Anastasia Soare Honored in the LA Times' Inspirational Women Leadership Awards

The Los Angeles Times' new platform, B2B Publishing, is planning to host its third annual Inspirational Women Forum and Leadership Awards, presented by City National Bank—and will honor beauty industry veteran Anastasia Soare, founder of Anastasia of Beverly Hills. 

The event will be held on Nov. 7 at the prestigious Beverly Hilton, and will celebrate top female business leaders in Los Angeles. It recognizes exceptional women for their contributions to the business world in various industries across nine categories.

Soare is the top Honoree in the Entrepreneur & Founder category. Anastasia of Beverly Hills celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2017 and scored a new investor in 2018. 

The finalists in the category are:  

• Monique Burrola - Chief Operating Officer, Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.


• Diana Madison - Founder, Diana Madison Beauty


• Lisa Helfend Meyer - Co-Founder & Senior Partner, Meyer, Olson, Lowy & Meyers LLP


• Paulette Pantoja - CEO & Founder, Blu Digital Group


• Melissa Scott - Founder, MODEFYwear

Soare will speak at the event, along with Shondaland's Betsy Beers; Drybar's co-founder Alli Webb, who just released her memoir, "The Messy Truth: How I Sold My Business for Millions But Almost Lost Myself"; Thrive Causemetics' Karissa Bodnar—and more. 

“This event will truly be inspiring, as it showcases the power of women coming together to create a path towards progress, equality and a brighter future for all,” said Anna Magzanyan, chief of staff to the executive chairman and head of strategy and revenue at the L.A. Times. “It will be an honor to hear all the experiences of so many brilliant women," she adds.