Business Leader Honors 2009 Triangle Women Extraordinaire
Eighth annual Women Extraordinaire award
RALEIGH, NC – Business Leader Media is proud to announce its eighth annual Women Extraordinaire award winners in the Triangle. This year’s 16 winners were chosen based on their demonstrated commitment to excellence in their professional and personal lives. These accomplished women represent a broad number of industries and community service initiatives.
Winners will be honored at an awards luncheon on December 7, 2009 at the Brier Creek Country Club and will be featured in the December issue of Business Leader magazine. The event will be hosted by Business Leader Media and sponsored by First Citizens Bank and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC.
The awards luncheon begins at 11:00 a.m., and there will be opportunities for networking with the Women Extraordinaire winners before and after the event. Seating is limited.
To reserve a seat, please sign up online at
www.BusinessLeader.com/WE-Triangle.
2009 Women Extraordinaire Winners:
- Esther Alegria, Biogen Idec
- Emily Andrews, First Citizens Bank
- Elaine Buxton, Confero
- Betsy Clark, Diamond Water
- Joanne Fiore, AICPA
- Marilyn Forbes, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC
- Cindy Heath, Five Star Staffing & Accounting Recruiters
- Carla Hollis, Duke Raleigh Hospital
- Dana Jennings, NC Center for Women in Public Service
- Jenny Kobin, Inspire Pharmaceuticals
- Katherine Peele, LS3P Associates Ltd.
- Lisa Piercy, Ragsdale Liggett PLLC
- Barbara Rimer, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
- Kim Saunders, Mechanics and Farmers Bank
- Catherine Stokes, Drug Safety Alliance
- Jeanne Tedrow, Passage Home
About Business Leader Media:
Since 1989, Business Leader Media has focused on providing regional business profiles, business news, leader profiles, and best practices to C-level executives and business owners. Business Leader Media develops magazines, Web sites, e-newsletters and events that support the critical local market information needs of business leaders.
About Business Leader in the Triangle:
Business Leader Media publishes Business Leader magazine, The Book of Leaders and the Corporate Relocation Guide in the Triangle, the Park Newcomers Guide in RTP, and The North Carolina Legal Guide. Business Leader operates the area’s largest newswire featuring daily business news, business rankings, and business profiles at www.RaleighDurham.com. The company hosts over 30 local business events each year in the Triangle, including the annual Movers & Shakers, Women Extraordinaire, Hall of Fame, Business Champions and Healthiest Company/CEO, Top 100 Small Businesses, Top CFOs awards, and two monthly breakfast speaker series featuring top Triangle and RTP CEOs.