As the G100 takes off rolling out its first 30+ Sector wings and unveiling the first set of G100 Global Chairs who have come together in a pact of purpose to create equity and empowerment for women and ALL across the world.
G100 is an eminent club of top 100 powerful women leaders in the world with a vision to impact the future.
WHO THEY ARE
G100 comprises a league of luminaries of eminence and excellence including Nobel Laureates, former Heads of States, Ministers, Businesswomen, Philanthropists, Investors, Entrepreneurs, Corporate and Community Leaders - a powerful Group of women leaders and achievers from all walks of life who wish to give back and move us all forward as architects of the future.
WHAT THEY DO
G100 is an action think-tank, fostering more women's network with a global, cross-cultural, intersectional and intentional perspective towards peace, parity and prosperity for all. Their core activities involve networking, mentoring, collaborations, upskilling, community building, thought leadership, knowledge sharing, global campaigns, policy recommendations and awards & recognition.
THE PURPOSE
The mandate of G100 is to provide the thought leadership for the coming decade on what needs to be done for inclusivity and economic and social empowerment of women globally. Together they will define, design and determine a new future with equity, equal opportunity, inclusion and economic empowerment of women, and of all, through the inclusive agency of women.
Each member at G100 is a Global Chair for a Sector and leads that sector wing globally.
THE MISSION
To take the mission forward into deep interiors and into the hearts and minds of every woman and all communities, and to evolve the best guideposts for global policies from a collective and creative consciousness, each G100 chair is committed to a pact of purpose, creating massive opportunities for women worldwide.
Each Global Chair leads and represents the dreams and aspirations of 35 million women, both as an action group and a think tank. The far-reaching impact will energise a million women by 2022, and 5 million by 2025.
The G100 chairs will also evolve policy suggestions based on the actions and workings globally and present policy recommendations to governments and multilateral institutions worldwide. G100 is under the auspices of All Ladies League (ALL).
Here are some of the women who now make up the G100 - Group of 100 Women Leaders.
1) H.E. Rosalía Arteaga Serrano
(G100 Global Chair - Political Leadership)
H.E. Rosalía Arteaga Serrano is the Former President of Ecuador and the first woman to have held the positions of President and Vice President of the Republic of Ecuador.
A lawyer, a Juris Doctor, a graduate of journalism and postgraduate of anthropology, she is currently the Executive President of FIDAL Foundation, a member of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the Board of Directors of the Library of Alexandria in Egypt, an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Europe and chair of the board of directors of the Panamazonia of Manaus—Brazil.
She has published 14 books of essays, poetic prose, poetry, short stories, children’s and youth literature. She has influential opinion spaces in audiovisual media.
Above all, a dear Soul Sister who is ever available for advice, guidance and mentoring, with a most positive outlook and deeply generous spirit of caring and sharing.
2) H.E. Ouided Bouchamaoui
(G100 Global Chair - World Peace)
H.E. Ouided Bouchamaoui, Nobel Peace Laureate 2015, Tunisia is a Businesswoman and Past President of UTICA (Tunisian Industry Confederation) as the first woman elected to this role.
Ouided Bouchamaoui is the co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize 2015 as member of the National Dialogue Quartet, where she played a historic and legendary role in helping her country navigate through a great time of crisis during the Arab spring and move Tunisia to a more transparent and collaborative society with democratic processes, constitutional framework and transparent elections.
Ms. Bouchamaoui is also Member of the Oslo Business for Peace Award Committee since January 2016. Ms. Bouchamaoui describes the open secret of her success as the ability to build win-win partnerships and relationships even among opponents.
She is an exemplar of the creative and constructive force of women’s leadership to nurture dialogue, bring harmony and build peace. In January 2015, the then Tunisian President, Mr. Beji Caid Essebsi, made her Grand Officer of the Order of the Republic, and His Majesty, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, decorated her with the Royal Order of the Polar Star in November 2015.
She also received in December 2015, the “Legion d’Honneur” from the French President, Mr. François Hollande. At the Annual Women Economic Forum (WEF) 2018 in India, she was felicitated with the highest WEF Award of “Legendary Peace Leaders of the Decade.”
Above all, a dear Soul Sister who embodies elegance, eloquence, serenity and humility, with the strength of self-confidence and belief and a divine joie de vivre that extends compassion and care to one and all.
3) Dr. Maya Morsy
(G100 Global Chair - Economic Empowerment)
Dr. Maya Morsy is the President of Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW), she’s holds the national award of one of the 100 most influential women in Egypt. Prior to this presidential role, Dr. Morsy served as UNDP's Gender Regional Advisor, and Head of the Egypt Country Office United Nations Fund for Women, as also Country Director of UNIFEM.
