Daring Women
Liz Dunn Has Blazed an Impressive Path as a Seattle Entrepreneur
Dunns career is defined by variety and marked by success across multiple disciplines, including tech, real estate and angel investing
Liz Dunn is the very definition of an entrepreneur. After spending the initial years of her career as a software developer at Microsoft, she changed gears and launched her own company in a completely different field: real estate. Through her company, Dunn & Hobbes, she has spent the past 21 years developing and managing real…
Fierce Inc. President Stacey Engle Makes a Career Out of Conversation
Engle encourages creativity and connection with colleagues, customers and family
Stacey Engle spent eight years in a variety of roles at Fierce Inc. before becoming president in November 2018. The Seattle-based business management consultancy works with individuals and companies large and small, teaching them how to achieve success in work and life, one conversation at a time. Clients include bank holding company Capital One, Walmart…
Daring Women: WEconnect CEO Daniela Luzi Tudor Says Great Leaders Are Driven by Confidence, not Their Egos
Tudor stresses that resiliency is critical to achieving your goals, a lesson she learned from her mother
Daniela Luzi Tudor, the co-founder and chief executive officer of WEconnect Health Management, began her journey into entrepreneurship in the wake of completing a 28-day treatment program for drug and alcohol addiction. After being discharged, Tudor was given a sheet of paper with a list of 10 things she needed to do every day for…
Daring Women: Hewitts Julia Nagele Leads by Emphasizing Strength and Humility
Hewitt's principal and director of design checks her ego at the door and and views criticism as an opportunity to grow
Julia Nagele watched quietly as throngs of investors and party-goers enjoyed the celebration. It was the topping-off party for The Emerald, a 40-story, 265-unit luxury-residential development near Seattles Pike Place Market slated to open next spring. Youd never know that Nagele had led the projects design team in her role as principal and director of…
Daring Women: Caiman Consultings Marci Marra Believes Self-awareness Is Critical to Effective Leadership
She advises women pursuing leadership roles to be authentic to who you are and what you stand for
Marci Marra is a managing partner in the Seattle office of Redmond-based Caiman Consulting, a business consulting firm covering the West Coast, from Seattle to the Bay Area, with a small East Coast footprint as well. The company serves a range of clients, from startups to Fortune 500 corporations. Marra is a specialist in rapid…
Daring Women: Intertox Inc. Scientist and World-Class Mountain Bike Athlete Anne Galyean Believes in Embracing Fear
She says fear can be a great tool in decision-making because it heightens our senses and sharpens our minds
Anne Galyean is a staff scientist and executive assistant with Intertox Inc., a Seattle-based scientific consulting firm that assesses the risks posed to public health and the environment by chemical and biological agents. Galyean has more than 11 years of laboratory research experience as well as experience coordinating multi-year projects, managing researchers and organizing collaborative…
Daring Women: Simplicity Consulting Founder Lisa Hufford Believes Leaders Must Discover Their Personal Brand
She also advises that motivation, hard work and the little things matter when seeking to advance a career
Lisa Hufford has been on an amazing journey since launching her company, Simplicity Consulting, in 2006. The Kirkland-based company, which provides marketing, communications and business-operations consulting services, has worked with companies like Microsoft, Alaska Airlines, T-Mobile, Nordstrom and Amazon. Simplicity, through a team of 200 employees 70% of whom are women and an extended network…
Daring Women: Essentia Water Executive Karyn Abrahamson Strives to Be a North Star for Her Team
Abrahamson says leaders must continue to learn, alongside everyone else every day
Karyn Abrahamson is the chief marketing officer at the bottled-water company Essentia Water. She joined the Bothell-based company in 2015 as vice president of marketing and brand innovation and was promoted to the chief marketing position three years later. Prior to joining Essentia, Abrahamsons served in executive marketing roles with Microsoft, Starbucks, T-Mobile USA and…
Daring Women: Hughes Media Law Group Founder Joleen Hughes Is a Leader Who Knows How to Rock
With guidance from some amazing female mentors, Hughes says she has learned how to better lead both men and women gracefully and with strength
Joleen Hughes is the founder and principal of Hughes Media Law Group, which was launched in 2008 and offers clients legal services across a range of areas, including strategic advising, business formation and corporate oversight, and media and entertainment. She also is the host of the The Lawyer Who Rocks podcast, which features guests ranging…
Daring Women: Seattle Chocolate Owner and CEO Jean Thompson Says Leadership Is a Team Sport
The former Microsoft executive believes leaders are made stronger when good employees are empowered
Jean Thompson was among the original investors in Seattle Chocolate, a confections company launched in 1991 that sells locally made, small-batch chocolate bars and truffles. The former Microsoft communications executive went from being a quiet investor to the owner and chief executive officer of the Tukwila-based company shortly after Seattle Chocolates original factory in Pioneer…
Daring Women: Evia Events CEO Hilary Laney Believes Leaders Must Focus on the Greater Good
She says leadership isnt about the leader, but rather understanding the needs of others
Evia Events was founded in 1993 as Tri-Digital by three entrepreneurs who recognized the growing demand for digital-media content in presentations and documents. Back then, the internet was still in its infancy and CD-ROMS were the digital-storage medium of choice. In the years since its launch, Tri-Digital changed its name to Evia and evolved into…
Daring Women: Former Starbucks Exec Susannah Dhamdhere Says Leaders Must See the Big Picture
Now a small-business owner, she also believes a key ingredient for any successful venture is believing in yourself
Former Starbucks executive Susannah Dhamdhere recently unveiled her own entrepreneurial endeavor, a coffee shop and cafe in the 25-story Ascent South Lake Union apartment tower located adjacent to Amazons headquarters. The shop, called Lassi & Spice Cafe, opened for business in January of this year and offers smoothies with locally sourced yogurt, called lassis, as…