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Aaron Huey with Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center

June 15, 2018 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Aaron Huey with Fire Mountain Residential Treatment Center

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Aaron Huey has built an incredible life on the remains of his addictions and failures. He has traded his wounds for gifts and his problems for passions. Aaron Huey is an internationally known speaker who has worked alongside tens of thousands of adult participants who were ready to trade their distractions for directions. His international Martial Arts team is responsible for the edgy breakthrough process called “Predicament” used by many top trainers in personal growth. He is currently contracted by Success Resources, to present his “No Holds Barred” approach in Spain, Malaysia, Brazil, S. Africa, India, Japan, New York, and California. He is also a Parent Coach for parents of kids at risk, a teen addiction interventionist, and a very happy husband and father of 2 young adults in college. Aaron is the Founder and President of Fire Mountain Programs, and since 2004 has run kids camps, teen camps and family programming and in 2009, he and his wife Christine opened a treatment center for teens ages 12-17 in Estes Park Colorado that currently has the highest success rate of adolescent recovery in the United States. He is the facilities trainer and leads the powerful parenting event, “Beyond Risk- Parenting Teens that Struggle”.

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Carolyn Pistone with Clear Blue Commercial, Inc.

June 15, 2018 by angishields

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Carolyn Pistone with Clear Blue Commercial, Inc.

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Carolyn Pistone is an accomplished Senior Executive, C-Suite Officer, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Thought Leader, and Board Member with over 25 years of success across commercial real estate, film entertainment, and digital imaging. Leveraging extensive experience in operations management and sustainability, she is a valuable resource for >$5M green technology and other companies looking for gender equity, sustainability, community or social responsibility. Her broad areas of expertise include leadership; business strategy; executive coaching; organizational development; change management; operations management; investors and investments; location intelligence; and land acquisition. In her executive career, Carolyn has held leadership positions at Clear Blue Commercial (Founder, >3 years); Green Key Commercial; CBRE; Pistone Consulting Associates (Founder, >12 years); and Tippett Studio. She has founded a commercial real estate company with strong foundations in the principles of sustainable economies and community-building. As a thought leader in commercial real estate, she has been responsible in her negotiations and transactions for saving >3M gallons of water in her service area. She has delivered a $5M profit on a commercial building sale after <5 years ownership. To be truly sustainable, she will consistently focus on her clients’ bottom line as well as her own. Carolyn earned a B.A. from San Francisco State University; and an M.F.A. in Directing for Theatre, Film, and Television from California Institute of the Arts. She has served on boards and advisory councils, including for Petaluma Community Foundation (Trustee, Board President); Real Estate and Business Social Enterprises Association (REBSEA, Founder); Investing in Communities (IIC, Founder); National Climate Action 2020 Stakeholders Advisory Board; and Sonoma County Alliance. She is a proud Certified REALTOR®, EcoBroker®, and Green Building Professional®. She was recently awarded regional recognition for her business philanthropy.

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Tuesdays with Corey Episode 9

June 13, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Tuesdays with Corey Episode 9

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Rachel (Johnston) Eisaman is owner and principle director for Joli Residential. She grew up shadowing her father, a contractor, in his workshop and in and out of houses he was building. It was in these early days that she learned to appreciate the work put behind the walls to make a house a home and developed a keen understanding for the importance of maintaining all elements of a home from foundation to roof and all the systems in between. She moved to Atlanta in 2004 after graduating from the University of Florida with a degree in Forensic Anthropology and took her interest in homes to a new level by pursuing a degree in Interior Design from the Art Institute of Atlanta. Since its beginning in 2009, Rachel has grown Joli Residential, which now has two divisions: Concierge HOME and Concierge MOVE and has built an amazing team of “headache handlers” to tackle diverse homeowner needs. Her client list includes notable philanthropists, CEOs, and professional athletes.Rachel lives in Summerhill (near Grant Park) with her husband and is dedicated to the Atlanta community. When she is not making life easier for her clients, she is giving back to her community through board positions with ArtsATL, Design Collective, and Golf for the Kids.

