w2wlink Announces Ascendancy Award Winners for Business Women
w2wlink.com, the premier professional online community for women, is pleased to announce its second Ascendancy Award recipients. Along with partners ClubCorp and American Airlines, w2wlink initiated the Ascendancy Awards to recognize, reward and inspire women to maximize their potentials. Thirty-two women were selected in Corporate, Entrepreneur, and Career Transition Settings across the nation.
- Dallas, TX (1888PressRelease) July 27, 2010 - w2wlink.com, the premier professional online community for women, is pleased to announce its second Ascendancy Award recipients. Along with partners ClubCorp and American Airlines, w2wlink initiated the Ascendancy Awards to recognize, reward and inspire women to maximize their potential in their careers. Candidates were nominated from eight cities and at-large locales across the nation for achievement in Corporate, Entrepreneurial and Career Transition settings.
These women were recognized not only for their professional strides but also for ascending to the role of mentors to other women and finding time during their own careers to strengthen others'. Celebrations in one of seven cities across the U.S. took place this summer to recognize and reward each one of this year's winners.
The second annual Ascendancy Award winners, by category, are:
Transition to Transformation:
Gwendlyne Smalls, Law Office of Gwendlyne Smalls, LLC, South Carolina
Teresa L. Magnus, Vulcan Industrial Contractors, Alabama
Melanie Sabelhaus, Superior Financial Group, D.C.
Sarah Palisi Chapin, Hail Merry Foods, Dallas
Shaunna Black, Shaunna Black and Associates, Dallas
Lizz Patrick, Patrick Law, Atlanta
Susan Johnson, Dikembe Mutombo Foundation, Inc., Atlanta
Lois Scott, Scott Balice Strategies, Chicago
Pat Mitchell, Paley Center for the Arts, NYC
Susan Luongo, Stellar Technology Consulting, Boston
Entrepreneurial:
Elise Hernandez, Ideal System Solutions, Minnesota
Angela Kreps, Kansas Bioscience Organization, Kansas
Lorna Donatone, Sodexo, D.C.
Ann Stallard, Graphic Communications Corporation, Atlanta
Molly Fletcher, Career Sports and Entertainment, Atlanta
Marie Diaz, Pursuit of Excellence, Inc., Dallas
Paige Arnof-Fenn, Mavens and Moguls, Boston
Susan Arledge, Arledge Partners Real Estate Group, Dallas
Nicole Loftus, Zorch International, Chicago
Elisabeth DeMarse, creditcards.com, NYC
Rebecca Boenigk, Neutral Posture, Inc., Houston
Megan Casey, Squidoo, San Francisco
Corporate Fast Track:
Pat McKay, Templeton, Florida
Laura Odell, KPMG, D.C.
Joyce Mazero, Haynes and Boone, Dallas
Chris St. Clare, KPMG, Atlanta
Becky Frankiewicz, PepsiCo Frito-Lay and Quaker Oats, Chicago
Pernille Spiers-Lopez, IKEA Group, Chicago
Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Boston Power, Boston
Marilyn Johnson, IBM, NYC
Irene Au, Google, San Francisco
Niloufar Molavi, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Houston
In addition, one winner was chosen from each category as the national Ascendancy Award winner. Those winners are:
Transition to Transformation: Lois Scott, Scott Balice Strategies, Chicago
Entrepreneurial: Molly Fletcher, Career Sports and Entertainment, Atlanta
Corporate Fast Track: Niloufar Molavi, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Houston
Affiliated women business organizations that are supportive of our mission include: EWGA, NAWBO, Women Corporate Directors, Women's Foodservice Forum, Women President's Organization, The Women's Museum and Linkage. Partners who have been integral to our mission: ClubCorp and American Airlines, Destination Cellars with Lail Vineyards, and media partners PR Newswire and Pink Magazine.
ClubCorp is The World Leader in Private Clubs. Internationally, ClubCorp's affiliates own or operate nearly 160 golf courses, country clubs, private business and sports clubs, and resorts.
American Airlines is a proud partner of w2wlink.com. The AAdvantageŽ program is American's travel awards program. It was the original travel awards program established more than 25 years ago, and today is the world's largest.
w2wlink.com, the premier professional women community, is dedicated to professional women, helping them get to where they're going - faster. w2wlink provides expert knowledge, tools to meet challenges, and connection with others in online networking groups, webinars and events. w2wlink was named by MORE Magazine, along with LinkedIn and Facebook, as one of the top three online sites for networking.
For more information email us at PublicRelations ( @ ) w2wlink dot com or call 214.866.0299.
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