Contributors

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Audra Agen

As a corporate veteran, Audra has 25 years’ experience of being one of the few women in the room, and in many cases, the only one.  While the women may have been outnumbered, they were all uniquely exceptional.  She became fascinated learning more about them and their experiences.  It became increasingly clear that these women were contributing significant value to their organizations, families and careers.  Their contributions were either being taken for granted or overlooked, sometimes even by themselves.  Audra aspired to change that; from that, Women in the Arena was created.  It’s a platform unlike any other- it’s a celebration.  The motto is celebrate women doing extraordinary things in plain sight.  Audra believes that if we start to recognize the value within ourselves, then we can start to acknowledge the value within each other.  We start to see that we have more similarities than what appears on the surface.  

Guests

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Heidi Love

Emerging from violent crime as a child, Heidi Love embarked on a five-year, 12,000-nautical- mile odyssey to sail from Maine to the Bay of Virgins in French Polynesia. Raging storms at sea uncovered repressed memories and threatened her life, inspiring her to find a path toward greater healing. Heidi created Knowing Acts to inspire courage seekers on their journeys of self discovery. Today her goal is to help others rise above trauma and fully live their dreams.

https://www.heidiloveauthor.com/

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Kash Rocheleau

As CEO of Icon Foods, she oversees the financial operations, reporting, and compliance of the company, as well as drive it's growth and profitability. Kash has a strong background in legal matters, such as acquisition negotiation, trademark applications, regulatory compliance, and contract drafting, which enables her to handle complex and diverse transactions and issues. She currently hold an MBA degree from Eastern Washington University, with a focus on accounting and finance.



https://www.linkedin.com/in/kash-rocheleau-a0678528/
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Phyllis "Phiphi" Kaplan

Phyllis has been a life long advocate and activist for justice, whether it has been environmental, economic or anti-war. She has traveled to over 40 countries, but it is those that continue as traditional societies that she has been most enamored with and fascinated by. As her daughter took off for college, Phyllis too “birthed a new life” and traveled the globe volunteering. In Bali, she immediately recognized the need for a Land Trust to save the sawah, but at that time there was a “selling frenzy “ and people only wanted to cash in. In the last year, dire predictions of water shortages in 2015 have finally roused  the political realm to the reality of overdevelopment. She founded Sawah Bali in 2013.

It’s the least she can do; the Balinese have put a permanent smile on her face.