Covergalls founder among Influential Women Award winners

The Influential Women of Northern Ontario Awards program (IW) announces this year's northeast and northwest award winners at a gala event tonight in Thunder Bay.

The Influential Women of Northern Ontario Awards for the northeast, presented by Northern Ontario Business, Copperfin and RBC, are handed out at a gala evening in Sault Ste. Marie on May 26. The northeast winners are (from left) Crystal Kaufman, BIOPED, Diana Fuller Henninger, Henninger’s Diesel Ltd., Alicia Woods, Covergalls, Barb Nott, Nancy Bruneau, CEO Corporate Services, NC Traffic Management Inc., Dr.Gayle Broad, Director of Research, NORDIK Institute, and Karen Bird, Renewable Energy Director, Batchewana First Nation. Photo by Jordan Meiklejohn

The Influential Women of Northern Ontario Awards program (IW) announces this year's northeast and northwest award winners at a gala event tonight in Thunder Bay.

As it has done every year since 1997, the awards honour women in the following categories: Executive, Entrepreneur and Young Entrepreneur, Business of the Year, Aboriginal Leadership, Tradeswoman, Influential Community Trailblazer and the Influential Woman Essay Scholarship.

The IW program was launched to seek out, honour and profile women in Northern Ontario who contribute to the North’s economic success and expansion. More than 100 influential women have been recognized since the program’s inception. The roster of award winners continues to grow.

The Northeast IW Awards Gala Dinner is tonight at the Comfort Suites and Quattro Conference Centre in Sault Ste. Marie.

The Northwest IW Awards Gala Dinner will be held Thursday at the Valhalla Inn in Thunder Bay.

“We are so proud to be recognizing exceptional women in the North” says Patricia Mills, IW Founder. “Each year we receive more and more nominations. We are looking forward to receiving your submissions for 2016.”