We have so many awesome, hardworking, inspirational women leaders across The Loading Dock locations that we can learn from!
Join us as we chat with a panel of six women and hear from them about how they run their companies and lead their teams. We will hear from each of them and then allow time for a Q & A from attendees!
4pm to 4:30pm: Gather and mingle!
4:30pm to 5:15pm: Hear from the women on the panel.
5:15pm to 5:30pm: Q & A from the audience.
5:30pm to 6pm: HH & Networking!
Meet the women on the panel:
Angela Thatcher is a board-certified PA and the owner of Lifelong Health & Wellness. She is passionate about helping people change their lives and improve their health through sustainable weight loss. In just over one year in business, Angela has built a full patient panel and guided more than 200 patients in their weight loss journeys. She was honored to be voted Best of the Best in Wake Forest for Weight Loss Centers in 2022. A North Carolina native and proud Tarheel, she completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and later, her medical training at East Carolina University. Angela completed her Certificate of Advanced Education in Obesity Medicine in 2020. Angela is best known for her smile, which is the biggest and brightest when she is laughing with her family and friends, traveling, enjoying music, exploring the great outdoors, and, perhaps most of all, celebrating her patients' successes.
Tianna Dean is the founder and CEO of Hummingbird Candle Company. At Humminbird, she strives to promote self-care by providing unique and fun experiences during their BYOB Candle Making Workshops, create fair wage jobs by hiring womxn to hand pour luxury eco-friendly coconut wax candles, and to always be an activist by giving back to organizations that support women both locally and globally. Because she has so much spare time, her and her best friend who happens to be her husband decided 6 was a good number to shoot for when having children. Her greatest accomplishment has been raising and watching them blossom into world changers.
Hi, I'm Sandi Rogers! I am the owner of Craft Ave NC. My overall mission is to provide a genuine and comprehensive support system to small and micro businesses to achieve scalable and organic growth by way of enhancing their brands and resources for strategic brand exposure. My services include creative consultation, custom branded apparel, promotional merchandise, embroidery, laser engraving, signage, decals and more to expand creative accessibility to strategically appeal to my customers target market as well as match their preferred aesthetic. I also facilitate courses in Canva, Adobe, Cricut, Sewing, adult and kids craft parties, and other hands-on workshops. Additionally, I partner with other small businesses to collaboratively host and promote themed events based on their industry. I have been full-time in my business for two years due to the desire to adjust my time as necessary to the needs of my amazing 6 year old autistic son (who I am convinced is a genius lol) and live an intentional and impactful life. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, I served 13 years as a sworn law enforcement officer. I have worked as a Patrol officer, a State Investigator, a Fraud Lab Lieutenant, and a Digital Forensic Investigator......and ironically, I am now just your local friendly craft store owner. Lol.
Hi I'm Katie Rother. I was a special education teacher for 12 years and during those 12 years, I started renovating homes and investing in real estate, I bought my first home in 2009, and have renovated 7 homes since that time, as a teacher, this was the only way to build wealth.
I obtained my real estate license in December 2017 and in December 2020 started my own firm, Live Love The Triangle. Our growing boutique firm helps 40+ families a year buy, sell, invest and renovate homes in and around the Triangle. In the last 6 years, I’ve sold over 100 homes with a total of 30+ million in volume. I believe the reason for my success is that my team focuses on clients and their needs, finding the perfect home, not just any home, and turning clients into long term friends. Almost 90% of my business year over year has been referral based, mostly referrals from past clients, current clients, or other realtors in different areas.
Georgia Homsany began DAILY DOSE to help businesses provide "wellness breaks" to give employees the time needed to prevent burnout, which in turn improves productivity and aids in retention. Georgia is a New Jersey native with a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Scranton and an MBA from Boston University. She is a member of Raleigh Metro SHRM and the creator of the RMSHRM Wellness Blog. She is certified in Reiki, regularly practices yoga, is an advocate for clean brands, likes to golf and lives in downtown Raleigh.
Meet our facilitator, Sloane Heffernan:
Sloane Heffernan is a two-time Emmy Award winning journalist with a passion for people and their stories. Sloane has spent two decades sharpening her storytelling skills as a reporter and anchor at NBC affiliates in Georgia, Florida, and most recently in Raleigh at WRAL-TV . Sloane traded a career in TV news to launch Storymore, a brand storytelling business. Storymore will help you clarify your message, craft your narrative and bring your story to life by creating click-worthy video content.
Sloane recognizes the power of connecting with an audience. She loves working with organizations to unleash that power by helping them connect with customers and grow their business.
