Coralie Tolley
With 34 years in the financial services industry, eight (8) of them as an Advisor with Edward Jones, Coralie Tolley has a head for economics as well as for people. Throughout her life, Coralie has endeavored to serve the financial requirements of women and conducts seminars on a regular basis, addressing a variety of financial and estate planning needs. It was during one particularly enthusiastic seminar where the idea of creating a conference for women was born.

Now, in its fifth year, the It’s All About Women Conference and Exhibition has become a corner stone of female empowerment allowing women within the Shuswap area to network, promote their businesses and enhance their personal lives. Through Coralie’s diligent work, guest speakers from as far away as Alberta arrive to enlighten and share their knowledge with conference attendees.

Coralie, a single mother with two amazing children, takes care of her mother Bea and has been a vibrant part of the Salmon Arm community since 1997.

www.edwardjones.com

Terry Downs
Founder, Pink Dogs™.

Our motto is "Healthy Women. Healthy Dogs. "

Pink Dogs™ was created to inspire, educate and empower women to include their dogs in a healthy and active lifestyle while staying safe along the way. We are creating a network of women working together to be active, healthy and feel inspired to gain control of their dogs and their lives. Through ebooks, seminars and outdoor activities we address the concerns women have regarding owning and managing their 4 legged family members.

We focus on the issues that are important to women dog owners and include tips and techniques to assist in keeping you and your dog safe while you venture outdoors. We include hands on techniques based upon self defense and police defense tactics to help you to stay safe and keep away those that are a threat to you and your dog.

As a former dog handler with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a business owner for the last ten years focused on dog behavior, training and management, and published author of The Women’s Lifestyle Guide To Raising A Dog, my focus is on inspiring women to learn how to connect and gain control of your dog so you will feel inspired to gain control of your life. We have been featured in Okanagan Life, Modern Dog and Walk About magazines.

A portion of the proceeds of all Pink Dogs™ merchandise is donated to Breast Cancer Research.

www.pinkdogs.ca
 

Terri Knox
Speaker , Consultant, Author, Co-Author


Would you like to have a roadmap to follow your dreams and attain your goals, while living with less stress and greater focus? Terri’s presentation will accelerate both success and personal growth, through connecting to our limitless potential. Included will be proven tools, tips and strategies designed to turn on every individuals internal ‘success magnet’! This innovative program is developed to fit with reality of our day-to-day challenges and busy lives. Terri's energy, enthusiasm, commitment, and sincerity will be key to enabling participants to walk away with the sense that you have invested in YOU!

Terri Knox is an insightful, innovative and high energy speaker, author, trainer, and life coach who will challenge you. Through using tools such as introspection and humor, she assists her audience how-to live each day with passion and purpose and to maximize your unique talents on both a personal and professional level. Her main areas of expertise are: personal development, self-image, teamwork and customer relations.

Terri is a strong believer in positive reinforcement to enhance your skills and one who believes that in today's competitive environment is recognizing the positive effects of work/life balance. The result is increasing and enhancing ones life on both a personal and professional level. Recognize your power within!

www.terriknox.com

Kathryn Vennard
Lawyer, Brooke, Jackson, Downs

Born and raised in Salmon Arm, Kathryn is happy to be back home. Her family has been in the area for about 60 years. After graduating from Salmon Arm Senior High with honours, she first attended Okanagan College and then moved to Lethbridge for her Bachelor of Arts. Kathryn went to law school at the University of Alberta and then headed north to practice in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. After 13 years in the cold, she knew it was time to head home to the sunshine.

Brooke Jackson Downs has been a strong presence in Salmon Arm for almost 30 years. Her work at BJD’s is a combination of wills and estates, real estate and corporate commercial law. She has spoken to several local groups regarding wills and estate planning. Kathryn is passionate about helping people and has already become involved in the community. She is a board member of the Shuswap Hospital Foundation, the Shuswap Housing Society, and a member of Rotary.

Free time is spent with friends, enjoying a good movie, or shooting pool when she can find a table. Kathryn also loves to travel and has been to exotic locations like Bali and Santorini in Greece. She’s always open to new experiences and opportunities, and can’t wait to see what’s next.

www.bjdlaw.com

Goldie Caldwell
Intuitive Counselor and Life Coach

Her sessions are unique and tailored to the individual. Having been in a position to require the services of a women’s shelter in her past, Goldie is delighted to help in the empowerment of women. Sound healing, movement and color therapy, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and reflexology are some of the technologies Goldie employs in her work. By guiding her clients to find their strength and inner compass, Goldie provides a supportive environment that assists them to uncover their life’s passion, joy, and harmony.

