As women, we are often told that it’s not easy to have it all – or at least, not without making sacrifices along the way. But thanks to the trailblazing women in the industry and those around us who have broken barriers and opened doors, women today are able to have children, pursue careers and enjoy fulfilling relationships with equal ease – or so we like to think! In order to help others aspire to these goals, here are the top 30 unstoppable women of 2022, who have helped redefine what it means to be unstoppable today!
Celine Ikeler
Celine Ikeler is the original Karma Baker. Her creative know-how runs deep. Her art school start led her to a career in the computer animation world, always with a side of home baking. Once her allergies and food restrictions led her to create a far superior gluten-free flour blend than anything else on the market, she dug deep into the alt-food world and has become a star. She created butter and egg substitutes before there were any on the market which resulted in a far superior vegan GF baked good than anyone had ever experienced. The bakery was launched after about 8 years of R&D and is still the bar for which every alt-bakery compares. Her desire is to really change things up in the foodie world. Baking, selling and supporting customers in making a better choice for themselves and the planet. What’s her plan for the near future? Nationwide stores and cloud bakeries to satisfy the overwhelming desire for great plant-based desserts.
Lauren Taylor Brem
Lauren is a dedicated and energetic Major League Baseball and Major League Baseball Players Association artist. Her ability to capture historic moments and fan favorites has contributed to her rapidly rising success. Lauren has been honest with her followers about her personal journey with anxiety and panic disorder and the role it has played in the development of her career as an artist. While she has recently turned her focus on baseball, she also created artwork of actors, singers, prominent landmarks and other sports figures.
Lauren Taylor blends various mediums to create unique art on birchwood panels. As a licensed artist with Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association, you will see a vast collection to appeal to any sports fan. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Lauren also has many art pieces that stir up nostalgia of iconic Vancouver and Washington State locations that so many have come to love.
Marisa Murgatroyd
Marisa Murgatroyd started her career as an artist who was told by her father that she had no marketable skills. She figured out how to build a multi-million dollar business anyway and has shown over 11,000 students how to succeed online — many of whom also felt like they had “no marketable skills”.
As the Co-Founder of Live Your Message and Xperiencify, as well as the Creator of the Experience Product Masterclass, she’s on a mission to reinvent online education globally. Marisa is best known for teaching entrepreneurs to design and launch what she calls “Experience Products.”
An Experience Product applies Silicon Valley’s highly-effective and closely-guarded secrets to online courses, group coaching programs, membership sites and more to create ethically addictive experiences that drive 10-30x more customer engagement and student success than the industry standard — which leads to more sales, repeat sales and referrals. Marisa has personally sold over $32M in online courses and programs, while helping her students earn hundreds of millions.
Emily Quigley
Emily Quigley is a Wedding and Engagement photographer located in the beautiful and rapidly growing region of Northwest Arkansas. Her business, Emily Quigley Photography, is known for her light and film-like photography style that shows off the natural beautiful connections of her clients. Emily’s signature style is creating a fun and relaxed photo experience, but also goes above and beyond by building a personal relationship with each client. Emily takes breathtaking photos, but has always had a passion for empowering people and living authentically. She regularly speaks out on her social media about her personal experience with abuse and has touched thousands. Within just a few short months, she has grown a large community on her Instagram and is using her platform to empower and educate women and children who have experienced abuse.
Joy Zubizarreta
Entrepreneur, Business Owner, Chief Executive Officer whichever title you choose just isn’t big enough to describe Joy Zubizarreta and her exquisite company, CreationsByJoyBelle, a unique arts and crafts concept that creates stunning wreaths and mini-wreaths, and centerpieces for the home.
Joy is a former science teacher with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Biology from Texas A&M University, transformed into an expressively creative artist running a thriving eCommerce business. But you don’t need a fancy college degree to appreciate the artistic flair and happiness her creations bring to any home they adorn.
She gets inspiration from her passion for giving people something that makes them feel good or special. And she’s proud that she built her business from nothing into a full-time endeavor. Joy Zubizarreta was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and works from home building her one-woman operation into a successful small business.
