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KELLY ROLAND AND CHRISTINA BURKE Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation
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elly Roland, chief revenue officer, and Christina Burke, chief of staff and culture, are two women trailblazing the medical cannabis industry in Texas. Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation (TOCC), located in Manchaca is one of three licensed medical cannabis providers in the state and the only licensee that is Texas owned and operated. With a strong background in sales, growing startups and leadership, Kelly lends her expertise to TOCC by running multiple departments, overseeing growth and success, and swiftly executing the overall goal of helping more Texans gain access to medical cannabis. With almost 20 years in investor relations and communications, Christina brings the humanitarian piece to TOCC. Connecting with staff, patients and their families on a daily basis, Christina ensures that TOCC is doing everything possible for patients and medical cannabis access. Combined, this incredible duo will continue to lead the way as more access is available to medical cannabis throughout the great state of Texas.
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KRYSTLE COPULOS The Platinum Group
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rystle Copulos, principle of The Platinum Group with Compass, has been a real estate broker for over a decade specializing in condo living in central Austin. Krystle’s experience, extensive market knowledge, and consistency in helping her clients buy and sell has propelled her into becoming a top producing agent in downtown Austin. She’s passionate about growing her team and brand and about helping her clients find or sell the perfect property. Whether you are developer looking to sell and market your community, an empty nester looking to downsize, or an urban dweller wanting more space, she has all your real estate needs covered. When she’s not selling real estate, she’s busy with family, planning fundraisers benefiting local and global nonprofits, and exploring the city she loves.
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BROOKE STUBBS CYL Sauna Studios
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rooke Stubbs, M.D. and owner of CYL Sauna Studio, combined her medical expertise and personal belief in holistic wellness treatments to bring Austin the benefits of a unique and trending healthy lifestyle practice: infrared sauna. Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Brooke knew she wanted to pursue a career helping people. Her pre-med journey began at Elon University, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 2006, and continued at Columbia University, where she completed a master’s in nutrition in 2009. With Wildcat pride in her blood, Brooke returned to her roots, receiving her medical degree and completing an internal medicine residency at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Today, the local Austin resident, wife and mom to baby Sloane, has been practicing medicine for five years. Brooke is dedicated to using her professional experience to improve clients’ regular health and wellness routines at CYL Sauna Studio. Using far infrared therapy, a technique that produces the deepest, most detoxifying sweat, she provides clients with massive benefits including detoxification, pain relief, skin rejuvenation, lower blood pressure, and weight loss. Brooke is excited to continue to share more wellness benefits to the community of Austin as CYL expands its offerings.
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DRS. ANGELA KELLEY, AMANDA SKILLERN & NATALIE CRAWFORD Aspire Fertility
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eet Aspire Fertility, Austin’s only all-female fertility team. As women, they get it. As busy professionals, they get it. As mothers with their own unique fertility journeys, they get it. This female power team has created a fertility practice that offers advanced, evidenced-based care combined with an individualized, boutique approach. Dr. Amanda Skillern started the practice in 2013 from the ground up, customizing every detail. Dr. Natalie Crawford hosts “As A Woman” podcast. Dr Angela Kelley ran the Austin half marathon at 28 weeks pregnant. These women are passionate about educating other women about their fertility and normalizing conversations about infertility, challenges to conception, fertility treatments, and miscarriage. The Aspire Fertility office is located on 38th Street in Central Austin. To meet increasing demand, the team has just opened a sister location in Bee Cave, conveniently located across from the Hill Country Galleria. They are also offering telemedicine appointments for new patients, in order to make it even easier to get the fertility journey started. Cheers to these women who are proudly growing the Austin community, one baby at a time, with a lot of love and a little bit of science.
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SARA MALEK BARNEY BANDD DESIGN
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ara is the owner and principal designer at BANDD DESIGN, a residential and commercial interior design firm that specializes in creating spaces that are both beautiful and functional. She believes the design process should be highly collaborative and feel uniquely authentic to each individual. Sara spent the first 15 years of her career working in the entertainment industry, as an executive at companies such as SXSW and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Always sitting at the intersection of creativity and business, her true love for design emerged after years of helping friends and family design their homes. A rare Austin native, Sara spent nearly a decade in sunny Los Angeles, where she met her writer husband, Dana, while they were both chasing the Hollywood dream. These days you can find Sara and Dana enjoying endless amounts of queso and college football with their two daughters. Sara has a degree in corporate communication from the University of Texas and a degree in interior design from the Interior Design Institute. She was named one of Fortune magazine’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen and is also a member of the American Society of Interior Designers. When not interior designing, you can find Sara drinking rosÊ, wearing sequins, watching Seinfeld, trying to be a cool mom, and daydreaming about Napa.
