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March 2015 Issue Free
CEOSpotlight:Marquita Aguilar
How Couponing Can Save You Time
SPRING INTO Transformation
Transformer Honorees
Meet The CEO’s
C H I E F E X E C U T I V E O F Y O U R L I F E
Supporting Women Who Do It All
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CEO Spotlight
CEO Dish
CEO Parent
Feature - Transformers 2015
Feature - Transformers Timeline 2015
Mirror Mirror: Spring into Transformation
Dear Stupid
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Sharon & Robert Oliver
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During a recent discussion, Robert and I decided that I should speak to you from the heart—one woman to anoth-er. As I sat thinking about what trans-formation means to me, I couldn’t help but think of all the events that have oc-curred in my life and the relationships that helped develop me into who and what I am. Trust me…my transforma-tions were not easy. I am still working on the things I need to change and the things I need to overcome.
There are many of us who know our pur-pose in life. However, due to the pain and fear of the outcomes that change brings, we walk and/or dance down the opposite path that we need to take. I have known for years that my purpose is to empower women and to show couples that they can make it through anything (stay tuned for the Idiot’s Guide to Marriage segment). I know my transformation process includes bearing my scars in the open so that someone else can learn from them or be inspired not to take the same road as I have. I also know my path includes giving a voice to women who have suffered molestation, relationship hurt, fi nan-cial hardship, homelessness, loss of loved ones, sickness, and the feeling that you can never achieve your dream. I am here to tell you personally, “You can achieve any and everything you want. The person you were and the person you may be now does not STOP your future. You have a purpose…don’t be afraid of the transformation process.” My mentor once said, “We have to think of our-selves as a rubber band. We can stay in the same place or allow someone or situations to
stretch us so that we can become more.” He often reminds me that we all want more but no one wants to be stretched. Some of the most beautiful things come from the painful stretching process, just think about butterfl ies or the birthing process. C.E.O.’s, I am learning that no matter how painful the transformation may be, it will be WORTH IT. Are you allowing yourself to be stretched? If not, why?
This month we are celebrating WOMEN’s His-tory Month! Women throughout history have made such valuable contributions to our so-ciety ranging from politics, science, educa-tion, arts/entertainment, and health. As I think about the contributions of women, I cannot imagine the level of transformation, stretch-ing or sacrifi ce that they had to make so that we can be ACHIEVERS today. Therefore, CEO is celebrating all of those who have trans-formed or are continuing to transform our lives through their contributions. If you know a transformer, please salute her today!
With Love from a Transformer, Sharon Oliver, Publisher
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The following letter was emailed to CEO Publisher, Sharon Oliver, after the release of CEO Magazine’s December issue. On behalf of the CEO Team, we want to thank Calvin and Ramona for their words of encouragement. We would love to hear from our readers. Send us a note and your letter can be featured in our May/June 2015 print edition: [email protected]
Sunday, January 4, at 2:08 pmThis morning after church service we went to Kroger at Lombardy. As I walked out of the store something stood out at me on the rack of magazines. There on the cover of a magazine I hadn’t seen before was a smiling face. Then the words CEO MAGAZINE il-luminated the cover. I grabbed a copy along with some other publications. I got in the car. My wife drove off to our next destination. I was out of the car for approximately 20 minutes. Upon returning to the car, my wife said, “You have to read this magazine!” Of course she was speaking of CEO! She went on to say, “I don’t know why out of all the publications you brought to the car, something compelled me to pick up this one [CEO] and start reading it! It is so blessed! You have to read it!” Because of the excitement and urgency in her voice for me to check out this magazine, I did just that.
After reading the inside cover “Letter from Sharon & Bobby,” all I could say was “WOW! PRAISE GOD! TO GOD BE THE GLORY! THAT WAS SO BLESSED!” She respond-ed, “I told you!” I haven’t been able to move pass that letter! It’s so powerful! Such affi rmation and confi rmation seemingly straight from GOD HIMSELF!!!!
