In March 2025, Loudoun Financial Growth celebrated Girls’s Historical past Month, highlighting #WomenOfLoudoun who encourage and affect. The dedications have been made by the Loudoun Financial Growth crew.
Kimberly Mazhari
I’ve had the privilege of working with Kimberly on and off over the previous 10 years throughout numerous actual property growth tasks. From day one, it was clear – Kimberly is really considered one of a form. Her ardour, drive, and tenacity make her an distinctive downside solver, all the time conserving the give attention to clients, tenants and creating the very best procuring expertise potential.
Irrespective of the problem, Kimberly tackles it with integrity, optimism and an unwavering dedication to excellence. She repeatedly pushes herself past her consolation zone, setting a strong instance for each crew she’s been part of. Her dedication to development and innovation is inspiring.
Thanks, Kimberly, for main by instance and inspiring these round you to develop, enhance and attempt for extra daily – me included! #LoudounPossible #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOfLoudoun – Dedication by Jessica Park
Rosie Soto
Rosie is a dynamic and pushed entrepreneur with a formidable background. I first met her in 2022 when she approached our crew about increasing her thriving cellular pet spa right into a brick-and-mortar location. With willpower and imaginative and prescient, Rosie took the data we offered, recognized the right house, and efficiently launched Shear Love Pet Spa, which has now been serving the group for 2 years.
As a first-generation American, Rosie put herself by school whereas concurrently attending grooming faculty, demonstrating exceptional perseverance and resilience. She has constructed not only one, however two profitable companies, by no means permitting obstacles to face in her means. Her tenacity, grit, and unwavering dedication to her shoppers make her actually distinctive. It was a privilege to assist her in taking the following step in her business trip. #LoudounPossible #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOfLoudoun – Dedication by KC Tregoning
Kerrie Schram
Kerrie and I met a couple of month after I joined Loudoun Financial Growth, and we immediately linked over our shared profession transitions. As newcomers to the cybersecurity trade, we made a pact to study and develop collectively – and what a journey it has been!
It didn’t take lengthy to see that Kerrie is a real powerhouse. Her dedication to serving to others and giving again to the group is unmatched. She’s all the time the primary to supply an introduction, desirous to brainstorm new concepts, and offers 150% to every little thing she takes on.
Kerrie frequently conjures up me to step exterior my consolation zone, construct new connections, and embrace challenges with confidence. Accelerated Visions is extremely lucky to have such a passionate and sort chief driving significant change for Loudoun non-profits.
Thanks, Kerrie, for main with coronary heart and generosity. Your dedication to giving again sparks a ripple impact of kindness and creativity all through our group! #LoudounPossible #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOfLoudoun – Dedication by Jessica Park
Robin Vander Voort
For years Robin was the Useful resource Instructor for my youngest daughter, Piper, at Hillside Elementary College in Broadlands. Robin was a fearless champion and never-ending supply of compassion and assist for Piper and for me and my husband whereas we labored to grasp the Particular Training assets Piper wanted to achieve success at school. Anybody who has ever needed to undergo the IEP course of for his or her little one can let you know that it may be daunting in the very best of conditions, and Robin was there each step of the way in which to elucidate, alter, and advocate for Piper. Robin supplied her personal time over the summer time to satisfy with Piper and ship her letters to assist her transition when Robin was promoted to her present place. Her impression was so nice that when Piper had an opportunity to ship considered one of her accomplishments this yr to somebody, she picked Mrs. Vander Voort. Robin’s deep take care of her college students, her considerate communication with mother and father, and absolute devotion to her occupation is inspiring and we’re so grateful that in her present position she is going to assist so many households similar to she helped ours! #LoudounPossible #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOfLoudoun – Dedication by Colleen Kardasz
Anna Johnson
After I consider inspiring ladies, Anna Johnson instantly involves thoughts. Recognizing the numerous lack of assist, schooling, and assets obtainable to new moms, Anna based A Path Ahead to bridge this hole. Combining her experience in health, vitamin, and lactation assist, she has constructed a enterprise devoted to empowering moms with confidence, connection, and management over their postpartum journey.
Anna’s unwavering dedication to her shoppers’ well-being, coupled together with her professionalism and compassion, makes her an distinctive chief. We’re extremely lucky to have A Path Ahead within the Loudoun group, offering invaluable assist to our native rising households. #LoudounPossible #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOfLoudoun – Dedication by KC Tregoning
Doode Johnson
After I noticed the subject title “She Impressed Me”, I considered the various sturdy ladies in my life which were of nice inspiration over time, nonetheless there may be one lady who immediately stood out for me.
Her title is Doode Summers, and he or she is the definition of an exceptional lady. Whereas we had gone to highschool collectively for years, we started to actually get to know one another in 1986 and that’s the place our journey to sisterhood started.
