Ashley Matchett Woods

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Woods, AshleyTitle: Owner, Strategist

Company: The Equestrian’s Concierge, LLC

Location: Petaluma, CA

Ashley Matchett Woods found a way to turn adversity into success. She was brought up as an equestrian, but a lupus diagnosis interfered with her ability to enjoy the sport. The Equestrian’s Concierge, LLC, marries the personal passions of Ms. Woods: her life-long love for horses and her 25-year commitment to branding, marketing, and customer service. The retailer provides everything needed for an equestrian lifestyle. After some time in the industry, Ms. Woods saw a niche and a need for a consultancy for the equestrian business, so she created and operates EQ’s Branding & Marketing Services.

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Muna Ahmed

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Ahmed, MunaTitle: President, Chief Executive Officer

Company: Total Plant Management Group

Location: Houston, TX

An expert in engineering, business development, marketing, leadership, and project and human resources management with almost two decades of experience, Muna Ahmed is well-suited to her career as the president and CEO of Total Plant Management Group. Total Plant Management Group is an engineering and manufacturing solutions provider that offers prefabricated buildings, panel fabrication, metering skids, and engineering and manufacturing services. Ms. Ahmed has a number of responsibilities in her current role, including evaluating and managing company policies, financial issues, and staff deployment, ensuring that policies and production levels are being met, and cutting costs while increasing production. She also advises the board members on crucial decisions that impact manufacturing levels, communicates with customers, vendors and employees, and estimates and analyzes budgets.

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Sunnie Swartz

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Title: Hearing Officer II

Company: First Judicial District of Pennsylvania

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Sunnie Swartz is driven to advocate for women’s rights, which is something she is able to accomplish each and every day by way of her position with the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania as a Hearing Officer II. Supported by unwavering professional stamina, superior people skills, and a tenacious and loyal nature, Ms. Swartz earned her stripes by attaining a dual degree in sociology and criminal justice. She is also a certified complex litigation paralegal and bail commissioner. Continue reading →

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N’Dri Assie-Lumumba, Ph.D.

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Assie-Lumumba, N'DreTitle: Professor

Company: Cornell University

Location: Ithaca, NY

Armed with a lifelong interest in the transmission of knowledge, N’Dri Assie-Lumumba currently serves as a professor at Cornell University. She specializes in African and Diaspora education, comparative and international education, social institutions, and the study of gender. Dr. Assie-Lumumba is also quite knowledgeable with regard to family institutions and structures, and African history with a focus on the European expansion, and the colonial and contemporary periods.

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Lietta Ryan

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Title: Executive Director

Company: American SPCC

Location: Carlsbad, CA

Passionate about constructive societal and cultural change, Lietta Ryan borrows from three decades’ experience to serve as the executive director of American SPCC, a renowned nonprofit organization that strives to end child abuse by contributing to community service programs and youth advocacy solutions. American SPCC also offers educational resources to bolster awareness of mistreatment, influence positive parenting techniques, campaign for children’s rights and provide solutions to counter bullying. Continue reading →

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