We just had to write to share with you, Bobby and all those involved with publishing CEO that you are impacting lives in ways you can’t even begin to imagine! My wife and I do jail/prison outreach ministry. Weekly, we send between 15-25 letters and/or cards to incarcerated men and women. My wife and I were saying it would be so awesome if we could share your letter with those behind the walls. However, we dare not make copies of the letter without your permission.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WILL ABUNDANTLY AND BOUNTI-FULLY BLESS YOU AS YOU CONTINUE TO ENCOUARGE AND BLESS OTHERS!!!
Sincerely, Calvin & Ramona
A Le� er from Sharon C EO H E A R SY O U
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S P O T L I G H TC E O
It’s easy to limit our career goals, trapping ourselves in boxes con-structed of job description, per-ceived inability and even the ex-pectations of others. Refusing to veer from the path of expected duties can limit our profession-al progression and even our own self-fulfi llment. Marquita Aguilar, Director of the Great Place Initia-tive (GPI) for the College of Hu-manities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University, has fol-lowed her own career path to suc-cess. Aguilar has worked for VCU since 1985 and shares with us life in her new role.
Marquita, what is the Great Place Initiative?The mission of VCU’s Great Place Initiative is to promote and foster a climate of equi-ty and inclusiveness so that everyone who interacts with the university—students, par-ents, faculty, staff and others—feels valued and respected. It’s our commitment to pro-vide excellence and a great work environ-ment at VCU.
Director of the GPI for the VCU College of Humanities and Sciences sounds exciting! Have you always worked in management?No, I started at VCU in 1985 as a clerk typist in the School of Dentistry.
How did you move from clerical support to your current position?Over the years I’ve worked in different areas at VCU. Initially my choices were based on economics, so when opportuni-ty knocked, I answered. I also looked for training programs and classes to enhance my skills which prepared me for increasing responsibility and broader opportunities.
In 2012 VCU President Michael Rao re-named Virginia’s Caring University Scholar-ship Campaign, an annual sponsored walk-a-thon at VCU to raise student scholarship funds, to the Marquita Aguilar Walk-A-Thon. That’s quite an honor. How did it happen?I’m passionate about helping college stu-dents, and my vision was to generate ad-ditional scholarship funds at VCU. My own children are adults now, but I remember the fi nancial challenges we faced when they were in college. Years ago the governor of Virginia promoted an initiative to encour-age walking and other healthy habits for state employees. My idea was to combine university employee exercise with fundrais-ing, and in 2005, Virginia’s Caring Universi-ty Scholarship was born. I’m proud to say we’ve raised more than $80,000 over the years in scholarship funds for VCU students.
You’ve received other honors at VCU in-cluding the Presidential Award for Com-
munity Multicultural Enrichment and the Dorris Douglass Budd Award, and served on numerous committees. Such accomplish-ments aren’t always associated with ad-ministrative support positions. How did you step outside the box of perceived ability?I never focused on what I couldn’t do, and I believe in doing whatever it takes to get an idea off the ground. The walk-a-thon is a good example. It’s not enough to have an idea and wait for someone else to make it happen. You have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and get to work. Research the protocol. Find out the chain of command: who you should see and what you need to say when you see them. When you’re pre-pared, people will take your ideas seriously, and when you follow through by keeping your promises, like completing tasks or fi nd-ing additional information, people will see you as trustworthy. That’s more than worth its weight in gold and can lead to opportu-
nities you don’t even see coming!
What advice can you share on moving be-yond the expectations of others, and even ourselves?Have confi dence in your own abilities and don’t be afraid to try new things. Net-work with professionals, especially people in the industries you want to pursue. You can learn so much from them! And don’t be a complainer. It’s not enough to go to your manager with a problem; bring her a solution. You’ll be perceived as a problem solver, and that’s a valuable reputation to have.Don’t be discouraged by naysayers. Not everyone will agree with your vision, but if you persevere, it can become a reality. When perseverance meets opportunity, the sky’s the limit! Our family has a mantra,“Si se puede” which means Yes, we can. Believe me, it’s true.
