Heidi Flammang is a businesswoman and entrepreneur. She is the founder and current CEO of Camp Bow Wow

Camp Bow Wow

Camp Bow Wow is a dog daycare and boarding franchise headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. The company was founded in 2000 by Heidi Flammang and it currently operates over 109 locations in the United States and Canada...

, an international dog daycare

Dog daycare

Dog Daycare, often known as "Doggie Daycare," refers to a short-term boarding kennel service for dogs. It shares many similarities with a regular daycare for children, with the exception being that a dog daycare is for canines.Baranauckas, Carla...

 and boarding franchise.

Background and education

Heidi Flammang was born in Orange County, California

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

 and raised in Monument, Colorado, where she attended Lewis-Palmer High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in Business from the University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Colorado at Boulder

The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...

 followed by a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Denver

University of Denver

The University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012 rankings....

. In the spring of 1994, Heidi lost her husband, Bion, in a plane crash. She often cites this event has providing the impetus to eventually follow their combined dream of starting a dog day care company. Heidi lives in Superior, CO with her husband, daughters and two dogs.

Career

In her early years, Heidi gained experienced in marketing and advertising by working for industry firms Chapman Warwick and Salvati Montgomery & Sakoda. She then held various positions in sales and financial management at Dura Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Bristol-Myers Squibb , often referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical company, headquartered in New York City. The company was formed in 1989, following the merger of its predecessors Bristol-Myers and the Squibb Corporation...

, Rhone Poulenc (now Sanofi-Aventis) and the Maginot Group. Beginning in 2000, Heidi became the CEO of Camp Bow Wow.

Awards and Service

In 2008, Heidi was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year by The Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards

The Stevie Awards were created in 2002 to honor and generate public recognition of the efforts, accomplishments, and positive contributions of companies and business people worldwide...

 for Women in Business. She also serves on the Advisory Board for the Leeds School of Business

Leeds School of Business

The Leeds School of Business is a college of the University of Colorado at Boulder in the United States. The enrollment of 3,300 students includes undgraduates, master's candidates, and Ph.D. candidates. The college was started in 1906 when the Board of Regents created the College of Commerce...

 at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the Center for Innovation at Metropolitan State College of Denver

Metropolitan State College of Denver

The Metropolitan State College of Denver is a four-year college and now offers certain Graduate programs located in Denver, Colorado, United States. As of 2009, Metro State had the second-largest enrollment of undergraduates of any college in Colorado...

.