Category: 2022 Women to Watch

Ally Prince pours her creativity into Social Revelry, an event-planning company launched in 2014. In 2020, Social Revelry opened a party supply store to complement the business and in 2023 launched an online store to serve clients across America. “My dad told me, ‘Hard work a... Read More

Since 2007, Brooke Palmer Kuhl has been the sparkle behind R.S.B.P. Events + PR, a full service PR and events firm, from conception through execution. Kuhl has served a variety of clients on local, regional and national levels from luxury weddings to nonprofit events, profess... Read More

Specializing in residential luxury interior design, Debra Ackerbloom is ranked among the top 10 designers in Florida and is also a Pro HGTV Designer. Local awards include Best of the City, Best of South Tampa, and Best of the Bay.  She has also been published nationally in ... Read More

Loretta Nguyen Zanetti and Kristen Capo are the “women who do it all” behind Erasable Med Spa, a full-service med spa that offers patients laser tattoo removal, laser hair removal, vaginal rejuvenation, body contouring, injectables, fillers and facials. The duo, along with the... Read More

Brittany Hummel is the head of service delivery for Wipro, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company. A woman in leadership and technology, she works with cognitive computing, hyper-automation, robotics, cloud, analytics and emer... Read More

As the gallery director for Tampa’s premiere fine arts gallery and custom framing resource, Deana Buckley brings 20 years of sales and business development experience and a lifelong love of the arts to Michael Murphy Gallery. When Buckley decided that she wanted to pivot to a ... Read More

Shannon Callan believes that self care isn’t selfish. Her path to founding Sol Aesthetics began during her own personal journey of self-love. As a full-time working mother of three and board-certified family nurse practitioner, Shannon wanted to remove the stigma associated wi... Read More

Board-certified pediatric dentist Dr. Lauren Companioni Strahan has positively shaped the way thousands of children feel about going to the dentist. Children love to visit her at her practice, South Tampa Dental Krewe, and feel safe and comfortable with her and her caring, gen... Read More

Faces of South Tampa is home to five of the nation’s top facial aesthetics injectors. With 75 years of combined aesthetic experience, the expertise and collaboration among this team of nurse practitioners is what has made Faces so unique and the go-to med spa in the Tampa Bay ... Read More

Rashae Doyle’s journey to BevelUp began when she worked as a surgical and clinical physician associate in the specialty of dermatology. It was there that she discovered her passion for aesthetics. Rashae learned the art of injectables after the U.S. launch of Botox in 2002, a... Read More

A fourth-generation Tampa Bay native and accomplished luxury REALTOR®, Crystal Dukes knows that today’s buyers and sellers want to work with a knowledgeable agent who deeply understands the local market. This is exactly what Dukes delivers. She has developed a wealth of marke... Read More

Kristen Hanenian, APRN, AGNP-C, LE, is the owner of Elite Medical Aesthetics, Tampa’s premier medical spa for comprehensive skin care, that includes lasers and injectables. A highly credentialed medical provider, Kristen provides her patients with extensive experience, superi... Read More

Laura Maita’s passions led to her entrepreneurial endeavors, launching Emerald Events & Catering in 2018 and ROQ Boxing in 2022. Laura has been in hospitality for 18 years, working up to restaurant general manager. Raised in an Italian family with her father and uncle in ... Read More

A light bulb moment led Michele Krohn to launch her business. She was marketing for BayCare Health when Krohn identified an opportunity to grow specialty physicians’ practices. With her vision, she started Full Circle PR in 2007. Offering a wide range of services, the company ... Read More

Valerie McAllister is a trailblazer in anesthesia and plastic surgery. Certified as a registered nurse anesthetist in 1983, she discovered office plastic surgery soon after in Miami. In 1987, the ambitious visionary started her own agency, Southern Anesthesia Services Inc., th... Read More

An aggressive litigator and fierce advocate for clients who have been wronged or injured, Karina Perez Ilić has diverse experience in the field of civil litigation, including motor vehicle collisions, catastrophic workplace accidents, wrongful death and more. A Florida native... Read More

Cody Calvo is passionate about bringing people’s luxury dream homes to life. The University of South Florida graduate got her real estate license in 2005 and established her niche in custom homes – buying lots and overseeing the construction, design and build. Calvo has worke... Read More

Laurie Champagne-Bumberg has always been interested interested in physiology and histology, so a career in aesthetics was an obvious choice. “I love helping people feel good in their own skin,” she says. “I’ve always admired beautiful skin and after 30, was when I really star... Read More

At Stockham Law Group, Donna DeVaney Stockham specializes in property damage insurance claims, representing homeowners, business owners, condominium associations and more. Stockham got into law wanting to be an FBI agent, but realized that she enjoyed and excelled at trial wor... Read More

CEO Jessica Eckley is a veteran in the sports and entertainment industry. Before launching Crackerjack Media in 2014, both she and COO Jennifer Renspie managed marketing efforts for professional sports teams and one of the nation’s top-ranked venues. At Crackerjack, they lever... Read More