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Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Remarkable Women Winner 2025: Driven by Ambition, a visionary businesswoman
DALE COUNTY, Ala. (WDHN) – The time is finally here to introduce you to WDHN's 2025 Remarkable Women winner! Our winner gets $1,000 for a charity of her choice, and a free trip to Los Angeles where she'll meet the local winners from other stations across the country. Out of all the local winners, one woman will be named 'National Woman of the Year' and win another $25,000 for a charity of her choice. Out of so many nominations one woman stood out. Our Remarkable Woman is a visionary leader who exemplifies the qualities of innovation, dedication, and service. People like Lynnette DeJesus are born with drive, that strong core of motivation fueling ambition. Lynnette is a true jack of all trades, carrying herself with a level of drive many can only aspire towards. 'Lynnette has an energy about her, that is, i've never seen it to that level before, and i've done, i've worked with a lot of people and I met Lynnette and I was immediately drawn to her,' says Lynnette's friend, Judi Temple Lynnette is a mother of three and the COO of contracting company, JNB Services in Daleville. She oversees multimillion dollar construction projects across the southeast United States, as well as Puerto Rico where her family is from. Her drive as a business woman led her to founding Luxe Mastermind, a nonprofit initiative supporting entrepreneurs. 'Luxe is about collaborating with other businesses, mentorship, giving them that support that they need to take their business to the next level,' Lynnette says. Luxe holds monthly meetings with motivational speakers, provides business education, mentorship, and financial resources for those who need it. 'it's so needed, it's so needed for these small businesses that are trying to do something outside their box, they have a passion, they have a desire, but they need help, and help is expensive, and the fact that all of these people are willing to mentor people–it's priceless,' says Judi Temple Lynnette also dedicates her time as a board member and volunteer for the Wiregrass Honor Flight program. The non-profit sends veterans to Washington D.C. to see the memorials for their service, and show them that their sacrifices are never forgotten. Lynnette embodies what it means to be a driven leader, innovator, community servant, and most of all, a truly, remarkable woman. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
2025 Central Texas ‘Remarkable Woman' Winner Revealed
WACO, TX (FOX 44) — The founder and executive director of a Waco nonprofit is our Central Texas Remarkable Woman of the Year! Inez Russell started Friends For Life, a nonprofit that helps older and disabled adults live their best lives independently and safely. She started the charity in September of 1989. Since then, Friends For Life has expanded to 82 Central Texas counties. On April 1, FOX 44 showed you the exact moment Inez learned she had won the 2025 Central Texas Remarkable Woman of the Year award — as well as her reaction, and several close friends' reactions, as well as the FOX 44 family's reaction. We also caught up with Inez and Christine Smith, the woman who nominated Inez, for a conversation about being the winner of the 2025 contest. 'I'm just really stunned. And now that has had a few moments to sink in,' Inez said. 'Well, I'm a really very grateful. I don't feel like I deserve it. I think everything that's happened, Friends for Life was God. And I've been blessed to get to follow Him and do what I feel He's called me to do.'Christine Smith told FOX 44 she moved across the nation to volunteer for Inez and Friends for Life, and jumped at the chance to nominate Inez to be the 2025 Central Texas Remarkable Woman of the Year. 'I am so grateful that I heard about it when I did that. I could finish it in such a short amount of time, because it just poured out,' Christine said. 'I knew that I was feeling drawn to move to Waco, and I already had a history with elderly, with people with challenges and coming alongside them. And I met a lady who was bringing in coffee and kolaches. Turned out she was the keynote speaker, as well. I reached over to my husband and I said, 'Now I know the reason why I'm moving to Waco so that I get to volunteer with her organization.' She was she was the reason. Friends for Life was the reason.' Part of winning the Central Texas Remarkable Woman of the Year is a $1,000 donation from the Nexstar Charitable Foundation for the nonprofit of her choice. She's also eligible for the National Woman of the Year, and will travel to Hollywood as well – where she'll be among other Nexstar station's Remarkable Women winners. The National Woman of the Year will be revealed on April 14. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