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DIY Baked Cheese WontonsBy Amusing Maria
This is a less greasy version of these yummy crispy treats. You can add anything to the cream cheese such as chopped ham, bacon, chives, etc. The fi rst time I made baked cheese wontons, I did not use egg, grated cheese, or fl our. These are optional, but I found that these three ingre-dients not only extend the recipe, allowing you to make more wontons (great for parties), but also add fl a-vor to the recipe.
Ingredients:• 4 oz Cream Cheese (1/2 block)• 3 tbs Finely Chopped Onions• 3 tbs Finely Chopped Pitted Green Ol-
ives• 1/4 cup Grated Mexican Cheese • 1/4 cup Flour• 1 Egg• 1/8 tsp Salt (Optional)• Wonton Wrappers• Water for sealing wonton edges
• Oil and pastry brush• Lightly greased baking pan
Directions1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees2. Mix cream cheese, onions, olives, grat-
ed cheese, fl our, egg, and salt in a bowl
3. Place about a teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture in the middle of the wonton
4. Wet your fi ngertip with water and run it around the four edges of the wonton
5. Fold over into a triangle and seal by gently pressing the edges of the wonton
6. Place on baking pan and lightly brush each wonton with oil
7. Bake for 12 to16 minutes or until edges brown
Amusing Maria is a food and travel enthu-siast/blogger who recreates her own rec-ipes.
You can follow her: www.amusingmaria.comFor more from Maria, visit the CEO Dish section of our blog: www.ceosofrva.com
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I am a very busy single mother of four awesome homeschooled boys (two of which are teenagers). Need-less to say someone is always raid-ing the kitchen. Because of limited time and money, it is always import-ant for me to fi nd a great deal on whatever I’m purchasing without consuming half of my resources. You can fi nd a coupon or a way to save for just about anything: food, gas, hair, dining out and even va-cationing.
According to www.Ilovecoupons.com, coupon websites receive a total of 48 mil-lion visitors each month nationwide and the average family can save up to $1,000 per year by redeeming coupons while spending. For example, every year on my birthday I take each of my boys on individ-ual dates for each meal: breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert with the use of birthday
freebies that I receive from joining various restaurants’ email lists. Searching for sales can be challenging and time consum-ing. Therefore, I put together some strate-gies to help you get started.
Tip # 1 Get the Sunday Paper for 50% off the Reg-ular PriceGet a Sunday’s paper which offers pag-es of coupons. Walgreens and Kroger of-fer Sunday subscriptions for half the news-stand price on the weekends. Kroger even gives you coupons for signing up.
Tip # 2 Make a List and Check it Twice Make a list of the things you frequently buy and check the stores you shop at the most and see who has the best prices. You can also use the Internet to fi nd prices and the best deals. I love Kroger because of the quality of products, ways to save and gas
perks. Did you know that if you buy gift cards on the weekend at Kroger, you can double up on gas points? If you join their rewards program, they will send you store as well as manufacturer coupons.
Tip # 3 Match and Compare Sales to Maximize SavingsKeep record of the store sales you have found. Use the coupons and the sales ads in the Sunday paper to match coupons against the things you have found on sale in the store. If this is too time consuming, just keep the coupons for items you always purchase. You can also use sites like www.krazycouponlady.com that compare the sales and coupons for you! This site will also help you personalize your own shopping list.
Tip # 4 Saving is a ProcessDon’t get overly con-sumed with fi nd-ing deals. Start
by taking baby steps; be a good faithful steward —if you aren’t already —by cut-ting wasteful spending habits. Prepare food at home ahead of time so you don’t spend too much money eating out. If at all possible, plan to take care of business such as running errands (gas, groceries, ap-pointments, etc.) in the same areas on the same days so you are not wasting gas. Check websites like gasbuddy.com to see who has the best gas prices.
