Parveen Pathan is the founder and CEO of TechAxis, an executive search firm headquartered in Northern Virginia, serving multiple sectors, including Healthcare, Life Sciences, Medical Devices, Manufacturing, Technology and more. TechAxis was ranked #105 out of 5000 companies by the annual Inc. 5000 DC Metro list for 2020, while Parveen herself was listed on the Women2Watch list by the WPO in 2019 ..read more

Carmen Bississo, CIMA®, AIF®, CLTC, CAS®, CFS®, is the Director of Advanced Strategies at Cassaday and Company.  She is responsible for managing the Advanced Strategies Department, which closely monitors the ever changing insurance and annuity landscape, provides insurance and annuity policy reviews for our clients and assists with any related client needs. From 2013 to 2016 Northern Virginia Magazine named Carmen a “Top Financial Professional”. Carmen is a summa cum laude graduate of the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), w ..read more

Explore the experiences and contributions of business women across a variety of industries ..read more

Episode 7, of Season 3 of the podcast Conversations with Leading Women in Business features the Principal and Founder of Chatham Lab, LLC, Jenny Smith. Jenny is an experienced executive who has worked with more than 70 global brands on strategies, initiatives, and partnerships to drive social, economic, and cultural change in the US and around the world ..read more

Episode 6, of Season 3 of the podcast Conversations with Leading Women in Business features Eberechi Ugwu-Amole. Ms. Ugwu-Amole is President and CEO of Captiva Solutions, a woman-owned IT and cybersecurity small business focused on providing cybersecurity training and advisory services to government and private sector organizations ..read more

Episode 5, of Season 3 of the podcast Conversations with Leading Women in Business features the founder and CEO of Be the Brand Collective, Madeline Fetterly. Madeline partners with professionals and corporations to craft and amplify thought leadership, build purposeful and powerful online brands. She grew Be the Brand from a passion project to a six-figure business during the Covid-19 pandemic while concurrently working a full-time job ..read more

Episode 4, of Season 3 of the podcast Conversations with Leading Women in Business features Lauren Bedula, Managing Director at Beacon Global Strategies. As Managing Director, Lauren leads the firm’s National Security Technology Practice, focused on advising disruptive technology companies on partnerships with the national security community ..read more

Episode 3, of Season 3 of the podcast Conversations with Leading Women in Business features Oanh Henry, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allegra Marketing Print Mail of Fairfax, a woman-owned business. Allegra is one of over 500 independently owned franchises in North America, under the Alliance Franchise Brands network, offering competitive marketing, printing, and mailing services to businesses ..read more

Episode 2, of Season 3 of the podcast Conversations with Leading Women in Business features Marina Sizova, Founder of Re:Pigment.Me Beauty Studio and Academy, located in Sterling, Virginia.  Re:Pigment.Me Beauty Studio and Academy is a comprehensive salon focused on cosmetic tattooing. Marina fell in love with microblading and other cosmetic tattooing techniques in 2016 after working as a makeup artist for over five years, starting her own business focused shortly thereafter. Re:Pigment.Me is focused on saving its customers time and effort in their cosmetic-related needs, while offering v ..read more

Season 3 kicks off with an introduction episode by Theodora Stringham and new co-host Tracy Buck.   Tracy Buck is a principal attorney of Offit Kurman’s Commercial Litigation Group.  Theodora Stringham is a principal attorney with practices in both Offit Kurman’s Real Estate and Labor and Employment groups ..read more