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Spotlight on Chattanooga women in business

women in biz

We want to hear about amazing, hardworking women who are in business here. She doesn’t have to be a CEO, she just has to be doing good work that deserves recognition.

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When we asked you which local women in business deserve a spotlight, y’all came through with a solid list of suggestions. 🙏

We’re putting the call out again today + highlighting a few women who you said deserved the positive attention.

The women we want to highlight don’t have to be CEOs, they just need to be doing work worth recognizing.

Meet Amanda Jelks

🌟Owner of Jelks Law firm
🌟Chattanooga native, UTC grad
🌟2018 Emerging Business of the Year winner

Through her law firm, Jelks helps clients plan estates so their loved ones are taken care of after they are gone. She also provides legal sessions to startups through The Company Lab, and helps new businesses with other services, such as drafting contracts.

On why she loves Chattanooga…

“I love the diversity...I love how open the business community is. People will just sit down and tell you all the lessons they had to learn the hard way. There’s a certain amount of comradery among small business owners.”

Meet Gabi Moore

🌟 UTC student, barista at Velo Coffee
🌟Three-time Latte Throwdown winner
🌟Studies psychology + women’s studies

On her future goals…

I am specifically interested in the ways in which being a gender-identified woman in today’s society psychologically affects these individuals. Next step is grad school and research, and my ultimate goal (as of right now) is licensure as a feminist counselor.”

Meet Kelsey Vasileff

🌟 Southern Squeeze owner
🌟Yoga teacher with a decade of experience
🌟Certified nutritional counselor + certified raw food and pastry chef

On her business’ mission

“Our mission is to provide the healthiest options in Chattanooga and to create a healthy environment for our employees. It starts with that — how we personally take care of ourselves -- it creates a ripple effect. To see people get excited and feel closer to themselves and have so much vibrancy and energy is huge and amazing.”

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