Nafe Christmas 11-13-18 b

Our Mission
is to help
Women grow
Personally
and
Professionally

CONTENTS
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Nafe Christmas Tree
With clickable ornaments
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Nafe Holiday Parties
Los Angeles & Temecula
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Lady in Blue Sapphire
Awards & Fashion Show
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Nafe Directors & Co-Directors
With Networks in Alphabetical Order
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List of California Nafe Networks
& Contact Information
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Belly Dancing Contest
at Merna’s Cafe & Grill Sun City
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CD Wilson Events
Nafe Women Love to Have Fun
Tribute to Veterans
GFWC Christmas Boutique Fundraiser

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO OUR
13 WESTERN REGIONAL
NAFE CHAPTERS
SAN
FERNANDO

Antelope Valley
Malena Jackson
Director
No Co-Director
Malena Jackson is the leader of the Antelope Valley region. She is a news journalist
turned entrepreneur, who centers her projects around the encouragement and
empowerment of families through her company called, Family Ideals Group.
Through Family Ideals Group, Malena hosts a weekly podcast called, Family Planet
365 focusing on topics to encourage and empower parents.
Her company publishes a quarterly magazine for families of preschoolers and
produces preschool fairs throughout Southern California. Malena is the author of the
book, “You Can Have It All and Date Night, Too: How to Reclaim Your Adult Life as a
Mom.”
For fun, Malena enjoys having impromptu dance parties with her children, exploring
new places with her husband, taking step class at the local gym and experimenting
with new ways to cook seafood.
Malena is a graduate of the prestigious Columbia University Graduate School of
Journalism in New York, NY. She earned the Competent Communicator (CC) status
from Toastmasters International and currently resides in Palmdale, CA with her
husband and four amazing children.
As the leader of the Antelope Valley region, Malena’s goal for the group is to take the
journey of understanding how our thoughts create our world and how to use this gift to
reach new heights. Join us as we hear from thought leaders and experts, fellowship
and take an exciting journey of self discovery and sisterhood.

Long Beach
Robbie Motter
Director
Long Beach nafe Long Beach nafe is still in the growing stage, we have a great
meeting location at Forbidden City with lots of space to really grow the network Our
membership Is made up of entrepreneurs in the health field , jewelry, speakers and
even a person that sells great hats, jewelry and clothes,
The co director of the network is Ilja Haverkorn who is a catering and wine expert. She
lives not too far from our meeting location so is great at spreading the word about our
network, She is a single mom with two young boys. She used to own a chain of spas all
over Southern Ca which were very successful when she ran them. When she became
a mom she stayed home to care for them and he did not do a good job of running the
business so they closed .
Ilja is originally from Holland and had been a nafe member for many many years I met
her before she even had children . Our goal for this network is to see it grow and that
we are there to offer more opportunities for our members, It's a delight to be on the
team with ilja as she is a woman with a big heart who is always there to help and also
her most special goal Is to be a great mom to her boys .
I also would like to see on 2019 for her to step up and be the director of this network as
she is a great leader .

Long Beach
Ilja Haverkorn
Co-Director
Meet IIja Haverkorn who is the Co Director of the Nafe Long Beach Network.
I consider myself to be a catering and wine expert. Originally from Holland, I have
been a Nafe member for years. My goal is to see the Long Beach Nafe network
expand by offering more value and opportunities for our members, It's a delight to
be on the team as a woman with a big heart who is always there to help. My
short term goal is to become the Director of the Long Beach Nafe Network..
I live in close proximity to the Long Beach meeting location which provides me
with the opportunity to network with business women in the area. I owned a
successful chain of spas throughout Southern California that helped to sharpen
my business and people skills. Without my day to day hands on the business I
was forced to close the business.
Switching gears towards my family I became a mom and was blessed with two
young boys. I elected to be a stay at home mom to give them the best care
possible.
. My primary goal Is to be a great mom to my boys

Marina Del Rey
Dr. Cherilyn Lee
Director

Marina Del Rey
Robbie Motter
Co-Director
I am constantly looking for opportunities to share with all my nafe
sisters no matter what network they are in.
One thing we did recently is to do table topics rather than have a
speaker and the members liked it as it was a great way to really get
to know the members better so next year instead of a speaker
every month we will do table topics one month and a speaker the
next.
It was great to get a variety of input from The members on the
questions asked . These are all amazing women who touch Lives
everyday .

Menifee
Robbie Motter
Director
I am constantly looking for opportunities to share with all my nafe
sisters no matter what network they are in.
One thing we did recently is to do table topics rather than have a
speaker and the members liked it as it was a great way to really get
to know the members better so next year instead of a speaker
every month we will do table topics one month and a speaker the
next.
It was great to get a variety of input from The members on the
questions asked . These are all amazing women who touch Lives
everyday .

