“If you put energy, focus and heart into what you desire, it will unfold for you,” said Sadie Sarti, owner of Sadie Sarti Design Co. “So, be positive, think big, believe in people and businesses, and do good in your community. If we believe in ourselves and follow these ideas, we can live a fulfilling life.” Sarti has applied her philosophy to her career, family and community, and is now leading four employees in web and graphic design. “It’s a fun and inspiring place to work,” Sarti said. … [Read more...] about Designing a Life; Growing a Business
Women In Business
Making Later Life Easier
With the number of people living to the age of 85 and beyond expected to double from more than 6.4 million today to 14.6 million by 2040, companies like Comfort Keepers are expecting the demand to continuously increase for those needing day-to-day assistance. Comfort Keepers provides as much or as little help required to enable the elderly to live in their homes as long as possible. Services include providing meals, doing shopping, running errands, reminding about medication, performing light … [Read more...] about Making Later Life Easier
Melissa Cripps Composing a Life of Business, Service, Music
Managing a rewarding career is as much how a person approaches living as what transpires during business hours. That reality was poignantly reinforced in 2018 for Flagstaff’s Melissa Collins Cripps, agent/owner of Melissa Cripps Insurance Agency, Inc. “My life changed last year when both my parents died within 12 days of each other,” Cripps said. “My mother died of leukemia and my father died of a broken heart 12 days later.” Characterizing her “world as a very different place now,” Cripps … [Read more...] about Melissa Cripps Composing a Life of Business, Service, Music
World Traveler Builds Career Out of Sending Clients on Vacation
Monika Leuenberger loves what she does and does what she loves. Her expansive world is all about travel. Having sojourned to more than 20 countries (she has lost count), this Switzerland-born wanderlust, travel advisor and co-owner of Avenues of the World Travel has tips and suggestions for situations you would not dream of happening and back-up support for when they do. “Several years ago, we traveled to New Zealand via Flagstaff to LA. On our flight back, we landed at the LA airport and our … [Read more...] about World Traveler Builds Career Out of Sending Clients on Vacation
Boutique Owner Working in Style
Fashionista Sara Murray brings flair to any venue when she showcases stylish clothing and household ensembles from her boutique, Fancy That! For the entrepreneur, running any successful retail business is every bit about producing an exceptional customer experience as managing the critical bottom line. She and her daughter, Amanda, work together to embrace fashion trends, sport their chic inventory, accent with eye-catching baubles and seize every moment to mesmerize clients and … [Read more...] about Boutique Owner Working in Style
Bronze Sculptor Shapes Her Rural Lifestyle
Bronze sculptor Diana Simpson said she didn’t know she was an artist until she was 30, even though her talent was recognized very early on. “I was always drawing and painting,” she said. Simpson won her first award for art when she was five. Her father entered a crayon drawing of a deer in the forest into an art contest at The San Francisco Chronicle. It won first place. That, she says, is when she got the bug. Years later, her talent came into focus as a noted sculptor. “My … [Read more...] about Bronze Sculptor Shapes Her Rural Lifestyle
No Whining Allowed
Barbara Austin Clark Stevenson takes enormous pride in mentoring and sharing her corporate and entrepreneurial savvy with people committed to work and learn. But those she works with should expect that they will be required to deliver their personal best, just as she demands of herself. Ethics and values instilled from childhood remain her compass for success. “My grandmother used to say that any job worth doing is worth doing well, and any job worth doing well is one to take pride in,” … [Read more...] about No Whining Allowed
Making Moves that Count
Social media and digital marketing entrepreneur Donna Werking elevated stepping out of one’s comfort zone to new heights in April, performing a fiery samba with local dance professional Zach Leonard to help the Boys & Girls Club of Central Arizona (BGCCA) raise more than $220,000. For this second year of the hugely popular Dancing for the Stars (DFTS) fundraiser at The Elks Theater, Werking leapt at the chance to become one of 10 celebrity dancers when the BGCCA board asked. “Of … [Read more...] about Making Moves that Count
Lisa Watters-Lain, Watters Garden Center owner
As a local girl, Lisa would ride her horse to the YMCA swimming pool when it was still outdoors. “Growing up in Prescott was a real treat, rare by today's standards,” said Lisa Watters-Lain. After school, she and her three sisters worked in the family garden center. She learned what real customer service was. “Back in those days, you knew everyone,” she said. “We would meet customers at school, church, the grocery store and at the YMCA pool. It was a small town back then, and word spread fast … [Read more...] about Lisa Watters-Lain, Watters Garden Center owner
Women in Business Luncheon
July 21. 11:15-1:00. Chino Valley's Women in Business Quarterly Luncheon at the Antelope Hills Golf Course. Speaker: Lori Robenstein, JD. Host: Cheryl Van Demark. More information at www.chinovalley.org … [Read more...] about Women in Business Luncheon