Thanks, in part, to WBF and its Founders

After spending the winter in the Bahamas on their sailboat, Debi Sarandrea and her husband were getting ready to sail back to the States and wondering what she was going to do for a job when she returned.

That was spring 2003.

So She Can Help More People Relax and Heal

Through her company, HealthHeartSoul, in Riegelsville, Pa. Cheyenne provides a personalized energy-based health, heart and soul experience. She creates a supportive healing environment to individuals seeking renewed physical vitality and greater personal awareness.

To reach as many people as possible with her healing techniques and positive energy, Cheyenne also, in 2000, released two relaxation CDs: “Being in the Moment,” to help take a break from everyday stress, relax and rejuvenate; and “Evelyn’s Way,” named for a cancer survivor and ideal for pre- or post-operative surgery, on-going treatments or difficult times.

But she had to put her CD marketing on hold to care for a loved who had been in an accident.

In January 2003, Cheyenne wanted to get her relaxation CDs out to the public again. “Starting up again wasn’t an easy thing to do,” she says. “I heard by way of friend that a group met in Doylestown, and it was free to go…”
So she did.

She Says Some of her Best Connections Come From WBF

Gina F. Rubel, Esq., believes that every business has a story. This is hers – a tale of how the Women’s Business Forum helped her build her business just as she helped build the Forum.

Gina started her public relations firm, Furia Rubel Communications, in 2002 – the same year she and a handful of entrepreneurs helped Chanin Walsh found the Forum.

After practicing law for several years, Gina joined a public relations firm then stepped out on her own. Today, she is president /CEO of her own certified women-owned public relations firm, which provides expert strategic planning, counsel and client advocacy to the professional service, education and nonprofit industries. Gina’s niche is legal communications.

Company grew 25 percent
“I attribute a great deal of our financial growth (at least 25 percent) and my own professional development to the WBF,” Gina says. “We have gained many new clients and high-level business partners – both of which have added to the value of our firm.

And she says she has WBF to thank!

Pat Achilles had been doing illustrations for 16 years, but she says it took the Women’s Business Forum to propel her to her current level of success.

A graduate of Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, Pat had been art director at a small publishing company in the city until her daughter was born.

For the past 16 years, the Bucks County resident has been doing illustrations for clients such as Holt, Rinehart and Winston textbook publishers, Burpee Seed Company, Rodale Press, the Lenape Chamber Ensemble and the Bucks County Symphony.

Pat has also drawn humorous illustrations for AAA World Magazine, The Trenton Times and The Harrisburg Patriot, as well as for ad agencies and children's publications.

Nearly two years ago, Cass Forkin was having lunch in a diner when she noticed three elderly women struggling to pay their bill. She tried to slip the waitress the money to cover their lunch, but the women found out what she did and came over to her.

With smiles and tears, they said: "We didn't know there were people like you still out there. We thought you had forgotten us."

Their reaction gave Cass an idea -- to start a foundation that would fulfill wishes for senior in need.

But she couldn't do it alone.