Winning Women


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Mission Statement

Promoting women in business, education, government and health initiatives to advance regional economic growth.

Organizational Goals

Regional Leadership

Winning Women brings together the St. Louis region's most successful women to contribute their time, talents and financial resources to make the region a better place to live and work. Winning Women contributes to the region's economic development and reinforces the region's position as a desirable community in which women can build successful careers, businesses and family lives.

Empowerment Events

Winning Women provides unique, professional events, offering venues for interaction with successful peers and for sharing valuable insights. At the events, accomplished women present and discuss their own success stories, including difficulties or setbacks encountered along the way in achieving their dreams and goals.

Education and Mentoring

Winning Women works to foster economic growth and provide leadership in developing and supporting our future workforce. The organization offers interested, motivated young women- as young as high school students - opportunities to meet and learn about available career options and to interact first hand with active, successful female executives. Education and mentoring opportunities focus on traditional and non-traditional occupations and apprenticeships in the private and public sectors.

Resources

Winning Women creates alliances and brings together financial and other resources of corporate women executives, women business owners and elected and appointed government officials to create new opportunities for business growth, profitability and economic development. In addition, Winning Women offers opportunities to share both the benefits and costs of first-class business activities, such as entertainment, cultural and sporting events in the region.

Political Inroads

Winning Women supports women's visions, voices and priorities related to critical economic and social issues by creating unique opportunities for education, involvement and leadership in the political arenas. The organization provides elected and appointed officials a unique resource, including access to information and important connections and introductions to female business leaders.

Contact Us

Michelle Esswein
Founder, President and CEO

The Board:

Chairman
Donna Martin
Ameren

Treasurer
Linda Loewenstein
Lawrence Group Colors

Secretary
Jan Wickenhauser
Argosy Gaming Company

Beth Davis
Clear Channel Radio

Mary Hoffman
Dial Corporation

Julie Portman
Edward Jones

Linda Moen
EFK Moen, LLC

Suzanne Zatlin
Gallop, Johnson and Newman

Jacquieline Dippel
KPMG LLP

Becky Fine
Panera

Karen Seibert
Pfizer

Pat O'Herin
Regions Bank

Deborah Schroeder-Saulnier
Right Management

Jane Wulf
Scottrade

Ellen Scherberg
St. Louis Business Journal

Suzanne Cohen
Smart Mouth

Annetta Vickers
T.A.B. Company, Inc


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Girl Scouts

Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Missouri Women's Council