Daisy Morgan
Desire To Help Other Women Feel Confident & Beautiful Through sheer hard work and determination, Ms. Daisy worked her way up through the ranks of various jobs for 12 years before finding her niche in management within the nightlife industry. Today, she is widely respected as a successful businesswoman and a valuable asset to many countries. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, Daisy Morgan has continued to forge ahead with her skincare line, Dr. Morgan International. A single mother, she is determined to provide for her 4 daughters and build a successful business. Daisy first started her career in the nightclub industry, Rumours Exclusive & Platinum was a big achievement in her career, but she feels that getting back up stronger after hard falls is her greatest achievement.
The move & hardwork has paid off, and Daisy’s line is now available in several countries beyond Singapore. She credits her success to her determination and resilience, saying “I initially started from zero to get to where I am today. While my clubs are my achievements, I feel that getting up stronger right after every hard fall is my greatest achievement.” As Daisy continues to expand her business, she is an inspiration to other entrepreneurs who are facing similar challenges.
Dr. Diana Lawrence
Dr. Diana Lawrence, the founder and CEO of Dr. World® Productions (DWP), created a unique opportunity for professionals to “step up and out of their comfort zone” while experiencing the “power of the crown”. The annual members participate in virtual training opportunities. Virtual training allows the greatest flexibility and creates #drworldwomenmentoringwomen comradery. Members from the US and abroad represent their state/region/country/heritage in custom crowns, highlighting the DWP pillars: education, community service, and mentoring, as well as the DWP motto, Because…Smart is Beautiful™. In addition to promoting their platform and mentoring, they compete for the title of Dr. World®, Dr. America®, Dr. United States of America® or Ms. Achievement™ World. The annual competitions are held through social media, video/photo submissions, and online panel interviews. Also, DWP bestows the Dr. Universe™ lifetime achievement award. In addition to DWP, being active in her community, married, and an international/national/state titleholder herself, Diana is a university provost.
Sharon Bolt
Sharon is an invaluable resource for people to connect to their Soul’s true calling and run successful heart-led businesses. As a spiritual business and creativity mentor, she assists others with weaving powerful ancient wisdom into their offerings. Sharon trains workshop leaders, facilitators, therapists and healers in the art of Sacred Space Holding and Shamanic Ceremonies.
Sharon is a skilled Shamanic Magician, Ceremonialist and Educator with over 25 years of experience. Sharon co-founded Shamanic Energy Training® over a decade ago – an immersive, multifaceted academy that offers a unique 3 year accredited Shamanic Magician program. A prolific content creator, Sharon also runs The Temple of Shamanic Magick® which offers powerful new teachings. Sharon shows people how to ignite the magic that runs in their blood in an integral, authentic and grounded manner. Graduates have enjoyed amazing personal transformations and have been able to catapult their businesses to new heights.
Whitney Diamond
Queens Gambit Consulting Company is founded out of perseverance, experience, and community. Whitney Diamond is a lifetime competitor, business mindset and growth coinsurer, female business owner, author, and a healer in multiple modalities. Based on life experience she has developed a community and consulting options for women of all lifestyles, passions, and goals. With a growth mindset Queens Gambit offers a private community based on growth, personal branding, passions, goal setting, entrepreneurship, and personal success. As well as 1/1 consulting in healing and competitive mindset growth. We also offer an exclusive outreach for those who are healing from addiction, mental health illness, and trauma through Equine therapy. This is our passion project to better the lives of others and our way to give back. Our offerings are grounded in experience and allow others to find their best selves.
Sherine Helal
Sherine Helal is an Egyptian young female Entrepreneur. She graduated from The American University in Cairo with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and also Art. She mastered in creativity and implements it on her brand Sherine Helal and paintings which are inspired by Ancient Egypt. She’s working on carrying out interviews from your comfort zone and spreading fashion news the vintage way. Sherine’s community service is also related to her artistic side; she teaches art to African refugees and also implements social responsibility through her brand Sherine Helal by giving support from her profit to UNICEF.
