Elizabeth L. Hailer

chief executive officer, The WOMEN’S EDGE

Elizabeth is responsible for the leadership, growth strategy, branding, and management of The Women’s Edge, Inc. (TWE), a non-profit organization that works with and supports women CEOs, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, sole proprietors, and the rising generation of women leaders to help them build successful businesses, organizations, and careers.

Prior to joining TWE in 2017, Elizabeth was President / Founder of Hailer Marketing Associates, where she provided clients with more than 35 years of deep hands-on experience in the professional services arena.

As one of the marketing and business development “pioneers” in the public accounting/consulting arenas, her enviable corporate track record of success includes developing and leading the Business Development & Marketing initiatives for Deloitte-US, Baker Tilly International, and Caturano & Co., (now RSM).

Elizabeth is well positioned and recognized in major business organizations throughout greater Boston and is committed to the development and advancement of all women leaders. She was awarded as one of Boston’s Most Influential Women in 2020 by The Harvard Club of Boston. She is currently serving as a member of the City of Boston ’s Women’s Workforce Council, The Advisory Council of The Women’s Foundation of Boston, and the International Women’s Forum.

Kip Hollister

Founder & ceo, the hollister group

Kip Hollister is the Founder & CEO of The Hollister Group – Staffing and Cultures. Since 1988, Kip has been committed to building a company that best serves clients by offering a full suite of services aimed at bringing exceptional people together to ignite business culture and unleash individual contribution. Kip received her Leadership & Mentoring certification through the Michael Shankin Arch of Leadership Program, her Leadership and Coaching certification from the John Maxwell Team, and is a Deepak Chopra certified meditation instructor. In her more than 30 years as business owner, Kip has grown the company into New England’s leading woman-owned staffing consultancy.

As an award winning and nationally recognized entrepreneur and business leader, Kip attributes The Hollister Group’s success to the trust and integrity that characterizes the leadership of her organization. Kip is a frequent keynote speaker on topics including: REAL™ Leadership, the power of imagination, letting go of limiting beliefs, resilience, and so much more. Kip is also a highly sought-after executive coach, helping leaders break through challenges to create new possibilities and opportunities in their careers and personal lives. At Kip’s core is the belief that each of us matters and has real impact and that everyone is a leader of their own life. She is innately committed to strengthening connection, creativity, and productivity by inspiring this realization in all.

Dr. Shanequa Fleming

CEO, CULTURE ACCELERATORS

Dr. Shanequa Fleming is the CEO of Culture Accelerators, a leadership catalyst for innovation and brain trust for emerging world leaders—innovators, disruptors, and change makers. She brings more than two decades of experience in healthcare, education, consumer brands, economic development, financial services, fintech, foundations, and non-governmental agencies. Shanequa is known for her cross-sector collaboration that translates to radical results. She is a recognized thought leader and fire brand in breakthrough thinking, helping leaders and organizations discover new insights and lead innovations powered by tactical self-awareness. As a former Chief Learning Officer and change maven, she developed a proprietary approach to reframing leadership to be responsive to disruption of business models, digital disruption, disengagement, and disconnect with stakeholders.

Alesia Latson

Co-Founder & CDO, LeadvantEDGE

Alesia Latson is principal and founder of Latson Leadership Group. Alesia has worked with hundreds of leaders at all levels to expand their management and leadership effectiveness, by supporting them in creating work relationships and environments that enhance employee development and the achievement of business goals.

Evelyn Murphy

The WAGE Project, Inc.

Evelyn Murphy is President of The WAGE Project, Inc., a national organization to end wage discrimination against working women, and author of Getting Even: Why Women Don’t Get Paid Like Men and What To Do About It, published by Simon & Schuster in October 2005. She is Chair of the Board of Directors of SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company and a Director of Citizens Energy Corporation.

Terri Nimmons

President & Co-Founder, Stone Lake Leadership

Terri is the President and co-founder of Stone Lake Leadership Group LLC and is an expert in the area of leadership development, facilitating programs for thousands of leaders in financial services, law, IT, telecommunications, entertainment, and engineering. Ms. Nimmons stays current on the real world demands of leaders today through executive coaching in a number of Fortune 500 companies. She brings rigorous “real world” leadership oferings to committed leaders in top global organizations, start-ups and to large federal agencies, such as DIA and USPS.