Dr. Morsy has over 24 years’ experience with National, Regional and International organizations, through her work in the National Council for Women, the United Nations Agencies, USAID, Academia, and Private Sector. Her work experience has strengthened the strategic partnership with the League of Arab States, European Union, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, African Union, Union for the Mediterranean, Government Organizations, Civil Society, Academia and Private Sector.
She managed and led more than 50 programs and widely authored more than 45 training manuals, books, articles, research and policy papers. With a Ph.D. in Public Policy, her areas of a focus are: Public Policies, Public Administration, Social and Economic Policies.
Human Security, Human Rights, International Conventions Treaties, Strategic Planning, Political and Democratic Transition, Gender Equality, Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting, Financial Inclusion, Entrepreneurship and Social innovation et al.
Above all, a dear Soul Sister with vision and strength who walks in purpose to serve and support. Resolute and resilient, she rises gloriously above the odds, and ever serves with a smile arising from a divinely pure heart.
4) H.E Violeta Bulc
(G100 Global Chair - Ecocivilisation)
H.E Violeta Bulc is Former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia, and EU Commissioner for Transport. As Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia, she held ministerial responsibility for development, strategic projects and cohesion.
As EU Commissioner, she placed priority on digitalization, decarbonization, innovation, people focus and global collaboration in transport. Excellency Bulc is an academic, author, innovator, systems architect and entrepreneur. She is the founder and advocate for the unique concept of Ecocivilisation imbued with a vision of Earth as an eco zone of our galaxy and transparent, participatory engagement of all stakeholders in society and economy.
She has held senior positions in the telecoms industry, including Telekom Slovenia and Telemach. Former owner and Chief Executive Officer, Vibacom, she is engaged in work on sustainable and innovative business solutions.
Above all, a dear Soul Sister who leads with courage, foresight and wisdom and seamlessly serves all with the generous sharing of her phenomenal experience, exposure, energy and optimism.
5) Prof. Dr. Lizbeth Goodman
(G100 Global Chair - STEM Education)
Prof. Dr. Lizbeth Goodman is Chair of Creative Technology Innovation and Professor of Inclusive Design for Education, College of Engineering & Architecture, University College Dublin where she also directs the Inclusive Design Research Centre of Ireland, in partnership with SMARTlab that developed the award-winning practice-based PhD Programme along with the associated MAGIC Multimedia and Games Innovation Centre and Gamelab, which Lizbeth designed with industry collaborators. Prior to joining UCD, Lizbeth was Director of Research for Futurelab – Lord David Puttnam’s think tank for the future of education, and served in that capacity on the Prime Ministers SHINE Panel.
Chair of the Royal Irish Academy's Social Sciences Committee in 2012 and Athena Swan lead for Engineering & Architecture, Lizbeth and her teams specialise in developing ground-up technology solutions with and for people of all levels of cognitive and physical ability. In the knowledge transfer domain, she founded the MAGIC (Multimedia and Games Innovation Centre) in East London in 2005, bringing industry and NGO players together with scholars and artist-practitioners across disciplines in what was London’s first fully open source/open access 3D printing and games lab.
She is the author/editor of 14 books and many peer- reviewed papers, has supervised 55 PhDs to successful completion in the areas of: Creative Technology Innovation, Virtual Worlds, Inclusive Design, Digital Media, Future Foresighting, ICT4d, Assistive Technologies for People with Disabilities and the Elderly, Technology Futures, Wearables hand SMART Textiles, Performance Technologies, Assistive Tech, Technology Enhanced Learning for Health and Well Being, Connected Health, Personalised Electronic Health Systems, Digital Materialisation, Haptic and HCI integrated studies, as well as what Lizbeth calls ‘Meaningful Games’ or Mobile Games for Learning. She is on the Jury and chair of many councils and foundations including the Fulbright Commission (for which she is currently Chair of Judges for the TechImpact Awards) and the Canadian Innovation Fund.
She was chair of Judges for the European Commission’s HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area) call in 2013-4, and evaluates for the EC on SaferInternet+ and Future Emerging Tech. An expert in Digital Inclusion, she specialises in working with people who do not have physical voices whether due to disability, injury, illiteracy, or other factors.
For seven years, she worked with Microsoft on their largest ever community engagement project- (Clubtech), which has so far transformed the education of over 7 million children and young people worldwide. She is well known as an expert in interdisciplinary Art-Technology initiatives including STEAM (Arts in STEM) and G-STEM (Women and Gender Balance in STEM).
For the BBC, she researched and presented the Art Works Programme for six years on TV and radio. She is Lead Education Expert in Ireland for the TG4 television series BB Agus Bella (a magical world in which all the creatures are equally ‘abled’ in extraordinary ways) and is advising on two new children’s animation TV series.
