Sam Walton Emerging Entrepreneurs
Kristie Bohm Byrum
Kristie Byrum, APR, is the President and CEO of Byrum Innovation Group, Inc. (www.byruminnovation.com), a strategic marketing and communications company that represents innovative national companies. A serial entrepreneur, Byrum has launched several businesses, creating jobs and securing venture capital to fuel business growth. She is the author of two books and mother of two school-age children.
Mary Casey
Mary Casey opened the Boulder Quest Center in 2004 to share her passion for personal discovery and empowerment through ancient technologies of martial arts, meditation and fitness. As part of her commitment to excellence, she holds a Master of Science in Recreation Administration, a Senior Instructor license in To-Shin Do, and her 3rd degree black belt. In addition, she finds time to give community seminars, write a monthly column for Boulder Women's Magazine, and volunteer as Treasurer for the Boulder Parks and Recreation Foundation board. She loves nothing more than to share her knowledge, especially with women finding their own way to power and dream-manifestation.
Colette Chapman
Colette Chapman, Founder of Chapman Concierge, brings a wealth of experience, enthusiasm and authenticity to each and every client relationship. A 15-year veteran of the Hotel/Restaurant Industry, Colette has held management positions with Hilton and Westin Hotels; she is also an active volunteer in many state and local organizations.
Leslie Corsbie
Leslie W. Corsbie has 15+ years experience in the landscape industry, a B.S. in Landscape Architecture and a hands on approach to her craft. Leslie honed her skills and customer relations and created Performance Design & Landscape, from a desire to be a leader in her profession and her future.
Nancy Del Monaco
Solutions in Packaging, has been providing corporate clients with creative, custom- printed marketing materials, and information packaging for 15 years. We are fast becoming the expert in eco-friendly marketing alternatives. As a child Nancy was told “construction is not for girls”, and was not permitted to join the successful family business. So she started her own.
Leah Dossey
Leah Dossey has been in the design/print/web media industry for over 11 years. Blueleaf Creative, founded in 2005, provides clients with creative design solutions. Starting in photography she moved into printing and then graphic and web design. Dossey states, "The transition between fields is very natural. It has allowed me to see the industry from different perspectives. I then take that wisdom and translate it into positive business suggestions and creative designs for my clients.
Doreen Foxwell
Doreen Foxwell started The Children's School of Yoga 5 years ago after she had an epiphany in the middle of the night to be teaching children's yoga. During the past 5 years her company has become the largest children's yoga program in the Hudson Valley, NY with over 30 off site locations in over 8 counties.
Carolyn Goodwin
Carolyn Goodwin is the founder and creator of C. Marie Signatures, a fragrance developed for use on the body, linens and stationery. She is actively involved in her community, serving on the Covenant House Guild board, mentoring for YMCA G.I.R.L.S., and serving on the Former Student Board at Texas A&M’s Mays College of Business.
Diane Griffin
Diane Griffin, owner and President of Security First & Associates, has spent over two decades in Security Administration. Her expertise ranges from personnel, IT, and facilities security to disaster planning and crisis management. Prior to founding SF&A, she held Directorship positions overseeing all security functions at a variety of companies.
Clovia Hamilton
Clovia Hamilton is a civil engineer, certified urban planner, and licensed attorney. Clovia has more than 20 years of work experience in providing business, civil engineering, land development planning, and legal support services.
Michelle Herbert & Amy Michelle
Amy and Michelle were friends throughout their M.B.A. graduate program at the University of Colorado, and often shared their desire to be successful entrepreneurs. We started Amy Michelle so we could design and manufacture baby bags to reflect a woman’s style, while accommodating the daily needs of both baby and mom. Our goal is to brand Amy Michelle as a premier mommy-baby bag designer in the world. We are well on our way with distribution in the United States and Canada and have plans to distribute in Australia and Japan.
Molly Kerns
After graduating from the Swedish Institute of Massage Therapy in 1993, Molly Kerns built a successful private practice in New York City while also working as a senior therapist at the Four Seasons Hotel Spa. Molly has pursued advanced studies in Shiatsu and CranioSacral Therapy. She founded TSUBO Massage in 2001.
