Hello WBC Members!

Your 2008/2009 board is very happy to launch the first WBC web site where we can upload relevant content for you, our members. In the coming weeks we will be adding information in the following categories to assist you with your networking opportunities:

• Policies and Procedures
• Details on Events
• How to get your content into the WBC Newsletter
• Where to find other members via Social Media
• New 2009/2010 board members
• Job descriptions for board members

Please take advantage of our new sign up box to receive our monthly newsletter and event invites and reminders. We look forward to seeing you at upcoming events.

Donna Roney, Advertising Consultant
Transcontinental Media
Orleans Star – East Ottawa Star – Ottawa At Home
Unit 30 – 5300 Canotek Road
Ottawa, ON
K1J 1A4

Office : (613)744-4800 x237

Donna.roney@transcontinental.ca

Originally from Montreal, Donna has been an advertising Consultant with Transcontinental Media, publishers of the Orleans Star, East Ottawa Star and Ottawa At Home magazine since September of 2001. Prior to 2001, she worked as an advertising consultant with the Orleans Phone Book for five years. She has had the opportunity to work with some of Orleans and Ottawa East’s largest companies. Her greatest achievements have been in participating in the development of marketing plans that have led to the success of some of Orleans best small businesses. She has been a board member with the Orleans Chamber of Commerce since 2008. Her most fun, professionally, has been the launch, development and growth of Ottawa At Home magazine. She gets into some of Ottawa’s best décor stores!

A graduate of Carleton University, she worked for IBM in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. In 1991, she returned to Ottawa where she had the opportunity to work at the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre as the Volunteer Coordinator and Coordinator of the Kids on the Block puppet troupe, teaching about disabilities in elementary schools across Ottawa. Along with the board of Kids on the Block, she launched a francophone troupe “Les enfants dans ma rue”. In 1994 she chaired the Notre Dame High School reunion committee that hosted a reunion for more than 800 women at the Chateau Laurier Hotel representing graduates going back more than 60 years. Since 2005 she has been a board member with Orleans Little League Baseball.

Donna has lived in Orleans for the past 18 years. She is married and has two children whose exploits show up regularly on her facebook page!

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.

Barb Paquette, Salesperson
Coldwell Banker First Ottawa Realty, Brokerage
2034 St. Joseph Blvd
Orleans, ON
K1C 1E6

Office : (613)830-9999
Toll-free : (888)223-2139

Barb@BarbPaquette.com
www.BarbPaquette.com

Barb has been helping people find their dream home or sell their house for the best price possible for over 6 years. Having moved over 20 times in her life, twice overseas, Barb knows the physical and emotional side of relocating. Add to that Coldwell Banker’s 98% satisfaction rating with its buyers and sellers, the highest satisfaction rating of any real estate organization in North America., and you have the perfect match. Being a Realtor® is very much a “people” business and her experience in dealing with clients and meeting their needs has helped her establish herself as a full service, bilingual Realtor® serving Orleans and the City of Ottawa, and helped her win the Orleans Chamber of Commerce People’s Choice Business Award “Real Estate Sales Person of the Year! Barb is also involved in the Orleans community, serving on the boards of WBC, the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre and Orleans Chamber PCBA committee. She is also active in her church.

Debbie MacIssac, Owner
Personally Yours Interiors
Ottawa, ON

Office : (613)841.1277

debbiemacisaac@rogers.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 debbiemacisaac@rogers.com or 613-841-1277.

Chipochemeso Shambare, Keynote Motivational Speaker

Office : (613)747.8873

info@chiposhambare.com
www.chiposhambare.com

Chipo Shambare RMT CSL,ThM in Theology/Spiritual Medicine: Special Emphasis Medical Counseling Intuition, Motivational Public Speaker, Facilitator, Trainer and Coach Consultant based in Ottawa, Canada. Services groups and individuals who want to boost their Intuitive Energy, increase productivity, and live a happier and healthier Authentic life. Learn more about Chipo online at www.chiposhambare.com www.healingbridge.ca Email info@chiposhambare.com Phone 613 747 8873