Rebecca Boenigk, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Neutral Posture, Inc., heads up the company that became a driving force in the ergonomic seating industry and the only woman-owned chair manufacturer in the United States.

In 1989, when ergonomics was a relatively new applied science and virtually unheard of, Rebecca and her mother, Jaye with $50K in startup capital began manufacturing chairs based on neutral posture concepts developed by her inventor/engineering father, Dr. Jerome Congleton in Rebecca’s garage.

Together Rebecca and Jaye took Neutral Posture from a start-up company to a publicly held company in nine years. In 1997 Neutral Posture, Inc. completed an initial public offering becoming the first and only certified women-owned business to be traded on the NASDAQ followed four years later by a joint family and management buyout of public shareholders making Neutral Posture a privately held company again. The commitment of Neutral Posture to manufacture truly ergonomic chairs has led to its phenomenal growth resulting in net sales for fiscal year 2006 in excess of $22 million and growth in excess of 16%.

Rebecca was appointed by Hector Barreto to serve on the National Women’s Business Council, which serves as advisors to the President, Congress and U.S. SBA. She is Immediate Past Chair of the Women’s Enterprise Leadership Forum, National Founding Partner of Women Impacting Public Policy, Businessand Institutional Furniture Manufacturer’s Association (BIFMA) Board of Directors, Women’s Business Enterprise National Council and the Texas Buildings & Procurement Commission Vendor Advisory Council and through 2006, served on the Texas Governor’s Business Council and U.S. SBA National Advisory Council.