Sonya BARNES

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WUSME AMBASSADRESS IN NORTH CAROLINA

Life & Wellness Coach for Sr. Executive Women *Burnout & Workplace Wellness*

CEO & FounderCEO & Founder of Sonya Barnes International

Over the past twenty years, she’s worked with senior executive women on personal branding, image development, and executive presence worldwide. Given the impact of work challenges, community commitments, and personal life, exhaustion creeps in, often resulting in burnout and other health challenges.

As Founder of The Extraordinary Life Institute, she am committed to helping ensure the total well-being of high-performance women in the workplace.

Her mission is to help organizations and senior executive women experiencing burnout and stress, implement simple strategies to recover lost energy and passion while lifting work performance.

Entrepreneur- Consultant-Speaker

With over two decades as an international style and brand expert, Sonya has traveled throughout the United States, and globally to destinations such as Southeast Asia and Europe providing keynote presentations and leading engaged training and workshops to Fortune 500 companies such as Bank of America General Electric, Vina Capital and a numerous of others.

Community Influencer , Philanthropist & Humanitarian

Leadership roles on numerous Boards of Directors including:

* Leadership Charlotte, Class 29 and as Board Chair, 2015-2016
* Hospice Palliative Care
* The Arts Empowerment Project
* Mitchell’s Fund; Board Chair

Global Savant of Style

She has appeared in national and international media outlets as a style expert including her local television, regional and national media including the Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Today, Good Day Vietnam, The Moulin Gazetteer (France), Essence, and the Chicago Tribune. She is a brand and style expert for Tone Networks; an online subscription for women providing style and branding tips for professional women.

Recognitions include:

*50 Most Influential Women Mecklenburg Times, 2018
* Inaugural Fashion Icon Award
* 25 Most Stylish, Charlotte
*Charlotte’s Most Stylish Women
 & Most Stylish African Americans, Southpark Magazine