Business Leader Media is currently accepting nominations for its Annual South Florida Women Extraordinaire Awards. Winners will be honored at a ceremony on February 28, 2011 and will be featured in the March 2011 issue of Business Leader magazine.
The Women Extraordinaire Awards honor top women business leaders in the South Florida community, who are selected based on the following criteria:
· Candidate must be an influential leader within her company or business, with an extraordinary impact on its economic success and forward-thinking strategies;
· Candidate must be actively involved in the professional organizations and associations related to her industry;
· Candidate must be active in her community by utilizing her skills and/or time to promote philanthropic organizations or causes; and,
· Candidate must be a recognized mentor and example to other women in her industry, especially by maintaining a high functioning work-life balance.
Nominations can be submitted at www.BusinessLeader.com/WE-SouthFlorida.
The nomination form takes less than five minutes to complete, and winning gives your candidate a chance to be honored among some of the South Florida’s top business leaders, including:.
2010 South Florida Women Extraordinaire:
· ADELE STONE, Managing Shareholder – Atkinson, Diner, Stone, Mankuta and Ploucha, PA
· ANA MEDEROS, CEO – Palmetto General Hospital
· ANN MACHADO, President – Creative Staffing, Inc.
· ANN MARIE SORRELL, President & CEO – The Mosaic Group
· BEATRICE LOUISSAINT, President & CEO – Southern Florida Minority Supplier Development Council
· CAROL C. LUMPKIN, Partner – K&L Gates
· CHRISTINA WORLEY, CPA /PFS, CFP®, Managing Member – Castle Wealth Management
· CLAUDIA ECHAVARRIA, Director of Operations – BGT Partners
· DAPHNE MAINGOT, Crowe Horwath LLP – Crowe Horwath LLP
· DIANA LEVI, Partner – Goldstein Schechter Koch
· DORA MARTIN-GOMEZ, Vice President – Marketing Manager – Interstate Hotels & Resorts
· DORIA M. CAMARAZA, Senior Vice President & General Manager – American Express
· EDITH G. OSMAN, Shareholder – Carlton Fields
· ELAINE HELDEWIER, Environmental Director – Carnival Cruise Lines
· ELLEN FINNERTY, Senior Vice President & Human Resources Director – FCC, LLC d/b/a First Capital
· EMILY MARQUEZ-DULIN, Executive Director – Humane Society of Greater Miami Adopt-A-Pet
· ENEIDA ROLDAN, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., President and CEO – Jackson Health System and Public Health Trust
· EVA RITVO, M.D., Vice Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences – Univ. of Miami Miller School of Medicine
· GABRIELLE D’ALEMBERTE, Attorney – The Law Offices of Robert L. Parks, P.L.
· GINGER MARTIN, President/CEO – American National Bank
· HOLLY SKOLNICK, Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig, LLP
· JAYME GELFAND, Regional Director – The Continental Group Inc
· JOAN CRAIN, Senior Director Wealth Strategies & Chief Fiduciary Officer – BNY Mellon
· JULIE BRAMAN KANE, Partner – Colson Hicks Eidson
· JULIE SILVER TALENFELD, Founder & President – Boardroom Communications
· KAL MISTRY, Chief Administrative Officer / Senior Vice President – VITAS Healthcare Corporation
· KERRY LYNN RAPPORT, Managing Director and Senior Client Account Manager – Bessemer Trust
· KIMBERLY SLATER, Engineer – The Bionetics Corporation
· LILIAM LOPEZ, President and Chief Executive Officer – South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
· LISA TROPEPE, P.E., Vice President – Engenuity Group, Inc
· LOUIE TENAZAS, Vice President, Human Resources – Del Monte Fresh Produce Company
· MIRIAM ABREU, Assistant Port Director for Finance/CFO – Port of Miami
· NIDIA MIGUEL, Founding Member – DATACORP
· PAMELA SHERMAN LINDEN, Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
· PATRICIA THORP, President – Thorp & Company
· RACHEL SAPOZNIK, Founder, President & CEO – Sapoznik Insurance & Associates Inc
· RHONDA WIMBERLY, Director of Community Affairs – Turner Construction Company
· RUTH JIMENEZ, Vice President & Branch Manager – U.S. Century Bank
· SANDRA RUIZ, Councilwoman – City of Doral
· SARAH CLASBY ENGEL, Harke & Clasby LLP – Harke & Clasby LLP
· TAMMY FOX-ISICOFF, Partner – Rifkin Fox-Isicoff & Associates
Nominations can be submitted at www.BusinessLeader.com/WE-SouthFlorida.
Thank you for your participation,
-Business Leader Events Team