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Community as Strategic Advantage

I design Seattle-based leadership environments focused especially on established professional women that expand access, perspective and opportunity.

SEATTLE-AREA PROGRAMS

POPPY CANDID

Bimonthly event series for the conversations about work that we can’t always have at work.

WOMEN, GATHERED

Intimate salon-style dinners for established professional women designed for catalyzing amazing connections.

MONTHLY COFFEES

Small group conversation & connection at cafes in Seattle and on the Eastside.

COMMUNITY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER

The higher women rise in their careers, the fewer places exist where they can talk honestly about work. The stakes are higher. The rooms are smaller. The conversations are more guarded. Questions about power, visibility, leadership, money and what’s next often stay unspoken.

And the broader landscape women are navigating right now is certainly not neutral. The gender pay gap in the U.S. is widening again. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of women have been leaving the workforce, reversing gains that took decades to build. Add in escalating debates over women’s autonomy, shrinking workplace flexibility, and the persistent reality that women still carry the majority of caregiving responsibilities - and it’s clear the playing field isn’t leveling out anytime soon.

Women cannot afford to navigate this alone.

When accomplished women gather with peers and friends who understand the complexity of the work - and the systems and context around it - meaningful changes happen. Conversations get more unfiltered. Strategies sharpen, hard-earned lessons get shared, blind spots disappear faster, opportunities surface that may never appear inside formal structures. And the warmth? It’s there in spades, permeating every inch of the environment, reminding women that they’ve got this.

Being in the right rooms is essential for expanding access, perspective and opportunity.

LET’S CONVERT YOUR POTENTIAL INTO VELOCITY.