In 2025, leaders like these are showing the way The quest of women leaders to reach higher leadership positions, including the C-suite, has been a process of slow and steady over the decades. However, in recent years, that progress has, at least temporarily, stalled. According to a...

Female Leadership Making an Impact Meet 100 exceptional women leaders who are making their mark by Eddie Lee & Carolyn M. Brown Executive Woman is shining a light on talented, high-potential women leaders with this fourth annual Power 100 list. The list highlights 100 extraordinary women on the...

SAIC CEO Toni Townes-Whitley was raised to prioritize service. Today, that includes serving as a role model and guide for aspiring women leaders. By Jackie Krentzman When the $7.5 billion technology and defense contracting firm Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) named Toni Townes-Whitley as CEO in 2023, she became...

Looking for a clear pathway to an inclusive and equitable culture? Cultivate and support the work of allies and advocates within your organization. By Carolyn M. Brown Allyship and advocacy are related but different—the former works on the individual level, the latter on the organizational—but both require...

Amazon’s Candi Castleberry is on a mission to leverage machine learning to build inclusive products and experiences at Amazon—and beyond by Jackie Krentzman Imagine you are charged with packaging an Echo Frames device to ship to customers worldwide. How do you ensure that those who might be visually impaired have an accessible...

Diversity Woman pays tribute to Black women who are disrupting the status quo in executive leadership across industries both inside and beyond Corporate America By Carolyn M. Brown Black women continue to defiantly chip away at Corporate America’s concrete ceiling. For the third time in the past...