There are many ways to save money and clipping little coupons can add up to big savings!
For more tips and a complete list of cou-pon websites, visit my CEO Parent Blog section online: www.ceosofrva.com
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In celebration of Women’s History Month, we thought it would be timely to honor women who have made sig-nificant contributions to the Greater Richmond area and Virginia.
Welcome to CEO Magazine’s Inaugu-ral List of Transformers 2015. These women were nominated by members of the Richmond community for be-ing change agents in the areas of medicine, health advocacy, telecom-munication, law, sports, academics, food justice, community advocacy and faith. The Transformers inspire and motivate us. They are examples of women who, through time, have propelled us toward vision and posi-tive difference. Meet the Transform-ers.
Laverne WinfreeCommunity Advocate, Elder, Retired Busi-ness Owner
Transformers 2015
Sylvia StewartProgram Director and National CoordinatorFresh Start for Single Moms and their Children Community Outreach Project
Elizabeth FraizerOwner, Richmond Raiders Pro Foot-ball (on the left)
India LoweHigh School Student, Track Star (on the right)
Helen Ragazzi, M.D.Medical Director, Virginia Premier Health Plan
Melanie Lee, EsquireManaging Attorney, The Melanie Lee Law Firm
Suzi Miles Lily, CMT, LMTCo-owner of Farm to Bus, Holistic Healer
Candace EdwardsSenior HR Business Partner, T-Mobile Call Center
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In honor of National Women’s History Month, CEO Magazine presents a timeline of events and the contributions of notable women from the Pre-Colonial Era to the Present.
History Timeline
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Opossunoquonuske dies. She was the Weroance or Chief of the Appamat-tuck tribe, located in present day Ber-muda Hundred (Chesterfield County). Opossunoquonuske was fearless and one of the first indigenous leaders to encounter the English in 1607.
Frances Culpepper dies. Through her marriages to three Virginia governors, she was able to shape Virginia politics. Culpepper led the Green Spring Fac-tion that controlled Virginia govern-ment for 2 years.
Virginia Swann Marx received her license to teach in 1892 from Powhatan Public Free Schools of the Commonwealth of Virginia. She taught an inter-racial class (African American, Caucasian, and American Indian), a transitional plight in the field of education during the time period.
In 1919, The Nineteenth Amendment was passed by the United States Congress, granting women the right to vote. In 1920, approximately 13,000 Richmond women regis-tered to vote: 10, 645 European Americans and 2,410 African Americans.
Eva F. Scott is the first woman elected to the Virginia State Senate.
The election of the “Pet-ticoat Government” or all female town council in Clintwood (Dickenson County), Virginia, was broadcast internation-ally. During its tenure of 1948-1950, the council fixed parking problems, cleaned up the town through service cam-paigns, implemented a garbage disposal system and established a fire department.
Philanthropist, Rebekah Dulaney Peterkin, opens Sheltering Arms in Richmond, VA, which was monumental in providing free medical care to patients. In 1981, Sheltering Arms began offering rehabilitative services.
The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, an influential suffragist organization, was established in Richmond, VA.
July 19 – 20, 1848, the first convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York to discuss women’s suffrage rights. This convention would be the first of many that would occur in the United States.
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Tribal Elder for the Mattaponi, Mollie Holmes Adams, dies. She partnered with anthropologists by donat-ing her feather headdress to preserve the nearly extinct art of feather weaving.
Tanya Gonzalez is hired as Richmond City’s fi rst manager of the Hispanic Liasion Offi ce, now known as the Offi ce of Multi-Cultural Affairs. Under her leadership, the City of Richmond is able to increase services offered to members of diverse language communities.
Civil Rights Activist Dorothy I. Height dies. Born in Richmond, VA, Height was President of the National Council of Negro Women, 10th National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and a champion for literacy and equal rights for African American women.
