Lead Like a Woman

Keith Roberts is an entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker, and the Founder of OAKJournal, which provides curated tools to set and achieve goals. With more than 20 years of experience as an inspiring leader, he delivers powerful stories and practical strategies to help people overcome obstacles and reach their dreams. Keith is the former Founder and Creative Director of Zenman, a web development ag...

Cindy Spodek Dickey is the Principal Navigator and Founder of 47 Degrees North Marketing, an agency offering entrepreneurial consulting services and integrated marketing expertise. In addition to being certified as a woman-owned business by the Washington State Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (OMWBE), 47North Marketing is recognized by the Women's Business Enterprise National C...

Michela Hundrup is the President of ProMotion Holdings Global, a leading national provider of communications consulting and content technology solutions. After graduating from college, Michela joined ProMotion Holdings as a Marketing Intern before becoming a manager. Over the past 13 years, Michela has managed an acquisition — including transitioning operations, streamlining workflows, and employe...

Simone Morris is the CEO of Simone Morris Enterprises, LLC, a certified minority and women-owned business providing leadership solutions. She is also an inclusive leadership expert, executive career coach, author, and professional speaker. Simone consults with organizations on addressing cultural concerns, coaches leaders on managing diverse perspectives, and helps women regain their confidence to...

Marsha Ralls is the Founder and CEO of The Phoenix Wellness Retreat, which fosters personal inspiration, growth, and life transformation. She has been a servant leader and member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) for nearly 25 years where she founded MyEO Women (formerly Women of EO). Marsha has been recognized by multiple organizations for entrepreneurship and community service. She was nam...

Christy Pretzinger is the Owner and CEO of WriterGirl, a company that creates content and strategy for hospitals and healthcare organizations across the US. Christy went from freelancing to owning her own agency, uncovering a passion for creating an environment where people can thrive. As a lifelong learner, she believes personal growth leads to professional growth. In this episode… Historically,...

Franziska Gonder is a Somatic Leadership Coach and Founder of Leadership That Heals The World and Bravespace. She has experience advising startups, VC investors, and Fortune 500 companies on operations, culture, HR, and leadership. For 15 years, Franziska has combined entrepreneurial problem-solving, collaborative technology, and human-centered design to help individuals and teams discover and ach...

Christian Schiller is the Managing Director of Cascadia Capital, an independent middle market investment bank serving both private and public growth companies. He is also an active participant and leader in the family business segment across the US, working proactively with family business leaders to facilitate various strategic initiatives. With over 26 years of investment banking experience, Chr...

Laura Barnard is the Founder and Partner at BREAKTHRU Brands, a brand-building agency empowering women leaders to create personal and professional brands that break barriers. With two decades of experience in marketing and branding, she focuses her agency on building brands and guiding over 100 leaders to take action. Laura has led strategy for global brands such as HARIBO, Werther's, and Skittles...

Steve Crandall is the CEO of ProMotion Holdings Global, a leading national provider of communications consulting and content technology solutions. As CEO, he has overseen the organization's growth from its founding to one of the largest LGBTQ-owned businesses in the Pacific Northwest. As a serial entrepreneur, strategic thinker, and community activist, Steve's award-winning creative work has appea...

Allison DeLeone is the President and CEO of The Production Network (TPN) + Evia, a production agency providing messaging strategies and comprehensive solutions for brands wanting to boost engagement with their audience. For over 25 years, Allison has supported events and exhibit productions for the largest brands on high-profile stages. Her current focus is on incorporating TPN in Web3 and the met...

Dianna Anderson, MCC is the Founder and CEO of Cylient, a firm that helps clients create a coaching culture that drives momentum for enterprise-wide change. Through Cylient, she has developed various workshops including Coaching in the Moment®, Feedback in the Moment®, and Untying the Knot®, which have enabled leaders to take a coaching approach to daily interactions. Dianna is the co-author of Co...

