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photographs by Madeline Gray Walter readers of all ages spent the afternoon at The Umstead Hotel & Spa May 6 for WINi, the sister event of Walter’s annual WINnovation. WINi celebrated girl power with five female speakers, local leaders who…
photographs by Madeline Gray Walter readers of all ages spent the afternoon at The Umstead Hotel & Spa May 6 for WINi, the sister event of Walter’s annual WINnovation. WINi celebrated girl power with five female speakers, local leaders who…
by Catherine Currin
WINi Presenting Sponsor Bank of America
WALTER readers gathered at Whitaker & Atlantic March 25 for an afternoon of inspiration and humor with North Carolina writer Allan Gurganus. The Rocky Mount native is a New York Times bestselling author, most notably for the novel Oldest Living…
women inspiring women
May 6
Kaitlin Ryan is the founder, designer, and maker of Peppertrain Jewelry, a line featuring handmade clay beads in dynamic, statement combinations. The Meredith College alumna earned a degree in fashion merchandising and design before working as a visual merchandiser. She…
Christmas Abbott is not your average fitness enthusiast. The CrossFit Games competitor, NASCAR Pit Crew member, and competitive weight lifter appeared in season 19 of the CBS reality TV show Big Brother. She lives in Raleigh and works as a…
Charlotta “Lotta” Sjoelin has a business degree and has worked in marketing and sales in the pharmaceutical industry, as a lobbyist, and as a design business owner. The native of Sweden traveled the world before she and her husband settled…
Molly Paul is a sophomore and Chancellor’s Science Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill. Before college, the St. Mary’s School alumna founded a STEM leadership summer camp, which she still continues, and a nonprofit that fundraises for habitat preservation and conservation education,…
Lara O’Brien Muñoz is a principal dancer with Carolina Ballet, where she has been for 17 years, and owner of the ballet schools Tutu School Raleigh and Tutu School Cary. She is also a wife and the mother of 1-year-old…
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WALTER’s Book Club with Allan Gurganus
WALTER’s third annual Celebrate the Season
by Catherine Currin
photographs by Jaclyn Morgan