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CORPORATE PARTNERS Gold
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Welcome to our Education-2-Entrepreneur 2016 Scholarship Banquet (“E2E”). We greatly appreciate your attendance, support, and participation. We are here tonight not only to award scholarships to young, future female entrepreneurs, but also to inspire them and those of you present with an accomplished panel of previous AWE (Amazing Women Event) winners. An event of any size requires tremendous preparation, and I greatly appreciate the dedicated and tireless efforts of the NAWBO-IE Board of Directors. Thank you, also, to the NAWBO-U Board for coordinating the scholarship nomination process.
Beth Sari
Additionally, we would be remiss if we did not thank our NAWBO-IE Corporate Partners. In particular, we must recognize Sempra Energy for sponsoring much of the E2E event. We cannot, as an organization, support, connect, and develop women business owners throughout the Inland Empire without our Corporate Partners’ generous donations. We know there are many worthy organizations seeking their patronage and we do not take their generosity for granted. Once again, thank you for taking your time to join us this evening. Please enjoy yourselves. Be inspired. We welcome you to join our NAWBO-IE chapter! Remember – people do business with people they know, like, and trust. NAWBO-IE is an excellent organization to foster the growth of those solid business relationships. Most sincerely,
Beth Sari
2015-2016 NAWBO-IE President D.T. Sari Co., Inc. dba DT Metal Services
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Executive Board
Beth Sari President DT Sari & Co.
Robin Allen Immediate Past President Necessary Nutrition
Eileen Blaga Treasurer First Bank
Committee Chairs
C.C. Vest Corp. Partners Co-Chair Midpoint Bearing
Karen Patel Corp. Partners Co-Chair Capstone Partners Financial & Insurance Services LLC
Pearlie Holliday Hospitality Holliday Business Services
Diane Weklar Membership Weklar Business Institute
Margaret Brown Programs ANROMA Group
Jamie Harwood Public Policy Edward Jones
NAWBO-U Board
Robin Allen President
Kimberly Lessing Secretary
Chapter Admin
Debra Murphy Scholarship Chair
Joan B. Stanford Jazzy Pen Communications
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ABOUT NAWBO Inland Empire Chapter
As one of more than 70 NAWBO chapters nationwide, NAWBO-IE is the premier organization for women business owners in the Inland Empire. The power of our voice on business and economic issues affecting women-owned businesses is heard in Sacramento and at the national level. Our goal is to promote and enhance the growth and profitability of our member businesses. Our meetings provide relationship-building opportunities; we sponsor educational and informal programs, and engage in public policy efforts. We support the aspirations of future women business owners by providing scholarships to women in our local colleges and universities. NAWBO-IE is proud to unite women business owners in the Inland Empire for profit, influence and community!
National
Founded in 1975, the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is the unified voice of America’s more than 10 million women-owned businesses representing the fastest growing segment of the economy. NAWBO is the only dues-based organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs across all industries; and boasts over 7000 members and 70 chapters across the country. With far-reaching clout and impact, NAWBO is a one-stop resource to propelling women business owners into greater economic, social and political spheres of power worldwide. NAWBO is an organization which works to: STRENGTHEN the wealth-creating capacity of our members and promote economic development CREATE innovative and effective changes in the business culture BUILD strategic alliances, coalitions, and affiliations TRANSFORM public policy and influence opinion
State
NAWBO-California is the most influential women’s business organization in California, representing more than 1.3 million womenowned businesses statewide. This association of business leaders forges alliances and breaks boundaries to build better businesses by linking growing businesses with the global economy and sharing resources, skills, and expertise. NAWBO-California has ten chapters located in most of the major metropolitan areas throughout the state: Inland Empire, Orange County, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Silicon Valley, and Ventura County.
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AGENDA April 21, 2016 Welcome & Opening Remarks
NAWBO-IE President Beth Sari, DT Metal Services
Corporate Partner Recognition
NAWBO-IE Corporate Partner Co-Chairs Karen Patel, Capstone Partners Financial & Insurance Services LLC & C.C. Vest, Midpoint Bearing
Invocation
Peggy Stapleton KSGN Family Friendly Radio
Dinner NAWBO-IE Board Recognition
Beth Sari, DT Metal Services
Introduction of Panel Moderator
Beth Sari, DT Metal Services
Amazing Women Panel Moderator Panel: 2015 AWE Business Woman of the Year 2013 AWE Business Woman of the Year 2009 AWE Business Woman of the Year 2015 Community Bridge Builder
NAWBO-CA President-Elect Hilda Kennedy AmPac Tri-State CDC, Inc.
NAWBO-IE Nominee for NAWBO-CA Business Woman of the Year
NAWBO-IE Corporate Partner Co-Chair Karen Patel, Capstone Partners Financial & Insurance Services LLC
Why NAWBO?
