Mission

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


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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.

Michelle Esswein (bio)
Founder, President and CEO

The Board:

Chair
Becky Fine
Panera

Vice-Chair
Marie Glancy
Mercy Health Plans

Treasurer
Linda Moen
EFK Moen, LLC

Secretary
Karla Teasley
IL American

Beth Davis
Clear Channel Radio

Ruth Saphian
Ernst and Young LLP

Suzanne Zatlin
Gallop, Johnson and Neuman

Lorenza Pasetti
John Volpi & Co.

Martha Karlovic-Wiser
Karlovic Advisory Group

Julie Davidson
United Healthcare


American Heart Association

Girl Scouts

Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Missouri Women's Council