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At our second annual Inspirational Women Forum & Awards, which was held on October 18 at The Beverly Hilton,...

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Survey Analyzes Women of Color Across Four Generations
Harvard Business School alumnae and co-authors Bonita C. Stewart and Jacqueline Adams published the results of a cross-generational survey earlier this year.

Maximize Health and Wellness in the Workplace
Donella Wilson: To begin, McKinsey’s annual “Women in the Workplace” report found that 42% of women reported feeling often or always burned out, which is 10% higher than last year’s report.

Why Women Are Leading the Small Business Boom
This August, the results of the new “LegalZoom: Women and the Boss Era Survey,” which looks at the changing dynamic for women and business, were released.

‘Leading through Adversity’
City National Bank’s CEO reflects on the pandemic and society’s transformation

Women’s Charitable Giving Has Reached New Heights
While women have always been highly active and engaged in giving back, a new study about women by Fidelity Charitable depicts how the pandemic took many donors’ generosity to even higher levels.

A Commitment to Mental Health and Community Wellness
Pacifica Hospital of the Valley offers care to underserved populations in Southern California

Women Small Business Owners Happy Being Their Own Boss
Groupon spoke with more than 600 women small business owners across the country to better understand why they decided to become their own boss and how they have remained resilient during the global pandemic.

Report on Effect of Pandemic on Women Business Owners
Collaborating entities at the federal, state and local organization levels released a California state report this summer conveying a picture of the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is still having on women business owners.

Achieving Carbon Goals with an “All-of-the-Above” Energy Mix
It’s no secret that the world is made up of many different beliefs, economies, traditions and social norms. But there is one thing that countries and communities across the globe have in common, and that is the unquenching need for more and more energy to power our lives.

The Top 3 Key Performance Areas for Consumer Companies Today
Managing and accurately reporting these metrics help prioritize investment and increase capital

A ‘Slam’ Dunk
The University of California Irvine’s “Grad Slam” program connects graduate students with each other and the industries they’re about to enter

Building the Best Workforce Through Diversity
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) emerged as one of the hottest topics in corporate America in 2020, as large corporations raced to hire heads of diversity and set in place formal standards for creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce.

Envisioning an End to Hunger
Abby J. Leibman leads MAZON to center policy solutions to address food insecurity in the U.S.

Board Diversity for Women Continues to Improve
Earlier this year, Women Business Collaborative (WBC) and 50/50 Women on Boards (50/50 WOB) released “Women Leading Boards,” a new benchmark report for tracking board diversity,...

Reducing Barriers to Health Care
Disparities in medical coverage follow economic lines – Here is what AltaMed is doing to change that

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Her accomplishments in her nearly five years at SCE are impressive, including leading utility operations as one of SCE’s top executives,...

The Inspirational Women Forum & Awards,
Attendees started the morning off with a series of illuminating panel discussions, which covered a variety of important topics affecting women in the workplace.

INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN FORUM
The Inspirational Women Forum & Awards, presented by City National Bank, featured a series of panel discussions led by women executives with varied backgrounds, from the worlds of finance and consulting to education and the arts to healthcare and government, among others.

Investing In Your Future
Panelists provided valuable insights on how best to manage finances and invest for long-term success. In addition, they addressed what entrepreneurs and CEOs need to be aware of when seeking to buy/sell businesses.

Overcoming Entrepreneurship Pitfalls
Today’s entrepreneurs should expect to face many challenges when starting and scaling a business. This informative panel of experienced leaders weighed in with insights on how to launch and scale a business from the ground up.

Prioritizing Mental Health and Wellness
Due to the turmoil that the pandemic has brought on over the past two-plus years, there has been a greater emphasis on the importance of maintaining employee mental health and wellness. Experts in the field offered their insights on this important topic.

Game Changers
In the Game Changers panel, accomplished female leaders in their respective fields discussed their experiences climbing the corporate ladder and breaking barriers in predominantly male-dominated industries while offering insights to future female business leaders.

Mentorship: The Key to Retention?
A mentorship program should be a part of any organization’s business model. Our panelists discussed their strategies for nurturing and retaining talent, and provided some best practices that companies should follow for success.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS & AWARD PRESENTERS
In an intimate fireside chat, Linda Duncombe, executive vice president and chief marketing, product and digital officer of City National Bank,...

HONOREE COMPANY EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR SMALL COMPANY
Sheila Marie Ewing is executive vice president of finance operations for Magic Johnson Enterprises (MJE).

HONOREE COMPANY EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR MIDSIZE COMPANY
Jennifer Piña serves as the global head of strategic partnerships at MagicLinks. In this role, she leads hundreds of brands globally in strategizing, implementing and executing influencer and brand strategies that are built to drive sales at scale.

HONOREE COMPANY EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR LARGE COMPANY
Narine Galstian has more than 25 years of experience in the marketing field, spanning a variety of industries.

HONOREE CEO OF THE YEAR SMALL COMPANY
Mona Andrews has been an entrepreneur for the past 25 years, founding two successful companies that operate today. She was inspired to start her second company, Stay In The Game, when she saw a widespread dilemma faced by professional women.

HONOREE CEO OF THE YEAR MIDSIZE COMPANY
A content advertising powerhouse, Dawn Reese has held senior leadership positions within the marketing industry for over two decades and is one of only a few women of color to do so.

HONOREE CEO OF THE YEAR LARGE COMPANY
As president and CEO of Blaze Pizza, Mandy Shaw is a visionary that has not only contributed greatly to the explosive growth and success the company has experienced since her joining over four years ago, but has also made an impact on the fast-casual pizza category that has not gone unnoticed.

HONOREE CITY NATIONAL BANK NEXT GENERATION AWARD
Weitz, one of the founders behind the RW Quarantunes fundraising initiative, raised more than $30 million for 50 charities in just 15 months. Quarantunes began in her family kitchen right when the pandemic hit in March 2020.

HONOREE RISING STAR OF THE YEAR
At age 37, Jaime Lee has impacted the world of commercial real estate more than most executives twice her age.

HONOREE ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR SMALL COMPANY
Adonica Shaw is a doula, midwife’s apprentice, four-time TEDx speaker, integrative health coach, author, and women’s health and wellness advocate. As the founder and CEO of Wingwomen, she’s a powerful voice for women who are navigating reproductive health.

HONOREE ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR MIDSIZE TO LARGE COMPANY
One of the few women at the helm of a moving company, Laura McHolm’s NorthStar Moving is the go-to mover for A-List celebrities, The Getty and other movers and shakers.

HONOREE NON-PROFIT EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Courteney Bailey has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 14 years, following her time as a student-athlete at UCLA (women’s soccer) and law school at Chapman University.

HONOREE NON-PROFIT CEO OF THE YEAR
Maria S. Salinas is president & CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the largest business association in Los Angeles County, representing member companies and serving the interests of more than 235,000 businesses across the Los Angeles region.

Naseem Sagati Aghili
Naseem Sagati Aghili is general counsel and secretary of Ares Management Corporation. She is a partner in and head of the Ares Legal Group as well as a member of the Ares Executive Management Committee, Enterprise Risk Committee and the Ares Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council.

Brateil Aghasi
Brateil Aghasi is the chief executive officer for WISEPlace, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending homelessness for unaccompanied women. Aghasi has a history of transforming struggling organizations.

