Way to Go Woman

Lenae Price is married to Jordan price, and has a daughter, Billie age 4. Way to Go Woman! Winner Lenae Price is the director of Philanthropy & Outreach at the Jewish Community of Louisville.Lenae and her husband moved from New York City to Louisville to work for a nonprofit, which didn’t work out, but they decided to stay in Louisville. “With no support system and our first child on the way, we were in an incredibly difficult situation,” she says.“However, we didn’t let that stop us from making the best of our new life in Louisville. [...]

Anne Shadle, co-owner/general manager at the Mayan Cafe, won the entrepreneurial category of the Today's Woman Way to Go Woman!Anne Shadle opened and co-owns the Mayan Cafe with her brother-in-law Bruce Ucan. Since 2007, she has helped run the dining room, beverage program, marketing, human resources, and finances, all without previous experience in a restaurant environment — and she strives to make it different than the norm.What are some obstacles you have overcome?“I started this business with no restaurant experience or business experience in general. I was very young and had literally everything to learn.I [...]

Way To Go Woman: Community Winner Lauren Hendricks, 28, works as Marketing Maven, A+H Advertising & Marketing and is on the board of Louisville Independent Business Alliance. Photo by Melissa DonaldWay to Go Woman Winner Lauren Hendricks loves this community and works to help improve it. She has helped found the Forecastle Foundation and GonzoFest and is involved in supporting and growing local businesses.Things you love about our community?One of the things I love most about our community is how supportive we are of each other. As a board member of LIBA (Louisville Independent Business [...]

Kaet Barron won the Today’s Woman Way to Go Woman! Award for Leadership. She is a school counselor at Maryville Elementary Schools, Bullitt County Public Schools.“One of the most challenging things I have come across in my career is the amount of children who have a parent or family member incarcerated,” says School Counselor Kaet Barron. “Once it became a personal issue for me (several of her students had parents involved in a drug bust), I began to realize that while it was a major issue, there were very limited resources and support systems in [...]