Embrace Your Beauty: Fierce and Fabulous Women Over 40
Karianne Munstedt Portrait helps women business owners and professional change the way they see and speak to themselves. They do this through portrait photography, anti-perfectionism coaching, and intimate retreats.
Karianne Munstedt is an award-winning portrait photographer and business owner, a speaker, coach and author. She is an artist and nurturer, fiercely motivated by using her talents to make women feel confident, empowered, and whole. As a curvy woman who was very critical of her body, she spent nearly a decade hiding behind the camera, never stepping in front of it out of fear of shame and judgment around her body and choices.
Now, Karianne exists fully in photos for her business and in her personal life. She routinely posts real and raw photos of herself, shifting the way we define beauty and proving that we all are worthy of existing fully in photos, no matter our perceived flaws. Karianne inspires women around the world to show up as real versions of themselves in their photos, not the “perfect” versions they were taught to show. 
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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation which produces computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.
Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.
Kimberly Thigpen is an innovative technology executive, leading the Windows Commercial team at Microsoft to drive change that enhances the commercial customer Windows experience.
Prior to joining Microsoft, she was the Director of IT Applications at Make-A-Wish where she led the technology applications efforts that enables wish-granting and drives revenue generation and operations effectiveness. Kim has served in technology leadership roles for First Solar, Honeywell Aerospace, and Citibank.
She received an M.B.A. degree from Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from Howard University. Since 2019, Kim has served as Governance on the Notre Dame Women Connect board.
In 2021, she was nominated as Treasurer for the ND Club of Phoenix. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She is a loving wife to Fred, and they are blessed with 2 wonderful daughters: Sidney, an Epidemiologist and Kierstin, a competitive equestrian and student at Cal Poly (SLO).
Her hobbies include traveling the globe, volunteering her time to community service, exploring wine vineyards, hiking, spending time with family and friends and attending equestrian events.
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Prism HR is the leading HR consulting firm in Las Vegas. Established in 2003, we support clients throughout the country with their HR needs. We assist international clients with HR-related tasks and ensure legal compliance with local, state, and federal law when opening locations or employing workers in the United States. And, supplement existing HR staff when needed. 
Prism HR uses a multi-faceted approach to an organization’s human resource needs that ensures human resource initiatives are legally compliant with local, state and federal law, reflective of company culture and industry, and aligned with the strategic growth, development and life cycle of the organization.
We work with companies in a variety of industry sectors, including manufacturing, retail, cannabis, telecommunications, broadcasting, engineering, banking, gaming, professional services and more.
Service areas include audits, benefits design and implementation, compensation plan development and strategy, employee and labor relations, forms library, handbooks, hearing representation (unemployment, EEOC, DOL), HR Hotline, investigations, job descriptions, legal compliance, mergers and acquisitions, onsite HR support, policy and procedure development, process improvement, professional coaching, recruiting and staffing, risk management, safety, strategic business development, technology implementations, termination assistance and training.
Mary Beth Hartleb’s career spans more than thirty years in the human resources field working with Fortune 500 companies while developing human resource departments for smaller, entrepreneurial ventures.
She is experienced in various industries including gaming, restaurant, association management, education, energy, legal, cannabis, telecommunications, retail, broadcasting, manufacturing, engineering, government and non-profits.
She founded Prism HR Consulting-Global Management Group in 2003. Prism HR supports local, national and international companies in all areas of HR.
She currently serves on many boards and committees including the Henderson Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, she is Vice Chair of the IMPAC committee, on the Board of Directors for Heaven Can Wait, Nevada State College and the development committee for the National Atomic Testing Museum.
In 2020, Mary Beth was appointed by Nevada Governor Sisolak to the task force on Employee Misclassification. Previously, she served at the appointment of Governor Sandoval to the Board of Directors for the Nevada Workforce Investment Board and is a past Board Member for the Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada and Neon Museum.
In 2007, Mary Beth was awarded the Woman in Business Champion award by the United States Small Business Administration. In 2010-2011, she assumed responsibility as State Council Director for the Society of Human Resource Management having previously served as President of the Southern Nevada Human Resource Association.
In 2010, In Business bestowed her with the Entrepreneur Award. In 2011, NAWBO awarded her the Entrepreneur of the Year Award. She was a finalist recipient of the Athena Award bestowed by the Women’s Chamber of Commerce and is inducted into their Hall of Fame. In 2021, the Henderson Chamber of Commerce named her as Board Member of the Year.
Mary Beth earned a J.D. from the William S. Boyd School of Law, holds a master’s degree in Human Resource Management and a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Business Administration. Credentials include the Senior Human Resource Professional (SPHR) designation from the SHRM and Certified Professional Coach (CPC).
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Joi In Style is a professional image and wardrobe styling company specializing in leading people to create a personal style and image that is empowering and brings out their inner potential, leading to higher self-esteem and greater success both personally and professionally. 
The company is built on several principals. The first one is “when you look good, you feel good”, and Joi In Style aims to teach every client how to put their best foot forward to feel good about how they present themselves to the world in every situation, whether speaking on stage or just heading to the grocery store.
The second principal is “everywhere you go, there you are!” That means that you never know when or where your next opportunity will present itself; therefore, your brand must be represented at all times. That does not mean that you have to be wearing a power-suit every day, but you do want to be aware of how you are representing your brand on a daily basis, even outside of business hours.
Joi In Style shows clients how to create an image and an effortless signature style that allows anyone to be ready for those opportunities….from Wal Mart to Wall Street!
Nicole Thompson, of Joi In Style, has been dressing women and men for over a decade, since 2007. Her expertise is ensuring that people who have a big message make sure that their exterior appearance matches that big message everywhere they go…from Wal Mart to Wall Street and everything in between.
Nicole has been a professional Image Consultant, and Wardrobe Stylist for over a decade. Her mission is to bring her clients’ appearance into alignment with their values and who they are on the inside, as well as send a clear message of what they want to convey on the outside.
Her specialty is teaching speakers, authors, journalists & news anchors, attorneys, and coaches how to cultivate an everyday style, as well as a stage image, that is as powerful as their message. She teaches how to really use fashion, style, and image positively to make upward moves in life and business.
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Rebecca Panico is a seasoned marketing and advertising professional with over 20 years experience in media investment strategy.
Rebecca is a passionate and energetic individual successful in identifying, planning, negotiating and cultivating partnerships that drive market share growth with fortune 500 brands.
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Lynea Art + Design is a brand new company empowering people to live authentically in their homes. Cathryn empowers and encourages her clients to dive deep and discover what they truly enjoy and surround themselves in it. Be yourself in your own home. It’s not her style. It’s your style.
Cathryn Lynea has two degrees from U.C. Berkeley, History of Art and Business Administration.
Once in the Big 4 accounting world, then a stay at home wife and mother for 13 years, she is launching her passion in her own firm, Lynea Art + Design.
Currently representing the very talented artist and musician, Jason Hoopes.