Pamela Reeve

Chair, The WOMEN’S EDGE

Pamela Reeve is Chair of The Women’s Edge, working with women CEOs, entrepreneurs and business leaders to help them grow their businesses and their careers. She is the former CEO of Lightbridge, Inc. a company she headed from start up in 1989, took public in 1996, and ran for 15 years. Prior to joining Lightbridge, Reeve spent eleven years at the Boston Consulting Group, one of the world’s leading management consulting firms. Her prior experience includes National Project Manager for a program funded by National Endowment for the Humanities, and real estate finance and development.

Soyini Chang

Soyini is a forward-thinking leader and visionary in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Over the last decade, Soyini Chang has demonstrated a track record of success as an advisor to business leaders, entrepreneurs, and business strategists; she is a highly regarded trainer, workshop facilitator, and speaker.  She is sought after because she’s built a career transforming business mandates, visions, and goals into actions and outcomes. She has the ability to see impending change and knows how to meet the current and future needs of your business. Soyini consults and works with leaders to meet the evolving needs and expectations of stakeholders, internal, and external customers through emotional intelligence, relevance, analysis, and tracking progress toward defined goals. Her philosophy for leadership demands having an abundant mindset built upon Self-Awareness, Authenticity, and Impact.  We carry within us everything we need to know to make progress on our path to self-realization. 

“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.” – Galileo 

Her firm, Quantum Power Skills, conducts cross-cultural fluency training and DEIB strategy solutions for clients using proprietary data to demonstrate emerging trends.  She has partnered with numerous for-profit and non-profit businesses improving client loyalty, employee retention, and employee satisfaction; resulting in increased revenue and market share including broadening a developmental pipeline into diverse markets, suppliers, and employees.  

Soyini delivers powerful messages that are both practical and motivating.  She has created several customized curricula around personal development and self-empowerment. Soyini has been featured on the Today Show, and Discovery Health Channel, and in 2016 she hosted the Caribbean-American Heritage Summit at the White House.  

She’s a devoted mother of two teenage daughters whom she refers to as her sun and north star. 

Kelly Halnen

MANAGER, PROGRAMS AND MARKETING

Kelly Halnen joined The Women’s Edge in March 2024, where she implements marketing strategies, manages digital communications, provides administrative support, and helps plan and execute events. Before joining The Women’s Edge, she served as the Business Director for Avadhi Dhruv, a two-time international bestselling author, YouTuber, and business strategist. Kelly is passionate about empowering women in business and leadership by developing impactful programs and amplifying stories that drive meaningful change.

Kelly holds a Master of Science in Marketing Research and Analytics from Texas Tech University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Analytics from Elon University.

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Lizzie Dunklee

Director, Programs and Marketing

Lizzie Dunklee joined The Women’s Edge in 2014. She leads membership recruitment, marketing and communications for the organization, including promotion of programs, research and events in the Boston area. She is also currently a member of the Advocacy Committee for YW Boston, a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Lizzie received her B.A. in Mathematics from University of California, Santa Cruz.

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STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS: Virtual Nationwide

A highly-rated leadership development program for women

Overview

Strategies for Success is a highly-rated leadership development program for women managers. An effective complement to internal training and development efforts, Strategies for Success is designed to enhance the skills of high-potential women leaders, and equip them with the tools they need to become successful managers and senior executives. Leaders from corporations and nonprofit organizations alike are encouraged to participate.

OVERVIEW

Strategies for Success is a highly-rated leadership development program for women managers. An effective complement to internal training and development efforts, Strategies for Success is designed to enhance the skills of high-potential women leaders, and equip them with the tools they need to become successful managers and senior executives. Leaders from corporations and nonprofit organizations alike are encouraged to participate.

