G100: Group of 100 Global Women Leaders
Shelli Brunswick
She is the CEO of Space Foundation, she brings a broad perspective and deep vision of the global space ecosystem – from a distinguished career as a space acquisition and program management leader and congressional liaison for the U.S. Air Force to her current role, including overseeing Center for Innovation and Education, Symposium 365, and Global Alliance.
Shelli plays an active leadership role with United Nations Space4Women, WomenTech Network, Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) Global Women Leaders Committee (GWLC), New York University, Global Policy Insights – Global Policy, Diplomacy and Sustainability (GPODS) Fellowship program, Global Policy Insights — Quad Forum, Space Tourism Society Africa, Tod’Aérs, Lifeboat Foundation, Women in Aerospace Foundation, Women’s Global Gathering, Manufacturer’s Edge, and Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC.
Advocating for space technology innovation, entrepreneurship, diversity and inclusion, Shelli collaborates with organizations around the world to connect commercial, government and educational sectors
Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen
She is Former Chairman of the Executive Board of Aon Holdings B.V. and Aon Group International B.V. (part of Aon Plc; NYSE AON) and other Holdings entities in the Netherlands and Global Chief Marketing Officer and Member of the Executive Committee of Aon Inpoint. Holdings consolidating USD 7bn of Aon’s total global revenue in the Netherlands. Aon is active in 120 countries around the globe and has 55,000 employees. Marguerite has over 33 years international experience in the financial services and insurance industry.
In addition Marguerite holds various non-executive and ambassador roles amongst others chairman of the Supervisory Board of Kelp Blue, vice chairman of the Supervisory Board of international law firm NautaDutilh, member of the global Alumni board of Harvard Business School (USA), member of the Supervisory board of the Dutch Royal Military Museums and member Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands. Marguerite is Ambassador of UWC Maastricht and supports their MENA Women Empowerment initiative
Dr. Gordana Nikolic
She is the Businesswoman, featured among top 100 Croatian Leaders, she is founder, owner & Dean of PAR University College, Croatia, the only independent higher education institution in the northern Adriatic region, and among Croatia’s top 20 educational centres for entrepreneurship.
She is also owner/director of Business Academy Rijeka. She has received many prestigious awards including: Best Woman Entrepreneur in Croatia in 2015 by the Croatian Association of Business Women – KRUG; In 2016, she received an award from the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County for the promotion of science, education and female entrepreneurship in the region.
The same year, she was also given the annual award from the City of Rijeka for her outstanding contribution to the fields of higher education and entrepreneurship, and for launching the first private higher education institution. She is Vice President of the Global Women Leaders Committee, which brings together women in the global network of business angels.
Marianne Egelund Siig
She is a recognised strategic leader, dedicated to creating value and purpose for people, businesses, and society as a whole. For more than 20 years, Marianne Egelund Siig has led successful business transformations in the fields of leadership-, talent-, and organisational strategies and development. Furthermore.
She is an expert within the fields of gender equality, diversity and inclusion. Marianne works as CEO for Mannaz; an international consultancy and education programs company with headquarter in Copenhagen, Denmark, and offices in both Sweden and UK. https://www.mannaz.com In 1994, Marianne started her career as the Managing Director of the Nordic consulting firm KaosManagement.
She collaborated with over 200 companies as strategic advisor, keynote speaker and facilitator of transformational training programs to co-create innovative solutions.
Karen Duys
She is a highly experienced senior advisor to governments and social organizations who has worked for governments at local, regional and international levels for over 30 years. She has been committed to concrete cooperation between governments (municipalities, ministries), institutions and small and medium-sized companies between the Netherlands, Europe and the rest of the world, she has greatly contributed to building Netherlands – India exchange. During her work with the municipality of The Hague for more than 15 years, Karen put the cooperation with India on the Dutch agenda, resulting in many delegations led by the Mayor of Hague to Bangalore resulting in many MOUs with the State government of Karnataka in the areas of care, economy, water and infrastructure.
Since 10 years Karen also serves as senior advisor to the Mayor of Rotterdam and aldermen of various municipalities. She also led the implementation of the noted Healthcare and Participation Act at the department of Health and Welfare of the City of the Hague, Netherlands, as well as at the Care, Welfare and Culture department of the province of North-Holland, Strategic Economic Projects Unit of the province of South Holland. Karen was elected as member of the city council of the municipality of Rotterdam for more than 10 years.