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Cheryl Tyler is an organizational development consultant and the founder and president of Define Consulting, LLC, a management consulting firm offering a holistic, “systems thinking” approach, helping each client define their own unique vision for success. As a former Vice President of Human Resources and Training in the Hospitality Industry and now as an Organizational Development Consultant, Cheryl partners with clients offering a holistic, “systems thinking” approach, helping each client definetheir own unique vision for success.As lead consultant on a yearlong culture and training initiative for the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia, Cheryl partnered with Arthur Blank and his team to ensure that his legacy and vision for core values and service was inculcated into the new stadium. This initiative included needs analysis, design, development, execution, and measurement of service philosophy and culture training for over 7,000 executives, supervisors, team members, and third-party vendors.Cheryl specializes in services such as: Executive Coaching; Culture Transition and Change Management; Succession Planning; Customer-Experience Programs and Initiatives; Communication Skills to include Professional Presence; Facilitation and Presentation Skills; Leadership Development Programs; and Employee Engagement and Performance Management Strategies.Clients represent academia, retail, stadiums and arenas, manufacturing, hospitality, food and beverage, hotel, casino / gaming, rent-to-own, city government, finance, technology, transportation, healthcare, consulting firms, and professional associations.Cheryl has served as Adjunct Faculty for Anne Arundel Community College and Guest Coach / Instructor for both Georgia State University and University of Nevada Las Vegas. Cheryl earned her PHR (Professional in Human Resources) from the Society of Human Resource Management and served as VP of Professional Development for the Las Vegas Chapter of ASTD (American Society for Training and Development). Cheryl is a 20-year member of CHART (Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers).

Katy Galli is a member of the leadership team at the Corporate Business RadioX® studio in Atlanta, and is proud to assist the BRX® team in their pursuit to tell 1 million positive business stories. Katy is an entrepreneur and advocate for the student-athlete. She is the creator, host, and producer of the Keep Moving Forward podcast where she interviews former professional and collegiate athletes about how to make a successful career transition out of the sporting world and into “the real world.” Katy is certified as both a CrossFit-Level 1 trainer and a USA Track and Field coach.

Corey Rieck is the President and Founder of The Long Term Care Planning Group, a firm that specializes in delivering Long Term Care education and coverage to companies, high net worth individuals and large organizations. Since 2001, Corey has devoted his career to Long Term Care as a result of multiple personal experiences. A neutral provider of Long Term Care Solutions since 2001, Corey brings a unique and comprehensive consultative perspective to this issue. Since 2003, part of his commitment to the Long Term Care Industry includes his having trained over 3,500 advisors from San Francisco to Wall Street on how to properly position Long Term Care to clients through the CLTC organization. (www.ltc-cltc.com) Additionally, he has authored dozens of published industry articles on Long Term Care and has assisted many of the nation’s leading LTC carriers on operational and educational matters.

Cindy Bowden and Justine Okello with Clarkston Community Center

June 12, 2018 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Cindy Bowden and Justine Okello with Clarkston Community Center

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On this CEO Exclusive we talk with Cindy Bowden and Justin Okello with the Clarkston Community Center about trends that are happening in the nonprofit sector.

Clarkston Community Center opened its doors in 1994 and we keep growing year over year. Currently, we proudly serve more than 50,000 individuals.

We are a meeting place for both long-term residents and families and individuals that were not born in the U.S. In fact, 43% of Clarkston’s residents are foreign-born and more than half are living in poverty. The CCC provides unique experiences, educational resources, and valuable tools that foster community while celebrating cultural diversity.

Cindy Bowden has been the Executive Director at the Clarkston Community Center for 2 years. Cindy is the past President of the World Craft Council of North America (WCCNA) which is affiliated with UNESCO. She was the Director of the Bright Ring Foundation whose mission is to assist non-profit organizations and artists in becoming sustainable. Cindy has curated exhibitions and coordinated art exchange programs with Universities and museums in Italy, Japan, and Chile, and has worked in the museum and not-for-profit field for thirty-five years.

Justine Okello is from Uganda, East Africa and has a passion for community engagement and development. He graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Gulu University in Uganda and has worked with non-profit agencies like UNICEF, Human Rights Focus (HURIFO), Save the Children and Acholi Education Initiative (AEI). He is a big fan of contemporary art and loves exploring different cultures.

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Thought Leader Radio featuring Lisa Mares with Artworks Art Studio

June 12, 2018 by angishields

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Thought Leader Radio featuring Lisa Mares with Artworks Art Studio

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Lisa Mares was born in San Antonio, Texas. She has been an advocate for children since age 12, she was the neighborhood mama! After high school, she went to San Antonio College and studied business where she received an A.A.S in Management. She continued her education at St. Mary’s University where she received a B.A. in Philosophy and English. After teaching for three years in a middle school setting, Lisa began a home childcare business in 1987. She was very active in the childcare community and became the founder of Home Grown Kids (1989), a support group for childcare providers and the organization still exists today. In 1990 she became a certified trainer for new childcare providers with SMART START for Teachers and worked as a contractor for the City of San Antonio Childcare Licensing Department as a writer. In 1992 Lisa was asked to become a Nationally Accredited Family Home Childcare Provider. The City of San Antonio paid five childcare providers to evaluate the program and Lisa received accreditation in 1993. It was through the national accreditation program that Artworks Art Studio was founded. The last project for the accreditation program was to create a business that would reach a larger population in San Antonio. Artworks opened in 1996. Lisa and her husband, Steve, have been married for over 30 years and have two daughters. Megan, (age 28), graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2015 and moved to Sweden in the summer of 2015 to begin graduate school in Educational Research at the University of Gothenburg. Marina, (age 24), graduated from nursing school from The University of Texas Health Science Center in May 2017 with a B.S. in Nursing and is employed at University Hospital.