Menifee
Angeline Benjamin
Co-Director

Murrieta
Sandie Fuenty
Director
No Co-Director
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Riverside
Joan E. Wakeland
Director
Message from Nafe Riverside by
Joan Wakeland, Director
Greetings,
This has been an awesome year! Many of the members feel comfortable to share Nafe, others have formed a
friendship with a new person. Some have stopped by to spot check us and some have stopped by with a big agenda.
We have changed our meeting location and have attracted new members.
What is encouraging is the support and introduction of their business that some are experiencing! As you all know
people like to do business with those that they know and trust.
Another great factor we experienced is the fact that many nafe members are speaking to our group. It is a fact that
nafe stands behind its members and open doors for many, what nafe cannot do is walk thru the door for you. You have
to take the action and walk thru the door yourself. It is called action !
You have to suit up, show up and walk thru that door. We invite you and your colleagues to do so! We also invite you
to start showing up at other Affiliate meetings! We have great Speakers, great company of empowered women who
will share ideas, information and mentor you.
In December, there will not be a meeting at the Riverside location. Our Global Director, Robbie Motter is having nafe
members to celebrate in two locations. One in West Hollywood and one in the Temecula area. See you at either one,
Robbie has sent that information out. Always feel free to call, text or e- mail me
(909)721-7648 joanewakeland@gmail.com
Who is our Riverside Director Joan E Wakeland?
In 2016 Joan won the Nafe Ace Award and was presented in in New York at the annual nafe awards event. *The
NAFE Ace has demonstrated exceptional dedication to NAFE—and in particular to a NAFE network and its
members—over a period of years. *
Joan Wakeland-Taylor is the Director of the Riverside, CA, affiliate of the National Association of Female Executives
(NAFE), and for the past four years has dedicated herself to the chapter and the success of its NAFE members.Joan
says “My passion is now NAFE,” she says.
Joan was born in Jamaica, West Indies and graduated in 1964 as a pharmacist from the University of Technology in
Jamaica, West Indies, and then she owned and operated three pharmacies there. After moving to the U.S., she spent
many years in the corporate world where she made presentations on a daily basis to doctors and pharmacists, nurses
and other medical personnel. In addition to NAFE, Joan is the President of the GFWC Menifee/Sun CIty Woman's
Club, a member of the American Business Women’s Association, , and the Menifee Valley Lions Club. She is also an
active Circle of Promise Member for the Susan G Komen Foundation in the Inland Empire.
She has received numerous awards from Congressional Men and Women, CA Senators and Assembly persons, the
City of Menifee, Riverside County Supervisors and several awards from various Presidents of the United States for her
leadership. She has also received many accolades for her work in the local community. She resides in Menifee, CA

San Fernando Valley
Lottie Tennent
Director
The San Fernando Nafe Network is up and running and growing
steadily. Our members include creative and talented members such as
a well known author, successful Insurance agent, a community activist,
certified naturopathic health consultant, Registered nurses, as well as
an established opera singer and actress. Our newest member is The
Pink Lady, who is a trailblazer, author, actress, motivational speaker,
and fierce supporter of our veterans.
In our next network news event we will showcase our fabulous
members to show their commitment to support female executives and
business owners for the advancement of women.
Lottie Tennant, Director of San Fernando Nafe Chapter
Certified Naturopathic Consultant; RN
Marriage and Enrichment National Counselor
Founder of Natural Wellness, Mind Body and Spirit Health Center
Motivational Speaker
Mary Kay Representative
318-537-2854
gotennant13@gmail.com

Alicia Tennant Co-Director of
San Fernando Nafe Chapter
San Fernando Valley
Co-Director
Alicia Tennent
RN; Opera Singer; Actress
Co-Founder of Natural Wellness, Mind
Body and Spirit Health Center
Mary Kay Representative
818-480-8640
atennant06@gmail.com

San Francisco
Director
Stone Love

San Juan Capistrano
Robbie Motter
Director
San Juan Capistrano nafe This network has been around for many years and our
membership is made up of women who own health clinics, women in Insurance, women
who work for companies and also women who own companies like a chiropractic office, a
person experienced in reflexology a branding expert and so much more, We meet at
Trevor's on the Tracks which actually use to be another restaurant that closed so when it
closed we moved to another location which did not seem to be liked by the members so we
looked around and found out we could come back to The new restaurant .
My co director is Pattie Lambert who is a long time distributor for Lipsense and a person
who is great with people and who lives in the Dana Point area. One of our goals this year is
to get all Our members to show up at all our meetings and to help us grow the network as
Patti's and my goal Is to help our members soar to greatness.
I am constantly looking for opportunities to share with all my nafe sisters no matter what
network they are in. One thing we did recently is to do table topics rather than have a
speaker and the members liked it as it was a great way to really get to know the members
better so next year instead of a speaker every month we will do table topics one month and
a speaker the next. It was great to get a variety of input from The members on the questions
asked . These are all amazing women who touch Lives everyday .