PARTICIPANTS WILL GAIN:

Greater self awareness and a stronger sense of accountability
Increased capacity to take on additional responsibility
Strategies to best emerge as a leader in a virtual environment
Knowledge of how to build networks to further business objectives
Understanding of how to build and manage inclusive teams
The tools necessary to navigate complex environments
A personal senior executive mentor
A peer mentor group to collaborate and reflect with

QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT KELLY HALNEN

(khalnen@thewomensedge.org)

SPRING 2026 PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Day 1: March 3, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Workshop 1: March 11, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Day 2: March 26, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Workshop 2: April 1, 9:30AM-12:30 PM
Day 3: April 16, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Day 4: April 30, 9:00 AM – 3:45 PM

VIRTUAL

Our Spring 2026 program will be a virtual program taking place on Zoom.

***Please note session timing is listed in Eastern Time (ET). Participants are expected to attend all program sessions.

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A leadership development program for high-talent, high-potential women managers. Learn more about the Spring 2026 virtual program.

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Program Value &
Key Differentiators

STRUCTURED FOR MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS
Each participant attends seven virtual sessions over a three month period. This format is easily accessible for participants, minimizes disruption to companies, and allows each participant to test on the job the critical insights they have learned before returning to the next session.

ONE-ON-ONE & GROUP MENTORSHIP
A personal mentor with years of executive experience is assigned to each participant, who guides them through business challenges and coaches them in creating their professional development plan. In addition, participants are given an opportunity to build mentoring relationships with their assigned peer mentor groups through programming and extracurricular sessions.

REAL-TIME, REAL-WORLD SITUATIONS
Each participant spends time solving actual business challenges by working with peers, assessing options, weighing alternatives and agreeing upon solutions. By honing their collaborative and leadership skills, they leave the program with greater self-awareness, increased proficiency and a stronger sense of accountability.

ACTION PLAN FOR SUCCESS
Graduates of Strategies for Success will leave with an individual development plan created with their supervisor’s input, directly in line with their company’s business objectives.

“The individuals in my cohort formed a comradery and cohesiveness through our shared experience at this historic place in time. Several members will remain part of my ‘personal board of advisors,’ a testament to the strength of the program and caliber of the participants.”

Strategies for Success Participant

Strategies for Success Facilitators

Elizabeth Hailer

Chief Executive Officer
The Women’s Edge

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Kip Hollister

Founder & CEO
The Hollister Group

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Alesia Latson

Co-Founder & CDO
LeadvantEDGE

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Terri Nimmons

President & Co-Founder
Stone Lake Leadership

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Pam Reeve

Chair, Board of Directors
The Women’s Edge

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Soyini Chang

President & Co-Founder
Quantum Power Skills

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Kelly Halnen

Manager, Programs & Marketing, Massachussetts
The Women’s Edge

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“The Women’s Edge supports systematic, sustained progress for women into leadership roles throughout the business community.”

Elizabeth Hailer, CEO

“There aren’t many places that you can go where the only agenda is for you to be successful.”

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“The Women’s Edge supports systematic, sustained progress for women into leadership roles throughout the business community.”

Elizabeth Hailer, CEO

Registration now open for Strategies for Success Program. Leaders from corporations and nonprofit organizations alike are encouraged to participate.

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“The Women’s Edge supports systematic, sustained progress for women into leadership roles throughout the business community.”

Elizabeth Hailer, CEO

Elizabeth L. Hailer

Kip Hollister

Dr. Shanequa Fleming

Alesia Latson

Evelyn Murphy

Terri Nimmons

Pamela Reeve

Soyini Chang

Kelly Halnen

Lizzie Dunklee

A highly-rated leadership development program for women

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Program Value &Key Differentiators

“The individuals in my cohort formed a comradery and cohesiveness through our shared experience at this historic place in time. Several members will remain part of my ‘personal board of advisors,’ a testament to the strength of the program and caliber of the participants.”

Strategies for Success Participant

Strategies for Success Facilitators

Elizabeth Hailer

Kip Hollister

Alesia Latson

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Terri Nimmons

Pam Reeve

Soyini Chang

Kelly Halnen

Questions about the program? Contact us.

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Program Value &
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