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Christina Anthony, FWE founder/chair; and Maxine Clark, Build-A-Bear Workshop founder and guest speaker.Christina Anthony, FWE founder/chair; and Maxine Clark, Build-A-Bear Workshop ® founder and guest speaker. Bill Gibson, MEC director and FWE board member; and Heather Owen, RBC director of brand and communications.Christina Anthony, FWE founder/chair; and Maxine Clark,...
Christina Anthony, FWE founder/chair; and Maxine Clark, Build-A-Bear Workshop founder and guest speaker.
Bill Gibson, MEC director and FWE board member; and Heather Owen, RBC director of brand and communications.
Dayna Holland, Invictus Accounting Group partner; and Monica Murray, Echo Memoirs vice-president of client relations.
Judy Brooks, FWE board member and entrepreneur; and Cybele Negris, Webnames.ca CEO.
Zahra Mamdani, Wear Else Fashion president; and Gina Hole, THEY Representation agent/producer.
Cupcakes by Heather & Lori founders Lori Joyce and Heather White.
Emcee Monika Deol, communications consultant.
Jill Earthy, Canadian Youth Business Foundation director and former FWE CEO; Katrina Carroll-Foster, brand strategist; and Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director.
Christine McCabe, ZLC Financial Group marketing manager; Francesca Chan, ZLC portfolio manager; and Nancy Pereira, ZLC manager of employee benefits.
Erica Kim, Beedie Development Group HR specialist; Julia Beeger, Beedie Development Group co-ordinator; and Stefani Durrant, Beedie Development Group assistant.
Nada Vuksic, Bruce Eyewear owner; Margot Jagger, Margot Jagger Design owner; Mike Jagger, Provident Security president; Marilyn Sanford, La Scala CEO; and Keirstead Farris, Rocksteady Tees president.
More than 400 people attended the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs annual gala, emceed by communications consultant Monika Deol. Guests mingled at the reception and had a chance to bid on silent auction items before dinner, followed by a live auction hosted by The Cupcake Girls.
The Gala raised over $150,000 to support educational and mentorship programming for women entrepreneurs. Through a surprise fundraiser, 11 grants worth $2,500 each were raised to provide women outside of the Lower Mainland with the opportunity to participate in FWE’s E-Series program.
The event featured guest speaker Maxine Clark, the founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop, which today has more than 400 stores worldwide with nearly $400 million in revenue in 2013 and over 125 million stuffed animals sold.