Mikelann Valterra is an author, keynote speaker, and money coach who helps women transform their relationship with money to create a life they love. For over 20 years, she has been a thought leader in the field of financial psychology. Her strong background in emotional intelligence paired with her practical money strategies enables her clients to consciously design their life while escaping finan...

Karen Hough is the Founder and CEO of ImprovEdge and has been using improvisation as a catalyst for business training and consulting for over 20 years. ImprovEdge won the silver International Stevie Award for "Most Innovative Company of the Year" and is in the top 1% of US women-owned businesses. Karen won the WNBA Inspiring Woman Award and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. Karen is...

Cheryl Farr is the Founder and Chief Strategist for SIGNAL Brand Innovation, a brand consultancy and strategic design agency dedicated to creating and activating brands people love. She founded the firm in 2009 to help organizations and leaders align their brands with their business strategies and take great leaps forward. Her success stories include Fairmont Hotels and Resorts where she helped po...

Natalya Berdikyan is the Founder and Chief Energy Officer of Life By Design, where she combines her coaching, yoga, and breath work certifications with her corporate and entrepreneurial experience to help individuals and organizations grow beyond borders and boundaries, increasing their energy and leadership ability. Through coaching, training, and transformational holistic retreats, she helps ent...

Nikki Rausch is the Founder and CEO of Sales Maven, an organization dedicated to authentic selling. She is a sales strategist with over 25 years of experience selling to prestigious organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and NASA. Nikki's unique ability to transform the misunderstood process of selling has helped her shatter sales records and receive top producer awards along the...

Daniella Menachemson is the President of StyleNations, a custom furniture company. She is one of the industry's leading custom furniture makers and environmental design experts. As an award-winning entrepreneur and leader, Daniella takes pride in her great strides in business and leadership. Her approach to design is now met with a hint of anticipation toward the digital age. She has observed chan...

DeLynne Ano is the Founder of Runli, a business workflow automation app that simplifies business back-office workflows by automating the hand-off between employees and departments, thereby improving efficiency and reducing the margin of error. DeLynne has over 25 years of executive experience with Fortune 100 companies. Her mentoring of businesses has resulted in billions of dollars of client reve...

Mindy Weinstein, PhD, is the Founder and CEO of Market MindShift, a boutique digital marketing firm in Scottsdale, Arizona. She is a digital marketing expert named one of the top women in the industry globally. Mindy has trained thousands of professionals from organizations of all sizes including Facebook, the Weather Channel, World Fuel Services, and Hampton Products, and she continues to write f...

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 de...

Tim McDiarmid is the Founder and Owner of The Good Kind Hospitality Group. The world traveler who is Canadian by birth and resides in San Antonio provides culinary and artistic creations that fit perfectly with any type of event. As a serial entrepreneur, Tim specializes in running multiple business endeavors. Her first company, Tim the Girl, combines bespoke catering and event planning. She also...

Shelmina Abji is a TEDx speaker, board member, former Vice President at IBM, author, and angel investor. She started her career as a software engineer and then moved into sales and sales leadership, guiding global teams to deliver over $1B in annual revenue and serving as a key decision-maker in hiring and promoting hundreds of professionals. Shelmina received extensive leadership training at IBM,...

Shanna A. Hocking is a leadership consultant, philanthropic advisor, and keynote speaker with 20 years of experience raising hundreds of millions of dollars and leading large teams at organizations such as the Wharton School of Business, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Alabama, and Duke University. She is the Principal of Hocking Leadership, an organizational leadership, fun...

Lisa Druxman is a mom on a mission. She is the Founder and CEO of FIT4MOM, the parent company of FIT4BABY, Stroller Strides, and Body Boost. With nearly 2,000 class locations nationwide, FIT4MOM is one of the fastest-growing franchises in the country. Lisa is also the author of The Empowered Mama and the host of The Empowered Mama podcast . Lisa and FIT4MOM have been featured numerous times on NBC...