Dear NAWBO leaders, members, and friends,
Happy holidays from your NAWBO CA board! We hope you’re taking time to celebrate the season with family and friends.
I would like to thank PG&E for hosting Resources to Develop Your Business. It was fantastic to learn more about how our women business owners can take advantage of free resources and learning opportunities, and to learn more about what supplier diversity representatives are looking for from first point of contact to successful project completion. We look forward to continuing our partnerships with organizations supporting women business owners.
The end of the year is a time of gratitude and giving. I am grateful for our NAWBO sisterhood and all that we do to support one another. As the year winds down, I encourage you to consider where else you can give either of your time or funds. There are so many ways we can help better our world. What one thing can you do that would have real impact (and make you feel great at the same time)?
As busy business owners, we’re not always the best at giving something to ourselves. I encourage you to identify the top one or two things you can do for yourself before the end of this year. If that’s too soon, then give yourself the next 30 days. It can be big or small… maybe a relaxing bath or booking that getaway that keeps getting delayed (even if it’s far out). Maybe it’s giving yourself a little space to just breathe. Whatever it is, know your NAWBO community is cheering you on.
I wish you good health, peace, and prosperity for 2022. May we all bring our best selves to do our best work in this year ahead.
Best wishes,
Amber Wallace
NAWBO-CA President
President & CEO, Dowitcher Designs
Past President, NAWBO Santa Barbara
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Please circle May 16-17, 2022 on your calendars for Propel 2022!
More information will be available as the date approaches.
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Meet an inspiring 2021 Pathways Program graduate! |
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Susan Hopkinson is a seasoned investment professional bringing financial and due diligence expertise as well and an analytical mindset to growing companies. She focuses on financial forecasting, growth planning, board governance, and implementation of ESG strategies.
Susan co-founded, was the CFO, and is currently the Chief Sustainability Officer and Board Member of HigherRing, an outsourcer of back-office and customer services for growing companies, with remote employees working across 27 states.
Susan also sits on the Board of JUMA ventures, a national non-profit organization, which provides jobs to at-risk youth. There she serves on the Finance, Audit, and Enterprise committees. Susan is also on the Duke University Trinity Board of Advisors, where she serves on the Graduate Education Committee. Susan received her MBA from Booth, University of Chicago, and is a CFA charter holder.
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Courageous conversations are the start of any healing process. Join NAWBO and the National Federation for Just Communities (NFJC) of WNY, Inc. for a monthly virtual series of DEIB Circle events starting in November designed to empower, encourage and support you in your diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEI&B) journey.
We’ll explore:
- Ways we communicate with one another
- How to become better listeners (a skill we need now more than ever!)
- Social issues that impact our ability to empathize
- How to understand our differences
Become an active participant in overcoming the many divides that separate us! Each session will bring our community closer together in a DEIB Circle format for respectful dialogue with the goal of learning from and with one another. Sessions begin with large group discussions followed by facilitated small group conversations.
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SESSION DATES
Times: 3:00
Click on the dates to register
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San Diego NAWBO Celebrates the HOLIDAYS with a GREAT GATSBY themed party!
Festivities at the San Diego NAWBO holiday party on December 9 included delicious food, a signature drink, SPA GIRL cocktails, a photo booth and members and guests arriving in Gatsby themed costumes. Thank you to our sponsors including:
The Bright App, Event Sponsor
Mendocino Farms, Food Sponsor
Spa Girl Cocktails, Gift Bag Sponsor
Knobbe Martens, Venue Sponsor
Wertz Real Estate Investment Services, Decoration Sponsor
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Door prizes, donated by our members and local businesses were appreciated. Members and non-members alike enjoyed relaxing and networking with friends and colleagues as well as once again recognizing our 2021 BRAVA award winners.
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Pictured left to right: San Diego President-Elect, Joan Maze, Founder of Life In Seven Coaching and Consulting; Board Member, Shawn Stout-Jough, Founder, Strategic HR Advisory, and Board Member (and planner of this event), Rosie Arango, COO, The Bright App.
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The NAWBO-CA office will be closed December 24 through the 31st. We wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season!
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