She is currently collaborating with partners in the European Parliament on a new Roadmap for Responsible Open Innovation. In 2018 she launched the Academy4theFuture at Davos, and in 2019 she and the team returned to Davos to announce the Women Economic Forum (WEF) Awards to eminent women in STEM, which were delivered at the UNDP summit in New York in October 2020.
A WEF Awardee of Women of the Decade, she has numerous accolades to her credit including Best Woman in Academia, and Best Woman in Technology by the Blackberry Rim international awards panel.
Above all, a dear Soul Sister with an exuberant energy so peaceful, so powerful and so prolific that it brings home the true meaning of “the more we do, the more we can.”
6) Alex Okoroji
(G100 Global Chair - Media Arts & Communication)
Alex Okoroji is a Nigerian Actress and creative powerhouse navigating the world of Art, Media and Entertainment for almost two decades as an Artiste and Creative Businesswoman. She is the Founder & President of The BRAG Media Group, a creative communications company and owns several platforms including - The BRAG Media Company, BRAG! Magazine, The BRAG Club, The BRAG Radio Network, The BRAG Shop and The BRAG Media Foundation.
Listed among the Most Influential Women in the World by Richtopia, in their Top 250 Power list' as one of only 5 Nigerians on the list (alongside Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Oby Ezekwesili, Abike Dabiri, Amina J. Mohammed). Alex Okoroji has been featured and mentioned in over 250 Media Platforms around the World like Huffington Post, The Guardian, CNN, The Telegraph, Mogul, The Sun, The New York Journal, Fox, ABC, NBC, Market Watch. She was the first African Woman to be featured in the Women Rock Project in 2016. Alex Okoroji was honored with a Nigerian Goodwill Ambassador Award in 2017, An African Icon Award and a 2017 Peace Achievers Award as 'Media Personality of the Year'. She was named, one of "60 Women to Watch Out For in 2021" by PAW Africa. In February 2020 in London, she received the "Shine Legacy Award in Media" and was awarded "Africa Most Influential Creative Consultant of the Year" at the 2020 edition of the Africa Leading Women Awards.
Dubbed the "Oprah of Africa" by many of her guests, Alex Okoroji is a former daytime TV Presenter and host of a LIVE International Talk Radio Show syndicated on 14 Digital Networks around the world with over 4.6 Million Listens collectively and over 150 Hours of Unfiltered and Heart-Centered Conversations with Global icons, business leaders, entertainers and high-profile celebrity guests. Author of 4 books, alumna of the Metropolitan School of Business & Management, UK, the International Business Management Institute, Berlin, the University of London and London Business School. Alex Okoroji is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants (FIMC). She is also an engaged community leader.
She was the National Coordinator of 4NL/4NN (4 New Lagos and 4 New Nigeria) a social pressure group and think-tank made up of entertainers and media celebrities advocating for a New Nigeria back in 2014. In 2018, Alex Okoroji was invited to join other celebrities and celebrity activists around the world like Serena Williams and Demi Moore who participated in the annual CNN Freedom Project - a global media campaign against modern day slavery.
With acting training at the New York Film Academy and over 25 productions to her credit, Alex Okoroji is a Performing, Visual and Literary Artiste. She is also Director of International Affiliations at the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN). She has featured in movies and has played some of the best characters in popular Nigerian Television Soap Operas and Series.
She has written several scripts for TV Commercials, Documentaries, and award-winning Screenplays for Movies. As a top-notch Voice Actor, her voice has graced many international infomercials, radio dramas, animation, podcast intros and commercials for Television and Radio.
Above all, a dear Soul Sister with heart and humility who offers her blessed gifts in the service of humanity and community.
7) Yasmina Azhari
(G100 Global Chair - Public Relations)
Yasmina Azhari is a Forbes listed businesswoman and a pioneer. Yasmina was selected 4 times by Forbes as one of the 50 most powerful Arab Business Women and was chosen among the most 100 powerful women in the Arab World by the Arabian Business 3 times.
Based in the UAE, she hails from Syria where she was founder of Mira Trading, a company managing malls and supermarkets, as also Vice President of a premier shipping agency representing Maersk Shipping Line and leading it to a prosperous business, notably in a field traditionally dominated by men. Due to the civil war in Syria, she left the country in 2012 and came to UAE where she established Al Yam International Commercial Brokers 2014 and has a strong network of 40000 parties around the world following up opportunities through her company in Dubai.
