Connie Clerici, President & CEO of Closing the Gap HEALTHCARE GROUP and
Greenly Clean, has been honoured with the 2010 Federated Press Woman Leader
of the Year Award

TORONTO, June 22 /CNW/ - The ceremony was held in Toronto on June 16, 2010 at the Women's leadership Summit. The Award salutes the best in women: it is meant to recognize excellence and leadership shown by a Canadian woman. Connie stated "I'm proud to accept such a prestigious award in honour of all the women leaders in the home health care sector and more specifically Closing the Gap Healthcare Group."

Closing The Gap Healthcare Group, founded in 1980, is a fully accredited Canadian company providing high quality healthcare, rehabilitation therapy and speech language services wherever they are needed. Greenly Clean, a member of Closing The Gap Healthcare Group, is a "green" cleaning service which is committed to promoting the health of customers while protecting and sustaining the health of the environment.

Connie is a recipient of multiple awards, including PROFIT Magazine's Canada's Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs, the Women's Executive Network's Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100, a Royal Bank of Canada Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year award and the Italian Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence award. "The course of Connie's career has been an inspiration to all women," says Lise Ponton, Conference Director at Federated Press.

About Closing the Gap Healthcare Group

Closing the Gap Healthcare Group is an award-winning Canadian business that provides community-based rehabilitation therapy, nursing, and personal support services of an exceptionally high quality. Additionally, Greenly Clean provides exceptional environmentally friendly cleaning services to both residential and commercial clients. Over 500 staff members provide services in homes, schools, long-term care homes, hospitals and clinics.

Closing the Gap Healthcare Group's activities are governed by its Quality Charter.

www.closingthegap.ca.

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