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2024 Awards

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The inaugural New Era of Leadership Awards recognize executive women and companies shaping the future of business. Powered by Chief, the largest network of executive women.


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The 2024 Winners

Our inaugural class of winners and honorees represent the creativity, innovation, empathy, purpose, and resilience that’s shaping the future of business.


Nominated by the public and carefully selected by our panel of esteemed judges, these are the exceptional executives and companies defining this new era of leadership.

Amber Garrison

Global Brand President, Origins, The Estée Lauder Companies

Andrea Brimmer

Chief Marketing and PR Officer, Ally Financial

Anuradha Muralidharan

Chief Operating Officer & Board Member, Expensify

Anusha Alikhan

Chief Communications Officer, Wikimedia Foundation

Betsy Fore

Co-Founder & Board Member, Natives Rising

Christine Deputy

Chief People Officer, Pinterest

Colette Kress

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Nvidia

Cynthia Bissett Germanotta

President & Co-Founder, Born This Way Foundation

Cynthia Stoddard

Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Adobe

Danelle McCusker Rees

President, Human Resources and Operations Training, UPS

Daria Hall

Executive Vice President, Racial Justice & DEI Group Leader, Fenton Communications

Debbie Dyson

CEO, OneTen

Deborah Garcia

Chief Development Officer, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières

DeNora Getachew

CEO, DoSomething.org

Dr. Kade Goepferd

Chief Education Officer & Medical Director of Gender Health Program, Children's Minnesota Hospital

Elli Kaplan

CEO & Co-Founder, Neurotrack

Esi Eggleston Bracy

Chief Growth and Marketing Officer, Unilever

Eunice Kim

Chief Product Officer, Netflix

Fidji Simo

CEO & Chair, Instacart

Ilene Eskenazi

Chief Human Resources Officer, Chipotle

Jacquelyn Cameron

Chief Revenue Officer, Axios

Jane Yan

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Product Officer, LunaJoy Health

Jessica Robertson

Co-Founder & Chief Content Officer, TOGETHXR

Jill Penrose

Chief People and Company Services Officer, J.M. Smucker

Kate Ryder

CEO & Founder, Maven Clinic

Kate Williams

CEO, 1% for the Planet

Katie Young

Senior Vice President of Store Operations, Starbucks

Kleona Mack

Chief Marketing Officer, Glossier

Kory Marchisotto

Chief Marketing Officer, e.l.f. Beauty

Kristen DiCerbo

Chief Learning Officer, Khan Academy

Kristie Magee Porcaro

Chief Strategy Officer, Operation Smile

Laura Fuentes

Chief Human Resources Officer, Hilton

Lisa McKnight

Executive Vice President, Chief Brand Officer, Mattel, Inc.

Lisa Su

CEO & Chair, Advanced Micro Devices

May Habib

CEO & Co-Founder, Writer

Melissa Fowler

Chief Program Officer, National Abortion Federation

Meredith Stiehm

President, Writers Guild of America West

Mira Murati

Chief Technology Officer, OpenAI

Olamide Olowe

CEO & Founder, Topicals

Priscilla Almodovar

CEO, Fannie Mae

Rene Jones

Partner & Chief of Social Impact, United Talent Agency

Reshma Saujani

CEO & Founder, Moms First

Sofia Hernandez

Global Head of Business Marketing, TikTok

Thasunda Brown Duckett

CEO & President, TIAA

Tiffany R. Warren

Executive Vice President, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Sony Music Group

Toni Thompson

Chief Human Resources Officer, Etsy

Tracy Layney

Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Levi Strauss & Co.

Winnie Ling

General Counsel & Head of Legal and People, Blend Labs, Inc.

Our inaugural class of winners and honorees represent the creativity, innovation, empathy, purpose, and resilience that’s shaping the future of business.


Nominated by the public and carefully selected by our panel of esteemed judges, these are the exceptional executives and companies defining this new era of leadership.

The 2024 Honorees

We're proud to acknowledge even more executive women and companies as honorees. Their contributions mark them as executives and companies to watch in the evolving landscape of leadership.

Name
Title
Company
Co-Founder & CEO
Keep Company
Chief Information Officer
Okta
Global Director & Head of Retail Security
Apple
Co-Founder & President
LTK
Co-Chair
Jenner & Block LLC
SVP & Chief Marketing and Customer Officer
Webex by Cisco
Vice President of Business and Culture Transformation
Harvard Business Publishing
CEO & Co-Founder
Good American
CEO & Founder
Grant Sidney and Uncle Nearest
Executive Vice President of Human Resources & Chief Diversity Officer
Lowe’s
Commissioner
National Women's Soccer League
Chief Diversity Officer
New York City Department of Education
Chief Product Officer
DYPER
CEO
Migrant Clinicians Network
Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
Colgate Palmolive Company
Founder and CEO
Deep Blue Sports + Entertainment
President, Entertainment and Beauty & Style Group
Dotdash Meredith
Chief Technical Operations Officer
Generate Biomedicines
President
Fund for the City of New York
President
American Bar Association
Chief Strategy Officer
Pattern
Chief Diversity Officer
Google
CEO & Co-Founder
Vertical Harvest Farms
Senior Vice President Customer Care and Client Delivery
Mr. Cooper Group
Chief Purpose and Inclusion Officer
PwC
Head of Strategic Investments, Valiant Labs
Nike
General Manager, Global Health and Wellbeing
Microsoft
Senior Vice President, Digital Partnerships, Retail & Commerce
Mastercard
Senior Director, Office of Equality
Salesforce

We're proud to acknowledge even more executive women and companies as honorees. Their contributions mark them as executives and companies to watch in the evolving landscape of leadership.

Company
Industry
Tech
Professional Services
Healthcare
Advertising & Marketing
Nonprofit & Advocacy
Tech
Tech
Nonprofit & Advocacy
Mia
Tech
Consumer Products
Healthcare
Healthcare
Nonprofit & Advocacy
Tech

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