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Twelve successful women from diverse backgrounds are in the spotlight Monday at the Phoenix Business Journal’s annual Women in Business event.

“The Business Journal’s 2010 Women in Business program spotlights women from a number of industries and professions — those making a difference in their communities, blazing a trail for the rest of us and leaving their mark on Phoenix business,” said Editor Ilana Lowery, who is emcee for the event and trade show Monday at the Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts.

This year’s honorees are:

• Ann Siner, founder of My Sister’s attic, a resale and consignment shop devoted to helping women build their wardrobes while going easy on their wallets.
• Kay McDonald, founder of Charity Charms, a business model that lets women deck themselves out in trendy jewelry while benefiting local charities.
• Diane Humetewa, an attorney at Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP who served as U.S. Attorney for Arizona for two years.
• Carolyn Manning, who founded the Welcome to Arizona Project for helping refugees who land in Arizona and a project that came about to honor the memory of her brother-in-law killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack.
• Pam Gaber, a longtime volunteer at Crisis Nursery in Phoenix who took the next step with her Weimaraner, Gabriel, to become a pet therapist and start the group Gabriel’s Angels.
• Ann Meyers Drysdale, a pioneer in women’s sports with a resume that includes being the first female player to sign a free-agent contract with the NBA and now is general manager of the Phoenix Mercury and vice president of the Phoenix Suns.
• Kim Marie Branch-Pettid, who first became involved with the LeTip professional networking in the late 1990s in California and now owns the company bringing its headquarters to Arizona.
• Loretta Love Huff, originally working for corporate giants such as Apple and Sears, later made a move as an entrepreneur and president of Emerald Harvest Consulting, which helps other entrepreneurs.
• Diana Thomas, originally an architectural consultant, followed her heart to create a number of fertility businesses to help other women become pregnant, finally resulting in the World Egg Bank.
• Patty White, who followed her passion into a nursing career and in November became CEO of Chandler Regional Medical Center.
• Linda Mazon Gutierrez, who has moved from the role of volunteer to CEO of the Hispanic Women’s Corp., which produces an annual conference and awards scholarships to deserving young Latinas.
• Theresa Chacopulos, a financial adviser at Wells Fargo Private Bank who goes the extra mile forming personal relationships with clients and was named among Barron’s top women financial advisers.

More about these women can be found in a special supplement to the March 12 print edition of the Phoenix Business Journal.

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