Angel Irwin
Golden Mane Hair Lounge
West Street, Umina Beach
Angel started her business in 2020 and after operating for six months COVID hit and she was forced to close for four months. While businesses struggled, she made it through and re-opened to the success story she is today. Golden Mane celebrates six years this November.
Angel has refreshed her salon twice in the past five years and has rebranded to Golden Mane Hair Lounge and it has been a huge success story that we are all very proud of.
Angel employs six young women in her business, all fantastic young women who are very keen to spoil their clients.
Recently, Golden Mane supported the families who lost their homes in the Koolewong fires last December by collecting good quality clothes and delivered boxes to Vinnies. They also support ‘Junior’ a well-known local who sits in Umina Beach most days selling raffle tickets and give aways for kids. Junior raises funds to buy toys to give away to local kids and children’s hospital at Christmas so nobody misses out on Christmas.
Angel is a very proud local girl who enjoys growing her business and being a part of the Umina Beach retail community. “It is a beautiful place to live, work and play”.
Madeline Stephenson
Real Estate Asset Managers
Management – Sales – Development – Residential – Commercial
Maddie is the Business Manager for her family business, Stephenson Real Estate at Umina Beach which is a successful family business for over 40 years. Her parents, Neville and Madeline Stephenson established the agency back in 1986. Maddie and her mum Madeline have continued their success and are an important part of the business fabric of Umina Beach. Maddie is involved in several community projects such as the CWA Umina Beach and their dance school.
Maddie grew up on the Peninsula and went to school locally.
She is part of the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Events Team who produces the Brisbane Water Oyster Festival now in its 26th year.
Maddie is the Vice President of the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and is an integral part of the Peninsula business community.
Katie Smith
Katie Smith Solicitor
Accredited Specialist Family Law
Katie is a lawyer with more than 35 years’ experience in Family Law. She is a talented and respected advocate for the Peninsula through her legal services and community work plus has held the position of Secretary for over 20 years on the Chamber Executive advising its members on legal matters.
Katie was President of the Peninsula Community Centre for many years and involved in many aspects of the local community.
Katie raised her family here on the Peninsula and invested into the Peninsula community.
Erica Mitchell
Ausgrid
Erica worked for Central Coast Austero for over 15 years supporting local businesses in sponsorship and promotions. She joined the team at Ausgrid as their Business Development Manager. Erica has been a great asset to the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce for over 20 years attracting sponsorship for events such as the Brisbane Water Oyster Festival.
Erica and her husband have raised their family here on the Peninsula for many years.
Louise Williams
LAW Building Design
Louise is an accredited building designer who established LAW Building Design in 2001 with over 30 years’ experience throughout the Central Coast and NSW.
She has won multiple State and National Design awards.
Her experience includes many years as President of the Central Coast Branch of the Building Designers Association.
Louise joined the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce to be a part of the local business community and provides architectural and design experience to the Chamber Executive.
Bernadette Enright
Emirates National Bank of Dubai
Bernadette works remotely with a leading bank in Dubai, building on a career that began in Sydney, largely in the construction sector.
She went on to spend more than a decade abroad in senior executive roles before returning home to raise her family with her husband in Ettalong Beach. She volunteers for the Ocean Beach Surf Club and is an integral part of the Executive on the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce.
Bernie brings financial and organisational skills and experience to our business community, offering a wide range of knowledge into every aspect of the Chamber projects.
Debra Wales
Wales & Associates Urban Design Partners
Debra is an urban design consultant who established the family business over 30 years ago. She has worked on many urban design projects on the Central Coast and throughout NSW.
Her highlights throughout her career have been establishing the highly successful Peninsula Mainstreet Program which upgraded and revitalised our three local town centres on the Peninsula. She has contributed 25 years of in-kind design experience and lobbied all levels of government for various community projects. For the Woy Woy town centre, this included the upgrade of the waterfront parks and the historic library forecourt. In the Umina Beach town centre, she administered a $1.5m Council grant which included the underground power lines and the planting of the 60 iconic Cabbage Tree Palms together with the repaving of footpaths and street furniture. Ettalong Beach was promoted as a tourist destination with shopfront upgrades, paved retail centre footpaths and the strategic planting of Canary Island Palms. Debra lobbied for funding to construct the three viewing decks over the beachfront and prepared the original design for the Ettalong Beach waterfront reserve upgrade. This work continues to ensure the town centres are well maintained so as to attract visitation and investment. Debra has event managed many events for the Chamber such as the Brisbane Water Oyster Festival now in its 26th year, The Peninsula Business Awards and Christmas street events as well as the Umina Beach Centenary. She has worked for the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce for over 25 years. Having raised her family on the Peninsula, she is heavily invested in the local economy.