2018 Award Nominees Announced

AWE is honouring female entrepreneurs from across the province. Nominated by their peers, these inspirational women are achieving growth and success in business. This year, we had over 75 applicants for our 2018 Awards!

Finalists will be announced at our upcoming nominee receptions happening in March.

On April 25, 2018 we will announce the recipients for this year's AWE Upsurge, Emerging, Emerging Innovator and Celebration of Achievement Awards.

The nominees for 2018 are:

  • Alyssa Lau

  • Amanda Hamilton

  • Angela May

  • Anita Dyrbye

  • Carina Ludgate

  • Carmela Gennaro

  • Charity Callahan

  • Cheryl Taylor

  • Christina Forth

  • Colleen Rice

  • Colleen Heidecker

  • Connie Stacey

  • Deborah Barrett

  • Diana Frost

  • Donna McTaggart

  • Glori Meldrum

  • Jessica Maurice

  • Jill Boychuk

  • Julie Boake

  • Kathryn Kolaczek

  • Kathy Leskow

  • Kelly Smart

  • Kimberly Orlesky

  • Kirei Yasunori

  • Kristina Vanderwater

  • Laurie Wright

  • Lorena Prakash

  • Louise Vernal

  • Lucy Dunne

  • Maureen Newton

  • Merena Johnson

  • Nicola Kozmyk Jones

  • Sangeeta Sharma

  • Shannon Lenstra

  • Sheena Johnson

  • Tracey Einarson

  • Tricia Arsenault

  • Vanessa Hernandez

  • Voula Martin

  • Nan Thiessen

  • Shanna Mawer

  • Vicki Zhou

  • Teresa Kiyawasew

  • Kim Titchener

  • Akosua Nyarko

  • Kimberly Carson Richards

  • Karen Murdock

  • Stacy Maurier

  • Florence Murota

  • Corinna Clark

  • Rosanna Fischer

  • Debra DeBernardo

  • Victoria Armstrong

  • Julie Flint

  • Crystal Brown

  • Pauline Robinson

  • Kemi Ogundipe

  • Dr. Jacqueline Shan

  • Erika Serbu

  • Annalee Butterwick

  • Kathryn Valentine & Leanna Mohan

  • Jesse Szymanski

  • Emma Demaer

  • Yvonne Irnich

  • Shawna Miller

  • Shani Gwin

  • Lianne Ensminger

  • Chelsea Barlow

  • Sara Tharakan

  • Dannah Davies