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Thought Leader Radio featuring Jennifer Fortney with Cascade Communications

June 12, 2018 by angishields

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Thought Leader Radio featuring Jennifer Fortney with Cascade Communications

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Jennifer Fortney is President of Cascade Communications, a boutique, virtual PR and marketing communications company in Chicago, and author of “Pitched: A Simple DIY Guide to Public Relations for Small Businesses”. In her 20+ year career, she has worked with top Fortune 500 companies and a wide variety of small businesses and startups across the country, generating millions of media impressions. A Journalism major from The University of Kansas, she has written broadcast news, worked in sports, broadcast marketing and corporate agency, was the PR Instructor at SCORE Chicago/Small Business Administration for 5 years and contributed to NBCChicago.com “Inc. Well” blog, as well as several online blogs and publications.

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Thought Leader Radio featuring Amber Johns with Jackson Corporate Law

June 12, 2018 by angishields

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Thought Leader Radio featuring Amber Johns with Jackson Corporate Law

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Amber M. Johns is a principal at Jackson Corporate Law and her practice focuses on international business and corporate law. Ms. Johns humble beginning started in the small gold mining town of Grass Valley, located in the Northern foothills of California. As a child, she loved camping and horseback riding. Ms. John’s legal career began in 2004 when she participated in an exchange program at UC Berkeley, where she got her undergraduate degree. The exchange program would take her to Paris, France where she would study international relations and the European Union at Sciences-Po, the most prominent political science institution in France. During her time at Science -Po she became captivated by the debates surrounding the unification of Europe and how the law was the fundamental tool of organization. Combining her love of the French language and culture with a legal career, Ms. Johns envisioned the business prospects of a career path in international law where she could advise French and francophone businesses on international strategies and growth. This vision led Ms. Johns to other international experiences such as interning for the United Nations at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania and studying international law in Venice, Italy. Her pursuit of a practice in international business led her to join Jackson Corporate Law in 2013. Today, Ms. Johns advises small and medium-sized businesses on corporate structuring and international business. However, she specializes in working with businesses who have international offices or who have distribution and trade agreements with foreign companies, particularly in France and West Africa, and she provides corporate legal services for foreign companies doing business in the United States. Ms. Johns is fluent in French, serves on the Boards of the African Global Chamber of Commerce, the AeroStar Avion Institute, and Henry Booth House. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Black Women Lawyers Association, the Cook County Bar Association and she is involved with the French American Chamber of Commerce, the International Trade Association of Greater Chicago and is an Advisor for the African Business Portal. Believing strongly in investing in her community, she is also a college student mentor at the One Million Degrees Program. She is an avid animal lover and adores her two cats – Smokey and Selena and is a serious wine connoisseur who prefers wines from the Cotes du Rhone and Saint-Émilion regions of France. Prior to joining Jackson Corporate Law Offices, Ms. Johns was the Associate In-Counsel for the Woodlawn Community Development Corporation (WCDC). She holds two Bachelors of Arts degrees in French and International Relations from the University of California, Berkeley and she received her Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and her Law and Business Certificate from Vanderbilt University Law School. She is currently earning her masters in law (L.L.M.) in Business and Trade Law at the Johns Marshall Law School.

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Fred Burke with Guardian Pharmacy Services, Stacey Savatsky with Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA), Sarah Hoots with SculptHouse

June 11, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Fred Burke with Guardian Pharmacy Services, Stacey Savatsky with Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA), Sarah Hoots with SculptHouse

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Fred Burke, CEO and chairman of Guardian Pharmacy Services, is an entrepreneur’s entrepreneur. Fred believes that when you empower employees to maximize their potential, smart, motivated people can attain incredible success. Fred’s company, Guardian Pharmacy Services, implements a very successful local autonomy business model to support their pharmacy partners across the country and is now the nation’s third largest long-term care (LTC) pharmacy company with 34 locations serving 22 states and more than 100,000 senior residents.

