Martha Mertz – Founder/ATHENA International, Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur

From childhood, Martha Mayhood Mertz saw women she admired – skilled, strong, inspiring women – denied recognition for and access to leadership positions. Carving out a career in the 1980s, Martha faced the same divide; accomplishments that were acclaimed in men were often overlooked in women. The more she observed, the more she became convinced:…

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Rihanna – Singer, Actress, Businesswoman

Rihanna is only 34 years old. yet within the 10 years since the start of her musical career, she’s become the youngest solo artist to score 14 no. 1 singles on the billboard hot 100—the fastest to do so—she’s sold more than 54 million albums and 210 million tracks worldwide. Rihanna is the best selling…

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Jessica Nabongo Jessica Nabongo – Writer, Photographer, Travel Expert, Entrepreneur, Public Speaker

Jessica Nabongo is the first Black woman to travel to every country in the world. A Detroit-born Ugandan-American, is a wanderlust, cultural ambassador, travel writer and expert, photographer and entrepreneur, whose work is dedicated to changing the travel narrative and making the travel space more inclusive. At her core, she is a dreamer looking to…

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