Mia Doerschner
Mia Doerschner is an international best-selling author, driven entrepreneur, a model for Rise Up Models Agency, and passionate environmentalist whose work has been featured in She Did It and So Can You: 17 Inspirational Women Share Their Stories & Steps of How They Achieved Rapid Success; as well as M4Women’s Magazine and Forbes Magazine. Additionally, Ms. Doerschner is the Lead Ambassador of GlobalConscience.World’s Southwest Michigan chapter and the former Newsletter Editor for The Women’s League of Voters. She is the Founder & CEO of Embodied Mind Coaching, providing mental and emotional support and healing for traumatized women.
Dina Abughazaleh
Dina’s Dessert Hour is an online cake boutique aiming to transform any dream cake to reality by creating bespoke large scale, multiple tiered customized wedding and engagement cakes. The cakes are best known for the intricate details, realistic sugar flowers and artistic wafer paper using only the best and highest quality ingredients. To ensure the desired cake flavor is chosen prior time, Dubai’s first-ever Tasting Boxes have been crafted to select from a variety of cake flavours and choose what suits best from the comfort of the client’s home. A smooth and easy process is taken by baking, designing, delivering and setting up the cake at the desired event venue.
Kirsty Kaspers
Kirsty Kaspers is the founder and CEO of Eco Inner Living, a company and brand that creates sustainable home décor products. All products are made completely from recycled plastic bottles; the collection includes cushions, blankets, table linen, and rugs. Kirsty, with her business skills and finance background, combines over 10 years of international work experience with her passion for interior design. Thousands of plastic bottles are removed from our oceans each year, recycled into strong yarns and then woven to create beautiful home accessories. Her company has been featured in some of Europe’s leading magazines for interior decorating and home inspiration, such as ‘Schöner Wohnen’ and ‘Living & More’. Important values for the company include fair trade, high-quality products and giving back: for each product sold, a tree is planted. Besides being an entrepreneur, Kirsty is a wife, a mom of three children and enjoys swimming and being outdoors.
Rose Hindy
Rose Hindy is an executive coach and leadership expert. Rose started her coaching career 10 years ago and ventured in the coaching world by creating a non-conventional and genial yet candid coaching style that makes her stand out from traditional coaching and mentoring. Prior to hoping for her coaching journey, she has started her work like a media consultant and a data analyst and a scientist. Consumer insights are always intriguing to her, and she gauges deep down aiming at studying the consumer behavior trends, particularly in the consumer products and services and luxury world.
Rose’s entrepreneurial spirit blends her coaching practices with her consultancy expertise and offers executives career-changing coaching and leadership programs. She keeps her main focus in the same industry she consults for which is consumer products and services. Speaking the same language as the executives in the Marcom world and consumer services industry makes her role unique and effortlessly received and welcome. Rose brings a flare of fun from her personal life and injects it in a subtle yet professional manner in her coaching mission. She is also a show host and a content producer and she is also a Lebanese and a Dubai resident for the past 21 years. She is a single mother to Assem and Chloe. Rose is also a windsurfer, kickboxer, and an athlete
Monet Pasillas
Monet Pasillas is a leader in the Mortgage Industry producing over $8 billion in Volume, having more than 20 + years of experience and is currently the OC HUB Branch Manager and the Managing Partner for The Pasillas Team, at New American Funding, averaging $170 million in closed mortgage loans annually. She is one of the Highest-Ranking Mortgage Loan Originators, not the mention a producing Branch Manager at New American Funding and 5th most successful mortgage loan producer in Southern California with also being a member of its President’s Council for 7 consecutive years. Monet Pasillas is the founding partner of the Women’s Club at New American Funding and the Ambassador of Female Leadership which began in 2017. Monet Pasillas is recognized by Top Agent Magazine, Mortgage Women’s Magazine, The Scotsman Guide, and few additional publications as a Top Mortgage Professional. Monet thrives on personifying dedication, integrity and expeditious closings, which are a few of the distinctions of success that are shared with each individual client.
