20 Most Inspiring Women Leaders 2024

Aoife Reid is breaking through glass ceilings in the male-dominated legal industry serving as the Managing Partner at McMahon, Martine & Gallagher since 2017. Aoife started her career as one of the younger women admitted to the New York bar at age 23. A trial attorney by her late 20’s Aoife won the first trial she ever took to verdict.

Béatrice Cointreau, the founder of BYBC Ventures, is a seasoned international entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and experienced board member. Cornell University MBA and INSEAD IBD (International Board of Director) graduate Béatrice co-managed The Renaud Cointreau group as board member and CEO, successfully developing Wines and Spirits companies with double digits yearly progressions for nearly 25 years.

When Dawn Talbot started identifying a critical conceptual gap in AI self-governance where she knew she could make a significant positive impact, she knew she had to step up and take control. This realization offered a unique opportunity to leverage her extensive experience in finance and engineering to address an emerging and vital challenge in the AI landscape.

Jacqueline Daniell is the driving force behind Wey Education. As Chief Executive Officer, she has a demonstrated history of working in the e-learning industry. Her astuteness in business planning and development is coupled with her strong sense of how to translate technology for the user’s benefit.

A Chartered Accountant by profession and having worked close to two decades in the Finance sector, Manjula Basant Rai, Founder, and CEO of Spaanda, always felt something was missing and sometimes questioned the purpose of her journey. While at Tesco, she stumbled across sustainability by chance, and that was her light bulb moment. In a flash, she knew what she could do and what she had to do.

Nancy Lazkani, Founder & CEO of Icon Media Direct has an incredible drive to succeed and equally a drive to do what’s right. This combination creates someone who will aggressively push clients, partners and employees alike to grow, and does so with the utmost integrity. This identity creates a relationship and bond that is irreplaceable when clients are entrusting Icon with millions of dollars for marketing.

Since co-founding Greene Group in 1988, a national staffing company that grew to operate in more than 20 states, Tana Greene has been on a mission to help people. With over 30 years of experience in the indus-try, she saw, first-hand, the changing needs of the hourly workforce and understood the vital role technology must play moving forward. She set out to bring dignity through empowered choices back to hourly workers and provide a dependable W2 workforce for clients. Tana is a purpose-driven person with extraordinary leadership qualities.

Trudy Darwin’s first corporate job after graduating from University in the late ’90s was with what the industry labeled a dot.com, where she worked on the marketing side of web development for eCommerce companies, moving to web-based sales and digital brand awareness. From this, she moved quickly up the proverbial ladder to become Director of Marketing and Sales for global U.S. businesses in industries such as; Telecom, Technology, Training, and Publishing.

Veronica Robinson, the CEO of Stepping Stones Behavioral Solutions leads with the Golden Rule in all facets of life. Her purpose is to treat everyone with the same kindness and grace. She demonstrates a deep respect for those that she serves with a willingness to gladly perform any task, whether it is changing diapers or cleaning toilets if it needs to be done.