See list of 21 finalists for Women in Business Awards in Surrey\/White Rock<\/p>\n
Published 4:00 pm Monday, February 23, 2026<\/p>\n
Finalists are announced for the 2026 Women in Business Awards hosted by Surrey & White Rock Board of Trade.<\/p>\n
The 17th annual awards luncheon, sponsored by National Bank, will celebrate some of the region\u2019s most dynamic business leaders on an April date to be announced along with a guest speaker of note. Last year it was Arlene Dickinson, star of TV\u2019s Dragons\u2019 Den show.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese finalists represent the strength, resilience and leadership that define our business community,\u201d said Joslyn Young, CEO of Surrey & White Rock Board of Trade.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach of them is driving innovation, creating opportunity and lifting others as they rise. We are proud to celebrate their impact and the example they set for the next generation of women leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Twenty-one award finalists in seven categories were named Monday (Feb. 23):<\/p>\n
Entrepreneur \u2013 Large Business<\/p>\n
Holly Halford, Blossoms & Roots Childcare<\/p>\n
Maxime Spakowski, Ferro Building Systems Inc.<\/p>\n
Zohra Sarwari, Afghan Kitchen and Zarak<\/p>\n
Entrepreneur \u2013 Small Business<\/p>\n
Andrea Kloegman, Safe Sweat Fitness Ltd.<\/p>\n
Dr. Kimberly Huynh, Paradise Chiropractic Health and Wellness Clinic<\/p>\n
Raman Dhaliwal, WR Mattress Gallery<\/p>\n
Professional<\/p>\n
Dr. Balbir Gurm, Network to Eliminate Violence in Relationships (NEVR) Society<\/p>\n
Dr. Funmilola Iyiola, Trending Business and Project Management Consulting<\/p>\n
Paula Bude, Love This Therapy<\/p>\n
Not-for-Profit Leader<\/p>\n
Heather Lynch, Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver<\/p>\n
Louise Taylor, Brella Community Services Society and Crescent Housing Society<\/p>\n
Meghan Neufeld, Baby Go Round<\/p>\n
Corporate Leader<\/p>\n
Cari Watson, Westland Insurance<\/p>\n
Hermina Khara, Odgers<\/p>\n
Maria Hussain, Oberoi Group<\/p>\n
Emerging Leader<\/p>\n
Dione Costanzo, Dione Costanzo Events and Marketing<\/p>\n
Nicole Heidari, SWR Drain Service Ltd.<\/p>\n
Suhana Gill, Kwantlen Polytechnic University and CBC<\/p>\n
Social Trailblazer<\/p>\n
Andie van der Eerden, Running on Faith Project<\/p>\n
Noemi Victorino, Harvest for Hope<\/p>\n
Reetinder Kaur, Providence Research Vancouver and SFU Surrey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"See list of 21 finalists for Women in Business Awards in Surrey\/White Rock Published 4:00 pm Monday, February…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-495264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}