With her relentless will, drive, and entrepreneurial charisma, she took the business to greater heights. She has served as Board member and advisor in many organizations, such as advisor to the Al-Foz Charity in Syria, and advisor to Chairman of Aman Holding Company: one of the biggest Holding companies in Syria, advisory board member of Bank Audi, Syria, one of the biggest private Banks in Syria, board member at the UN Global Compact Advisory Council in Syria, as an expert in Transport field at ESCWA, and board member of the Tartus Port Co., where she was the first woman to join the board, administrative board member of the OECD (The Organization of the Economical and Co-operational Development in the Middle East and North Africa Area), board member at WISTA (Women International in Shipping & Trade).
She served as Chairman for Syrian, Saudi Company for Touristic Investments Ltd, the owner of Four Seasons Hotel in Syria. She represents the Dutch organization PUM, which promotes self-sustainability and private sector development.
Decorated by Her Majesty The Queen of The Netherlands as a “KNIGHT”, Yasmina serves as Honorary Consul of the Netherlands at Lattakia & Tartus. She was the first woman to be on the board of the Lattakia Chamber of Commerce and was elected three times as the Head of Lattakia Businesswomen’s Committee.
She also served as Vice President at the Arab Business Women Council for 12 years. In 2011 she was chosen among the most 100 most powerful women in the Arab world by the “Arabian Business” by CEO Middle East and was awarded by E&Y as the best entrepreneur of the year.
She was honored at the Hall of Fame in Shanghai by E&Y. She has been nominated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Abkhazia and Armenia to represent them in the GCC Gulf region since 2014 until today.
In April 2019, she was nominated by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a representative to promote opportunities for better trade and exchange between Australia and the countries of the Arab league, and all the countries in which Al Yam international company operates. Above all, a dear Soul Sister who exemplifies the power of hard work + heart work with a spirit that never quits and is ever resilient.
8) Beena Unnikrishnan
(G100 Global Chair - Arts Leadership)
Beena Unnikrishnan is an Artpreneur, high profiled professional, artist and serial entrepreneur in India. Beena brings extensive experience of 28 years of diversified multi-functional arts and industries. An ardent believer in economic empowerment and financial independence of all artists, craftspeople and rural artisans, her successful career is testimony to the synergies that can be unleashed between art and mart.
She envisions fostering a culturally vibrant nation through accredited growth of Art and bringing financial freedom to all artists. She has curated her drive into a robust national campaign supported by art veterans and industry stalwarts and launched none other than by Union Cabinet Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari.
Under the aegis of his Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, this project for economically independent artists will develop Art & Craft based industries across the rural - urban artistic clusters, creating 1000 women-owned enterprises. Training and support programmes will be conducted in 700 districts of India to create a million entrepreneurial opportunities for women artists by Dec 2022.
She is also the recipient of the prestigious Senior Fellowship Award from the Government of India, Ministry of Culture, for her thesis on ‘Application of Cognitive Dynamics to Art in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Patients”. Her paintings are based on her research in art therapy, acknowledged as a powerful medium of holistic healing.
With an elaborate portfolio as an artist which includes the series of the ‘Chausat (64) Yoginis’, set of 64 paintings celebrating the power of Shakti, which is now set to be part of a noted Museum in India, and the Nakshatra series, set of 30 paintings on the cosmic constellations. Her exhibitions showcasing her artworks are held globally and are often completely sold out.
Upholding the credo of ‘Films for All,’ she is the founder and CEO of Iris Green Films, a Film Production company that focuses on films that address social concerns and proactively engage with society to catalyse social transformation. A visionary businesswoman, she is engaged in global trade across different continents.
She is a consultant of Sakthi Ferro group in Chennai, a conglomerate in steel manufacturing. She has developed Steel trading in Venezuela to set up scrap yards and companies to cater to growing Indian demands.
Beena is on the advisory board to US metals GmbH in Germany and Aum Metals Dubai to develop business within South America, Europe, and Asia. Beena is Executive Director in Aakash, a pioneer in the field of bio–energy production relying on ‘Environment-friendly nature sources’ like bamboo plants.
Headquartered in Singapore, Aakash caters to the alternative energy requirements across the world establishing the renewable energy generation units and socio-economic development for the emerging green energy markets internationally. She is working on projects from bamboo to artifacts as a livelihood for women and leading their women’s entrepreneurship program.
Beena is part of Wellhomes developing Living spaces that embrace energy and sleep to improve Physical and mental health. She is working on infusing art and architecture to create healing spaces that will be uplifting and spiritually energising.
Their first project of creating premiere urban wellness living spaces is strategically located in Dubai will be a trendsetter for healthy living. She is also a business consultant for different companies for business development in India, UAE, Peru, Germany, Venezuela, Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, and Poland. A passionate community leader, she is also the founder of the non-profit Srishty which provides skill development, training, design exposure and capacity building of arts and craftspeople from various domains especially in the rural hinterland.