San Juan Capistrano
Co-Director
Pattie Lambert
Pattie Lambert
Co-Director San Juan Capistrano
I am a long time distributor for Lipsense and a person who is great with people and
who lives in the Dana Point area One of our goals this year is to get all Our members
to show up at all our meetings and to help us grow the network as Patti's and my goal
Is to help our members soar to greatness.
I am constantly looking for opportunities to share with all my nafe sisters no matter
what network they are in. One thing we did recently is to do table topics rather than
have a speaker and the members liked it as it was a great way to really get to know the
members better so next year instead of a speaker every month we will do table topics
one month and a speaker the next.
It was great to get a variety of input from The members on the questions asked . These
are all amazing women who touch Lives everyday .

Santa Barbara
Angela Covany
Director
No Co-Director

Temecula
Robbie Motter
Director
From the desk of Robbie Motter
The Temecula nafe chapter is starting its second year. We meet at Texas Lils in Old Town Temecula.
Texas Lils continues to be an excellent host for our meetings.
My co-director is Shelly Rufin. Shelly Is an author, speaker, tv show host and celebrity red carpet host
and also a long time college planning expert who has an office in Temecula and one in Orange County,
Over the years she has helped so many students get money for college and get into the college of their
dreams, She is married and has three boys with her youngest who just went away to college this year,
A year ago when we started the Shelly was very instrumental in building the network and in bringing in
new members.
We have lost several members one moved to Vegas. One to Az and one to Washington state , Several
others took jobs that did not allow them to come to meetings but we have gotten some new members and
each meeting we have dynamic members that show up.
Shelly and I know it's never about the numbers but the quality of the women who are there as they are all
pretty amazing .
We have had many amazing speakers since we started the network and learned alot about our members
and both of our goals is to continue to serve members and find others that might be interested in joining
us.
Our membership Is very diverse and spans all ages. We have a business journal publisher. A person that
raises tons of money for cancer, health individuals, a travel agent, hair salon owner and so much more
and each bring to the meetings their smiles and great talent and truly make up a wonderful sisterhood of
beautiful people who Shelly and I are honored to work together and most importantly we are there for
each other .

Temecula
Shelly Rufin
Co-Director
From the desk of Robbie Motter
The Temecula nafe chapter is starting its second year. We meet at Texas Lils in Old Town Temecula.
Texas Lils continues to be an excellent host for our meetings.
My co-director is Shelly Rufin. Shelly Is an author, speaker, tv show host and celebrity red carpet host
and also a long time college planning expert who has an office in Temecula and one in Orange County,
Over the years she has helped so many students get money for college and get into the college of their
dreams, She is married and has three boys with her youngest who just went away to college this year,
A year ago when we started the Shelly was very instrumental in building the network and in
bringing in new members.
We have lost several members one moved to Vegas. One to Az and one to Washington state , Several
others took jobs that did not allow them to come to meetings but we have gotten some new members
and each meeting we have dynamic members that show up.
Shelly and I know it's never about the numbers but the quality of the women who are there as they are all
pretty amazing .
We have had many amazing speakers since we started the network and learned alot about our members
and both of our goals is to continue to serve members and find others that
might be interested in joining us.
Our membership Is very diverse and spans all ages. We have a business journal publisher. A person that
raises tons of money for cancer, health individuals, a travel agent, hair salon owner and so much more
and each bring to the meetings their smiles and great talent and truly make up a wonderful sisterhood of
beautiful people who Shelly and I are honored to work together and most importantly we are there for
each other .

