Meet Our Moderators
Sarah Barstow
WBCUtah Southern Office
Business Advisor
Sarah Barstow moved to Moab, Utah in 1997 and quickly joined the ranks of strong female business owners in the desert. She taught herself everything she needed to know to successfully run her clothing & jewelry boutique, The Rave’N Image, and even found some spare time to raise 2 children, hike, make jewelry & write 2 children’s books. She knows how incredible it feels to turn a dream into a reality (& then to grow & pivot), and can’t wait to share her knowledge with you.
Debbie Drake
WBCUtah Southern Office
Program Director
As a creative academic, Debbie is constantly on the search for new and better ways to expand her education - in order to turn around and share her newly acquired skills with others. She has explored a variety of careers from home designer and general contractor to artist, instructor, and instructional designer in higher education - always looking for ways to help others to find success in their own pursuits. For the last few years her creative energy, along with an amazing team of women, has been focused on building the new Women’s Business Center in Southern Utah that helps women start and grow businesses in rural Utah.
Katie Sparks
WBCUtah Southern Office
Contractor - Business Advising
Katie Sparks is the president of SEE, Inc. Online Leadership Training. SEE Inc, works to ensure that online learning is affordable, effective, and can be completed at your own pace. Katie has personally taught The Five Behaviors of An Effective Team classes on leadership essentials classes on effective decision making and has helped companies incorporate Everything DiSC® and Agile EQ into their strategies. Katie is the Co-Founder of WOW Women, a female entrepreneur community created to support each other through the power of authentic connections. She also works as an independent contractor for the Women’s Business Center of Utah as a Business Advisor.