FLM CONTRIBUTORS
Shelley Rosen, is Founder and CEO of Luxe Bloom www.luxebloom.com. Luxe Bloom offers natural, long-lasting rose arrangements to luxury business operators on a monthly recurring basis. Prior to founding Luxe Bloom, Shelley led Airlift, a brand strategy firm. Shelley was also an executive at McDonald’s Corp for over ten years. She directed directing global strategic planning efforts in the areas of innovation, global brand strategy and issues management. Shelley’s leadership experience and proven track record helped to develop and implement new business strategies to create wealth for both emerging and traditional brands. Today she leads strategic planning for a newly emerging global restaurant company called Just Falafel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Roopa Weber is a first time children’s book author who has created the Penny the Peacock series. Roopa’s inspiration for Penny came from the values and love provided by her mother. She wanted to find an avenue to instill her mother’s wisdom in her own daughter and carry the message forward generationally. And, so she wrote.
The main character is a lovable peacock who, through her adventures, realizes that the simple things in life are the ones to treasure the most. Messy Penny is the first book of the series and focuses on how true beauty comes from the happiness in one’s heart. The series is designed to promote and foster self confidence in children of all ages. Roopa lives in Chicago, Illinois with her husband and young daughter.
Courtney Borquet volunteers to organize the Walk with a Tico project. She also volunteers as the President of the nonprofit organization CEPIA that works with children and their families in poverty based out of Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Courtney can often be found in her real estate office RE/MAX Tamarindo, surfing, doing aerial dance, or on the beach with her children