Above all else, she embodies the spirit of art with a heart and is in a continuous quest for renewal and rejuvenation of self and society.
9) Dr. Anita Davis DeFoe
(G100 Global Chair - Youth Enterprise & Leadership)
Dr. Anita Davis DeFoe is an African-American leadership and social entrepreneurship consultant from the US Virgin Islands, fostering over two decades of social entrepreneurship and capacity building for the Youth in the Caribbean, Africa with a global outlook and outreach. She holds a Ph.D. in Organization Behavior and Leadership Development from the University of North Carolina and Antioch University, and Social Entrepreneurship coursework from the Copenhagen School of Business and the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business.
Championing the UN SDGs, especially for ending poverty by 2030, Anita puts her efforts behind mitigating youth unemployment and joblessness by way of uplifting Skill sets, Mindsets and fostering ecosystems enabling career growth and opportunities for youth. A National Career Development Association Accredited Career Services Mentor, Anita has created and crafted unique programs for leadership, expeditionary learning, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts/Agriculture, Mathematics (STEAM), entrepreneurship, employability and training skills that have served youth from ages five to 24, assisting a great diversity of people across genders and generations to discover their innate greatness and unique strengths.
An entrepreneur, Dr. DeFoe is the Founder and CEO of Upshift Global, a business growth and capacity building organization, and The Circle of 99 Global Foundation, Inc., a global collective of doers, builders, innovators and change champions. A quality management and project execution expert, and a John Maxwell Team Executive Director, Dr. DeFoe provides technical assistance to organizations in the areas of process and change management and fund development.
She has personally authored over $500 million in grants and project funding enabling a host of organizations to support their core missions, scale their businesses, and deliver outcome -based services to their audiences. A great believer in the power of Social Entrepreneurship to balance societal and economic goals, her book, Follow Her Lead: Leadership Lessons For Women As They Journey From the Backroom to the Boardroom, a leadership development book for women and girls, was cited as a must read by 2011 Echoing Green Social Entrepreneur Finalists.
The two Social Entrepreneurs winner shared that the book provided them with insights and tools to enhance their leadership and managerial competencies. A visionary transformative leader, Anita Davis-DeFoe has delivered management training programs to diverse constituencies including in government, venture capitalists, corporates, media, entrepreneurs and non-profit professionals.
She received the Community Service Award from the Broward Workforce Development Board in Florida, USA; the President’s Award for Service to TRIO Pre-Collegiate Programs in South Carolina, USA; Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (SAEOPP) Service Award-USA, African Leadership Award from Voice Magazine in Amsterdam, Social Entrepreneur Leadership Award from Naijaeutv in Spain for designing global social enterprises aimed at providing opportunities for individuals to create pathways out of poverty, and for connecting rural livelihoods to global markets. A profound and prolific communicator, Anita is the author of many books: a rite of passage curriculum for girls entitled, Soulful One: For Girls on the Pathway to Greatness, a program designed to support the personal, career and leadership development of girls; A Woman’s Guide to Soulful Living: Seven Keys to Life and Work Success; Tropical Escapes, a novel; and a children’s book, Kwabena and the Baobab Tree.
She has been featured in The New Jersey Business Journal, The Miami Herald, The Belmont Banner, The Gastonia Gazette, The Charlotte Post, The Daily News, Purpose Magazine, IMDiversity, The Huffinton Post, CaribVision, Madame Noire, Barbados Today, The Morning Talk Show in Miami, Citizen Radio-Antigua, FOX, CW Network, The Sister to Sister Radio Show in Miami, HER Radio-Philadelphia, Montserrat Radio, Cayman Islands Radio and many more national and international media. Anita was born and raised in North Carolina.
An educator and mentor in heart and spirit who sees the Youth as the Leaders of the Now, she has motivated young people across Africa, Canada, Europe, and across the United States and the Caribbean. Above all, a dear Soul Sister who steps forward in faith to render selfless service and support to one and all.
10) Michelle Ferrari
(G100 Global Chair - Human Resources)
Michelle Ferrari is CEO of Great Culture to Innovate®️ in Mexico, a global firm promoting and developing innovative cultures and Partner of Great Place to Work which she led as CEO for two decades.
She works across many multinationals and Fortune 500 companies such as Manpower, UBER, Baxter Pharmaceutical, Edenred, Newell Rubbermaid, USANA, KPMG. She is credited with building the pioneering unique certification program which is now benchmarked by corporates all over Mexico, making it the only golden standard for measuring workplace culture.