RECOGNIZING THE POWER OF WOMEN
For this year’s Inspirational Women Forum & Awards, L.A. Times B2B Publishing received numerous nominations from friends and colleagues.

Zakia Alameri
Zakia Alameri leads with humility and sets the standard for Omega Accounting Solutions’ core values. Through her role as director of fulfillment, she specifically focuses on employee retention credit (ERC).

Natalie Alameddine
Already established as an influential leader at Blank Rome, Natalie Alameddine routinely counsels and represents employers in litigation regarding federal and California wage and hour issues,...

Jill Charlotte Anderson
For Jill C. Anderson, Southern California Edison (SCE) operations executive vice president, it’s all about connection.

Barbara Armendariz
Barbara Armendariz is president and founder of SharpLine, a fullservice commercial real estate brokerage firm that excels at putting its clients’ needs first. She is one of very few minority women in the commercial real estate industry that started her own brokerage firm.

Valerie Gaines Amador
Valerie Amador has spent a decade serving students, faculty and staff at the University of California, Irvine. She currently serves as the assistant dean for alumni and external affairs for the UCI Graduate Division.

Kalley Aman
Kalley R. Aman is a shareholder and serves as one of Buchalter’s officers as senior vice president, chief legal officer and assistant secretary.

Veronica Arteaga
Veronica Arteaga is the president and CEO of Exceptional Children’s Foundation (ECF). She is the third president and CEO in its 76-year history as well as the first woman in this leadership position.

Belva Anakwenze
Belva Anakwenze has become the financial educator for creators, in addition to being a leading entertainment business manager.

Jennifer Barnes
Jenn Barnes started her second business, Optima Office, in 2018 after leaving her previous company, Pro Back Office, a Fortune 1000 company. Her company, already with 82 employees and hundreds of clients, is striving to become the largest managerial accounting firm in the region.

Louise Barrere
Louise Barrere is the industry lead for Software & Platforms in Applied Intelligence at Accenture, as well as the Intelligent Revenue Growth (IRG) precision play sales lead for North America. She joined the company in 2004 straight out of college and never looked back.

Barbara Lee Berkowitz
Barbara Berkowitz started her career in First Amendment litigation to protect high-profile clients from the tabloids.

Danielle Berg
Danielle Berg is the president and chief experience officer at MGO, a Top 100 accounting firm that is one of the fastest-growing business advisory and CPA firms in the country. Berg’s role with MGO is unique. Although she is president of an accounting firm, she is not an accountant.

Malika Begin
Malika Begin is a dynamic leader and business owner who is passionate about empowering those around her. As founder and CEO of Begin Development, she mentors business leaders across L.A. and the country, partnering to build a strong, healthy organizational culture.

LaFaye Baker
LaFaye Baker is the first African American stuntwoman to coordinate a big budget project, HBO’s special “Introducing Dorothy Dandridge,” starring Halle Berry. Twenty-three years later, she’s working as the stunt coordinator on BET’s series “Kingdom Business,” “Family Reunion” and “Run Sweetheart Run.

Barbara Bernstein
Barbara Bernstein’s role is to help people articulate their goals and connect them to tools available to bring those goals to fruition.

Katherine C. Bissett
Katherine C. Bissett is a commercial finance attorney on Cox, Castle & Nicholson’s Capital Markets team. She specializes in representing lenders and borrowers in connection with commercial loans secured directly or indirectly by real estate.

Tiffany Boyle
Tiffany Boyle has leveraged her business-oriented sales and packaging skills for more than 10 years to bring hundreds of films and documentaries to fruition.

Robin Borelli
Robin Borelli is an accomplished executive in digital with nearly 25 years’ experience leading teams at finance institutions like Charles Schwab and BBVA.

Erin Borini
Erin Borini is co-founder and CEO of the company Skin Perfect Medical Aesthetics. She and her co-founder set out to set the standard in medical aesthetics.

Cheryl Nieman Brechlin
With formative professional experience in both transactional and litigation work, Cheryl Nieman Brechlin is a diligent and creative commercial real estate attorney and a rising star in the Southern California legal community.

Allie Boyer
Allie Boyer started out with Bloom Ads in October 2012 as a media coordinator/receptionist. Within months, she was excelling in every project thrown at her, going above and beyond without any additional asks from her senior managers. It became clear quickly that Boyer was going to be a star in the media world.

Beth Braen
Beth Braen is vice president of client services at Bob Gold & Associates. She brings more than 30 years of experience helping develop tailored and integrated public relations, marketing and social media, and communication that connects businesses with audiences to make direct, positive bottom-line impacts.

Luciana Brafman
Luciana Brafman’s passion is to create a generation of kids and a society that cares about the world around them. She is the founder and CEO of Time To Act Entertainment, a groundbreaking trans-media brand focused on raising awareness through impactful and entertaining content.

Giovanna Brasfield
Dr. Giovanna Brasfield — “Dr. G” to her friends and colleagues – started her career in construction by raising her hand to the call to action. She saw an essential need to speak up for marginalized communities and those who are underrepresented in construction.

Amanda Calof
Amanda Calof is Senior Vice President with CBRE and part of a dedicated CBRE team on an award-winning, 4.7-million-sq-ft regional portfolio on behalf of J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

Deborah Brutchey
With two decades of nonprofit experience, Deborah Brutchey is a proven leader, uplifting the voices of the most vulnerable and breaking the status quo by leveraging volunteer power. Since 2009, she has led L.A. Works, a grassroots nonprofit creating volunteer opportunities to address critical issues.

Jackeline Cacho
Jackeline Cacho is an influencer, award-winning journalist, content creator, best-selling author, founder of the Edutainment Movement in Spanish programming, global speaker and humanitarian leader.

Stephanie Buckner
Stephanie Buckner is the chief operating officer for Altair, a global tech company focused on computational science and artificial intelligence with more than 3,000 employees. She is responsible for Altair’s field operations, sales and technical support as well as corporate development efforts.

Rachel Bullock
Rachel Bullock first joined Patron Technology in 2018 as the general manager of the company’s enterprise ticketing solution, ShowClix, before becoming the senior vice president of operations.

Bel Hernandez Castillo
Bel Hernandez Castillo transitioned from an actress to journalism in 1992 when she co-founded the first entertainment trade with the mission to highlight Latinos in Hollywood.

Andrea Brenholz
Andrea Brenholz is the strong female CEO of a large company that has a national footprint. Simply put, she represents the next generation of the staffing world: one where Hispanic women and minorities have fair shots at success.

Michelle Cauley
Michelle Cauley is the founder of Cauley & Associates, a Los Angeles private group practice established in 2004 with the mission to help others help themselves by providing positive outcomes contributing to hope, growth and those “a-ha” moments.

Lyn MacEwen Cohen
Lyn MacEwen Cohen is a civic philanthropist with a passion for public service that benefits the fire department and fire service wherever there is need.

Christina Cavalli
Christina Cavalli, vice president and chief human resources officer at Docupace Technologies, is a force for positive change as a fast-growing financial services technology provider.

Melanie Cristol
Melanie Cristol is a consumer products and healthcare attorney, sexual health educator and founder and CEO of Lorals. Since launching Lorals in 2018, she has been working towards achieving FDA clearance for STI protection.

Verna Grayce Chao
Verna Grayce Chao leads City National’s Treasury Management Solutions (TMS) division and oversees the bank’s entertainment ecosystem, including SaaS platform Exactuals, IP rights management division FilmTrack and accounting solution AgilLink.

