Founding Membership
Founding members have helped to develop the member benefits and programs, while also contributing content and thought leadership to the Formidable publications.
Founding Members of Formidable receive the following benefits:
•Invites to private Founding Member dinners, events and discussions. Tickets to all public Formidable events are included in membership.
•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.
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Meet our Founding Members
Kelly Aeschbach
Retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral; Board member, SAIC; Advisor, Academy Securities; Board member, Dolphin Scholarship Foundation.
Andrea Anderson
CEO, Girl Scouts of Western Washington; Board member, Coalition to End Gender Based Violence; Principal and Founder, Anderson Navigation.
Lorrie Baldevia
Platform president, AssuredPartners; board member, Finesca; former board member, Seattle University Center for Leadership Formation.
Emily Kang Cantrell
President and CEO at Seafair, MBA, PSBJ 40 Under 40 Honoree, Foundation Board Member at the Alliance for Gun Responsibility.
Michelle Connor
President and CEO @ Forterra | M.S. Restoration Ecology. With over 30 years of experience, I am passionate about creating a more sustainable and equitable future for people and nature.
Gena Cook
Founder and CEO, Kaliper Health, chairman of the board, National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
Stephiney Foley
Founder and CEO, Yuzi Care, member of the Presidential Leadership Scholars; board member of Perinatal Support Washington and Athena Angels.
Cate Goethals
Founder, Better Boards Initiative, director of Women Board Director Development Program, University of Washington.
Kimberly Hill
Enterprise sales and business development, Multichannel Commerce and Fulfillment, Amazon; and co-founder of Tōme Candles.
Stacy Lill
President and CEO, Cashmere Partners, BD/relationship manager at Armanino, founder of OSS Scholarship Program.
Brianna McDonald
Founder and CEO, Ecosystem Venture Group, President, Northwest & Rockies Region, Keiretsu Forum, general partner, NW Angel.
Denise Merle
Senior vice president and chief administration officer, Weyerhaeuser.
Leigh Morgan
CEO, Imaginal Leadership Strategies; Chairwoman, Fred Hutch Cancer Center; former COO of The Gates Foundation.
Leigh McMillan
CEO, Whitepages; Limited Partner at AI2 Incubator; owner, Welcome Road Winery.
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.
Jamie Peha
Founder and President, Peha Ventures – Elevate Your JourneyPuget Sound Business Journal Woman of Influence, former Executive Director, Auction of Washington Wines.
Christina Prkic
Vice president and regional executive, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, previous executive and legal counsel for B/E Aerospace.
Britt Provost
Chief human resources officer, Siteimprove; former EVP of People and Culture, Accolade.
Alice Shobe
Global director, Amazon Community Impact; Board member, American Institute for Boys and Men; Board member, Jobs for the Future.
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.
Chaitra Vedullapalli
Founder and President, Women in Cloud; Co-founder and CMO, Meylah; Board member: The Impact Seat Foundation, Microsoft Alumni Network.
Suzanne Weller
Founder, Coach, Consultant, Weller Collaboration; Host of the Courage Effect podcast.
Mina Yoo
Entrepreneur in residence, REI; founder and former CEO of Heroclip; author of InventHer, published by Penguin Random House.