Michelle chairs several boards of AmCham, Young President Organization (YPO) as a member of this community and the Global Leadership Council of Great Place to Work. Her work has impacted hundreds of companies with multi thousand employees reaching more than 1 million people touched with this methodology, which has turned the way leaders think of human capital and Human Resources, and the impact it has in their business and social responsibility and employer branding.
Her efforts have also included many important media partners and strategic alliances to distribute content, especially for the Women Economic Forum (WEF) Iberoamerica editions, generating more than 3 million media impressions, streaming on the most visited platforms, and several universities with a reach of 110,000 persons per day. With an irrepressible entrepreneurial spirit, she has founded a couple of successful ventures since a very young age, always realizing the importance of being independent and devoting her life to her true passions.
Michelle understands the urgency to achieve improvement in many areas regarding gender parity and continues to strongly support that by constantly raising consciousness on these issues. A proud mother of 3 boys and a most supportive husband, avid traveller, risk taker, and inexhaustible fighter for her dreams involving always a sense of giving back and living her life as an ode of ‘love in action’ and ‘balance in action’.
Above all, a dear Soul Sister who is blessed with endless energy and a vast repertoire of actions and interests that all converge to create a better world for All.
11) Carolina García
(G100 Global Chair - Sports Empowerment)
Carolina García is a women’s football evangelist and leader in the Soccer industry with more than 20 years of management experience especially with organising funding and sponsorships for women’s soccer, becoming the first woman in Argentina dedicated to a business that was earlier the sole reserve of men. A passionate soccer lover and an active seeker of challenges, she was a senior executive in a mining company and then one day soccer knocked on her door along with the world of sales.
A prestigious newspaper put as the headline in their editorial on her: The Woman who best sells soccer in Argentina. In 2008 she was summoned by the Pachuca Club of Mexico, due to her expertise and way of relating to the main players in the industry, to take charge of the Communication of the Club's History during the landing in Argentina.
Creator with the Foundation of Social Defense (FUDESO) of the First Forum of Development for Sports Equity (FID) supported by private companies and institutions like Buenos Aires Sports, Sports and Recreation of La Plata, etc, Argentina. Summoned to give form to FAMUD (Women’s Federation on Sports) belonging to the CAD, summoning the first references of Sports to give them knowledge of the project, Argentina.
Born marketer, she sees in advance what is coming or how she likes to say: where the ball is going to pass through. In 2012 she traveled to a World Soccer Fair that time in Brazil and she meet the executive who was managing Women's Soccer at FIFA at that time.
Tatjana Haenni saw in Carolina the person who was going to become a benchmark, change maker, trailblazing for this sport in Argentina. She trained her, guided her and taught her the phrase that Carolina repeats all the time: To Motivate is To Invest.
From that moment on, that already woman trained in education and expertise saw another path where she should leave her mark, Women's Soccer, that sport not seen, not considered, not made visible and began to knock on doors on the highest echelons of power and positions. All the No’s she found, she only treated them as the possible Yes’s of tomorrow - all she had to do was persevere and not give up. But life also wanted to play a game with her as she says - so when she got cancer, she had to leave everything in the field. But when her chemotherapy ended she was summoned by FIFA to work in the U-17 World Cup in Costa Rica in 2014. She accepted the Call - and gave herself the gift of courage and strength once again.
She wanted to connect Sports to the cause of Gender Equity and so she created the phrase that accompanies her since 2014 #NivelarLaCancha , which means #LevelTheField, and with which she expresses that she will continue working to narrow the inequality gap between men and women in sport. She created, organized, led in 2016 the 1st Latin American Congress on Women and Sports, which was supported by FIFA, Conmebol among so many associations and professionals in the industry inside and outside of the field of the world.
For three consecutive years she was a Jury for The Guardian newspaper, UK representing Latin America to choose the Best Player of the Year. Convened by She Kicks Magazine to make notes to Players of the Argentine National Women's National Team prior to the FIFA Women's World Cup in France 2016.
In 2017 she redoubled the bet, a Congress on Women's Soccer was never held in Argentina. She formed a team of women in the industry and thus the first event where soccer women had their own voice it took place in Rosario, Argentina. In 2018 she created and performed the first Women's Soccer Clinic in Argentina, giving prominence to the Players. She argued that people should see that women play soccer.
She looked for references from Boca and River main teams in Argentina and took them to Pinamar, coast of Argentina, and people flocked to see them. The excited players signed balls, t-shirts, they all looked at Carolina and said with their eyes ‘Sister, Thank you.’
In 2018 FIFA again called her to be the Jury of the pre-selection for the Best Female Soccer Player and Best Coach, of the BEST event, in England representing all Latin America. In 2019 and 2020, she became the first Women's Soccer Sponsorship Consultant in Argentina for Rexona Brand, which was a Sponsor of the Argentine Major Women's National Team, then AFA Women's Soccer League and the women's soccer team apparel of River and Boca.
