Awesome Women

Alice has been working in the travel industry for many years as both a travel agent and a tour guide/tour manager. After travelling to Bali many times herself, Alice realised that Bali has so much more to offer visitors than a resort or party holiday. In 2019 she launched Bali Breather Holidays and started operating escapes to Bali with a difference. So many of her guests, last year, commented tha...

Zimmi Marketing Group is headed up by Lisa Pisasale. The company started 5 years ago in 2015 when Lisa returned home from living abroad. Armed with determination and ideas Zimmi set out to help business make smart marketing decisions. During that time, we have done exactly that, by assisting and helping our clients build strategies and grow their businesses. Zimmi specialises in Marketing, Strateg...

After being a school teacher for 13 years, Karen decided it was time to try her hand at farming and hasn’t looked back. Karen Lindsay has created a world first freeze-dried goat feta! What’s better, is that you can keep in your pantry 365 days a year. I LOVE GOAT CHEESE!!!!!!! I am following my dream of creating beautiful cheeses for everyone to eat and enjoy!!! Karen loves all her goats dearly –...

Employed for 20 years with the southern hemisphere’s largest local government (Brisbane City Council) in multi-disciplinary marketing and communications areas specialising in stakeholder and community engagement. Since then Robyn has worked on strategic communication projects in the corporate sector both locally, nationally and internationally. A specialist in strategic communications Robyn’s sill...

Tricia started her career as a carpenter, working "on the tools". It was never planned, she kind of fell into it and ended working for her parents residential building business for 8 years. During that time, she completed her carpentry apprenticeship, got married, got pregnant, bought a renovator’s delight and moved into more of the sales and estimating side of the business. Duri...

Fiona has had an interesting career path, split between pursuing elite amateur sporting dreams and developing her skills as a marketing and communications professional. Fiona has represented Australia five times in two sports – athletics and bobsleigh – and she applies the lessons learned from her elite sporting career to the business world every day. As a marketer, Fiona loves working with busine...

Ally Kelly is the CEO and founder of Mind Blank, a health promotion charity which aims to reduce the risk of suicide through interactive theatre. Ally has been at the helm of the unique charity for the past nine years, and her award-winning programs have directly impacted over 30,000 young Australians. Mind Blank exists because every 3 hours in Australia more than one person will take their life b...

An energetic and dynamic storyteller Michelle is dedicated to encouraging a strong love of reading and writing in young children and conducts author visits at primary and special schools, libraries and bookstore storytelling and publishing workshops for adults. She especially enjoys meeting people through her speaking engagements for women's groups and charities. Michelle Worthington is a two-time...

Rebecca has been part of the PGH Bricks team for the past nine years. During this time, one of Rebecca’s greatest career achievements was the successfully integration of two Customer Service teams during a joint venture in 2015 between CSR and Boral Bricks. She is also the proud mum of a daughter who recently started her school-based carpentry apprenticeship. Rebecca is part of the project team fo...

Jo Sainsbury has over 30 years’ experience in Administration, HR and Project Management within the Heavy Equipment, Earthmoving and Rail Industries. Jo hit the track running so to speak 7 years’ ago and now works as a Coal Train Driver. Jo has recently become a published author and Influencer within the Rail, Mining, Resources, STEM and Construction Industries. She is passionate about encouraging...

IMANI do property marketing differently. We develop innovative strategies that connect your business to the right consumer, using data and technology to grow your company, let’s chat We were fortunate to be able to speak with the ladies from the Imani Marketing team for this Podcast. Roxy & Anna from the ‘marketing space’ as well as Anna & Sharnie from the ‘tech space’. We discussed their...

Sally has spent the last 20 years coaching, mentoring and developing people to be more productive through building their people and team skills and being more effective with their task management. She’s a productivity and leadership expert, having presented to, and worked with 10,000+ managers and leaders from medium sized to global organisations in Germany, Middle East, Asia and Australia. But th...

Caroline is a valued member of the construction community, has been a mentor to many during her career and has shown us what can be achieved with hard work & determination. However, she started her career as a Chef! A variety of topics during this podcast were discussed: Career progression Value of networking How the next generation will be part of the solution for the construction industry Be...

Söka Australia, a new Brisbane based company created by Nicole Gibson has a commitment to sustainability through practical innovation, style, space saving, water saving, detergent saving and a focus of bringing organisation and sanity back to all Australian homes. #lifestooshorttobeinthelaundry Alongside this new innovation comes a passion for supporting local businesses. Nicole has chosen to...

Dubbed ‘Queen of Culinary Bling’ or the ‘Happy Chef’ by her students, Mel’s clever cooking approach focuses on simple versatile recipes with time spent on excellent presentation. The enthusiastic, entertaining, award winning African-Australian chef and cooking school owner says with a little know how anyone can plate up spectacular spreads similar to what you’d expect to see in five-star rest...

With over 30 years in the construction industry Becky Paroz has demonstrated her unique leadership abilities on some of the most demanding projects in Australia. As a successful Engineer and industry leading Project Manager she is a Director in three companies and a global professional mentor.  Becky has been and continues to be a speaker at state and national industry conferences; she is kno...