Upcoming Event
Begins Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 11:30 AM
During collaborative, roundtable sessions WST members will provide our guest entrepreneur, Cyndi Prince, founder of WOOLY ROUNDS, input on how she can increase retail and…
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Girls Award $5000 in Social Change Grants
The Midcoast Council of the Maine Women’s Fund awarded $2,000 in Splash micro grants
2011-12 Women Standing Together
Women Standing Together (WST) is a growing network of professional women launching entrepreneurial women to new heights. WST members are leaders who share the desire and passion to support and grow entrepreneurs. If you are collaborative, market savvy and philanthropic, this group is for you! We offer three levels of membership. Each offers its own set of benefits, so choose the one that works best for you.
Ways to Get Involved
Mentoring Events
WST meets four times a year in Portland. During collaborative, roundtable sessions WST members provide creative, inspirational ideas that fuel strategic, calculated thinking that leads to real change for the guest entrepreneur. It is an opportunity to not only support and grow budding entrepreneurs, but work side-by-side with women on a whole new level!
Lunch Dates
October 13 - Patricia Royall, Jazzy Johnnys BYOJ (Bring Your Own Johnny)
December 8 - Lauren Sheffield, Lola Studios
February 9 - Cyndi Prince, founder of WOOLY ROUNDS
April 12 - Stacie Andrews, CTO at Provado Marketing Solutions
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Are you an entrepreneur who would like to present at a Women Standing Together lunch?
Networking Events and Forums
WST members meet throughout the year at networking events and connect through a members only online forum. As well, members are often asked to sit on panels and speak at educational events. At all Maine Women’s Fund events, you’ll have access to a diverse community of intelligent, influential women who share your interest in promoting social change.
Invest in Change
Your membership fee is collectively invested in non-profits that focus their work on entrepreneurship - one of the Fund’s four strategic grantmaking areas that will advance economic security for Maine women and girls. Past grantees include:
- Women, Work & Community, for its programs that address workforce development, microenterprise, leadership development and asset development.
- Dress for Success, which assists women who are entering or re-entering the workforce by providing mentoring and affordable professional clothing.
- Loving Learning, a group that helps teenage girls in rural areas make healthy life choices by providing job shadowing opportunities, mentoring and role-playing exercises.
Women Standing Together Members
Trail Blazers ($1,500) Level Member
- Sandra Stone, Sea Cove Solutions
Community Builder ($600) Level Members
- Barbara Babkirk, Heart atWork
- Kevan Lee Deckelmannn, Bernstein Shur
- Nancy Herter, Coldwell Banker
- Patty Kimball, Ideactive Solutions
- Susanna Liller, Liller Consulting
- Rebecca McKinnell, iBec Creative
- Claudia Raessler, SuriPaco LLC
Partner Level Members ($360)
| Shay Bellas Custom Sales Team |
Jodie Lapchick Lapchick & Co. |
| Susan Blair Brew Paint the Soul’s Dance |
Sibyl Masquelier Biographer and Chair of Maine Writers Publishers Alliance |
| Chelsea Callanan Murray Plumb & Murray |
Deb Nelson |
| Judy Crosby DaVinci Experience |
Nichole Raftopoulos Nvest Finanical Group, LLC |
| Mandy Davis E&M Marketing |
Liz Reed Coaching |
| Jessica Esch United Way of Greater Portland |
Barbara Schlictman Maine Center for Elder Law, LLC |
| Jodi Flynn Luma Coaching |
Melinda Shain The Law Offices of Robert E. Danielson |
| Susan M. Gallant SM Gallant |
Heather Shields Jaret & Cohn Real Estate |
| Marsha Greenberg The Greenshoe Group |
Lauren Sheffield Lola Studios |
| Mary Herman Mary Herman Consulting |
Nancy Strojny |
| Robin Lin Hodgskin Morgan Stanley Smith Barney |
June Usher Bangor Savings Bank |
| Annie Houle The Wage Project |
Lisa Valentine PowerPay |
| Margaret Kelsey Kelsey + Co |
Carol Ward |
| Katie West The Levity Coach |