Goldie’s lifelong passion for movement began the moment her figure skates glided across a sheet of ice. Later in life she found inspiration in a variety of movement disciplines from Pilates, to Yoga, Qigong and Tai Chi. Dance steps were a natural for Goldie as she explored a variety of dance styles including Ballroom, Latin, African and even Trance Dance Yoga.

When Rachael Mooney introduced Goldie to Belly Dance five years ago, she was hooked! Her love of the joyful, creative and empowering dance form has now grown from a hobby into a lifestyle, as she continues to perform with Rachael’s troupe Jamila Mai Bellly Dance, while creating a series of classes of her own to Awaken the Goddess Within.

Join Goldie for a fun filled, exhilarating dance session ~ in a safe and nurturing environment ~ and awaken to the delights of your natural self expression through body movement. Feel the good vibes and empowerment of the music and hip shaking moves that has attracted woman to belly dancing throughout the centuries. Prepare to fall in love - with yourself!

www.bodybeautifulprogram.com 

Dianne Parnell
As the owner of Harmony Holistics, trained in Reflexology, Massage, Quantum Touch and Touch for Health, Dianne appreciates the connection between energy and the body and how the energetic vibrations of the body contribute to the disease or ease of an individual’s health. Dianne carries this philosophy with her in her drumming, creating environments that naturally bring healing to the body allowing its own instinctive rhythm to flow.

Sky Stevens
Inspired by the sound of the drums at the Terrace Music Festival in 1999, Sky has studied and performed African rhythms for more than 10 years. She is a member of Harambee African Drum Troupe in Vernon and Nankama African Drum & Dance Troupe in the Okanagan Valley. Sky uses her professional training as an Experiential Educator to unite team building initiatives and drumming building fun and challenging platforms for individuals and groups to recognize their full potential.

JoAnne Ward, MA
Personal Life Coach

JoAnne has been coaching career women internationally for the past several years through her business, Stepping Stones Life Coaching Services. She has great compassion for career women who have a life of "overwhelm" or "high expectations" as she had to face her own limiting beliefs by identifying and renewing her purpose, values and life passion. Her story of being a mother of two, a wife of over 33 years, a caretaker of aging parents, and in a demanding career has helped her to offer new strategies to other women internationally. As a Professional Life Coach and educator, her expertise resides in the areas of self-discovery, life/work balance, leadership, and team effectiveness. She is committed to helping women have a better life, filled with joy, balance, and relief.

With a diverse professional background, JoAnne worked in private and public sectors in business and education. She has been an instructor and leader in both secondary and college education as well as in management for a world-wide corporation. Her business forte is in creating innovative projects which she has spearheaded through her several entrepreneurial ventures. She’s served as a popular presenter at numerous conferences, workshops, and seminars in education and business leadership. She is an innovator, funny, and inspirational. She has published eleven books and curricula, and initiated several provincial programs for industry and education.

After residing in North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada for over 30 years, she and her husband transferred north to Quesnel, BC, where she is active as a Director in the Chamber of Commerce, a founding member of a Women's Business Network and a Women’s Networking organization in Northern BC. In Vancouver, she is an active member in several entrepreneurial and business networks and the Vancouver Chapter of the International Coaching Federation. Passionate about life-long learning, she has degrees in Economics and Commerce, and Education from Simon Fraser University, a MA in Leadership from Royal Roads University, and her Advanced Certification in Life Coaching from Coach University.

www.steppingstonescoaching.ca

Angela Wright, MBA
Vice President, Mackenzie Investments

Angela Wright, Vice President, has been with Mackenzie for over twelve years. Based in Mackenzie’s Vancouver office, she has spent these years working with advisors in Western Canada to develop and grow their businesses.

Angela is a graduate of the Accelerated MBA Program at Queen’s University and has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, with a double major in Marketing and International Business.

Angela has traveled the world extensively, and has spent time on nearly every continent. A lover of history, culture and food, Angela’s travels have provided her with rich experiences and an ever-developing palate. She seeks unique experiences and has developed her surfing skills in countries like El Salvador, Indonesia and Australia.

