Dr. Rosie Milligan, registered nurse, counselor, health
consultant, author, and Ph.D. in business
administration, has always been an achiever. Every
career or business she’s been
involved in has
included helping other people accomplish what
they wanted in life. Her motto, “Erase, No!—Step-Over,
Can’t!—and Move
Forward with Life!” has been a
motivating influence for hundreds to whom she has
been mentor and role model.
The mother of three entrepreneurs—an M.D., a
cosmetologist, and a
book & herb store owner—Dr.
Milligan lectures
nationally on economic empowerment, managing diversity in the workplace, and
male/female relationships. Her books, Starting a
Business Made Simple,
Getting Out of Debt Made Simple and
Creating a New You in Six Weeks Made Simple,
have helped many across the country. Her most recent
releases, Black America Faces Economic Crisis:
Solutions Made Simple, and What You Need To
Know Before Starting A Business are must-read
books. Dr. Milligan is
the author of fifteen
books.
Dr. Milligan has been an instructor in nursing education
and was director of nursing for the College of Allied
Health Careers and for the Los Angeles Job Corp Center.
She assisted in writing the competency-based educational
curriculum for Geriatric Nursing for the National Job
Corp, was a former employee of United Health Plan (HMO)
as nursing supervisor and staff development and holds
lifetime teaching credentials with the state of
California.
As an entrepreneur and economic empowerment activist,
the Mississippi native
owns Professional Business Management/Consulting
Services—providing estate planning, consultation for new and small businesses, and staff development
training for
corporations. In 1990, she started a
publishing company, Milligan Books, where she has
published over 250 new African-American authors and has
helped 25 authors to start their own publishing company.
Her publishing company is the largest and
fastest growing
publishing company owned by an African-American female
in the nation.
A successful motivational speaker and trainer, she has
appeared on numerous television and radio shows, such as
Sally Jesse Raphael in New York; A.M.
Philadelphia; Evening Exchange in Washington,
D.C., Marilyn
Kagan Show
in Los Angeles, The Rob Nelson Show in Los
Angeles, and she’s a regular guest on Stevie
Wonder’s KJLH Radio. She is
founder
and director of
“Black Writers on Tour,” and a
former columnist for Black Issue Book Review Magazine.
Dr. Milligan Host her own live Internet Talk Show—Express
Yourself Hour.. Her articles have been published in
major newspapers nationwide.
Dr. Milligan was recipient of the 1996 Pioneer Women
Award―Los
Angeles City Commission on the Status of Women and was
also the recipient of the 2001 Ervin Magic Johnson
Master of Money Award. Dr. Milligan was nominated for
Best Community Leader in the Steve Harvey’s 2004 Hoodie
Awards. She was a former chairperson of the Community
Advisory Group 8th District and former member of HOPE
Toast Masters Chapter 1013 Los Angeles.
Dr. Milligan is obviously a woman who knows no limits
and has proven this with her Literary Agency. She has
sold her work to some of the largest and most
prestigious publishing houses.