The Other 50%

Vicki Saunders is an entrepreneur who started an organization called SheEO. SheEO is a leading global innovation in the female entrepreneur marketplace. Our radical new model to finance, support and celebrate female entrepreneurs has received global attention by capturing the hearts and minds of women around the world.

You have to hear about how this works. If you are a woman looking for how you can concretely help women’s success and make a tangible difference, this is for you.

Myah is a Writer/Producer/Actor. She recently released her webseries called Or Die Trying. Watch it here. It’s really good.

She says you can’t enter the entertainment industry without people throwing the likelihood of your failure in your face. And yet, she persisted.

I’m glad she did. This is a woman who is going places.

And Twilight. Can we just talk about Twilight?!

Kerith Lemon and Rebecca Hall wrote and produced a beautiful short film called BARE. Rebecca was diagnosed with breast cancer at 25, and the film explores an extraordinary moment of sisterhood along her journey. Cancer sucks, but the sisterhood gives us hope. As it always does.

Betsy Nilan is the President of the Get In Touch Foundation, which is dedicated to breast health education and awareness, starting at an early age.

Camille is a Writer/Producer/Director. She recently released her feature film called “The Nth Ward.” She also made the short film, “Thank You for Washing.” Her first film, a documentary film called “A Second Chance at Life” was narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. How did she get Whoopi? She asked her. As you do.

As a funny twist, her backup plan was to go to med school and become an OB/GYN. You know, if this filmmaking thing doesn’t work out. It is working out.

Alex is a Producer with an amazing list of credits. A couple of them include: Bridge to Terabithia, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Holes, Rushmore, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion…you get the idea. She is legit.

Ramaa is an accomplished Commercial, Music Video and Film Director, an Activist and an Entrepreneur. Her career as a Director started around age 16, and she now has a company she founded called Adolescent Content which represents young content creators and Directors to national brands and distributes professional content by very young creators.

Lee is a Career Coach and Consultant for Screenwriters. She is also an accomplished author with 2 books under her belt. She coaches writers through entering the Hollywood machine and climbing the ladder, and mentors established writers as they identify and then reach their next goal post. She got into this field because her clients made her. They demanded and she supplied. Talk about finding your true purpose.

Fran is currently a Production Consultant, with a background in Production, Accounting, Marketing, and Music. She is also an options trader and she explains the whole thing. It’s a bit intimidating. Fran is both brilliant and talented. I have always said math and music are different sides of the same coin, and she proves this out.

Some lessons from musical theatre stick with you forever: when someone asks you if you can do something, the answer is always YES!

Taylor is an Editor and Post Supervisor for music videos and commercials. Here’s a new one - she was editing videos in her basement in Omaha until she reached out to a Director she admired and changed her life. She now has a successful career in Los Angeles, doing what she loves. She is working with big artists and learning how to navigate the boy’s club. How often do you think about whether or not you should pop your hip?

Rainy recently made, starred in and released the film The Wedding Invitation. Major accomplishment. This film is adorable, by the way. Go rent it and watch it. You can find it on the streaming channels.

Rainy started writing as a vehicle for her acting career and found a whole new world as a filmmaker. She talks about finding her inner fearlessness, kicking down doors, and getting as many women in the room as possible.