Prime Highlights:
- Nine Dream Women Warriors To Be Honored At Nawbo-Sb’s 11th Annual Bravo Awards
- Nine female leaders and difference-makers will be recognized at NAWBO-SB’s 11th Annual BRAVO Awards on May 1, 2025, in Goleta.
- Event title, “Elevating Women, Elevating Impact,” celebrates game-changing strength of women in Santa Barbara’s community.
Key Facts:
- 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. awards ceremony at Hilton Garden Inn, Goleta.
- Move forward early bird sale tickets for early bird price are now available through April 14 for $95 members and $110 non-members.
Key Background:
Santa Barbara Chapter (NAWBO-SB) National Association of Women Business Owners calls for application for the 11th Annual BRAVO Awards in consideration of honoring remarkable women leaders in the Santa Barbara community. Award ceremony will be held on May 1, 2025, 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Hilton Garden Inn, Goleta. “Elevating Women, Elevating Impact” is an inspiration of the priceless contribution of women in all walk of activity in the community.
Santa Barbara Gift Baskets’ Anne Pazier will serve as Mistress of Ceremony, and angel investor and former CEO of HG Insights Elizabeth Cholawky keynote speaker. The BRAVO Awards were established to honor local women leaders who are making economic, political, philanthropic, and social contributions. They are selected by initiative, ingenuity, and by the impact they’ve had on others.
2025 winners are:
Lifetime Achievement Award: Carola Nicholson
Woman Business Owner of the Year: Tina Takaya
Entrepreneur to Watch: Polly Moharram
Philanthropic Champion: Dr. Cynder Sinclair
Public Policy Leader of the Year: Lizzie Rodriguez
Education Advocate of the Year: Janice Brown
Rising Stars of the Year: Amelia Vander May and Sienna Valentine
Kim Clark Leadership Award: Sherry Villanueva
Advance booking is required. The interested parties can log on to the official NAWBO-SB websites to obtain more information and advance bookings. Early bird prices are up to April 14, and for NAWBO members, it will be $95 and for non-members, it will be $110. The ticket price will be increased after this date. Tickets for eight-person tables can be booked in advance for $760.
