31st Annual Leadership & Legacy Awards Luncheon

June 5, 2017

LOS ANGELES, June 5, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — National Association of Women Business Owners Los Angeles Chapter (NAWBO-LA) is pleased to announce its honorees for its 31st Annual Leadership and Legacy Awards Luncheon set for June 16, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Beverly Hilton.

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The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) was founded in 1975. Today, the organization has over 5,000 members and 60 chapters across the country and serves as the premiere voice of America’s 13 million women entrepreneurs across all industries.

NAWBO-LA is a leading and innovative chapter of NAWBO since its inception in 1979 in the entrepreneurial capital of Los Angeles. We annually recognize outstanding business and community leaders for their distinct leadership and contributions to empowering women business owners.

“We are proud to support our city’s women entrepreneurs with resources, connections and inspiration. This June, we are pleased to celebrate this year’s honorees. We look forward to continuing to strengthen a community of fellow aspiring women business owners, dreamers and successors,” said Hilary Lentini, owner of Lentini Design & Marketing, Inc. and outgoing President of NAWBO-LA.

NAWBO-LA’s Incoming President, Schenae Rourk, owner of RedwoodResources.net shared, “These honorees inspire each of us to grow and continue to lead the charge in women empowerment with a resounding collective voice that is heard throughout the region, the state and the nation. As we begin our journey together for the next two years, we look forward to celebrating every member, every supporter, every ambassador as we continue to grow the chapter and continue to raise our hands proclaiming our seat at the table.”

The highly anticipated luncheon will be hosted by Pat Harvey, co-anchor of CBS2’s 5, 6 and 11 pm broadcasts. In addition to her anchoring duties, Harvey has appeared nationally as a guest-co-host on the CBS Television Network daytime show, “The Talk.”

NAWBO-LA’s 31^st Annual Leadership & Legacy Awards honorees are selected on the basis of their entrepreneurial leadership and community inspiration. This year’s list represents the best of Los Angeles.

This year’s list honorees are:

TRAILBLAZER – Deborah Flint, CEO, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
ENTREPRENEUR – Ariana Stein, Co-Founder, Lil’ Libros
INNOVATORS – Sarah Heering and Angel Anderson, Co-Founders, NailSnaps
LEADERSHIP – Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, Co-Founder, Berkhemer Clayton, Inc.
LEADERSHIP – Renee Fraser, Founder, Fraser Communications

NAWBO-LA appreciates the value of building sustainable partnerships with individuals and organizations that align themselves with its mission of propelling women entrepreneurs into economic, social and political spheres of influence. These partnerships immensely improve the personal and professional lives of our members and the communities they live in. This, in turn, strengthens the wealth-creating capacity of our members, promotes economic development within the entrepreneurial community, and helps make innovative and effective changes in the business culture. NAWBO-LA builds strategic alliances, coalitions and affiliations, transforming public policy and influencing opinion makers.

Although still a work in progress, this year’s Leadership & Legacy Awards Luncheon is thus far sponsored by the following individuals and organizations:

PRESENTING SPONSOR:	• Bank of America Merrill Lynch

SILVER SPONSORS:	• Union Bank
	• SoCalGas

BRONZE SPONSORS:	• Southern California Edison
	• Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
	• Northrop Grumman
	• AEG
	• Metropolitan Water District (MWD)
	• HP

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:	• Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
	• LADWP
	• GoDaddy

MEDIA SPONSOR:	• Redwood Resources
	• DiversityComm, Inc.

NAWBO-LA is proud to call these individuals and organizations our partners and is grateful for their continued support in promoting the success of women business owners and the entrepreneurial spirit.

If you or your organization would like to sponsor this event, please email [email protected] or call (213) 622- 3200.

To purchase tickets, tables and ads, please call (213) 622-3200.

Date & Time: Friday, June 16, 2017 – 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Place: Beverly Hilton, 9876 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90210

For more information on this event, please email [email protected] or call (213) 622-3200.

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June 5, 2017

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Rahal, Honda Dominate in Detroit

June 5, 2017

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Graham Rahal and Honda swept both races of the IndyCar Series double header weekend in Detroit.

DETROIT, June 4, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Despite a late-race red flag, Graham Rahal and Honda completed a dominant performance Sunday in Detroit, as Rahal became the first driver to win both races of the Verizon IndyCar Series double header weekend on the Motor City’s Belle Isle Park temporary street circuit.

