EO Nashville’s Nancy Leach is a finalist for the NBJ Women of Influence in the Entrepreneur category. EO Sponsor Beth Alexander with CapStar was named in the Community Supporter Category.
Nashville Business Journal
January 11, 2013
By Eric Synder, Managing Editor
NBJ names 2013 Women of Influence finalists
The Nashville Business Journal is pleased to name the finalists for our 2013 Women of Influence Awards.
Winners in each of nine categories will be named March 1 during an awards luncheon at Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. Finalists and winners will be profiled in a special section in the March 1 print edition of the Nashville Business Journal.
Congratulations to the following:
Community Supporter
Beth Alexander, Vice President for Private Banking, Investor and Community Relations, CapStar Bank
Betty Lou Burnett, Senior Executive Recruiter, The Search Firm Inc.
Kendra Cooke, Realtor, Bob Parks Realty
Sue Herrman, Vice President, Client Executive, InfoWorks, Inc.
Kay West, Freelance Writer and Board Member for the Nashville Farmers' Market
Company Executive
Teresa Bult, Managing Partner, Constangy Brooks & Smith
Lori Copeland, Chief Financial Officer, Aegis Health Group
Sharon Edwards, Chief Financial Officer, Willis North America Inc.
Rebecca Paul Hargrove, President and CEO, Tennessee Education Lottery Corp.
Brittany Lorenzi, CFO/Principal, Cushman & Wakefield | Cornerstone
Amy Seigenthaler Pierce, President, Seigenthaler Public Relations
Nancy Schultz, Vice President, Office Leader, North Highland
Becky Stoll, Vice President, Crisis & Disaster Management, Centerstone
Teresa Walker, Chief Operating Officer, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP
Cristina Welhoelter, Vice President of Sales, Western Express
Entrepreneur
Mary Anne Howland, President and CEO, Ibis Communications
Nancy Leach, President and CEO, Facility Planners
Sharon Reynolds, President and CEO, DevMar Products LLC
Linda Schipani, President, CEO and Owner, Clinical Research Associates Inc.
Company Manager
Linda Norman, Senior Associate Dean for Academics, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Carolyn Schott, Shareholder, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
Dynamic Duo
Joyce Lavery, CEO, Executive Director, Safe Haven Family Shelter
Trey Lipman, Special Projects Director, Safe Haven Family Shelter
Inspiration/Mentor
Deb George, Principal, Palmer Solutions
Kristine LaLonde, Associate Professor of Honors, Coordinator of Leadership Studies, Belmont University
Gail Vaughn Ashworth, Member, Wiseman Ashworth Law Group PLC
Nonprofit Leader
Diane Hayes, Executive Director, Young Leaders Council Inc.
Sue Fort White, Executive Director, Our Kids Inc.
Valerie Wynn, Founder, Executive Director, The Mary Parrish Center
Public Policy
Laurie Lee, Executive Director, Benefits Administration, State of Tennessee
Lisa Quigley, Chief of Staff, U.S. Representative Jim Cooper
Trailblazer
Christy Crider, Shareholder, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
Sue Earnest, Director, Cushman & Wakefield | Cornerstone
Vali Forrister, Producing Artistic Director, Actors Bridge Ensemble Theatre
