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1 Chartered in 1987 Message from the President It s hard to believe that February is already upon us when we can step outside our homes into such beautiful warm, even if a bit wet, weather recently! Below are a few important items to remember: 2017 Meal Cost: Beginning 1/1/17, our meals are now $25.00 for members and $30 for Guest. February Meeting: The February meeting will be on Tuesday, February 7th at the Walden Club. We wanted to provide you the opportunity to spend Valentine s Day with your loved one! No Dirty Dishes: Gift Cards are needed for our No Dirty Dishes basket/ baskets. Please bring any gift cards with you to the February meeting. Cash donations are happily accepted if you would prefer not to purchase the gift cards. Kelly s goal is to build at least 2 baskets to raffle off. The tickets will be available at the February meeting and the drawing will be held at our Executive Luncheon in May. We would like for everyone to sell a minimum of 10 tickets each! Reading Rally: The Reading Rally will be at Soddy Daisy Head Start on March 3, 2017 from 9: If you would like to help with the Reading Rally but are unable to attend, please help by finding/donating items to fill the goody bags for the 105 kids! This year s theme is The Cat in the Hat. Below are examples of the type of things they would like to have to fill the bags: Free coupons for Kids (Kid s meal at Applebee s, Free DQ,..) Pencils Small Toy Stickers and/or temporary tattoos String or rubber bracelets Informational pamphlet or sheets that would help parents Please bring whatever items you can collect to the February meeting. They are also looking for someone to be the Photographer and take pictures throughout the program. Thank you for everything that you do to continue to support EWI of Chattanooga. Charlie Rosenquist President, EWI of Chattanooga February Officers & Directors Charlie Rosenquist, President Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN Karen Hannifin, Vice President/President Elect Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union Theresa Bailey, Sergeant At- Arms Infosystems Lauren Hawk, Treasurer, LBMC Tammy Hargis, Recruitment and Retention MCA, Mike Collins & Associates Valerie Lucas, Secretary EPB Fiber Optics DeJuan Jordan, Professional Development Director, Stop the Madness National, Inc Kelly McCoy Ways and Means, Cumulus Media Chattanooga Chandra Sutherland, Communications Director, Chattanooga Head Start Nena Powell, Director-at-Large, LBMC Letter from the President p.1 Upcoming Chapter Meeting p. 2 Firm Spotlight p. 8

2 Upcoming Meetings How to Register 1. Navigate to ewichattanooga.com, log in, and click on Events. 2. Click on the Register button for the February Chapter meeting. 3. Fill out your registration information.. 4. Confirm your reservation. We ll see you at 5:30 p.m. February 7th. If you invite guests to the meeting, please have them register for the meeting themselves. The registration process is the same for nonmembers, minus the log-in. February Meeting RSVP by the Tuesday BEFORE the meeting, 1 week Meeting at The Walden Club Tuesday, February 7, :30 p.m. - Meet, Greet and Network 5:45 p.m. - Dinner & Meeting NEW Location: The Walden Club 633 Chestnut Street 2100 Republic Centre (21 st floor) Parking is available in the Bank of America parking garage Menu: Basic Green Salad Chicken Marsala over Rice with Grilled Mixed Vegetables Or 4 Veggy Plate Dinner Bread New York Cheese Cake w/ caramel topping See you February 7th, 5:30pm at the Walden Club! EWI CHATTANOOGA Growing our Chapter, growing our community, growing ourselves 2 Page

3 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS DeJuan Jordan, Professional Development Director, Stop the Madness National, Inc If you are like me, I often find it difficult to balance work-life- family and everything else that life has to offer. Each year on January 1, I say to myself, DeJuan, this year is going to be different. You are going to go to work, get off on time, prioritize your tasks, exercise daily, eat healthier, spend more time with family and friends, take more vacations and so on. Each year by January 12 th,, I have already accumulated 12 days of failed attempts to keep my word. (Oh the shame ) There is a quote that reads, Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. Wow...the wisdom that this quote possesses. Yet, I, like so many others can acknowledge the quotes timeless truth. Then, the phone rings and someone has a problem that they expect for you to resolve; the children have a science project due in the morning that they claim they just found out about, the project manager calls in sick with only one day left to meet the deadline I m sure that you get the picture. Well if you can relate to what seems to be my life story, then you do not want to miss our February EWI Monthly Meeting. Christin McWhorter with It Matters Wellness will be the speaker for the upcoming February 7, 2017 meeting. Christin will be discussing the importance of achieving work-life balance, how not achieving it can affect your overall well-being, and providing tips on how to better manage your work and your life! Hope to see you there. WHAT IS IT MATTERS WELLNESS? Healthy People. Healthy Families. Healthy Communities It Matters Wellness is a community initiative that is designed to assist individuals to improve their overall health. It Matters Wellness offers the community a comprehensive program with a specific focus on building healthy communities and a culture to promote and support life-long healthy habits. The program addresses health and wellness by providing supportive group activities, health education, healthy cooking classes, and serving as a connector to available community resources.