After leading a 1-2-3 victory podium sweep for Honda in Saturday’s opening 70-lap contest, Rahal scored his second win of the weekend today in an entirely different manner. Starting third in his Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, Rahal first had to get past fellow Honda driver Ryan Hunter-Reay, making an outside pass in Turn One to move into second.

Rahal then jumped ahead of early race leader Takuma Sato during the first round of pit stops, taking over the lead on Lap 23. Rahal, running the race on two scheduled pit stops, then traded the lead with Josef Newgarden, quickest of the three-stoppers, throughout the middle stages of the 70-lap contest.

After all stops were completed on Lap 55, Rahal held a commanding, 15-second lead over Newgarden. However, a mechanical failure for Spencer Pigot on Lap 66 resulted in a major fluid spill in Turn 3, and race officials halted the race with a Red Flag. The race restarted after a 20-minute cleanup, with two laps to go, and Rahal immediately pulled out a two-second advantage over Newgarden at the checkers to score his sixth career Indy car victory.

Although unable to contend for the victory, last weekend’s Indianapolis 500 winner Sato went on to finish fourth as his impressive first season at Andretti Autosport continues. After being delayed by a malfunctioning fuel probe during his first pit stop, Scott Dixon recovered to finish sixth and maintain an eight-point lead in the Drivers’ Championship over Helio Castroneves.

Video recaps from this weekend’s Honda racing activities in Detroit, including this weekend’s pair of Honda Indy car victories and Saturday’s Acura NSX GT3 IMSA sports car race win, are available on the “Honda Racing/HPD” YouTube channel. Produced by the Carolinas Production Group, the video packages can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/HondaRacingHPDTV.

Indy car’s five-week run of consecutive May-June event weekends concludes next week, as the series heads south to Dallas-Fort Worth for Round Nine, the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night, June 10.

Graham Rahal (#15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda) started 1^st, finished 1^st, completed a weekend sweep of both IndyCar Series races for Honda: “Once again, we got a win for Honda and there are a lot of happy people right now. I didn’t think [Josef] Newgarden had anything for us as long as we had a clean track. The marbles were really bad, so those last two laps were ugly. But we won. It was a spectacular weekend for us and a great weekend for our family.”

Scott Dixon (#9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) started 8^th, finished 6^th, leads Drivers’ Championship standings after 8 of 17 races: “The problem on the [first] pit stop really hurt us today. I think there was a problem with the fuel probe, and normally we’re really good in that area. That issue cost us some crucial time and we tried to play ‘catch-up’ after that. I think Newgarden finished second, and we were ahead of him [on the track] before that [issue in the pits]. It was unfortunate how it played out, but all-in-all, it was a decent [championship] points day today.”

Art St. Cyr (President, Honda Performance Development) on today’s race and weekend victory sweep: “This series is so competitive, it is extremely rare when a driver and team combine to dominate a weekend as Graham [Rahal] did here in Detroit. Combined with our win at last week’s Indianapolis 500, yesterday’s historic first victory for the Acura NSX GT3 in sports car racing, and our 1-2-3 IndyCar sweep on Saturday, it’s been a very memorable eight days for everyone at Honda Performance Development. Congratulations to Graham, to Scott [Dixon] for a gritty effort in both races, and to Takuma for coming off a hectic Indy 500 ‘Champion’s Tour’ to perform very well this weekend.”

Verizon IndyCar Series Detroit Grand Prix
Circuit:	Belle Isle Park (2.35-mile temporary street circuit) Detroit, Mich.
2016 Winners:	Sebastien Bourdais (KV Racing) 97.857 mph average, Race 1, Saturday
	Will Power (Team Penske) 96.414 mph average, Race 2, Sunday
Weather:	Sunny, hot, 85 degrees F

Top-10 Race Results:
Fn.	St.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Notes
1.	3.	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Honda	70	105.442 mph average speed
2.	13.	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	70	+1.1772 seconds
3.	7.	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	70
4.	1.	Takuma Sato	Andretti Autosport	Honda	70
5.	11.	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	70
6.	8.	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	70
7.	14.	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	70
8.	12.	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	70
9.	4.	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	70
10.	15.	Tony Kanaan	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	70
*Other Honda Results*
13.	9.	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Honda	70	Running
14.	19.	Esteban Gutierrez-R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	70	Running
15.	16.	Max Chilton	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	69	Running
16.	6.	Mikhail Aleshin	Schmidt Peterson Mtspts	Honda	69	Running
17.	2.	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	69	Running
19.	20.	Oriol Servia	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Honda	69	Running
20.	5.	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Mtspts	Honda	65	Did not finish – mechanical
22.	17.	Ed Jones-R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	60	Did not finish – off course

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Acura Wins in the Motor City

June 5, 2017

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Michael Shank Racing drivers Katherine Legge, left, and Andy Lally celebrate the first victory of the Acura NSX GT3 in international sports car racing Saturday in Detroit, Michigan.

