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![Anoosheh Oskouian will be honored at the annual Remarkable Women Awards Gala in May as Business Owner of the Year. A chemical engineer, Oskouian, a native of Iran, formed Ship & Shore Environmental Inc. to produce pollution abatement systems and services that provide cleaner and healthier air to breathe. Signal Hill, Calif.-based Ship & Shore has locations across Canada, satellite sales/service offices in Europe, and new offices in Singapore and China.]()
Anoosheh Oskouian will be honored at the annual Remarkable Women Awards Gala in May as Business Owner of the Year. A chemical engineer, Oskouian, a native of Iran, formed Ship & Shore Environmental Inc. to produce pollution abatement systems and services that provide cleaner and healthier air to breathe. Signal Hill, Calif.-based Ship & Shore has locations across Canada, satellite sales/service offices in Europe, and new offices in Singapore and China.
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![Heidi Hendy will be honored at the annual Remarkable Women Awards Gala in May with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Hendy established Newport Beach-based H. Hendy Associates in the late 1970s. Four decades later, with Hendy as managing principal, the firm has been named as one of Interior Design Magazine’s Top 200 Architecture Firms 30 years in a row.]()
Heidi Hendy will be honored at the annual Remarkable Women Awards Gala in May with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Hendy established Newport Beach-based H. Hendy Associates in the late 1970s. Four decades later, with Hendy as managing principal, the firm has been named as one of Interior Design Magazine’s Top 200 Architecture Firms 30 years in a row.
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![The 2017 honorees include Loreen Gilbert, Business Advocate of the Year; Heidi Hendy, Lifetime Achievement Award; Anoosheh Oskouian, Business Owner of the Year; Scharrell Jackson, Entrepreneur to Watch.]()
The 2017 honorees include Loreen Gilbert, Business Advocate of the Year; Heidi Hendy, Lifetime Achievement Award; Anoosheh Oskouian, Business Owner of the Year; Scharrell Jackson, Entrepreneur to Watch.
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![Loreen Gilbert will be honored at the annual Remarkable Women Awards Gala in May as Business Advocate of the Year. Gilbert opened her own financial planning firm, Irvine-based WealthWise Financial, which helps women business owners achieve financial security and was appointed to the 19-member Trump Pence Small Business Advisory Council.]()
Loreen Gilbert will be honored at the annual Remarkable Women Awards Gala in May as Business Advocate of the Year. Gilbert opened her own financial planning firm, Irvine-based WealthWise Financial, which helps women business owners achieve financial security and was appointed to the 19-member Trump Pence Small Business Advisory Council.
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Four women will be honored May 11 for their leadership roles as longtime business owners and executives.
The awards will be presented at the Women Business Owners, Orange County Chapter’s 21st Annual Remarkable Women Awards Gala. The theme this year is “Stand.”
“Our four honorees epitomize what you can accomplish when you stand for what you believe, stand in the face of obstacles, stand up for others, and stand together,” said NAWBO-OC President Liz Camaur.
This year’s honorees are:
Women Business Advocate of the Year: Loreen Gilbert: The Laguna Beach resident opened Irvine-based financial planning firm WealthWise Financial 20 years ago.
Gilbert serves as the company’s founder and president. She is the only Californian and the only woman on the Trump Pence Small Business Advisory Council, which has 19 members.
Lifetime Achievement Award: Heidi Hendy: The Newport Beach resident started H. Hendy Associates, also in Newport Beach, in the 1970s. Hendy serves as the firm’s managing principal.
Business Owner of the Year: Anoosheh Oskouian: The Newport Beach resident started Ship & Shore Environmental in 2000. She is an Iran native who immigrated to the U.S. when she was 14.
Ship & Shore produces pollution abatement systems.
Oskouian also launched Green Energy Industrial Solutions in 2010 to help people reduce energy costs.
Entrepreneur to Watch: Scharrell Jackson: The Lake Forest resident founded Newport Beach-based Leadership in Heels, a speaker series.
The series began in 2015 and has hosted five sold-out events. Jackson serves as Leadership in Heels’ chief executive.
She is also the COO and CFO for accounting firm Squar Milner. At the company, she established a philanthropic team that partners with various organization.
The women will be honored at the City National Grove of Anaheim on May 11. Tickets start at $95. More information can be found by calling 626-292-1400 or visiting nawbo-oc.org.
Founded in 1991, the local chapter of NAWBO provides information, resources and an environment for women business owners to help them thrive and grow.