Nancy Coblenz
Nancy Coblenz is the vice president of marketing for ActOne Group, a multibillion-dollar employment solutions organization that leads all marketing initiatives for 19 sister companies and divisions.

Ranu Coleman
Ranu Coleman is a strategic and innovative brand marketer with more than 10 years of experience in the fashion, beauty and apparel industries.

Tige Charity
Kids in the Spotlight’s (KITS) founder and executive director Tige Charity has been ardently pushing our youth to the forefront,...

Alicia Cox
Alicia Cox is a lifelong Huntington Beach local with deep roots within the community. She has spent her career dedicating herself to the city and its restaurant industry and has found various ways to serve her neighbors and tourists in various capacities.

Nishita Cummings
Nishita Cummings is the managing partner, co-head and co-portfolio manager of the growth private capital funds at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. She began her career at Value Fund Advisors/Boston Avenue Capital and later joined the United Nations Capital Development Fund before joining Kayne in 2007.

Kristin Daher
Purchasing a business of any kind is no small feat, especially for a relatively young professional, but Kristin Daher did it. Acquiring an established communications firm, overhauling the previous brand and then achieving even greater levels of success with the new company is even more challenging.

Cathy Critchlow
Cathy Critchlow is a proven innovator within the biotech and pharma industry. She joined Amgen’s Epidemiology department in 2004, driving its growth from a small group of eight employees into Amgen’s Center for Observational Research (CfOR) with over 100 staffers.

Ravit Darougar
Through her earlier work in real estate and construction, Ravit Darougar was able to self-fund her dream and launch 4ever Magic Cosmetics in 2018.

Kumi Croom
As a leader at award-winning advertising agency Duncan Channon, Kumi Croom has built an impressive track record as a champion for equity. As the world reckoned with the global pandemic and systemic racism, she has driven transformative change for both Californians and the company.

Anna Crowe
A visionary leader, best-selling author, speaker and podcaster, Anna Crowe pioneers change within the marketing profession and the community.

Gloria Jetter Crockett
Gloria Jetter Crockett serves as president and chief executive officer of Make-A-Wish Orange County and the Inland Empire. When presented with the opportunity to take the lead of the organization, she could not pass on the once-in-a-lifetime chance to advance the vision of the foundation.

Jackie Dacanay
More than 15 years ago, Jackie Dacanay joined Fairmont as a coordinator in the HR department. In a short period of time, she has established herself as a resource to her department, her property, the company’s region and the community she’s worked in.

Anna Donlon
Anna Donlon is the SVP and studio head on the character-based tactical shooter video game, VALORANT, developed and published by Riot Games.

Danijella Dragas
Born and raised in Oxford, England, Danijella Dragas earned a B.S. in Economics/International Trade and Banking from the prestigious University of London.

Hilary Howard DeCesare
Hilary DeCesare is an award-winning business expert, international best-selling author and host of "The ReLaunch Podcast." A sought-after speaker, founder of The ReLaunch Co. and previously one of Oracle’s top account managers, she brings fresh energy to industry leaders, CEOs and solopreneurs.

Marge Dean
Marge Dean builds things. When given the opportunity to start an animation division at the largest streamer of Anime, Crunchyroll, she took it. Working in Japan, she learned a new methodology and met a community of artists.

Julie Marie Dixon
Julie Dixon’s contributions to the parking industry are endless and her commitment to the development of the profession are ongoing. Her expertise has been solicited by municipalities and universities throughout the country.

Olivia DeRamus
Olivia DeRamus’ social networking app Communia is building a better digital world for women and nonbinary people. Whether they want to ask for support, make meaningful connections or get in-depth self-development advice from the experts, “there’s a Communia” for all of them.

Christine Deschaine
With 30+ years in commercial real estate, Christine Deschaine is a passionate leader who enhances communities and creates value in central business districts across Greater Los Angeles.

Carol DeNembo
Carol DeNembo’s accomplishments at Mountain Mike’s Pizza are numerous and her efforts on behalf of the organization are considerable.

Monica Guzman Escobar
Monica Guzman Escobar has been a strategic PR and marketing advisor in Los Angeles for almost 20 years. As the CEO of Startr Co., she leads teams in the development and execution of results-driven PR campaigns for start-ups and emerging businesses creating products for a better future.

Caroline Elkin
Caroline Elkin is the vice president, legal and chief labor counsel at Activision Blizzard. She has worked for this company for almost 10 years and most recently led all of the U.S. labor relations work for the company for the past two years.

Lindsay Dunn
Lindsay Dunn was promoted to Executive Vice President and Head of Real Estate Banking in 2021 after serving as regional manager Greater Los Angeles. Her division’s portfolio is composed of commercial, construction and short-term financing, as well as unsecured and term debt for developers and investors.

Susan Melkonians Dwyer
For over 18 years, Susan Dwyer has grown steadily in her role at Hendy, a woman-owned national interior architecture firm that values talented and faithful employees.

Elinor Eizdi
Elinor Eizdi specializes in real estate transactional law. She has extensive experience representing developers, government agencies and independent oil and gas companies in all phases of real estate acquisitions as well as construction, leasing and financing.

Marianne Ellis
Marianne Ellis saved more than 1,000 businesses in the past 24 months. With decades of experiencing saving Fortune 500 companies from having obsolete products, she was there as the shutdowns swept across the country.

Lisa Tara Elkan
Lisa Elkan has over 15 years’ experience in marketing and public relations for professionals and small businesses, with a niche in legal marketing. Her specialties include marketing, PR, advertising, social media marketing, business development and brand management.

Devon Dykstra
Devon Dykstra is a prominent commercial real estate broker, positioned as the retail director for shopping center business in the western United States under Matthews Real Estate Investment Services.

Zoila D. Escobar
Zoila Escobar serves as the president of the AltaMed Foundation and executive vice president and chief administrative officer of AltaMed Health Services, the nation’s largest independent federally-qualified health center headquartered in Los Angeles.

Mitra Esfandiari
Mitra Esfandiari, AIA, is the first woman principal and partner at Long Beach-based architecture, planning and interior firm RDC and leader of its rapidly growing mixed-use practice area.

Wendy Estrada
Wendy Estrada has been a financial industry professional for over 18 years, with a passion for empowering individuals to make wise financial decisions.

Sharon Denise Evans
For over 22 years, Sharon Evans has advocated to uplift and drive success for California small business owners and the nonprofits that serve them.

Lizabeth Ann Fogel, Ed.D.
After almost a decade as director of education at Disney, former teacher and education specialist Lizabeth Fogel took a year and did some consulting work. In 2018, she began working on a project at the USC School of Education and was asked to launch a new center.

Tish Galindo
Tish Galindo is founder and CEO of The 360 Agency, a Latina- and Black-owned agency helping global brands activate campaigns for lasting growth.

Tamika Farr
Tamika Farr is the chief executive officer of Pathways LA, a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening low-income and vulnerable working families by promoting early care and education services for children in more than 30 communities in Metro Los Angeles.

Tawnya Falkner
Tawnya Falkner was in the middle of a capital round and had also been approached about acquiring the brand just before COVID hit. Being a 70% restaurant and hotel-oriented brand, sales plummeted.

April Gargiulo
Vintner’s Daughter was founded on the principles of quality and efficacy, inspired by founder April Gargiulo’s background in the world of fine winemaking.