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DR. PAMELA ASHLEY; DR. CARLA LAOS; ASHLEY VOSS LIEBIG, BSN, RN, CCRN; DR. JESSICA RANKIN; DR. JOANNE ADAMS; NIPA CHAGAN, PNP
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he amazing women pictured here are at the forefront of emergency services and emergency medicine for Austin every day. With more than 120 years of clinical experience, not including their training, they have held down leadership positions, worked across the various hospital systems in Austin, and balanced clinical with full personal lives. Dr. Pamela Ashley has been both an assistant medical and medical director for more than half of her illustrious 20 year career in emergency medicine. She had the privilege of helping Dr. Carla Laos grow the second pediatric ED in Austin. Dr. Carla Laos, double boarded in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. She is currently one of the assistant medical directors for EMS and STARFlight, and she practiced pediatric emergency medicine at Dell Children’s Medical Center (DCMD) prior to trekking north to help start and build Austin’s second pediatric ED at St. David’s Children’s Hospital. Ashley Voss Liebig, the division chief for clinical performance and education for Travis County Emergency Services/STAR Flight, served in the U.S. Army as a combat medic with the 101st Airborne Division. She is a well known public speaker and is active in various international organizations promoting Free Open Access Medical Education (#FOAM). Dr. Jessica Rankin is a triple threat, boarded in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine (EM) as well as fellowship trained in emergency ultrasound. She is currently the assistant medical director for St. David’s Children’s Hospital pediatric emergency department. Dr. Adams, another double boarded pediatric EM physician, was the first female to hold the assistant medical director position at Children’s Hospital of Austin, the predecessor of Dell Children’s Medical Center. With more than 30 years of clinical experience, she has sat on the peer review committee for DCMC and continues to provide mentorship and wisdom for PEM physicians as medicine continues to evolve. Nipa Chagan rounds out our team of leading ladies as one of our city’s most clinically experienced pediatric NPs in the peds ED setting. With nearly 20 years of clinical experience, she was TeamHealth’s first lead pediatric advanced practice clinician (APC), and she was recently nominated for APC of the year with TeamHealth, which pulls from candidates across the entire United States.
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SAVANA SCHROEDER BECKMAN Schroeder
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avana knows a thing or two about style. As owner of Schroeder, a flooring boutique located in the heart of Austin, she and her team work with homeowners, designers and homebuilders to create stylish spaces. Whether it’s hardwood, carpet or area rugs, Savana offers plenty of options. Her showroom is a collection of cultivated products that reflect Austin’s diverse style. As a leader in the industry, Savana is past present of Austin’s National Association of Remodeling Industry (NARI). Savana runs Schroeder with a focus on her customers and high-quality products. Schroeder has been recognized in Austin Home magazine as “Best of the City” and featured in many home tours. Now in its 38th year, Savana continues Schroeder’s legacy of excellence in the flooring business.
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DR. ALINA SHOLAR Skin Science Soul
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elatability and true connection with her patients are what Dr. Alina Sholar is known for in her long career as a plastic surgeon. These days, though, this girl means business when it comes to her businesses. Dr. Sholar is the owner and CEO/COO of Serenity Medical Centers Physical Medicine & Physical Therapy clinics located in Austin and San Antonio, Sage Practice Solutions medical practice consulting company, and Skin Science Soul MediAesthetics here in Austin. Dr. Sholar was certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 2008, but she is now deep in the wilderness of female-led healthcare business, blazing the trail to a future that will benefit Austin and beyond. She walks the walk, demonstrating first-hand how to embrace your strengths and the beauty within to achieve anything you set your mind to. She actively mentors young women in STEM and medicine and also passes on her business acumen to young women around the world. Not only is she leading the way for women in business and in medicine, her Skin Science Soul MediAesthetics has become an Austin woman’s ultimate resource for staying beautiful, strong and sexy in the 30s, 40s, and beyond.
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WILSON & GOLDRICK REALTORS
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our real estate experts for over 35 years, Wilson & Goldrick Realtors was established in the heart of Westlake and founded by Cindy Goldrick. Her vision was to create an experienced team of realtors to act as ambassadors for incoming residents and those looking to relocate within Austin. The company started with just four agents and has used its knowledge to grow into a well-respected agency that guides in buying, developing and selling property, while making sure individual needs are met. They have been recognized with multiple award nominations by committing to a quality of service that surpasses the competition. Their slogan—“Our Performance Will Move You”—stems from their longtime support of the arts. They’ve had several company pictures taken at various theaters and they contributed toward the Karen Kuykendall Stage at Zach Theatre, honoring the late actress who was a Wilson & Goldrick agent. The company supports many local charities and nonprofits, and they take great pride in their strong community presence.
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