The 41st Annual Top Ten Professional Women and Leading Business Awards

The Top Ten Professional Women & Leading Business Awards, presented by CalViva Health, are a hallmark awards ceremony that highlights the achievements and commitment of individuals who have raised the bar in their professions and enriched the lives of others.

The 41st Annual Top Ten Professional Women and Leading Business Awards ceremony will take place at the Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center in the New Exhibit Hall on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, commencing at 11 am.

This event not only provides recognition to individuals and organizations but also serve as a platform to inspire others and promote the values of leadership, excellence, and community service. The event will pay tribute to ten women who have excelled professionally, served as role models and given back to their communities, as well as one business for its support of women and women's issues. They join an alumni class that has greatly impacted the Central Valley community over the last four decades. Nominations are now closed. Award recipients are expected to be announced early August.

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During her junior year of college, Danielle met Mark Herzlich, who was a star football player at Boston College. Shortly after they began dating, Mark was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma, a very rare form of bone cancer. He was given a 10% chance of survival, but he would go on to beat cancer, play seven seasons with the New York Giants and win a Super Bowl.

In very different ways, Danielle and Mark are bonded in their stories of survival. Danielle says that Mark helped her stop looking at herself as a victim, and helped her to embrace being a survivor.

Together over the past several years, Danielle and Mark have traveled across the country, sharing her story to thousands of people. Mark has spoken to hundreds of men in regards to healthy manhood, changing the culture of “what it means to be a man,” and about respecting and protecting women and children.

After spearheading the very first NFL Domestic Violence Awareness game in October 2015, Danielle and Mark were asked to join the National Board of Directors for Joyful Heart Foundation with the goal of changing the way our culture treats the issues of domestic violence.

As part of their advocacy work, Danielle and Mark have traveled to fortune 500 companies, sports teams, the military, and high schools nationwide to speak about domestic violence and sexual assault. Through these efforts, curriculum has since been built around what it means to be a man and how men should treat women. This curriculum is now provided to all 32 teams in the NFL.

Mark’s former New York Giants teammate, good friend, and Fresno State Alum, David Carr, will moderate the discussion focused on what we can do as a community to combat domestic violence and support survivors.

David is a former football quarterback who played ten seasons in the NFL. He played college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs and was selected first overall by the Houston Texans in the 2002 NFL Draft. David also played for the Carolina Panthers, the New York Giants, where he was a member of their Super Bowl winning team, and the San Francisco 49ers. He currently serves as the offensive coordinator at Bakersfield Christian High School and as an NFL analyst.

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