Mara Garcia
Mara Garcia is the chief financial officer of Phonexa, the all-in-one marketing solution for calls, leads, clicks, email, SMS, accounting and more. As Phonexa continues to reach new heights and achievements, it is versatile leaders like Garcia who are paving the way.

Barbara R. Gadbois
Barbara R. Gadbois is a senior partner at the Gibbs Giden law firm in Los Angeles, with over 35 years of experience in public and private construction law.

Jen Fisch
Jen Fisch has been instrumental in elevating the creative services BeCore offers to its brand partners. With her expertise in the field from the brand side, as well as her time spent with some of the most prestigious agencies, she brings a wealth of experience to the table.

Michele Bratcher Goodwin
Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin is one of the world’s leading authorities on the regulation of medicine, science and biotechnology. She is a soughtafter public commentator and within the past two years has been featured in print, radio and television news.

Sabina Gault
Sabina Gault started her career over 20 years ago in Romania. She came to L.A. at 19 with no family, friends or money. Hard work and determination are just some of the traits that motivate Gault.

Patty Glaser
Patricia Glaser is head of Glaser Weil’s Litigation Department and tops the short list of trial attorneys in the nation sought after for high-stakes litigation.

Patti Gilbert
Patricia “Patti” E. Gilbert is Senior Vice President with CBRE and part of a dedicated team responsible for leasing a 4.7-million-sq-ft regional portfolio of award-winning,...

Lisa S. Glasser
Apartner at Irell & Manella LLP, Lisa S. Glasser regularly obtains many of the firm’s most significant litigation wins while also serving in key leadership roles.

Mitchella “Mitch” Gilbert
Mitchella “Mitch” Gilbert is an inclusive product designer who is obsessed with women’s health and sportswear. She attended the UCLA Anderson School of Management after earning a full scholarship to build her start-up, OYA Femtech Apparel.

Cynthia Grande
Cynthia Grande is the founding attorney of The Grande Law Firm, where she helps immigrant families live without fear and achieve the American Dream.

Jodie Grenier
Jodie Grenier runs Foundation for Women Warriors, a 101-year-old nonprofit that empowers women veterans in their transition to civilian life. She enlisted in the Marine Corps out of high school and was deployed to Iraq twice.

Deborah A. Gubernick
Deborah (Debbie) Gubernick is a partner in Snell & Wilmer’s intellectual property and commercial litigation groups. She helps clients protect and defend their brands and business in the U.S. and abroad.

Kaaren E. Hall
Despite being in the midst of a recession and mortgage market collapse, Kaaren Hall founded and made a resounding success of uDirect IRA Services. She discovered a strategic way to put her 20+ years in mortgage banking, real estate and property management to use.

Sylvia Hastanan
Sylvia Hastanan has spent her career trying to “reimagine healthcare,” aiming to solve rising costs and uneven quality. With almost two decades of healthcare experience, she brought Greater Good Health to life, marrying clinical and business operations and translating this into value.

Dana Rae Hatch
Dana Hatch has helped businesses deliver excellence in the aesthetics and wellness spaces for more than 15 years.

Priscilla Hernandez
Priscilla Hernandez advocates for youth holistically, ensuring the path to adulthood provides the best outcomes for children from all backgrounds and areas. She is chair and president of the L.A.-based nonprofit organization, Hollenbeck Youth Center.

Raveyn Hamilton
In 2020, Raveyn Hamilton joined fintech company Aspiration as a customer experience agent. During that time, she realized there was a career beyond addressing customer concerns on an individual basis, and her customer service view refocused on customer advocacy.

Dianne Gubin
Dianne Gubin is Co-CEO for C-Sweet for executive women. She and Beth Hilbing started the organization as a response to the executive glass ceiling and the Me Too movement.

Julie Henderson
Julie Henderson serves as the director of the Impact Analysis division at Omega Accounting Solutions focused on Employee Retention Credits (ERC).

Robbin Itkin
Robbin Itkin is a partner in Sklar Kirsh’s bankruptcy practice group. Her experience restructuring debt includes insolvency resolutions in Chapter 11 cases and restructurings outside the courtroom.

Tracy M. Holland
Tracy Holland is a founder, investor, executive chairman and entrepreneur who is an authority on beauty and wellness with a global track record of incubating and launching brands.

Ronda Jackson
As a third-generation entrepreneur, Ronda Jackson knows the importance of adapting business to changing needs when she founded Décor Interior Design, Inc., the company that/specialized in residential kitchens and baths.

Catherine J. Hood
Cathy J. Hood’s contribution and rise to becoming L.A.’s go-to public relations and communications maven is remarkable. From spearheading PR efforts for Snoop Dogg’s son Cordell Broadus’ cryptocurrency ventures, L.A. County Fair’s Black Heritage Weekend and being recognized by L.

Dana Heyward
Dana Heyward has always been known for innovative thinking and inspiring problem-solving, always seeing opportunities where others see obstacles. A trusted leader at Walton Isaacson, she is respected for her leadership skills, collaborative style and strategic acumen.

Tracy Hernandez
Tracy Hernandez is a narrativetransforming leader who has spent more than three decades convening and giving voice to diverse thinkers on myriad platforms.

Beth Hilbing
Beth Hilbing is a versatile executive with extensive experience in information technology for diverse industries. In addition to C-Sweet, she is currently a senior program manager and principal IT business partner at Boeing Corporation.

Madelynn Hirneise
Madelynn Hirneise serves as chief executive officer of Families Forward, an Irvine-based nonprofit dedicated to preventing and ending family homelessness, providing access to housing and resources.

Evie Jeang
Born in Taiwan, Evie Jeang moved to the United States at the age of 12. Today, she is a licensed attorney in California and New York and the founder of Ideal Legal Group, practicing in the areas of international family and surrogacy law.

Janine Jarman
Celebrity hairstylist and founder of Hairroin Salon (a NAHA salon design winner), Janine Jarman has worked with a wide range of celebrities, including Ariana Grande, Steven Tyler and Danica Patrick, in addition to being the key hair stylist for The Pussycat Dolls.

Scharrell Jackson
For over 20 years, Scharrell Jackson has lead numerous financial institutions as CFO and COO and built her reputation as a “corporate fixer.”

Monica M. Jaramillo
Monica Jaramillo’s LABEL the Agency is a full-service, woman of color-led entertainment marketing agency.

Amy W. Johnson
Amy W. Johnson has worked in the financial services industry for almost a decade. She began her career at Chase Bank as a banker, where she quickly rose through the ranks.

Jordan Jacuzzi
Jordan Jacuzzi is chief of administration and communications for the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF). Since 1942, EIF has raised awareness and funds for critical health, educational and social justice issues by harnessing the collective power of the entertainment industry.

Judy Johnson
A longtime resident of Los Angeles and career professional in the architecture/engineering/ construction industry, Judy Johnson is a vice president and serves as a Jacobs client account manager for many of our most notable L.A.-based clients.

Margaret Ann Johnson
Margaret Johnson is a 26-year veteran of GS&P and leads the agency’s Creative department, a position she assumed in 2015 after being named a partner in 2012. In 2016, she was named the agency’s first chief creative officer.

Mary Johnstone
Throughout her 34-year career, Mary Johnstone has put the well-being and advancement of her peers and employees above all else.

Mollie Kaiser
During Mollie Kaiser’s 15 years in the finance industry, she has worked in investment management at notable financial institutions such as Bernstein Global Wealth Management and Credit Suisse.

