Women CEO In Reflection

Mary Grace Yniguez (ee-knee-gez) is a mom+wife (married to her HS sweetheart). She is an INTROVERT, community builder, networking strategist, event producer, and entrepreneur. She purchased the business she ran for almost 10 years - Social Register Network. Taking what she learned as the Social Register Network’s former COO, she used her talents, strength, and team to rebrand and grow a 25 year old business to a new level - a Nationwide Networking Platform & Community Exclusive to Business Owners. Mary Grace worked diligently to create an organization where members can be encouraged and educated on social media platforms, marketing and coached on making effective connections. Now with a strong team behind her, Mary Grace leads the way in promoting growth through education as she helps executives and business leaders alike strengthen their current skills and build stronger business relationships

Terra Odom Terra is happily married, a proud mother of two, worship leader, playwright, 3x award-winning and best-selling author, recording artist, international speaker, and businesswoman. She’s the owner and founder of The Manifold Innovations, Corporation, a multifaceted organization structured to help individuals, businesses, & churches through coaching, consulting, & courses. She is also the Founder and CEO of Writers Unblock Academy, a signature school that helps individuals who have a vision of helping or serving others through writing overcome the hindrance of writer's block so that they can become self-published authors in 90 days or less.

Martha Carlin, is a Citizen Scientist, systems thinker, wife of Parkinson’s warrior, John Carlin, and founder of The BioCollective, a microbiome company expanding the reach of science. Since John’s diagnosis in 2002, Martha began learning the science of agriculture, nutrition, environment, infectious disease, Parkinson’s pathology and much more. In 2014, when the first research was published showing a connection between the gut bacteria and the two phenotypes of Parkinson’s, Martha quit her former career as a business turnaround expert and founded The BioCollective to accelerate the discovery of the impact of gut health on all human health, including Parkinson’s. Martha was a speaker at the White House 2016 Microbiome Initiative launch, challenging the scientific community to “think in a broader context”. Her systems thinking background and experience has led to collaborations across the scientific spectrum from neuroscience to engineering to infectious disease. She is a respected out of the box problem solver in the microbiome field and brings a unique perspective to helping others understand the connections from the soil to the food to our guts and our brains.

Dr. Barbara (Bobbi) Kurshan has honed her vision of “what can be” using technology while supporting education companies and developing innovative products. She serves as Senior Innovation Advisor at the Graduate School of Education at Penn where she builds and advises education innovation ecosystems. As the President of ECC, she provides strategic consulting in the areas of investment, digital transformation, entrepreneurship, and innovation. As the past Executive Director of Curriki, Bobbi helped to build one of the most innovative global open-source education communities. Dr. Kurshan has previously served as the Co-CEO of Core Learning, an education investment fund, and the Chief Academic Officer of bigchalk. She currently serves on the board of American Public Education and invests and advises several edtech companies. She is the author of several books, articles and regularly blogs for Forbes.com. Her new book InnovateHERs – Why Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurial Women Rise to the Top is now available on Amazon.