Doode was the funniest particular person I had ever met, and we immediately clicked. Our teenage years have been like most others, filled with laughter, enjoyable, and tales we are going to by no means ever neglect (or share) and so they have been a few of the greatest years of my life!
As we grew into adults, I watched Doode blossom into an incredible lady, mentor, instructor, spouse, and mom.
In 1999, she was met with a well being problem that may buckle most however she confronted it head on with the assistance of her sister who saved her life by donating a kidney to her. You’ll hear later how that second formed one other crucial second in Doode’s life.
Because the years progressed, Doode and her husband Rod have been blessed with two good-looking sons, Dalton, and Remy. Though she was busy elevating a household and dealing full time at another faculty, she didn’t decelerate and in some way discovered time to open her coronary heart and their residence to youngsters in want by the foster care system which introduced them a 3rd son named Tyler.
Quick ahead ,by virtually 40 years of friendship, to right now and I discover her as astonishing and great as ever! How do I greatest paint the image of why and the way she conjures up me? Checkout this checklist and see if she doesn’t do the identical for you.
- She has managed to proceed her work at Cedar Lane College for 26 years, aiding numerous younger individuals to navigate the on a regular basis challenges they face, regardless of her discipline experiencing extraordinarily excessive turnover. Some statistics estimate that near half of particular schooling lecturers are out of the occupation inside 5 years and but right here she continues to be going sturdy. Her aim is to assist her college students perceive that although they could be struggling in life, they will nonetheless observe their goals and achieve success. She even stepped in because the boys’ basketball coach at her scholar’s request which in flip led to a few these tales that I’ll always remember or share!
- Her as soon as small boys are all grown up now. Anybody who has had a hand in elevating youngsters is aware of that they don’t include an instruction guide. Being a dad or mum is straightforward for those who solely care about elevating them however while you need to increase them to be good, caring, and productive individuals it’s HARD work! How did she do? Effectively, they’re following Mother’s lead. Dalton is proudly serving in america Military and Remy is a licensed EMT/Firefighter serving his group. It doesn’t get significantly better than that. Tyler is now 16 and his future is shining brightly forward of him.
- In 2020, COVID hit the world, and the bulk made the selection to seclude themselves and wait issues out. Not Doode, that’s not her model. She jumped into motion and saved a promise made to her sister some 21 years earlier to pay her sister’s kindness ahead in thanks for saving her life. She did this by forming the Younger Kings Motion (YKM) non- revenue group with the mission to interact, empower and encourage younger males ages 13 to 18. YKM focuses on instructional assist, one-on-one mentoring, group service and most significantly life abilities teaching. The younger males they serve have a need to achieve success and YKM encourages them to observe their goals. An excerpt from their web site reads ” Why teenage males? Center faculty is a important time when a younger man’s decisions, each aware and unconscious, start to type the inspiration of the person he’ll change into.” This system has served near 65 younger males previously 4 years and assisted 6 younger males to graduate from highschool final yr.
- She places the stroll behind the speak and stands by her phrase. She earns respect and is ever conscious of how her actions impression the world round her. Whereas others, together with myself, may do extra she provides completely every little thing she has in service to others.
- She continues to be the funniest particular person I’ve ever identified, and he or she loves together with her complete complete coronary heart. She sees the nice in a world that’s typically ugly. She encourages others to higher themselves and offers them the love and assist to take action. I don’t assume there’s a system in place that may rely excessive sufficient to seize all the lives that Doode has impacted.
In abstract, I hope you didn’t simply learn the phrases written and that you’re left with a profound understanding of my pal and sister Doode’s life objective.
And sure, She Impressed Me and all the time will!
Ps: If you need to make a financial contribution or volunteer your time for the Younger Kings Motion, please go to https://ykm-loudoun.org/donate/
#LoudounPossible #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOfLoudoun – Dedication by Shannon Wilson
Yasmeen Shields
Yasmeen is an impressive group associate, constantly looking for alternatives to attach enterprise homeowners for his or her mutual profit. She is deeply dedicated to supporting the enterprise group in Loudoun and takes proactive steps to help Chamber members in want, guaranteeing they’re promptly linked with our workplace’s assets.
Probably the most rewarding collaborations with Yasmeen is the Membership Orientation conferences. Throughout these periods, she offers priceless insights into Chamber membership, whereas I’ve the chance to share how Loudoun Financial Growth can assist native companies. This partnership creates a mutually useful dynamic, strengthening our collective efforts to foster a thriving enterprise surroundings in Loudoun. #LoudounPossible #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOfLoudoun – Dedication by KC Tregoning
Terri Teeter
I met her by work, however I’m claiming her as my very own.