Ventura
Angela Covany
Director
No Co-Director

West Hollywood
Lauryn Hunter
Director
Lauryn Hunter LMFT, ATR is an award-winning art therapist with a focus on repairing
attachments in relationships in her private practice. Her goal with clients is to integrate art therapy
with dialogue to offer powerful ways to provide insight and improve one’s physical, mental &
emotional well-being. She utilizes a wide variety of therapeutic approaches such as essential oils,
mindfulness, visual guided imagery, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), past life regression and
sandtray world play.
Lauryn is employed by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center as a Mental Health Specialist in child
development. She facilitates art therapy-based intervention groups for students, grades K-12 in
LAUSD schools. These groups often address emotionally stressful situations such as death of a
loved one, divorce, and violence at home or in neighborhoods.
In addition to working with children, Lauryn has been instrumental in creating curriculums for
parent workshops and teacher training that address a variety of topics such as self-esteem, social
skills, anger management, bullying and acts of kindness. For her many years of service to
community mental health Lauryn has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award and the
Rawley Silver Award for Excellence by the American Art Therapy Association.
She has also received numerous Standing Ovations from teachers and parents at Cedar-Sinai
Medical Center. In addition to her clinical work, Lauryn has been an adjunct faculty member at
Alliant International University, Antioch University, and Philips Graduate Institute, teaching core
curriculum courses for their Marriage & Family Therapy (MFT) graduate/doctoral programs. As a
master teacher, she has a dynamic way to excite students about learning psychology, human
behavior and the emotional impact on the body as a whole. The many classes she has specialized in
are: Art Therapy Dynamics and Application, Development of parent/child relationships, Treatment
of Children and Adolescent, Child Development,
Abnormal Psychology, Attachment theory, Group Dynamics from a family systems approach,
MFT theories/interventions, Introduction to Psychopathology and Laws and Ethics in regard to
marriage and family therapy,

West Hollywood
Cat Miggs
Co-Director
Cat Miggs- Actress, Author, YouTube Specialist, founder of
Improv IRL and Puffy Paint Designer
As the Witty Ball of Fire, I entertain through character comedy on
my YouTube Channel: Witty Ball of Fire. As well as helps clients
tweak their youtube channel so they can pounce to the next level.
My after school program (Improv IRL) guides the shy spectrum
young adult who wants to be understood and be able to
communicate in any given situation. And on weekends I’m
designing purses and pumps with my puffy paint design!
To learn more visit: www.catmiggs.com

REGISTER HERE
www.cdwilsonevents.com

Robbie Motter and Virginia Earl
posted in NAFE Global Region Members.
A great opportunity for you or others you know its open to all
ages check it out.
Remember it's a great experience to step out of your comfort
zone and do something new and fun, and the most important
thing is to SHOW UP in life as SHOWING UP is like a treasure
map you never know what treasure you will find and this looks
like an exciting treasure to me. So be bold and daring and just
DO IT!

Nafe Women
Love to Have
FUN
by Robbie Motter
Recently Menifee/Temecula
and Murrieta Nafe members
dressed up and SHOWED UP
at a Red Carpet VIP Event in
Hollywood. Many of these
dynamic ladies also in
addition to Nafe belong to the
GFWC Menifee/Sun City
Woman's Club and also are
members of the Diva
Registry.
One of their nafe members
Debra Legans owns Wings
Limo Company so she
brought her big Limo bus to
pick everyone up and picked
them up at Robbie Motter's
house, and of course we had
to take photos of the start of
the fun journey. The VIP
Tickets for the event were
given to Robbie from her
friend Dame Shellie Hunt who
is a nafe member but who
also is the CEO and Founder
of the Women of Global
Change.
The song "Girls Just Want To
Have Fun" is totally what
these girls love to do. They
had a blast !
and Lori Soltas my daughter from VA who also are nafe members.
You can see on the
expression on their faces that
they were having fun. When
they showed up they ran into
other nafe members and met
lots of dynamic individuals,
got interviewed on the red
carpet and so much more.
A few days later another
adventure took place and
some of the gals went wine
tasting, which also included
my two daughters Lisa
Gritzner from Los Angeles
Nafe women love all sorts of
things you can catch them
at a Temecula Valley
Symphony Concert,
Academy of Ballet Arts
events, many were involved
in Temecula Start Up Week,
All Women Rock events,
and now that Robbie's non
profit GSFE has formed a
collaboration with CD
Wilson events you can be
sure to see them at any of
the 20 plus events his
company does a year. All
of these women and their good friend Robert "Hollywood" Moreno who is also a
nafe member also work hard and serve their communities well in so many ways
but they know that life is short and that when they have an opportunity to SHOW
UP they do. They know from me saying it all the time that SHOWING UP is like
a treasure map and you never know what treasure you will find, and believe me
there is always a treasure. Just by SHOWING UP at the VIP event in LA we
connected with many who have invited us to their upcoming Red Carpet events.
So ladies no matter what your age (I will be 83) there is nothing you cannot do,
its really up to you), getting involved will make you friends, you will have lots of
opportunities to do fun things as well as get involved in giving back to your
community.
We invite you to come join us at nafe check out wrnafe.com on where we meet,
or join us at the GFWC Menifee/Sun City Womans club check out that website at
gfwcmenifeesuncity.com or become one of our registered diva's there are 56 of
us https://www.divaregistry.org/ You probably will find that most of us belong to
all three of these groups and would love to have you join us.