Journey

"I’ve been in the ‘woman space’ for over 30 years…It is the most rewarding space for me as I love and respect women and feel marketers have to understand that ‘Girls Rule’ and if you don’t learn how to market correctly to them they will ‘rule you out.’" — Maureen Lippe

Jennifer Yen ON Journey

Creator & CEO, pur~lisse beauty, LLC

Q: Please share with us the story of how your professional journey began and has brought you to where you are today.

A: I was a former actress and played an evil villainess on Power Rangers. Under all the heavy makeup and bright lights, my skin was a wreck and my confidence followed. In search of a solution, I tried everything, but even the latest and greatest wasn’t working. Frustrated in my quest, I turned to my beautiful and wise grandmother for inspiration ... READ MORE »

Charlotte Beyer ON Journey

Founder, Institute for Private Investors

Q: Please share with us the story of how your professional journey began and has brought you to where you are today.

A: Like many entrepreneurs, I began in a spare room (not the garage which was a mess!) in my house in the suburbs. After a twenty-year career on Wall Street working for a bank and then investment firms, where I had fought for each promotion and often felt ‘out of step’ with the male culture, I had a deep yearning to ... READ MORE »

From Everyday Heroes- 50 Americans Changing the World One Nonprofit at a Time by Katrina Fried and Paul Mobley. Photographs © 2012 Paul Mobley. www.welcomebooks.com/everydayheroes

Nancy Lublin ON Journey

CEO, DoSomething.org

Q: Please share with us the story of how your professional journey began and has brought you to where you are today.

A: In 1996, I was a full-time law student … and I was miserable. Out of the blue, I received a $5,000 inheritance from my great-grandfather. I hadn’t earned that money. It didn’t feel like it was mine. It was a very strange feeling—and so, standing there in my building lobby with the check in my hands, I had the idea ... READ MORE »

Alexis Sclamberg ON Journey

Writer, Speaker, Media Personality, Alexis Sclamberg

Q: Please share with us the story of how your professional journey began and has brought you to where you are today.

A: I went to law school as a default after college. I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life and I was told that I could do anything with a law degree—so law school was a great way to delay the inevitable and looming career decision. But when I graduated from law school I was still clueless. I had ... READ MORE »

Holly Gordon ON Journey

Executive Director, 10x10

Q: Please share with us the story of how your professional journey began and has brought you to where you are today.

A: When I was in college, I went on a trip to India, brought a typewriter and took notes on all that I saw and experienced. I had an epiphany that what I was doing was actually a job, and that job was journalism. I realized I could travel the world and see things and tell others about those experiences. When ... READ MORE »

Jennifer Chen ON Journey

Co-founder & President, Givology

Q: Please share with us the story of how your professional journey began and has brought you to where you are today.

A: Givology started in 2008 because we wanted to solve a few fundamental problems we saw in nonprofits that worked internationally, specifically in the educational space. We identified three problem areas: lack of transparency, lack of “democratic giving,” and the non-existence of a channel to give online to very small grassroots organizations that touch the most marginalized rural residents. When I ... READ MORE »