NAWBO-IE Membership Chair Diane Weklar, Weklar Business Institute
Sandra Forney Kim Carter Beverly Leach Tonja Smith
NAWBO-U Scholarship Award Presentation NAWBO-U Scholarship Chair Debra Murphy Raffle Drawing
NAWBO-U Immediate Past President Kimberly Lessing Law Offices of Kimberly Lessing
Closing Remarks
NAWBO-IE President Beth Sari, DT Metal Services
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Panel Moderator Hilda Kennedy
AmPac Tri State Certified Development Company Hilda Kennedy is Founder/President of AmPac Tri-State Certified Development Company (CDC), a non-profit certified lender of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). She was recently selected as Congresswoman Judy Chu’s 2016 Business Woman of the Year for Upland, CA. Hilda served on the White House and SBA Council on Underserved Communities; one of 15 representatives chosen across the country. She is current President Elect for the National Association of Women Business Owners-California; Past President of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Inland Empire Chapter, and was past President of the Risk Management Association – Inland Empire Chapter. Hilda Kennedy serves as a Trustee for California Baptist University Riverside and is also a Board Member of the National Association of Development Companies. Hilda graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. She is married to Pastor Brian Kennedy and is the mother of four amazing children: Brian, Jr., Evelyn, Lelia and Joshua.
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AMAZING PANELISTS Sandra Forney
2015 AWE Business Woman of the Year
Sumptuous cuisine impeccably served in an ambiance of warm hospitality-- that’s the specialty at Impressions Gourmet Catering, a full-service catering company founded in 1983 by owner Sandra Forney. Sandra has been in the food business since she was eight years old when she helped her parents, who operated a successful resort in the San Jacinto Mountains. During her college years, Sandra managed the Gaslight Broiler in Newport Beach, handling cash audits and control, personnel administration, product procurement and scheduling while also waiting tables and serving as hostess. After graduation, she worked for Taco Bell Corporation at their corporate offices where she managed accounts payable, receivables and payroll for 24 separate corporate restaurant units. In 1983 Sandra established a full-service catering company by utilizing all skills and knowledge acquired from previously held positions. Today, Impressions Gourmet Catering is recognized in the Inland Empire as a professional, well-established and thriving business, catering for events as small as a gourmet dinner for 2 to a picnic for 7,586. Remember, you never get a second chance to make a first impression!
Kim Carter
2013 AWE Business Woman of the Year
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Kim Carter is the Founder and Executive Director of Time for Change Foundation. Certified in accounting with an emphasis on not-for-profits, Kim was inspired to leave the corporate world in 2002 to start Time for Change Foundation. Motivated by her own experiences as a formerly incarcerated woman, Kim made it her mission to help women and children make the transition from homelessness and recidivism to self-sufficiency. Today she is a powerful voice for women who bear the scars of poverty, homelessness, and incarceration. It is Kim’s belief that by providing these women with training and the opportunity to develop life skills, in a nurturing and supportive environment, they will become independent, active participants in their communities. Some honors and recognitions she has received include San Bernardino County Woman of Distinction Award, Community Pioneer Award, Unforgettable Hearts Award, Businesswoman of the Year Award, Soroptimist Ruby Award, and Community Builder Award. Alongside her role as an executive director at Time for Change, she is a motivational speaker, an advocate, an author and an affordable housing developer. More recently Kim was named 2015 Top 10 CNN Hero. She aspires to continue the work of her idol, Harriet Tubman, by lighting a path and leading others to freedom from addiction and incarceration. Her motto is that “a lit candle loses nothing when it lights another.”
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AMAZING PANELISTS Beverly Leach
2009 AWE Business Woman of the Year
Beverly Leach is a woman whose motto is, “Persistence pays off.” She could have easily given up, given her circumstances. However, she kept going and kept knocking down walls. As a single mom with a newborn and a toddler, and the sole support for her daughters, she returned to college and graduated at the top of her class from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island with a degree in business. She started her career as the lone woman hired in marketing with a major food products firm. That was over forty years ago. Beverly later became a successful business owner who made a name for herself in the male-dominated food equipment manufacturing industry. Beverly, whose background was marketing food products, equipment, and services, was the owner of a Corona-based brush company. The company’s signature line was grill and pizza oven brushes for restaurants. Last year, Beverly sold the company to an Ohio corporation after 22 years of successful business. Another passion Beverly has is collecting fine porcelain. She loves encouraging others to appreciate beautiful china and “elegant living.” Her collection includes over 300 teacups, more than 50 teapots, and over 100 porcelain plates. She travels the globe to add to her collection. Today, at almost 72, she is thinking about turning this passion into another business. Beverly has two daughters who are successful career women, and three grandchildren.
Tonja Smith
2015 AWE Community Bridge Builder
Tonja Smith is the Director/CEO of Redeeming Hearts Ministries in Corona. Redeeming Hearts is a non-profit organization that is committed to helping girls and young women who are in need. This live-in program is focused on young girls who are pregnant, without support, or without a place to live. The organization offers life skills training, parenting classes, and continued education. Over the last three years the vision of Redeeming Hearts has grown. Currently, it is partnering with a leadership school that helps youth develop fundamental leadership traits. The focus for these young ladies is on education, apprenticeship, and character development. Tonja Smith has lived in Corona for 45 years and felt it was time to give back to her community. In 2008 she found a need within the community and partnered with community leaders to make this program possible. When asked about the program’s success, Tonja says, “We have successfully seen lives change and young ladies grow into leaders.”
