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Professional speaker, pilot, author and artist Amelia Rose Earhart was faced with this exact question… and chose to go all in, completing her private, instrument and commercial flight training with the goal of someday flying all the way around the world- just like the incredible American hero she was named after- Amelia Mary Earhart.
In 2014, she completed her goal- circumnavigating the globe along a 28,000 nautical mile route- all in a single-engine aircraft.
This modern-day Amelia Earhart says the most important lesson she learned during her journey is that in order to truly succeed, and also grow along the way, we need to learn to love life’s turbulence- by staying agile amidst the storms that inevitably pop up along each of our paths.
Amelia has fifteen-years of experience as a helicopter and breaking news reporter in Denver and Los Angeles, has sent numerous teenage girls to flight school during her ten-year stretch as president of the Fly With Amelia Foundation, hosts a tech podcast focused on the future of AI in business, and is now turning her aerial photos into original paintings. She has been invited by Apple Computers, Boeing, American Express, Berkshire Hathaway, United Healthcare and dozens of other industry leaders to share her story.
In her recently published book, Learn to Love the Turbulence: “Flight Lessons” on becoming the pilot in command of your own journey, Amelia shares ways to think like a pilot to move through life with agility and confidence. Learn more about Amelia at AmeliaRoseEarhart.com.
Carrie is the author of two cookbooks: Callie’s Biscuits and Southern Traditions, a cookbook and narrative on entrepreneurship and life in the Lowcountry, and Hot Little Suppers, a guide to cooking with families and friends. She also stars in the culinary docu-series, How She Rolls, about biscuits, business, and balance in her life as an entrepreneur streaming now on PBS, AppleTV, and Prime Video.
Carrie and her small team of bakers are keeping the tradition of Southern biscuit making alive. Her handmade biscuits, pimento cheeses, and other artisan goods have garnered 22 sofi™ awards from the Specialty Foods Association and her eateries have landed on the 2019 Fortune 100 Fastest-Growing Inner City Businesses list.
In addition to her role as owner at Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit, Carrie acts as a consultant to artisan food business entrepreneurs – helping them navigate everything from regulations to production and advising on marketing and growth strategies. She is a mentor for the University of South Carolina Darla Moore Bus School. Corporations, associations, and individuals frequently call on Carrie for speaking engagements and biscuit boot-camp retreats.
Carrie resides in Charleston, SC with her husband and three daughters.
Her Excellency Dr. Nephetina L. Serrano is the chief publisher of Serrano Legacy Publishing. She is an international, transformational speaker, a committed influencer who is changing the game and making a difference in the lives of, women, girls and couples around the world. She is a certified counselor, certified life coach, 10-time best selling author, and mentor.
Dr. Serrano is co-founder of Covenant Marriages, Inc., Covenant Rescue 911 and Covenant Marriages Institute; co-author “The Marriage Corporation,” and publisher of Marriage CEO Magazine. She is married to His Excellency, Ambassador Dr. Richard Serrano. They have a daughter named Brande.
Dr. Serrano has received numerous awards and certificates, honoring and acknowledging her humanitarian contributions, nationally and globally.
Dr. Betsy AdamsBoard-Certified Hematologist and Oncologist
Tidelands Health Oncology
Dr. Nicole AndersonBoard-Certified Radiation Oncologist
MUSC Health Tidelands Health Radiation Therapy Center
Dr. Craig Brackett IIIBoard-Certified Breast Surgeon
Medical Director, Tidelands Health Breast Center
Jaime moved to Myrtle Beach in August 2020 after retiring as a VP Assistant from the Monroe Township Board of Education in New Jersey, where she worked in truancy and state reporting. She is a wife, a mother, a twin sister, and a grandmother to three beautiful children.
Jaime opened the LPGA Amateur Golf Association - Myrtle Beach Chapter in August 2023 and recruited 17 volunteers to work alongside her to create a vibrant golf experience for women on the Grand Strand from Shallotte to Pawleys Island. In one year, they have amassed more than 260 members.
Jaime's journey with golf began in 1991 when she taught herself the game through books, long before the advent of the World Wide Web. Her passion for the sport was ignited by the neighborhood men's conversations about their game despite their struggles. This inspired her to become a part of something significant, a feeling still driving her today.
After 15 years of competing in co-ed tournaments, she became the Tournament Director for NJ's World Amateur Golfers Championship. She ran 18 tournaments yearly at NJ's most prestigious private courses, such as The Ridge at Backbrook, Trump National, Bedminster, and Colts Neck and Metedeconk National.
In 2015, she was certified as a Mental Game Performance Coach and worked in all sports, coaching the mental game from youth to collegiate athletes. Jaime also volunteered for the First Tee Program in Central NJ and served on the Board of Directors for the South Jersey Golf Association, which later merged with the NJ State Golf Association.
Jaime was about to embark on a new journey with the NJ State Golf Association as a course rater in 2020, but COVID hit. NJ was in lockdown, and that's when she and her husband, Barry, decided to move to the Golf Capital of the World – Myrtle Beach.
Jaime's love for golf continues to spread by introducing women to the game through socialization, education, and fun first. Her motto is, “No strangers here, only friends you haven’t met!”
Paige Cribb was named the 2023 Carolinas PGA Golf Professional of the Year, earning the highest honor paid to a PGA Professional recognizing excellent overall performance as a golf professional, level of service to their section, leadership ability, image and the ability to inspire fellow professionals, and promotion of the game of golf.
She has been a PGA Member for nearly three decades and has served the Carolinas Section on the board for 12 years, starting as the Grand Strand Area Director and eventually becoming the Carolinas PGA section’s first female President in 2018.
In 2022, Paige was elected as the District 10 Director representing the Carolinas, Kentucky and Middle Atlantic Sections on the PGA of America Board of Directors.
Currently, she is the board liaison to the PGA Golf Management University National Committee, serves on the Audit Committee and co-chairs the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion National Committee.
As Director of Student Support for the PGA Golf Management Program, Paige is a lecturer, coach, mentor and academic advisor to more than 200 students at Coastal Carolina University.
Through collaboration, relationship building, and mentorship, she has put together a team that focuses on providing best practices for survivors of human trafficking. Her team is in the process of building a safe house for survivors of human trafficking. Shelbia is an author of two books, Mental Exoneration and Don’t Touch My Golden Parts.
Shelbia earned an Associate Degree in business administration, a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and Christian counseling, Master of Science in education with a concentration in leadership in educational administration and an advanced degree in theology. She is married with two children and five grandchildren.
Halley May Murrow is the executive producer and host of the Gray Television Lifestyle Show on WMBF News, Grand Strand Today. The show celebrated its 4-year anniversary this year and she is proud to have started it from the ground up. Originally from a small town in North Carolina, Halley has called the Myrtle Beach area home for nearly 15 years. She has a passion for connecting our beautiful community with hidden gems, good food and small local businesses. You can watch Grand Strand Today live weekdays at 11 a.m. on the NBC affiliate WMBF News.
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The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce (MBACC) Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is encouraging the community to recognize the talented chefs and restaurateurs in the region by nominating them for the 2025 James Beard Awards.
Members of the community have an opportunity to learn about the future of transportation in Horry County during a special presentation on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, hosted by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce (MBACC).
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