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After earning an MA in Museum studies, and spending the first 7 years of her professional career in the Registrar’s office of Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum, Stacey Savatsky earned her second master’s degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS). Her educational endeavors have always been related to museums, libraries and archives, weather through the study of art history, museum management, or library and archival science. After receiving her MLIS, she worked as Public Art Coordinator for the City of Atlanta and subsequently as Executive Director of Collections for a traveling exhibition company during which time she travelled world-wide, working with various types of collections. In 2008, Savatsky became a museum consultant, both continuing her international travels with exhibitions, and working locally with Atlanta area collectors and museums. Last August, Stacey accepted a full time position as Collections and Exhibitions Manager for The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, after spending the preceding 8 months as a grant-funded archivist, establishing processes and procedures for tracking and processing MOCA GA’s archival assets. She is responsible for exhibition logistics and collections stewardship of the MOCA GA Permanent collection, archives collections, and art library.

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Sarah Hoots is the owner of Atlanta franchise SculptHouse, the world’s first fitness studio to combine the human-powered Lagree Megaformer and Woodway treadmill in a total-body class that melds together the elements of Pilates, cardio training and weights to create a revolutionary, body changing workout. The upscale studio features generous social spaces, a luxurious shower and blow dry bar, keyless lockers with USB phone chargers and a retail collection of high-fashion activewear by leading designers. Bringing this unique fitness method to Sandy Springs is a culmination of Sarah’s drive, commitment and perseverance to succeed. Sarah’s early equestrian years eventually led to competitive weight training, obstacle races and cycling. It was her need for low-impact, lengthening exercise that brought her to SculptHouse in 2016. After the first class, she was hooked and the quick waist-whittling results made her a believer in SculptHouse. Diagnosed with Stage 3 Melanoma in 2017, Sarah is a cancer survivor at age 27 and left the corporate world to share her passion for changing lives through fitness and a healthy lifestyle. Sarah believes in the profound power of an uplifting environment where individuality is celebrated, and people can sweat, smile, encourage, inspire and connect. She hopes to foster this sense of fun and community at her new Sandy Springs location, slated to open in summer 2018. Originally from Albany, Ga., Sarah put down roots in Atlanta in May of 2015 upon finishing graduate school at Lipscomb University in Nashville. An adventure traveler, she has trekked and explored throughout Europe and South America with hopes of conquering Mount Everest and Kilimanjaro by 2020. Sarah is also a fan of Renaissance History, Buckhead Church and great vegan restaurants

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Pensacola Business Radio: Women In Leadership Series Ep 8. Brought to you by Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast

June 8, 2018 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio: Women In Leadership Series Ep 8. Brought to you by Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast

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Laura Griffin/ Owner
The UPS Store at Milestone

Laura Griffin owns The UPS Store franchise at 2172 W Nine Mile Rd in Pensacola with her husband, Dan. She started out as a Manager of a The UPS Store location 18 years ago and worked for The UPS Store Area Office for 15 years before purchasing her current store in August of 2016. Laura is a proud member of the Junior League of Pensacola where she has chaired the Membership Development Committee and recently was honored with the League Leadership Award. She is currently the co-chair of the Research, Development and Evaluation Committee with the Junior League. In her free time, Laura enjoys spending time with her husband watching movies together and discussing current events.

Michelle Salzman / Salz Studio
Founder
Manager, recognized award winning community volunteer, and proven leader with extensive logistical and marketing experience. Performs well in a variety of roles from sales to project management and customer advocacy. In addition to corporate, educational, and community roles, Michelle Salzman is also a decorated former service member in the U.S. Army.

Kolleen Edwards Chesley has 25 years of experience in the financial services industry and spent the majority of her career as a financial advisor. In that role, Kolleen was responsible for finding her own clients and quickly learned the value of networking, networking, and even more networking. It was in 2004 and during her sales career that she, along with two other professional business women met for lunch with the purpose of helping to motivate each other after Hurricane Ivan had blown through our area and changed not only the physical landscape of the area, but also impacted the business landscape as well. Out of that lunch was born what is now a thriving not-for-profit organization for business women.

Kolleen currently serves full-time as the Founding Director of what was originally called Women’s Business Lunch and is now known as Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast. The organization advocates a culture of confidence building, lifelong learning, collaboration, empowering others and a spirit of charitable giving.

The mission of Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast is to promote, advance and improve women in business and the organization accomplishes these in a number of different ways.

