United States | 2026
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Vitalis Light is distance Reiki for animals and their people, built by one woman, Carrie K Kelley, with no team and no agency. The Reiki world is crowded with angel Reiki, promises of cord cutting, and animal communication, offering certainty nobody can stand behind. Kelley built the opposite: a brand restrained enough to sit in a veterinary waiting room and beautiful enough to sit in a luxury boutique. The identity begins with a lotus mark crowned by 3 stars. One sky sits behind every page. The only color the brand allows is the rainbow a crystal prism throws across a room, and the only divider anywhere is a quiet row of 3 silver stars. Underneath all of it is the writing. Kelley wrote every word of the 57-page site, and every page of the 27-page brand book that governs it, a book that does not suggest but specifies, down to the words the brand will never use. She gives away the Animal Wellness Library, long-form articles covering separation, boarding, travel, hospice, and grief, free to anyone. Under the name The Reikist, she publishes essays she calls Illuminations: The Cage Was For Me, I Hid The Suitcase, The Slow Burn, Bad Air, and The Truth Behind the Teddy Bear. An earlier version of Bad Air was published in Health and Wellbeing Magazine. She also wrote 2 free assessments, one that guides visitors to the Vitalis Light products and services that fit them and one for the separation anxiety animals and their people feel together. Certification courses and books are now in progress. The brand holds her Sessions, including the Shared Connection Method™. Presence without proximity. Vitalis Light Collection. Prepared once. Present always. One author. One standard. Light, Reverence and Connection — Reimagined
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Jiayu Liu
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Outstanding Female Entrepreneur - Innovator in Education
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United States
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Diana Rodriguez-Zaba
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Outstanding Company / Organization - Outstanding Fastest Growing Company (Women-Owned or -Led)
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United States
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Shannon Anderson
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Outstanding Female Executive - Outstanding Human Resources Executive
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United States
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Supriya Shivananda
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Outstanding Female in Marketing - Outstanding Female in Product Marketing
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United States