# Women in Leadership Across the Bay Area and Beyond By [Hard Mode First](https://hardmodefirst.xyz) · 2019-04-07 --- 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](https://twitter.com/bethanymarz/status/1114511370924507136) 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**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucykeoni/)  Customer Success Operations & Programs, Censia [**Meg Bear**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/megbear/)  SVP, Product & Engineering at Juvo  [@megbear](https://twitter.com/megbear) [**Orchid Bertelsen**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/orchidbertelsen/)  Digital Innovation Lead, Nestlé USA  [@OrchidBertelsen](https://twitter.com/OrchidBertelsen) [**Minela Bjelevac**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/minelabjelevac/) Senior Manager People Success at Y Media Labs  [@minelabje](https://twitter.com/minelabjel) [**Stacy Brown-Philpot**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacyphilpot/)  CEO at TaskRabbit  [@sbp04](https://twitter.com/sbp04) [**Anne Dwane**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwane/)  Co-founder and Partner, Village Global  [@adwane](https://twitter.com/adwane) [**Katie Doherty**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dohertykatie/)  Co-founder, Female Founder School [**Salma El Hariry**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/salmaelhariry/)  Founder and CEO, S\[k\]alUp Ventures  [@SalmaElHariry](https://twitter.com/salmaelhariry) [**Meagen Eisenberg**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/meageneisenberg/)  CMO at TripActions  [@meisenber](https://twitter.com/meisenberg) [**Carolyn Frey**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-frey-a002304/) Chief People Office at Philz Coffee [**Amanda Weeks Geveden**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-weeks-geveden-cws-847466a/) SVP, Managing Director at US Bank [**Julia Hartz**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliahartz/)  CEO and Co-Founder of Eventbrite  [@juliahartz](https://twitter.com/juliahartz) [**Caroline Huaranca**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolina-huaranca-mendoza-a573374/)  Principal, Kapor Capital  [@carohuaranca](https://twitter.com/carohuaranca) [**Claire Hughes Johnson**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-hughes-johnson-7058/)  COO at Stripe  [@chughesjohnson](https://twitter.com/chughesjohnson) [**Kim Jabal**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-jabal-190119/)  CFO at Weebly  [@kimjabal](https://twitter.com/kimjabal) [**Pam Kostka**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamkostka/)  CEO and Advisor  [@PamKostka](https://twitter.com/PamKostka) [**Sarah Leary**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahleary/) Co-founder and VP of Marketing & Operations at NextDoor  [@sarahleary](https://twitter.com/sarahleary) [**Erica Lockheimer**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericalockheimer/)  VP of Engineering, LinkedIn  [@EricaLockheimer](https://twitter.com/EricaLockheimer) [**Jana Messerschmidt**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/janamesserschmidt/)  Investor at Lightspeed Venture Partners  [@janamal](https://twitter.com/janamal) [**Michelle E. Messina**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellemessina/)  CEO and Founder, Explora International LLC [**JeanAnn Nichols**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanann/)  Executive Coach  [@JeanAnn\_Nichols](https://twitter.com/JeanAnn_Nichols) [**Bhargavi Nuvvula**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhargavi-nuvvula-7800151/)  Head of Corporate Technology, BNY Melon  [@BHARNUVV](https://twitter.com/BHARNUVV) [**Katie O’Brien Penn**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/katieopenn/) Director of Platform Marketing, Twitch  [@ktopenn](https://twitter.com/ktopenn) [**Lexi Reese**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexi-reese-77a9823/)  COO at Gusto  [@lexir](https://twitter.com/lexir) [**Camille Ricketts**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/camillericketts/) Notion HQ  [@CamilleRicketts](https://twitter.com/camillericketts) [**Diana Rothschild**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-rothschild/) Head of Strategic Partnerships, TaskRabbit  [@DianaRothschild](https://twitter.com/DianaRothschild) [**Sarah Shewey**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahshewey/)  Founder and CEO, Happily  [@pinkcloud](https://twitter.com/pinkcloud) [**Sally Thornton**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sallythornton/) CEO and Founder, Forshay  [@SallyThornton](https://twitter.com/SallyThornton) [**Yasmeen Turayhi**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmeenturayhi/)  Author: Product Marketing Debunked [**Jill Wetzler**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillwetzler/) Director of Engineering at Lyft  [@JillWetzler](https://twitter.com/JillWetzler) _Originally published at_ [_Dry Erase_](http://bethanycrystal.com/blog/2019/04/07/women-in-leadership-across-the-bay-area-and-beyond/)_._ --- *Originally published on [Hard Mode First](https://hardmodefirst.xyz/women-in-leadership-across-the-bay-area-and-beyond)*