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Category: Power Agenda

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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Michelle Rankine

Michelle Rankine never imagined she’d become a leader in the in-home care industry. With a PhD and a background...

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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Dr. Charis Chambers

Dr. Charis Chambers was never a stranger to the medical field. Growing up in a small town in Alabama,...

Connie Orlando
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Connie Orlando

Connie Orlando continues to serve as the Executive Vice President of Specials, Music Programming, and Music Strategy at BET. She spearheaded BET’s “Saving Ourselves”...

By: Tatyana Arrington · 3 weeks ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Kelli Ferrell

From the kitchen to The Food Network, Kelli Ferrell has developed a reputation for leading an enterprising life. Most notably, her Georgia-based restaurant business,...

By: Her Agenda Staff · 4 weeks ago
Courtney Adanna
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Courtney Adanna

“I started YouTube simply to be myself authentically somewhere.”  When Nigerian-American content creator Courtney Adanna started her first YouTube channel in the eighth grade,...

By: Kiara Manning · 1 month ago
Jeannette Reyes
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Jeannette Reyes

“You don’t owe the old version of yourself a lifetime subscription. You’re allowed to reinvent yourself.”  After 12 years as a news anchor, Jeannette...

By: Kiara Manning · 1 month ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Jesseca Harris-Dupart

Kaleidoscope, which by its Greek origin loosely means beautiful shape to look at, makes perfect sense for Jesseca “Judy” Harris-Dupart. As a sought-after hairstylist,...

By: Dominique Johnson-Lindsay · 2 months ago
A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Debra Lee
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Debra Lee

Debra Lee spent 32 years at BET (and 13 years as CEO), and she retired in 2018. Currently, Debra...

Alexis McGill Johnson President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Alexis McGill Johnson

Alexis McGill Johnson is the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood whose work is dedicated to defending freedom. [...]

Rebecca Soffer of Modern Loss
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Rebecca Soffer

Bestselling author, internationally renowned speaker and co-founder Rebecca Soffer wants to let you know she’s just like you and wants her work to reflect...

By: Blair Bedford · 2 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Shelly Lombard

Networking is the key to unlocking success, yet many professionals lack the tools to build and maintain relationships.  Shelly Lombard was one of those...

By: Truth Headlam · 3 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Zareefa Ahmed

New York-based content creator and entrepreneur Zareefa Ahmed used her grief to honor her late mother in the best way possible. Refining her mother’s...

By: Kiara Manning · 3 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Marvella Akiojano

Inspired by seeing the lack of smudge-proof lip liners in the makeup industry, CEO and Content Creator Marvella Akiojano set out to create her...

By: Kiara Manning · 3 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Annie Morsches Bailey

As a former athlete, Annie Morsches Bailey knows what it takes to make it on the field, but now as the COO of RISE,...

By: Kiara Manning · 3 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Aba Asante

Aba Asante is back, and she’s ready to take her place as one of the industry’s newest leading content...

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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Zewiditu Jewel 

Zewiditu Jewel is the co-founder of Cloudy Donut, a Black-owned brand she is building one store at a time,...

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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Mika Pryce

Growing up, Brooklyn native Mika Pryce was enamored with the entertainment industry. When the TV Guide would come with the Sunday paper, she would...

By: Gillian Smith · 4 months ago
A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Janice Bryant Howroyd
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Janice Bryant Howroyd

Janice Bryant Howroyd is the first Black woman to own a billion-dollar company. The North Carolina native left her hometown in 1976 with $900...

By: Rhonesha Byng · 4 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Nadira Taylor

With over 20 years of experience across every avenue of New York City real estate, Nadira Taylor has fostered a career rooted in care....

By: Rahma Ahmed · 5 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Rebecca Warfield

Rebecca Warfield is your backstage pass to success. She grew up in a log cabin in Montana knowing she’d work in entertainment. It wasn’t...

By: Varsha Pai · 5 months ago
Asha Shivaji
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Asha Shivaji

Growing up in Bloomington, Minnesota, where according to the 1980 Census about 95 percent of the city was white, Asha Shivaji was acutely aware...

By: Rasha Aly · 5 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Kara Ball

When Kara Ball was a child, she transformed her basement into a pretend classroom. She had a teacher’s desk,...

Crystal Nicole
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Crystal Nicole

Before she entered the world of beauty and lifestyle content creation, YouTube Influencer Crystal Nicole set her sights on...

Lisa Mccurdy
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Lisa McCurdy

According to Fortune, America is about to experience the Greatest Wealth Transfer in history, with Gen X and Millennials projected to inherit $124 trillion...

By: Asha Bey · 6 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Kimberly Russell

Journalist turned attorney Kimberly Russell combines her passion for storytelling and law as the force behind multi-million-dollar civil rights victories. The daughter of two...

