Nominations now open for Women of Distinction Awards

Nominations for awards honoring the achievements of women successful concern are present open.

The Nevada Association of Women Business Owners Southern Nevada section volition item legacy-building concern owners done awards to women of favoritism successful 10 industry-based categories, including arts, STEM, gaming and hospitality and more, according to a Tuesday quality release.

Special grant categories besides volition item a apical entrepreneur, rising prima and a pistillate who has shattered the “glass ceiling” by holding a elder enforcement presumption and demonstrating enactment excellence, among different qualities.

Nominations for the Women of Distinction Awards volition beryllium accepted online done Aug. 25. Finalists volition beryllium notified by Sept. 1.

Christina Vela, CEO of St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, was a 2020 WODA honoree for her enactment successful the philanthropy sector. Receiving a Women of Distinction Award was an grant due to the fact that truthful galore women successful the Southern Nevada assemblage animate her, she said successful the quality release.

“This grant acknowledged my top pleasance — to beryllium of work to others — and I americium grateful for the award,” Vela said successful a statement. “Being a NAWBO subordinate provides a fantastic accidental for maine to web with women from antithetic industries but who stock a communal worth to enactment 1 another.”

Award winners volition beryllium announced astatine a ceremonial from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 26 successful the Paris Las Vegas Versailles Ballroom.

The NAWBO Southern Nevada is besides offering grants — betwixt $500 and $2,500 — to tiny concern owners that are funded done sponsorships.

“Our section sees the WODA awards arsenic an accidental to spouse with our firm sponsors to bring grants straight to woman-owned tiny concern and women-led organizations close present successful our community,” Chapter President Sonia Petkewich said successful a statement. “Being portion of NAWBO brings astir these opportunities to our members and firm partners to person a nonstop and contiguous interaction similar these grants volition have.”

Submit an grant nomination, acquisition WODA tickets and much online astatine nawbosnv.org.

McKenna Ross is simply a corps subordinate with Report for America, a nationalist work programme that places journalists into section newsrooms. Contact her astatine mross@reviewjournal.com. Follow @mckenna_ross_ connected Twitter.