Elton and Elizabeth Brewington host 2025–2026 Brightside Empowerer Awards
🎉 Annual Announcement:
2025–2026 Brightside Empowerer Honorees/Winners
Elton and Elizabeth Clare Brewington, Hosts and Producers, Discover Brightside Video Podcast, Magazine and Network.
Discover Brightside Multimedia Video Network is proud
to announce the 2025–2026 Brightside Empowerer Honorees, recognizing
individuals who have actively participated in Brightside events and
demonstrated leadership, empowerment, and service to the Brightside Community.
This year’s announcement coincides with the Brightside
Holiday Open House and the launch of an expanded programming calendar
featuring five live recordings instead of one, creating more
opportunities for connection, visibility, and impact.
🏆 About the Brightside
Empowerer Award
The Brightside Empowerer Award is a participation-driven
recognition designed to reward attendance, engagement, and contribution
within the Discover Brightside ecosystem.
This award honors individuals who:
- Showed
up to Brightside events
- Shared
their voice, expertise, or story
- Empowered
others through leadership, service, and authenticity
- Helped
strengthen and grow the Brightside Community
This is not a popularity award.
It is a recognition of real involvement, real impact, and real empowerment.
🏆 Why These Honorees Are
Being Recognized
Honorees are selected because their participation and
presence:
- Sparked
insight and transformation
- Encouraged
growth, confidence, and action
- Delivered
value through lived experience and leadership
- Strengthened
community connection and collaboration
The Brightside Empowerer Award reflects the heart of the
Brightside mission:
to amplify voices, share meaningful stories, and empower leaders to create
real-world impact.
📅 Award Timeline &
Participation Requirement
- Nomination
Period: December 2025 – January 10, 2026
- Live
Award Presentation: January 14–15, 2026
EmpowerLEADERS Virtual Summit
⚠️ Important:
To receive the award, honorees must attend a Brightside event.
If unable to attend January 14–15, recipients may receive their award by
participating in any Brightside event during 2026.
This ensures the award continues to reward engagement,
not just recognition.
🌟 2025–2026 Brightside
Empowerer Honoree & Winner List
These honorees have demonstrated consistent leadership,
impact, and empowerment over four consecutive years.
Category 1: Fourth Win — Brightside Empowerer Award
These honorees are being recognized for the first time for
their impact, leadership, and empowerment within the Brightside community. 4th
WIN makes them our Trailblazer Ambassadors.
1.
Lisa L. Baker, Executive Coach, Speaker
and Founder of Ascentim
Fourth Brightside Win – Trailblazer
Ambassador Award (2022–2025)
2.
Col. Donna Fore, USAF (Ret.)
Insurance Agent, Mutual of Omaha
Fourth Brightside Win – Trailblazer Ambassador Award (2022–2025)
3.
Staff Sgt. Reginal Lyerly, U.S. Armed Forces
(Ret.)
Fourth Brightside Win -Trailblazer Ambassador Award (2022–2025)
4.
Bill Pekny, U.S. Armed Forces (Ret.)
Speaker & Author
Fourth Win – Trailblazer Ambassador Award (2022–2025)
5.
Linda P. Thompson
Author & Voice Artist
Fourth Win – Trailblazer Ambassador Award (2022–2025)
6.
JoAnn Wagner & Bill Wagner
Creators & Publishers, Sir Pigglesworth’s Adventures and Publishers
Fourth Win – Trailblazer Ambassador Award (2022–2025)
Category 2: Second Win
Dr Angela Clemmons, Author, Entrepreneur
Category 3: Fourth Win
Brightside Empowerer Award
These honorees are being recognized for the first time for
their impact, leadership, and empowerment within the Brightside community.
7.
Clifton Brown
Disabled Veteran, Author First Brightside Win
8.
Robert Butwin
Author & Master Strategist Networker
First Brightside Win
9.
Sue Campbell
Author & Toymaker
First Brightside Win
10. Jacqueline
Carroll
Creator of Get 9
First Brightside Win
11. Twyla Garrett
Founder Impact League
12. Chris
A. Johnson
Co-Founder & Vice President, Immod Innovations
Co-author, I, Ovosan
First Brightside Win
13. Kermit
Jones, Jr.
U.S. Navy Chaplain & Business Consultant
First Brightside Win
14. Richard
Morden
Co-Founder, Quantum Approach & Time Sweeps
Certified EFT & NLP Practitioner
First Brightside Win
15. Dr.
Mort Orman
Board-Certified Physician & Author
Author of 23+ books on Anger Elimination & Emotional Intelligence
First Brightside Win
16. Allan
Roberts
Co-Founder, CareYouth VA
Author • Speaker • Mentor
First Brightside Win
17. Trevon
Sailor
Veteran, Author & Founder, Sailor’s Brew Coffee LLC
First Brightside Win
18. Dr.
Jakub Staszak
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Immod Innovations
First Brightside Win
19. Heather
Dolland Tamam
Founder, Doltam Creative Solutions
First Brightside Win
20. Iryna
Wood
Therapist & Co-Founder, GEMINI NEAR ME
Relationship Expert & App Creator
First Brightside Win
🔍 Our Empowerment
10-Point Framework
Every Brightside review and award is guided by our Empowerment
Framework, ensuring transparency, consistency, and trust:
- E —
Empower: Creates opportunity, confidence, or transformation
- M —
Motivator: Inspires action and belief
- P —
Presentation: Communicates clearly with professional presence
- O —
Original: Brings a distinct voice or solution
- W —
Wow Factor: Delivers memorable differentiation
- E —
Experience: Demonstrates credibility and proven results
- R —
Relevance: Addresses timely needs and conversations
- E —
Enjoyable: Engages with authenticity and connection
- R —
Recognized: Earns trust and validation
- S —
Sales & Marketing Innovators: Advances visibility, storytelling,
and growth strategy
This framework evaluates impact, resonance, and
real-world value—not hype.
📌 What & How We
Review
What We Review
- Products
and services used in real life
- Community
leaders, creators, authors, veterans, and founders
- Educational
platforms, interviews, and media
- Voices
that inform, inspire, and empower
How We Review
- Written
for the community
- Reviewed
by the community
- Guided
by lived experience and measurable impact
We look beyond claims to outcomes.
Beyond popularity to purpose.
Beyond promotion to proof.
🌍 About Brightside
Review®
Brightside Review® is a community-powered review and media
platform dedicated to helping people make informed decisions—and spotlighting
the individuals, brands, and ideas that truly make a difference.
Our mission:
- To
provide honest, transparent, and detailed reviews
- To
celebrate leadership, innovation, and empowerment
- To
build visibility for voices that lead with purpose
We are powered by a diverse nationwide community of
veterans, founders, authors, creators, wellness advocates, and purpose-driven
Americans committed to building forward—together.
🚀 What’s Next
Honorees are invited to:
- Attend
and participate in upcoming Brightside events
- Bring
guests and collaborators
- Explore
sponsorship and leadership opportunities
- Continue
growing the Brightside Community through action and service
Recognition is the beginning — participation is the path
forward.
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