Canva Founder Melanie Perkins – Founder of a $1Billion Startup by 30. Canva started with her idea about making it easier for students to create well-designed yearbooks and now helps creators in 190 countries. 

Mighty Networks Founder Gina Bianchini – Founder attracted 100 million adopters of Ning within the first 3 years and inspired Mighty Networks, now trusted by 50,000 creators, entrepreneurs, and brands. 

SPANX Founder Sara Blakely – Named Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People but started as a door-to-door fax machine salesperson. She started making undergarments using pantyhose to wear under white slacks. 

Shannon Goldwater, Founder, Feeding Matters – After Shannon’s triplets were born prematurely and suffered extreme feeding challenges, she used her experience to create positive change. Her determination and collaborative spirit brought together international feeding experts. They inspired the creation of an online platform for family advice, resources, and support that has substantially impacted nationwide. 

Molly Painter –  An advocate for the homeless in Raleigh, North Carolina, Molly was instrumental in building relationships with The Women’s Center day shelter and later helped the development of a collaborative partnership with CASA, a nonprofit dedicated to ending homelessness through affordable housing.  

Taylor Harrington – A community advocate dedicated to working with Groove to solve the loneliness problem by supporting freelancers and entrepreneurs with virtual coworking and goal-setting sessions. 

Amy Porterfield – After quitting her day job, she found a social media business and started creating courses online. She has helped over 50,000 people and generated millions of dollars since then, and her podcast episodes have been downloaded over 50 million times.  

Jasmine Crowe – Jasmine Crowe is an award-winning entrepreneur, TED Speaker, and leader working to improve the world. Jasmine aims to foster change and create awareness about today’s most pressing socio-economic challenges, including poverty, food waste, and hunger.

Sallie Krawcheck – After losing 80% of her net worth, she founded Ellevest, the investing community for women. She is funded primarily by the company and boasts a primarily female leadership team (84%) and a board of directors (83%). The mission of Ellevest is to “get more money into the hands of women” through intelligent investing and financial practices.

Tiffany Oda – Formerly of Venafi and Salesforce, the current COO of community tech startup Talkbase is a leading force in the emerging community operations profession. Giving a voice to the often underappreciated utility player: the community manager who builds enablement programs manages platforms, builds processes, and analyzes data. 

Antonia Hellman – CEO and founder of Toucan. While still a student at Stanford, Hellman and her brother Ethan created the social event platform to combat the stale and ineffective interactions they encountered in Zoom meetings.