Meet the owners of Bloom Wine Bar & Florals

When Caitlin, Brittney & Hannah came together as friends from 3 different careers they had one vision: creating a space where people could share joy and create memories. Together they created Bloom Wine Bar & Florals—a place where they love working, having fun and giving back to their community.  

A self-proclaimed career chameleon, Stacy Brooks’ current role as CEO of SKB Cyber brings together her theater, speech, acting and teaching roles into one where she leads a security technology business, is an expert in AI and helps her customers use technology to become more efficient…safely.

Raised in Italy by parents from Bangladesh,  Urmi Hossain lives in Quebec, Canada and has a heart for women in South Africa. She works her 9-5 job in the financial industry, but her most important work happens from 5-9 when she mentors, blogs and leads workshops to empower women around the world.

Wendy Callupe started her fashion career in LA and NY before founding Minted Media Productions in Chicago. Her large-scale fashion events include entertainment and feature people of color & indigenous designers. Her counsel to others? “You’re never too young or too old and no dream is ever too big."

When Dierdre Barnes started her self-love journey as a young Mom with 2 littles, she didn’t know it would lead her to open a candle-making business, become a facilitator of self-love candle-making workshops or be a leader who inspires other women to FLY-First Love Yourself.

What does Renae Kerrigan hope to accomplish in her role as the Curator of Science & Planetarium Director at the Peoria Riverfront Museum? It’s simple. Educate people on the rarity of our planet, inspire them to protect it and in turn… make life better for the people in her orbit.

When she started a school newspaper in fifth grade, Jennifer Kyulule knew she was destined to share others' stories. As the CEO of Marketing Blueprint she does just that, using websites and social media to promote her clients’ brands, tell their stories… and grow their businesses.

When you're the CEO of a smart irrigation company at 17, what's next? For Khushi Shah it's being a student at Harvard, MIT, Northeastern while running her business, pitching investors, exploring global applications of a technology she created to reduce cost, preserve water and… inspire young minds.