4 Department of Youth and Family Development DAISY HEAD START CENTER PLEASE BRING ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO A MONTHLY MEETING Diapers (any size or brand) and wipes Pull up s (size boys and girls 2T to 5T) Girl panties (2T to 4T) Boys underwear (2T to 4T) Boys and girls socks (infants, toddlers, and children 3-5 years of age) Boys and girls shoes (sizes 2 to 12) Boys and girls pants or shorts (sizes 3T-5T and a few larger sizes like 6, 8, or 10) clothes can be new or gently used. They are mainly used for accidents when children do not have any extras Children s books Glue sticks Small fleece blankets for toddlers rest time Plastic storage containers any size Sergeant At Arms: Theresa Bailey Number of member firm representatives for January : 15 member and 4 guest Total Attendance: 19 EWI OF CHATTANOOGA Growing our Chapter, growing our community, growing ourselves 4 Page

5 EWI is part of something GREAT at Daisy Head Start! Start making plans NOW to attend the Reading Rally on Friday March 3rd! Our theme this year is Dr. Suess! TIME: 9:30-12:00 noon--volunteers appreciated for any length of time available! PLACE: Daisy Head Start Center, 9531 West Ridge Trail Road, Soddy Daisy Donation items needed for goodie bags to go home with each child. Do you or your business have something you could send home to children and families?

6 Committee Reports Please keep our EWI sister in your thoughts and prayers as she starts her new kidney journey. Sandy Witzel s home address if you would like to send her a card is 1603 Mack Smith Rd., East Ridge, TN Please also visit this website to learn more about Sandy s story and her needs! All announcements for the newsletter need to be sent to Chandra Sutherland with Chattanooga Head Start (cmsutherland@chattanooga.gov) by the close of business on the Friday following our monthly chapter meeting. EWI OF CHATTANOOGA Growing our Chapter, growing our community, growing ourselves 5 Page

7 February Fundraising Donations Needed! Ladies, we ll have the No Dirty Dishes tickets ready for you at the February meeting Gift card donations are needed! If you have one (OR MORE!) to donate, please me at and let me know the restaurant/ dollar amount so I can get the list started. You can bring the actual cards to me at one of the meetings. I need to have everything in by the April meeting. If you would like to make a cash donation instead, shoot me an and I will arrange to meet you for pickup, or just bring it to the February meeting. The door prize table at the January meeting brought in $90. For February, lets see lots of Red and hopefully, bring in lots of green! Kelly McCoy Fundraising Director Cumulus Media Chattanooga kelly.mccoy@cumulus.com NO DIRTY DISHES Gift Cards/Donations needed!!! Let s make this the best Dirty Dishes EVER! EWI OF CHATTANOOGA Growing our Chapter, growing our community, growing ourselves 5 Page

8 FIRM HIGHLIGHT CUMULUS MEDIA A leader in the radio broadcasting industry, Cumulus Media (NASDAQ:CMLS) combines high-quality local programming with iconic, nationally syndicated media, sports and entertainment brands to deliver premium content choices to the 245 million people reached each week through its 447 owned-and-operated stations broadcasting in 90 US media markets (including eight of the top 10), more than 8,200 broadcast radio stations affiliated with its Westwood One network and numerous digital channels. Together, the Cumulus/Westwood One platforms make Cumulus Media one of the few media companies that can provide advertisers with national reach and local impact. Cumulus/Westwood One is the exclusive radio broadcast partner to some of the largest brands in sports, entertainment, news, and talk, including the NFL, the NCAA, the Masters, the Olympics, the GRAMMYs, the Academy of Country Music Awards, the American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards, Westwood One News, and more. Additionally, it is the nation's leading provider of country music and lifestyle content through its NASH brand, which serves country fans nationwide through radio programming, exclusive digital content, and live events. In Chattanooga, Cumulus operates one of the city s top performing cluster of radio stations as it relates to ratings and revenue. Locally, the cluster includes the heritage classic rock station KZ106 (WSKZ), live and local news and talk radio with Talk Radio (WGOW-FM), an up and coming county station that focuses on the ICONS of country with Nash Icon (WOGT) and national syndicated talk radio shows such as Rush Limbaugh and Chris Plante can be found on News Talk 1150 (WGOW-AM). Our target demographic is primarily adults over the age of 25. Our formats over deliver those people who are home-owners, more affluent, better informed and generally more plugged in to what s happening in our community.

9 Announcements About EWI of Chattanooga Executive Women International brings together key individuals from diverse businesses for the purposes of: Connections - Promoting member firms Careers - Enhancing personal and professional development Community - Encouraging community involvement DO YOU HAVE A NEED!!!! Are you in the market looking for a particular service... Printing, Insurance, Event Venues, Hotel, CPA, Financial planning, etc... STOP & SHOP "FIRST" with your EWI Sisters!! Like our Facebook page to view meeting photos and receive updates about our Chapter. You can also follow us on Quick Links: Member Firm Listing EWI Corporate