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Cynthia Fortlage spent years helping organisations build high-performance cultures - until she found herself excluded from the one she had helped create. That experience didn't just change her direction; it sharpened her thinking. It showed her that a culture can be built around accountability, ambition, and delivery, and
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Keshika Mahesh started in fashion with her hands close to the product - trained in knitwear design, grounded in how clothes are actually made. But it was during her Master's research at the University for the Creative Arts that her focus shifted upstream. Studying fashion traceability, she kept
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For nearly two decades, Candice Tait was the CFO in the room - and usually the only woman in it. Working with private equity and venture capital-backed tech companies in London, she helped startups raise over $2 billion, navigated the Lyft IPO, and built the kind of financial fluency that
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When Melissa Kramer sought help for recurrent UTIs and endometriosis, she encountered what too many women do: inadequate testing, misdiagnosis, and dismissal. The more she researched, the clearer it became that her experience wasn't just bad luck. It reflected something systemic - a gender gap in healthcare and
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When Sara Stokes was six months pregnant with her first daughter, her facialist gently flagged something she hadn't known: several of the products she had been using for years contained ingredients that weren't safe during pregnancy. That moment of discovery - arriving late, arriving by chance
20 Founders edition
Emma Loker knows what it feels like to be a teenager searching for answers and finding nothing you can trust. Growing up, she navigated social anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts largely without support - not because help didn't exist, but because she didn't have easy access
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Tiara Johnson knows burnout from the inside. As a single mother of five working in a demanding professional role, she found herself visiting the emergency room 15 times in a single year - not from illness, but from the compounding weight of stress and overwhelm. Instead of managing symptoms, she
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Tiara Johnson knows burnout from the inside. As a single mother of five working in a demanding professional role, she found herself visiting the emergency room 15 times in a single year - not from illness, but from the compounding weight of stress and overwhelm. Instead of managing symptoms, she
Following our Women Who Lead: 20 Founders edition, we continue the conversation with Diana Lowe - CEO and founder of Blue Light Leadership, executive coach, and Amazon bestselling author based in Denver, Colorado. Diana spent the early part of her career working internationally across the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, and
Niqueea had traveled to 25 countries when she hit a wall she couldn't navigate alone. Sitting in her Airbnb in South America one Sunday morning, she couldn't find a church with English services. She couldn't find other Christian women nearby. She felt completely cut
When Leigha Hollis's mother needed care, she didn't know what a geriatric care manager was. She didn't know she could hire someone to help navigate Medicare. She didn't know estate planning attorneys specialized in families like hers. She found out the hard
Monica Elias built her career at the intersection of two worlds most people keep separate - broadcast journalism and brand strategy. As CEO and Executive Producer of Elias World Media, she channels decades of production experience into a niche service that gets brands onto news segments, not as advertisements, but
Chandra Lynn built a thriving career in music, media, and brand strategy - working with artists, entrepreneurs, and global brands through her consultancy, Glow Marketing. But beneath the external success, she kept seeing the same quiet struggle: high-achieving people disconnected from themselves, searching for something more. That pattern became a
We're hosting a live workshop on May 20th featuring Dian Trabulsy, an attorney and advocate for purpose-driven entrepreneurs. Dian will share how values-based legal strategy can help founders build businesses that are legally sound and mission-aligned from day one. Whether you're a founder, entrepreneur, or business
Clare Sadler has spent almost three decades working at the edges of human performance - with Olympic athletes, people in defence and intelligence‑related environments, critical incident responders, and senior leaders navigating high‑stakes complexity. As the founder of Beyond Instinct and a Human Systems Development specialist, she has built
Following our Women Who Lead: 20 Founders edition, we continue the conversation with Rachelle Carrié - Executive and Certified Somatic Coach, E-RYT 500, Speaker, and founder of SEQ Consulting, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Rachelle works with high-achieving women - particularly Black women and first-generation leaders in high-stakes roles -
Celebrating Excellence in Female Leadership and Women-Founded Companies We are proud to announce the winners of the Q1 2026 FBW Quarterly Awards. This quarter's cohort brings together founders and leaders redefining estate planning, legal accessibility, AI education, wellness, and financial strategy. Each winner was selected for the clarity
There are women who enter rooms - and women who change what happens inside them. Shqipe Neziri Vela is firmly in the second category. With over two decades of experience spanning energy governance, anti-corruption, and international development across various countries worldwide, Shqipe has built a career defined not by proximity
For Brooklyn-based hairstylist Shana, hair has always been personal. What began as a childhood act of self-reclamation - taking control of her own look after years of feeling overlooked - grew into something far bigger: a calling rooted in confidence, creativity, and care. Long before she became officially licensed in