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NAWBO Lexington Chapter Spotlight

Corporate Partner
of the Month

LexTech, Inc.

LexTech, Inc. is a business and technology consulting company founded by a Basha Roberts in 1992. Based in Lexington, KY, they have delivered products and services in over 20 states specializing in: communications, networking, security, accounting, programming, change management consulting.

LexTech is a member of the Ingram Micro Service Network with access to over 23,000 consultants, engineers and technicians.

New services include:

  • Daily offsite backup services 24/7/365
  • Desktop, Laptop, server and entire network management
  • Hosted Exchange email services integrated with your smart phones and desktop or laptop

LexTech
Basha Roberts
859.271.0701
basha@lextechky.com


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PROGRAMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 2008 Luncheon Program

Leadership in The 21st Century

Join us on Tuesday, September 16th, 11:30 a.m. at Sal's (Tate's Creek Road at Lansdowne Shoppes) for our monthly meeting, "Leadership in The 21st Century." Jay McChord, Founder and CEO of WorkplaceBuzz brings uncommon insight to the subject of Managing and Motivating the Generations in today's workplace. With a diverse background that includes consulting companies all over the world, authoring numerous articles, over a decade in the Financial Service industry, college development work, along with being elected to a second term on the City Council of Lexington, KY, McChord has become a highly regarded (and requested) speaker on the trends affecting our workplace(s).

Please RSVP before NOON on September 15th. We are now accepting Visa and Mastercard for pre-payment. Checks and cash will be accepted at the door. Guests $22, Members $18. Click here to register for the luncheon.


 

CONGRATULATIONS
NAWBO 2008 Winner's Circle Winners

New Woman Business Owner of the Year:
Lena Edwards, Balance Health & Wellness Center

Woman Business Owner of the Year:
Sharalee Scanlon, Ad Success

Member of the Year:
Betsy Jerner, New York Life Insurance Co.

Corporate Partner of the Year:
McEwen Creative

Congratulations to Beverly Clemons and the Winner's Circle Planning Committee for one of the most successful events ever! With nearly 300 people, the event, presented by My Favorite Things, was held at the Marriot for a truly memorable afternoon!

A huge thanks to KSBDC for their help with registration and a big round of applause to the following NAWBO members for their tireless work: Emily Ashburn, Sarah Burton, Cathy Chatfield, Beverly Clemons, Sharon Cox, Denise Fridenmaker, Diana Hughes, Karen Hultman, Betsy Jerner, Pam Larson, Julie McEwen, Janey Moores, Roma Pedneau, Dana Tackett, Becky Taylor, Stacie Turner and Lynette White.

 

 

 

NAWBO 2008
Winner's Circle Award Luncheon
Presented by My Favorite Things

Click here to for more information about NAWBO's 2008 Winners' Circle.


LEXINGTON CHAPTER OF NAWBO WINS NATIONAL POWER OF NUMBERS CHALLENGE

The Lexington Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) will be recognized on the national level at the 2008 Women's Business Conference in Phoenix AZ for their participation in the 2008 Influence: Rising Membership Campaign.

The Lexington chapter won The Power of Numbers Challenge with an explosive growth of new and renewing membership -- a result their major membership event, Chocolate Affaire, held this past March. The local chapter of NAWBO had the highest percentage increase in membership -- 27.8% - among all 80 chapters across the country.

Local NAWBO President, Diane Hughes; President-elect, Beverly Clemmons; and Membership Chair Betsy Jerner received news of the honor from the NAWBO National Manager of Chapter and Member relations, Julia Cochran. Ms. Cochran writes, "Your chapter's participation in the 2008 Influence: Rising Membership Campaign serves as an excellent example for other NAWBO chapters to follow for, as you know, the larger NAWBO is, the greater impact we can make on the social, political, and economic landscape of the United States."

The Lexington chapter of NAWBO strives to reflect the national mission which is to provide the following for its members.

  • 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 makers

Congratulations, NAWBO Lexington!

Click here to download the press release.[28K Word Document]


GET INVOLVED! Want to get more involved in NAWBO? Here's your chance! NAWBO is looking for help with the following committees. Interested? Email the appropriate contact for more information:
Hospitality (Betsy Jerner at betsyjerner@ft.newyorklife.com)
Corporate Partner (Lynette White lwhite@decorandyou.com)
Website, IT/Technology (Charlotte Caldwell char@wideeyed.com)



PROGRAM IDEAS? Interested in hearing someone in particular at our monthly meetings?  Have a great topic idea?  Email Wendy Becker, Programs Chair, with your thoughts and ideas!  She will also be passing out meeting critique forms after each meeting.  Please, give her your feedback!


