Owner of Sass Studios and Sass Magazine
Kim Dow has combined her creative spirit with her drive to empower women with her love of animals to start three award-winning businesses. Her flagship company is Sass Studios—a boutique branding and creative design studio that specializes in supporting and empowering women-owned and pet-related businesses by helping them cultivate their visual “voice”.
An entrepreneur at heart, Kim also launched Sass Magazine, a women’s lifestyle and professional publication that celebrates real women. With both a regional printed magazine as well as a national online base, Sass Magazine serves up articles on a variety of topics including career, wellness, travel, style, beauty, home, (and more!), as well as special feature articles spotlighting women doing amazingly kickass things! Additionally, Kim launched EverydayDogMagazine.com, a lifestyle website for modern day dog owners and lovers. She serves as the owner, publisher, and creative director for both publications.
Kim is a past President of the AAF-Greater Frederick, former board director, and recipient of the organization’s coveted Crystal Prism Award. She was an Accelerator member of Her Corner and serves on the organizational committee for Women in Business, the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce’s program for women professionals. Kim was awarded the 2017 Entrepreneur Award for a start up business from the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce and was recognized as a 2018 Top 50 CEO. Most recently, she is a graduate scholar of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program in the Baltimore region’s Cohort 8.
When not at work, Kim can be found hanging out at home with her husband and high school sweetheart, Jimmy, who is a public high school math teacher by day and a fisherman by weekend. In her spare time, Kim enjoys reading, traveling, hiking and gardening.