My Lan Tran becomes the fi rst
full-time exec-utive director
of the Virginia Asian Chamber
of Commerce and the Virginia
Asian Founda-tion.
March 28, 2013, the Governor’s Offi ce of Virginia an-nounced that the First-in-the-Nation Monument to the Achievements of the Women of Virginia would be installed on Capi-tol Square.
Monica Beltran became the fi rst woman in the Virginia National Guard to receive a Bronze Medal for defending a convoy during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Beltran was wounded but continued to fi re back under heavy enemy attack.
Drew Gilpin Faust of Clarke County, VA, be-
came the fi rst female president of Harvard
University.
Stoner Winslett became the founding artistic director of the Richmond Ballet. She remains one of the only female directors of a ballet company in the United States. Under her leadership, the Richmond Ballet built a community education program and became Virginia’s fi rst professional ballet company.
African American Physician, Dr. Vivian Pinn, becomes the fi rst full-time director of the Offi ce of Research on Wom-en’s Health at the National Institutes of Health.
When Richmond native Betty Sams Christian re-tired from her family’s Coca-Cola Bottling Com-pany, she owned the ninth largest independent Coke bottling organization in the nation.
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The snow is meltin’, buds are pop-pin’, trees are sproutin’ new leaves and it seems seasonally fitting to chat about transformation. Some-times the word itself can feel over-whelming or trigger inner hesita-tions and fear. We make things way more complicated than they need to be. There can be simplicity in one’s ability to transform in mind, body and spirit. Let’s take a look at nature, shall we?
Does a caterpillar question the states of change it rapidly and effortlessly goes through? The beauty of nature is its abili-ty to be present in every stage of its jour-ney from wriggle to wings.
Life has become so fast paced and so-cial media frenzied even multi-tasking has become an art form in the daily grind. Nobody is stopping to breathe, smell the flowers and admire the butter-flies. Unless, of course, they are on their phones and stop to take a quick butter-fly selfie! Now, how do we adjust to the chaot-ic world in which we live and not get sucked down the rabbit hole of preser-vation? We transform! It’s an inevitable
process, a metamorphosis that we all embark on at different times in our lives. We allow ourselves a chance for change by being willing to be present. Let go of what is no longer working and grow!
I had the good fortune to unfurl my wings and expand my consciousness in the tropical paradise of Maui. A six-week solo backpacking trip turned into a year-long transformation of a lifetime. This hip-py dippy, tomboy of a girl, who flew in on the full moon, was completely unaware of the goddess woman that one day would return home, ready to embrace life and motherhood.
I invite you to be present. Take a mo-ment to look within and trust your inner voice! Follow the guidance inside of you to move out of stagnation and into the divine flow. Many blessings to you in the year of transformation that lies ahead and in being patient with your own process of discovering your wings!
Love & Light,Heather
SPRING INTO Transformationby Heather Dunning
MIRROR MIRROR
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Dear Ms. Corrine,I have been single for a long time and de-cided to get back into the swing of things by keeping my eyes open for any interest-ing guys. I received an invitation from my good friend and fellow single mother to a church Valentine’s Day dance in Virginia. I gave it some thought and decided it was worth the one hour drive in order to meet a “good” man. As the day approached, I had prepared my outfit but didn’t feel very confident about the way I was dressed. We finally made it to the dance and after a while, the hottest man there walked up to me and paid me the sweetest compliment ever. As any single woman would, I made it my business to find out who he was.Lo and behold, he was a pastor who was re-cently divorced. Well, over the next year, I made sure that whenever his church had a function, I was there…birthdays, weddings and his speaking engagements. I loved the people but seeing him was an extra bonus. The next event where I saw this pastor was a church conference an hour away from where we lived. This was quite some drive, but I persuaded my girlfriend to go with me. All day I kept thinking about what I would wear and about seeing the man of my dreams once again. I left work late and re-alized that I could never get dressed and
do my makeup in time, so I concentrated on the perfect outfit. My friend and I start-ed on our journey and I persuaded her to drive so that I could apply my makeup in the car. As we drove along, I kept thinking-about the fact that I couldn’t wait to see this man and how cute I would be when I got there! As we got closer to our destina-tion, I started looking for my makeup bag and realized that I left it at home. I asked my friend could I borrow hers since she had just purchased this great variety makeup kit. I pulled down her car sun visor to use the mirror and found it was missing (dang kids). After getting frustrated, I decided that I had no other alternative except to put my head out of the car going 70 mph to use the side view mirror. As you can imagine Ms. Corrine, I was desperate to perfect this look.
