NAWBO-SFBA - Key Persons


Amy Henry

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Partner

Anne Staines

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Barita Law Firm

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Becky Ragan

Job Titles:
  • National Director of Stakeholder Engagement
As a member of the NAWBO team, I am able to relay exciting news about events and corporate partnerships and share members' successes with the entire NAWBO world.

Bill Sorenson

Job Titles:
  • Community Partner

Brenda Harris

Job Titles:
  • BPN Staffing Solutions

Charlotte Chapter

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Claudine Ng

Job Titles:
  • President of the Board of Directors

Connie Adams

Job Titles:
  • VP of Administration
Becoming a part of the NAWBO HQ team has undoubtedly filled a need I had in my life to be a part of something bigger than me.

Cristina Morales Heaney

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • U.S. Safety Services
  • U.S. Safety Services / San Antonio, TX

Cynthia McClain-Hill

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Counsel PLC

Darla Beggs

Job Titles:
  • Community Partner
  • Abba Staffing and Consulting LLC / Bedford, TX

Deanna Novak - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

Debra Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Partner

Diahann W. Lassus

Job Titles:
  • CFP

Diana Doukas

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Partner

Dr. Janis Shinkawa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Chairman Elect

Dr. Theresa Ashby

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Kaleidoscope Media Services / Long Beach, CA

Ellen Linares - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Immediate past Chair
  • Member of the Officers Team

Erica Smigielski

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Grace McGartland

Job Titles:
  • GM Consultants

Jacqueline Hayes - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Treasurer

Janice Graham

Job Titles:
  • Entrepreneur

Janie Stubblefield

Job Titles:
  • Immediate past Chair

Jeanette Armbrust

Job Titles:
  • Greenlight Leadership Consulting Group, LLC / Pacific Palisades, CA

Jen Earle

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • National CEO
I constantly hear success stories, best practices, new ideas for partnerships and new approaches to business from our amazingly talented members.

Jennifer Martin

Job Titles:
  • Institute Certification Manager
It's my honor to be able to work alongside NAWBO leadership in helping women business owners become certified.

Jill Calabrese Bain

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Partner

Jill Simonson Luciano

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Partner

Joyce Lee

Job Titles:
  • National Vice President of Operations
I first became part of NAWBO in 2008, handling member services for the NAWBO-LA chapter. I had previously been a general manager of a restaurant chain with three locations where I did a lot of customer service

Joyce M. McLaughlin

Job Titles:
  • Global Enterprise Group

Julia Metcalf

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Partner

Kandi Hidde

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Partner

Karen Bennetts - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Immediate past Chair
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Founder and Owner of Little Red Bird
Karen is founder and owner of Little Red Bird, a brand development and strategic creative services firm that helps companies discover and express their brand voices through creative communications. LRB supports organizations in segments such as education and non-profits, retail, financial services, healthcare and construction. Karen delivers brand and creative strategy development, and oversees day-to-day project and fiscal management, media planning and buying and research for the firm's clients. Karen serves as Immediate Past Chair of the National Board of Directors for the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), is past president of the NAWBO Charlotte Chapter, and past chair of the National Presidents Assembly Steering Committee.

Kathy Warnick

Job Titles:
  • Warnick Consulting

Katie Vlietstra

Job Titles:
  • Community Partner

Kelly Scanlon

Job Titles:
  • Immediate past Chair

Kimberly Snodgrass

Job Titles:
  • Institute Certification Manager
It is such a unique opportunity to be part of the team launching the NAWBO Institute Certification program and I am extremely grateful. Helping to elevate women-owned businesses and assisting them in acquiring the WBE/MWBE certification is a step toward more inclusion and opportunity.

Laura Yamanaka

Job Titles:
  • Team CFO

Lena Graham-Morris

Job Titles:
  • HORUS Construction
  • HORUS Construction Services, Inc

Lesa Seibert

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team

Lisa Brunet

Job Titles:
  • Director

Lisa Coppola - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Chairman Elect
  • Ex Officio / the Coppola Firm / Buffalo, NY

Lori Lemmon

Job Titles:
  • National Director of Events & Special Programs
I couldn't be more excited to be a part of the NAWBO HQ team and and support our women business owners.

Lynda Bishop

Job Titles:
  • Institute Vice President of National Programs
I am deeply involved in my community and am a cause-driven leader. My personal mission of being an agent of positive change and leading by example has been a driver for me as I have taken on many community projects locally and internationally.

Margaret Hernandez

Job Titles:
  • National Social Media Strategist
I'm constantly looking for adventure-in life, business and personal growth. I'm a bit of a loner, a fun fact that is in drastic opposition to my life as a social media advocate/professional. Thankfully, I manage to excel and balance both. I can't remember the last time I was bored.

Megan Patton - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Treasurer

Meggan Ciaccia

Job Titles:
  • Committee Members

Mercedes Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Partner
  • Master Your Card

Monica Smiley

Job Titles:
  • Community Partner

Nooshin Behroyan

Job Titles:
  • Immediate past President
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Paula D'Amico

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Shauna Huntington

Job Titles:
  • Chairman Elect

Sherrie Barr Mack

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Presidents Assembly

Stephen Hewitt

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Partner

Suzanne F. Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Safety

Sydni Craig-Hart

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Tonia Chagnon

Job Titles:
  • Regional Membership Director
Working with the membership team at NAWBO HQ is such a great connection to NAWBO. I'm a problem solver by nature and enjoy helping our members and chapters untangle the knots, celebrate the wins and connect the dots. I am super excited to meet each and every one of you and discover your inner smile spot (mine is baby giggle-you can't not smile when you hear a baby giggle).

Trisha Barita

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Val Jones

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Partner

Won Lee

Job Titles:
  • National IT Director
I have worked with adventurous startups to growing small and medium-sized entities in industries that include importing, manufacturing, technology, services and hospitality. These experiences throughout my career have combined to create the seeds of understanding various business backgrounds and leadership needs.