Kristi is married with five children, and lives in the Seattle area. It is this passion that drives Wings of Karen and all those that contribute to its mission. Kristi has a contagious passion for life that is expressed through this foundation and community involvement. Kristi discontinued her interior design business to volunteer full time as the director of Wings of Karen. Kristi's mom lost her battle to this disease in 2007, and from that tragic event sprang the inspiration for "Wings of Karen", which was ultimately founded in 2012, shortly after Kristi's own diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. First exposed to the difficult realities of breast cancer in 2004 when her mom, Karen Denmark, was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, Kristi has made it her mission to learn all that she can about this devastating disease, and do everything in her power to raise awareness and funds to defeat it. Kristi Blair is a breast cancer survivor. Chris now takes pride in coaching his kids, growing WOK with Kristi, and decorating bras every September. He has been fortunate enough to explore many parts of the world through his love of travel, and has lived his life being active, with a particular love of sports. As the husband of WOK founder Kristi Blair, Chris has lived through the challenges of bringing a family through a breast cancer diagnosis, and is passionate about ridding the world of this disease for his children and future generations.Ĭhris is a Regional Director at Triumph Group, overseeing customer relationships and business development in the global aerospace market. Having participated in the original planning and set-up of the foundation, Chris now assumes a supporting role that includes grant and media writing, editing, strategy consultation and event execution. Through love, support and a drive to put an end to breast cancer, Chris Blair has been instrumental in the growth of Wings of Karen. Chris helped Kristi to found Wings of Karen out of a passion to find a cure, and continues in the drive to find answers for his wife, children and all who are impacted by this disease. Chris has an intimate understanding of seeing someone he loves go through cancer, and the toll it can take on the entire family. It started with strength, encouragement and support for his wife, Kristi Blair (founder of WOK), when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 35 and their youngest of 5 kids was just 2 years old. Wings of Karen demonstrates the type of grassroots urgency that is necessary to create a cure in our lifetime. Sydney is very motivated to lead the Community Outreach & Corporate Sponsorship Committee for Wings of Karen due to her personal medical history of thriving after three episodes of breast cancer since 1990. She is also Vice President of the non-profit Justice and Soul Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing cosmetology and vocational training for young survivors of sex trafficking in Cambodia. She is recognized throughout the industry for her entrepreneurial spirit, business ethic and dedication to encouraging the personal mastery of her employees, clients and business partners. Her commitment to the profession is demonstrated by her continual volunteer involvement in the Professional Beauty Association as President of the Distributor Leadership & Governing Council. Sydney Berry is the Co-Owner and President of Salon Services, a distributor of professional beauty salon products throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Montana. She lives in Maple Valley, enjoys traveling, hiking, living a healthy lifestyle and creating memories with her family and friends and dancing whenever the mood strikes! She was excited to help support two Wings of Karen fundraising events with Wings of Karen last year including last year’s Pink Carpet event and the second annual Bra Dash! Last year she was thrilled to find Wings of Karen to be the best match for her passion to raise funds and awareness towards local breast cancer research. Witnessing the effects of breast cancer not only through her mother’s experiences but now within her own girlfriends ignited her drive to fundraise for breast cancer research. Proud to call her mother a three time breast cancer “thrivor” she works by her side daily at their family owned distributorship as their Brand Development Manager. She was a Sophomore in high school when she first learned of her mother’s breast cancer diagnosis and little did she know she would witness her mom face this battle with breast cancer two more times in the following 20 years. Stacy Kurtz is a wife and a mother who has a passion for helping others and strives to be a positive influence in her community.
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