Prof. Dr. Lizbeth Goodman
She is the Chair of Creative Technology Innovation and Professor of Inclusive Design for Education, College of Engineering & Architecture, University College Dublin where she also directs the Inclusive Design Research Centre of Ireland, in partnership with SMARTlab that developed the award-winning practice-based PhD Programme along with the associated MAGIC Multimedia and Games Innovation Centre and Gamelab, which Lizbeth designed with industry collaborators. Prior to joining UCD, Lizbeth was Director of Research for Futurelab – Lord David Puttnam’s think tank for the future of education, and served in that capacity on the Prime Ministers SHINE Panel.
Chair of the Royal Irish Academy’s Social Sciences Committee in 2012 and Athena Swan lead for Engineering & Architecture, Lizbeth and her teams specialise in developing ground-up technology solutions with and for people of all levels of cognitive and physical ability.
Dame Jane Chircop
She is the founder of Sapphire Real Estate Group in Malta, elected as Councillor in the Local Government and the first woman independent candidate for Prime Minister in the 2022 elections, she is negotiator and dialogue builder in both private enterprise and public leadership.
Jane believes negotiations and diplomacy go hand in hand for building win-win strategies and solutions for all. She studied diplomacy with Partit Laburista, one of the major political parties in Malta and trained in UK Brighton for the last week of elections in 2008 where she campaigned for a candidate.
She was elected as Local Council Member under the ticket of Partit Labusita in her locality of St. Paul’s Bay for 2012 – 2015. Her duties included social policy, foreign affairs, education, sanitisation and health.
H.E. Segolene Royal
She is the President Cop21, former Minister of Environment, Energy and Sea, President of DA Planet Foundation for solar energy and women in Africa, Author of 15 books, and mother of 4 children she was the first woman in France to be finalist of a presidential election.
She was also Minister Delegate for Family Affairs, Childhood and Disability (March 2000 – May 2002), Minister Delegate for School Education (June 1997 – March 2000), and Minister for the Environment (April 1992 – March 1993). She was President of the Poitou-Charentes Region from April 2004 to May 2014 and was a member of the French Parliament for the Deux-Sèvres department numerous times between 1988 and 2007.
Minister Royal was also Vice-President and Spokeswoman for the Banque publique d’investissement (French Public Investment Bank), Vice President of Socialist International, and was an advisor to French President François Mitterrand from 1982-1988.
H.E. Ouided Bouchamaoui
She had awarded Nobel Peace Laureate 2015, Tunisia is a Businesswoman and Past President of UTICA (Tunisian Industry Confederation) as the first woman elected to this role.
Ouided Bouchamaoui is the co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize 2015 as member of the National Dialogue Quartet, where she played a historic and legendary role in helping her country navigate through a great time of crisis during the Arab spring and move Tunisia to a more transparent and collaborative society with democratic processes, constitutional framework and transparent elections.
Ms. Bouchamaoui is also Member of the Oslo Business for Peace Award Committee since January 2016. Ms. Bouchamaoui describes the open secret of her success as the ability to build win-win partnerships and relationships even among opponents.
She is an exemplar of the creative and constructive force of women’s leadership to nurture dialogue, bring harmony and build peace.
Charlene Doak-Gebauer
She is the Founder and Chair of the federal Canadian charity “Internet Sense First”, as also the AICET Council (Anti Internet Child Exploitation Team), she is an eminent expert in child protection. Author of two books – “Digital Sexual Victims: True Cases” she was nominated for an international award by the Delta Kappa Gamma society of educators; and her newest release is, “The Internet: Are Children In Charge?”.
Both books are available on 40,000 distribution channels worldwide. The objective of her organisations is to educate the public regarding the Theory of Digital Supervision for proactive online child protection.
Internet Sense First provides funding for therapy for victims of Internet child exploitation.
Michelle Ferrari
She is the CEO of Great Culture to Innovate®️ in Mexico, a global firm promoting and developing innovative cultures and Partner of Great Place to Work which she led as CEO for two decades. She works across many multinationals and Fortune 500 companies such as Manpower, UBER, Baxter Pharmaceutical, Edenred,Newell Rubbermaid, USANA, KPMG.
She is credited with building the pioneering unique certification program which is now benchmarked by corporates all over Mexico making it the only golden standard for measuring workplace culture. Michelle chairs several boards of AmCham, Young President Organization (YPO) as a member of this community and the Global Leadership Council of Great Place to Work. Her work has impacted hundreds of companies with multi thousand employees reaching more than 1 million people touched with this methodology, which has turned the way leaders think of human capital and Human Resources, and the impact it has in their business and social responsibility and employer branding.
