The Empowering Women Panel

Presenting Sponsor:

Vendor Sponsors:Catawba Insurance Agency, LLC, Time Genies Concierge & Errand Service, The Carswell Team @ RE/MAX A-Team, Home Instead Senior Care, do Terra Essential Oils, Strategic Wellness Center, Anything Office, Inc., Thirty-One Gifts, Texas Roadhouse

Karen Tonks is the founder and owner of Time Genies Concierge & Errand Service. Time Genies is an award winning* business that strives to help

people every day with services such as home organizing, office cleaning, errand running, personal assistance, pet services, office administration & projects. Karen manages every facet of the business including a large contractor pool every day and makes a daily schedule fit with clients requirements and works around contractor’s availability. She started the business so she could work around her family schedule and wants to

offer the same flexibility to others, whilst doing two of her favorite things; meeting new people, and helping others. Karen loves spending time with

her family, friends and playing tennis. Karen is a very sociable person and doesn’t take life too seriously. Karen says; “It’s important to spend time as

much time together as possible with those you love to make memories. Life is too short to worry about the small stuff. Let Time Genies help reduce life’s demands so you can be more fulfilled.”2017 Finest cleaning service in the Catawba Valley area. 2018 City of Hickory Entrepreneur of the Year.

Elechia Morgan is the founder of MuscleRx. A small business located in both Hickory and Charlotte, NC. Elechia is also the founder of one of the most

innovated healthcare professions that the medical community has seen today! This therapy is called Corrective Manual and Stabilization Therapy. With a 98% success rate with acute and chronic pain, Elechia is paving a way to create not only a new path for healthcare profes-sionals, but also a remarkable therapy that is not only effective but also “re-writes” time in the body to allow for a more natural and youthful

energy! Her company’s motto is to “Own Your Body, Own Your Care... Conquer Life.” She strives to keep this energy not only in the therapy, but in

her work environment. Outside of work, Elechia is the wife of Darnell Morgan, (Founder of Impact Athletics) and a proud mother of 3 beautiful children. She

serves in her community and her church with the same passion of helping others.

Bloombaes was sparked by a quest to make long distance gift giving a little more special. Denise Fuchs (Bloombaes founder and CEO) wanted to send

a congratulatory gift to a close friend who had recently been promoted at work. “I spent hours searching the web for unique gifts to send her. I wanted her to feel how thrilled I was for her, even though I couldn’t actually be there to show her,” Fuchs said. When she couldn’t find anything online beyond the gift delivery mainstays - flowers, gift cards, gourmet baskets, etc. - she decided take her favorite parts of those

classics and create something new. The result was a handmade bouquet of chocolate truffles. It was beautiful, delicious, and thoughtful. Her friend

loved it. And that was all it took. Denise began sending her homemade chocolate bouquets as birthday gifts, anniversary gifts, and even sympathy gifts

- each bouquet better than the next; each receiver happier than the last. Soon, she had more orders than she could handle by herself. When it came time to name her choco-late bouquets, Bloombaes just clicked. In her own words: “every bae deserves a bouquet!”

Asia “Mae” Magness is the founder and owner of Mae’s Ice Cream, Bakery, and coffee in Maiden NC. She is a self-taught baker and barista. She

started Mae’s because she had a passion for baking, food, and people. She thought that’s just what her small town needed! She is a Mother of 3 beautiful children. Family is very important to her. Her most popular item “Ooey Gooey” is a recipe passed down from her Great-Grandmother Dorothy Prue Magness. Mae’s is about keeping a tradition alive food, family, and love. She’s very thankful for the extended family she has

gained from opening Mae’s. She always says, “Thank God for small towns and the people who make them go round”.

Dessert Sponsors:Catawba Valley Insurance Agency, Inc., Business Network International/Foothills Referral Network, Spinnaker Financial, Everett Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac, Everett Commercial, EXO Communications, Physician’s Plan Weight Loss & Wellness

Supporting Sponsor:

Speaker AnnouncementSponsor:

Empowering WomenPanel Sponsor:

Furniture Sponsor: Centerpiece Sponsor: