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Founding Membership
Founding members joined Formidable before July 31, 2024 and have helped to develop the member benefits.
Founding Members of Formidable receive the following benefits:
Invites to private Founding Member dinners.
Access to up to three media training, press consulting, and/or op ed-writing sessions with Formidable founder and CEO Emily Parkhurst.
An opportunity to be one of the subject matter experts for a Formidable story and/or podcast (not required).
An opportunity to weigh in on future benefits and membership structure.
Listing on the Formidable website and newsletter as a Founding Member.
Interested? Find out more by emailing our founder.
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Meet our Founding Members:
Emily Cantrell, interim CEO and, previous chief operating officer, Provail; board director, the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, International Women’s Forum - Washington State
Gena Cook, founder and CEO, Kaliper Health, chairman of the board, National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Cate Goethals, founder, Better Boards Initiative, director of Women Board Director Development Program, University of Washington
Beth Halvorsen, board director and commercial real estate consultant, former executive at Colliers International and CBRE
Brianna McDonald, president, Northwest & Rockies Region, Keiretsu Forum, general partner, NW Angel
Denise Merle, senior vice president and chief administration officer, Weyerhaeuser
Jennifer Olsen, founder and CEO, Jennifer Olsen Coaching, previous CEO of Resourceful, an HR solutions company
Jane Park, founder and CEO, Tokki, previous founder and CEO of Julep Beauty and co-founder and CEO of Athena SPAC.
Christina Prkic, vice president and regional executive, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, previous executive and legal counsel for B/E Aerospace
Swatee Surve, founder and CEO of Litesprite, an award-winning digital health care gamification company, and a health care innovation consultant.
Kristin Toth, board director, Radiant Logistics, University of Michigan Center for Entrepreneurship, former president and COO of Vesta, Showroom Inc, and Fernish
Kerry Wallingford, president, Wallingford Financial Services Inc., and treasurer of the Rotary Club of Normandy Park.