2008 marked a major personal achievement for Angela, as in less than 10 months she ran her first 10k, first half marathon and, in November, completed the New York City Marathon. She plans to combine her love for travel with marathons in the future.

Founded in 1967, Mackenzie is one of Canada’s premier Mutual Fund companies with over $55 billion dollars under administration and over 1.5 million Canadian investors.

Cindy Bertrand
Puppets on Purpose

Cindy Bertrand  is certified in New Decision Therapy, Reality Therapy, Reiki, she is published in Chicken Soup for the Soul and on her website, are testimonials.

Cindy is a therapist,  motivational speaker, professional puppeteer and featured author in Chicken Soup for the Network Marketer's Soul.Her cast of puppets have inspired and moved audiences of all ages, on various topics, from Oregon to Toronto.

Cindy gets rave reviews about the facilitation she does with groups, she will make you laugh, touch your heart and inspire you to see yourself as you really are.

www.puppetsonpurpose.com 

Heather Martin
Women's Enterprise Centre

Women's Enterprise Centre is the leading business resource centre for women business owners across BC. Women's Enterprise Centre provides business skills training, mentoring, loans and business advisory services to women business owners across the province from its three offices in Kelowna, Vancouver and Victoria.

Since joining Women's Enterprise Centre in 2007, Heather has given presentations and facilitated workshops on financial management, marketing and strategic management around the province, including Fernie, Kelowna, Prince George, Terrace, Vancouver and Victoria.

Heather received a Master of Development Economics (MDE) in 2006 from Dalhousie University. She is interested in promoting and supporting entrepreneurship as a component of economic growth in rural Canadian communities. She is an active member of JCI Okanagan.

www.womensenterprise.ca

Kisa Bomstad
Kix 4 Chix Fitness Kamloops

My name is Kisa Bomstad, I am 30 years old and have been a business owner for the last 15 years. I had and still have a very successful painting company for over 12 years in Williams Lake, I worked in an all male environment and understand the challenges that women face today in the quest to gain their independence. I am passionate about helping all girls and women to embrace themselves and each other and also to help them find their own inner strengths. I have also faced many of my own challenges and have grown significantly by embracing them and seeing them as stepping stones on my own personal journey.

I am now the owner and instructor for Kix 4 Chix Fitness Kamloops which has been in operation in Kamloops since January of 2008. It originated in Williams Lake in 2005 and is in the process of being franchised. Our goal in franchising the company is to share the opportunity we have with other women; in empowering and inspiring all women and girls of every shape, age and background.

The Kix 4 Chix Fitness program is embraced and loved because it is non-competitive, and the environment is high energy and fun. The workout leaves you feeling invigorated and strong, and most feel a sense of euphoria afterwards as their daily stresses fade away.

We believe the best self-defence out there is confidence and being able to stand tall and strong and look everyone straight in the eye.

As our lifestyles change and evolve we believe that now is the time to come together to make an impact for ourselves and for our children. There is no better time than right now to take your life back into your own hands, and start to make positive changes that you will carry with you for the rest of your life. I believe that if you can first change yourself, you can change the world. Lead by example, be strong, practice integrity and love and I know life will give you all the best it has to offer!

I hope to see you out there getting active, having fun and embracing your life!

www.kix4chix.ca

Nicole Neuert
Kix 4 Chix Fitness Kamloops

My name is Nicole Neuert. I am a mother of 2 girls.
Ten years ago, I began kick boxing for my own physical fitness. When we moved to Williams Lake, five years ago, I opened Ladies Only Kickboxing. The response to this business was overwhelming. Feedback from women was very positive and so I decided to expand my business as a way to reach out to more women. I acquired a partner and Kix 4 Chix was born.

The philosophy behind our company is to empower women by providing them with a facility that is non judgmental; where they can workout, learn new skills and relax. Kix 4 Chix is a place where all women are welcomed and supported to help them achieve their individual goals. Now, more than ever, women need positive role models to appreciate their own value and worth. Kix 4 Chix is dedicated to bringing out the best in women and helping them bond in a friendly, non competitive environment.

Kix 4 Chix has been an empowering growth experience for me as a woman. And it has been a wonderful business opportunity while enriching the lives of countless women, and promoting strong community spirit.

www.kix4chix.ca