IWF Announces 2023-2024 Mentors
November 28, 2023
The International Women’s Forum (IWF) is excited to announce the committed group of IWF members who have volunteered to devote their time and wise counsel as Mentors to our 2023-2024 IWF Leadership Fellows class.
“Our members who serve as mentors to IWF Fellows are a critical part of what makes our program world class,” said Carolyn Carter, IWF Global President. “In no other program can you find women of this caliber matched with high potential next gen leaders to help them reach their full potential. The 40 outstanding member leaders who serve as mentors this year are proof of our commitment to advance women’s leadership today and tomorrow.”
IWF Mentors break down one of the three top barriers to women fulfilling their leadership potential: A lack of mentorship. Mentors are matched to meet the specific leadership development needs of Fellows, and work with them one-on-one throughout the fellowship.
Mentors are a crucial component of the broader IWF Leadership Fellows Program, which was created in response to the US Department of Labor’s 1991 Glass Ceiling Report which identified three key forces that propelled men in their careers but weren’t there for women: Formal leadership training, mentorship, and access to networks. These forces have been confirmed repeatedly over the last three decades by institutions like Harvard, and companies like Deloitte and Accenture.
Our program was custom built to provide women with these important resources. In partnership with world class resources like INSEAD and Harvard Business School, the Leadership Fellows program provides customized leadership training, as well as global networking opportunities with both a peer cohort and IWF members around the world.
This year’s IWF Member Mentors are from 24 IWF forums in 9 countries, including Australia, Canada, Chile, Finland, France, Jamaica, Panama, Spain, and the United States. Four Mentors are Leadership Fellows program alumnae. Ten Mentors have shown exceptional commitment to the program, having served as Mentors for Fellows in previous program years.
Linda Abraham
- Managing Director
- Crimson Capital
- IWF Florida
Sheryl Adkins-Green
- Chief Experience Officer
- Mary Kay, Inc.
- IWF Dallas
Dr. Alice Aiken
- Vice President, Research and Innovation
- Dalhousie University
- IWF Canada
Lauren Anderson
- Founder and CEO
- LC Anderson International Consulting
- IWF New York
Joy Baer
- Corporate Director, Advisor and Entrepreneur
- IWF Chicago
Michelle Banks
- Senior Advisor and Executive Coach, BarkerGilmore LLC
- Executive Vice President, Global General Counsel (retired), Gap, Inc.
- IWF Northern California
Brigida Benitez
- Partner and General Counsel
- Steptoe
- IWF Washington, DC
Sheri Bronstein
- Chief Human Resources Officer
- Bank of America
- IWF New York
Ambassador Kate Byrnes
- Civilian Deputy and Foreign Policy Advisor to U.S. European Command
- U.S. Department of State
- IWF Florida Suncoast
Heather Campion
- Managing Director
- Diversified Search Group
- IWF Massachusetts
Barrie Christman
- CEO (retired)
- Principal Bank and Principal Trust Company
- IWF Carolinas
Candice Eggerss
- Advisor, Corporate Director, and Investor
- IWF Northern California
Alice Eldridge
- Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
- BAE Systems
- IWF Washington, DC
Mirei Endara de Heras
- Co-founder and President, Marea Verde
- Inaugural Minister of Environment, Government of Panama
- IWF Panama
Gloria Feldt
- Co-Founder and President
- Take The Lead Women
- IWF New York and IWF Arizona
Wendy Garen
- President and CEO (retired)
- The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
- IWF Southern California
Maria Garrido
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Deezer
- IWF France
Michaela Healey
- Director
- The Magokoro Practice
- IWF Australia
Lee Ann Hoover
- Client Relationship Executive
- Treliant
- IWF Chicago
Nina Hyvarinen
- Board Member
- Icehearts
- IWF Finland
Mary Knell
- CEO, Pacific Northwest Commercial Banking
- Wells Fargo
- IWF Washington State
Jenny Luray
- Senior Vice President, Strategy and Communications
- Research!America
- IWF Washington, DC
Nikki May
- Creative Director
- Fisher Leadership
- IWF Australia
Ana Muñoz
- Corporate Director
- Tubos Reunidos, Natra, and Grupo Lantero
- IWF Spain
Ellen Ochoa
- Corporate Director and Former Astronaut
- IWF Idaho
Claudia Patton
- Chief Talent Advisor
- Edelman
- IWF Georgia
Alison Kenney Paul
- Managing Director, Global Alliances
- IWF Southern California
Veronica Pollard
- Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications (retired)
- U.S. Fund for UNICEF
- IWF New York and IWF France
Denise Ratinoff
- Senior Vice President, Head of Regional Offices, Chile, Peru, and Ecuador
- Christie’s International
- IWF Chile
Melody Rose
- Principal
- WittKieffer
- IWF Oregon
Cynthia Mickens Ross, Ph.D.
- Founder and CEO
- Cynthia Mickens Ministries, Inc. & Enterprises, LLC.
- IWF Dallas
Deborah Rutter
- President
- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- IWF Washington, DC
Anya Schnorr
- Anya Schnorr
- Scotiabank
- IWF Jamaica
Jackie Seto
- Corporate Director, Ultra Clean Technology Principal
- Side People Consulting
- IWF Oregon
Sarah Shortreed
- EVP and Chief Technology Officer
- ATCO
- IWF Canada
Josée Touchette
- Executive Director
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- IWF France
Teresa (Valdes-Fauli) Weintraub
- Managing Director
- Merrill Lynch
- IWF Florida
Susan Whiting
- Vice Chair (retired)
- Nielsen
- IWF Chicago
Ruth Williams-Brinkley
- President
- Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States
- IWF Washington, DC
Missy Young
- Chief Information Officer
- Switch
- IWF Nevada
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