By: Kiara Manning · 6 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Margaret Cho

When Margaret Cho started doing comedy in the 1980s, there were no Asian American performers to look up to, no queer women on stage,...

By: Varsha Pai · 6 months ago
A Peek Inside Her Agenda Allyiah Gainer
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Allyiah Gainer

Known as the internet’s ‘it girl,’ content creator and entrepreneur Allyiah Gainer has become the crown jewel of the YouTube scene. Referred to as...

By: Kiara Manning · 6 months ago
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7 New Year Strategies From Top Women Leaders

As we all prepare for the new year, there’s probably a laundry list of things you’re thinking about. New routines, habits, goals, and more...

By: Marissa Braswell · 7 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Gail Becker

Gail Becker is the creator of Caulipower, a unique brand changing the frozen food aisle with its creative cauliflower-based...

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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Tricia Lee

Tricia Lee is a Real Estate Broker at Serhant Real Estate and one of the stars of the Netflix...

Christie Marchese
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Christie Marchese

Christie Marchese is the founder and CEO of Kinema, a technology platform redefining how films are distributed and experienced. With Kinema, Christie empowers independent...

By: Kehinde Grace Adepetun · 7 months ago
RACHEL FORMARO
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Rachel Formaro

Rachel Formaro is the Founder and co-CEO of Collabry, a consulting and communications collective. With over two decades of experience across the communications industry,...

By: Kehinde Grace Adepetun · 8 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Kelly Lyles

Entrepreneur and CEO Kelly Lyles cracked the code to hosting stress-free dinners. Her new online tool, Chef2Nite, connects at-home diners with chefs for a...

By: Kiara Manning · 8 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Justine Palefsky

Justine Palefsky grew up in a San Francisco studio apartment where the garage always housed someone different—friends, extended family, anyone who needed a place...

By: Taylor Bushey · 8 months ago
Mina Haque
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Mina Haque

Mohaimina “Mina” Haque is the dynamic CEO at the forefront of Tony Roma’s, where she’s leading efforts to breathe new life into the beloved...

By: Varsha Pai · 8 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Karonda Cook

Karonda Cook is the first Black woman in the role of Head of Global Marketing at KISS Colors &...

Binta Niambi Brown
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Binta Niambi Brown

Binta Niambi Brown knew what she wanted to be from a young age, which fostered the clarity of understanding...

Jennifer Donnelly
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Jennifer Donnelly

In today’s fast-paced, hyper-digital dating world, luxury matchmaker Jennifer Donnelly offers something far more rare and far more real. With a reputation for curating...

By: Varsha Pai · 9 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Nina Magon

As the founder and principal of Nina Magon Studio, Nina Magon specializes in luxurious residential, commercial, and hospitality projects. Her bold aesthetic incorporates vibrant...

By: Varsha Pai · 9 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Julie Cartwright

Under Julie Cartwright’s leadership, Pvolve, the functional fitness company, has carved out a distinctive niche in the crowded wellness landscape by putting women first....

By: Taylor Bushey · 9 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Julia DeVillers

With a career spanning over two decades and a catalog that includes both bestselling books and a Disney Channel movie adaptation, Julia DeVillers creates...

By: Edikan Umoh · 10 months ago
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Sally Kim

Sally Kim has spent three decades watching the publishing world transform around her, but the veteran editor and publisher has learned to embrace change...

By: Taylor Bushey · 10 months ago
A Peek Inside Her Agenda Garima Shah
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Garima Shah

Garima Shah is an accomplished fintech executive with over 18 years of experience driving revenue growth and reshaping the...

Omi Bell
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Omi Bell

When was the last time you took a deep breath? A true deep breath where you fill your lungs...

Susan Dominus
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Susan Dominus

Poet and Yale University Lecturer Richard Deming describes his colleague and award-winning New York Times Magazine staff writer Susan Dominus as “one of the...

By: Kiara Manning · 11 months ago
Dr. Melissa Robinson-Brown
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Dr. Melissa Robinson-Brown

Dr. Melissa Robinson-Brown has been empowering women to stray from societal norms and live boldly for over 22 years. Also known as Dr. Mel,...

By: Kiara Manning · 11 months ago
CARLA ZANONI
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Carla Zanoni

Carla Zanoni is a truth seeker. As an award-winning journalist, writer, poet, media strategist, and now head of the Engagement Journalism program at CUNY’s...

By: Giovanna Acosta · 11 months ago
Mele Miller
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Mele Miller 

Born out of anger, appetite for knowledge, a hunger to educate, and a will to overcome systematic racism, Miller set out to forge her...

By: Kiara Manning · 11 months ago
Meredith Wilson Parfet
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A Peek Inside Her Agenda: Meredith Wilson Parfet

Meredith Wilson Parfet brings an unusual dual expertise to crisis—she’s both a seasoned executive and a practicing hospice chaplain. Her background includes an MBA...

By: Taylor Bushey · 12 months ago

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