Kaori Sasaki
She is the Founder and Executive Producer, Since 1996, Ms. Sasaki has produced and chaired the International Conference for Women in Business, the largest diversity conference in Japan. She is the Founder of Diversity Index. Through her work as a diversity expert to companies throughout Japan, she saw the need for a system to measure and reward companies for their diversity efforts. In 2018, she inaugurated the “Diversity Index”, which measures the diversity of an organization against its corporate performance and provides training. Outside Director, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Outside Director, Japan Post Co., Ltd. Outside Director, AGP Co., Ltd. Outside Director, Premier Wellness Science Executive Board Member, Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) Member, The Council for Gender Equality of the Cabinet Office Member, Labor Policy Council/Labor Policy Basic Subcommittee, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Leadership Champion, World Bank Women Entrepreneurs Funding Initiative (We-Fi), Councilor, Advisory, Vice President, Sophia
Beatriz Corredor Sierra.
She is the Chairwoman of the Red Eléctrica Group and the Board of Directors of Red Eléctrica Corporation in Spain, she was former Minister of Housing of the Government of Spain. She has held positions of responsibility in various areas of the public sector, promoting regulatory measures and legislative processes, with management and supervisory powers in various ministerial departments and in state-owned companies. She has received,
among other awards, the Medal of Honour from the Spanish Official Association of Property and Mercantile Registrars (2018), the 2017 ALUMNI Prize from the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid-UAM and the Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Carlos III presented by His Maj-esty King Don Juan Carlos I (2010). Formerly she was also Member of Parliament for Madrid and Chair of the Committee on Justice. House of Commons. XIII Legislative Period (2019).
Mary Giuseffi
She is Personal Brand Expert, three-time Amazon #1 Best Selling Author, Speaker, Fashion and Color Authority, she is an Entrepreneur and celebrated guest on many stages and TV shows. Mary has an extensive fashion retail background that includes holding the prestigious 5th Avenue Club Director at Saks Fifth Avenue in Ft. Lauderdale and serving as their interim creative director. Mary’s fashion credits include: Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue,
Bloomingdales, Macy’s, YSL, St. John, Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, Laura Ashley, Ted Baker and countless others. She also produced for The Aventura Mall, Town Center Mall, Fashion Island Mall and Macy’s NYC. Mary worked as the fashion and marketing director for publications including Boca Magazine, Salt Lake City Magazine and Utah Bride and Groom.
H.E. Justice Carmen R. Velasquez
She is NY Supreme Court Justice and Immediate Past President of the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Judge Carmen is recognised for her dedication to public service. Velasquez is a Supreme Court Justice serving in the 11th district of the State of New York and the first Ecuadorian-American judge in the U.S. She
previously served as a judge for the New York City Civil Court of Queens County. She is a founding member and past president of the Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County. Her other leadership roles include NAWJ-NY Board Member, IAWJ – International Committee’s Commissioner, US Chapter
of Pan American Commission of Judges on Social Justice, Vice-President of Supreme Court Judtices for the City of NY, Founding Member-Advisory Board, Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County, Founder & CEO, Brigada de Esperanza NY. Judge Velasquez says, “It has not been easy for me but I am grateful for the opportunity to attend school and get an education, and the opportunity to help others through my extensive pro bono work
H.E. Chief Dr. Jewel Howard Taylor
She is the Vice President, Republic of Liberia & President, Liberia Senate, H.E. Dr. Taylor is Liberia’s foremost advocate for increased and improved opportunities for women. Excellency Dr. Taylor is a visible and very involved stateswoman; with a vision for affordable but quality education; transparent justice system; improve and accessible health system;
women’s economic and political participation; and an accountable public service system – a critical voice on cross-cutting issues at many frontlines in the battle to reposition Liberia for vibrancy, productivity and democratic good governance. Dr. Taylor currently serves in many capacities; Vice President of
the Republic of Liberia and also served as senior, Ranking Member of the Liberian Senate serving on several strategic committees such as: Chairperson, Women Legislative Caucus of Liberia; Chairperson, Education and Public Administration; Co-Chairpersonon Planning & Development Committee; Member of the Joint
Lucia de Luca
She is an Equity champion and community-builder and the former Managing Director of Women Political Leaders (WPL) (2019-2021), the worldwide network of women politicians. Lucia has more than 20 years of experience in international cooperation, strategic communications, and
communities’ creation. Throughout the unprecedented times of the pandemic, Lucia set up WPL on a path of growth, mobilising communities and partners and motivating the staff to create impact and societal change. Lucia worked for the European Food Safety Authority (2004-2018) where she managed reputational crises and international relations. As stakeholders’
engagement expert, she redesigned stakeholders policies for various public bodies. Lucia worked for a renowned consultancy in Brussels as policy and media specialist as well as for an innovative international airline managing public relations. Lucia also worked for the European Parliament
Diah Yusuf
Diah is very enthusiastic to involve and dedicate her time through many social communities and working with government project to develop SME in Indonesia since 2005, as well as develop her own business. She founded Indonesia Prima as a strategic business support organization with global network to developing accountable Indonesian enterprises which aligning with sustainable development for better life. The roles as a development centre for exploring, maintaining and leveraging entrepreneurial mindset, skillset and spirit for better life. Indonesia Prima provides continues improvement acceleration for entrepreneurs who are looking for best support for their optimum achievement including preparing connecting with investors. Diah also actively learned and completed several local and international entrepreneurial workshops and certification.
