24th Annual NAWBO-LA Leadership & Legacy Awards - March 14, 2010 - Segment One

The 24th Annual NAWBO-LA Leadership & Legacy Awards Luncheon is one of the largest and most anticipated business events in Los Angeles - attracting more than 1,000 women business owners, community leaders, media, dignitaries and celebrities. The NAWBO-LA Awards Luncheon gives tribute to top achievers among women leaders who have established a legacy of entrepreneurial excellence and contributed significantly to the community.

Date and Location
JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE
Friday, March 19, 2010
11:00am - 2:00pm
900 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles California 90015

For this week’s show, we are interviewing the honorees for this year’s event. This segment’s interviews are with the “Legacy” award winner Caroline Nahas and “Hall of Fame Inductee” Synthia Saint James.

Caroline Nahas is the Managing Director of Southern California for Korn/Ferry International, the world’s largest executive search firm. She is also a Senior Client Partner in the firm’s CEO and Board Services Practice. Ms. Nahas was named the first female partner of Korn/Ferry International in 1982. (full bio)

Synthia Saint James is an international award winning artist and designer. She designed the first United States Postal Stamp for the Kwanzaa holiday and written and/or illustrated 13 children’s picture books, 3 poetry and prose books, 4 children’s activity books, a cookbook, and a postcard book.  Her paintings grace the covers of over 70 books, including Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker and New York Times bestselling authors Iyanla Vanzant and Terry McMillan. (full bio)

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