Empowering Women to Succeed and Lead

Member Spotlights

Virginia M. Spencer

Illustrated Properties, General Manager

Virginia's EWPBF involvement so far

Member since 1997 and an active board member, serving in all EWPBF leadership positions

Favorite motivational quotes:

"To love what you do and feel that it matters—how could anything be more fun?"

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Dr. Tomara Graham-Mays

Dr. Tomara Graham-Mays, Ed.D., MPS

Executive Director, Family Promise of North Central Palm Beach County
www.familypromisencpbc.org

Tomara's EWPBF involvement so far

Member since April 2021
Women in Leadership Awards Committee Member (WILA) 2022

Favorite motivational quotes:

"When they go low, we go high."
~Michelle Obama, First Lady of the U.S.

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Sailynn Doyle

The FUN Business Coach

Passion Purpose Posture LLC

www.passionpurposeposture.com

Sailynn's EWPBF involvement so far:

Member since February 2018 and a board member from July 2018-present
Vice president of the resource development and membership committee since June 2022

Favorite motivational quotes:

"My goal is to build a life I don't need a vacation from." - Anonymous

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Nechama Deana Karp

Electrical Engineer and Nonprofit Founder

Control Center Lead (CCL) at Florida Power and Light (FPL)
Founder of See The Endless Possibilities, Inc. (STEP), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization

Deana's EWPBF involvement so far:

Member since August 2018 and a board member from July 2019-2021
Director of the board of directors (2019-2021)

Favorite motivational quotes:

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." ~ Lao Tsu

“They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds.” ~ Dinos Christianopoul

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Trixy Walker

Trixy Walker, MBA, RPA, LEED Green Associate

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), General Manager of Industrial Assets

linkedin.com/in/trixywalker/

Trixy's EWPBF involvement so far:

Member since October 2009
Board member from July 2016-2020
President of the board (2019-20) after serving as both vice president and secretary
Member of the directory committee (2010-11) and the membership committee (2012)

Favorite motivational quotes:

"Success is not a destination: It is a journey. The happiest people I know are those who are busy working toward specific objectives. The most bored and miserable people I know are those who are drifting along with no worthwhile objectives in mind." ~ Zig Ziglar

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Elizabeth Houlihan

Elizabeth Houlihan, MBA

Keiser University, Director of Student Services
KeiserUniversity.edu

Elizabeth's EWPBF involvement so far:

Member since April 2022

Favorite motivational quotes:

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Winston Churchill

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Amy Brand

Amy R. Brand, MNM, CFRE

Philanthropy Tank, CEO
www.philanthropytank.org

Amy's EWPBF involvement so far:

Member since February 2015 and a board member from July 2018-23
President of the board (2021-22) and vice president of community outreach (2020-21)
Chair of Women in Leadership Awards (WILA) 2019

Favorite motivational quotes:

"If you want to run fast, run alone. If you want to run farther, run together."
~African proverb

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Julie Kime

Philanthropist
Sold her Allstate agency approximately eight years ago

Julie's EWPBF involvement so far:

Founding member, June 1982
Board member from 1988 through 1991
Winner of the EWPBF 1994 Women in Leadership Award (WILA)
Red Tie Auction Chair 1989 at Flagler Museum's Whitehall and 1988 at a private residence
WILA Co-Chair with Dorothy Bradshaw, PGA National, 1992

Favorite motivational quotes:

"Live a life of giving, live a life of fulfillment."

~ Anonymous

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Executive Women of the Palm Beaches Foundation, Inc.
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