Ilene Morris-Sambur is CEO of CORAworks and the former Director and Senior Turnaround Consultant for one of the top ten national turnaround consulting firms. Possessing over 20 years hands-on executive financial management experience, she has delivered record-setting gains in increased profits for companies in over 35 industries. Serving as interim management as CEO, CFO and Controller for 100's of financially distressed businesses she has helped return them to profitable operations with her strong leadership and training skills.
Recently, her focus was enhanced with a new purpose. Ms. Morris-Sambur realized there was a critical need for a company focused on training and connecting people with disabilities with telework opportunities. In incorporating the proven methodologies that enabled her to become a successful business woman, CORA offers supervised telework outsourcing services for accounting, business-to-business collections, customer service and administrative functions, by providing training and placement opportunities in telework for individuals with disabilities, disabled veterans, their families and spouses. Ms. Morris-Sambur was the recipient of the United States Secretary of Labor's 2006 New Freedom Initiative Award, which annually recognizes non-profits, small businesses, corporations and individuals from a cross-section of industries that have demonstrated exemplary and innovative efforts to enhance the employment of people with disabilities.