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Women Honored by Business Journal

About 900 people gathered at the Business Journal’s 22nd Annual Women in Business Awards, where Lisa Vogel, co-president of RAJ Swim in Tustin, delivered the keynote address, encouraging women in business to be open, humble and flexible.

Vogel took the helm of the family business with her younger brother, Alex, in 2007. She now leads public relations and marketing, licensing and compliance, design, and merchandising.

Flexibility, she said, led to 46% year-over-year growth at RAJ, which makes swimsuits under license for wholesale accounts and has begun to open retail stores. She said her openness in corporate matters has helped her be more open in her personal life.

The 2016 honorees are:

• Nella Webster-O’Grady, principal at Palo Capital in Newport Beach.

• Kimberly C. Sentovich, an executive vice president at San Francisco-based Gymboree Inc.

• Robin Follman-Otta, chief operating officer of RA Industries LLC/Markall Inc. in Santa Ana.

• Lisa Wolter, executive director of Susan G. Komen Orange County in Costa Mesa.

• Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, president and chief executive at Earth Friendly Products in Cypress.

The Business Journal will profile the award winners in its May 16 print edition.

—Fiona Pitt

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