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LEADERSHIP

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Christine Cannella

Board and Advisory Experience

Jack & Jill Children's Center, Board Finance Committee

Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBA), Board of Advocates, Women Executive Leadership Florida

Operating Experience

Former CEO & Cofounder, Cannella Custom Cycles; Fresh Del Monte Produce; Charge Enterprises, Inc.

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Deborah Ellinger

Board and Advisory Experience

Tupperware; iRobot; Covetrus; IPG; Sealy; Boston Consulting Group (Senior Advisor); Women Corporate Directors (global board)

Operating Experience

Former President/CEO of four PE-backed companies: Ideal Image, The Princeton Review, Restoration Hardware,
Wellness Petfood

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Sandi Finn

Board and Advisory Experience

IWF Forum Palm Beach;
Babson College Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (Global Co-Chair); Florida
Social Capital; The Venture
Mentoring Team

Operating Experience

Founding Partner, EdgeCraft Advisors. Former President of Cross Country Home Services

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Michelle Hooper

Board and Advisory Experience

United Airlines Holdings; UnitedHealth Group; Black Directors Health Equity Agenda

Operating Experience

President & CEO of The Directors’ Council; former President of Caremark International Business Group and Baxter Canada

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Lucie Lapovsky

Board and Advisory Experience

IWF FL Suncoast (President); Dillard University; Asolo Theatre; Pan-African Higher Education Initiative; American Public University System (former member

Operating Experience

Principal, Lapovsky Consulting. Former President of Mercy College and VP Finance and Administration/CFO
Goucher College

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Jamie Lewis

Board and Advisory Experience

FinAnalytica, Inc;
Columbia Business School; Women’s Circle (
Former Co-Chair); Women Executive Leadership Florida; 
DePaul University McDermond Center for Management & Entrepreneurship 

Operating Experience

Founder, One Step Capital 
Founder & CEO, JLEW Bags

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Danet Linares

Board and Advisory Experience

Miami Downtown Development Authority; Goodwill of South Florida; Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce; IWF Florida (Former President)

Operating Experience

Executive Vice Chairman Blanca Commercial Real Estate

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Board and Advisory Experience

Equitable, Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:XHR), Compass Group, PLC (FTSE CPG:LN) 

Operating Experience

Global Head of CSR, Moody's Corporation, President, Moody's Foundation, CFO, Equinox Realty advisors, Inc., Portfolio Manager, MetLife realty Group

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Joy Randels

Board and Advisory Experience

  Netenrich; BurtstIQ; Unpack’d; Akamai (NASDAQ:AKAM); Irvine Sensors (NASDAQ:IRSN); Netegrity (NASDAQ:NETE); Cheyenne (NYSE:CYE) Partpic; The Undercroft; (Chair) Pocket Network; Red-M, Ltd (Chair); Citizinvestor (Chair); AcceptOn; Little St. Nick Foundation

Operating Experience

CEO of Prowess Group, MP of New Market Partners; Former CEO/C-Suite: Akamai; Apple;

Business Layers; Netegrity; CA Technologies; AppliedG2; Edgepoint; Clearcube;  DeepView; Highwall; ISC8; Velocitude

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Kathleen Shanahan

Board and Advisory Experience

Turtle & Hughes Integrated Supply; Great Lakes Docks and Dredge; HireQuest; Lumina Analytics; Prism; NACD Florida

Operating Experience

CEO of Turtle and Hughes;  Former CEO of URETEK Holdings; Former Chief of Staff    to VP Dick Cheney and
Gov. Jeb Bush

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Barbara Shrut

Board and Advisory Experience

Goodwill South Florida; Greater Miami Jewish Federation; The VentureMentoring Team; Widener Global Leaders Program

Operating Experience

President SLB Advisors; former VP of Royal Caribbean Group

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Ana Salas Siegel

Board and Advisory Experience

IWF Florida

Operating Experience

EVP and General Counsel NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

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Stephanie Sonnabend

Board and Advisory Experience

50/50 Women on Boards (Chair); Safr: Driven by Women

Operating Experience

Co-Founder and Chair of 50/50 Women on Boards; former CEO of Sonesta International
Hotels Corporation

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Nancy Vaughn

Board and Advisory Experience

IWF FL Suncoast; Athena Society; Florida Bar Citizens Advisory Committee; Leadership Florida Special Council on Equity, Equality and Justice

Operating Experience

Principal, PR & Marketing Director at White Book Agency

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Rebecca White

Board and Advisory Experience

Marine Max (c; Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers; Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization; Embarc Collective

Operating Experience

Chair of Entrepreneurship and Director, Lowth Entrepreneurship Center, University of Tampa

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