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Kate Awtrey-King with Gwinnett Event Photography & Glorious Glow Candle Co.

February 12, 2021 by Garrett Ervin

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Kate Awtrey-King with Gwinnett Event Photography & Glorious Glow Candle Co.

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Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.

Kate Awtrey-King/Gwinnett Event Photography & Glorious Glow Candle Co.

Gwinnett Event Photography offers a full menu of services documenting everything from corporate events, to sports, to private parties. Other services include: headshots, environmental portraits, marketing and promotional photography, conferences, conventions, ribbon cuttings, lectures, concerts, and more. Gwinnett Event Photography can also provide photo entertainment for parties such as photo booths, flipbooks, and green screen photo booths

Glorious Glow Candle Co. offers premium soy blend artisan candles, with coreless, cotton flat braid wicks, dye free and are hand-poured. Classic scents are available year-round, and seasonal blends rotate quarterly. They also accommodate custom orders and can put your logo on a candle to send to your client as a thank you gift (perfect for a realtor), or used as a wedding favor.

Patricia J. Royak, CEO of Royak Consulting

December 18, 2020 by Garrett Ervin

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Patricia J. Royak, CEO of Royak Consulting

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Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.

This series is presented by C-A-B Incorporated. Since 1982, C-A-B Incorporated has been a pre-eminent leader in manufacturing and global sourcing of precision machined iron and steel products serving infrastructure, hydraulics, automotive, rail, and a variety of other industries. As a woman-owned company, C-A-B is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the “Celebrating Powerhouse Women” series, bringing focus to the many incredible women in our community making things happen.

Patricia J. Royak/Royak Consulting

Royak Consulting helps build international omnichannel strategies to guide companies out of the pandemic. They develop strategies to reimagine the way they communicate, collaborate and compete seamless across all channels. With a sharp focus on telling a differentiated and authentic brand story, Royak Consulting helps clients tap into the emotional motivators of consumers who are purchasing products and services very differently post pandemic.

Blog: Authority Magazine August 2020 Female Disruptors

Press Release : Marquis Who’s Who Award June 2020

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Casey Clark & Rich Dobbs with Capital Restoration and Eric Alimena with Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation

December 17, 2020 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Casey Clark & Rich Dobbs with Capital Restoration and Eric Alimena with Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation

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Casey Clark, Rich Dobbs and Eric Alimena

Casey Clark & Rich Dobbs/Capital Restoration

Capital Restoration, headquartered in Marietta, GA is a General Contractor that specializes in commercial emergency restoration services such as fire, smoke, water, storm damage and Covid disinfecting for Atlanta and the entire Southeastern U.S. Their motto is “Problem Solved!”

Eric Alimena/Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation

Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation is an elite provider of professional, reliable, luxury transportation services worldwide, whose mission is to make a difference one person at a time by making life easier, creating peace of mind and generating unforgettable experiences.

Gwinnett Business Radio is presented by

Dawn Kirk with BestU4Life and Zachary Bennett with Reformation Productions

December 10, 2020 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dawn Kirk with BestU4Life and Zachary Bennett with Reformation Productions

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Dawn Kirk/BestU4Life

Thump-thump. How healthy is your leadership? Thump-thump. How engaged is your team? Thump-thump. Is your organization thriving? Not sure? It’s time for a heart check-up. Dawn S. Kirk, owner and founder of BestU4Life, reveals her unique, people-first approach that has help countless leader build real-world influence and impact. No matter the problem, it can be solved through people. Let the Six Pulses of Heartbeat Leadership position you to empower yourself, engage your team, and impact your organization starting right now!

Zachary Bennett/Reformation Productions

Reformation Productions is a full-service marketing agency located in the North Atlanta metro area of Gwinnett County. They use a more scientific, proven approach to business communications and marketing. Partnering with companies to help them accomplish effective and efficient marketing by providing fresh ideas, creative design, and effective strategies that are designed to work against a backdrop of proven success in the traditions of business. No winging it. No guessing. No trying things out.

They are led by author and marketing executive B. Zachary Bennett (bzacharybennett.com) who also offers fractional chief marketing officer services, one-on-one consulting, and business coaching in addition to the services of the agency. He is also a partner with SCORE and the SBDC, providing for speaking engagements and workshops around the Southeast.

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Sarah Appleton, Principal at Wallace Engineering

December 4, 2020 by Garrett Ervin

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Sarah Appleton, Principal at Wallace Engineering

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Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.

Sarah Appleton/Wallace Engineering

Wallace Engineering is a national engineering firm offering structural engineering, civil engineering, roofing inspections and landscape architecture – here in Atlanta we focus on Structural engineering. Our core focus is to Make Lives Better – we believe that everything we do should improve the lives of our employees, our clients, our firm, our profession and our communities.

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Sharon Cook, Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer with Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

November 13, 2020 by Garrett Ervin

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Sharon Cook, Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer with Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

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Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.

Sharon Cook/Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

Sharon Cook oversees the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta’s external affairs including, Corporate Communications, Marketing, and Government Relations functions. In her role, Cook directs Marketing and Brand Cultivation, External Communications, Internal Communications, Media Relations, Investor Relations, Reputational Risk, and Government and Industry Relations for the regional banker’s bank.

Cook joined FHLBank Atlanta in 2008 as Senior Marketing Communications Manager and earned promotions to Vice President and Director of Corporate Communications in 2011; First Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in 2015; and assumed her current role as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in 2020.