Hilda J. Kennedy
Hilda Kennedy is the founder and president of AmPac Business Capital. She started her career in economic development working as the director of economic development for the City of Inglewood.

Perlette Michele Jura
Perlette Jura is a distinguished leader both at Gibson Dunn and in her field. She has been a partner of the firm for 10 years and now leads two practice groups, in addition to chairing hiring for the entire firm.

Michelle Katzen
Michelle Katzen has over a decade of experience in the financial services industry. She currently serves as managing director and is a member of HCR’s Investment Committee.

Patty Juarez
Patty Juarez serves as the Head of Diverse Segments at Wells Fargo, creating, developing and executing the diverse segments strategy for commercial banking.

Jan Karl
Jan Karl’s career builds upon a strong foundation in real estate development and construction. She is vice president of project development at Morley Builders as well as a senior leader at the firm. Karl has succeeded and thrived in an industry traditionally dominated by men.

Ronnetta J. Johnson
Ronnetta Johnson is a dedicated nonprofit professional, spending more than 35 years in nonprofit leadership. Originally joining Waymakers, an Orange County nonprofit organization in 1995, she has held several key positions at Waymakers in advance of her appointment to CEO in 2015.

Esther Yoonah Kim
Dr. Esther Kim has wanted to be a plastic surgeon since she was 12 years old. She feels incredibly blessed to be able to live her dream. Dr. Kim has the unique distinction of perhaps being the first board-certified plastic surgeon in the country who is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine.

Abby J. Leibman
With a far-reaching strategic vision and passionate leadership, Abby J. Leibman has steered MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger to the forefront of the national anti-hunger movement.

Lee Ann Kline
Inspired to create change, Lee Ann Kline leveraged her network to create STEM Advantage in 2012. The nonprofit organization is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2022. Kline left her corporate role at EY in October 2020 and is focused on STEM Advantage fulltime, providing in-kind professional services.

Kiyoun Kim
Kiyoun Kim, the first female executive vice president and regional manager at IDB Bank, is an accomplished banking professional, community leader and mentor within the Greater Los Angeles area, embodying the ideal that people come first in every arena of life.

Olga Magdalena Lazin-Andrei
Dr. Olga Lazin-Andrei has coined the term "decentralized globalization" in her doctoral thesis, “Decentralized Globalization: Free Trade, Civil Society in Latin America and Eastern Europe”, published in 2007 at UCLA.

Mariam Kuregyan
Mariam Kuregyan launched Davana Law Firm in 2017. Her practice focuses on personal injury and property damage claims. She is entirely focused on rendering help to those who have been injured with the utmost care and diligence.

Sara H. Kornblatt
Sara H. Kornblatt is a partner whose practice is concentrated in both the development and management of construction projects as well as handling claims and complex litigation matters.

Maureen Klepfer
Maureen Klepfer is a growthfocused executive with more than 15 years of experience in sales operations, business development, account management and the training and development of high performing sales teams as well as launching and growing new markets and leading teams to drive firm-wide growth.

Deb Murray Lemon
An innovative marketer since her early days at Nike (where she created the iconic Nike Women’s Marathon), Deb Murray Lemon has spent the past 24 months strategizing, executing and leading.

Candace Leos-Valdepena
Candace Leos-Valdepena formed Compton Advocates to get to know her neighbors, educate herself on local politics and find solutions to issues.

Judy Lewis
Judy Lewis is the chief financial officer for NORMS Restaurants, an iconic SoCal diner chain headquartered in Bellflower that has been serving up homestyle hospitality since 1949.

Jennifer Lieser
Jennifer Lieser is a partner at Kaplan Marino, whose practice primarily focuses on federal and state white collar and complex criminal litigation, including but not limited to bribery and kickbacks, fraud, money laundering, cybercrime and international extradition.

Nanxi Liu
Nanxi Liu is the co-CEO of Blaze, one of the fastest growing platforms to build software tools without writing code. The mission is to enable more people to create technical tools and make building technology more accessible.

Samrah Mahmoud
Samrah Mahmoud is a partner and top tier litigator and trial lawyer in Orange County. In addition to building a standout litigation practice in just 10 years in the field, she has continued to give back and dedicate significant time to the community, her former law school and low-income litigants in Orange County and Los Angeles.

Dretona Maddox
Dretona Maddox is the founder and executive director of Purposely Chosen, Inc., a nonprofit organization established in 2006,...

Sara Litvak
Sara Gershfeld Litvak is chief executive officer of Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, an organization dedicated to ensuring and encouraging safe, effective, equitable, patient-centered healthcare.

Virginia Maggiore
Elevated to principal in Spring 2022 at RDC, a full-service award-winning architecture firm headquartered in Long Beach, Virginia Maggiore, AIA, is a rising star licensed architect who brings 17 years of experience in the retail, wholesale and...

Liz Mahlow
Liz Mahlow is the founding partner of Nous Engineering, a structural engineering firm located in downtown Los Angeles that recently won The Architect’s Newspaper "Best Structural Engineer, West.

Karla Luna
BPM’s Karla Luna has been steadily rising within the tax community for more than 20 years. Working extensively with high-net-worth individuals, she guides her clients through the process of optimizing their income tax positions and decreasing their...

Lana Jaqueline Manganiello
Lana J. Manganiello is the managing director with Equinox Strategy Partners, providing attorneys and law firms with strategic counsel to increase market visibility and drive revenue.

Celine Martin
Celine Martin is company group chairman of the Cardiovascular & Specialty Solutions (CSS) Group, a collection of Johnson & Johnson’s highgrowth global MedTech businesses, which collectively generate more than $5 billion in annual sales and employ more than 12,000 purpose-driven, high-performing individuals.

Nina Marino
Nina Marino’s complex litigation and white-collar crime practice is national in scope, regularly negotiating with and litigating against the U.S.

Robyn Mattison
Robyn Mattison is recognized for her talent coaching and growing organizations with successes in hospitality, medical, arts, corporate, family foundation and nonprofit fields.

Rosa Martinez-Genzon
Rosa Martinez-Genzon is a partner in the L.A. office of Anderson, McPharlin & Conners, focusing on construction and surety law.

Marie Maurice
Marie Maurice is a partner and trial attorney specializing in labor & employment, transportation/logistics and general liability litigation.

Mastaneh Masghati
Mastaneh Masghati, treasury solutions sales executive for the Southern California region as well as specialized industries of MUFG Union Bank Global Commercial Banking,...

Dawn Maroney
With more than 30 years of health plan experience, Dawn Maroney is highly regarded as an expert in the health care sector and a pioneer in positioning organizations for success in the challenging Medicare, Medicaid and underserved markets.

Anastasia Renee Mann
Anastasia Mann was handpicked by Hilton Hotels Corporation to join its sales team as the first female sales executive.

Alya Michelson
Alya Michelson is the co-chair of Michelson Philanthropies, a Los Angeles-based network of private operating foundations founded and cochaired by her husband, spinal surgeon, inventor and philanthropist Dr. Gary K. Michelson.

Sara Zapata Mijares
Sara Mijares is a cultural, artistic, tourism and business promoter. She is a senior advisor for nonprofit organizations and also serves as president of MUNDO Strategic Resources, a consulting company specializing in U.S.-Mexico Business & Community Relations.

Precious V. Mayes
Precious Mayes has been instrumental in the success of sustaining operations for Pacifica Hospital. She has been able to develop and maintain positive relations with local and state legislators, who now support any efforts by the hospital due to her coordination and communication to meet standards and expectations.

