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• Monthly Luncheon

  • When
    Thursday, June 26, 2025
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    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 SE 24th St., Mercer Island

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  Speaker: Catherine M. White, CEO, Accelerated Results 365 / AR365 Books

  Topic: From Workboots to Stilettos: Building a Business with Grit & Grace

  Catherine M. White, founder of the AR365 Companies and known as The Business Mechanic, shares her powerful journey from hands-on hustle to confident CEO. Drawing from her experience as a single mom and successful entrepreneur, Catherine reveals what it really takes to grow a business while juggling real life. You’ll learn how to break free from hustle mode, embrace the CEO mindset, and build a business that’s not only profitable — but fulfilling. If you're ready to trade burnout for purpose and hustle for impact, this session is for you.

  By attending this month's luncheon, you will:

  • Learn how to shift from hustle to CEO mode
  • Gain clarity on what’s no longer serving you — and how to change it
  • Discover simple systems that support sustainable growth
  • Give yourself permission to redefine success on your terms

  

  PLEASE NOTE: A boxed lunch *is not* included in the base ticket price: During registration, you will have the option to purchase a boxed lunch for $15, provided by Gourmondo. The base ticket price includes beverages.

  Deadline: Registrations that include a box lunch order will close end of day on Tuesday, June 24th.

  

  About Our Speaker:

  Catherine M. White is a seasoned business strategist, finance expert, and founder of the AR365 Companies — including Accelerated Results 365 and AR365 Books. With over 20 years of experience in accounting, operations, and business development, she’s helped countless entrepreneurs move from financial fog to focused growth. Known as the Business Mechanic, Catherine helps service-based business owners tune up their systems, fix what’s not working, and create a business that’s not only profitable — but sustainable. She blends practical strategy with genuine heart, empowering business owners to understand their numbers, make smarter decisions, and grow with purpose.

  
  

  

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• After Hours

  • When
    Tuesday, July 08, 2025
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    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Hall & Dornan Capital Partners, 1700 NW Gilman Blvd, Suite 210, Issaquah

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  Join us for an evening of stimulating conversations, thought-provoking moments, and plenty of fun-all while enjoying your favorite beverage.

  
  

  If you’re looking to connect, learn, and laugh with a dynamic group of ladies, you’re in the right place!

  Early bird discount ends Thursday, July 3rd. Online registration closes on Sunday, July 6th.
  

  Event Sponsor: Hall & Dornan Capital Partners is an integrated team of financial professionals based in Issaquah, WA. We specialize in providing comprehensive planning and wealth management services tailored to busy professionals, affluent individuals, and their families. Our approach is thoughtful and personalized, ensuring each client receives dedicated attention from a relationship manager and benefits from the collective expertise of our team. We aim to make the process of finding the right financial advisor seamless and effective, focusing on skills, philosophy, and client interaction.

  Securities offered through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.  Member FINRA/SIPC.  Hall & Dornan Capital Partners is not a registered broker/dealer and is independent of Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.  Investment advisory services offered through Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 1700 NW Gilman Blvd Ste 210, Issaquah, WA, 98027, 425-832-5920

  

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• Monthly Luncheon

  • When
    Thursday, July 24, 2025
  •  
    11:15 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Speaker: Yafa Crane Luria, “A.D.Ph.D” and Queen Bee

  Topic: Big Heart, Noisy Brain: The ADHD Solution to Expansiveness in Business

  People don’t often think of ADHD as a solution to anything. It’s usually identified as a source of distraction, laziness, troublemaking, and undesired outcomes. In today’s presentation, Yafa Crane Luria, lifelong ADHD advocate and CEO of ADHD Queen Bees, will turn the tables on “conventional wisdom” and demonstrate how ADHD is a road map rather than an obstacle, and how the “Big Heart, Noisy Brain” method will help women business owners expand their vision, their creativity, and their leadership capacity.

