Women Business Owners Council

Founder, CEO, and Queen of Promotional Products who holds two Industry certifications (MASI, MAS+) - an accomplishment that less than 3% of promotional and advertising professionals have!  Currently serving as a Board of Directors for the Promotional Products Association International.   A member of Wilmington Central Rotary and the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary.

 

Alexandra is a double graduate of UNCW, with an undergrad in Political Science and a master’s degree in Public Administration. She is licensed in multiple states, including NC, SC, GA, VA, SD, TN and FL. Alexandra's specialty is helping business owners consolidate their personal & business insurance under one agency as a "one stop shop".
As an active member in the community, Alexandra was a WILMA Women to Watch finalist in 2017, as well as 2020 Star News/ILM Chamber 40 under 40 Honoree. She has served on the Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Board from 2017 to 2022, and co-chaired the 2017/2018 annual Cape Fear Literacy Council Gala.
 

April has been licensed as an insurance agent in the Wilmington area since 2010 and has a broad base of customer and referral partners who have relied on her guidance and suggestions for protecting their family’s needs. She’s seen the ups and downs of the market and loves finding solutions to coastal insurance problems. It was her desire to offer more choices for insurance to provide the best rates available to her customers and to cover needs unavailable in the captive market.

She has a passion for service and is a member of the Wilmington Rotary and is a board member of WARM NC.

April lives at home with her husband, a retired commercial pilot, and is the mother to Abby and Bobby.

Tracey Newkirk, is a Certified Personal Resilience Coach and the Founder of UNEXO, a boutique consultancy helping leaders build high-performance teams. She and her husband Girard Newkirk co-founded Genesis Block, a coworking space in downtown Wilmington providing business development services, workspaces and building entrepreneurial communities. Genesis Block was created with the idea that each community needs a place to collaborate, create, discuss ideas and gather. Building the small business ecosystem and supporting community collaboration is our goal in each neighborhood.

Proud to be delivering the highest quality in commercial signage, wide format print production, and vehicle wraps. After a career in journalism and graphic design, I purchased Port City Signs in 2008 and introduced printing and sign manufacturing. From a staff of four, we have grown to a staff of 17 in a 12,000 SF manufacturing facility. We focus on commercial construction, education, healthcare, interior design, retail, restaurants, and real estate. We produce illuminated, monument, and neighborhood signage; vehicle wraps; wall murals; routed, dimensional signs; ADA Braille signs; decals; and banners. We fabricate in house with a 5' x 10' table CNC router, aluminum welding equipment, a paint booth, two 64" wide roll-to-roll printers, a 98" wide direct to substrate and roll-to-roll printer, vinyl welders, sewing machines and more. We invite you to schedule a tour with us!

As a military spouse, I have dedicated the last two+ decades to raising my family and volunteering with local schools, church, and within the community wherever we've been stationed across the country and overseas.  I'm a graduate from Eastern Virginia Medical School with a MS in Art Therapy. I have a passion for art and DIY and believe that everyone has the ability to create – that everyone is an artist in their own way – and am convinced of the therapeutic process of art. 

After years serving as the people operations leader for one of the nation’s fastest-growing media companies, Katherine Daniel, SHRM-SCP, now shows other growth-minded businesses the way to increased productivity: employee satisfaction and engagement. Through Montani Consulting, Katherine (Founder and President) serves as a confidant and trusted advisor for senior executives seeking guidance on HR and all people-related matters. Work aside, Katherine enjoys catching live music, spoiling her rescue pup, Alice, and hosting friends at her home in Wilmington, NC. 

I live in Wilmington with my husband, three boys, two cats and our dog. I run a recruiting company that supports local entrepreneurs as well as tech startups who have received series C & B funding. I provide a diverse candidate pool for scaling startups.

Our passion is building marketing materials that help your business grow - we do it by finding the real reason someone visits your website or any of your marketing and then ensuring that your product or service guides them to the solution.  Sue is a StoryBrand Certified Guide, it's an accreditation that sets Design Interventions apart for other marketers. 

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I am the founder/owner of Farrell Insights LLC. With over 20 years of experience as an independent forensic accounting and business advisory consultant, I bring calm and clarity to chaos and provide avenues for closure.

I'm a business professional focused on helping other businesses grwo and sustain their existing client base. I believe in giving/helping first, getting to know you, and then if we are a good fit, let's do  business together, either directly or by referring each other new opportunities to connect  with others.

Let's chat over lunch or coffee when it is convenient for you.

 

More than 35 years of experience in PR and marketing. Prior to founding GMG Public Relations in 1991, she was a Director of Public Relations with Ernst & Young in White Plains, NY. 
 
Positions held include:

• Founder, President, Nanuet Chamber of Commerce
• President, Rockland Business Women's Network, Westchester Assoc. of Women Business Owners
• Board member, Rockland Community Foundation, Orange & Rockland Community Investment Committee
• Chair, Marketing and Communications subcommittee, Clarkstown Business & Economic Development Advisory Committee
• Co-Chair, Rockland Business Assoc. Marketing Council
• Mentor, Rockland Community College, Seton Hall University's Stillman School of Business, Cameron School of Business at UNCW
• National Small Business Association Leadership Council 
• Sought-after speaker on marketing topics.