Emily Kane Miller
Emily Kane Miller is the founder and CEO of a social services consulting firm, Ethos Giving, and the creator of a social impact tracking software, Ethos Tracking. She launched her consulting firm – Ethos Giving – to support individual donors, foundations and corporations.

Dete Meserve
After years as a film and television executive, Dete Meserve founded her own film and television production company, developing projects to make the world a better place. She has demonstrated success against all odds.

Rona Mercado
There is no one more dedicated and committed to fundamentally inspiring brands to show up in people’s lives in more relevant, authentic and meaningful ways than Rona Mercado.

Tricia Meyer
With offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver and Traverse City, Tricia Meyer and the team at Meyer Law help businesses from start-ups to large corporations across the United States with day-to-day matters, and notable clients include companies that have appeared on “Shark Tank” to companies gracing the Inc.

Cheryl Melendez
Cheryl Melendez is the associate director of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program in Southern California. The program is a scholarship opportunity for small business owners to learn about business from college professors and gain an invaluable experience of coming up with growth opportunities for their businesses.

Carrie James Murray
Carrie Murray is a speaker, podcast host and founder of BRA (Business Relationship Alliance), a network of powerful female entrepreneurs who advance women-owned businesses, providing community, collaboration, empowerment and support entrepreneurs need to flourish.

Paula Montoya
Over the course of her career, Paula Montoya has held a broad range of project roles. Her technical acumen has been a driving force in the success she has achieved in her full array of project implementations.

Ponda Motsepe-Ditshego
Ponda Motsepe-Ditshego, M.D. leads development and execution of strategies and tactical plans to ensure that the right medicines get to the right patients at the right time.

Yesenia Monroy
Yesenia Monroy is a senior director of global operations for Feedonomics, a data feed management company. She is a proven transformational leader with 13 years of experience in the fintech and SaaS industries.

Laura Reinhart Munson
Laura Munson joined ATR International in 2011, bringing her passion for corporate law, human resources and talent acquisition to the ATR roundtable.

Rochelle Mills
Rochelle Mills is president and CEO of Innovative Housing Opportunities, an award-winning, Orange County-based nonprofit developer of high-quality, affordable housing.

Valerie Moizel
As the CEO and CCO of L.A.- based agency The Woo, Valerie Moizel is part of the one percent. The 1% of the 14,000 ad agencies in North America that are woman-owned.

Karole Morgen-Prager
Karole Morgan-Prager has served as chief legal officer of BlackLine since 2015 and administrative officer since 2016. She oversees all of BlackLine’s legal functions on a global basis.

Melissa Orr
Throughout her career Melissa Orr was first an entrepreneur, then accomplished CEO, board member and advisor, often described as an entrepreneurial success story defined by hard work, dedication and tenacious drive.

Karla Ortiz
As the founder of Monark Entertainment and former digital marketing executive at Universal Music Group, Karla Ortiz has been the inspiration behind some of today’s most viral moments in music.

Myra Nourmand
As principal of Nourmand & Associates, Myra Nourmand plays a pivotal role in the agency’s success, helping to grow the brokerage to three regional offices and close to 200 agents and employees.

Eliza Langdon Oliver
Associate Eliza Langdon Oliver is a litigator with more than 10 years of experience, much of it focused on employment law. She joined the firm full-time in 2018 and has become an integral part of the client service litigation team.

Pooja Nair
Pooja Nair is a go-to attorney for the food, beverage and hospitality industries and handles partnership disputes, false advertising claims, employment disputes and administrative law issues.

Sabrina C. Narain
Sabrina Narain is a partner at Sanders Roberts, LLP. She is a formidable litigation attorney of Latino and Asian Indian heritage who has risen to the position of a partner at the firm in 2020, within the span of just three years.

Colleen O’Brien
Trial attorney and litigator Colleen O’Brien tries and resolves lawsuits and challenges related to toxic torts, catastrophic injury and complex employment matters. Her experience includes a range of civil litigation, from consumer fraud to defamation to personal injury claims.

Jasmine Emmei Nachtigall-Fournier
Jasmine Emmei Nachtigall-Fournier co-founded GovInvest in 2014 and has grown the company nationally to serve over 1,000 public agencies, including the State of California.

Natalie Perez
Natalie Perez operates as She TV Media’s co-founder and lead cinematographer who works in developing empowering video content with corporate and entrepreneur clients to express their mission and branding.

Susan Otto
Susan Otto has served as chief people officer at BlackLine since October 2018, where she is responsible for building, scaling and elevating the company’s global talent practices and programs as BlackLine continues to expand and add employees around the world.

Samantha Christina Pantazopoulos
Samantha (Sam) Pantazopoulos is the co-founder and CEO of Vizer, a social wellness platform on a mission toward “Democratizing Wellness.” She started Vizer in her dorm room while studying abroad.

Ann I. Park
Foley & Mansfield partner Ann I. Park was installed in June as president of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA). She is the first Asian American president in LACBA’s 144-year history – a barrier-breaking achievement and an important example of Asian American representation.

Brittany Perry
Brittany Perry is the founder/president of ET AL Music Co (ETAL). After signing songwriters such as Rod Wave and Ambezza at her former A&R post, Sony Music Publishing, ET AL Music Co was founded in January 2021 with the truths of songwriters in mind.

Tami Pardee
Tami Pardee has established dramatic new standards of success in real estate. She is the creator of a cutting-edge concierge brokerage model, using specialized teams to create life-changing client experiences in buying and selling homes.

Mariya Palanjian
Mariya Palanjian is a serial entrepreneur, mother and MBA graduate from Woodbury University. Before moving to America, Palanjian lived in Yerevan, Armenia,...

Joslyn Osborn
Joslyn Osborn, co-managing partner of Vaco’s Los Angeles office, brings a unique perspective to both business and the Los Angeles community. Her positive attitude and her relationship-driven approach has led to her tremendous success on a national level.

Heather Quinn
Heather Quinn specializes in working alongside individuals and businesses both in and outside of the entertainment industry to achieve financial peace. She understands the power in creating clear, aligned goals and putting a timeline in place to help her clients get there.

Amy E. Proctor
Amy Proctor, a partner at Irell & Manella LLP, advises clients on highly complex intellectual property issues across a wide range of technologies, including computer architecture, pharmaceuticals and renewable energy.

Alyssa Phillips
Alyssa Phillips is an accomplished chief operating officer and chief technology officer with experience fortifying companies and leading cross-functional teams to solve complex business and technology issues in highly dynamic organizations, from start-up through growth and maturity phases.

Vikita Poindexter
Vikita Poindexter has been known throughout her 35+ year career as a consummate professional and go-to person for human resources.

Jennifer Quader
Aconsummate professional and highly empathetic leader, Jenn Quader is also a visionary with a clear purpose. She has had an undeniably positive influence on commercial real estate over the last decade while making enormous strides in CRE communications.

Jacqueline Pruitt
Jacqueline Pruitt started her career in construction in 2009 when she enrolled in the Century Freeway Pre-Apprenticeship Program in Los Angeles.

Larissa Posner
Larissa Posner is the CEO and founder of StyleScan, an AIpowered visualization technology platform that elevates the online shopping experience. She has revolutionized the online shopping experience with the launch of StyleScan.

