The WBC is a non profit volunteer organization that is focused on helping women succeed in the community by providing them with various networking opportunities.

There are three types of events that WBC hosts:

1. Monthly Breakfast Events

2. Bi Monthly Lunches

3. Bi Monthly After Hour events

The goal of the group was to provide a number of venues that could meet the needs of busy business women who are juggling work, life, balance as part of their daily lives.

Women at WBC build relationships via networking and do whatever they can to help each other be successful.

The WBC breakfast is held the third Tuesday of every month at The Tartan.  An announcement will be sent out prior to the breakfast so that you can register.  Barb Paquette is the Coordinator barb@barbpaquette.com

The WBC Luncheon is held on the first Thursday of alternate months at 11:30am in various restaurants in the Orleans area.  This is an informal networking event with no guest speakers, no infomercials and no table for networking material.  Instead it is an opportunity to intimately network at tables for four and sample new cuisines.  Notices are sent to the membership a week prior to the event with an RSVP required to reserve your place.

Debbie MacIsaac is the Coordinator and can be contacted at debbiemacisaac@rogers.com

Lisa Larter, Owner
Parlez Wireless
2-4312 Innes Road
K4A 5E6

Office : (613)824-0388
Mobile : (613)223-1700

lisa@parlezwireless.com
www.parlezwireless.com

Lisa Larter is the President and Owner of Parlez Wireless, and Lisa Larter Consulting.

Prior to becoming self employed in 2006 she managed TELUS’ corporate retail chain with over 150 stores and supported up to 1000 team members nationally. Lisa has worked in the wireless industry for ten years and in retail for 25.

Lisa is a proven management professional who can be credited as being part of the core team that launched the TELUS/Clearnet Corporate Stores sales channel in 1999. Lisa has a passion for leading and developing people. She is best known for being a retail subject matter expert who is passionate about creating outstanding client experiences while maximizing retail sales and profits through keen attention to detail and implementation of successful systems. Lisa has an innate ability to quickly identify key ways to increase sales, improve client experiences and create operational efficiencies.

In addition, Lisa shares her expertise at the Ottawa Entrepreneurship Center, is Vice President of Orleans Women’s Business Connections, member of eWomen Network and the Orleans Chamber of Commerce. She believes in giving where you live and has supported local causes such as Samantha’s Wish, Habitat for Humanity and the United Way. She is an energetic and dynamic presenter who can keep her audiences captivated.

Lisa lives with her husband and two dogs in the Orleans community.

Lisa can be reached at lisa@parlezwireless.com or at her office 613.824.0388.

Dr. Nathalie Beauchamp
Beauchamp Chiropractic:
A Creating Wellness Center
1224 Place D’Orleans Drive, Unit 1 Orleans, Ontario • K1C 7K3
Tel: 613-837-2883
http://www.beauchampchiropractic.ca

Dr. Nathalie Beauchamp has been living the wellness lifestyle since her teenage years while involved in a multitude of different sports. At a time of life when so many young men and women struggle with body issues and self-esteem, Dr. Beauchamp could already see the role that health and fitness was going to play in her life. And it has. Fitness and a healthy lifestyle have been at the core of every personal and professional milestone she has achieved so far.
Born in Montebello, Quebec, her professional expertise in the area of fitness, nutrition, lifestyle and wellness began in 1996 when she graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto as a Doctor of Chiropractic. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in the field of Human Kinetics from the University of Ottawa, and she is also a certified personal fitness trainer, a professional natural bodybuilder, a wellness consultant and lecturer, television personality and motivational speaker.

Cristie Vito
Stellar Events
Creative Director
Tel: 613-302-3700
Email: cvito@stellareventsandweddings.com
Website: www.stellareventsandweddings.com

Ottawa-based event and wedding planner Cristie Vito is the inspired creator of Stellar Events.  Her excitement and passion for event planning is evident from the moment you meet her, wanting to make each event as unique as her clients.  Through her experience and knowledge, Cristie guides her clients through the planning process turning their vision into an unforgettable event that will dazzle their guests.

Cristie is Wedding Planners Institute of Canada Certified (WPICC).  Before that, she obtained a Post-Graduate Certificate in Public Relations from Humber College, as well as a B.A. in Communications from the University of Ottawa.  During her career in public relations, she was involved in the coordination of numerous events including media luncheons, press conferences, general manager’s conferences and consumer product launches.  Cristie’s organizational skills, passion, creativity and attention to detail are the keys to her successful events.  She is looking forward to making your next event: a stellar event!

Cristie was honoured to be a top finalist for New Business Person of the Year and Young Business Person of the Year at the 2009 TD Canada Trust People’s Choice Business Awards.

Suzanne Wert
Manager of Finance and Administration
Orleans-Cumberland Resource Centre
211-210 Centrum Blvd
Orleans, ON
Tel: 613-830-4357 ext. 233
Email: suewert@crcoc.ca
Website: www.crcoc.ca

Suzanne is the Manager of Finance and Administration of the Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre and has been with the Centre since 1991.  Her love for helping others is what as motivated her to stay with the OCCRC over the years and see the Centre’s growth in the many areas of services that it now provides its community of Orléans-Cumberland.

