It’s time for our annual Celebrating Women Event on November 17, 2022 and taking place at The Town and Country Resort. This recently renovated, retro-modern, venue will host the city’s most inspiring female leaders, movers and shakers this winter. Join us as we honor our finalists and name the 2022 honorees and Woman of the Year.
The event will have music, pop-up shops, bites, sips, and keynote speeches. The evening will kickoff with an outdoor reception, followed by a theater-style seated indoor ceremony.
Tickets are limited and will sell out! This event is 21+.
This event has ended.
Date & Location
November 17, 2022, 6-9 p.m.
Town and Country Resort
500 Hotel Cir N, San Diego, CA 92108
Cost
Standard ticket rate are $70/person and finalists will receive a 50% code
Dress Code
Business Attire
Event Schedule
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Network, mingle, snack & drink
7:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Keynote Speakers – COMING SOON!
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Award Ceremony
Covid-19 Protocols
We are not requiring proof of vaccination or negative covid test this year. We just ask that you please do not attend if you are feeling under the weather to reduce the spread of Covid-19 or any other illness.
For information about sponsorship opportunities, contact Shelby Kalchik at shelbyk@sdmag.com. #SDMWomen
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2022 Finalists
NAME | COMPANY |
Shaudi Adel | Centered Mind Therapy |
Toluwalasé Ajayi | Scripps Health |
Laurie Albrecht | Liberty Station |
Lihini Aluwihare | Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego |
Amber Anderson | Team Amber Anderson | Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty |
Kathi Anderson | Survivors of Torture International |
Yvonne Marie Andres | Global SchoolNet Foundation |
Neelab Anwar | Happier Smiles Orthodontics |
Nicole Arana | SD Dental Fill-Ins |
Sara Arjmand | Formula Marketing SD |
Alyssa (Aly) Armstrong | Gary & Mary West PACE |
Hoa Audette | Town Centre Dental Group |
Bridgette Austin | B. Austin Consulting, LLC |
Lorena Balensi | Balensi Spa |
Stefanie Bales | Stefanie Bales Fine Art |
Jennifer Barnes | Optima Office |
Gwen Bates | Fashion Week San Diego |
Sarah Beckman | Forever Balboa Park |
Anna Belaya | Opera Singer & Voice Instructor |
Hai Blankinship | Longfellow Real Estate |
Lauren Botticelli | The Animal Pad |
Shelley Bradley | Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest |
Alexia Bregman | Vuka Sparkling Energy Drinks |
Julie Brightwell | Honor Flight San Diego |
Stephanie Brown | The Rosie Network |
Eva Brown | EB Homes |
Kelly Bruno | San Diego VA |
Taylor Bulen | Eureka! Restaurant Group |
Terilyn Burg | StandUp for Kids |
Amanda Burns | Yoga Box |
Nicole Bushnell | Mari+Gold |
amy butler | Thermo Fisher Scientific |
Ilsa Butler | Evans Hotels |
Jolanta Campion | Cushman Wakefield |
Kelly Capen Douglas | Voices for Children |
Nicole Capretz | Climate Action Campaign |
Anna Castellanos | Amame desserts |
Doreen Casuto | Rehabilitation Care Coordination |
Guenevere Cevasco | Beeside Balcony, CEVASCO’S |
Makeda Cheatom | WorldBeat Cultural Center |
Tara Coleman | Tara Coleman, Clinical Nutritionist |
Lynley Connor | Top Notch Catering |
Vanessa Corrales | SPLIT Bakehouse |
Anna Crowe | Crowe PR |
Zulma Curet, MD | Neighborhood Healthcare |
Tracy Dahlkamp | Graduate School Employee at San Diego County |
Tonya Danielly | Ivey Ranch Park Association |
Elisabeth Dawson | Copia Wealth Management and Insurance Services |
Susanne de la Flor | Express Network/Express Deposition Services |
Kara DeFrias | Biden-Harris White House |
Afira DeVries | Monarch School |
Sandra DiCicco | Grand Restaurant Group |
Megan Dickerson | Birch Aquarium at Scripps |