Amy Lang
Through her business, Birds + Bees + Kids®, LLC, Amy Lang, MA teaches adults how to talk children of any age about sexuality, love and relationships. She has a 16-year history as a Sexual Health Educator, a Masters in Applied Behavioral Science and loves to help people learn about this vital part of life.
Sharlyn Lauby
Sharlyn Lauby is president of ITM Group, a Florida human resources consulting and employee training firm. She has 20 years of professional HR experience including VP for one of the largest organizational consulting companies. Sharlyn is an in-demand speaker and authors HR Bartender - a blog about everyday workplace issues.
Karen Lawrence
Karen Lawrence owns It’s My Affair, LLC, a meeting and event management company planning domestic and international events. Karen was named one of 101 Meeting Professionals to watch by ConventionSouth, an industry magazine. She was awarded a certificate for outstanding professionalism, creativity and dedication to the meetings and convention industry.
Cindy Lin
Cindy Lin is the founder and lead designer of Staged4more Home Staging & Redesigns. To date, she has staged $45+ million worth of real estate, in which, earned a combined $1,527,000 in over-asking price. Her work and Staged4more has appeared in San Francisco Chronicle, San Mateo County Times, HGTV and many other online media. In early 2009, Cindy is planning to roll out Staged4more's sister company, which will be an online shop that carries real estate related products & services.
Shelley Matheny
Shelley Matheny, CMP (Certified Meeting Professional) founder of KidsAlong LLC, has 20+ years experience in the incentive travel industry, working with Fortune 500 companies planning events for children. She's spoken at various conferences on how to balance work/family and incorporate children into your events.
Jess McLamb
McLamb is president of The Roper Group, a company that specializes in QuickBooks® training and bookkeeping services. Prior to forming the company, McLamb was a senior officer in financial services. She founded the Wake County Women Business Owners’ Network and is currently president of the Greater Raleigh Chapter of NAWBO.
Maria Robertson and Esther Psarakis
Demeter's Pantry, an importer of gourmet, organic and specialty foods from Greece is a company created from the merger of Taste of Crete, started by Esther Luongo Psarakis, an American who married into the Greek culture, and Demeter's Pantry, started by Maria Kardamaki Robertson, a native of Greece who moved to the US. These companies came together because of their common passion for the foods, people and culture of Greece.
Jil Ross
Ironically enough, it took the voice of a child to kick-start author Jil Marie Ross’s career. The Chicagoan and mother of two was first inspired to pen chapter books for children (between the ages of 7-11) in 1993; writing about her son and daughter’s shenanigans in an African American-themed book series filled with fun, but grounded with moral lessons.
Sarah Symons
The Emancipation Network is a social purpose business fighting human trafficking and slavery through the import and sale of handicraft products made by survivors and people at high risk for being sold into slavery. TEN sells the handicrafts online, and at Awareness Parties across the US, raising awareness about human trafficking and offering economic empowerment and the hope of a future to survivors.
Angie Toussaint
Angie Toussaint is the owner of KMT Management Services, which was started approximately 5 years ago. It was started with the intent of increasing the awareness of women and acquainting women with technology. In her business, Angie provides audiovisual services, an area that many women are not familiar with (aside from an LCD projector and a microphone). As a result, she has implemented a training and certification program for audiovisual technology.
Angie Toussaint
Felicia Watlington is the president/founder of Supplier Diversity Works. SDW LLC provides supplemental staffing/program support for corporate supplier diversity, including web-based supplier registration tools, inclusion/matchmaking of diverse vendors, diverse spend reporting, spend analysis/goal-setting, training and workshops, and organizational assessments. Ms. Watlington is married with two sons, ages 7 and 14.
Sandra Wiendels
Sandra was born and raised in Portugal but has since lived and worked in several countries. Her interest on how stress impacts health inspired her to create a concept which gives the opportunity to each citizen to afford relaxation at a reasonable price by offering different options.
Maya Williams
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