Monthly networking meetings in Pensacola and Gulf Breeze. These are open to all women and are free to attend. We run a structured meeting with open networking, an educational segment, a sponsor presentation, an opportunity to hear about the businesses of all attendees, and a whole lot of fun. We frequently hear from attendees that these meeting are chock full of value and a great way to build new relationships to help support their businesses. The Pensacola meetings include lunch paid for by our sponsors.
Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast Magazine. We have produced 4 editions of this print magazine. Each edition features interviewees of local successful leaders in business who share their honest thoughts on leadership, success, obstacles, and inspiration as it relates to women in business. We also include other articles on leadership, networking, and other skill development. It is geared for anyone in business or looking for business motivation and tips. Our goal is for this to be a quarterly publication, however the magazine is currently on hold as we explore graphic designers. Our latest edition can still be found on our website.
Annual Pursue Your Passion Women’s conference. To help celebrate National Business Women’s Week, we hold a full day conference during the third week of October along with several other events leading up to the conference. We feature a national keynote speaker, several local successful leaders in business, along with Speed Networking, an Experience Hall, structured and unstructured networking exercises and plenty of laughter, relationship building and excitement. Our attendees are not only motivated by the conference but they leave with tangible tips they can take back and implement in their businesses to lead them to success. For 2018, our conference will be held on Wednesday, October 17^th and Thursday, October 18^th, 2018 at Sanders Beach.
Power Up Challenge is a 12 week educational series where we hold classes once a week for two hours. Classes focused around four main areas of business: Networking, Marketing, Business Efficiency, and Sales Skills. Open to men and women and all classmates receive the full audio recording of each class along with class notes, expanded notes, and extra resources. Remote classes also available. Classes are affordable and attendees are elated with the amount and quality of the information that is shared.

Women in Leadership radio podcast show – sponsored by Pensacola Business Radio X. We hold monthly shows featuring local community leaders and other men and women in business. We engage our guests in conversational style in-depth interviews.

Also Happening with Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast

We had the honor to meet with a delegation of business women from Russia last week. It inspired some amazing conversations. I wanted to pass on the news! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out! Thank you for your consideration in running this.

PENSACOLA BUSINESS WOMEN MEET WITH RUSSIAN DELEGATION ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP

June 2018

Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast discussed women entrepreneurship with Congressionally sponsored Open World Program

At the invitation of the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council, Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast met with a group of 6 women entrepreneurs from Russia visiting Pensacola through the Congressional sponsored Open World Program. This program brings emerging leaders from participating countries to the United States in order to give them firsthand exposure to the American system of participatory democracy and free enterprise.

The women from Russia were in their 30s and are business owners or hold positions equivalent to higher-level management and were from various areas of Russia. They were in Pensacola for the week and met with Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast (PWGC) and several other local organizations and businesses for conversations about women in business or entrepreneurship.

Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast’s mission is to promote, advance, and improve women in business and about a third of their membership is entrepreneurs. The conversation included an introduction of PWGC, how they started and how they operate by Founding Director, Kolleen Edwards Chesley. PWGC was able to include several advocates of their organization in the conversation including: Michelle Salzman of Salz Studio (PWGC member), Kaila Barrington of Levin Rinke Realty (PWGC Board Member), and Margie Kalaluhi of Heart Centered Wellness (PWGC member and Board Member). These ladies shared their experience with PWGC, spotlighted their own businesses, their passion for women-helping-women and they talked about their thoughts of women in business.

Margie Kalaluhi, commented, “It’s an honor to have been invited into this conversation. I have been involved with PWGC for 13 years and to be able to discuss what a women’s organization dedicated to business development has done for me and my business with women from Russia who hold such high positions in business in their own country was amazing.” The women from Russia shared their experiences and talked about what is available in Russia for business women. One of the Russian women is alumni from the largest business school in Russia, another is on the board for a large women’s business organization, and they all shared a passion for women’s leadership and women supporting other women.

Michelle Salzman added, “Having a community conversation with the purpose of sharing our views on how we can work better together as women and how to support all women in business is exciting; however to share that with women from across the globe really took it to the next level.” Kolleen Edwards Chesley added, “Conversations like this one help us to be proud of what we have in our community and inspire us all to continue to grow and make our communities even better.”

About Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast

The mission of the Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast is to promote, advance and improve women in business. Based in Pensacola, Florida, this not-for-profit organization advocates a culture of confidence building, lifelong learning, collaboration, empowering others, and a spirit of charitable giving. Through monthly networking meetings, an annual fundraising conference supporting the Gulf Coast Kid’s House, podcasts, and educational series, Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast supports women who are making a positive impact in their business, the lives of others, and the community. Founded in 2004, the organization continues to grow under the leadership of Kolleen Edwards Chelsey, serving as founding director.

Contact

Kolleen Chesley, Executive & Founding Director

Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast

(850) 529-0908

directors@powerfulwomengulfcoast.com

www.powerfulwomengulfcoast.com

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