Meet Our Grant Winners
Congratulations to our 2018 Grant Winners
AND THE WINNERS ARE…..
$ 1,000.00 People’s Choice Award
Kaltum Mohamed, Mother of All, Sudanese Food Truck, Salt Lake City, UT
$ 1,000.00 Grants
Lori Hanna, Perks! Espresso & Smoothies, Pop-Up Coffee, St. George, UT
Ruth Braga, Bear-O Care Services, Care for People with Multiple Disabilities – Riverton, UT
$ 1,500.00 Grant
Teri Toro, Letterman Supply Company, Letterman Items for Educational Institutions, Salt Lake City, UT
$ 2,250.00 Grant
Kaltum Mohamed, Mother of All, Sudanese Food Truck – Salt Lake City, UT
$ 5,000 Grant
Juliette Eames, FourBears, Customized Family Stories/Books – Provo, UT
Congratulations ladies!!! Thank you for your hard work and passion for your business. You inspired everyone in the room!!!
#womenrockbiz #wec2018 #utwng #utahsown #wbcutah
Congratulations to our 2017 Grant Winners
AND THE WINNERS ARE…..
2017 Grant Winners
$5,000 Makiko Hirato, Makiko’s Daycare – Salt Lake City, UT
$2,000 Rebecca Vallette, Essential Life Solutions – Syracuse, UT
$1,000 Ann Atkin, Meth Mob Decontaminators – Provo, UT
And $ 1,000 People’s Choice Award
$ 500.00 Grants
Emily Potts, Sugar House Coffee, Salt Lake City, UT
MaryAnn Alston, Urban Farm & Feed, Sandy, UT
Yupin Charoen, Laan Na Thai, Salt Lake City
Congratulations ladies!!! Thank you for your hard work and passion for your business. You inspired everyone in the room!!!
#womenrockbiz #wec2017 #utwng #utahsown #wbcutah
Kaltum Mohamed
Lori Hanna
Juliette Eames
Ruth Braga
Teri Toro
Susan Johnston
Valarie Kamdar
Tiffany Young
Susanne Burbank
Kathleen Petersen
Hannah Russell
Heidi Gardiner
A Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
2018 Competitors and Semi-Finalists
All twelve WEC Grant Semifinalists brought their game at our initial pitch screening. We are so impressed with how sharp and polished their pitches were. Thank you to each one of them for showing us how talented, smart and driven Utah women business owners are! The judges had a difficult time, but selected 5 finalists who pitched live at the Women’s Entrepreneurial Conference on April 18th!
Kaltum Mohamed, owner of Mother of All, Spice Kitchen Incubator
Lori Hanna, owner of Perks! Espresso & Smoothies St. George, UT
Ruth Braga, Founder of Bear-O Care Services for People with Multiple Disabilities
Juliette Eames, owner of FourBears
Teri Toro, owner of Letterman Supply Company
The other seven semifinalists have all won $500 grants to help grow their businesses!
Kathleen Petersen, owner of Ink Oil
Heidi Gardiner, owner of Forefront Dental Hygiene
Susanne Burbank, owner of Mother Earth Fragrance Company
Lori Hanna, owner of Perks! Espresso & Smoothies St. George, UT
Tiffany Young, owner of Thinhairthick
Ruth Braga, owner of Bear-O Care Services for People with Multiple Disabilities
Juliette Eames, owner of FourBears
Susan Johnston, owner of Kindness & Co.
Teri Toro, owner of Letterman Supply Company
Hannah Russell, owner of Cottonwood Archaeology, LLC
Valarie Kamdar, owner of Love Your Pet Bakery
Georganne Simeoli, Aerobic Living, LLC
Jodi Mills, owner of Talk For Me Tees
Alex Yrungaray, owner of Victory Mediation
Amber Murraym owner of See Your Strength
Christine Powell, owner of Thieps Eats