NATALY DICKSTEIN | CHERVONA Vodka |
Christine DiDonato | Career Revolution |
Anastasia DiFonzo | Puna Press LLC |
Darrah DiGiorgio Johnson | Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest |
Shawnda Dorantes | Beauty Lounge Medical Spa |
Whitney Eckis | Get Supr, Eckis Marketing |
Jennie Edwards | Guided By Imagination |
Liz Edwards | San Diego Spirits Festival |
Katie Emery | Department of Homeland Security |
Marcela Escobar-Eck | Atlantis Group |
Alma Felan | Queen Bee’s |
Sophia Felix | International Consulting Business Women’s Association |
Alex Ferron | Surfrider |
Bronwen Finta | Therapy Social Fitness |
Christine Flannigan | Kové |
Katie Fletcher | Local Scoop |
Andi Flory | PetDx |
Denise Foley | Sunset Vibes Swimwear |
Amy Forsythe | U.S. Marine Corps |
Gina Freize | Venissimo Cheese |
Sara Freund | Sara Freund Insurance & Financial Services Inc |
Jaime Friedman | Children’s Primary Care Medical Group 4S Ranch |
AJ Galka | Junior League of San Diego & Hope Through Housing Foundation |
AnneElise Goetz | Higgs Fletcher and Mack |
Laura Gonzalez | With Purpose Realty |
Jennie Gonzalez | Boutique Recruiting |
Michele Gonzalez Gonzalez | Mila Collective |
Jacqui Grande | Jacqui Grande Fine Gemstones and Jewelry |
Chrissy Gray | Bliss Out Camp Out |
Emily Green Lake | Sister’s Pizza |
Alexa Greenland | Kavod Charter School |
Sheila Grela | Buchalter, A Professional Corporation |
Jodie Grenier | Foundation for Women Warriors |
Nadia Gruzd | Medical Search Consultants/ All Med Search |
Shivi Gupta | Scripps Rock Dental |
Candace Hallak | Born to Blossom |
Chantelle Hartman Malarkey | Chef’s Wife, Chef’s Life |
Karen Hawkes | Hawkes Trademark Law |
Dr. Zarah Hedge | San Diego Humane Society |
Christy Heiskala | Haeggquist & Eck, LLP |
Audrey Hermes | Frost Me Cafe and Bakery |
Kimberly Herrell | Schubach Aviation |
Danielle Higgins | Department; Traina, Inc. |
Moira Hill | Nolita Hall |
Laura Hill | Coronado High School |
Whitney Hill | SnapADU |
Sarah Holbach | ArtReach San Diego |
Kelly Hon | Becton Dickinson |
Rebekah Hook-Held | The San Diego LGBT Community Center |
Anna Hopkins | A7D Creative Group INC |
Jessica Hru | US Navy |
Corrine Huber | Classics 4 Kids |
Erin Huffman | Gaslamp Hostel / Junior League of San Diego |
Bahija Humphrey | Bahija Humphrey |
Angela Huskey | Millennium Health |
Lisette Islas | MAAC |
Zina Isteepho | Zina Beauty Studio |
Tana Jackson | TANArttt & Mitratech |
Rebecca Jade | Rebecca Jade Music |
Suchita Jhawar | ArtbySuchi |
Steph Johnson | Voices of Our City Chior |
Laura Johnson | You & Yours Distilling Co. |
Katy Johnson | Balfour Beatty |
Carrie Jones | Raindrop Agency and Mari + Gold |
Ally Keegan | Law Office of David P. Shapiro |
Shangwen Kennedy | Inn at Moonlight Beach |
Cassie Klapp | Tri-City Medical Center |
Miranda Klassen | Amniotic Fluid Embolism Foundation |
Kristianne Kurner | New Village Arts |
Amanda Laden | Period to Pause |
Nadine Lamberski | San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance |
Kathryn Lang | Kyra Clinical |
Worm Lara | Bivouac Ciderworks |
Natalie Laub | University of California, San Diego |
Jasmine LeFlore | Greater Than Tech |
Ann Leheny | Calcimedica |
Dawn Lesicko | Caring Transitions of Carlsbad & La Jolla |
Megan Lessert | Abbey Catering & Event Design |
Amy Lin | Urban Surf 4 Kids |
Kelly Logan | Grossmont United School District |
Xochitl Lopez | Las Chingonas Market |
Kristen Louelle | Momprenuer Empowering Women |
Rebecca Louie | Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation |
Elyse Lowe | City of San Diego Development Services Department |
Rachel Luis y Prado | Workshops for Warriors, Inc. |
Christine Lustig | Stella, All Joy Creative |
Kate MacArevey-Colello | MiraCosta College, Technology Career Institute |
