Contents
Speaker: Diana Gonzalez, NBC6/WTVJ Health Reporter
Sports: Free Women's Basketball Scrimmage
Business Spotlight: Around Town Newspaper
Grapevine: News and Notes about WEC Members
New Member Spotlight: Carla Albano
Family Central: Putting Kids First
October Luncheon
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October Luncheon Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:30 Networking 12:00 Luncheon |
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Tower Club, 28TH floor |
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Diana Gonzalez, |
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Guest Cost: $25.00 Members are responsible for guest |
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Please
RSVP (including your menu choice) by Wednesday, October 11 to rsvp@wecftl.com We appreciate your RSVPs! To assist Susie administratively, please put “WEC Lunch” in the subject line. |
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| REMINDER: The 5th floor of the parking
garage is still in disrepair, which is presenting a challenge.
If the lot is full you can park in the Templeton building.
The Tower Club dress code does not permit jeans or shorts. |
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Program
Diana Gonzalez, NBC6/WTVJ Health Reporter
Diana Gonzalez, NBC6/WTVJ Health Reporter started her professional broadcast journalism career at WTVJ in December 1978, just a few weeks after graduating from the University of Florida; first as a reporter in news then for the weekly news magazine show “Montage”.
From 1983 until 1993 she worked at WPLG as a medical reporter
and midday anchor. Diana moved on to become a correspondent for CBS News based in Miami. After 3 years of covering hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and plane crashes, she returned to local news. Now Diana is NBC6’s Connection Reporter. In her 28 years as a broadcast journalist in South Florida, she has received awards from N.A.T.A.S., The American Heart Association, Planned Parenthood, The Institute of Food Technologists, and The Wellness Community.
From
the President
Everyone who attended the September lunch heard our speaker Barbara Stein speak about her passion for theatre and in particular her passion for musicals. She and her husband co-founded Actor’s Playhouse Productions 18 years ago. She spoke about the challenges of fundraising and restoring a historic building in Coral Gables. She also described with great enthusiasm the upcoming productions in their 2006-07 season. At the end of her talk, Barbara told us that she would donate 4 tickets to WEC members to attend a performance and also invited us to consider a group outing to the theatre. Pam Dearden our VP Events is going to look at this for our group and Pam will also announce the winners of the tickets at our next lunch.
In addition we had a Business Showcase for the Around Town newspaper presented by Kim Styles-Pascia and Kevin Lane. Kim who is one of our WEW scholarship recipients is now working for Around Town. Kevin Lane is the Society and Fashion Editor for Around Town. For those of you who missed the lunch you can read more about the newspaper in Kim’s article below or visit the Around Town website www.aroundtownnews.com Kim brought a wonderful basket of gifts for a prize drawing which was won by Carla Albano. In addition Around Town has offered a free quarter page ad to a WEC member company. The winner of the ad will be announced at our next lunch.
A big thank you to Geri Trodick for bringing our new and redesigned name badges to the September lunches. The new badges have magnetic clips which makes them easy to wear. They also now feature the words “Member since XXXX” This allows you to see at a glance if your are chatting with a newby or a member of long standing. Thank you Geri for bringing our new badges.
In addition to the many members and guests who attended the September lunch, we had 6 young ladies from PACE along with 3 PACE staff members. One of the PACE attendees helped to create the thank you picture that we presented to our speaker. Please remember that you can bring items for the PACE program to any lunch or Cannon Circle. Melissa Rapkin has included a reminder list below of the kind of items that you might bring for PACE.
Also in September we had a great Tahitian theme Cannon Circle co-hosted by Patti Archibaud and Vanessa Koutalidis. Details of that event and the next Cannon Circle are below.
In October we look forward to welcoming our speaker Diana Gonzalez the health reporter for NBC6/WTVJ and to visiting the Regent Bank for our Cannon Circle.
I look forward to seeing all of you at our October events. Thanks, Vivien
Women’s Executive Club
Sports Event
University of Miami Women’s Basketball
vs
Nova Southeastern Women’s Basketball
Saturday, October 28th
1:00pm
University Center
Nova Southeastern University
3301 College Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314-7796
11:30am - Pre-Game lunch
Meet at Davie Ale House
2080 S. University Drive
Davie, FL 33324-5850
954-236-0062
1:00 p.m. – Game time
Please respond to prdearden@bellsouth.net if you plan to attend.
