Busy women often run with their hair on fire – juggling career, family and lifestyle leaving little time to nourish themselves. Meet Heather Rausch, CEO & Founder of FoxFire Events and Shatha Barbour, CEO & Founder for Hera Hub Phoenix/Scottsdale. These successful entrepreneurs have made it their individual missions to provide opportunities and resources to support women in business.
Heather can’t remember a time when she wasn’t involved in event creation, planning, management, sales or marketing. She is extremely creative, professional, enthusiastic and LOVES what she does. She has a magnetic personality that draws people to her – people enjoy being in her space, which makes her a GREAT hostess & magical connector! She has a big heart and is genuinely interested in helping people become more successful. Being well connected, she knows “who” you need to know and loves making those connections. Her Foxy Women & Wine and Women on Fire events are a huge success because of her passion to collaborate and ability to bring the most dynamic people together.
Whether it’s business networking, educational or inspirational conferences, corporate team building/workshops or social events, you can count on Heather to bring the “fun factor” and a unique perspective that has proven to be very successful.
Heather’s professionalism, attention to detail, strong work ethic and playfulness make her really easy to work with. Her positive attitude and outlook is infectious. She makes the entire process of event planning & management, fun & stress free. She has a true passion for what she does and you can tell that from the moment you meet her. Heather’s secret to success is really listening to what her clients are looking for. Always keeping the client’s end goal & personal style in mind while infusing her creativity and sometimes pushing the envelope just a little bit, making the event exciting, fun and the “talk of the town” but always in a good way!
Join Heather for her quarterly half-day inspirational event “Foxy Women Series: Sexy, Sassy, Smart & Classy!” at the Marriott McDowell Mountain property in Scottsdale, AZ. The event showcases expert speakers in the areas of relationships, intimacy, communication, health & wellness, and tips for keeping business and lifestyle perceptions, reputation & outlook classy.
For more information and registration for the quarterly Foxy Women Series:
www.foxywomenrock.com
www.FoxfireEventsRock.com
heather@foxfireeventsrock.com
Shatha has a diverse background with experience working for a hospital, a Fortune 500 Pharma company as well as starting and growing a non-profit organization in Phoenix, AZ. During her career in both the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, she worked in a variety of roles ranging from strategy, sales, operations, and compliance, until her and her family relocated to Phoenix in 2010.
In 2010, Shatha Barbour co-founded a non-profit educational organization that has grown tremendously over the past 6 yrs. Shatha was not only a founding member of Good Tree Institute but was also the Administrative Director of the first 3 years of its existence, managing the operations of the organization until the institute was able to hire someone to take on that role. Shatha still actively participates in the operational oversight of the organization as she sits on the Board. Since she is committed to education and leadership training, ShathaBarbour also teaches a weekly leadership class to high school students through the process of starting, developing, and launching a community project over the course of 8 months.
To give a sense of the scale and growth of this non-profit, it started as a children’s language immersion program that consisted of 4 classes and approximately 35 children to fill in a much-needed gap in the Phoenix community. Since then, it has grown beyond just a children’s language immersion program to also hold leadership development classes and adult enrichment. Today, there are 6 concurrent children’s programs ranging from pre-school to high school, 2 different adult programs, as well teacher training program, and an ongoing curriculum development program. Today, the total reach exceeds 135 individuals from all ranges and 15 teachers with a budget of almost $80,000. There is much growth in this organization as it looks to hire a community youth director, solidify curriculum and training, and expand beyond Phoenix as it gains attention from other communities across the nation.
These experiences have given her a chance to work and to see all aspects of growth and development, and have ultimately positioned her to pursue her passion: cultivating and empowering women to fulfill their goals and business ideas in a collaborative environment through HeraHub! In her free time, you’ll find Shatha hiking the peaks around Phoenix, powering through Crossfit workouts, teaching high school students about leadership and community service, and spending quality time with her husband and three kids.
Hera Hub is the first international female-focused coworking space – a shared, flexible work and meeting space where entrepreneurial women can create and collaborate in a professional, productive, spa-like environment. The platform provides their members with connections to other business experts, access to educational workshops, and visibility within the community… thus giving them the support they need to be prosperous.
For more information and to connect with Shatha:
www.HeraHub.com/Phoenix
https://www.facebook.com/HeraHubPhoenix/
www.linkedin.com/in/shathabarbour
Twitter: @shathabarbour
