| Thanks!
from NAWBO-OC
THANK
YOU!
Thank you to Marcia Evans with Farmers and Merchants Bank and the "I KNOW HENRY" campaign for their generous donation to Women's Business Institute.
Thank you to Jack Daly, owner & CEO of Professional Sales Coach, Inc. for his outstanding and inspirational presentation at our May dinner meeting. We gained valuable tools that we can hopefully begin implementing right away!
SHOWCASE TABLES:
OPPORTUNITY DRAWING CONTIRIBUTORS:
- Jane Kelly - 2 tickets to the May 19th Entrepreneurs Conference. Value $378
- Churm Media - 1/4 pg. 4 color ad in OC Metro Magazine
- NAWBO OC - $90 NAWBO Bucks to be used for ongoing education.
- Elise Rainey, Image by Elise - $375 certificate for Permanent Make Up
- Kathy Mardaresco, Gifts with Sass - $50 Catalog Certificate
A big thanks to Dr. Karen Wolfe for engaging us in an evening of learning more about balancing ourselves! We enjoyed the informative presentation and hope to put those practices to good use, in light of balancing work and life. We wish you the best of luck in your business. Come back and visit NAWBO-OC soon!
SHOWCASE TABLES:
OPPORTUNITY DRAWING CONTIRIBUTORS:
- Barbara Page, Custom Motors- $50 Gas card
- Linda Casso, Tuned In Media - $50 Borders Gift Certificate
- Mickey Stubler, Back Bay Fitness - 2 Free Pilates Sessions and 4 free personal training sessions
- Beth Ramirez, Etcetera - $50 toward summer clothing line
- Kathy Mardaresco, Gifts With Sass - $50 toward gift catalog
 A
big thanks to Chuck Bankoff, Cara
Good, and Debbie Gilster, our three
panelists at the March dinner meeting. The information you
shared with our group was extremely valuable and will help
us to get a running start on embracing new technology in
order to further our businesses. Also, thanks to Lydia
Welton for moderating the panel. Great job! We wish
all of you the best of luck with your businesses. Thanks
also to members who donated prizes for our opportunity drawing:
- Steve Churm, Churm
Media - 1/2 page full-color ad in OC Metro
- Jodi Jones, Vitality
Gourmet - Autographed copy of Jodi's book, The
Vitality Connection and a healthy, organic meal
- Linda Casso & Miley
Waterman, Tuned
In Media - gift card to Nordstroms
- Kathy Mardaresco, Gifts
With Sass - Gift card for Gifts With Sass purchase
| NAWBO-OC SERVICE AWARDS |
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Rachel Owens
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Nahid Casazza (center)
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Dee Elliott
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As a volunteer organization,
NAWBO-OC is run almost entirely on donated time and talent.
At present, nearly 60 members are actively participating
on committees and each of these women deserve our thanks
for their efforts and sharing of talent, without which
we would be without many resources, programs and services.
NAWBO members have consistently risen to the challenge
of leading our organization to higher and higher levels
of accomplishment. But every once in a while, a volunteer
goes above and beyond the call of duty to such an extent
and with such a consistent degree of excellence that
they irreversibly change and improve the fabric of our
organization. These individuals understand that at the
heart of the matter, and their service to this organization
counts in a fundamental way.
At the March dinner meeting we officially recognized
this level of commitment to excellence and commitment
to the OC chapter of NAWBO. Thank you to our service
award recipients: Rachel Owens, Nahid
Casazza, and Dee Putman-Elliott.
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Thank you to our hard-working
board of directors and committee
members who donate so much of their time and resources
to make sure NAWBO-OC services, programs and events are of exceptional
quality. And thank you to all of our
members for their continued support of our work.
Thanks also to our Corporate
and Community Members, whose contributions
account for over half of our revenues. We could not
provide a high level
of services without their generous contributions.
| Kudos!
from NAWBO-OC & Members
 NAWBO-OC member Kim Shepherd was recently appointed to the 2008-2009 Board of Directors for The Girl Scout Council of Orange County and the Girls Inc. Board of Trustees. In addition, Kim was a featured speaker this month at the "Talent Management Conference: Recruiting & Retaining Today's Top Talent" in Long Beach.
Kimberly Gerber and the team at Excelerate, Inc. landed two more Fortune 500 companies for coaching and training programs. Both MeadwestVaco and Whirlpool have signed on to partner with Excelerate and their talented team. Additionally, Excelerate closed a deal with Fairport Central School District in Monroe County, NY to facilitate leadership development programs for teachers and administrative staff. The district includes eight (8) schools serving over 7200 students.
 Jodi
Jones, Vitality
Gourmet, was approved by the Board of the University
of Maryland, Eastern Shore, for an Honorary Doctorate in
Nutritional Sciences. Jodi lectured on campus in December,
and her book, The Vitality Connection, was selected
as one of the top-recommended student wellness/nutrition
books. Jodi will be creating a campus-wide wellness initiative
throughout 2008 for the University and will be a guest lecturer
each quarter. Congrats, Dr. Jones!
 Pamela
M. Adams, CFP, MBA with Wachovia
Securities (formerly A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.)
has been promoted to Vice President, Investments Officer.
Kudos, Pam!
 Hilary
Kaye, president of HKA,
Inc., has been named one of four recipients of the Vanguard
Pillar Award, presented by Vanguard University to individuals
in Orange County who exemplify outstanding ethical leadership.
Hilary is the recipient of the Pillar Award in Business and
will be honored with the others—including national
honoree Dennis Prager—on April 2 at The Grove of Anaheim.
HUGE KUDOS, Hilary!
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Benefits Inc. founder Kelly Moore is
one of 10 winners of the Make Mine a Million $ Business competition
in Los Angeles. She'll earn money, marketing, mentoring and
technology assistance to help her business grow into a million-dollar
enterprise. Kelly's win was widely covered in local media,
including the OC Register and OC Business Journal.
Congratulations, Kelly!
 For the second year, Decision
Toolbox, a national recruitment outsourcing firm headed
by NAWBO member Kim Shepherd and based in Irvine, Calif.,
has a signed a one-year Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
contract with Freedom Communications. Good going, Kim!
 Stacy
McCullough, Realtor with Prudential
California Realty, was awarded the CIPS Designation (Certified
International Property Specialist), one of only 1,800 CIPS
agents in the world! Congrats, Stacy!
 Cheryl
Barrett of Ferruzzo & Ferruzzo has
been named the first woman partner at law firm Ferruzzo & Ferruzzo.
Congratulations, Cheryl!
 Working
Wardrobes recently honored Judy
Fox Brandt at their annual "Black Tie and
Tennies" Gala as their Civic Partner of the Year. The
organization also nominated Judy for a "volunteer spotlight," which
appears in the OC Magazine's December issue in a section
dedicated to philanthropies and volunteers in our county.
   Woman
Sage honored three NAWBO-OC members at their Fourth Annual
Stellar Women Awards Dinner on November 2nd...Gloria
Robbins, Shining Star for Business; Sondra
Ames and her daughter Allyson, Shining Star for Philanthropy; Gerrie
Adams, Xengaru Fun Foods, Rising Star for Business.
Congratulations, ladies!
 Tiffanny
Brosnan was named a "Rising Star" in employment
law by California Super Lawyers magazine. Only 2.5%
of the lawyers in Southern California are named Rising Stars.
Congrats, Tiffany!
Do you know a member who deserves
KUDOS? Tell us using our news submission form!
The following are submitted by members and do not
necessarily represent the views of NAWBO-OC.
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