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Business Leader Media is currently accepting nominations for its eighth annual Women Extraordinaire Awards. Winners will be honored at a ceremony on December 8, 2010 and will be featured in the December issue of Business Leader magazine. The Women Extraordinaire Awards honor the top women business leaders in the Triad. Nominees must be C-level executives (or equivalent at non-commercial entities), business owners or partners at Triad-based businesses. In 2008, over 250 women business leaders were nominated. Women Extraordinaire will be chosen 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 Candidate must be a recognized mentor and example to other women in her industry, especially by maintaining a high functioning work-life balance **Deadline for nominations is October 26, 2009.* The nomination form takes less than five minutes to complete, and winning gives you a chance to be honored amongst some of the Triad's most outstanding women, including:
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2009 Women Extraordinaire: ANGELA MCGILL, Chief Operating Officer - High Point Housing Authority ANITA BACHMANN, Regional Vice President, Legal and Regulatory Affair - Unitd Health Care CANDACE CUMMINGS, VP, Administration & General Counsel - VF Corporation CARRIE MALLOY, Director - Triad Academy EDIE LUTZ, President/Owner - Culinary Visions Catering FLORENCE GATTEN, Owner - Gatten Enterprises FLORENCE CORPENING, CEO - YWCA of Winston Salem GAIL COLE, Owner/President - Cole Design Associates, Inc. HADA HAULSEE, Attorney - Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice HILARY KOSLOSKE, Financial Advisor, Managing Director - Scott & Stringfellow, LLC JENNIFER SHOFFNER, Vice President Human Resources - Liberty Hardware Corp. JERI WHITFIELD, Attorney, Partner - Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP JEWEL CHERRY, Dean of Student Services - Forsyth Technical Community College JULIANNE MALVEAUX, President - Bennett College JULIE GEORGE, Executive Vice President - JBA Benefits JULIE LUTHER, President and CEO - Julie Luther's PurEnergy Health and Wellness Services, Inc. KATHERINE ANDERSON, Executive Director - Winston-Salem Womancare KIMBERLY GATLING, Attorney - Smith Moore Leatherwood, LLP LAURIE WILLIAMS, Manager, CPA, CFE - Davenport, Marvin, Joyce & Co., LLP LIDA HAYES-CALVERT, President - S & L Painting and Decorating, Inc LOREN RIDINGER, Senior Vice President - Market America, Inc. MARIANN TILLERY, Dean, School of Education - High Point University MARTHA PEDDRICK, Partner - Johnson Peddrick Law Firm MONIKA STANLEY, Director of Employment & Recruitment - Novant Health NANCY DUNN, President and founder - Aladdin Travel & Meeting Planners PATSY WIGGINS, President & COO - The HR Group, Inc. ROYALE WIGGIN, President and CEO - Thayer Coggin, Inc. SUSAN PASSMORE, Director of Property Management - Blue Ridge Property Management TONYA DEEM, Partner - Kilpatrick Stockton LLP TRACEY GRAYZER, Director of Public Relations - Alamance Regional Medical Center 2008 Women Extraordinaire: ADRIANE WITCHER, Owner - Balance Day Spa BONNIE POINDEXTER, Executive Director - The Piedmont Opera DANIELLE THOMPSON WILLIAMS, Partner - Kilpatrick Stockton LLP DIANE ROWELL, COO - Apple Rock Advertising & Promotion Inc JAN CAPPS, President - The Moses Cone Wesley Long Community Health Foundation JAN SECOR, Owner and President - Jan Secor School of Real Estate JANE WEST, Marketing Manager - North State Communications JANEEN LALIK, Senior Vice President of New Business - ISP Sports JEANINE FALCON, Vice President – Human Resources - Replacements Ltd LOUISE BRADY, Vice President – Investments - Wachovia Securities LLC MARY RITTLING, President - Davidson County Community College MAUREEN MURRAY, Partner – Smith Moore Leather Wood LLP PENNI BRADSHAW, Managing Member - Constangy Brooks & Smith SALLYE LINER, President - Forsyth Medical Center SUSAN RUSSELL, Market President – Triad - Alfred Williams and Company 2007 Women Extraordinaire: CAROLE W. BRUCE, Partner - Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP DEBORAH HOOPER, President/General Manager - WFMY News 2 DR. EUNICE DUDLEY, Co-Founder/Co-Owner - Dudley Products GAYLE ANDERSON, President/CEO - Winston Salem Chamber of Commerce JANET WARD BLACK, President/Shareholder - Ward Black Law LEAH PENRY PRICE, Senior VP/City President - SunTrust Bank MARIE F. ARCURI, VP/Owner - Flow Lexus NANCY O. WHITFIELD, VP/Co-Owner - Whitfield Properties SUSAN ALT, President - Volvo Logistics SUSAN IVEY, Chairman, President & CEO - Reynolds American Inc.

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