I am looking forward to networking with other business women and supporting fellow business owners.
My main reason for joining LBB:
Community Involvement, Personal Development, Professional Development
My Bio:
I grew up in the Midwest and my career took me to Arizona for many years. I am so thankful to be back in the Midwest where I can follow my entrepreneurial spirit with my own business, enjoy life and help others grow their businesses.
“I am the owner/operater of the only pet sitting company in the Wentzville and surrounding areas that provide certified, insured, and bonded Petsitting and dog walking in YOUR home.
After years in corporate healthcare, and being a stay at home mom and in-home daycare provider, I decided that animals are my passion and found a niche that hasn’t been filled in the area. With over 500 clients in Wentzville, we recently have expanded to Troy, Moscow Mills, Lake St Louis and Ofallon areas! “
To grow my business and further my personal and professional development.
My main reason for joining LBB:
Community Involvement, Personal Development, Professional Development
My Bio:
Dynamic and motivated professional with a proven record of generating and building relationships, managing projects and coaching individuals to success. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams, demonstrating exceptional communication skills, and making critical decisions during challenges. Adaptable leader with an ability to work independently, and delivering results that further exceed organizational goals.
I have been a speaker for your organization and believe in what you do and how you are doing it.
My main reason for joining LBB:
Community Involvement
My Bio:
April Porter graduated from Washington University School of Law and began her career as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, specializing in child abuse, sexual assault and homicide cases. Her exemplary record led to her appointment as Municipal Judge for the City of Clarkson Valley. She was a rising star in the legal community, but left to follow her entrepreneurial passion and opened Porter Health & Fitness, LLC in 2014.
Under the umbrella of PHF, Ms. Porter opened four 9Round 30 Minute Kickbox Fitness locations in less than 3 years, growing from one employee to 25, now known as 9Round StL. As a result, 9Round StL was named one of the Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies by St. Louis Small Business Journal in 2016, 2017, and 2018, and Business of the Year for West St. Louis County in 2015, received the first ever Wildwood Business Appreciation Award in 2017, and voted Best of Northwest for 2018.
Through her involvement in the business community, Porter began to mentor other small business owners, offering workshops on topics social media marketing, creative marketing, developing a robust sales process, training a team to exceed the owner’s standards, designing duplicatable processes and procedures leading to effective delegation. To her delight, the owners experienced such positive growth that her fifth company, AP Consulting, LLC, was born.
Turning another passion into profits, Porter began her sixth enterprise in 2017 with her husband, Porter Travel Designs, LLC.
Porter has been featured in Entrepreneur.com, Club Solutions Magazine, KSDK, KMOV, St. Louis Magazine, Love In the Lou, and the Small Business Journal, and a speaker for organizations such as Connecting and Promoting Women, the Chesterfield Leadership Conference, Little Black Book Networking, West County Young Professionals, Statewide Sheriff’s Training, National Technology Conferences, StL Retreats, the St. Louis RISE Conference, etc.
LBB Member Offer:
October 2019 special: A 6-week program for LBB members only that includes the right combination of tools to successfully reach fitness, weight and strength goals for good. Includes 6 weeks of the following: meal plans based on body composition, grocery shopping list, 50 recipe cook book, restaurant guide, meal prep instructions and travel guide, unlimited workouts at 9Round, accountability coaching calls 1x/week, accountability FB group, accountability check-ins, and more. Regularly $499 – LBB member price $299.
As a mother of a daughter, I feel it’s important to be a living example of a woman supporting woman-owned businesses. I believe LBB provides me with this opportunity to network and build strong relationships with women in my community.
My main reason for joining LBB:
Social Interaction
My Bio:
I am a wife, friend, daughter, sister, mother: An optimistic environmentalist and slacker vegetarian. I currently live in Lake Saint Louis.
A former Division 1 athlete, I’ve been described as an unyielding free spirit. my unconventional worldview and lighthearted brand of consciousness have become my signature to friends and family.
I grew up in Wichita, Kansas, where my father was a banker and my mother ran a daycare out of our home. My parents’ devotion to the success of their children allowed me to pursue my talents in basketball which ultimately led to a full athletic scholarship at the University of Missouri and the opportunity to travel the country. My sports career gave me a passion for lifelong fitness. This experience also sparked my interest in health & wellness.
I completed my VinyasaTeacher Training to earn my 200 RYT in the fall of 2011 and I am continuing my education hours in Yin/restorative yoga. When I am not practicing yoga I am leading women and men on how to incorporate the use of essential oils into their daily lives.
LBB Member Offer:
A free wellness consultants with the guidance of therapeutic grade essential oils
