Women Driving Excellence

#ChicagonistaLIVE at this year’s Women Driving Excellence! #WDE15

Last week, we highlighted a few reasons to check out Women Driving Excellence this year at the Chicago Auto Show. One of the biggest? #ChicagonistaLIVE with @NancyLoo, @MJTam, @BethRosen and @DuongOnline will be there and broadcasting LIVE from Women Driving Excellence on February 17th! Be sure to tweet along using #ChicagonistaLIVE and #NissanCAS for a chance to win prizes! StillRead More …

Reasons to Attend This Year’s Women Driving Excellence #WDE15

Women Driving Excellence at the Chicago Auto Show is fast approaching and I thought I’d share some of the great reasons to attend and bring a friend. 1. Networking Opportunities Looking to grow your business and learn from women who are driven, successful and inspiring? #WDE15 gives you the opportunity to connect with others, hear their stories and see justRead More …

Win Prizes from Verizon Wireless at Women Driving Excellence! #WDE15

Women Driving Excellence is also sponsored by Verizon Wireless! The Gearing Up with Social Videos segment at 3:00 p.m. is sure to be a hit! Be sure to check out Verizon’s Chicago Destination Store on the Mag Mile. This year, they are offering some fantastic prizes! To enter, post a unique tweet at the Gearing Up with Social Videos portion from 3-4pm on Tuesday, February 17thRead More …

Announcing Women Driving Excellence 2014

2ND ANNUAL WOMEN DRIVING EXCELLENCE EVENT AT CHICAGO AUTO SHOW Honoring Women Who Start, Accelerate, Fuel, and Steer Others To Excellence CHICAGO – Jan. 31, 2014 – Join ChicagonistaLIVE!’s MJ Tam and Beth Rosen, the Chicago Tribune and Nissan at McCormick Place North (2301 South Lake Shore Drive) on Feb. 11, 2014 to kick off the 2014 Chicago Auto Show’sRead More …

Nominate to Recognize Women Who Empower, Lead, & Inspire!

No voting here. Just point us to who we should look to recognize. Nominate someone you know who has exemplified unique vision and talent that fueled the fire of passion in you and your community. We are on a lookout for those trailblazing women that leads and lights the path for us women. The ones serving excellence in their field,Read 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, made in partnership with, by and for women (and men)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 decades of reporting and anchoring, she came to NBC Chicago fromRead 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 administrative policies of the firm. She speaks fluent Cantonese and English.

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 she inherited a strong matriarchy. The facts are, however, that bothRead More …