DETROIT, June 3, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — A strong qualifying performance and fast opening stint from Katherine Legge, followed by a quick pit stop by the Michael Shank Racing team and successful closing run by co-driver Andy Lally, netted the first victory for the Acura NSX GT3 in international sports car racing Saturday on the Belle Isle Park temporary street circuit in Detroit, Michigan.

Starting second in the GTD category after posting the best qualifying performance of the season for the NSX GT3, Legge completed a strong opening drive in the #93 Acura, pulling away from the rest of the field between encounters with slower traffic.

A caution just past the 30-minute mark resulted in most teams heading to pit lane for their single stop and driver change in the 100-minute contest. When Legge pitted the #93 Acura, her Michael Shank Racing team elected to change only two tires during the stop, enabling co-driver Lally to resume in the lead.

When the green flag waved with just over an hour remaining, Lally held off a challenge from the Ferrari of Alesandro Balzan, then pulled away in the closing laps to take the checkers just over two and a half seconds clear of the GTD field.

Acura and the MSR team came close to a double-podium result in Detroit. The #86 Acura NSX GT3 of Jeff Segal and Oswaldo “Ozz” Negri ran as high as third before late-race contact from a following GTD car sent Segal briefly off-line, costing him two positions.

Starting at the rear of the 15-car GTD field after a crash in practice on Friday, Negri moved the #86 car up to 12^th prior to pitting and handing off to co-driver Segal. In another dramatic strategy call, the MSR team elected to make the stop for driver and fuel only, saving time in pit lane by keeping the same tires on the #86 NSX and gaining six positions in the process.

Segal then moved up three more positions early in his run, and attempted to hold on to third place in the closing laps. But, with just over two laps remaining, contact from the following Lamborghini of Madison Snow briefly sent Segal off-line, and he fell back to fifth at the checkers. Still, the 1/5 finish for Acura and the Michael Shank Racing team today is the best combined result for the NSX GT-3 since it debuted in the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway in January.

Competing in the GTD class of the sports car racing championship, the NSX GT3s race against premium automotive brands including Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche.

Developed from the production Acura NSX, the NSX GT3 utilizes the production NSX’s ultra-rigid and lightweight multi-material body with aluminum-intensive space frame, which is produced at the Performance Manufacturing Center in Ohio, exclusive worldwide manufacturing facility for the NSX. The 3.5-liter racing engine uses the same design specifications as the production Acura NSX, including the block, heads, valve train, crankshaft, pistons and dry-sump lubrication system. A six-speed, sequential-shift racing gearbox delivers power to the rear wheels.

Video recaps from this weekend’s activities at Detroit, including today’s Acura victory and two Verizon IndyCar Series races, are being posted on the “Honda Racing/HPD” YouTube channel. Produced by the Carolinas Production Group, the video packages can be found in the HPD Trackside Video Playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/HondaRacingHPDTV.

After the second of two, temporary street circuit sprint races on the 2017 schedule, the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship returns to endurance events on classic road courses for the remainder of the season. The series resumes July 3 with the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen at Watkins Glen International Raceway in upstate New York, the third round of the series-within-a-series Tequila Patron North American Endurance Championship.

Andy Lally (Driver, Michael Shank Racing #93 Acura NSX GT3) GTD race winner at Detroit: “I’m pretty happy. Acura did an amazing job. Michael Shank Racing has done a great job all year. Everyone from HPD have been full-tilt on this program. We’ve had quite an up-and-down year. We’ve had some things go wrong at bad times, but today, everything went right. I’m so happy for these guys. Katherine [Legge] did an amazing job. She helped me get faster this weekend. I was junk [at the start of the weekend], but I found some things she was doing and applied it to what I was doing. Our engineers did a great job, we just put our heads down and drove the car. Hats off to Katherine for putting us in the right position to come out in front. She did an amazing job. I told the guys, ‘we have a really well-balanced car.’ You’re going to [abuse] the back tires here. But you can balance the car with the throttle, so having a neutral car is huge. That was what was critical for us here. Remember, this is [just] the fifth race for Acura in IMSA, so to come in first shows how critical the development of the car is, and how far we’ve progressed in a short time.”