Ann Trostle
Ann Trostle is shaking up the wedding design world as the founder of A to Z Event Rentals. Her business focuses on bringing fresh, exciting new rental pieces to her local market and offers clients a one-stop shopping experience. Not only does she stand out as an industry leader herself, but she also leads a largely female team in a typically male-dominated industry. Ann’s business model is unique in the way that she focuses on streamlining processes and creating automation through a custom-developed web-based system. Ann’s years of hands-on experience have allowed her to lead her web development team to design workflow processes that are precisely engineered to the needs of her industry, allowing her to offer both her clients and her team an unmatchable experience. Her business has doubled in growth year after year and continues to shatter her previous records this season.
Dr. Theresa Moseley
Dr. Moseley is the owner and Chief Executive Officer of TAM Creating Ambassadors of Peace LLC. Her company provides inspirational and motivational speeches to groups looking for ways to resolve conflicts in the community, in schools, and in other organizations wanting to create a peaceful climate and culture. As a published author, she writes positive messages in her books about peace, love, hope, and purpose. She uses her life experiences to address thought provoking questions around finding one’s purpose in life, finding your authentic self, and is very overt regarding everyone taking responsibility for creating a peaceful world. Her signature book, Creating Ambassador of Peace: 16 Steps to Become and Ambassador of Peace is an Amazon Best Seller.
Dr. Moseley has worked in the field of education for 26 years. In 1999 she was awarded the Excellence in Education Award from the Prince George’s County Chamber of Commerce. In 2006, she was recognized as Prince George’s County Outstanding Educator. During her time as an administrator at Walker Mill Middle School, she received the Excellence in Gifted and Talented Education Award from the Maryland Department of Education.
Stephanie Atwood
Stephanie Atwood is diversifying the landscape of how society views and manages the Mental Health of those impacted by Gender Based Violence. As the founder and creator of ElevateHER Mental Health Support Services Canada, Stephanie is most known for her success in the research and development of survivor-led, evidence-based programs for female identifying youth and adults. With a total of over 15 years’ experience, awards and education, Stephanie recently expanded services across the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, and developed strategic partnerships to tackle trafficking and exploitation. Using authenticity and aspects of logotherapy, Stephanie and her team are alleviating the mental health crisis across Nova Scotia, by providing services to those who have fallen through the gaps within the systems. Stephanie plans to leverage the advancement of the digital world to connect with all Canadians and is registered with the province to provide consultations on not-for-profit start up endeavors.
Gulshen Bano
Gulshen Bano is the founder and Head Instructor of Strike Back Self Defence for Women. After experiencing a number of physical assaults and threats to her safety whilst working as a Pharmacist, she set out on a mission to be able to protect herself and began training in Krav Maga. Soon realizing there was a huge lack of safe spaces for women who didn’t want to learn in mixed classes or with a male instructor, she became an Instructor herself and proudly opened the only ‘Women’s only’ Krav self defense school in the UK.
Today she teaches workshops for women and girls across the UK and worldwide, working with the Domestic Violence charity Hopefull Handbags as their global women’s self defence coordinator. She is on a mission to make these vital lifesaving skills virtually accessible to every female across the world so they can learn how to protect themselves and stay safe.
Brooke Meeker
From a career of 27 years in the BC Forest Products Industry running a manufacturing mill known for making the highest quality cedar shingles that adorn some of the most expensive private real estate and resorts on the planet, as well as serving on numerous industry boards for decades and being a key player in the legal overturning of US imposed duty tariffs on Canadian manufactured shingles, Brooke Meeker has made a giant leap to starting a powerhouse little gem of a boutique and art gallery in a quaint historic building in her hometown of Mission, BC, an hour east of Vancouver. Goldenball Mercantile is a true old school mercantile, offering exquisite and unique goods for home, body, pets, lifestyle and gifting as well as many sassy laughs. Her other passion, original art, has found a home in the gallery she built on the back of her vintage building and now abounds with incredible art from the both local artists and talent around the globe. The shop has an incredible patio that offers evening social events with local musical talent as well as the opportunity for private event bookings. Check out this multifaceted businesswoman with a self-deprecating sense of humour on her social media and shop her gorgeous offerings @goldenballmercantile
Liz Parry
Liz Parry is making a splash as the Owner and Founder of Hamptons Swim, a woman-owned and operated luxury concierge swim company in the Hamptons and NYC. As a 20 year veteran ocean lifeguard, Liz has seen firsthand how essential swimming is for all ages.
