Award Winners
2009 TAS Award Winners
2009 Telstra Tasmanian Business Woman of the Year
Fiona Reynolds
Launceston
For more than two decades Fiona Reynolds has been pursuing and delivering the news. She is currently Tasmania’s first and only female daily newspaper editor, after bringing her extensive experience in print, radio and TV to The Examiner. She returned to the Launceston-based newspaper 20 years after it first hired her as a cadet. She now manages 68 dedicated staff across four locations, working on seven publications for Australia’s third largest regional daily.
Hudson Private and Corporate Sector Award
Fiona Reynolds
Launceston
For more than two decades Fiona Reynolds has been pursuing and delivering the news. She is currently Tasmania’s first and only female daily newspaper editor, after bringing her extensive experience in print, radio and TV to The Examiner. She returned to the Launceston-based newspaper 20 years after it first hired her as a cadet. She now manages 68 dedicated staff across four locations, working on seven publications for Australia’s third largest regional daily.
Commonwealth Bank Business Owner Award
Lee-Anne Levett
Hobart
Lee-Anne Levett’s passion for travel and exceptional customer service has paved the way for her success as Managing Director of The Travel Studio, a boutique travel agency which she co-founded in Hobart in 1997. In the past 12 years, Lee-Anne has grown her business from a staff of two to eleven highly valued team members, with a multi-million dollar annual turnover.
White Pages Community and Government Award
Janis McKenna
Kingston
Accomplished business woman Janis McKenna is CEO of the Carers Association of Tasmania. A non-profit incorporated association and registered charity, the Association is dedicated to improving the lives of an estimated 69,500 family Carers living in Tasmania. In 2006, when Janis started with carers Tasmania, the organisation was on the brink of losing State and Federal funding. Janis used her entrepreneurial skills to re-structure Carers Tasmania and increase funding from $650,000 to $940,000 in just two years.
marie claire Young Business Women’s Award
Kellie Wilkie
Hobart
After working long hours and with a high turnover of patients in a typical physiotherapy practice, Kellie Wilkie, 33, founded BODYSYSTEM in 2001 as a way keeping her happy, healthy and passionate about sports physiotherapy. Kellie dreams of going to the Olympics to provide physiotherapy support to the Australian Rowing Team.