800-541-NOVA (6682)
nsuinfo@nsu.nova.edu
Business Spotlight
Thank-you for the opportunity to spotlight our business, Around Town Newspaper, at last month’s luncheon. I was thrilled to have Kevin Lane as a guest and a co-speaker. He has a great sense of humor doesn’t he? He was extremely impressed with our club and the “good works” we do. For those of you who were unable to attend the last luncheon meeting, I am including the short version of what our business is all about.
Patrick Mascola, owner and publisher of Around Town, has an extensive background in the hospitality industry, South Florida, and the publishing business. Prior to opening Around Town (over 25 years ago), Mr. Mascola worked for the Sun-Tattler. He is well known for promoting and contributing to various charitable causes.
Around Town is unique in the newspaper industry because Mr. Mascola still independently owns it. This gives him the freedom to be very creative in promoting our clients. For instance, we can put together a special pullout section for just about any sector of business-everything from health and beauty to real estate and home services. When you advertise with us you get a lot more ‘bang for your buck’ because of the publicity we give your business. In our paper you, our customer, and your customers are the focus of our business. As many of you know we write about your special events and charity affairs in our society section. Our paper contains articles about your latest techniques for teeth cleaning, cutting hair, doing nails, and eye surgery. We also write about the latest fads in fashion, cars, fine wines, automobiles and real estate.
The Around Town reader is a customer whose purse strings are open for everything
consumable. They are investors, they travel, they take cruises, stay at resorts, attend
Theatres, art museums and concerts. They eat out often and like to be entertained. They
appreciate good food and superior wines served with finesse in pleasant surroundings.
Around Town is circulated in over 400 locations including: hotels, resorts, private
clubs, beachside condominiums (110 buildings), restaurants, and Ft. Lauderdale /
Hollywood Airport International. The newspaper can also be found in scores of busy
intersections in their attractive white metal racks.
Mr. Mascola is allowing me to give WEC members a 10% discount on any ad through
the month of October. I would be glad to answer any questions. Thanks again for your
support and attention.
Kim Stiles-Pascia
954-254-1609
PS Look for Kevin’s story on our club in the September 28th issue of Around Town.
Photos from August Lunch
Thanx to our photographer, Joni Rosenthal!
The
Executive Grapevine: news and notes about WEC members. (send them email
by clicking on their name)
Sept 15, 2006 Gail Stremlo celebrated an anniversary completing 25 years of service with IBM. Yes - 25 - a quarter century with IBM.
As Segment Executive for Retail, Gail currently drives a critical part of our business. Her knowledge and experience in the Retail Industry are highly valued across IBM and beyond. Through her personal efforts, and through her leadership across an extended team, she helps IBM demonstrate our leadership as a provider of solutions for the retail industry. She is frequently recognized by peers and colleagues inside and outside IBM for her contributions.
Her long term contribution, leadership, and experience is well known and deeply appreciated.
Please join me in congratulating Gail on 25 years with IBM.
Virginia Howard writes:
I have just returned from a cruise of the Greek Isles: Mykonos, Crete, Rhodes, and Santorini...the Aegean is breath-takingly blue and the cycladic architecture is so lovely...we also went to Istanbul for a day to see the Grand Bazaar and I must confess I did buy a Turkish rug that is a turquoise floral and will be delivered in 4 to 6 weeks...and we did go to Ephesus, which is like Pompei and very interesting...I climbed the Acropolis without my running shoes as my luggage was still in Madrid; the Acropolis was lit up at night under a full moon and I hope my photos will capture this magical sight...I saw an huge exhibit of Botero in Athens plus paintings of the Abu Ghraib prison which were painful to see...then to Madrid, which is so clean and full of trees, to see some art: the Prado with Goya and Velasquez, the Sofia Reina to see Picasso's Guernica and lots of his works and Miro's...but the highlight of Madrid was the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum with more contemporary paintings of impressionists, expressionists, modernists, surrealists and pop art, all in chronological order in a modern building painted in dark peach inside with an outdoor cafe with a rose garden...I had to buy another piece of luggage to carry the art books and souvenirs...I really liked the men in Madrid who were true gentlemen and could probably live there...my next trip in March is to Bangkok and Vietnam, pending the politics of course...I had invested 5 sessions with a personal trainer before I left for endurance training and that was very helpful and I will continue.