Ryan MacKenzie | House of Love Planning, & Cavalier Bars and Backdrops |
Maya Madsen | Maya’s Cookies |
Rachel Magpayo-Valenteros | Waipahe Co / Toto + Tess / San Diego Business Babes |
Kelly Makley | Classics 4 Kids |
Marcell Mallette | Canine Companions |
Tonya Mantooth | San Diego Int’l Film Festival |
Alice Maples | Baby Goals Co. |
Karen Martin | Princess Project |
Ashley McCann | GoBeRewarded |
Kelley McGue | Urban Surf 4 Kids |
Megan McMillan | Meg Marie Photo |
Jessie Medina | FEMX Quarters |
Lizbeth Medina | All-Conditions Construction |
María Mejía | MARME |
Becky Mendoza | Changing Tides Foundation |
Marian Meyers | American Telegram Corporation |
Cesarina Mezzoni | Cesarina Restaurant Group |
Shanna Missett Nelson | Jazzercise, Inc. |
Jennifer Montgomery | Schmidt Design Group |
Patricia Mooney | Crystal Pyramid Productions |
Cassandra Morn | UC San Diego Health |
Virginia Morrison | Second Chance Beer Company |
Laura Munkholm | Walla |
Sandy Naranjo | Port of San Diego |
Joanne Newgard | Doors of Change |
Vi Nguyen | Kaiser Permanente San Diego |
Miah Nwosu | Scripps Performing Arts Academy |
Patty O’Connor | Feeding San Diego |
Jamie O’Grady | J/PR |
Tammy Oluvic | Saddles in Service |
Alexandria Ott | Chrome City |
Eva Pacheco | EJE Academies |
Jamie Paris | Luxuria Public Relations |
Heather Parkin | Bennd |
Reena B. Patel | Reena B. Patel , Positive Parenting Psychologist |
Wendy Pavlovich | Family Health Centers of San Diego |
Desiree Perez | Girl Scouts San Diego |
Cheri Pierre | Computers 2 Kids |
Julie Pitois | Pro To Col Sport Systems |
Jamie Plemons | Advanced Estate Planning |
Khea Pollard | Jewish Family Service of San Diego |
Amy Reichert | ReOpen San Diego |
Adriana Reid | Be2Be-Coaching, Inc. |
Nan Renner | Birch Aquarium at Scripps |
Yael Ridberg | Congregation Dor Hadash |
Reb Risty | REBL Marketing INC |
Nikki Rivers | Mintz |
Tamara Romeo | San Diego Office Design |
Mia Roseberry | Wounded Warrior Homes |
Beth Ross-Buckley | Camarada |
Jennifer Rubin | Mintz |
Ludivine Ryon | Le Parfait Paris |
Melisa Saad | Melisa Michelle Real Estate |
Carol Salem | Scripps Health |
Nancy L. Sasaki | United Way of San Diego County |
Erin Scholes | SD Meetings & Events |
Angelica Sele | Angelica B Beauty |
Mallika Sen | Solana Center for Environmental Innovation |
Kim Sidoriak | Visit Carlsbad |
Rocio Siso Gurriaran | A MIHO Experience |
Cynthia Smith | National Marine Mammal Foundation |
Holly SMithson | Athena |
Olga Solovyeva | Nightingale Realty |
Kerin Sovern | Rebru Spirits |
Alissa Speziale | Sharp HealthCare |
Christine Stansall | Latham & Watkins |
Skylar Stetten | Stetten Wilson |
Reva Subra | Mission2Help |
Lan Thai | Enclave |
Ruth-Ann Thorn | EC Gallery & N8IV Beauty |
Tonya Torosian | Promises2Kids |
Jennifer Trowbridge | Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP |
Joice Truban-Curry | C-3 communications |
Michelle Twardowski | Birthline of San Diego County |
Vanessa Valiente | Personal Stylist & Fashion Consultant |
Nora E. Vargas | County of San Diego |
Jennifer Verruto | Blythe Interiors |
Katherine Vuong | Flora |
Jessica Wagner | Janae Lux Pilates |
Jean Walker | Beach Genie |
Dr. Mary Walshok | UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies |
Alissa Walters | Blindsgalore |
Ruth and Emilia Weber/Lopez-Yañez | Ruth and Emilia (and Palomar College) |
Laura Weiss | Mila Collective |
Leila Welton | San Diego French American School |
Lauren Westfall | Lucy Pearl Bridal |
Sydney Williams | Hiking My Feelings |
Lara Worm | Bivouac Ciderworks |
Sherry Yardley | Encinitas Chamber of Commerce |
Amber Yoo | SKY Facial Plastic Surgery, Inc. |
Hannah Zimmerman | Just Once Language & Speech Therapy, Inc. |
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