  By attending this month's luncheon, you will understand:

  • How conventional wisdom is counterproductive and unsustainable, especially for those with ADHD
  • How the “Big Heart, Noisy Brain” method isn’t just a catchphrase but a systemic approach to expand your business and your life
  • How piecing together tips or tweaking your business holds you back, and how a Queen Bee approach is necessary for women business owners

  About Our Speaker:

  After years of confusing criticism AND accolades as a daughter, student, and employee, Yafa Crane Luria was diagnosed with ADHD (then called “Minimal Brain Dysfunction”) at age 23. As the puzzle pieces fell into place, Yafa instantly became an ADHD advocate, as she was one of the first people to be diagnosed as an adult, at a time when it was believed that “Hyperactivity” stopped after adolescence. Wanting to provide the nurturing encouragement and radical acceptance that she received from her life-long mentor, Yafa began working as an Educator and School Counselor in 1984, focusing on reaching hard-to-reach students and their stressed-out parents and developing her vision to “change the way the world sees ADHD.” In 2006, she took her well-tested and customizable methodologies, combined with her calm and loving encouragement, and opened her first business, the internationally recognized “Gifted with A.D.D.” She shared her approach, called “Big Heart, Noisy Brain,” with families and young people in Australia, New Zealand, North Africa and the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. She was invited to speak to teachers, students, and parents, not just in North America, but also in Queensland, Australia and Khartoum, Sudan.

  And then COVID hit. As parents were now being asked to work from home, her business shifted to offering family coaching and coaching for parents with ADHD who were met with sudden changes to their work life and were having trouble adjusting to this new reality. How could they function within the limitations of COVID while expanding their businesses and increasing career fulfillment?

  Still working from an ADHD coaching perspective, rather than acting as a business expert, Yafa noticed that these neurodivergent clients were doing what neurodivergent people all over the world do: making themselves smaller to fit their “square-peggedness” into a neurotypical round hole, the alleged “real world.” (“This is how it’s done, and it can’t be done any other way.”)

  In December 2023, Yafa had her last session as an ADHD Family Coach, and she took a 14-month sabbatical to uplevel and expand her own business by learning more about how to best support women business owners with ADHD. She enjoys the work immensely: the “Big Heart, Noisy Brain” model fits easily into business life because of its customizable design, and because of Yafa’s belief in and excitement about “the wisdom of ADHD.”

  Finding delight wherever it may show up AND having a strategic mind are two reasons that Yafa loves having ADHD and finds great joy in walking alongside other talented, passionate, visionary women who want to increase both their leadership gifts and their creative intelligence.

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• After Hours Wine Walk

  • When
    Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    2960 4th Ave. S, Seattle

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  Sip, Stroll & Savor in SoDo!

  We’re heading back to one of our favorite traditions — and you’re invited!

  Join us for an unforgettable tasting room tour in Seattle’s SoDo district.

  Discover bold flavors, hidden gems, and the best of what our beautiful state has to offer — all in one vibrant afternoon of sipping, mingling, and local flair. Don’t miss this delicious adventure!

  You can expect to enjoy wine tasting pours from:

  • Elsom Cellars
  • Spruce Hill Winery
  • T2 Cellar 

  

  Event Sponsor: Emily Lang, Northwestern Mutual

  
  

  I'm Emily Lang - a Financial Planner and Wealth Manager affiliated with Northwestern Mutual. Our world has never been filled with more distractions. As a result, it's easy to let important things get put on the back burner. Me and my team’s mission is to bring you peace of mind, security, and financial confidence empowering you to make smart decisions about your future. My initial priority is to personally get to know you and your family, build a trusting relationship, and work with you to understand your current situation and goals. Together, we'll create an actionable and strategic plan that’ll provide education, simplify problems, and give you financial independence to live the life you want. With a reliable partnership and ongoing communication, we’ll align your goals and actions.

  

  Event Sponsor: Kim Mulligan, Realtor Green, Engel & Voelkers

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• After Hours

  • When
    Tuesday, September 09, 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    GFS Events, 33410 Redmond Fall City Road, Suite 200, Fall City

  If you’re looking to connect, learn, and laugh with a dynamic group of ladies, you’re in the right place!

