Mark your calendar! We’re gearing up for our second annual Glamour, Glitz, Hats & Heels. If you missed last year’s inaugural afternoon tea and business social, we’d like to invite you to take part in this signature event which is part of the Chamber’s mission of bringing professional development to its members, specifically women-owned businesses and professionals.

Glamour, Glitz, Hats & Heels brings like-minded businesswomen together for an afternoon of relationship building while learning how to empower each other to live a healthy, balanced and purpose-driven life. This business social will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 20 at the Sheraton Carlsbad Resort & Spa.

We are honored to have Scripps Health’s Executive Director of External Affairs Susan Taylor share her expertise with chamber members at this event. Taylor joined Scripps in 2011 after more than 15 years as an award-winning San Diego news anchor for NBC.

Taylor began her career in Boston and later worked at different television stations throughout the country. During her career, she covered the O.J. Simpson trial, the Northridge earthquake, and the San Diego wildfires of 2003 and 2007. She also returned with troops from Iraq on the final voyage of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation before it was decommissioned. Susan has interviewed prime ministers and Nobel Peace Prize winners and has been repeatedly honored for her work, including receiving Emmys and other broadcasting accolades. She’s also a recipient of the San Diego Women Who Mean Business Award.

Attendees will delight in panoramic views of the coastline. The event will feature a fashion show curated by Lisa O’Hearn, independent stylist with cabi Clothing and makeup by Carol Fehr with Mary Kay cosmetics.

We would also like to thank the businesses that are sponsoring this event: The Loftin Firm, P.C., Savvy Women Wealth Management, and WWM Financial.

“Sponsoring Glamour, Glitz, Hats & Heels provides a forum to encourage women to celebrate being women in business. We feel privileged to be part of this forum,” said Sue Loftin, Businessperson of the Year recipient and founding partner of The Loftin Firm, P.C. “For the younger women on our staff who attended the event last year, the event provided inspiration for their options in the future.”

For this event, general admission is $80. Admission for chamber members is $55. Moreover, a portion of the proceeds from the event will be donated to the Pregnancy Resource Center in Vista.

For more information, you can contact the Carlsbad Chamber at (760) 931-8400 or visit www.carlsbad.org to register.