Daring Women
Daring Women: Caiman Consultings Marci Marra Believes Self-awareness Is Critical to Effective Leadership
She advises women pursuing leadership roles to be authentic to who you are and what you stand for
Marci Marra is a managing partner in the Seattle office of Redmond-based Caiman Consulting, a business consulting firm covering the West Coast, from Seattle to the Bay Area, with a small East Coast footprint as well. The company serves a range of clients, from startups to Fortune 500 corporations. Marra is a specialist in rapid…
Daring Women: Intertox Inc. Scientist and World-Class Mountain Bike Athlete Anne Galyean Believes in Embracing Fear
She says fear can be a great tool in decision-making because it heightens our senses and sharpens our minds
Anne Galyean is a staff scientist and executive assistant with Intertox Inc., a Seattle-based scientific consulting firm that assesses the risks posed to public health and the environment by chemical and biological agents. Galyean has more than 11 years of laboratory research experience as well as experience coordinating multi-year projects, managing researchers and organizing collaborative…
Daring Women: Simplicity Consulting Founder Lisa Hufford Believes Leaders Must Discover Their Personal Brand
She also advises that motivation, hard work and the little things matter when seeking to advance a career
Lisa Hufford has been on an amazing journey since launching her company, Simplicity Consulting, in 2006. The Kirkland-based company, which provides marketing, communications and business-operations consulting services, has worked with companies like Microsoft, Alaska Airlines, T-Mobile, Nordstrom and Amazon. Simplicity, through a team of 200 employees 70% of whom are women and an extended network…
Daring Women: Essentia Water Executive Karyn Abrahamson Strives to Be a North Star for Her Team
Abrahamson says leaders must continue to learn, alongside everyone else every day
Karyn Abrahamson is the chief marketing officer at the bottled-water company Essentia Water. She joined the Bothell-based company in 2015 as vice president of marketing and brand innovation and was promoted to the chief marketing position three years later. Prior to joining Essentia, Abrahamsons served in executive marketing roles with Microsoft, Starbucks, T-Mobile USA and…
Daring Women: Hughes Media Law Group Founder Joleen Hughes Is a Leader Who Knows How to Rock
With guidance from some amazing female mentors, Hughes says she has learned how to better lead both men and women gracefully and with strength
Joleen Hughes is the founder and principal of Hughes Media Law Group, which was launched in 2008 and offers clients legal services across a range of areas, including strategic advising, business formation and corporate oversight, and media and entertainment. She also is the host of the The Lawyer Who Rocks podcast, which features guests ranging…
Daring Women: Seattle Chocolate Owner and CEO Jean Thompson Says Leadership Is a Team Sport
The former Microsoft executive believes leaders are made stronger when good employees are empowered
Jean Thompson was among the original investors in Seattle Chocolate, a confections company launched in 1991 that sells locally made, small-batch chocolate bars and truffles. The former Microsoft communications executive went from being a quiet investor to the owner and chief executive officer of the Tukwila-based company shortly after Seattle Chocolates original factory in Pioneer…
Daring Women: Evia Events CEO Hilary Laney Believes Leaders Must Focus on the Greater Good
She says leadership isnt about the leader, but rather understanding the needs of others
Evia Events was founded in 1993 as Tri-Digital by three entrepreneurs who recognized the growing demand for digital-media content in presentations and documents. Back then, the internet was still in its infancy and CD-ROMS were the digital-storage medium of choice. In the years since its launch, Tri-Digital changed its name to Evia and evolved into…
Daring Women: Former Starbucks Exec Susannah Dhamdhere Says Leaders Must See the Big Picture
Now a small-business owner, she also believes a key ingredient for any successful venture is believing in yourself
Former Starbucks executive Susannah Dhamdhere recently unveiled her own entrepreneurial endeavor, a coffee shop and cafe in the 25-story Ascent South Lake Union apartment tower located adjacent to Amazons headquarters. The shop, called Lassi & Spice Cafe, opened for business in January of this year and offers smoothies with locally sourced yogurt, called lassis, as…
Daring Women: Logic20/20 Executive Juliana Su Values Courage in Leadership
Su says collaboration is important, but so is the fortitude to lead the charge
Business and technology consulting firm Logic20/20 earlier this year hired Juliana Su as the companys managing director of consulting. She has more than 20 years of experience in international consulting services. Su has broad experience managing people, products and projects across multiple countries and disciplines, including software development and customer-care solutions. She served previously as…
Daring Women: The Riveters Amy Nelson Seeks to Change the Future of Work
She says motherhood has been a source of 'enormous strength' in building her company
A little over two years ago, Amy Nelson left her career as a corporate attorney behind to launch a company, the Riveter, a woman-focused co-working startup that that has to date raised more than $20 million in venture capital. At the time she started the Seattle-based company, her oldest child was two years old, her…
Seattle’s Trailblazing Female Leaders Share Career and Personal Insight
'Women can speak up for themselves, yes, but they can also speak up for each other, for folks of color, for folks with different life situations than their own, to help everyone create a more inclusive workplace'
‘Women can speak up for themselves, yes, but they can also speak up for each other, for folks of color, for folks with different life situations than their own, to help everyone create a more inclusive workplace’ This article appears in the May 2019 issue and is part of our Daring Women cover story. Click here for a free subscription….