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The Story of...
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When your vision and mission align, big and bold things happen!!! Ana Reyes-Ouzts, founder and Executive Director, has always had a passion for women in business. A quote by Her mentor Mary Kay Lady, has left a lasting impression on Ana.
“If you help enough people get what they want, you will get what you want.”
Ana and Alina Perry-Smith, Co-Founder and Board of Director, live their lives this way. By holding networking events at her home in 2011, Ana saw beautiful things happen when she connected women in business with each other. These women, with a newly found zeal, started building long lasting friendships, relationships and business connections.
Time passed and life changed. Both Ana and Alina relocated to Flagler County Florida. Ana arrived first and was running her business, Ana Diva Status. When Alina arrived in 2020, retired from 33 years of teaching, she opened her photography business full time.
Alina, knowing the power of bringing women together, encouraged Ana to start network meetings again.
Their first event was held on June 15th, 2020 in the peak of the pandemic. It was held outdoors at a local restaurant. Eleven beautiful business women attended and made lasting connections.
Vision & Mission
Our three core principles help to carry out our vision and mission.
Our 3 Core Principles :
1. Making meaningful connections: Monthly meetings and coffee connections build lasting business relationships.
2. Raising Funds for local charities: A woman’s heart is to help and nurture, we bring this to our community by choosing a local non-profit to be a beneficiary of raffles at our monthly meetings.
3. Supporting local businesses: Our monthly meetings are held at locally-owned businesses and when possible we use local talent for any business needs we have.
Since the inception, we’ve never lost sight of the original vision and mission. In 2023, we created the non-profit organization, brought on a board of directors, and created opportunities for women business owners everywhere.
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Monthly meetings and coffee connections build lasting business relationships.
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Monthly meetings include training, creating a platform for women to share their knowledge. Our directory has exclusive training for business owners. We also have quarterly national business building training via Zoom.
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A woman’s heart is to help and nurture, we bring this to our community by choosing a local non-profit to be a beneficiary of raffles at our monthly meetings.
GIVEN TO LOCAL CHARITIES YEAR TO DATE:
GIVEN TO LOCAL CHARITIES TOTAL:
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