Gillea Allison is currently the president of D Magazine Partners, responsible for advertising revenue, partnerships, and marketing for the D brands. She also oversees the People Newspapers division.

She previously held roles as director of marketing for the company and associate publisher of D Home. Before moving back home in 2016, she managed and grew Blue State Digital’s key nonprofit, advocacy, and brand accounts and technology suite partnerships in New York. She has also held roles in political campaigns and was a brand marketer for Method Soap. She’s currently an executive board member of Dwell with Dignity and the Coalition for a New Dallas, and a member of the Texas Women's Foundation Economic Leadership Council.

Whitney Clarke is a seasoned marketing and brand strategist with over 25 years of experience in driving transformational growth for leading organizations. As a former Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Brand and Communications Officer, and Chief Experience Officer, Whitney has a proven track record of building and leading high-performing teams, developing innovative growth strategies, and elevating brand profiles across diverse industries.

Over the past decade, Whitney has successfully led large-scale corporate brand strategy and repositioning efforts, helping businesses create more meaningful and authentic relationships both within their organizations (culture-nurturing!) and with their audiences. Her efforts have consistently achieved financial targets and driven sustainable growth. She is passionate about helping companies lead with purpose, curiosity, and empathy, enhancing brand distinction and laying the foundation for long-term success.

With a commitment to helping good people doing “good,” Whitney continues to guide and partner with companies in the health and wellness space, helping them define their purpose and brand strategy. She excels at influencing decision-making and creating demand through her expertise in brand management, customer experience, and integrated marketing strategies. Most recently, Whitney transitioned from "only" bringing her magic to other companies to making magic for her own venture by founding Habelo Beauty, a biotech-forward luxury skincare e-commerce brand.

Whitney lives outside of Boston with her husband, Matt, and 15-year old son, Billy, and two cats.

Sandy found the practice of yoga originally as a way to open her physical body from tennis, but has since found so much more mental presence. Sandy has been teaching yoga for 15 years and is trained in many formats including power vinyasa flow, ashtanga, yin, pre-natal, and yoga sculpt.

Erika Hanafin Feldhus is a devoted mom, sophisticated business leader and startup advisor, and a compassionate advocate for women in business. She is the CEO and co-founder of Hello Mamas, a community dedicated to supporting every mom’s success by empowering every mom with the tools, connections, and joyful experiences needed to thrive in all aspects of life.

Growing up in a family of successful CEOs, Erika was enriched with the intricate details of running successful businesses through observation, higher education, and extensive experience. Over the past 15 years, she has played a pivotal role in growing small businesses across various industries, with a focus on business development, research and data, operations, revenue management, and an expertise in diverse fundraising models. Erika's success is underscored by her involvement in four significant startup acquisitions, three of which she was instrumental in leading.

Through her experiences, Erika has learned that a company's culture is fundamental to its success. She is committed to fostering supportive and healthy corporate cultures across the world by empowering women through leadership, collaboration, philanthropy, mentorship, and fundraising. This passion led her to the helm of HeyMama, a membership community of over 75,000 moms in business with events and programs impacting over 400 million moms. In just three years as CEO, Erika transformed the distressed company, marking it as her fourth acquisition and launching its parent company Hello Mamas.

Recognized for Excellence in Business by the National Association of Professional Women VIP Awards, Erika has also earned President’s Club and Knights of the Roundtable awards. Beyond her professional achievements, Erika is the Chairman of EQUI-KIDS, is a Certified Holistic Health Coach from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, and is dedicated to supporting divorced and co-parenting businesswomen like herself navigate the delicate balance between high-pressure careers and crucial roles at home.

Katie is a 29 year old entrepreneur who was born and raised in Ohio. After studying Psychology and Business, she decided to follow her own creative path.

She is ambitious and spontaneous and she’s always up to something new. Her latest project includes renovating an abandoned house into a pink Airbnb, otherwise known as “Pink Dreams Cottage”. She purchased the abandoned house for $10,000 and with the help of her Dad, they are giving it a new life! This project combines Katie’s passion for traveling, photography, art, and creativity. Over the course of nearly three years, she has shared the entire renovation journey online and built a community of over 650,000 invested followers! As her first renovation project comes to an end, she hopes this is only the beginning of her career!

In a world where professional landscapes can sometimes feel like opaque mazes, meet Renita Joyce Smith— Executive Authenticity Coach, Speaker, and People-Grower tending to the gardens of human potential. Renita doesn't just navigate the corporate jungle; she transforms it into a vibrant ecosystem where transparency and genuine connections flourish.

With over 23 years of expertise in management consulting and strategy development, Renita has a proven track record of guiding Fortune 500 organizations through profound transformations. Her approach? Cultivating environments where authenticity takes root, innovation branches out, and leaders blossom into their fullest potential.

As an International Coaching Federation-certified coach, Renita excels at guiding clients through personal and professional transitions, helping them bridge the gap between where they are and where they aspire to be. Her unique approach combines deep business acumen with a passion for nurturing genuine human connections in the workplace.

Renita's impact extends beyond one-on-one coaching. As a captivating speaker, she has delivered transformative talks, including a recent TEDx, offering audiences practical strategies for personal growth, authentic leadership and organizational change.

Beyond her professional endeavors, Renita is deeply committed to community growth. She actively volunteers with the Junior League of Dallas, The Links Incorporated Dallas (TX) Chapter, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Her roles on the Board for The Senior Source and UT Austin's Forty Acres Society Advisory Council further demonstrate her dedication to fostering growth and connection in our community.

