American Business Women’s Association
Our mission is to bring together business women of diverse occupations and provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally, through leadership, education, networking support, and national recognition.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Connect, learn and grow in the
American Business Women’s Association
Whether you are starting a new business, jump-starting a career, or searching for a job, the American Business Women’s Association is the place to be. Your membership in ABWA offers you a portfolio of benefits to fuel your personal and professional growth.
Enhance your business acumen in the Apex Campus, our exclusive online learning portal. Grow your professional network by attending ABWA’s National Women’s Leadership Conference. Stay current on business concepts and topics with your complimentary subscriptions to ABWA’s Women in Business® Magazine and Achieve Newsletters. And, save thousands of dollars on discounted business products and services!
Make an investment in you – join the leading association for working women and women business owners, the American Business Women’s Association.
WOMEN LEADING THE WAY
Executive Board
DIANNE RYBICKI
President
PNC BANK
LEIGH ROBERSON
President-Elect
The Gadget Girl, LLC
CHERYL SCHMANDT
Vice President of Finances
Ambit Energy/VIP Utility Solutions
HEATHER LYTLE
Vice President of Communications
Lytle Communications
MICHELLE CRONE
Vice President of Programming
Executive Director of
Indiana Dream Center
ANGELA ROSE
Vice President of Membership
Perry Law Office
CHRISTIE BROWNING
Vice President of Marketing
Motivational & Inspirational Speaker & Author
MEMBERS
Emily Adkins
Paul Davis Restoration
CHRISTINA ADKISON
Money Matters Professional Collections, LLC
AMIE ARIZMENDI
doTERRA Essential Oils
CHELSEA J.H. BROWN
New York Life
KARI BRUBAKER
Traveling Vineyard
KARI COX
Cox Health Coaching
KATHY CRAGER
Thrivent Financial
BETH CUTTITTA
AMBER FIESS
Independent Insurance Broker
MALORIE GASPER
1ST SOURCE BANK BRANCH MANAGER
SUE GRIFFITH
Agent Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance
OKSANA IRELAND
The Fix Laser & Skin Solutions
VALERIE LLOYD
First Merchants Bank Treasury Management Sales Officer
LISA McNAMARA
LisaMac Designs
SHIRLEY NEW
New Accounting
STACY REED
VP-CFO Preferred,Inc.
BETH ANN RIECKE
Director of Membership Fort Wayne Country Club
CRYSTAL RINGER
Adjunct Professor Director of Admissions Trine University Etiquette Consultant
PATTY SEUTTER
Realtor/Broker Century 21
TONYA SIBLE
Human Resources Manager Gator Cases, Inc
DENISE SMOTHERMON
Real Estate Agent/Broker Denise SMOthermon – It’s a Smart MOve with “SMO”
MICHELE WERLING
Job Seeker
JAIME WILSEY-HECKMAN
Primerica Divison Leader
TARA WITHAM
Tara Witham Agency American Family Insurance
Our SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS
FEATURED MEMBER
Lara Miller
Along with being one of our newest members, Lara was also awarded our scholarship for 2020-2021 league year!
Lara is on track to get her ASN in Nursing in May 2021, she is currently attending Ivy Tech Community College in Fort Wayne. When she’s not studying hard, she has been working part-time in the retail setting. In her personal life, she is a wife of 20 years and a mom of four children who are 20, 12, 8 and 6. She has been a stay-at-home mom for the most part of the last 20 years and she has learned many skills during that time. She has been a preschool teacher, managed baseball concessions, baked several award-winning pies, grown and canned numerous foods, raised chickens and children. She enjoys baking, singing, drinking coffee with friends, campfires, and making meals for her family.
Empowering Women through Educational Scholarships
Today’s scholarship recipients are tomorrow’s leaders. ABWA members have provided opportunities for women to achieve their personal and professional best by championing educational opportunities through the Stephen Bufton Memorial Educational Fund (SBMEF). Since 1953, SBMEF has awarded almost 18 million dollars in scholarships to more than 17,000 women. To learn more about available scholarships, go to sbmef.org.
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