Leigh Nickel writes: WEC member Clare Vickery, Owner of Grace Cafe and Galleries, was featured in the Sun Sentinel recently. The article talked about Clare's involvement in bringing arts and culture to Dania Beach and the upcoming events she has coordinated. Way to go Clare!
GRACE CAFÉ & GALLERIES
49 NORTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY, DANIA BEACH
(one block west and north of the intersection of Dania Beach Blvd and Federal Highway – look for the Bird of Paradise mural painted by Mark Vose)
954.921.1231 (gallery and cafe)
954.921.1239 (fax)
clare.m.vickery@att.net
Ellen Wong was named "Team Leader of the Boca Raton Private Banking office" for Comerica. Congratulations Ellen!
Emily Rushin writes:
I'm quite pleased that I received a Judge's Recognition ribbon and cash prize for my watercolor "Evening Fog, Bhutan" in the Hollywood Art Guild's September exhibit at the Anne Kolb Center, West Lake Park, Hollywood. There are more of my paintings at www.emilyrushin.com.
Deb McLaughlin's son, Jonathan Rodgers, is a REAL Game Boy now. He got his Dream Job - across the Bay from San Francisco with HumaNature Studios, coding and developing video games for $45K a year, plus royalties on the games he works on - even moving expenses! Guess that specialized degree from Full Sail in Orlando paid off! Great foreshadowing with his Mom-made Halloween costume when he was 8!
Miller, Wiggin & Associates to Receive ‘Champion of the Homeless Award’
Miller, Wiggin & Associates, led by WEC member Debbie Wiggin and her partner George Miller, will receive the annual Champion of the Homeless Award from Broward Partnership for the Homeless at its 6th Annual Breakfast for Champions of the Homeless on October 25.
Miller, Wiggin & Associates, a Fee-only Certified Financial Planning Firm in Fort Lauderdale, is a generous sponsor of many of BPHI’s events, including the Annual Breakfast for Champions, the Salute to Leadership Gala and the annual fund raising concert at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Miller, Wiggin also is a founding member of the BPHI Planned Giving Committee.
Book Club
The WEC Book Club is going down the Yellow Brick Road and reading Wicked, The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire this month. Join us for a witchy evening Monday, October 30th, at Deb McLaughlin’s lair at 6:30pm.
If you like to read, and feel you have no time – this is just the book for you. The basis for the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, it’s “a glorious frolic, a feast of language, a study of good and evil, and a massive history of the fabulous land of OZ.” The LA Times states “ A staggering feat of wordcraft, Maguire has created one of the great heroines in fantasy literature.” “Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbit – that spot is well deserved.” – Kirkus Reviews.
Bring a spooky snack to share – Deb will have the witch’s brew bubbling. (and wine and soft drinks, too!), 1333 E. Hallandale Beach Blvd. #330, Hallandale. RSVP to 954-478-1091 or dmclaughlin@wmxj.com.
Cannon Circle
October Cannon Circle:
Welcome, Women’s Executive Club
October Cannon Circle
Kim Serra-Rivera
Is hosting
Cannon Circle
Wednesday, October 11
From 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm at
Regent Bank
1100 SE Third Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316
R.S.V.P.: (954)765-5500 ext. 204 or kserra@regentbank.com
Directions: Regent Bank Fort Lauderdale facility is on the Southeast corner of 3d Avenue and Southeast 11th Street. Additional parking at 320 Southeast 11th Street – the building behind the bank. Look for the elegant light salmon two-story building on the East side of 3d Avenue. Exit I-95 at Davie Blvd. Go East to Southeast 3d Avenue. Make a left. Travel one block North and Regent Bank is on your right.
November Cannon Circle
November 9 Cannon Circle to be held at Emily Rushin's. Deb McLaughlin and Emily are co-producing an evening full of fun, laughter, an interesting menu, and BEST OF ALL, WEC friends!
PACE for Girls
Ronnie Karlin writes:
This is from an email from Kathleen Ryan (PACE) to me:
WEC members have joined the planning committee for our DEC. 1 Believing in Girls Society Luncheon: Leigh N., Ellen Wong and Jan Mayer-Rodriquez. .And thanks to the celebrity bartender event that Kim Stiles held for PACE, I met with the Soroptimists of Pompano—a new partnership will come from this. Thanks for bringing PACE to the attention of the women of WEC. It’s a life-giving connection!!!!!
