what we’re about.
Connection. GROWTH. Opportunity. Community.
SUCCESS IN BUSINESS & LIFE.
NAWBO KC helps local women win in business and life.
We bring together women in business to learn, connect and grow.
Our community is diverse and our vision is shared: supporting the success of women entrepreneurs in the Kansas City area.
Whether you are launching your business, scaling up, or expanding beyond your wildest dreams, you belong here!
As a member, you will enjoy fresh, educational programming, access to peer support groups and professional mentoring, exclusive savings from our partners, national opportunities, and so much more.
Celebrating women in business for NEARLY FIVE decades.
NAWBO’s local Kansas City chapter is part of a bigger vision – one started and led by the National Association of Women in Business. Founded in 1975, NAWBO is the unified voice of more than 10 million women-owned businesses in the United States. We’re the only dues-based organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs from all over the country.
Meet THE Board
Kelly Byrnes
Immediate Past President |
Voyage Consulting Group
Michelle Poston
Sponsorship | Infinitas, LLC
Dana Hetrick
President |
Lucas Commercial Flooring
Liz McFadden
Marketing Chair |
Novella Brandhouse
Rebecca Martin
Governance |
McDowell, Rice, Smith, & Buchanan
Stephanie Willis
Membership Chair |
SBDC Kansas at JCCC
Christy Rogers
President-Elect | The Training Umbrella
Stephanie Cunningham
Treasurer |
Guardian Accounting Services
Terri S. Turner
Secretary |
TST Business Strategies, LLC
Anabeth McConnell
Advocacy Chair |
A.K. McConnell
The NAWBO Board is a volunteer Board. The organization appreciates the time and talent of these great leaders and those who came before them. The KC chapter has a rich history of extraordinary leadership in service of women business owners. The women business owners and greater Kansas City community benefit because of it.
Thank you to all who currently serve and those who have served on this Board!
Chapter Members are welcome to reach out to the Board to join committees, share ideas, and get involved. You are welcome here!
NAWBO KC Members
Amber Griffis Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Amy Tokos Amy Tokos Productivity
Anabeth McConnell A.K. McConnell
Andrea Goodhope Solid Ground Engineering, LLC
Angie Heer Lasting Impact LLC
Ann French
Ashley Edgmon Women Owned Dumpsters
Barb Wright Travel Wright with Barb
Beth King Lead Through Style
Brittany Fugate Cenetric Network Services, Inc
Christy Rogers Training Umbrella
Crystal Webster Sharing Solace
Dana Hetrick Lucas Flooring
Danielle Bordman D Bordman CPA, LLC
Desiree Bosch Congruent Connections
Dixie Junk St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Dondi Dix Avant Acoustics
Elaine King Simply Healthy, LLC
Elisabeth DeCoursey Kansas City Testing & Engineering, LLC
Elizabeth McFadden Novella Brand House
Emily McIntyre STiR (coffee and tea magazine)
Erin Fajen On the Up, LLC
Helen Ransom Faces You Love Photography
Jennifer Bergmann Piney Technical Services
Julie Towner Towner Communications
Kali Buchanan Kali Buchanan Interior Design
Karen Reimer Ad Astra Financial Group
Katheigh Degen Twin Financial Inc
Kate Mitchell GI Junk Removal
Katina Larsen CBIZ MHM
Kelly Byrnes Voyage Consulting Group LLC
Kelly Scanlon Interrobang Solutions, LLC
Kim Deveney American Funding Solutions, LLC
Kim Specker RARE Transformation, LLC
Kimberly Beer Be More Business
Kimberly Vincent, Topknotch Vegan Vittles
Laura Janusik Listening to Change, LLC
Leslie Parrish-Fattig
Leslie Schultz Disability Insurance Services
Lexi Selvig LS Credentialing Services LLC
Lisa Stehno-Bittel Likarda, LLC
Mandy Shoemaker Prairie Elder Care
Marsha Drake Marsha Drake Accounting
Marty Gilchrist Cushman Wakefield
Mary Messner Mary Messner
Melanie Roark Edward Jones
Melissa Cather Proactive Solutions
Michelle Decker M&B Search Group
Michelle Poston Infinitas
Nicola Price 2BC Mobile Tax & Solutions
Nicole Buland Mannington Commercial
Pam Neenan
Rebecca Martin McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan, P.C.
Ryan Meharry Schweiger Construction Company
Sara Roy The Entrepreneur’s Source
Shannon Thompson Insurance United LLC
Shauna Huntington Fortiviti
Shea Stevens Shea Stevens Law, LLC
Sheryl Nelson Picture Perfect Interiors
Sonya Jury Bold Orange Egg, LLC
Stella Crewse CFO Systems
Stephanie Cunningham Guardian Accounting Services
Stephanie Isaacson New Horizons Enterprises, LLC
Stephanie Willis KSBDC/Fractional VP Sales
Tawnya Mason SRV HR
Terri S. Turner TST Business Strategies, LLC
Valerie Vaughn Apex Business Advisors