As an active volunteer in the community, Cook serves on the board of directors for the Partnership Against Domestic Violence; is a mentor for the WomenLead program at Georgia State University; is on the Georgia Bankers Association Women in Banking Committee; and has served on the Georgia Leadership Council Board for the Arthritis Foundation, chaired the marketing and publicity committee for the 25th Annual Hearts with Hope Gala, and co-chaired the Jingle Bell 5K Run in Atlanta.

Cook is a frequent speaker and thought leader on reputation risk management, including crisis communications specializing in cybersecurity response planning. She speaks to audiences about important considerations when preparing a crisis plan such as a crisis team, community relationships, and social and traditional media presence. She also speaks frequently at women in finance events on issues important to women in leadership, as well as issues facing emerging leaders. Cook is well-regarded throughout the banking industry for her strategic communications and marketing expertise. She delivers her presentations with warmth, wit, and candor and is frequently invited to speak at banking trade association meetings and other industry events.

Cook earned a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Mass Communications and Marketing from Georgia State University, and a Master of Business Administration in Organizational Leadership.

About Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

Federal Home Bank of Atlanta is a cooperative financial services organization that provides funding, community development grants, and other banking services to member financial institutions in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The Bank is one of 11 district banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System. Since 1990, the FHLBanks have awarded approximately $5.8 billion in Affordable Housing Program funds, assisting more than 865,000 households.

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Gale Higginbotham with the Gwinnett County Police Department

November 6, 2020 by Garrett Ervin

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Gale Higginbotham with the Gwinnett County Police Department

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Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.

Gale Higginbotham/Gwinnett County Police Department

Assistant Chief Gale Higginbotham commands the the Criminal Investigation Division for the Gwinnett County Police Department. This division includes criminal investigations, special investigations and the Crime Scene Unit.

She grew up in Gwinnett County and graduated from Meadowcreek High School. She went on to earn her Bachelors of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of North Georgia, and her Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Columbus State University in 2011. In 2014, she graduated from the 258^th Session of the FBI National Academy.

Assistant Chief Higginbotham began her career in 1996 and graduated from the 37^th Gwinnett County Police Academy. During her career, she worked in the Uniform Division at every rank to include Major. She worked as a DUI Task Force officer, a detective, and later a sergeant in the Criminal Investigation Division. She also worked as the Assistant Commander of the Special Operations Section where she oversaw operations for the Motor Unit, Accident Investigation Unit, Red Light Camera Unit, School Crossing Guards, and the Crime Prevention Unit.

Assistant Chief Higginbotham served as a Major for over seven years. She served as the precinct commander of both the Gwinnett County West and East Precincts. She also served as the Police Academy Director for two years.

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“Cheers to the Years”: 8 Years of Gwinnett Business Radio

November 5, 2020 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

"Cheers to the Years": 8 Years of Gwinnett Business Radio

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Rick Strawn, Stone Payton, Tiffany Krumins, Steve Kendrick

“Gwinnett Business Radio” launched on November 6, 2012. Exactly 8 years and 360 episodes later, the longest-running B2B podcast in Gwinnett County is still going strong!

Today’s special show celebrates and looks back at the launch of the Business RadioX studio in Duluth, GA, the key people and moments that made it happen, and how the studio has established itself as the “Voice of Business” in Gwinnett.

Rick Strawn/Paradigm Security Services

Rick Strawn is the Owner and CEO of Paradigm Security Services and the host of “Case in Point”, a weekly radio show and podcast that first aired on June 6, 2018. The popular show is about to reach 100 episodes on Business RadioX.

Steve Kendrick/Subaru of Gwinnett

Steve Kendrick is the Executive General Manager of Subaru of Gwinnett and Infiniti of Gwinnett. Subaru of Gwinnett has served as the exclusive naming rights partner of the Business RadioX studio in Gwinnett since April of 2015.

Tiffany Krumins/Mom Genius

Tiffany Krumins was the first ever contestant to receive an offer on ABC’s hit TV show Shark Tank in 2009 when Barbara Corcoran invested $50,000 into Tiffany’s talking children’s medicine dispenser Ava the Elephant. From 2016-2018. she was the host of the “Tiffany Krumins Show” on Business RadioX.

Stone Payton/Business RadioX

As the nation’s fastest-growing B2B radio network, Business RadioX allows businesses to “Get the Word Out” about the great work they’re doing for their market, their community, and their profession. Founded in 2005 and quickly becoming one of the first mass podcast producers and programmers in the nation, Business RadioX offers a “pro-business” slant interviewing local business leaders every day in their studios across the country. The network has captured over 36,000 inspiring and informative interviews with business executives, entrepreneurs, and community leaders, sharing their experience and insight on virtually every business topic from any industry you can imagine.

Joy Mitchell, CEO of Office Creations

October 30, 2020 by Garrett Ervin

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Joy Mitchell, CEO of Office Creations

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Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.

Joy Mitchell/Office Creations

Established in 2001, Office Creations began with the vision of creating office environments with an innovative approach. Today, Office Creations focuses on providing clients with innovative workplaces, strategic design, and creative collaboration. The certified woman-owned business has been awarded the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Top 20 Dealer Award” on multiple and consecutive occasions. Their mission is to design, consult and furnish work environments that strengthen culture, maximizes efficiency, and drives profitability one partner at a time. They strive to ensure that their clients are taken care of every step of the way from sales to installation to maintenance. They are committed to excellence and providing quality service to their customers beyond the furniture install.