Katherine Legge (Driver, Michael Shank Racing #93 Acura NSX GT3) GTD race winner at Detroit: “It’s a testament to the team, to everyone at Michael Shank Racing, Acura and HPD. They gave us a car that was capable of winning. This is a brand-new car, and the program has come so far in six months. The team has really been working hard to improve the car between each race. We’ve been strong, [finishing in the] points [in previous races], but today, we put it all together. Today was the longest hour of my life, watching Andy [Lally] drive. I was telepathically talking to him. It was harder to watch [him] than actually drive. ‘Thank you’ to everyone who has given us a chance to put together this car and this ride. In 2013, I drove with HPD in the Indy 500, and it started our relationship. I wanted to be part of their program. So it is really special [to have] everything working out. The [#86 team car] was running third, and we were going to be first and third until they got pushed out by another car. I felt so bad for Ozz [Negri] and Jeff [Segal]. We felt crushed for them. We were really hoping to be on the podium with them today. We were so looking forward for their finish.”

Michael Shank (Owner, Michael Shank Racing) on today’s victory: “I’m just so grateful that our team gets the win for the Acura brand today. You could almost feel it around this place, everyone was really, really calm before the race, it was almost too quiet! We are really making advancements on the car and I am just so thrilled for the team. Everyone from the drivers, to the crew guys, to the engineers, everyone did what they needed to today.”

Art St. Cyr (President, Honda Performance Development) on today’s first victory for the Acura NSX GT3: “They always say the first win is the hardest, and this one was no exception. Thinking back to all the hard work of Honda Performance Development, Honda R&D Japan, Honda R&D in Ohio and the Performance Manufacturing Center [where the NSX is built], this is truly a group win. Congratulations to Mike Shank and everyone at Michael Shank Racing, including Katherine and Andy, our winning drivers. This is one to enjoy, and the hopefully the first of many to come.”

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Westin Hotels & Resorts Salutes The Early Rising Running Community

June 5, 2017

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BETHESDA, Md., June 5, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — In celebration of Global Running Day, Westin Hotels & Resorts, part of Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR), today announced an addition to the brand’s game-changing Gear Lending program, which offers guests access to New Balance® shoes and workout apparel during their stay for only $5.00 USD or the local currency equivalent. For the month of June, reflective wristbands and light-up sneaker clips will be included in the Gear Lending offering, allowing guests to pack light, stay fit, and now, rise earlier.

National RunWESTIN Concierge Chris Heuisler leads a run, up before the sun with the brand’s new reflective gear lending. (PRNewsfoto/Marriott International, Inc.)

“Travelers today are over-scheduled and always-on; in response, we are seeing people realign their priorities to put their well-being first,” said Brian Povinelli, SVP and Global Brand Leader, Westin Hotels & Resorts. “Whether at home or on the road, often the only time guests have for themselves is the morning. Fueled by our guests’ passion for running and the brand’s promise to empower travelers to move well, we hope this extension to our Gear Lending program will inspire travelers to rise early and own their morning on Global Running Day and beyond.”

Global Study Sees a Surge in Travelers Sweating Before Sunrise
With less time and more disruptors on the road, 3 in 4 people have trouble maintaining their wellness routine while traveling: sleeping less and exercising less with increased stress levels, even when on vacation. In response, guests around the globe are increasingly getting up before the sun to own their morning through well-being and regaining control of their routines on the road.

A global study conducted in partnership with StudyLogic revealed that almost 40% of global respondents are most in control of their wellness routine between 4:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Surprisingly, nearly 25% of respondents specified that they are most in control between 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. And many of those wellness routines include running: 45% of global respondents intend to run while traveling.

“As someone who travels throughout the world bringing to life the brand’s renowned running program, I have never met a guest who wakes up early to run and regrets it,” said Chris Heuisler, National RunWESTIN™ Concierge. “There is magic in the early morning hours that fosters a sense of comradery, broadens your perspective and reframes your day. With a strong commitment to the running community, we are delighted to shine a new light on running for travelers and support an event that has quickly become a global phenomenon celebrated around the world.”

