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Cindy Bontrager

12 Thursday Jan 2017

Posted by in Manufacturing

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Title: Owner, President

Company: Superior Seats Inc.

Location: Elkhart, IN

ELKHART, IN, January 11, 2017, Cindy Bontrager, Owner and President of Superior Seats Inc., has been recognized by Elite Women Worldwide, for dedication, achievement and leadership in manufacturing operations.

Throughout her career, Ms. Bontrager has felt that her biggest challenge was dealing with men who did not believe that women could produce the same or an even better product. She was said to have definitely hit the glass ceiling in the industry, but she proved the naysayers wrong because her product is a step above. Ms. Bontrager is a goal-oriented people person with excellent organizational skills and innate creativity. Her greatest accomplishment has been making it through tough times with the business. She kept her company going through rough patches, which required her to downsize to 12 employees. She is now happy to report that she has returned to a team of 20.

Ms. Bontrager would like to change the aspect of obtaining products. Many of her suppliers rely on imported materials that take longer to get, and can get held up in red tape. In the old days, all of the materials came from local sources. She would like to see that again. Ms. Bontrager says that she really enjoys what she does and the team with which she works. She’d like to be remembered for doing things the right way, as well as being fair, honest and respectable.

In her spare time, Ms. Bontrager enjoys traveling in her recreational vehicle, fishing, boating and bowling. Her goal is to do more of what she does currently, keeping the same quality products while growing in size.

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Beth Gardner

29 Thursday Sep 2016

Posted by in Travel

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Title: President, Chief Executive Officer

Company: Custom Travel Solutions Inc.

Location: Calgary, AB, Canada

Calgary, AB, Canada, September 23, 2016, Beth Gardner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Custom Travel Solutions Inc., has been recognized by Elite Women Worldwide, for dedication, achievement and leadership in the travel management industry.

With more than 30 years of professional experience in the travel industry, it was a natural fit for her to open her own company, Custom Travel Solutions Inc., in 1995. The privately run Calgary-based company offers customized solutions for the travel management needs for businesses of all sizes. Always on the cutting-edge of technology, Ms. Gardner is proud to lead the only company in North America that provides a fully automated end-to-end solution. This solution recently launched and is called I-Logistics, it is a remote camp logistics service that is completely automated, providing a single source for remote bookings, including commercial and charter flights, helicopter, bus and accommodation.

Being on the forefront of industry trends is one of the many reasons that has made Ms. Gardner a titan in travel management. Building her business on teamwork, she forms strong bonds with her employees and works to provide them with a great cultural environment that presses the importance of a healthy work-life balance. Her ability to bring compassion and integrity to her office has lead to a wide-spread mutual respect within the travel industry. In addition to the stellar treatment she supplies to her employees, she launched a charity division within her company where each year money is donated to the cancer department of a children’s hospital. She also supports AARCS and Dreams Take Flight. Continue reading →

Darla Hartung

31 Wednesday Aug 2016

Posted by in Business, Catering, Food and Beverage

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Title: Owner

Company: Bruno’s A Taste of Italy

Location: Billings, MT, United States

Billings, MT, United States, August 23, 2016, Darla Hartung, Owner of Bruno’s A Taste of Italy, has been recognized by Elite Women Worldwide, for dedication, achievement and leadership in restaurant management.

In 2015, Ms. Hartung became the owner of locally beloved Italian restaurant Bruno’s A Taste of Italy in Billings, Montana. The restaurant, which was first owned by a family of Italian background, who used authentic and original recipes from Italy. Ms. Hartung honors the family’s heritage and continues delivering the same delicious pasta dishes. Ms. Hartung has always wanted to own a small business, and when the opportunity to own this restaurant arose, her sister and she jumped at the chance. Continue reading →

Myra Borshoff

02 Tuesday Aug 2016

Posted by in Business, Communications, Consulting, Education

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Borshoff, Myra 2115812Title: Owner

Company: MB Communications LLC

Location: Martinsville, IN

Martinsville, IN, July 25, 2016, Myra Borshoff, Owner of MB Communications LLC, has been recognized by Elite Women Worldwide, for dedication, achievement and leadership in public relations.

In 1984, Ms. Borshoff opened a small public relations firm with a partner and a single employee. Thirty years later, that firm grew into the largest in Indiana, with 60 employees and high-profile clients such as the Indiana Colts. She retired from this firm in 2010 and stayed on board until 2014. However, retirement didn’t last long for Ms. Borshoff, whose passion drove her to return to the industry and take on new projects and clients. With MB Communications, Ms. Borshoff endeavors to build a new firm from the ground up, while meeting new people and facilitating conversations. She remains active in her field with affiliation to the Registered Women-Owned Business Enterprise, the American Advertising Federation, the American Marketing Association, the Public Relations Society of America and the International Association of Business Communicators. Continue reading →

Kathryn B. Hull

03 Tuesday May 2016

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Hull, Kathryn 2054616Company: The Piano Studio of Kathryn B. Hull

Title: Owner and Music Teacher

Location: La Quinta, CA

La Quinta, CA, April 13, 2016, Kathryn B. Hull, Owner of The Piano Studio, has been recognized by Elite Women Worldwide, for her achievement, dedication and leadership in musical instruction.

Described by others as talented and inspiring, Ms. Hull has been a classical pianist and a teacher for nearly three decades. At her studio, she teaches her students to become proficient readers of music and develop good techniques in musicianship so they may themselves become excellent piano players. “Early on, most students want to jump right in and learn to plays songs without thinking twice about the basics. It’s important to build the foundation of music theory, scales and chords first,” she says, adding that she holds recitals at the studio every two months to showcase her students at every level and demonstrate their ever-improving skills through performance. Students of Ms. Hull have went on to achieve scholarships into music programs at universities and conservatories across the county.  Continue reading →