A crowd of more than 800 attended the Business Journal’s 21st Annual Women in Business Awards, where cosmetics entrepreneur Toni Ko delivered the keynote address challenging female entrepreneurs to redefine the benchmarks of success in their professional and personal lives.
Ko founded NYX Cosmetics, which had $93 million in annual revenue before its sale last year to Paris-based L’Oréal SA. She told the crowd, which included 215 nominees for honors, that a key to equality in the workplace is affording women the opportunity to strike their own balance between work and personal life.
The 2015 honorees are:
• Jane Buchan, managing director and chief executive officer of PAAMCO in Irvine.
• Kristen Mauger Allison, president and CEO of Burnham Benefits in Irvine.
• Debra Miller, founder, president and CEO of Cure Duchenne in Tustin.
• Susan Beat, managing director at MUFG UnionBank, N.A.
• Lisa Vogel, co-president of Raj Manufacturing Inc. in Tustin.
The Business Journal will profile this year’s Women in Business Award winners in its July 6 print edition.
