The ENERGY GIRLS are proud to be partnered with the following women who are successful leaders in their fields, they "walk the talk." Meet our great partners who support the Energy Girls Summit!

As President of Donald Haack Diamonds, having taken over the helm from her father, Julie Haack combines her passion for unique and versatile jewelry with helping her clients develop their own personal sense of style and to select a jewelry piece as their signature. Raised on the Caribbean Island of Grenada, Julie earned her BA degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in Political Science, hoping to become a diplomat. Lured by and acute interest in Naturopathy, she earned a Master’s Degree in this subject from Clayton College. Such a varied interest in life serves her well in connecting with her clients.

Julie supports the Energy Girls Summit, helping women live healthier lives.

Helping people achieve their goals is the focal point of Virginia Popovich’s life and work. As a Charlotte real estate agent with over 17 years of experience in residential real estate, she assists clients with one of their most important investments – a home!

Virginia came to Charlotte in 1981 as the first professional woman the Central (Dowd) YMCA hired with the responsibility for making the YMCA co-ed. She earned her master’s degree in Health Education from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and later served as Regional Director for the American Lung Association.

She became a full time Realtor® in 1995 and is now Team Lead of The Popovich Team at Keller Williams Realty - Southpark. Virginia is currently the #1 Individual Agent in the Keller Williams NC/SC Region. Striving to be the best in her field, she continues to build upon her expertise. She holds the prestigious Graduate, Realtor® Institute (GRI) and Certified Residential Specialists (CRS) designations. She enjoys the “hands-on” personal experiences being a real estate agent offers.

Virginia supports the Energy Girls Summit, helping women live healthier lives.

Lisa Woodie is the owner and chef at Homemade Fresh.  She started cooking in college because she didn't enjoy eating processed, unhealthy, tasteless convenience foods. Over the years she has used her creativity and adventurous palette to develop a recipe collection that focuses on homemade foods using lots of fresh and minimally processed ingredients. A former restaurant owner, Lisa founded Homemade Fresh Chef Service to provide meal planning and preparation services for families, personal and business event catering, and healthy cooking classes.  All services and meals are personalized for each client based on an assessment to determine needs, budget, tastes, preferences and dietary requirements. 

Lisa loves sharing her “Cooking Healthy Eating Fresh” philosophy with others because it's not only better for you, it tastes better too!  She provides educational presentations for business, civic and social groups on a variety of healthy eating topics, offering tips and strategies for more energy and wellness. She is passionate about helping women experience better overall wellness. 

Lisa supports the Energy Girls Summit, helping women live healthier lives. 

As a Financial Professional with Prudential, Amira provides assistance on a range of issues - from evaluating insurance needs to helping clients meet their financial needs. She has experience in building and maintaining close client relationships, founded on the basis of trust, respect and integrity. Amira works tirelessly to help her clients achieve their goals. She has a special interest in working with women and has worked in that important capacity to help make a great success of the Prudential financial program, "Women Rock." Amira is also a Bronze Medalist, and a former professional basketball player.

No matter what stage of life a woman finds herself in Amira can help you find solutions to your financial challenges. So whether you're 'Just Starting Out,' ' Settling into Retirement,' or somewhere in between, Amira can help in your current situation, help you set goals and face challenges successfully. Together she develops a strategy to help you find solutions to your financial challenges and meet your goals.

Amira supports the Energy Girls Summit, helping women live healthier lives.

When you learn that Robin was once a preschool teacher for special needs children, you understand the training ground she had for being an effective multi-tasker who executes with grace under fire! You might run into Robin back in the kitchen helping her father, Chef Bill, with baby Logan strapped to her back or maybe you’ll have the pleasure of sitting down with her to plan a menu for an event. Some day she hopes to don the mantle of Chief Chocolatier. She's definitely a hard working woman, who understand the challenges other women face.

Robin supports the Energy Girls Summit, helping women live healthier lives.