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Our Mission

A SOCIAL IMPACT ORGANIZATION THAT DRIVES CHANGE
FOR PRESSING ISSUES FACING WOMEN AND GIRLS

WE BUILD COMMUNITY, INVEST IN HIGH-IMPACT
INITIATIVES, AND ACTIVATE INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL

ABOUT US

Women Empowering Women

Objectives
  • Provide a unique platform to highlight relevant issues affecting women and girls today
  • Create a forum to advance leadership of women in all spheres of society
  • Support women’s initiatives both globally and locally
  • Build a dynamic network of women leaders from around the country
  • Unite influential women with various organizations worthy of attention

Our Leadership

VISIONARY WOMEN TEAM

Ani B. Packard    Ani B. Packard
   Executive Director
  
Piera Klein    Piera Klein
   Director of Operations and
   Communications

Piera Klein, artistically known as the singer and co-songwriter-producer of the electronic duo, PIERA, is a California native and Los Angeles based recording artist, activist, and producer.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Honorable Lili Bosse    Honorable Lili Bosse
   Co-Founder

2x 3 time Mayor and current Mayor, Honorable Lili Bosse was elected to the Beverly Hills City Council in 2011 after serving on the Traffic and Parking, Art and Planning commissions

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Angella Nazarian    Angella Nazarian
   Co-Founder

Angella Nazarian is a best selling author and a noted speaker. Angella was a professor of Psychology and faculty member at Mount Saint Mary’s College, California State University Long Beach, and Los Angeles Valley College for eleven years.

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Lani Fauvre   Lani Fauvre
   Board Chair

Lani spent the majority of her career as a retail executive in Marketing and New Business Development for numerous apparel and retail companies including Carolina Herrera, Donna Karan, Gymboree, Esprit,..."

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Shelley Reid    Shelley Reid

Shelley Reid is President of Visionary Women. Shelley has an extensive background in media. Since 2017, Shelley has served as U.S. Head, Business and Corporate Strategy of Green Pavilion Limited, a UK company that produces premium dramatic television programming.

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Holly Baril    Holly Baril

Holly Baril owns and operates a beauty and lifestyle consulting firm, Beauty Undercover, which produces a daily beauty blog of the same name. Recently she served as a Consulting Producer on the Lifetime series, “American Beauty Star,” hosted by Adriana Lima and Sir John, and regularly contributes to segments on the syndicated television series, “Extra."

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Jennifer Bond    Jennifer Bond

After receiving her undergraduate degree in marketing at the University of Texas at Austin, Jennifer continued on receiving her postgraduate degree in education.

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Malea Farsai-Zafari   Malea Farsai-Zafari

Since 2000, Malea has worked as a corporate securities attorney for NetSol Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded company listed on NASDAQ.

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Laura Fox    Laura Fox

Laura Fox is a professor of social entrepreneurship at the USC Marshall School of Business and a lecturer at UCLA.

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Nina Kotick    Nina Kotick

Having graduated from Tufts University and Fordham Law School, Nina was a corporate litigator in New York before moving to Los Angeles to practice entertainment law. While raising her children, Nina joined the Huffington Post, first writing the column "Love and the Law,” then crafting celebrity interviews and finally, becoming a contributing editor on the site.

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Nadine Watt    Nadine Watt

Nadine Watt is CEO of Watt Companies. Nadine brings over 20 years of real estate expertise and an entrepreneurial drive to her position, where she oversees day-to-day activities and strategic planning for all commercial investment activities including acquisitions, development, and asset management for the company’s 6 million-square-foot portfolio.

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Thea Andrews   Thea Andrews Wolf

THEA ANDREWS WOLF is a veteran television journalist whose diverse experience ranges from reporting as a national network news correspondent, to co-hosting a live daily morning show for ESPN, to reporting for ABC Sports to covering the world of entertainment as a co-host for Entertainment Tonight.

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Chloe Makhani   Chloe Makhani

Chloe Makhani is a Restaurateur who was born and raised in Los Angeles. She attended The Archer School for Girls for middle and high school, and then pursued her bachelor's degree in Business & Political Science from the University of Wisconsin.

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