She was chosen to speak on Personal Branding, Sports Marketing and Sports Sponsorship at the first Argentine Football Women's Coaches Congress and the 1st Latin American Football Women's Coaches Congress organized by ATFA. In 2021, she was called by Conmebol, South American Soccer Confederation to a Jury at the first Latin American Congress on Women's Soccer, Paraguay.
Carolina believes that One Woman arrives, all women arrive. The Player Scores Goals but the Team is the one that wins. Carolina loves to walk the road less travelled in the spirit of a true pioneer because she maintains that she has the capacity to achieve it and the conviction to score the Goal.
Above all, a dear Soul Sister with great reserve of enthusiasm, passion and perseverance to innovate and transform lives through the empowering platform of Sports.
12) Karen Duys
(G100 Global Chair - Education)
Karen Duys is a highly experienced senior advisor to governments and social organizations who has worked for governments at local, regional and international levels for over 30 years. She has been committed to concrete cooperation between governments (municipalities, ministries), institutions and small and medium-sized companies between the Netherlands, Europe and the rest of the world. She has greatly contributed to building Netherlands - India exchange.
During her work with the municipality of The Hague for more than 15 years, Karen put the cooperation with India on the Dutch agenda, resulting in many delegations led by the Mayor of Hague to Bangalore resulting in many MOUs with the State government of Karnataka in the areas of care, economy, water and infrastructure. For 10 years Karen also serves as senior advisor to the Mayor of Rotterdam and aldermen of various municipalities.
She also led the implementation of the noted Healthcare and Participation Act at the department of Health and Welfare of the City of the Hague, Netherlands, as well as at the Care, Welfare and Culture department of the province of North-Holland, Strategic Economic Projects Unit of the province of South Holland. Karen was elected as a member of the city council of the municipality of Rotterdam for more than 10 years.
She was the leader of a political party and member of special committees: Labour & Education, Economics & Urban development, Care & Welfare. She was a member of the confidential committee for the selection of the Mayor of Rotterdam municipality of Rotterdam.
She described her experiences of being a politician in the Dutch administrative & political system in a book entitled Dual of Duel. This book has been distributed among all Dutch representatives in the Netherlands and is used at the university for the students' Public Administration.
With a degree in Public Administration, having studied in Rotterdam and Leiden, Karen believes that the Netherlands and Europe can learn a lot from the innovation and strength that manifests itself in India. Conversely, the Netherlands and other European countries have lots to offer India as well.
Karen is also Founder and President of Eur India Connection, a Dutch—Indo organisation that works and builds an international network of organisations committed to sustainable projects. She is also the founder of the non-profit Planet Hope foundation which initiates educational and empowerment programs and provides vocational education, training, support and scholarship programmes in different communities in India, Peru & Ethiopia, enabling many young women to dream, learn, travel and explore, building their self-confidence and exposure in priceless ways.
In the last 10 years, thousands of youngsters & families were supported and guided to develop and use their talents to get jobs and start their own enterprises. These have branch offices in Bangalore with outreach to Pondicherry and Darjeeling.
She also serves on several advisory boards of civil society organizations in the Netherlands. Like the Arosa foundation, the largest women's shelter organization in Rotterdam; the Resto van Harte foundation, which is dedicated to combating social isolation and stimulating contact between local residents by setting up social restaurants; Mano foundation which stimulates youngsters to participate in society and creates the conditions for people to discover and use their talents and unique qualities; and Laurens Fund that supports projects and social initiatives that are aimed at receiving, strengthening, and social connection of marginalised and vulnerable people, especially young people and the elderly.
Above all, a dear Soul Sister with a mother’s selfless heart. No wonder all her young mentees call her Mom! For she cares for them as her own.
13) Dr. Anita Caprice Powell
(G100 Global Chair - Oneness & Wisdom)
Dr. Anita Caprice Powell is a Poet, Calligrapher and Wordsmith who embodies Oneness and Wisdom with her poised calm and composure that breathes balance and bliss. A poet and writer well before her teenage years, she speaks with Oracle-like energy that paints with her beautiful, powerful spoken performances the vision and imagination of our greater selves, igniting in her audiences the desire to enrich their own lives and that of others by embracing our universal oneness and the shared thought among cultures that there is no distance, no separateness between the Universe and us. Love and kindness connect us all.
No matter what culture, continent, creed we come from, she pours her creative gifts of movement, music, meditation and motivation into creating an alchemy of experience that moves and transforms.
She draws wisdom from all cultures and all parts of the world to bring home the message of Trust, Faith, Connectedness, Interdependence and our Oneness, providing a lease of life to those tormented with loneliness and alienation.
