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Eveline Charles Named One of Canada's Most Powerful Women for 2011
EvelineCharles, EDMONTON, ALBERTA (December 12, 2011) - EvelineCharles Salon | Spa | Beauty MD | Academy congratulates Eveline Charles, founder and CEO for receiving a prestigious 2011 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100TM Award in the Entrepreneur category.
"It is a privilege to be selected as one of Canada's Most Powerful Women, and I'm most honoured to be among the many female leaders proving to advance their various fields of work," says Eveline Charles, founder and CEO.
Eveline Charles joins a community of 584 women who have received the Top 100TM Award, recognizing the highest achieving female leaders in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors in Canada. Winners are selected based on their strategic vision and leadership, their organization's financial performance, and their commitment to their communities.
"I'm driven to continue to increase the calibre of the beauty industry and fortunate to have a team of employees whom help execute my vision and core values of the company," says Charles. "I look forward to the next phase of business while hoping to inspire others along the way."
Since opening her first salon │spa in 1984, Eveline Charles has grown her business to a multi-faceted organization with nine salon/spas and three Beauty MD clinics servicing clients across Western Canada. With the aim to grow the business to a full circle operation, the company competes in all areas of the beauty business; product development, manufacturing, distribution, service, retail sales and education. The EC Academy is the most recent addition to her business offering a Canadian beauty school exclusive- membership to the elite group of Sassoon Connection academies -to elevate the standard of training future industry professionals.
"We are thrilled to recognize this year's extraordinary group of Top 100 Winners, honouring leadership talent from coast to coast," said Pamela Jeffery, Founder, Women's Executive Network. "Our Top 100 Winners form an amazing community of high-achieving women who are inspirations to Canada's next generation of leaders."
The Canada's Most Powerful Woman: Top 100 Awards is Canada's most recognizable Award for the country's highest achieving female leaders in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. The complete list of 2011 Winners can be found at top100women.ca
Eveline Charles will be celebrated December 1, 2011, at the Top 100 Awards Gala Dinner at the Allstream Centre in Toronto. The gala is the finale of a full-day celebration that offers Top 100 Winners an exclusive morning of networking and professional development. The morning session will be followed by a Summit which allows participants an opportunity to meet Award recipients and enjoy an afternoon of professional development. The theme of this year's Summit is the Power of Connected Leadership. Details are available at top100women.ca.
For more information on EvelineCharles Academy visit: www.ECAcademy.com, facebook.com/ EvelineCharles Academy and/or Twitter: @ECAcademy.
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About the Women's Executive Network
Since 1997, WXN has created and delivered innovative networking, mentoring, professional and personal development to inspire and applaud our community of 17,000 smart women and their organizations in the pursuit of excellence. WXN is Canada's leading organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of women in management, executive, professional and board roles. WXN enables our partners and corporate members to become and to be recognized as employers of choice and leaders in the advancement of women.
WXN is a Founding Member of the Canadian Board Diversity Council, dedicated to increasing the diversity of Canada's corporate boards. In the fall of 2008, WXN launched in Ireland, a first step in creating an international community of female leaders.
About EvelineCharles Salon│Spa│Beauty MD
Nine locations across Alberta and British Columbia including: The CORE Shopping Centre, Market Mall and Southcentre in Calgary, Alberta; Edmonton City Centre, South Edmonton Common, Southgate Mall and West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta and Orchard Park Centre and Playa Del Sol in Kelowna, British Columbia.
About EC Academy
Founded: November 2005
EvelineCharles Academy was designed to raise the level of education of future industry leaders in the fields of cosmetology (hair design), esthetics, medical esthetics and make-up. The NAIT business training program has been integrated into the curriculum to foster future business owners graduating from the EvelineCharles Academy. Both the Calgary and Edmonton Academy educate students from all over the country where in return; also meet the needs of the cities ever-growing fashion and beauty industry.
About Eveline Charles
Eveline Charles founded EvelineCharles Salons │ Spas in 1984 with a single location in Edmonton, Alberta. Armed with both passion and determination, Charles has now grown her empire to include nine locations in Western Canada, two EvelineCharles Academies and 10 signature private label product lines.
For more information, please contact:
WXN: Susan Mitchell
416-361-1475 ext.249
416-347-1316 (mobile)
smitchell@wxnetwork.com
EvelineCharles: Jacqueline Tyler
403-476-0590
403-669-6606 (mobile)
jacqueline@ecacademy.com
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