I am so excited to announce that I will be leading a brand new program for Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence, the leading national not-for-profit provider of resources and business education for women entrepreneurs.

The program is called Make Our Daughters a Million (MODM). It’s a day-long program designed for high school and college-aged young women to receive fun, inspiring career and entrepreneurial training.

The event takes place Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ, as part of the Make Mine a Million $ Business Tri-State regional event, featuring keynote speakers Nely Galan (from The Celebrity Apprentice) and Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark.

Registration for MODM is FREE. (Be sure to use the code MODMNJ when you register here.)

Why am I so excited? One of the most common refrains from women entrepreneurs is, “I wish I’d started my business sooner.” It’s time to give young women the tools and community they need to launch businesses whenever they’re ready.

Here is the official information about the event, including some background on why I am leading this program and feel so passionately about it (hint: check out my mom!):

Make Our Daughters a Million (MODM) is building upon the movement begun by Count Me In founder Nell Merlino, who created Take Our Daughters to Work Day in 1993, by providing skills, inspiration and support of the Make Mine a Million $ Business community that high-school and college-age women need to pursue their dreams of entrepreneurship.

MODM participants will attend a large portion of the regular programming of Make Mine a Million $ Business, including inspiring keynote speeches, panels and pitches by women business owners. In the afternoon, daughters will move to another room for the two-hour Make Our Daughters a Million program. Click here for a full schedule of the day’s events.

Make Our Daughters a Million will be led by Lindsey Pollak, who began her entrepreneurial career at age 12 by attending women’s business events with her mom, Jane Pollak. Lindsey is now a writer, speaker and blogger who is passionate about helping young women succeed.

Learn more and register now — use the code MODMNJ for free registration!

I hope to see you in Newark on June 3rd!