There may be no better use case for Twitter than the crowd-sourced list.
Yesterday morning, a speaker for an upcoming USV Women’s Leadership breakfast event had to cancel at the last minute. With less than 3 days’ notice, I took to Twitter to seek last-minute guests to join the ~30 women who had already RSVP’ed to attend.
The results were astounding. In the end, I had a dozen Retweets or comments and even more DMs nominating the names of incredible women leaders all over the Bay Area and beyond.
We only needed a few speakers for our session on Tuesday, but I thought this list was so compelling that it needed to be shared even more broadly.
On my flight to the West Coast today, I aggregated everyone’s responses and nominations — 30 in total — and I thought I’d share them all below.
Whether you’re looking for a speaker for your own event or a few new faces for your Twittter feed, I hope you’re all as inspired as I was in reading through what these women have accomplished.
And to the three women who agreed to join us on Tuesday morning for our event — I can’t wait to meet you in person. Thanks, Twitterverse.
Women in Leadership Across the Bay Area and Beyond:
Lucy (Keoni) Baird
Customer Success Operations & Programs, Censia
Meg Bear
SVP, Product & Engineering at Juvo
@megbear
Orchid Bertelsen
Digital Innovation Lead, Nestlé USA
@OrchidBertelsen
Minela Bjelevac
Senior Manager People Success at Y Media Labs
@minelabje
Stacy Brown-Philpot
CEO at TaskRabbit
@sbp04
Anne Dwane
Co-founder and Partner, Village Global
@adwane
Katie Doherty
Co-founder, Female Founder School
Salma El Hariry
Founder and CEO, S[k]alUp Ventures
@SalmaElHariry
Meagen Eisenberg
CMO at TripActions
@meisenber
Carolyn Frey
Chief People Office at Philz Coffee
Amanda Weeks Geveden
SVP, Managing Director at US Bank
Julia Hartz
CEO and Co-Founder of Eventbrite
@juliahartz
Caroline Huaranca
Principal, Kapor Capital
@carohuaranca
Claire Hughes Johnson
COO at Stripe
@chughesjohnson
Kim Jabal
CFO at Weebly
@kimjabal
Pam Kostka
CEO and Advisor
@PamKostka
Sarah Leary
Co-founder and VP of Marketing & Operations at NextDoor
@sarahleary
Erica Lockheimer
VP of Engineering, LinkedIn
@EricaLockheimer
Jana Messerschmidt
Investor at Lightspeed Venture Partners
@janamal
Michelle E. Messina
CEO and Founder, Explora International LLC
JeanAnn Nichols
Executive Coach
@JeanAnn_Nichols
Bhargavi Nuvvula
Head of Corporate Technology, BNY Melon
@BHARNUVV
Katie O’Brien Penn
Director of Platform Marketing, Twitch
@ktopenn
Lexi Reese
COO at Gusto
@lexir
Camille Ricketts
Notion HQ
@CamilleRicketts
Diana Rothschild
Head of Strategic Partnerships, TaskRabbit
@DianaRothschild
Sarah Shewey
Founder and CEO, Happily
@pinkcloud
Sally Thornton
CEO and Founder, Forshay
@SallyThornton
Yasmeen Turayhi
Author: Product Marketing Debunked
Jill Wetzler
Director of Engineering at Lyft
@JillWetzler
Originally published at Dry Erase.