Liz first created Hamptons Swim to empower those in her community. After years working as a classroom teacher and international swim coach, Liz began developing the Hamptons Swim method. She has shown that her method (which combines Montessori philosophies, mindset techniques, multi-sensory learning, and play-based practices) has helped thousands of students succeed. The large demand for luxury swim services allowed Hamptons Swim to grow and offer lifeguard services year round. Through her training program instructors can customize lessons based on the developmental and unique needs of each student. Liz is continuing to grow and expand into the digital space by launching online courses in 2023. Check out her social media account at @hamptonsswim
Andi Byers
Andi Byers is making waves as the founder of Chronic & Iconic Coaching. She is a 21-year Air Force veteran that knows firsthand that the one-size fits all approach is ineffective. Known for her tenacity and success as a Holistic Wellness Practitioner she set off on a mission to change the narrative on how women view health. She facilitates workshops, courses and retreats uplifting women and allowing them to just breathe. After suffering a sudden cardiac arrest in March 2020, she realized that more and more women were bogged down by stress and overwhelm and that she could be a powerful force in preventing other women from experiencing that type of heartbreak. Andi has dedicated her life’s purpose to helping women find a healthy, happy balance to life mind, body and soul.
Nicole Scott
Owners Kyle and Nicole Scott met at Sundance over 14 years ago. As Larimer County natives, when they saw Sundance was for sale they knew they couldn’t let it go to a large corporation or anyone who wanted to change it! Kyle, as a local business owner and Certified Financial Planner, and Nicole, the Director of Nursing at a local nursing home, decided they could add Sundance to their already full plates of work and raising two children! Sundance has been through many ups and downs over the past 35 years on East Mulberry Street, but Kyle and Nicole are working diligently to bring it back to it’s glory days! If you haven’t been back in a while, we invite you to come in, grab some dinner, and take a spin around the dance floor! Give us your honest feedback, as we are committed to improving and becoming the Sundance that it once was…. THE place to go for a steak and live music!
Heather Sommer-Killian
Heather has been a licensed beauty and wellness professional for 18 years and is fueled by her passion still! Heather is the founder and CEO of Body Rock Sculpting Med Spa. Opening 8 years ago with a background in Paramedical Esthetics, Health Science plus her pure passion and self discipline. Since opening Body Rock she has helped hundreds to non-surgically slim and tone their bodies getting real results through body sculpting technology and advanced facial techniques in her Med Spa. With her unique desire to get her clients results yet keeping it natural, safe and effective for all remains her focus. During the pandemic her purpose became bigger. To help others feel important, unique and cared for and to meet the demand of growth she leveraged her knowledge and began coaching other beauty professionals with a virtual online platform. Her desire is to help others to look, do and feel their best! With the research she continues to do, you can trust more good is to come.
Rosemary Jameson
Rosie Jameson is ahead of the curve with the current interest in food security and preservation. Her lifelong experience and knowledge of the safe storage of food at ambient temperature, are unparalleled in this arena. To teach complete beginners through coaching would-be artisans, encouraging all to go further than they had ever expected, instilling confidence is the key. Whether looking at the level of individuals wanting to provide better for their families, or artisans needing advice on the latest regulation, they all find inspiration. The many on-line resources are accessible to all via her informative blog, free-to-use recipe site, recipe books, on-line regular magazine plus a website of essential products. During the pandemic she took her teaching and demonstrations on-line too creating Rosie’s Preserving School on a global level. Weekly live workshops teach all aspects of food preservation via a cook-along-with-Rosie format, with lively Q & A.