Rise & Shine: Westin Hotels & Resorts Celebrate Global Running Day around the World
Today the brand boasts nearly 200 Run Concierges globally, who host group runs for guests and encourage runners of all levels to grab a runWESTIN™ map and explore their destination. Whether it is millennials, who view fitness activities to be more social than competitive; business travelers who are shifting their preference from country clubs to running clubs; or even honeymooners, who are increasingly running together as a way to decompress, disconnect and be a tourist at the same time; Westin continues to evolve its offerings to support the running community.

To celebrate Global Running Day, Westin hotels around the world will host empowering runs enlisting guests and associates to rise early and own their morning. Equipped with the brand’s new reflective gear, Run Concierges will lead runners through the scenic routes of cities, along beachfronts and amid rural landscapes to experience sunrise through Westin’s well-being lens.

In “the City that Never Sleeps,” guests and locals will hit the pavement before Manhattan wakes up with a run beginning at The Westin New York at Times Square, along the scenic Westside Highway and culminating with a fresh and refueling breakfast downtown. In Mexico, the newly built Westin Cozumel has partnered with New Balance Ambassador and Olympic Medalist Ismael Hernandez to lead an inspiring morning run along the coastal beach town; while in Germany, The Westin Hamburg has partnered with Mourad Bekakcha, the fastest runner in the region, to run and train with travelers along the waterfront of the famed port city.

Many Westin hotels around the world will join the celebration in markets including: Austin, Beijing, Boston, Costa Rica, Cairo, Cape Town, Vancouver and Jakarta among others.

Brand Campaign Challenges Travelers: “Will You Get Up, or Will You Rise?”
This initiative follows on the heels of the brand’s launch of its new multi-million-dollar campaign, Let’s Rise, which takes on the disruptions, distractions and unpredictability of travel while empowering travelers to embrace well-being as a way to regain control of their routines and be their best while on the road.

Because morning is the first and best opportunity to take control of the day ahead, the campaign uses morning light as a consistent creative device to speak to the potential that the morning holds. Overall, the campaign calls consumers to answer a simple question, “Will you get up, or will you rise?” The Let’s Rise mantra will continue to serve as an anchor for the wellness programs and partnerships that roll out for guests and associates throughout the year.

To learn more about Westin and its fitness offerings visit westin.com/letsrise or westin.com/movewell.

About Westin Hotels & Resorts
Westin Hotels & Resorts, a leader in wellness and hospitality for more than a decade, lives its philosophy “Empowering a Better You™” through the brand’s Six Pillars of Well-Being: Feel Well, Work Well, Move Well, Eat Well, Sleep Well and Play Well. At more than 200 hotels and resorts in nearly 40 countries and territories, guests can experience offerings that include the iconic Heavenly® Bed, RunWESTIN™ and Westin Gear Lending with New Balance®, delicious and nutritious SuperFoodsRx™ and more. To learn more, visit www.westin.com. Stay connected to Westin: @westin on Twitter and Instagram and facebook.com/Westin.

Study Methodology
This study is based on a survey conducted by STUDYLOGIC LLC via telephone of approximately 8,000 respondents ages 25-64 with household incomes of $75,000 or above from 6 different areas: North America (the United States and Canada), Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, and China. This summary report is based on the responses of all 7,968 respondents. Summary charts showing the breakdown of gender, age, and income, broken down by geographic area, are included at the end of this report. The survey consisted of thirty-two questions including identifiers and sub-questions. Interviews were conducted between October 1st and October 15th, 2016. The survey averaged 30 minutes in length and contains a margin of error of +/-3%.

About Marriott International, Inc.
Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is the world’s largest hotel company based in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, with more than 6,100 properties in 124 countries and territories. Marriott operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts. The company also operates award-winning loyalty programs: Marriott Rewards®, which includes The Ritz-Carlton Rewards®, and Starwood Preferred Guest®. For more information, please visit our website at www.marriott.com, and for the latest company news, visit www.marriottnewscenter.com and @MarriottIntl.

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Beginning on Global Running Day through the month of June, Westin will add reflective accessories to the brand’s Gear Lending program in response to a growing global demand among travelers, who are sweating before sunrise. (PRNewsfoto/Marriott International, Inc.)

SOURCE Marriott International, Inc.

Westin Hotels & Resorts Salutes The Early Rising Running Community

June 5, 2017

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