April 18th, 2018
San Jose Country Club - Doors open at 5:45pm - Tickets $100
Dinner : Complimentary Wine : Raffle Prizes : Guest Panelist
Join us for a night full of fun and inspiration at the San Jose Country Club to celebrate women in leadership roles and the accomplishments of our Girls Golf Program at The First Tee of North Florida. Guest Panelist will speak about the Power of Social media. 100% of the proceeds will benefit The First Tee of North Florida’s Program.
Guest Panelist Include:
Nicky Sparrow - Market President of iHeartMedia :
She is a powerful example of living the “American Dream”. She is a gifted manager whose business instincts and clear vision in the field of broadcast marketing have been recognized. Nicky has rapidly demonstrated leadership skills to support the growth and improvement in several iHeart Media's properties.
Nicky began her career in the field of broadcast marketing in a small property in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1999, and she has been an unrelenting force ever since. Nicky’s early baby steps into the marketing business were followed by a 100 yard dash into iheart Media (formally Clear Channel) management and sales to reach her current position as Market President of Jacksonville, FL. Since her time at iHeartMedia she has served in the capacity of roles including as Senior Vice President of Sales in New Orleans, Director of Sales in Memphis and Tallahassee and General Sales Manager in Jacksonville.
A key component of Nicky’s success has centered on her ability to be passionate about what she does and to transfer that thirst to others. The love of your work, (the passion) provides you with the energy to face each day with a mindset that is goal oriented and allows you to deal with the challenges of a rapidly changing business.
Nicky is distinguished by her passion for business, her focus on collaborative team-building, and her commitment to meeting customer and market demands. Her contagious enthusiasm instills her and her team members with extraordinary energy and dedication in an environment where creativity and innovation are encouraged. Nicky doesn’t just set these ambitious goals … she motivates people to deliver.
iHeartMedia has massive consumer reach and influence across multiple platforms and delivers more live programming than any other media company, and Sparrow will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Jacksonville market's entire operation across its multiple platforms. Sparrow will work closely with key advertising and marketing partners to create and deliver unique, effective opportunities to reach their consumers through iHeartMedia Jacksonville's unmatched assets, including on-air, online, social media promotions, personality endorsements and live event integrations.
Amelia Lewis - LPGA Tour and European Tour Golfer :
Amelia Lewis joined both the LPGA Tour and Ladies European at age 19 and has since become a rising star with a passion for growing the game of golf. Since turning pro, Amelia has complied a combined ten top-10 finishes and a total of seventeen top-15 results on the LPGA and Ladies European Tours.
A 2009 Florida First Coast Scholar Athlete, she won the 2009 107th North & South Women’s Amateur at Pinehurst Resort, and was ranked third in Golfweek’s Women’s Amateur ranking when she declared her professional golf status on April 6, 2010. Lewis has won over 57 titles in her junior and amateur careers. She has won many awards including being named a Rolex All-American, three-time First Coast player of the year in golf (2006, 2007 & 2008) and a Callaway PGA Junior player of the year.
Her success, though, goes further than just the golf course. With a large social media following – Lewis is ranked in the top five percent of all social media users by Klear.com – she is committed to her fans and helping aspiring golfers. Lewisactively practices what she advocates by participating in junior and amateur golf clinics across the United States. With her inspiring path through the ranks, Lewis provides a unique perspective and passes along invaluable advice to younger golfers who aspire to follow in her
footsteps.
A fifth generation Jacksonville native, Amelia Lewis currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida while she is not traveling on tour.
Georgina Lewis - Co-Founder of Shazzam Media:
Georgina is from Jacksonville, Fl where she co-founded Shazzam Media, a national social media marketing and website design firm helping businesses grow their business brands and marketing channels with Simple Social Solutions. She has been developing WordPress solutions since 2009. Before starting Shazzam Media, Georgina was a mainframe programmer and founder of an IBM VAR business. She developed leading edge MRP & MPS software solutions for automating manufacturing companies around the world.
In her free time, Georgina is a social ecosystem speaker at emerging leader organizations and sports conferences. She is an agent to several professional golfers (of which her oldest child is a LPGA pro), mother to 4 assertive children, and wife to an understanding husband.