Andreya Peru
Andreya Peru started at Marketing Maven almost five years ago as an executive assistant. She was overqualified from day one coming in with an MBA. She took a concept that was the biggest loser at the company and turned it into the biggest winner.

Sarah Robarts
In 2000, Sarah Robarts founded Ballantines Public Relations (BPR), a luxury and lifestyle public relations agency headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, San Diego and London. She counts Marriott International Lifestyle Brands; Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills; Conrad Bora Bora Nui Resort; Kayak; UMG; St.

Trish Rexroth
Chief Creative Officer Trish Rexroth has been fascinated by the power brands have to connect with people since she was 17 years old.

Sarah Quinn
Sarah Quinn is co-founder and vice president of Connect Commercial Real Estate, a news, events and creative services company with offices in Los Angeles and New York. She has been integral in leading the company’s rapid growth since its inception in 2014.

Elsa Ramo
Elsa Ramo represents over 100 films and 50 scripted and unscripted television series per year, providing comprehensive legal services to producers, financiers, creators and owners of film, television and digital content, and projects across a range of budgets and production levels.

Julie Rottenberg
Julie Rottenberg has personally committed to working to create and sustain an intentionally inclusive and diverse culture at Visa, so that every employee feels respected, valued and inspired to bring their unique identity, backgrounds and ideas to work.

Angela Reddock-Wright
Angela Reddock-Wright is an employment mediator, arbitrator, workplace and Title IX investigator. She has practiced as an employment and labor law attorney for 26 years. After working as an employment litigator for 15 years, in 2011, she opened the Reddock Law Group and transitioned to becoming a full-time neutral.

Melanie Rae
Melanie Rae is the author of the national GUIDED Business Plan training platform that has taught more than 10,000 business owners at various stages of development.

Maricela Rios-Faust
Maricela Rios-Faust is a leader in preventing and ending relationship violence through her work at Human Options, one of the most comprehensive relationship violence service providers in Orange County.

Sarah Schutz
Sarah Schutz, currently Riot’s senior director of product management, has spent the past decade shaping the company identity and brand values across the organization.

Lara Schmoisman
Lara Schmoisman, a digital weaver and powerhouse marketing and branding strategist, is the founder and CEO of The Darl, a full-service marketing and advertising agency.

Kristina Sawyer
Kristina Sawyer is the vice president of lending for Arixa Capital Advisors and Crosswind Financial. In her role, she works with many of Arixa’s skilled real estate investor and developer clients to craft loan solutions that fit their specific needs.

Elizabeth Shapiro
Elizabeth “Libby” Shapiro started her real estate career in 1986 at Coldwell Banker as an agent in a time when the real estate industry was dominated by men. Despite this, she swiftly rose through the ranks and her value was quickly recognized.

Margaux Rotter
Margaux Rotter has had a passion for architecture and building since she was a young child. She worked for Morley Builders as a project engineer after college with one of her projects being BLVD’s Ace Hotel.

Orkideh Shahidi
Orkideh Shahidi leads SADA Systems’ People Operations functions through leadership, differentiated talent models and building a culture of engagement, agility and innovation. She joined SADA in 2012 and has been instrumental in overseeing its growth.

Heidi Scheid
Heidi Scheid joined the Scheid Family Wines company in 1992 as director of planning and served as vice president of finance and chief financial officer from 1997 to 2001.

Shirin Laor-Raz Salemnia
Shirin Laor-Raz Salemnia is founder and CEO of PlayWerks, an interactive media company that creates immersive games and experiences. At her WhizGirls Academy,...

Ivelisse Rodriguez Simon
Ivelisse Rodriguez Simon co-founded Avante Capital Partners, where she is a managing partner responsible for identifying, executing and managing investment opportunities.

Amy K. Stanton
Amy Stanton’s experience offers a unique perspective on the women’s landscape with her passion for promoting and building positive female role models and messaging for women.

Wendy A. Spinner
As a private wealth advisor, endowment and foundation consultant with The Spinner Group at UBS Private Wealth Management (a Division of UBS Financial Services Inc.), Wendy Spinner and her team successfully guide individuals, families, corporations and nonprofits in making the best financial decisions.

Karla Silva
She transitioned from the creative and entertainment world to the investment and development industry, where she saw a growing need for housing, financial education and building green.

Danone Simpson
With over 20 years of experience in all lines of insurance, Danone Simpson, founder and CEO of Montage Insurance Solutions, has built an agency focused on employee benefits and property and casualty programs for commercial and nonprofit sectors.

Leslie Stackpole
Leslie Stackpole, CPA, is a partner at RSM US LLP, the nation’s fifth-largest accounting and consulting firm, and serves middle-market clients in a variety of industries, including technology, health care, manufacturing and distribution, and real estate and construction.

Garima Sharma
Garima Sharma is currently VP of product and strategy at Skybound Entertainment, where she leads the direct-to-consumer, licensing and e-commerce verticals for global entertainment IPs such as “The Walking Dead” and “Invincible.

Laura Small
Laura Small is the SVP/People Director at RPA – the largest independently owned advertising agency in Los Angeles. She leads a team in all aspects of benefits, payroll, recruiting and HR. Small is passionate about the success of associates and wants them to have opportunities to grow and feel supported.

Camille Styles
Camille Styles launched her namesake digital lifestyle site over a decade ago, driven by a passion for beauty and uncovering it in others’ lives. Bringing that vision to life through food, design and gathering friends around a table is her true happy place.

Anna C. Tang
Anna C. Tang joined Nossaman in 2017 after a distinguished legal career in Melbourne, Australia. Tang serves as the co-chair of Nossaman’s Corporate Group.

Jocelyn Tan
Jocelyn Tan graduated from Santa Clara University (SCU) as the only female in her electrical engineering graduating class. She then went on to obtain her master’s in design, business and technology from USC.

Brittany Stewart
Brittany Stewart is the co-founder, president and chief operating officer of BURST Oral Care. Alongside co-founder Hamish Khayat, she is responsible for pioneering a novel D2C approach to delivering affordable oral care directly to families with BURST’s subscription-based business model.

Cynthia Y. Sun
Cynthia Y. Sun was recently promoted to partner and practices in the areas of general liability, product liability, breach of warranty, breach of contract, consumer fraud and general business litigation.

Niveen Tadros
Niveen Tadros serves as executive vice president and general counsel at Saban Capital Group, Saban Real Estate Group and Saban Family Foundation.

Rachel Svoboda
Rachel Svoboda founded Sunday Brunch Agency, the first fully remote female-owned marketing agency in Orange County. It is a full-service marketing company that works alongside local businesses and entrepreneurs to help them achieve their goals by providing an innovative approach to marketing.

Kimberly Stepp
Kimberly R. Stepp is a principal and co-founder of Stepp Commercial, a leading multifamily brokerage firm in the Los Angeles market with the sale of more than $3 billion in properties since its inception in 2013 when she founded the company with Robert Stepp.

Sophia Honoré Taylor
Walton Isaacson’s very first team member, Sophia Honoré Taylor has been a defining force in the evolution of the agency – an agency that grew from three people to well over 100, and has been recognized in the advertising and marketing industry as innovators and changemakers.

Kara Jordan Trebs
Kara Jordan Trebs is the EVP and chief human capital officer at Sunwest Bank. Over the past 15 years, she has had a variety of HR roles within the retail and financial services industries. Trebs has had an instrumental hand in the exponential growth of Sunwest Bank.