I will also be participating in the Believing in Girls Society Luncheon.
New Member Profile: Carla Albano
After a decade, Florida has become home for my husband George Cann and I. While we have little family nearby, we have created a surrogate family through our business, Alternative Home Health Care. We started our business ten years ago, and now have over 300 employees between our Ft. Lauderdale and Miami Offices. Our company provides in-home care to the elderly. Our employees are very important to us; we provide them health benefits and 401(k) benefits which is unusual for our industry. Our strategy has always been to provide W2 employees which affords the highest level of protection for our clients. It is customary in our industry to use Independent Contractors who are not insured at all. We also donate a substantial number of hours of service each year to the needy in our community.
Once in awhile I dust off my law license and perform some pro-bono legal work, mostly for needly elderly in Broward County. In 2007 it is my goal to begin volunteering for one of the immigration law projects. I am active in several local charities including Caresource, and Jewish Family Services.
In our off time my husband and I enjoy golf and tennis, and travel. We have no children, but are really good aunts and uncles. I recently endowed a scholarship in my husbands name at Miami University of Ohio, his alma mater. This was in honor of a milestone birthday! The scholarship is for veterans who are sophomores or higher, who fulfilled their college dream by completing military service. Long ago, my husband was such a student.
Family Central to Host 7th Annual Charity Golf Tournament,
“PUTTing Kids First”
Brochure and Registration form
North Lauderdale, FL (August 25, 2006) – Family Central, Inc. is excitedly preparing for our 7th Annual Charity Golf Tournament to be held on Friday, October 13, 2006, at the beautiful Palm Aire Country Club & Resort. This tournament has become one of our most successful fundraisers and the silent auction, held during the Awards Luncheon, is almost as popular as the game!
Our last tournament raised $16,000 that helped feed nearly 3,000 needy families during Thanksgiving and put holiday toys into the arms of close to 40,000 of South Florida’s forgotten children. This year, we are hoping to double the amount of dollars raised and hope to feed 3,500 families and provide Holiday Toys for nearly 50,000 disadvantaged children.
Family Central is the largest not-for-profit family support organization in the State of Florida, offering specialized services and programs to help give children a competitive start in life. Our programs are directed primarily toward economically disadvantaged families living in the South Florida area.
What: Family Central 7th Annual “PUTTing Kids First”
Charity Golf Tournament
Where: Palm Aire Country Club & Resort, 3701 Oaks Clubhouse Drive,
Pompano Beach, FL 33069
When: Friday, October 13th at 8AM
Contact: Mary Monahan, Community Affairs Coordinator, Family Central, 840 SW 81st Avenue, North Lauderdale, FL 33068, 954-724-3859, mmonahan@familycentral.org
WEC Board of Directors
2006-2007
President, Vivien Godfrey
Past President, Ronnie Karlin
Nominating Committee
Canon Circles
Business Showcases
VP Community Involvement, Melissa Rapkin
Mentorship (FX) Program
Women Empowering Women (WEW)
Community Outreach
Public Relations
VP Finance, Dorothy Eisenberg
Budget
Dues collection
VP Corporate Records, Cynthia Hardy
Corporate Records
Historian
By-Laws Committee
VP Internal Involvement, Joanne Dee
Programs Committee
Greetings Committee
Newsletter
Book Club
VP Membership, Marilynn Obrig
Membership Committee
Membership Luncheon
Directory
Webmaster
Social Committee
Fun raiser or Fund raiser
GEM Events
All contact information is available for WEC members on our Members Only website. If you are a member and you don't have a name and password, you can contact Chris Guld for more information.
2006-07 Luncheon Dates
October 17th Tuesday
November 15th Wednesday
December 15th Friday
January 18 Thursday
February 14 Tuesday
March 21 Wednesday
April 26 Thursday
May 15 Tuesday
June 19 Tuesday
Board Meetings
The next board meeting is 9 am Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at ArtServe.
Membership Attendance:
The membership requirement is to attend a minimum of five (5) club events every year in order to maintain regular membership. This is calculated on a fiscal year basis (i.e. August-June, not calendar year).
The purpose of Women's Executive Club is to give executives the opportunity
of fellowship with their peers in diverse fields; to promote the image
of the woman executive; to further the interrelationships of such executives
and to promote the general welfare of their businesses and community.