largely drawn from Seattle Pacific University’s Response Magazine:  http://spu.edu/depts/uc/response/new/2012-autumn/alumni/alumna-of-the-year.asp