  More information coming soon! Date is subject to change.

  
  

  
  

  

  Event Sponsor: GFS Events

  GFS Events is a full-service event management company that specializes in producing exceptional nonprofit fundraising events. We help nonprofits attain their fundraising goals through collaborative event management. With an emphasis on budget planning, mission messaging, and flawless execution, our team ensures that every event is a success from conception to execution. We produce galas, auctions, benefit luncheons and dinners, golf tournaments, festivals and conferences. We put the "FUN" in Fundraising!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• WBO's Trade Show & Luncheon

  • When
    Thursday, September 25, 2025
  •  
    10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 SE 24th St., Mercer Island

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  Join us at WBO's Annual Trade Show—a one-of-a-kind event where fun, shopping, networking, learning, and lunch come together under one roof!

  Explore a variety of exciting products and services, connect directly with local business owners, and discover new favorites—whether you're browsing or buying. Enjoy an interactive experience packed with great conversations, exclusive deals, and plenty of surprises. We look forward to seeing you! Bring your friends!

  Everyone is welcome — members and non-members.

  Stay tuned for more information!

  

  

  WBO's Trade Show features a vibrant mix of vendors from diverse industries—everything from marketing and photography to finance, insurance, publishing, virtual assistance, and accounting.

  It’s a great opportunity to connect with top-notch professionals and discover services that can elevate your business. This is our biggest event of the year filled with highly connected, engaged business owners—so bring your business cards and be ready to make meaningful connections! Questions? Please feel free to reach out to us at info@womenbusinessowners.org. 

  PLEASE NOTE: A boxed lunch *is not* included in the base ticket price: During registration, you will have the option to purchase a boxed lunch for $15, provided by Gourmondo. The base ticket price includes beverages.

  Deadline: Registrations that include a box lunch order will close end of day on Tuesday, Sept. 23rd.

  

  Event Sponsor: Dawn Anderson, Tiny Stars Creative

  

  Tiny Stars Creative is a boutique design studio specializing in custom websites, branding, and marketing materials for small businesses and nonprofits. Based in Mukilteo, Washington, the studio combines strategic thinking with standout visuals to help clients shine online and in print.

  
  

  

  Event Sponsor: Cheryl Stimers, Cher Solutions

  

  Running a business requires time, effort and the ability to juggle multiple responsibilities. As a small business owner or solo entrepreneur, you shouldn't have to do it all alone. We're here to lighten your workload, allowing you to focus on what you love while we handle the tasks that don't bring you joy. Our goal is to reduce your stress and help you achieve your dreams by giving you more time to focus on the work that truly makes a difference. Let us support your journey so you can build a business you're passionate about - without feeling overwhelmed.

  

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• After Hours

  • When
    Tuesday, October 07, 2025
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    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    TBA

  If you’re looking to connect, learn, and laugh with a dynamic group of ladies, you’re in the right place!

  More information coming soon! Date is subject to change.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• Monthly Luncheon

  • When
    Thursday, October 23, 2025
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    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 SE 24th St., Mercer Island

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• After Hours

  • When
    Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    TBA

  

  If you’re looking to connect, learn, and laugh with a dynamic group of ladies, you’re in the right place!

  More information coming soon! Date is subject to change.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• Monthly Luncheon

  • When
    Thursday, November 20, 2025
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    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  

  Speaker: TBA

  Topic: TBA

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• After Hours Holiday Party

  • When
    Tuesday, December 09, 2025
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    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    TBA

  If you’re looking to connect, learn, and laugh with a dynamic group of ladies, you’re in the right place!

  More information coming soon! Date is subject to change.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  Please be advised that photos and video may be taken at our events and used in our digital marketing, including but not limited to our website and social media platforms. By attending a Women Business Owners event, you agree to allow photos and/or video of you to be used in WBO’s marketing initiatives.

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