Sponsor 7 Q+A: Karen Blatzer + Jan Impey, Clark-Lindsey

How much did we love hearing Karen Blatzer interview Jan Impey from Clark-Lindsey?! It was so delightful to see the interaction between these two strong and thoughtful women, while also…
GNO: Turning 40 at That’s What She Said

Welcome to our new GNO (Girls Night Out) series, where we ask groups going to LadyFest weekend to share their stories back with us. Today’s guest blogger is Stacy Conlee…
Sponsor 7 Q+A: Ali Clapper, Findings Boutique

This year, Ali and her staff over at Findings Boutique will be helping to style the co-hosts for the stage! Again, we have the best job ever. And Ali has…
Sponsor 7 Q+A: Sharon Allen, Sterling Wealth Management

Where would we be without Sharon Allen? Her expertise and mentoring on running a business in general is beyond valuable. We can’t recommend her company, Sterling Wealth Management, enough as…
Sponsor 7 Q+A: Lisa Gustafsson, Blossom Painting & Decorating

We’re sorta big fans of Lisa G — so much so we started the Go Big Award where we uplift new, women entrepreneurs in the Champaign-Urbana community who embrace a…
Sponsor 7 Q+A: Amanda Baker, Five Foot Productions

We’re blown away by Amanda’s talent and graciousness. Her company, Five Foot Productions, did our 2015 promo video, the promo video for The Purpose Project, and is documenting the night…
Sponsor 7 Q+A: Lisa Frerichs, Dr. Frerichs D.D.S.

Sponsor 7 Q+As with Lisa Frerichs! Lisa Frerichs is like our fairy sho-mother. Making her community a better place, be it on the PTA or by donating tickets for women…
Sponsor 7 Q+A: Sissy Eustice, Illini Radio Group

We can’t tell you how much fun we’ve had going into the Illini Radio Group studio to record podcasts with Ryan of Show and Tell CI. Then, when we had…
Sponsor 7 Q+A: Adam Shallenberger, V. Picasso

We had our ticket sales kick-off party at V. Picasso, we’ve met a couple times to figure out our LadyFest drink of the weekend (yeah, those were difficult meetings—thank you…
Sponsor 7 Q+A: Rebecca Bedinger, Ippatsu Salon

For three years Ippatsu has been keeping us looking sane while knowing (and putting up with) how insane we really are. There’s more than stylist talent happening with Rebecca, and…