Lisa Quast of Issaquah was the 2012 winner for the Blog of the Year, awarded by the Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The award recognized her for the expert advice and career tips she offers on CareerWomanInc.com

Quast was born and raised in Washington and has been a women’s career blogger for six years, after a 20-plus year career in corporate America.

Quast is a certified career coach and mentor, and a global corporate executive and business consultant and award-winning author. Quast also does pageant coaching, with the current Miss Washington as one of her clients.

Her blog’s mission is to close the gender gap around inequality of pay and stature, by providing women with the necessary tools to obtain career success.

Career Woman, Inc. offers readers tips and inspiration from successful career women, insight gained from Quast’s own experiences and advice on topics such as nailing an interview, dealing with office bullies and changing career fields.

Quast is also a career development blogger for Forbes.com and is a professional speaker.

The Stevie Awards recognize the achievements of sales, business development, customer service, and call/contact center professionals worldwide. All organizations and individuals worldwide may submit entries.

Quast also won the Women in Business Blog of the Year award in 2010.

The awards are judged each year by several hundred executives around the world.