NAWBO® LEXINGTON THANKS OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS

Corporate Partner Added-Value! Our Corporate Partner Chairs, Lynette White and Becky Taylor, are working hard to vamp up the value of being a NAWBO Corporate Partner. Let them know if you would be interested in provided a percentage off your product or service for Corporate Partners and their employees. Have other ideas? Let them know, too! Contact Lynette at lwhite@decorandyou.com.

VISIONARY LEVEL


 

Lexmark

GOLD LEVEL


KSBDC
Becky Naugle
State Director
lrnaugle0@uky.edu

American Founders Bank
Emie Bowlby
Assistant Vice President
2621 Flying Ebony Drive
Lexington, KY 40509
859.367.3733
606.481.0292
859.367.378
ebowlby@americanfoundersbank.com

SILVER LEVEL

Annettes Catering
Annette Jett, Owner
3344 Partner Place, Ste 4
Lexington, KY 40503
859.296.6444
859.296.6434
annettescatering@aol.com

Balance Health & Wellness Center
Lena D. Edwards, MD
1001 Monarch Street, Ste 110
Lexington, KY 40513
p. 859.224.3026
f. 859.224.2685
www.balancehealthandwellness.com

CMI Consulting
Beverly Clemons, Owner
2800 Palumbo Drive Ste 202
Lexington, KY 40509
859.296.2800
859.296.2801
beverly@cmiconsulting.com

Coldwell Banker McMahan
Ann McDonald, Owner/Broker
859.744.1400
859.745.7321

Greenbaum Doll & McDonald
Wendy Becker, Attorney
300 W. Vine Street
Lexington, KY 40507
859.278.9230
www.wlbgdm.com

Lextech
Basha Roberts, CEO/President
202 Wilson Downing
Lexington, KY 40517
859.278.9230
606.272.4475
859.278.1843
basha@lextechky.com

McEwen Creative
Julie McEwen, Owner
5005 Ivybridge Dr.
Lexington, KY 40515
859.552.0062
Fax 866.315.9253
julie@mcewencreative.com

National City Bank
Jeannine Petell, Branch Manager
2352 Sir Barton Way
Lexington, KY 40509
859.281.5480

Pearl Vision Pearl Vision
Denise Fridenmaker
3801 Mall Road, Suite 115
Lexington, KY 40503-4469
859.278.5443
Friday1030@netscape.com

Saint Joseph HealthCare
Stephanie Sarrantonio, MKT Coordinator
1040 Cedar Ridge
Versailles, KY 40383
859.313.2297
859.313.3145
sarranst@sjhlex.org

Season's Salon and Spa
Pam Nystrom
859.367.0102
pamandbrent@insightbb.com

BRONZE LEVEL

Be Medispa
Chasity Hester, PA
812 E. High Street
Lexington, KY 40502
859.266.5483
859.624.5829
859.266.0056
doctor@bemedispa.com
First Southern Bank
Becky Taylor
3060 Harrodsburg Rd.
Lexington, KY 40503
859.223.3743
btaylor@fsnb.net
Stoll Keenon Ogden
Anita Britton, Partner
300 W. Vine
Lexington, KY 40507
859.231.3000
859.253.1093
anita.britton@skofirm.com
MEDIA SPONSOR

Hamburg Journal
Teresa Murphy
859.268.0945
tmurphy@hamburgjournal.com

92.9 The Bear
Scarlet Flynn
Cumulus Broadcasting
859.253.5930
scarlet.flynn@cumulus.com
www.929thebear.com

WDKY FOX 56
836 Euclid Avenue
Lexington, KY 40502
859.967.1616
859.269.3774 fx

IN KIND CONTRIBUTORS
Ad-Success Marketing
Sharlee Scanlon, Owner
121 Prosperous Place
Lexington, KY 40509
859.263.1822
859.552.6912
859.263.1828
sscanolon@adsuccess.com
Burke Oarson Bowlby
Emie Bowlby
Kreations by Karen
Karen Hultman, Owner
2220 Nicholasville Rd. Ste162
Lexington, KY 40503
859.277.6166
859.277.6155
kreat1@alltel.net
Redmonds Garden Center
Stacie Turner, Attorney
535 W. 2nd St. Ste 105
Lexington, KY 40502
859.255.0075 x301
stacie@medicalrehab.com

Sheila Bayes Jewelry
410 W. Vine Street, #270
Lexington, KY 40507
859.225.4043
ahe225@aol.com
http://www.sheilabayes.com


 

 

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