After a twenty-year career in the corporate banking world, Woodstock resident Ann Quasman went on to realize her potential for helping women navigate periods of transition. From hosting workshops that provided women with the tools to move through various life stages, to hosting her own radio show, Women Talk Live, to starting an annual “Girls Gone Great” scholarship essay contest, Quasman has lived a life dedicated to helping women realize their own potential with confidence and grace.
This week, Quasman spoke to the Standard about the various stages of her career, her passion for women’s rights, and her advocacy work since relocating to Woodstock over a decade ago.
Ann Quasman pictured on air broadcasting her show WomenTalk Live, which she hosted in the Baltimore area for seven years before moving to Woodstock. Courtesy of Ann Quasman
“My husband and I met in the mail room of our apartment building in Baltimore. About a year later, we were married, and I had relocated to Baltimore full-time. It was during this period when I took a leave of absence from my corporate job to enjoy being newly married and focus on the home we were building. At the end of those six months, I decided I didn’t want to go back. No longer had I the desire for long and grueling hours, hectic work weeks, and months spent away from home. I decided, instead, to embark on a new journey,” said Quasman.
During the era of transition from the corporate world, Quasman began running workshops for other women who found themselves in a similar kind of evolution. “I was working with women that were being laid off from their jobs; women going through divorce; women who were becoming empty nesters; women diagnosed with illness. These classes were open to anyone going through any kind of change in life. Soon, a very beautiful community of women began to form around me, and I ended up teaching those seminars and connecting with these women in Baltimore for seven years. Helping them navigate their trying times made my own transition easier.”
Quasman continued, “One day, a doctor who had heard of me through a few of his patients asked me to come and speak on his radio show. I went on and then became a regular, once-a-month guest. After about three months, I was offered my own radio show, and suddenly my life catapulted in a new direction.”
For more on this, please see our July 24 edition of the Vermont Standard.
