Member Spotlights
Get to know Ellevate members — women who are leading the charge — and learn from their stories.
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Simone Morris
CEO Simone Morris Enterprises LLC
Hello my name is Simone Morris and I'm CEO of Simone Morris Enterprises LLC. My business is focused on delivering speaking, training, and coaching services. My areas of focus include women's empowe...
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Lauren Kirby
Sr. Project Manager Freddie Mac
My name is Lauren Kirby and I'm a long-time transformation and project manager. With audit training and experience, I enjoy using those techniques to help management improve business processes, sys...
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Amy Kan, MBA, CPC, ELI-MP
Leadership Coach Amy Kan Coaching
I'm Amy Kan. As a leadership development coach, I help companies diversify their leadership teams by helping prepare women in middle management for leadership roles.
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DaKenya Douglas, MBA
Sr. Vice President Operations Education Management, Inc. (dba Blue Cliff College)
I am an operations-minded thought-partner with a flair for innovation and creative problem solving. I have a proven track record of leading high-functioning teams, improving efficiencies and initi...
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Dolores Hirschmann
Chief Clarity Officer Masters in Clarity
My name is Dolores Hirschmann and I'm a mum of four, entrepreneur, speaker, author, TEDx organizer, strategist, and coach. I work with Speakers, Entrepreneurs, Authors, and Executives to CLARIFY th...
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Ashley Lynn Priore
Founder, President, CEO The Queen's Gambit Chess Institute
Hello! My name is Ashley Lynn Priore. I'm a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh majoring in English and Business with a minor in Political Science. I work to bring communities together and cre...
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Janet Zaretsky
BS-to-Brilliance Master Coach, Speaker, Trainer Empowered Women Enterprises, LLC
I am Janet Zaretsky. I am known as THE BS-to-BRILLIANCE MASTER. As a two-time TEDX and keynote speaker, corporate trainer and master business coach, I’ve helped thousands of high-wattage people on ...
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Keysha Dale
General Manager VITAS Healthcare
Focused, goal-driven and always learning Keysha Dale actively pursues her success while assisting other women to fast-track their own. Her willingness to be mentored and to mentor others has catapu...
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Julianne Suleski
Business Development Manager Madison Club
This question always gets me - describe yourself, introduce yourself, pick your favorite things about yourself...well, I don't know about the last one, but I am a millennial, young professional, pa...
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Laura Stringer
Principal Ninth Fourth
I'm an independent consultant focused on strategy and solutions for digital maturity. In a nutshell, I provide planning, design, governance, and other services to help companies improve the quality...
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Swaty Rao
Senior Manager - Data & Analytics Protiviti
I'm a polymath with interest and background in strategy, technology product management and startups. I recently moved to Chicago and am a senior manager in Techonology Consulting practice. I'm cu...
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Deborah Brightman Farone
Strategic Advisor and Author of "Best Practices in Law Firm Business Development and Marketing." Farone Advisors LLC
In 2017, I launched my own consulting practice, Farone Advisors, LLC, where I advise law and other professional service firms on business strategy, practice plans and other targeted marketing proje...