“What drives me,” she says is the suicide rate globally, which I believe is indicative of a Beautiful Soul being in a place and space a separateness from a higher source than herself. What drives me is the desire to bridge that gap of loneliness and despair, with the confidence of that powerful love that is imbued within the heart and soul of one and all.”
Above all, a dear Soul Sister who you can experience straight from the heart as she lives deep from her heart, with her endearing aura that loves all at all times.
14) Lakshmy Shankar
(G100 Global Chair - Business Networking)
Lakshmy Shankar is CEO & Founder Kaizen consult, a full-service Consulting Firm with a focus on Family Business Advisory, Diversity & Inclusion, Coaching and Training, Educational Services, Counselling, and a valued support for Women Economic Forum (WEF) events in Chennai and Bangalore. Formerly she was Head of Elizabeth Arden (A Unilever Company with WJ Towell Partnership in Oman) for Sales, Marketing, Business Development and Export to GCC Countries.
She also led Business Development at Al Omaneya Advertising, Ministry of Information, Government of the Sultanate of Oman. With cross-disciplinary Majors and Masters in Psychology, Sociology and Economics, she comes from a scholarly family lineage: her paternal great grandfather was a Vedic Scholar and a revered Guru.
Lakshmy is also an advisor to Chiguru Balavikasa Samasthe an NGO engaged in abolition and Rehabilitation of child Labour from the silk twisting industry of Magadi district near Bangalore, Karnataka. Passionate and purpose-driven, she embodies the infinite resourcefulness of her name - Lakshmy - which verily means wealth in every sense. A risk-taker who enjoys the process of creation and learning-on-the-go, she is our very own sorted and sensible sister who is ever in action and wants to make things happen with her natural skills and passion for Networking, Mentoring, Leadership Development, Project Management, Fundraising, Start Up Support and Business Development.
Her other professional strengths and work experiences include Business Development, Sales & Marketing, Training, Social Development Project Implementations, CSR Management, International and Domestic Fund Raising. International Digital Conferencing Expertise.
Above all, a dear Soul Sister who lends energy to everything around her with her powerful spirit of Yes We Can.
15) Mar Introini
(G100 Global Chair - Global Networking)
Mar Introini is a Barrister, Blogger and Political Analyst. An Italian citizen with a legal background as a former Public Attorney specialized in Minors Offenders as National Secretary position nominated by the Executive Board of the National Presidency with approval from the House of Representatives.
With a strong sense of independent thinking and constant learning and cross-cultural experience of living in different cities, as Montevideo, London, Brussels, Geneva, Malaga, Madrid, she brings an inclusive perspective around multiculturalism. She’s passionate about developing a reshaped model of globalization with a holistic approach toward building resilience and sustainability around societal vulnerabilities, which should be over and above political perspectives - as she learned in her work with a Political Party for 10 years.
As a leader with global goals, she is focused on building an innovative structure for the youth and open platform of engagement based on authentic connection and ethical leadership. She is an activist and Coordinator for Youth Associations regards youth policies for the Youth National Institute, a public institution of the Ministry of Education, and a Legal Adviser elaborating reports for disciplinary process for Government ́s employees and Ministry representation at Tribunals.
́She was also appointed as Legal Advisor for the Uruguayan Red Cross, Trainer on Sphere Project (Humanitarian Standards) and Teacher of International Humanitarian Law. Within a passion for lifelong learning she then studied for a Masters on “Europes' Solidarity Action” in Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain in which she finds a great space for exploring and thriving on Analysis and Research that was–and still is- her great passion.
She got a degree as an Expert on Development Cooperation, Migration, Refugees and Asylum and Humanitarian Aid. She has also worked on Corporate Social Responsibility with CSR Watch Spain.
She speaks four languages viz. Italian, English, French, Spanish. Her training courses on a variety of subjects such as Governance, Climate, Sustainability, European Culture, Political Economy, etc.
With prestigious institutions as the World Bank Institute, Columbia University, Yale University, HEC Paris, University of Geneva, University of Groningen, became the main drivers of content, research and analysis on her long-standing blog thesustainabilityreader.com. For personal circumstances she moved to Brussels, Belgium where she had the immense privilege to continue working with acknowledged international organizations like Eurodad, Action Aid, Oxfam.
Mar has the immense privilege to be a regular participant and Speaker on the great Caux Forum from Initiatives of Change Switzerland in which she has the opportunity to collaborate and extend her network across the world. The Caux Forum holds annual conferences, and gathers leaders from different cultures, backgrounds, and particular political positions that are totally opposite. A true creation of peace by conciliation and dialogue.