So I stick my head out of the window, grab the applicator, and reach for my eye. All of a sudden, the wind takes the entire com-pactout of my hand and like a UFO landing in a field in a sci-fi movie, I see the compact splatter on the windshield of the car be-hind us. You should have seen the horror on the driver’s face. He speeds up to have a few choice words with my friend, who by the way is oblivious to the UFO makeup kit mishap. She becomes belligerent because
she can’t understand why she is being cursed out by another driver. I calmly put my head back in the car and decide to act as if I also had no clue as to what was wrong with the “crazy, road-raged driver.”
Suddenly from the back seat, I hear a small voice saying, “I know what you did!” As I turned around and gave her son an “I’m going to get you if you say a word” look, I decided it would be bettertotell my poor innocent friend the truth. Surprisingly, my friend began to laugh so hard that she had to pull off of the road to the shoulder to prevent an accident--she had tears rolling down her face. After everything, I went to the event with a plain face, my honey did not show up until much later and I found out that he had al-ready gotten married to someone else. Ms. Corrine, my crazy behind is still single. Please help me!
Sincerely,The Chaser
Dear Ready, Set, Chase, Well first Ms. Corrine wants to talk to you about compliments…the man just stopped and said something nice. Now, your letter doesn’t say what he said, but Ms. Corrine is assuming that he didn’t say, “Let’s go on a date, I need a new lady, or can you be mine,” but you felt the need to start the chase. Ms. Corrine encourag-es all young people to say something nice to yourself daily so you know how to take a compliment. A compliment is not the announcer shooting a gun at the begin-ning of a race that says, “All chasers, get ready, get set, GO!”
Secondly baby, Ms. Corrine wants to let you and all the women know that men like to be the person doing the pursuing. As a young woman myself, I have learned that men like to hunt for Ms. Corrine--not the other way around. Men have not changed from way back in the caveman days nor have you seen a female lioness pursue a male lion. It’s the natural or-der of things, baby. I wish I could teach you young girls what Ms. Corrine learned many suitors ago. Yes, I said the plural version of suitors because honey, men chase Ms. Corrine!
Well Ms. Corrine must ask… “Are you ok?” Who in the heck sticks their head out of a window going 70 mph except for a dog that is trying to get a breeze? You might want to seek out professional health. In all my years, Ms. Corrine has never put her head out of a car window to do anything.
Lastly baby, let God send you someone and stop trying to attract a man on your own. Learn to love yourself and know that Ms. Corrine loves you too. When that lion chases you down and captures you, call Ms. Corrine so that I can cut a rug at your wedding! Don’t forget to con-tact me baby!!
READY, SET, Chaseby Ms. Corrine
DEAR STUPID. ME
Disclaimer: The Dear Stupid.Me column is strictly for entertainment purposes. Ms. Corrine sincerely believes that all women are confident, smart, and applaud all wom-en for being the Chief Executive of their lives. Ms. Corrine will be the first to admit that she is not a licensed or credentialed counselor, therapist or anything else, except a wise old woman with a strong opinion on just about everything. Ms. Corrine’s suggestions should only be used for a much needed laugh. Don’t take life too serious.
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