Lead Like a Woman

Erin Branche is a lifestyle expert who has merged her background in luxury hospitality with her passion for makeup into a successful lash and beauty brand. She is the Founder and CEO of Lash Bash and has a passion for lashes, beauty, and the latest trends. Lash Bash opened its first location in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square in 2015. Erin Branche graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in...

Sarahbeth Yeli Marshall is the Founder and Chief Chocolate Officer of Yelibelly Chocolates . She started her career as a registered dietician with a Master's Degree in Nutrition and Food Science, and worked for 15 years in the food service industry before falling into the dark side of chocolate.  Yeli has been studying and performing the art of Middle Eastern belly dancing since 1999, and on one o...

Andrea Heuston is the CEO and Creative Principal of Artitudes Design , an award-winning creative agency. She has over 20 years of experience in the design industry and has won several awards such as the Puget Sound Business Journal's 40 under 40, the Annual Enterprising Women of the Year Awards for Enterprising Women Magazine, Cambridge Who's Who, and the Key4Women Achieve Award.  Andrea holds a d...

Jasmine Donovan is the President and CFO of Dick's Drive-In Restaurants . Being the granddaughter of one of the founders, she has worked in the business several times since she was 16 years old and started working full time on the executive team in 2013. Jasmine stepped into the role of President when her father, Jim Spady, retired in March of 2019.  Jasmine is on the board of the Seattle Metropol...

Connie Wyatt is the Founder, President, and Principal Consultant of S.A.I.D. Strategy Group . She has been leading the rapidly growing woman and minority-owned professional services firm since its inception in 2014. As a management consulting firm, S.A.I.D prides itself on being the best of the best at creative critical problem solving to deliver on what they commit to with their clients for their...

Lisa MacLean is the Founding Partner and CEO of Moxie Media , one of the first women-owned political consulting firms in the US. A courageous determiner and tenacious collaborative, Lisa turned first-hand experience with gender inequity into an established national political consulting firm that expands the impacts of women in leadership, and helps create a more inclusive government and nation. Fo...

Andrea Heuston is the CEO and Creative Principal of Artitudes Design , an award-winning creative agency. She has over 20 years experience in the design industry and has won several awards including Puget Sound Business Journal's 40 under 40, the Annual Enterprising Women of the Year Awards for Enterprising Women Magazine, Cambridge Who's Who, Key4Women Achieve Award, and more. Andrea holds a degre...

Catherine Crosslin is the owner and CEO of Instar Performance, an internationally recognized personal and organizational development company. Catherine is an internationally respected leadership and organizational cultural consultant, executive coach, master facilitator and keynote speaker. Her engaging and interactive facilitation and coaching techniques help clients challenge and overcome deeply...

Jean Thompson is the Owner and CEO of Seattle Chocolate Company , makers of the Seattle chocolate and jcoco fine chocolate brands. She has been running Seattle Chocolate for almost 18 years and has grown it from the ruins it was in after the Nisqually Earthquake in 2001 to the successful company that it is today.  A native New Englander, Jean graduated from Bates College before embarking on a care...

Manon Buettner is the CEO of Nuvalo , a company known for helping their customers with their IT modernization journey. She is an accomplished CEO, a mother, a former gymnast, and the co-founder of Cloud Girls , a not for profit community of female technology advocates and leaders.  Manon is an expert voice on cloud enablement and IT business management, and she is also an infrastructure architect,...

Dr. Kristin Kahle, aka Dr. K, is the CEO and Founder of NavigateHCR , a full-service Affordable Care Act (ACA) and compliance technology company. In 2014 and 2015, she was awarded the "Most Influential Woman in Benefits" by Employee Benefit Advisor. More recently, Dr. K was nominated for the San Diego Business Journal Top Tech Award 2019, for the technology developed by NHCR.  Highlighting her exp...

Debbie Oberbillig is the CEO of SuccessView Coaching and Consulting , and she is highly skilled in the business aspects of talent management including coaching, leadership development, facilitation, and organizational program management. Her passion and expertise are to consult with and coach CEOs and corporate leaders, as well as to create and facilitate programs to develop courageous emerging le...

Andrea Heuston is the CEO & Creative Principal of Artitudes Design , an award-winning creative agency. She has over 20 years of experience in the design industry and has won several awards including Puget Sound Business Journal's 40 under 40, the Annual Enterprising Women of the Year Awards for Enterprising Women Magazine, Cambridge Who's Who, Key4Women Achieve Award, among others.  Andrea holds a...