She first started working for the Centre when it was located in the old brick house on St. Joseph Blvd.  The Centre only had four employees at that time and she was hired has the Finance/Executive Assistant at the beginning – the Centre now employs over 20 employees.   Since January 2008, her new role as manager has been challenging but exciting.  Her vision is to re-establish and create partnerships between the Orléans-Cumberland community and the Orléans-Cumberland CRC.

On top of her work at the Centre, Suzanne and her husband are part owners of Hurst Marina, located in Manotick.  She has many years of experience, has the Marina’s Event Coordinator, planning and organizing boating events/activities.   She also provides, privately, financial assistance to small Not-For-Profit organizations that are looking to hire someone part-time to maintain their financial records.

She has been married for 20 years and is a proud mother of two girls, one in High School and the other in her first year at Carleton University in Sustainable and Renewable Energy - Engineering.

Carolyne Huber
Owner and Designer
CforU fashion jewelry/bijoux de mode
Tel: 613-864-5902
Email: Carolyne@cforujewelry.com
Web: www.cforujewelry.com

Carolyne learned at a very young age what it takes to be successful in business; money, patience, and a lot of common sense. At the age of 22, fusing her passion for fashion, a business mind, and an entrepreneurial spirit to create her own fashion jewelry business; CforU fashion jewelry/bijoux de mode came with no surprise to her family. Carolyne’s mission is to design fresh, fashionable, affordable jewellery for women who desire to add a splash of fashion into their world. Necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and rings are created using intricate colors and combination with glass, acrylic beads, and Swarovski crystals. Carolyne specializes in customized jewellery designs. Her innate ability to listen to her clients desires result in one of a kind jewellery pieces that are treasured forever.

Furthermore, Carolyne is an active executive member of the Cumberland Arts and Craft Guild as the secretary, member of eWomen Network, and member of le RÉSAFF; le Réseau SocioAction des Femmes Francophones as part of the 2010 Women’s Day Gala.
Carolyne lives in the Orleans community with her two sisters and aspires to travel the world.

Leslie Scott
Community Relations Coordinator
Boston Pizza Orleans
3884 Innes Road
Orleans, Ontario
613-590-0881 (Restaurant)
613-282-5892 (Business Cell)
scottl@bostonpizza.com
Twitter @BPOrleans
www.bostonpizza.com/orleans

Growing up in the very small, country town of South Mountain, Ontario, Leslie Scott decided that the city was a much more happening place.  Leslie made the move to Belleville (46,000 people seemed like a huge city compared to 700!)  Graduating from Loyalist College - Radio Broadcasting, Leslie embarked on a career in the radio world, working at 103.7 BOB-FM in Brockville, followed by a move to Ottawa working at CHEZ 106, Y101 & 105.3 KISS FM, doing behind the scenes advertising and sales marketing.

After 5 years of striving to grow beyond a desk and computer, Leslie ventured out for an interview at Boston Pizza Orleans, and was granted the position of Community Relations Coordinator.  Leslie works with the community of Orleans to give back to a community that gives so much, while marketing Boston Pizza Orleans.

In her short year with Boston Pizza Orleans, Leslie has grown in many different ways, learning and gaining experience and knowledge from everyone she meets.  She has been nominiated in the Orleans People’s Choice Business Awards for Young Business Professional, and has been named as one of the Top 10 Community Relations Coordinators in Canada for Boston Pizza International.

Leslie resides in Ottawa with her boyfriend of 5 years, and visits the little country town of South Mountain frequently to see her family, including her adorable 3 year old niece, and 1 year old nephew, who both call her “Wesee”.

Debbie MacIsaac, Owner
Personally Yours Interiors
Ottawa, ON

Office : (613)841.1277

debbie@personallyyoursinteriors.com
www.personallyyoursinteriors.com

Debbie MacIsaac is an Interior Decorator and owner of Personally Yours Interiors.

Following her career as a registered nurse, Debbie established Personally Yours Interiors in 1999 to pursue her lifelong interest in Interior Decorating.  A graduate of the Sheffield School of Interior Design and Decorating, she now energetically applies her well-honed skills toward the creation of beautiful interiors that reflect the individual needs of her clients.

Interior decorating has called upon many of Debbie’s proven skills from nursing; an enhanced ability to listen, acute attention to detail, strong analytical and problem solving techniques, the ability to communicate, and finally, the timely delivery of a well thought out plan toward a result that understands and reflects her client’s needs and expectations.  She is passionate about decorating and creating a positive experience for her clients.

Debbie is an accredited member of CDECA, the Canadian Decorator’s Association.  She is an executive member of the Women’s Business Connections and an active member of the Orleans Chamber of Commerce, serving on the People’s Choice Business Awards Committee.  Debbie is a member of the Orleans Community Caring Club and supports the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre.

After having lived and worked in several cities throughout Canada Debbie is happy to call Orleans home.  She is married and the proud mother of two daughters.

Debbie can be reached at debbie@personallyyoursinteriors.com or 613-841-1277.