WAIKAPU – Sept. 22 is American Business Women’s Day, a nationally recognized day set aside to honor and reflect on the contributions of the millions of women business owners and working women in the U.S.

To celebrate the occasion, Maui Business Brainstormers has organized “A Women’s Place is…” A panel of eight successful women from Hawaii will share lessons they have learned about the business world.

The brainstorming panel will include Melanie Marrero, CEO at Maui Brewing Company; Diane Haynes Woodburn, publisher of Maui No Ka ‘Oi Magazine; Gladys Baisa; Judy P. Capertina of Haole Girl Island Sweets (Kauai); Debbie Finkiewicz of Maui Closet Company; Leslie Malulani Shizue Miki of Abundant Life Natural Foods (Hawaii Island); Susie Thieman; and Mylen Fe Yamamoto of Cropsticks (Oahu and the U.S. Mainland).

The public is invited to attend a luncheon on Sept. 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the King Kamehameha Golf Course.

The meeting is scheduled on American Business Women’s Day, which celebrates the 1949 founding date of the American Business Women’s Association and commemorates the accomplishments of more than 68 million working women across the country.

Registration and further information can be found at www.Mauibusinessbrainstormers.org.