Meet the VIPs: Our BlogLuxe “Academy”

It's here!  The final day of voting for the Swiffer SocialLuxe Lounge Blogluxe awards. After 5pm PST today the voting will closed.

Those of you following the competition going on for the BlogLuxe Awards may have read that final votes in each category will be cast by a panel of VIP Bloggers that we have assembled. What a group it is! We're proud to introduce you to our fabulous VIPS. They are quite a group of impressive, and diverse women, with one particular thing in common. They are all leaders. Each and every one of the women on our VIP list has a following of readers that respect, revere, adore, and engage with them - often in heated debate.

These women inspire us with their writing, their wit, their business acumen and their wisdom. They are colleagues who we, the SocialLuxe hostesses, can't wait to socialize with. We're pretty sure that you'll feel the same way.

From L to R - starting with the top row:

• Jenny Lawson of The Bloggess
• Gwen Bell
• Audrey McClellan of Mom Generations
• Isabel Kallman of Alphamom
• Gabrielle Blair of DesignMom and Kirtsy
• Whitney Wingerd of Mommies With Style
• Rachael Herrscher of Today's Mama
• Lolita Carrico founder of Modern Mom
• Tanis Miller of Attack of the Redneck Mommy
• Kristen Chase of Motherhood Uncensored and Cool Mom Picks
• Jyl Johnson Patee of Twitter GNO & Mom It Forward
• Victoria Pericon of Savvy Mommy & Veep Veep
• Colleen Padilla of Classy Mommy
• Michelle Lamar of White Trash Mom
• Katja Presnal of Skimbaco Lifestyle
• Allison Worthington of Mrs Fussypants and Blissfully Domestic
• Lindsay Ferrier of Suburban Turmoil
• Lena Lotsey of The Cheeky Lotus
• Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks and Mom 101
• Beth Blecherman of Techmamas
• Jessica Bolgiano Smith of Jessica Knows
• Susan Carreleto and Janice Croze of Five Minutes For Mom & Say it Face to Face
• Jodi Grundig of Multitasking Mommy
• Jessica Gottlieb mommy blogger

By Ciaran Blumenfeld, Momfluential.net (2009 co-hostess)