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MERRI DEE [BIO]- WOMEN DRIVING EXCELLENCE 2017 HONOREE
Merri Dee‘s legendary award-winning 49-year career in Chicago broadcasting is admirable in itself. She was the Illinois Lottery’s First Lady, anchored the first edition of midday news and sports, hosted a magazine-style TV show and served in management as Director of Community Relations.One of the first African-American women to anchorRead More …
Lisa Stone [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree
Lisa Stone BlogHer, Inc. Co-Founder and CEO Lisa Stone is one of the three co-founders of BlogHer, Inc., along with Elisa Camahort Page and Jory Des Jardins. As CEO of the company, Lisa has charted the path from an idea for a grassroots conference to a new kind of media company,Read More …
Natalie Martinez [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree
Natalie Martinez NBC Chicago Emmy Award-winning Reporter Natalie Martinez joined NBC Chicago as a general assignment reporter in January 2001. Martinez has covered big stories — like the UAL trial that nearly grounded the nation’s largest carrier — and smaller stories that matter to the “little guy.” With nearly two decadesRead More …
Susanna Jung [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree
Susanna Jung The PRICE Futures Group President and CEO Susanna Jung currently holds her Series 3 Commodity Broker license with The PRICE Futures Group and Series 7 & 63 Securities Broker license with Uhlmann Price Securities. Her responsibilities with the firm include oversight of compliance, internal accounting, payroll, and overall administrativeRead More …
Karyn Calabrese [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree
Karyn Calabrese Author and Restaurateur Karyn Calabrese declares “she is not special”. Yet it is undeniable, she has a special gift. She has learned to listen to the knowledge innate within herself and become a leading holistic healer and teacher. Many people look at Karyn at 66 and assume sheRead More …
Sherren Leigh [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree
Sherren Leigh Today’s Chicago Woman (TCW) magazine Founder, President and Editor-in-Chief
Mary Couzin [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree
Mary Couzin Chicago Toy and Game Group CEO/Founder Mary Couzin is CEO/Founder of the Chicago Toy & Game (ChiTAG) Group, which includes: playCHIC Toy Inspired Fashion Event, Int’l Summit for Professional Inventors, Int’l Toy & Game Innovation Conference, DiscoverGames.com, Toy & Game Inventor of the Year Awards (TAGIEs), Chicago ToyRead More …
Jory Des Jardins [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree
Jory Des Jardins BlogHer, Inc. Co-Founder and Strategic Alliances President Jory Des Jardins co-founded BlogHer, Inc. in 2005 with Elisa Camahort Page and Lisa Stone, and serves as the company’s President of Strategic Alliances and lead evangelist to top revenue partners. With Jory’s leadership, BlogHer has developed its own distinctiveRead More …
Elisa Camahort Page [Bio] – Women Driving Excellence 2014 Honoree
Elisa Camahort Page BlogHer, Inc. Co-Founder and COO Elisa Camahort Page co-founded BlogHer, Inc., in 2005 with Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone, and serves as the company’s COO. With Elisa leading the BlogHer conference business, it has grown from a single conference hosting 300 attendees in 2005, to manyRead More …
Luvvie Ajayi [bio]
Luvvie Ajayi is a writer and social media strategist who’s been blogging for a decade. Her award-winning pop culture humor blog, AwesomelyLuvvie.com is a respected space online, and was winner of the Best Humor Blog of 2009 from the Black Weblog Awards, chosen as one of BlogHer’s 2010 Voices ofRead More …