User:Tori2504/sandbox/Yvonne Campos

R. Yvonne Campos, is the founding CEO of market research and strategy of Campos. Campos founded the reseaerc organization in 1986.e She is the founder of two Pittsburgh chapters of the Women Presidents’ Organization, a peer-to-peer learning model for women-owned businesses with revenues over one million dollars.

Campos Yvonne graduated with a BS in Psychology at the University of Utah. R. Yvonne Campos, a native of Austin, Texas, moved to Pittsburgh in the late ’70s to work for MARC Research and Analysis Corp. After many years doing this work, in 1986 she opened Campos, Inc., which originally started as a qualitative company that conducted focus groups during its first official shift. The company evolved into a market research organization.

Campos sits on the boards of other Pittsburgh organizations. Her positions include serving as the Chairman of Goodwill Of Southwestern Pennsylvania since April 2013. She serves as Vice Chairman at WQED Multimedia. Ms. Campos serves as a Director of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (Highmark Inc), and in the past, and has served as a Director of Pittsburgh Financial Corp. since 2001.

Campos is also one of the founders of the Next Act Fund. Next Act Fund is an opportunity for women to be involved in the angel investment community with other like-minded women. As a part of Next Act, women participate with other business people to plan and implement activities to improve the economic growth of the Pittsburgh region. Campos' organization also brings attention to of women-owned /led businesses. Next Act Fund works together to create opportunities and jobs for others.

Career
Campos has recieved recognition from:
 * Pittsburgh Business Times' Top Women in Business
 * 2011 CEO Diamond Award winner, Pittsburgh Business Times
 * Small Business Administration's Minority Small Business Person of the Year award (1998)
 * Vectors Pittsburgh Small Business Person of the Year (1999).
 * Pennsylvania Chamber's Small Business Leadership Award
 * Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government Inaugural Class of Women Leadership and Power