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6 Women Business Owners Recognized for Their Achievements in San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Express-News March 1, 2019, by Madalyn Mendoza
The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO-SA) selected six of more than 53,000 women business owners in San Antonio for their annual awards. Each of the honorees underwent a "rigorous" nomination and interview process, according to a news release. Deborah Bauer, who founded Drake Commercial Group, is the Lifetime Achievement Award winner for earning local and national acclaim in real estate. Dawn Lafreeda, Denny's franchisee of 81 locations, WaterFleet Co-founder Allison C. Pyle, The Energy CFO's (our parent company) Paula Waggoner-Aguilar, and RVK Architects' Judith K. Zimmerman will all be recognized as Women Business Owners of the Year on March 28, 2019.
The League of Extraordinary Women...The Energy CFO
San Antonio Woman May/June 2016 Issue by Jennifer Bartlett
Peggy Brimhall, Paula Waggoner-Aguilar, Tim McDiarmid, and Elsa Fernandez are extraordinary forward-looking Texas entrepreneurs who embrace risk and welcome new challenges. They have faced failures and rejections and have used those experiences to create new opportunities. All of these women are change agents and powerful leaders. All are determined to carve out a path for themselves and for the greater San Antonio community. They dare to be different, to be pioneers and to traverse new ground. And they are more than willing to take all of us along with them.