Name: LYH WIB: Galentine's Day GNO!
Start: 2025-02-13T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-13T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Bella Vista Hotel & Suites Lynchburg

You're cordially invited to a night out of women celebrating women.
About this Event

You're invited to the ultimate Galentine's Celebration of women celebrating women!

For women of all ages and stages we're celebrating YOU and SISTERHOOD and the BEAUTY of the season you're in while fostering community and connection with other local women!

You won't want to miss LYH's Largest Galentine's celebration -- come solo or bring your favorite gal! Tickets will sell out fast! Last year we sold out 2x!!!

Ladies of the Greater Lynchburg Area, you're invited to our Galentine's Day Celebration!

What: Lynchburg's Largest Galentine's celebration fostering community and connection! The event will include desserts, a galentine's toast, words of encouragement, love notes and more!

When: Thursday, February 13 | Doors Open at 6:30 PM

Where: Bella Vista Hotel Ballroom | 2900 Candlers Mountain Rd, Lynchburg, VA 24502

ABOUT WOMEN IN BUSINESS

LYH Women in Business is for women who value finding community where they feel encouraged, supported, and celebrated in every season of life. You don't have to be a business owner or entrepreneur to be a part of our community. We're here to create community for women who are committed to community and connection, helping each other thrive.

Our events provide deeper space for networking and connection with other women who value their work but also desire to live their lives to the fullest.

Each ticket provides entry to our event and includes:

Entry into LYH's Largest Galentine's Celebration
Galentine's Desserts
Apps from White House Chef
Time of Connection
Giveaways
Opportunity to build new personal + professional connections + make new friends!

Dress Code: Your Galentine's Best

Ticket Price: $40

*Refunds are not available under any circumstances. Tickets can be transferred to a new ticketholder - ticketholder must notify LYH Women in Business of the ticket transfer.

Meet Your Hosts: Carrie Wright + Ali Berger

Carrie + Ali are your business hype girls and Co-Founders of LYH Women in Business.

Carrie is an executive coach, keynote speaker, mom and PTA President.

She's been a business owner, entrepreneur, business strategist, brand-builder, marketing connoisseur and consultant and coach over the last two decades. She's led a collegiate yearbook to six national awards, including the highest honor of "Gold Crown" by the Columbia Scholastic Press. She went on to develop the Liberty University Career Center to offer thriving services both in-person and virtually to residential and online students. She served as part of the Executive Team for a multi-unit Chick-fil-A franchise, winning the "Gold" award for "Best Wait Staff" and "Best Kid Friendly" for 10 consecutive years. Using this expertise, Carrie developed an award-winning Hospitality workshop that has received the Lynchburg Business Magazine's "Best Professional Development Workshop" award numerous times. In 2020, she was honored to be named the Young Athena Award recipient presented by the Central Virginia Business Coalition.

Ali is a 3x founder, event coordinator, marketing strategist and coach.

She has run a marketing/events agency, created + scaled non-profit fundraising events, built various vibrant communities, been nationally recognized for administration.

Ali's heart is to create spaces for for women to thrive at work and in life. After walking through a season of burn out and leaving her job to launch her first business, Ali started to explore the ideas of “work” and “calling.”

Through her exploration, Ali developed 5 pillars to help women take back their sparkle: grounding, dreaming, calling, building + celebration. Ali empowers other women to celebrate their past as they walk forward in potential of who they were created to be, and of course, leave a little sparkle along the way.

Ali also offers marketing and event consulting through her new company, The Spark Co. After running a half-million dollar marketing agency and helping events scale their revenue by 40%, Ali loves working with small business owners to establish their brands, non-profits looking to increase their event revenue, and organizations looking to increase their digital footprint through digital marketing.