She holds Ph. D from Rai University India in 2022. The honoris causa doctorate given as appreciation for her dedication for empowering small medium enterprises globally.
Tove Lovisa Bergkvist
She is an entrepreneur and author of the book “Sixth Sense Success – Embrace your Feminine Intuition in Business.” The book is a guide for women to utilize their natural abilities while navigating on their professional journey.
A business consultant with a natural passion for empowering others, driven by the potential to make this world a better place, Tove believes that we are all a part of the collective evolution and her mission is to accelerate social, environmental and financial sustainability across the world, through global collaborations and bridge building between people, businesses, cultures and economic levels.
The goal is to co-create opportunities for people to work together towards a positive shift for humanity and support the vision of a better future. She has been honored with the award of “Global women for Change” from the Women Innovation Entrepreneurship Foundation, 2022.
Amor Maclang
She is known as a movement maker, Amor Maclang’s is the convenor of Digital Pilipinas, the largest private sector led movement for creating an innovation and a technology ecosystem in the Philippines. She is also the convenor of the World Fintech Festival-Philippines, and the Philippine Fintech Festival. She’s the leading advocate of nascent technology adoption in the country from blockchain, web 3, e commerce and fintech advising some of the leading companies, organizations and governments in ASEAN. She is the advisor of the Department of Finance, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Information and Communications Technology and the Department of Health. She is the Co-Founder and Chief Reputation Architect of GeiserMaclang, the leading company in special situations, risk, issues and crisis, her 22 year old start up that specializes in high-impact, high-risk, high value and highly regulated industries specifically in the technology, renewable energy, public health, tourism, urban planning and the financial services industry. A dear Soul Sister who passionately builds bridges across interdisciplinary sectors, opening windows of opportunities for all in the digital economy.
Brunhilde Schram
Welcoming Brunhilde Schram. Founder & Honorary President of the CSR Dialogue Forum, Association for the Promotion of Sustainable Business in Consultative Status with the United Nations, she is Managing Director, ECCOStandards & More KG, Austria. Her company is in Sustainability Management and is a Strategic cooperation partner with Quality Austria represented in 48 countries in the field of measurement and assessment of development measures for companies, enabling Sustainability rating for organisations that (want to) see themselves as impact investors. An Accredited Member of Club of Rome, she is also Founder of WIKOM, Institute for Work, Culture and Learning, Implacement Foundation (a cooperation with government and various companies and organisations). She has been part of Boardsearch, a Platform for female supervisory board members, and National spokeswoman of the CSR Expertsgruppe /WKO for sustainable management. A consummate community leader across a wide spectrum of interconnected fields, she is Founding member Human Health Development Institute for Organisational & Structural Health as also of the Association for the Promotion of New Entrepreneurship. Her strengths are is the combination and linking of process consulting, training and expert consulting in developmental change and implementation projects.
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, PhD. A renowned spiritual leader, author and motivational speaker based in Rishikesh, India, she’s President of the Divine Shakti Foundation. The foundation runs free schools, vocational training programs, and empowerment programs; and director of the world-famous International Yoga Festival at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh—which has been covered in Time, CNN, the New York Times and other prestigious publications and has been addressed by both the Prime Minister and Vice President of India. She serves on the United Nations Advisory Council on Religion and on the steering committees of the International Partnership for Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD) and the Moral Imperative to End Extreme Poverty, a campaign by the United Nations and World Bank. She’s the author of newly released #1 bestselling memoir, Hollywood to the Himalayas: A Journey of Healing and Transformation. Originally from Los Angeles and a graduate of Stanford University, Sadhviji has been ordained into the sacred order of Sanyas by her guru HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and has been living at Parmarth Niketan Ashram for the past twenty-five years.
