Last evening Ken and I attended the Puget Sound Business Journal Women of Influence event at the Bellevue Hyatt Regency. It was a sell-out crowd of over 500 people there to be inspired and celebrate with the 16 women who were selected as honorees. Since I have served on the Women of Influence Advisory Board for the past four or five years and as a judge, it was exciting to be there to see these very competent and talented women we selected feted for their incredible accomplishments in their businesses and in the community.
My very dear friend, Patty Barrier of Barrier Motors pictured above was one of the honorees. Celebrating her award with her from left to right were girlfriends Betty Rubenstein, me, Tara Stepenberg, Karen Roed, Susan Brotman and Kyle Daniels. Also celebrating were Patty’s godson Kjell Schei, her husband Jimmy Barrier and my husband, Ken Hatch.
In addition to helping Patty celebrate, it was wonderful to be there to help so many friends celebrate their awards including Nancy Pellegrino, of BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Nancy Auer of Swedish Medical Services, Megan Clubb of Baker Boyer Bank, Colette Courtion of Calidora Skin Clinics Inc., Deborah Jensen of Woodland Park Zoo, Martha Choe of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Annette Jacobs of Door to Door Storage Inc. and Angie Lepley of Tangerine Travel Ltd.
Media personality and good friend, Patti Payne and friend and publisher of the Puget Sound Business Journal, Emory Thomas, served as co-emcees for the evening. Each honoree was introduced and asked to answer a question for the benefit of the audience. It was fantastic to hear these extraordinary women respond with their articulate and witty answers.
Today I have talked with many people who attended the event last evening and I have heard over and over again how inspiring the evening was and what a great event it was. The only complaints I have heard about the Women of Influence event today were from people who wanted to attend and didn’t get their reservations in before the event sold out. A nice problem to have!
Next year? Qwest Field??
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