One
of BikeWalkLee's founding steering group members, Darla Letourneau, is
among the 14 women named this week as Southwest Florida MAKERS. It's a
great tribute to BikeWalkLee's contributions to the community.
For immediate release
WGCU Public Media
For more information: Barbara Steinhoff
239.590.2507
WGCU Public Media
Announces
2014 MAKERS: Women Who
Make Southwest Florida
December
3, 2013….The MAKERS: Women Who Make Southwest Florida
for 2014 were announced today by WGCU Public Media. Fourteen women were
selected from 121 nominees. Nominations were received from the Southwest
Florida community from Aug. 1 through Oct. 25. A community selection committee
reviewed each of the nominees in the categories of arts, business, education,
environment, health & wellness, politics and social justice activism.
In its second year honoring women who are
leaving a legacy and making a significant impact in our region, WGCU will
produce video and audio portraits of the MAKERS that will air in April 2014 on
WGCU TV and radio. The portraits will also be posted at wgcu.org to inspire
generations to come.
The 2014 MAKERS are listed
below. This year’s MAKERS are not listed
by category. The selection committee
determined that several of the selected MAKERS are leaving a legacy in more
than one category.
The 2014 MAKERS: Women Who Make Southwest Florida are:
Rita Bertler, President, Dollars for Mammograms
Sharon Bruckman, Owner/CEO, Natural Awakenings Publishing Corporation
Myra Daniels, Founder, The
Philharmonic Center for the Arts
The Honorable Laura Safer
Espinoza, Executive Director, Fair Food
Standards Council
Eve Haverfield, Founder, Turtle
Time, Inc.
Martha Hill, Mailbag Editor, The
News-Press
Theresa Ink, Founder, P.A.W.S. Lee County
Kimberly Leach Johnson, Firm
Chair, Quarles
& Brady, LLP
Nancy Lascheid, Co-Founder,
Neighborhood Health Clinic
Darla Letourneau, Founding Steering
Group Member, BikeWalkLee
Pam Oakes, Owner, Pam’s Motor City
Julie Shematz, Founder, Beauty from Ashes
Michele Valencourt, Executive Director, Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda
Gail Williams, Chief Diversity
Officer, Hodges University
MAKERS: Women Who Make
Southwest Florida selection committee members
are: 2013 MAKERS:
Andrea Clark Brown, Ellin Goetz and Trudi Williams; Sarah Owen, Southwest
Florida Community Foundation; Brenda Tate, Women's Fund of Southwest Florida;
Walter Douglas, WGCU Diversity Advisory Group member; WGCU Public Media
Advisory Board members: Debra McIntyre, Maria Palacio and
Mimi Gregory; WGCU staff: Valerie Alker, Toby Cooke, Barbara Linstrom, Kim
Woodle, Amy Tardif and Barbara Steinhoff.
Community partners for MAKERS: Women Who Make Southwest Florida are the Southwest
Florida Community Foundation and the Women's Fund of Southwest Florida. MAKERS: Women Who Make Southwest Florida is supported by the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Corporate sponsorships are available. For
sponsorship information contact Terry Brennen, at (239)590-2366 or tbrennen@wgcu.org.
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