The JOURNEY Leadership Summit

Journey To Lead (JOURNEY) find the best women leaders of tomorrow, connect them with top leaders of today, and equip them to scale—propelling visionary innovators to the top.

Who’s the most innovative, inspiring, and aspiring woman leader you know? If this is YOU, apply! If you know an emerging superstar, nominate her for the 2027–28 class of JOURNEY Fellows.

Apply or nominate by Friday, January 15.

Why now?

These times call for bold leaders. JOURNEY scouts and scales mission-driven women who have demonstrated extraordinary ability and are ready to lead at the highest levels. Women leaders are still scarce at the top.

  • Only 11% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women, and fewer than 2% women of color
  • 2% of VC funding goes to female founders
  • 0.1 % to Latin and Black women founders

What is JOURNEY?

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to advance visionary women leaders, where they will shape a better future for all

 

Fellows  Champions  Partners

See what Fellows say

The JOURNEY community is unwilling to let any of us sell ourselves short. JOURNEY is helping us grow our impact in supporting frontline workers.

Muriel Clauson Closs Co-Founder and CEO, Anthill

The Champions have not only been in the room. They’ve led the room. They told me I don’t need to wait—and showed me what I need to do to get there.

Sheryl McKenzie Chief Product Officer, Western Union

I leveraged the heck out of JOURNEY connections to push my company forward in addressing the caretaker crisis.

Lindsay Jurist-Rosner CEO, Wellthy

So many women’s groups stand around admiring problems. At JOURNEY, we lift each other up and teach each other how to solve problems.

Maria Colacurcio CEO, Syndio

Life-changing. I am overwhelmed by the remarkable opportunities that have come my way—and astounded by the speed at which these opportunities have come.

Ruthie D. Lyle Principal Technical Patent Architect, Nvidia

Phenomenal. It’s made me think differently, be more innovative, and understand how to drive my mission and scale my impact.

Melissa McKerracher Head of Global Finance Strategy and FP&A, General Motors

JOURNEY has helped me see multiple tracks to making an impact—and taught me how to own my power.

Rebecca Foster CEO, VEIC

Our Community

Fellows are:

Visionaries, risk-takers, innovators, and exceptional female leaders. With personal coaching and guidance from Champions, they scale their leadership.

Visionaries, risk-takers, innovators, and exceptional female leaders. With personal coaching and guidance from Champions, they scale their leadership.

Immigrants, first-generation college students, military veterans and others with diverse experiences and clear resilience after overcoming obstacles.

No age limit: We believe in 2nd, 3rd, even 4th acts.

Meet Our Fellows

Champions are:

Women who have led renowned organizations as Chairs and CEOs, built major companies, and headed venture funds and philanthropies. Through JOURNEY’s unique model, these leaders have come together to uplift an ever-expanding community of Fellows.

 

Coaches, guides, door openers to a growing community of world changers. Groundbreakers who were among the first to reach the top—and refuse to be the last.

 

Meet Our Champions. 

Partners
Powering the JOURNEY mission

Partners generously invest resources to build JOURNEY’s capacity to scale and multiply innovative leaders. They share leadership lessons with Fellows—and open opportunities at the highest levels.

See Our Partners

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