DeLea Becker Nominated for 2019 Profiles in Power Awards
On July 17th the nominees for the 2019 Profiles in Power Awards were announced, and Beck-Reit’s DeLea Becker was among them! The Profiles in Power Award was created to celebrate women excelling in business, whatever their field, who’s prosperity will affect Central Texas for the better. DeLea Becker was also nominated for last year’s Profile in Power award and had the pleasure of sitting down with Castleview Production to create the video below, highlighting some of DeLea’s strengths, achievements, and advice.
Beck-Reit and DeLea specifically congratulate all the powerful women nominated for the award this year. Good luck to all!
Full List of Nominees:
• Alta Alexander, owner, Altatudes
• Elizabeth Alford, owner, Pollen Architecture & Design
• Amber Allen, CEO, Double A Labs
• Leslie Alvarado, vice president, NadaMoo
• Theresa Alvarez, senior vice president of community affairs, Wells Fargo
• Heidi Anderson, executive director, The Trail Foundation
• Lisa Andrade, CEO, M33
• Darbie Angell, CEO, Darbie Angell
• Jessica Aries, executive director, Peek & Toland PLLC
• Katy Atlas, COO, Wickfire
• Trisha Atwater, manager, The A List Staffing
• Susan Barfield, owner, Case Works
• Crystal Barone, partner, Twelve Rivers Management
• Elyse Barron, DDS, FAGD, owner, 12 Oaks Dental
• Jann Baskett, chief brand officer, SXSW
• Lauren Bauml, director, Flatiron School
• Nicole Beck, director, The Zebra
• DeLea Becker, owner, Beck-Reit Commercial Real Estate
• Usha Boddapu, CEO, Esolvit Inc.
• Stephanie Boone, CEO, Wondercide
• Carrie Bradshaw, president, CD Bradshaw & Associates PC
• Bridget Brandt, president, Leander Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center
• Royce Brooks, executive director, Annie's List
• Bre Brown, vice president, JLL
• Meghan Butler, partner, Frame+Function
• KodiKay Cain, director, Cain Realty Group
• Jill Capela, CEO, Orthopaedic Neurological Rehabilitation Inc.
• Margaret Casey, COO, Durbin Bennett Private Wealth Management
• Hollie Castro, senior vice president of talent, Yeti Coolers
• Cara Caulkins, president, Cara Caulkins Communications
• Linda Chau, CFO, Ranksharks
• Sara Christensen, CEO, Kickass Masterminds
• Leigh Christie, vice president, Austin Chamber of Commerce
• Megan Coffey, CMO, Springbox, A Prophet Company
• Nicole Conley, CFO, Austin Independent School District
• Katie Coyne, senior associate planner/ecologist, Asakura Robinson Company
• Lyda Creus-Molanphy, president, Connections Consulting
• Kimberly Davis, CEO, RunLab
• Caroline Dedeker, account executive, The Southern Influence
• Becky Diffen, partner, McGuireWoods LLP
• Michelle Dippel, vice president, HNTB
• Stephanie Dismore, vice president, HP Inc.
• Angela Dunham, COO, OJO Labs
• Krista Endsley, CEO, Cantata Health
• Nancy Fairchild, vice president, Luminex Corp.
• Kelly Wynne Ferguson, CEO, Kelly Wynne
• Tamara Fields, Austin Office managing director, Accenture
• Jen Ford, CFO, TurnKey Vacation Rentals
• Corina Frankie, CEO, Brand Besties
• Karen Friese, CEO, K.Friese & Associates
• Rose Ann Garza, chief human resources officer, Kerbey Lane Cafe
• Genevieve Gilbreath, partner, Springdale Ventures
• Michele Glaze, director, Samsung Austin Semiconductor
• Beth Goff-McMillan, CEO, SKG Inc.
• Rene Graham, CEO, Renzoe Box
• Dr. Lynn Green, President, TMC
• Jennifer Guthrie, executive director, Texas Capital Bank
• Ty Haney, CEO, Outdoor Voices
• Dee Anne Heath, director, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority
• Claire Hempel, principal, Design Workshop
• Jen Henderson, senior manager, M&S Engineering
• Siobhan Hogan, head of platform operations, Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.