In her moments of recharge, Renita embodies the very authenticity she champions. You might find her embarking on spontaneous adventures, expressing her creativity through vibrant paintings, or sharing tender moments with her fur babies, Mason and Toussaint.

Diana is a Partner at Navi Ventures, where she is focused on acquisitions and asset management of multi-family value-add opportunities and ground-up developments in the Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico markets. She is an active operator and General Partner of 4 multi-family properties, one of which is a 150-unit ground-up multi-family development in New Mexico, and an experienced passive investor in multiple deals.

Diana got her start in real estate by first passively investing in multi-family and acquiring some single-family rentals while still keeping her full-time job. After a couple of years of investing, Diana experienced the proof of concept of using real estate as a tool for wealth creation and a path to financial freedom. In 2021, she became a full-time investor when she launched her company and is committed to educating others of the benefits of real estate investing to her community.

Before Diana transitioned into a full-time real estate investor, Diana was a practicing architect with over 10 years of experience working in New York, Texas, and China where she has designed and managed large scale award-winning buildings in office, multi-family, hospitality, and retail.

She received her Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University. She was 2023 Bisnow DFW’s Women Leading Real Estate, 2022 Dallas Equitable Development Initiative (EDI) Inaugural Cohort Member and the 2018 AIA Dallas Emerging Leader. Diana runs a local Dallas meet-up called Real Estate Ladies, which is focused on empowering, motivating, and educating women to invest in real estate.

Sarah (Solomon) Mason is the founder and CEO of Publify Relations, a boutique PR agency representing clients primarily in DEI, HR, and Leadership spaces. Her agency has helped many thought-leaders with their book launches as well. With 12 years of experience in the PR industry, Sarah has secured thousands of media placements for clients in all types of media including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Inc., Entrepreneur, CNBC, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, TODAY, and many more. Sarah is a pioneer of remote work and has built her PR agency from all corners of the globe, starting in 2017. Her career and travel lifestyle has been written about in The New York Post, CBS, ABC, Access Hollywood, and Forbes.

Prior to founding Publify Relations, Sarah was a publicist at Puder PR and Nike Communications, where she managed accounts in the non-profit and lifestyle sectors. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Advertising and Marketing Communications from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband.

Kendra is an award-winning marketing communications strategist with 25 years of experience guiding brand visibility, team development and impact programming for leading D2C and B2B brands in the retail, healthcare, tech and agency spaces. As the founder of BoldCo, Kendra cultivates bold voices and co-creates sustainable change for purposeful brands and leaders. Working with young start-ups and fortune 500s, she promotes the power of purpose to driving profit through coaching, communications and impact programming.

Prior to starting her consultancy, Kendra led global communications and sustainability at S’well where she oversaw programs that drove millions in sales and billions in media impressions. She guided the brand’s impact programming, led the company to B Corp certification and supported leadership through acquisition, among other contributions.

In addition, Kendra has held leadership roles at marketing communications agencies where she oversaw large teams and a wide range of clients. Here she honed her storytelling skills and team development approach with global brands such as McDonald's, GroupM, Hass Avocado Board, Sunkist, Roche, DENSO and more.

BoldCo is a member of 1% for the Planet and Kendra is the B Local NYC Communications Board Chair, helping expand the B Corp certification movement. In addition, Kendra is an ACTP-certified executive coach (UT Dallas) and holds a certification in corporate sustainability from NYU Stern. She earned an MFA in creative writing from Chapman University and a BA in Communications from UC San Diego.

Kendra is committed to uplifting diverse voices by supporting and implementing programs that provide access to career development, education and healthcare opportunities.

Barbara Schweitzer is a proud native of Fort Worth and a graduate of R. L. Paschal High School. She spent a good part of her childhood learning how to play tennis and how to invest in real estate from her grandfather. She attended The University of Texas at Austin earning a degree in Management Information Systems.

Over the past several years, Barbara has worked with her husband, Thurman, to build their personal real estate investment portfolio in Fort Worth while working as the COO of Oil & Gas Information Systems. After the sale of the company, Barbara decided to take on real estate full time.

Barbara understands how great technology and processes are critical to achieving the best results whether her clients are selling or investing in real estate. She brings with her the ability to translate her clients’ needs into the ideal solution as well as the negotiating skills gained from selling her own business.

Barbara is married with one daughter who is entering the 8th grade this coming year. Her daughter is on the Field Hockey team at Fort Worth Country Day. Barbara is also a long-time member of First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth. Barbara and her husband, Thurman, are also members of Jewel Charity. They also support the American Warriors Association, United Way, and the College Ready Program.

Catherine L. Wheeler is a culture-centric change management expert. She’s spent over a decade strategizing and advising organizations and executive leaders of Fortune 300 companies and non-profit organizations through significant transformations, including a $19.5B acquisition; challenging and equipping them to successfully navigate the terrains of people systems and organizational design for mission-driven impact. With 14 years of experience as an HR practitioner across manufacturing, retail, and the service industry her approach marries the pragmatic and aspirational components of change leadership.

Catherine holds an MBA with specializations in Organizational Development and Design and Project Management; and is also a licensed facilitator of StratOp.

When she’s not transforming leaders and organizations you can find her cuddled in blankets with her husband and daughters, scrolling Pinterest for five-ingredient recipes.