Workin It (Part 1) 2009
President and CEO, RainbowVision
Joy Silver asked the question: “What will happen to us when we age, or are in need of help, and who will provide those services particularly since some of us have alternative family structures?” She answered by founding RainbowVision Santa Fe, an adult community with condos, rentals and assisted living, now in its third year, where the LGBTQI & A population lives in the majority. With a fitness center, salon, restaurant, cabaret, and an event space, RainbowVision has become “the de facto community center for the Santa Fe LGBTQI+A,” according to Silver, hosting a wide range of ages and sexual identification at its many events. “Living through the AIDS crisis taught us that care through the end of life–medical and mental health challenges – may not necessarily be related to becoming elderly. The benefits that RainbowVision provides to our community are that there is now a place, and options for us that have never existed before.” – KW
The first 18 of 2009’s Red Hot Entrepreneurs!
Michele Karlsberg
Owner, Michele Karlsberg Marketing and Management
If you’re devouring the latest LGBT novel or memoir, or looking for your next great read, chances are Michele Karlsberg had something to do with it. As the head of Michele Karlsberg Marketing and Management, Karlsberg draws on her experience as an author,
publisher, consultant and publicist to carry out publicity/marketing campaigns for authors, organizations and film and theater professionals.
“I truly believe that no one can sell their book better than the author,” Karlsberg said. “What a publicist can do is position you and the book
in the most interesting way, and provide everything that the reporter/interviewer needs. I have spent twenty years building very strong media relationships and they trust in what I put on their desk as possible assignments. I am constantly researching new leads, educating myself and keeping my finger on the pulse of marketing/publicity.
I approach publicity/marketing as a 24/7 job.” – KW