• Debbie Holladay, CEO, Holladay & Associates, Inc.
• Anne Hunt, vice president, Medici
• Amy Jones, president, O'Connell Robertson
• Karen Kennard, partner, Greenberg Traurig LLP
• Sarah Kettles, director, The Zebra
• Ekta Khuller, sustainability design manager, STG Design
• Christa Kleinhans Tuttle, CEO, Launch Marketing
• Christy Kranik, CMO, Noonday Collection
• Kathryn Kronenberg, independent author
• Jennifer Long, executive director, Ann Richards School
• Michelle Loughry, director, Envision Creative
• Carolyn Lowe, CEO, ROI Swift
• Oksana Malysheva, CEO, Sputnik ATX
• Lidya Mandala, owner, Luvanti and Austin's day spa Reveil
• Kristin Marcum, president, Elizabeth Christian PR
• Sheri Marshall, CEO, Umoveit-Wecleanit
• Stacey Martinez, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
• Cara McCarty, co-founder and chief people officer, Code Pilot
• Marie McGrath, CEO, Demand Lighting
• Nakevia Miller, partner, Gladiator Consulting
• Anila Moledina, vice president, SOAL Technologies
• Carla Molina, corporate communications executive, Bank of America
• Rhonda Mundhenk, CEO, Lone Star Circle of Care
• Chelle Neff, CEO, Urban Betty
• Kirsten Newbold-Knipp, CMO, Convey
• Grace Nicholas, CMO, Crux Climbing Center
• Kate O'Hara, CEO, Martha O'Hara Interiors
• Jenna Oltersdorf, CEO, Snackbox
• Maria Orozova, owner, MODintelechy
• Qingqing Ouyang, executive vice president of engineering, OJO Labs
• Alyssia Palacios-Woods, CEO, Austin Young Chamber
• Mariam Parker, executive director, Austin Food & Wine Alliance
• Julie Parsley, CEO, Pedernales Electric Cooperative Inc.
• Alex Porter, CEO, Underminer Studios
• Misti Potter, CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area
• Malini Rajput, president, Capital One
• Sara Ramirez, executive director, Catholic Charities of Central Texas
• Shubhi Rao, CFO, Dosh
• Kathy Rapp, partner, hrQ
• Gayle Reaume, owner, Moolah U
• Kathleen Richmond, director, Serent Capital
• Cindy Richter, president and CEO, Vanguard Fire and Security
• Anna Robinson, CEO, Ceresa
• Shoma Sarkar Thomas, CMO, WellSky
• Samantha Schneider, vice president, Bloomfire
• Catherine Seeds, partner, Ketner Group Communications
• Jocelyn Seever, CTO, Tiff's Treats
• Cristina Silingardi, director, Vcfo
• Vani Singal, owner, Workshop No. 5
• Leslie Sloan, COO, Aeglea Biotherapeutics
• Niyanta Spelman, CEO, Rainforest Partnership
• Holly Tachovsky, CEO, BuildFax
• Rachel Thayer, president, Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC
• Kristi Turner, CMO, Compeat
• Kim Updegrove, executive director, Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin
• Ashley Wainscott, CEO, Simply Sold
• Jeanette Ward, COO, Texas Mutual Insurance Company
• Andrea Weisheimer, executive director, DPR Construction
• Sarah Williamson, manager, Netsync
• Cheri Winterberg, CMO, Lifesize
• Andrea Wolfe, CMO, Spreetail
• Julie Wood, vice president of systems analysis, Amherst
• Kelea Youngblood, CMO, Austin Board of Realtors
• CJ Zhao, head of modeling, Amherst
Last year's Profiles in Power winners were: Kendall Antonelli, co-owner and president of Antonelli's Cheese Shop; Judy Pesek, regional managing principal for Gensler; Kim Hanks, CEO of Whim Hospitality; Rachel Brownlow Lund, owner of Me2Lead; Autumn Manning, CEO of YouEarnedIt; and Phyllis Snodgrass, CEO of Austin Habitat for Humanity.