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The Inland Empire Women’s Education Foundation (IEWEF) is a nonprofit public benefit corporation organized and operated exclusively for educational and charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The specific purpose of the organization is to provide education and related services to women-owned businesses, as well as guidance with respect to the formation and growth of such businesses. IEWEF awards scholarships to female students enrolled in a business or entrepreneurial program. These individuals typically are pursuing an undergraduate degree or graduate degree in business or entrepreneurship, or a closely related field.
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS Shraddha Patel My name is Shraddha Patel and I am a current third year honors student majoring in Business with a concentration in Information Systems at the University of California, Riverside. My attendance at UCR’s accredited AACSB Business program has offered a path for me to grow and build skills in a diverse environment that valued avenues for entrepreneurship. The diversity of backgrounds and ideas is a perfect environment to develop business ideas, but is also an environment that provides global perspective. UCR replicates a scaled environment of globally integrated perspectives, ideas and values which makes it the ideal place to gain experience for a Business degree that requires candidates to present global insight to leverage value within various countries. I view myself as an extroverted person that enjoys meeting new people, learning about new cultures and using those skills to leverage my outlook regarding the global marketplace. As a first generation student I am thrilled at being able to pursue a higher education that many other individuals don’t have the opportunity to obtain and am extremely thankful to all the selfless mentors and coaches that have guided me towards exploring career opportunities that I could achieve with my higher education. Giving back to the community that gave to me is an important aspect of my life; therefore, after gaining my degree, I plan to open a non-profit learning academy where I can relay the knowledge I gained in college to direct other students toward success in their higher education goals. In addition, I also volunteer my time to BAPS charities, which is a nonprofit international charities organization that strives to create a better community. I am currently involved with the University Honors Program. Last spring, I took the opportunity to become an Honors Teacher Assistant for a course within the Honors program curriculum. As an undergrad I gained insight regarding teaching as an alternative career opportunity and it has certainly prompted me to keep my possibilities open in regards to gaining a Master’s Degree and possibly even a Ph.D. In addition, I have been working within the Cyber-infrastructure department on campus for over a year. The position involves monitoring a help-desk ticketing system that provides technical support through software and hardware updates and maintenance for all four libraries on campus, which includes over 500+ student work desks and 108+ faculty workstations. My aspirations for my future career definitely consist of fusing the disciplines of technology and business to achieve greater intelligence systems that improve the rate, efficiency, and effectiveness that businesses can implement within operations to deliver value. My degree in Business with a concentration in Information Systems motivates me to strive for career positions that combine data analytic and business intelligence systems to improve global corporate business models and operations. My future summer intern position within Risk Assurance and Data Analytics at Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) will help lay the stepping stones for my future endeavors of fusing Business and Technology.
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SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS Alyssa Stump Hello, my name is Alyssa Stump and I am a senior at the University of California at Riverside concentrating in Marketing. Four years ago I applied to UCR as a Biology major, and I was convinced I would spend my life studying the brains of children with autism. I quickly realized that a life spent inside a chemistry lab was not my cup of tea. What truly fascinated me, and had for years, was body language. After the usual switch of majors students go through, I selected Business Administration because I was then convinced I would start my own non-profit organization dedicated to changing the minds of students everywhere in regards to people with disabilities. I have a passion for advocating for people with disabilities. I hope to one day build my own organization that is dedicated to helping young adults with disabilities learn how to perform extreme sports, like snowboarding and surfing I am a world traveler and an entrepreneur at heart. Playing sports is my second passion. I grew up an athlete, and though I do not play competitively anymore, fitness and health are two of my hobbies. I work out and meal prep five/seven days of the week. I like to enjoy my weekends with pizza. I work very hard. I am currently interning for the Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor at UCR. In terms of family, I have four parents: mom, dad, stepmom, and stepdad, and I have two sisters who are both twelve. They are not twins. One is from mom and stepdad and the other from dad and stepmom. Their names are Danielle and Janelle (the coincidences are endless.) My favorite thing in my undergraduate career has been my position as a Student Ambassador for the School of Business Administration. This position allows me to mentor my peers, act as a resource for incoming students, and interact with industry professionals.
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SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD Alanna Graham My name is Alanna Graham. I have been in the International Baccalaureate program for 6 years and I am finishing up in the Diploma Program. I am the Co-Captain of my high school step team, which I have been a part of for three years, and this is my 10th year of being a Girl Scout. I am a natural hair enthusiast and a Young Black Achiever on my campus. I am in the top six percent of my graduating class. I regularly tutor elementary school children and I am ambitious and confident.
Alchemy Graham I am currently a senior in high school. I have been a part of the International Baccalaureate program for 6 years, which helps me to manage my time. I am the captain of the varsity track team and I have been in Girl Scouts for 10 years. I volunteer my time outside of Girl Scouts, too. I’ve helped out with rose floats, God’s Kitchen, and hosting donation drives for the homeless, just to name a few. I plan to major in biology and study ecology at either UC Davis or UC Santa Barbara.
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