Fifteen finalists in five categories have been selected for the 7th Annual Surrey Women in Business Awards.
Categories and finalists include:
Entrepreneur
Leanne Cordeiro – Salon Cordeiro
Sara Hodson – Live Well Exercise Clinic
Maria Nieves Santos-Greaves – Surrey Hearing Care Inc.
Professional
Supneet Chawla – ACE Trade and Technical Institute
Amanjit Lidder – MNP
Dr. Sarah Lubik – Simon Fraser University
Not-for-Profit Leader
Melanie Houlden – Surrey Libraries
Lucille Pacey – Arts Umbrella
Karen Reid-Sidhu – Surrey Crime Prevention Society
Corporate / Leadership
Ashleigh Brown – Robert Half Canada
Janice Comeau – LMS Reinforcing Steel Group
Karen Klein – ICBC
Social Trailblazer
MaryAnne Connor – NightShift Street Ministries Society
Debra Finlayson – Vertical Bridge Corporate Consulting
Marilyn Herrmann – Surrey Food Bank
Surrey Board of Trade will host an awards luncheon March 8 at Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel (15269 104 Ave.) to recognize Surrey’s businesswomen and their contributions to the community and announce the winners.
The keynote speaker will be Christine Day, CEO of Luvo. Christine has been named Fortune Magazine’s top 5 International Most Powerful Women, Canada’s Top 100 Women, and named CEO of the Year, by Globe and Mail and Business in Vancouver. Global BC anchor Steve Darling will be Master of Ceremonies.
Registration and lunch take place beginning at 11 a.m. with the awards program to follow from noon to 1:30 p.m. Admission is $55 or $440 for a table of eight.
To register, go to www.businessinsurrey.com or call 604-581-7130.