M. Sharon Rogone--born Mary Sharon Shoffstall, August 8th, 1942 in Los Angeles, CA., married to become M. Sharon Lee and has three grown children, Traci M.(Lee) O'Connor,

Michael T. Lee amd Steven R. Lee.  She went to Huntington Park High School (gradutated with honors) and San Bernardino Valley College (graduated with honors) and Cal. State S.B. (Maintained a B average).  She was always interested in the medical field and worked as a Candy-Striper at St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood, CA. when she was in high school.  She followed her dream and became an RN and then pursued other interests as well.

M. Sharon Rogone RNC, this blond, soft voiced nurse founded Small Beginnings in 1981, as a partnership, along with Austin Webber, took $3000.00 and started a manufacturing company to produce the "Bili-Bonnet".  As Sharon came up with additional products and ideas, of her own inventions, for the care of hospitalized premature infants the company grew and became a corporation.  Small Beginnings Inc.now has an arsenal of products, patents, and trademarks.  Recently M. Sharon Rogone, has been honored by the Smithsonian Institue by having her story and her products included in the archives.  You can find information in the archives in the areas of women entrepreneurs, women inventors, and neonatal products.  http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/fa_smallbegin_index.aspx, http://amlife.america.gov/amlife/innovation/innovators.html#rogone
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/atm-neonatal-niche-200803.html, http://invention.smithsonian.org/video/transcript.aspx?id=477

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In this issue the featured story is on successful entrepreneur, Sharon Rogone, a neonatal nurse. Rogone's heart went out ... love for those in need, Rogone found more than mere business success ...www.dreammerchant.net/edit_oct2000.htm

San Bernardino, California, for more than 25 years, Sharon Rogone, RNC, recalls the days ... After carefully assessing the situation, Rogone decided to take matters into her.....

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Welcome to medwagon where mobility makes a difference! ... Angie Potter, R.N., and Sharon Rogone, R.N.C. remember the days when they had to trim ...to fit children's tiny bodies," says Rogone, a neonatal nurse specialist and entrepreneur. ...www.medwagon.com/healthleaders.html

Infants fight for life is nothing new to Sharon Rogone. A neonatal nurse for more than 20 years ... That's what you get with Sharon Rogone, an attractive, 50-ish blonde ...www.dreammerchant.net/feature_oct2000.htm

Sharon served on the committee to set up guidelines for First Five a Strategic Plan for California's Children--Prenatal Through Age Five.

www.first5sanbernardino.org/PDF/StrategicPlanJan2004.pdf

Sharon Rogone, RN. Mothers of invention: "To improve patient care, nurses devise innovative products". Nurseweek :"For the sixth time in one day, Sharon Rogone, RN, a neonatal intensive care unit nurse, checks the bilirubin masks on premature babies at St. Mary's Hospital in Apple Valley. The masks easily slip. If she neglects to check them, ultraviolet light used to treat the babies' jaundice could damage their delicate eyes. On her way home that night, Rogone picks up a few supplies in the emergency room. The next day, she fits the babies with her creation, which she dubs the Bili-Bonnet. Hours pass. Every time she checks, the bonnets are snugly in place."
http://www.nurseweek.com/news/features/00-08/invent.html

BBA, Inc., Mesa, AZ                                                    Dr. Beverly A. Browning,CEO &Visionary Bear Feet Shoes, Brownwood, TX                                   Mary Stanley D/B/A Cynthia Driskill, CDG & Associates, Dallas, TX                Cynthia Driskill Dimensions Therapy Center; Davie, FL                            Valerie Herskowitz, a community leader DuKane Allergy Asthma Associates, Ltd., St. Charles, IL  Dr. Virginia P. Madla,President  FitzenriderWater Conditioning, Defiance, OH                    Meta Fitzenrider, President Fore Hope, Galloway, OH                                               Mindy Derr, Executive Director Guardian Family Care, Inc. LeClaire, IA                            Beverly Mital, CEO Jani-King of Dallas, Dallas, TX                                         Martha Llamas, owner/operator New Beginnings, Inc., Olney, MD                                    Carol Randolph, Founder Small Beginnings Inc., Hesperia, CA                           M. Sharon Rogone, President & CEO Sterling Bio-Technologies Corporation, Sterling, CO          Laurie Ganong Jones, President The HomeMaker's Idea Company, Glendale Heights, IL     Madolyn Johnson, Founder & President

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