Happy, happy new year. 2023 may be the brightest year in a while. Before locking down and masking up, we were planning to present more events – but you know how that went. The one big thing we learned from the last three years is we crave connections and Zoom just doesn’t cut it. So, Read More…
Committee members – (back row) Kelly Neirstadt, Lynn Ivanek, Sherry Magee and Kari Conley (front row) Holly Wilton and Stephanie Garris – dressed by Athleta at The Mall at Millenia and photographed by Christi Ashby at The Spa at Hyatt Regency Orlando. More than a decade ago, local executive Sherry Magee was envious of the Read More…
by Christi Ashby Each year we lovingly celebrate mothers – sometimes it’s the mother-daughter bond – which of course is close to our hearts since Kate and I have worked on Orange Appeal (and siblings Interior Appeal and the Orlando Women’s Conference) together for 13 years. But as I have aged into grandmotherhood, I have Read More…
Editor/Publisher Christi Ashby was recently asked to share some advice on how business owners, especially women entrepreneurs, can push through during these uncertain times for the WOW Legacy Group newsletter. Below are her comments. I always say be prepared. As a former girl scout and flight attendant, this mantra has been part of my DNA for Read More…
Women Who Inpsire – An AdventHealth for Women Series Dr. Omayra Mansfield is an emergency medicine physician, Chief Medical Officer at AdventHealth Apopka and AdventHealth Winter Garden, and co-author of the book and workshop titled The Trust Transformation, but what she wants you to know before all that is, she is a mother. “I am Read More…
WE ARE SO EXCITED about this year’s event. Not only are we celebrating 10 years of bringing women together, but we have also discovered the power of distrupting. 2020 started with our Women of the Year and as we got to know them better and hear their stories, only one term could accurately describe them Read More…
Women Who Inspire – An AdventHealth for Women Series Dr. Nathalie Dauphin McKenzie is an award-winning, board-certified gynecologic oncologist with tremendous expertise and experience providing advanced surgical treatments including laparoscopic and robotic-assisted procedures for women with all types of gynecologic cancers. A cancer survivor herself, she provides compassionate, holistic, integrative and state-of-the art medical care. Read More…
By Christi Ashby The No. 1 question asked of Kate and me is: How do you do it all? The answer is not so simple. We know we are climbing uphill every day in the declining publishing industry, but we believe if we bring you, our readers, something real and genuine that they cannot get Read More…
Coordinating Bahamas Relief Efforts Women Who Inspire is an AdventHealth for Women Series Days before Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas as a category 5 storm, Whitney Melton Laney was already coordinating relief efforts. Using her background as a former radio host with a large social media presence, she began to put the call out for Read More…
Cheers. And More Cheers! Brave. Bold. Dynamic. Daring. Leader. Believer. Open. Honest. Risk-taker. Rule-breaker. That pretty much sums up our Women of the Year. They are all accomplished, articulate and passionate. It was a pleasure to chat with each of them – and I learned a lot. And you might wonder why we make our Read More…