letter from the Publisher

PUBLISHER

GREG ALEXANDER

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

VERLA PRICE

MANAGING EDITOR

STEVE BARBER

PRODUCTION EDITOR

JESSICA GRAÑA

ADVERTISING

BETH MANGUM

ERIC SANDERS

TRICIA WIBLE

SENIOR DESIGNER

PRISCILLA ATKINS

DESIGN

SHEILA MACDIARMID

CONTRIBUTING

WRITERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS

CHRIS COOK

ALEX MASON

COURTNEY MURRAY

LIESEL SCHMIDT

KRISTINA WRIGHT

VIP FOUNDER

JEFF WATSON

VIP PENSACOLA MAGAZINE

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VOLUME III    •    ISSUE 9

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Because we are an events-centric 

magazine celebrating the many pleasures, 

opportunities, milestones, and happenings 

of our beautiful little part of the country, 

we have a platform allowing us to 

commemorate and attend events for 

philanthropic causes, business openings, 

cultural and social events, and many more 

entertaining and educational occasions. 

Most months, 

VIP Pensacola has a special 

section that brings you insight on a specific 

industry or theme where we feel our readers 

have interest. This issue offers a section that 

we are certain everyone will be interested 

in… we call it Wonder Women.

Women truly make the world go around. 

I cannot write this without thinking about 

the important women in my life – my wife, my mother, my sister, my 

grandmother, and a host of female friends. Further, I have recently 

had more cause to reflect on these important women in my life as I lost 

my mother in late July. Many saw her as the kind, loving, gentle, true 

Southern lady that she was. They did not, however, outwardly see the 

strength, depth, and compassion that she possessed and exemplified, 

especially in her final days. She loved, and was loved, just as all of these 

Wonder Women you will read about here. We all have women in our 

lives that we consider Wonder Women and there is no end to the number 

of pages we could have taken to include them; So, for this year, check out 

these profiles, as we look forward to bringing you more in the future.

Additionally, you will find some interesting events in the September 

issue as we showcase and recap them for you here. These include the 

Blue Angels Air Show that Pensacola is so fortunate to have, MESS 

Hall Wine Pull where critical thinking skills are nourished – and where 

our cover photo was captured, networking at Business After Hours, 

An Evening with Ashley Brown at Pensacola Little Theatre, and much 

more. The features in this issue will help you hone in on the perfect LBD 

in 

Pensacola Style, and then you can make plans to visit Pensacola’s new 

Casks and Flights in 

Swizzle.

Thank you for reading this issue and every issue of 

VIP Pensacola. We 

look forward to continuing to take you to the events that you could not 

attend and capturing in print the ones that you did. Also, I encourage 

you to seize each opportunity you are provided to spend with all the 

Wonder Women in your life.

Greg Alexander

Publisher

Greg@VIPMag.com

Being the Queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is 

not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to 

people and your social contributions to your community, and 

your civic contributions as well. -Aretha Franklin

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