Terri is many issues: a mom, grandmother, spouse, daughter, sister, granddaughter, farmer, instructor…pal. She opens her residence and coronary heart to many and dedicates a substantial amount of her life to tending to and caring for all times. She grows flowers, fruit, crops, and greens. She nonetheless has thriving crops that have been began by each her great-grandmother and grandmother. She farms on land that has been rising meals for over 100 years and has been tended to by a number of generations. She cares for her animals. She teaches youthful generations to farm as a result of it’s essential for individuals to know the right way to develop their very own meals. She is powerful, brave, and has tales that may make you snigger, cry, and replicate.
She has created a gorgeous life for her household and buddies and her caring nature spreads to everybody round, particularly her youngsters and grandchildren. As farmers in Loudoun, she and her husband Jim maintain their group fed and thru all the challenges that farming brings, they persist.
Merely put, she is wonderful and embodies the that means of affection, nurture, and continuity. #LoudounPossible #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOfLoudoun – Dedication by Ramona Thompson
Julie Molthen
I’m honored to focus on Julie Molthen for the Girls’s Historical past Month Marketing campaign. With over a decade of devotion to elementary schooling, Julie is an impressive educator and mom who makes a major impression on our college students’ lives in our group. Her dedication, revolutionary educating strategies and constructive affect on her college students has made an impression on her college students’ instructional and emotional development. She is presently working as a Studying and Math Interventionist in addition to an EL instructor at Moorefield Station Elementary and served as each a primary grade and second grade instructor at Belmont Station Elementary for twelve years.
Her endurance and dedication to take care of 30 plus youngsters each day are an inspiration whereas sporting many alternative hats. When she steps into her classroom she sees and nurtures bodily, psychological and non secular wounds. She is greater than an educator. She is a steerage counselor, a nurse, a mentor, a coach, a dad or mum, a job mannequin and the checklist goes on.
Julie is a mom of three school graduates and graduated herself from Wake Forest College with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary and Educating and has a Grasp of Training – Med, Literacy from the American Faculty of Training. #LoudounPossible #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOfLoudoun – Dedication by Lisa Molthen
Dee Schrader
Daily, we now have the chance to convey just a little extra kindness into the world. Dee Schrader, the founding father of A Shiny Spot, conjures up simply that. Her group that has despatched out over 50,000 uplifting playing cards to caregivers, hospitalized youngsters, seniors, deployed service members, and so many extra. She jogs my memory that straightforward but highly effective acts equivalent to handwritten messages of encouragement and love, despatched to those that want them most. Bringing a second of pleasure; a reminder that somebody cares; a shiny spot in somebody’s day; and in the end making the world a greater place. #LoudounPossible #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOfLoudoun
Beneath you’ll see an image of her giving playing cards to one of many recipients on his one centesimal birthday. #LoudounPossible #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOfLoudoun – Dedication by Amy Mugford
The Complete Workforce
What conjures up me most concerning the BBBC suppliers is their collaborative strategy to affected person care. These six devoted ladies work holistically to assist their sufferers, making a profound and constructive impression on households in Loudoun County by complete care, schooling, and group engagement. We’re so fortunate to have them right here in Loudoun!
BBBC is residence to six women-owned companies, all of which share a standard mission: to supply holistic, compassionate, and evidence-based care to rising households. These suppliers embody:
🌷 Caroline O’Neil – BBBC proprietor, Hypnobirthing teacher, and licensed therapeutic massage therapist
🌷 Hilary Biesecker & Heather Swartz – House owners of Loudoun Homebirth and Healthcare, licensed nurse midwives specializing in residence births
🌷 Susan Martin – Proprietor of Susan Inexperienced Dwelling, esthetician, and yoga practitioner
🌷 Lilly Seng – Loudoun Lactation and Training, board-certified lactation guide
🌷 Lindsay Durand Massumi – Digital Physio, pelvic flooring bodily therapist
🌷 Donna Figueroa – Midlife Midwife Useful Well being, licensed nurse midwife specializing in useful drugs for ladies’s well being
#LoudounPossible #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOfLoudoun – Dedication by KC Tregoning
Danelle Hayer
I first met Danelle Hayer when she joined our division in August of 2019. From the start, Danelle had a particular expertise for making you are feeling comfy and supported in her presence. She’s a stunning girl with a robust presence – and, I need to say, she provides the very best hugs while you want one! 😊
Through the years, Danelle has repeatedly impressed me to push past my consolation zone. Her willpower, persistence, and keenness for each private {and professional} development is really contagious. Thanks, Danelle, on your collaboration and friendship. You encourage not solely me however everybody round you along with your management. Congratulations in your latest well-deserved promotion! #LoudounPossible #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenOfLoudoun – Dedication by Nancy Evanko