Shaleena Tareen
Shaleena Tareen has been working in the field of early childhood education since 1997. She began her career as a teacher and soon after opened her own childcare center called Montessori Way. She since has directed various private and head start programs in Los Angeles.

Lesley Tate-Gould
Dr. Lesley Tate-Gould is a co-founder and the chief clinical officer of Lido Wellness Center (LWC). She was inspired to open LWC following her experience working in residential treatment facilities specializing in addiction and eating disorders for both adults and adolescents.

Pilaar Aikelah Terry
For more than 20 years, Pilaar Terry has helped brands, organizations and agencies tell their story on the local, national and international stage.

Kara Taylor
As head of the marketing department at ATTOM, Kara Taylor leads a results-driven team, comprised of brand, content and marketing strategists, as well as lead development representatives, which has largely contributed to a record-breaking year in data sales since the company’s inception.

Susan Taylor
With Susan Taylor at the helm, Juice It Up! has continued to build upon its diverse offerings of flavorful and functional superfruit, protein and plant-based smoothies, raw and blended juices, and açai and other superfruit bowls.

Courtney Trujillo
As president, Courtney Trujillo leads strategic plans for the firm’s portfolio of retail, industrial and residential real estate.

Lynn “Nay” Valbuena
Lynn “Nay” Valbuena is chairwoman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, a federally recognized Tribe located on the San Manuel Indian Reservation in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains.

Lori Valencia
Lori Valencia has forged a new path within the industry that emphasizes creativity and innovation to stand out and redefine the “old school” commercial real estate industry’s mentality.

Beth Parker Visscher
Beth Visscher has worked in the sports and active lifestyle industry her entire career, including her 12 years of service at ElliptiGO. At ElliptiGO, she has been responsible for the entire operations function since joining the company in 2010.

Yasmine Vatere
Yasmine Vatere is a notable leader and marketer having learned the finer points of both from the ground up and both sides of the table. As an “in the trenches” account executive, she developed a true understanding of how to structure highly valuable media strategies from the inside out.

Soua Vang
Soua Vang was named deputy director for the City of Glendale in January of 2022. She joined the city because she recognized an opportunity to be a part of a thriving city and make an impact for generations to come. Her background spans more than 15 years in economic development.

Sally French Tyler
Ahighly respected, savvy veteran of the real estate and title insurance industry, Sally French Tyler currently serves as executive vice president of Santa Ana-based First American Title Insurance Company and group president of the company’s Direct...

Cindy Tsai, M.D.
Dr. Cindy Tsai is an award-winning board-certified internal medicine physician who transitioned to entrepreneurship over a year ago to make a bigger impact empowering people to live happier, healthier lives.

Adriana Vesci
Adriana Vesci is a partner at Cox, Castle & Nicholson specializing in real estate finance and development, particularly in the representation of real estate developers and institutional investment managers in connection with complex real estate finance transactions.

Molly Wang
Molly Wang came to the U.S. in 1998 with a mere $200 in her pocket and an intense fire and passion to do something of significance. She has been living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for 30-plus years.

Riko Kohazame Weimer
Since her debut as a solo artist in 1987, Riko Kohazame Weimer has been performing recitals and concerts as well as conducting master classes and ensemble coaching sessions for all instruments. In 2014, she established the Riko Method School of Piano in Atwater Village.

Alexandra Von Tiergarten
Throughout her staffing career, Alexandra Von Tiergarten has placed thousands of professionals in jobs with local businesses. She is dedicated to her work and committed to assisting job seekers as they work to further develop and advance in their careers.

Genevieve West
Genevieve West is the first female vice president at Howard Building Corporation (HBC), a tenant improvement general contractor. She has transformed the business development and marketing departments while demonstrating an intense passion for promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Carolina Weidler
Carolina Weidler is an architect, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and LEED AP professional with more than 15 years of domestic and international experience in creating process-driven environments for high-tech corporations, such as General Dynamics, Gulfstream Aerospace, Toyota Racing Development and Zodiac Aerospace, among others.

Jacqueline Waggoner
Jacqueline Waggoner is the Los Angeles-based, nationally facing president of solutions at Enterprise Community Partners. As head of Enterprise’s Southern California office, she led her team’s investment in more than $1.3 billion from the Central Coast to San Diego.

Megan Walker
Chef Megan Walker’s professional life began in a completely different field than the one she is currently in. Throughout her five years as a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney, her passion for cooking became undeniable.

Elizabeth M. Weldon
Elizabeth Weldon is a certified specialist in franchise and distribution law for The State Bar of California and the Board of Legal Specialization. She concentrates her practice on business litigation and franchise litigation, at trial, judicial reference and arbitration.

Donella Wilson
Donella Wilson serves as president and chief philanthropy officer of GHJ Foundation, GHJ’s vehicle for purposeful and proactive giving. She was instrumental in the Foundation’s establishment in 2020, leveraging her decades of experience as an accountant serving the nonprofit industry.

Rayni Romito Williams
Specializing in high-end real estate, Rayni Williams is vastly respected amongst both her clients and peers and has accomplished an abundance of record-breaking sales within the last 10 years.

Alyce Morris Winston
Alyce Morris Winston started the Jeffrey Foundation in 1972 from her dining room table, alone in a new town, with no support – just the iron will and desire to give her son Jeffrey,...

Lena Wilson
Lena Wilson has over 30 years’ experience in the field of child welfare and is passionate about working with children and families at risk - empowering them to reach their highest potential. She joined Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services in June 2019 as the president/CEO.

Melanie Williams
Melanie Williams is SVP, head of strategy at the Los Angelesbased agency Quantasy + Associates, a Black-owned, fully integrated brand services agency that sees cultural inclusivity as the engine of innovation rather than its footnote.

Darcy Wilson-Jones
Darcy Wilson-Jones has been a certified public accountant for 27 years and has been with RSM US LLP for 24 years. Among her many accomplishments at the firm is the fact that she serves on the board of directors, as a sector leader, as well as a leader of the First-Choice Advisor initiative at RSM.

Andrea Young
Andrea Young serves as group president of Omnicommerce Solutions of Advantage Solutions, a leading provider of outsourced sales and marketing solutions for consumer goods companies and retailers.

Sarah Purnell Zapp
Sarah Purnell Zapp’s career started in journalism and quickly evolved into using her journalistic background to connect with high-net-worth individuals about today’s current events, specifically diversity in the boardroom.

Jes Wolfe
As CEO and chairwoman of Rebel Girls, Jes Wolfe helped the company evolve from the most successful publishing campaign in Kickstarter’s history to a full-fledged omnichannel empowerment brand that helps raise the most confident and inspired global generation of girls.

Meredith Yinger
Meredith Yinger is a headstrong and heart-strong advocate for women’s voices being lifted up in the media. She has made it her mission in life to promote women and minorities in front of and behind the camera.

Teri L. Witteman
Teri L. Witteman is an established C-suite legal professional with demonstrated leadership negotiating and implementing complex commercial and business transactions on behalf of public and private companies.

Sally Zesut
Sally Zesut has 25 years of experience in commercial real estate and has been with Avison Young for six years.

Susan Zinn
Susan Zinn is a licensed psychotherapist, certified trauma and eating disorder specialist, and founder of Westside Counseling Center.

Stacey Winter
Stacey Winter joined Wedbush Securities in 2002 and currently serves as managing director, head of equity sales and head of corporate access.