Our 12 Investor of the Year contestants are off and running. They've picked their 10 stocks, invested their virtual $10,000 and are poring over the financial papers in feverish anticipation. The winner is simply the one who makes the most money from her virtual portfolio over the next 12 months.

Our 12 Investor of the Year contestants are off and running. They've picked their 10 stocks, invested their virtual $10,000 and are poring over the financial papers in feverish anticipation. The winner is simply the one who makes the most money from her virtual portfolio over the next 12 months.Meg is founder of the PR boutique that caters to the financial services industry. She has spent more than 20 years in PR, direct marketing and advertising. Most of her assignments have been focused on financial press relations and B2B communications, including multi-faceted corporate branding projects. For the last 12 years, she has been involved nearly exclusively in the hedge fund industry. Meg is on the Board of Worldwide Orphans Foundation and is chairman of the Missions & Outreach Board, Congregational Church of Manhasset, NY. She and her husband have two daughters, Lily and Grace. Meg is playing for Worldwide Orphans Foundation www.wwo.org