a bio on speakers.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cAn engaging and inspiring speaker, Minhas is as down-to-earth as she is business-savvy,\u201d the bio says. \u201cIn her highly customizable keynotes, she shares lessons learned from her two decades of groundbreaking business leadership, as well as the strategies used by some of the best entrepreneurs, innovators, and visionaries of our time to find and sustain long-term success.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2024, the United Nations Association in Canada honored Manjit with the Global Citizen Laureate Award in recognition of her commitment to the UN goal of gender equality.<\/p>\n
Twenty-one Women in Business Awards finalists in seven categories were named Feb. 23. See list below.<\/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
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":"Manjit Minhas to speak at Surrey & White Rock Women in Business Awards Published 9:45 am Wednesday, March…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":{"0":"post-514348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surrey","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-surrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514348","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=514348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}