{"id":290482,"date":"2025-11-14T05:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/290482\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T05:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:03:09","slug":"local-businesswomen-honored-at-annual-leadership-conference-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/290482\/","title":{"rendered":"Local businesswomen honored at annual leadership conference | Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>The event featured a guest speaker along with a panel discussion and workshops.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>They handed out the 2025 Women in Business Awards at the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>The event promotes professional and self development among women in the community.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Women in Business Award Recipients graphic updated\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6916661c52360.image.png\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"168\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The recipients of the 2025 Women-in-Business Award from the Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce. From top left to bottom right: Paige Gors Limberg, Julie Rylatt, Dr. Patricia Lynott, and Sherry Gaumond.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Via AGHL Law, Willow Creek Counseling, and Larson &amp; Darby Group<\/p>\n<p>ROCKFORD, Ill.\u00a0\u2014 Local women in business were honored at an annual conference highlighting their achievements.<\/p>\n<p>The Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) announced the 2025 Women-in-Business Award recipients for its annual Pow(H)er Conference. The event is said to recognize women in business who show professional excellence, leadership, and service around the Rockford Region.<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Pusateri, COO of the GRCC, said that this year&#8217;s honorees are creating meaningful change in their organizations and in the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year\u2019s honorees demonstrate the incredible range of talent, vision, and resilience that drives our business community forward,&#8221; said Pusateri.<\/p>\n<p>The four recipients of the 2025 Women-in-Business Award are listed below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aghllaw.com\/our-team-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paige Limberg<\/a>, an attorney at AGHL Law, was recognized for her achievement at a young age and potential for future leadership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willowcreekcounselingrockford.org\/staff\/julie-rylatt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Julie Rylatt<\/a>, a social worker at Willow Creek Counseling, was chosen for her entrepreneurship and contributions to Rockford&#8217;s business sphere.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockford.edu\/about\/leadership\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dr. Patricia Lynott<\/a>, the President of Rockford University, was honored as a leader, mentor, and for her organizational impact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/larsondarby.com\/who-we-are-larson-darby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sherry Gaumond<\/a>, the COO and Director of Interior Design at Larson &amp; Darby Group, was acknowledged for her commitment to improving the community.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Pow(H)er Conference was held on Thursday at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Rockford Riverfront.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Women-in-Business Awards, or to learn about future GRCC events, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockfordchamber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GRCC&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The event featured a guest speaker along with a panel discussion and workshops. &#13; &#13; &#13; They&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[28,158,3,152419,452],"class_list":{"0":"post-290482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-positive-local-news","12":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}