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Education * Resources * Recognition
Education
 
Nominations are open for our 2016 class of Top 25 Women to Watch Honorees. As a community leader, we encourage you to nominate a watchable woman in the Miami Valley for the Top 25 Women to Watch Award. These awards recognize women in the Miami Valley who:
  • Are exceptional in their roles and respected in their fields
  • Are causing more than just a ripple in the public arena and in their communities
  • "Light a spark" or make an impression of some sort
Each woman stands out in some special way - because of her leadership, community service and professional achievements - or all three. Among the criteria for inclusion are:
  • A woman's recent professional achievements
  • Her influence on the marketplace
  • Her contributions to advancing women in business
By honoring the Top 25 Women to Watch each year, Women in Business Networking hopes to inspire them - and other women like them - to take their professional and personal lives to yet another level. We are watching to see what WiBN's watchable women have in store for us, themselves and the entire Miami Valley.

Nominations are due January 15, 2016.
Click here to nominate.

Resources 
Events
 
 
Dayton Lunch N Learn
sponsored by
and Kathleen Jablinski
 
Putting the Jingle Back in Your Bell:
Conquer Your Fears and Embrace Life -
Inspire Others
Speaker: Daria Dillard Stone

Tuesday, December 15
Dayton Racquet Club,
Parking Garage: 51 S. Jefferson St., Dayton

11:15 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Cost: $30 WiBN members and BBB Accredited Businesses and Charities 
$35/others

 
 
Springfield Lunch N Learn
sponsored by

It's a Wonderful Life...
Some Things I've Learned Along the Way  
Speaker: Lisa Crosley

Wednesday, December 16
Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts
Conference Center,
275 S. Limestone St., Springfield

11:15 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Cost: $25 WiBN members and BBB Accredited Businesses and Charities 
$30/others

Recognition
Member Spotlight
Carrie Cook Bray is a senior wealth manager with Buckingham Financial Group. Carrie began her career as a nonprofit fundraiser out of a desire to help people. In 2006, she began the MBA program at Wright State University, which inspired her to pursue financial services. Carrie's passion is now to help people learn about investing and taking control of their financial future. 

Carrie is the founder of "Women Wine & Wealth," a monthly networking group where professional women can make connections, learn about local business owners and receive financial education. Women Wine & Wealth will celebrate its seventh year in 2014. In 2012, Carrie helped launch a partnership with Goodwill Easter Seals of Miami Valley and Miami Valley Hospital South to bring the "Elder Care Series" to the community. Carrie also organizes and hosts classes twice a month at Buckingham Financial Group's new Education Center.

Carrie holds an MBA from Wright State University and in 2009 was named Top MBA Graduate.  She graduated from Leadership Dayton in 2005 and has served on the We Care Arts and Learning Tree Farm Board of Directors.  She currently volunteers for the Go Red for Women! Executive Leadership Team and Goodwill Easter Seals of Miami Valley "Leaders are Readers." 

Carrie is a Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner/CFP� professional and a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC�). Carrie was a member of WiBN's Leadership Team and the 2013 Chair of Centerville Koffee Talks. Carrie was named a "Top 25 Woman to Watch" in 2013.

Carrie lives in Centerville with her husband, Dudley, and son, Austin, who is attending Ohio University. Her hobbies include golf, camping, knitting and enjoying new wines.