Dr. Jade L. Ranger
Dr. Jade L. Ranger, alongside her husband, opened The Prescription Shoppe, a full-service pharmacy in March 2019. Together, they have impacted the Williamsburg, VA area by not only providing patient-centered care, but also engaging with their community. Hailed a leader amongst her peers for raising awareness regarding social justice issues and for her tireless support of other small businesses, she is a member of multiple organizations including the American Pharmacists Association, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Along with her many roles, Dr. Ranger, has added author to her resume with the release of her newly published book, Mustard Seed Mentality. Recently, she became a feature writer for the Virginia Gazette, where she has a monthly column. Dr. Ranger was chosen as a top 15 under 50 recipient by the Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce, and one of the Top 20 Women in Business by Hampton Roads Inside Business for 2021.
Billi-Jo Conroy
Billi-Jo Conroy is blazing trails as an entrepreneur and the creator of Blazing Bills Fermented Hot Sauce. She had been an Early Childhood Educator for the last 16 years, but In May of 2021, she started making hot sauce for personal use. After sharing her creation with a few family members and friends, they encouraged her to try selling it. She listed her first batch of hot sauce and after selling out almost immediately; she realized that maybe this could be something more. Her dream had always been to be home with her kids, so she decided to give building a business a shot. So to get started, Billi-Jo and her husband built a health-inspected kitchen on their property and a close friend helped her develop her logo and labels. Fast-forward one year, and here we are: seven flavors of hot sauce, 2 flavors of jelly and Blazing Bills is now available in over 14 locations!
Braunda Smith
Braunda Smith, AKA “Chef Lucy” Executive Chef and Owner of chef-forward bar and restaurant, Lucy Cooper’s Ice House in San Antonio and New Braunfels, Texas is a celebrity chef in her own right. Braunda, is a Southern girl with a heart of gold but, like most chefs has a thick skin that’s tough as nails. She is as fun, charming and funky-cool as the dishes she creates. Braunda and her husband, Jesse have worked in the service industry for years and years, having graduated from what she calls “bar university” or the school of hard knocks. The big moment for her was seeing their five-year plan fast track to five months when they were unexpectedly let go from the company where they had worked for 10 years.
“For me, having this dream of seeing the colors come to life on the walls and Lucy Cooper’s developing her own personality has been such a blessing. This place just has a vibe. What is it? I think it’s just an extension of that “aha” moment that we did it. The happiness and joy of all of our hard work. I get to work every day side-by-side with my best friend. I think people feel the happiness of our being happy and content. That being said, it’s also been the scariest thing I have ever done. Here I am, just this little girl from Georgia competing with the big boys. It’s exciting and every day it gets better and better,” said Braunda.
Nancy DeFilippis-Sampogna
Nancy DeFilippis-Sampogna is taking control of her life, and she’s inspiring other women to do the same. After 20 years in the corporate world, she made the difficult decision to resign from her executive position and focus on family. Shortly after she was diagnosed with Hashimoto disease, where she was told there was nothing she could do, this was her life now. She decided that wasn’t good enough and took matters into her own hands to improve her life.
Fast forward to today Nancy has pivoted her life returning to work with the family ag business (Top Tomato Foods), and pursuing her new found passion of health, wellness and helping others. Currently working towards her nutrition certification, she has also recently launched her Instagram account: @WithGSpeed where she shares her experiences and journey in hopes of inspiring and empowering others to take control of their health – when they may be feeling hopeless.
Amanda Schlichting
After serving honorably in law enforcement, Amanda Schlichting broke into the private investigation business via brilliance and branding. Leveraging her specialty in animal cruelty cases, she formed Cool Cat Investigations LLC. Schlichting’s out-of-the-box approach to intel includes both tech-y and traditional investigative work, along with specialized categories such as occult abuse, human trafficking, and animal cruelty. She has taught Report Writing and Interview/Interrogation at the University of Missouri Law Enforcement Training Institute Animal Cruelty Investigations School.
She’s also rocked as a bounty hunter/fugitive recovery specialist, bringing rare skill sets to her company, and her industry. With law enforcement increasingly moving toward outsourcing and privatization, Schlichting has positioned her agency to work cases which law enforcement is unable to investigate. Her firm operates both parallel to and in collaboration with police, blending resources and redefining Community Policing. And this Cool Cat gives back: each quarter, a portion of her fees is donated to an animal non- profit. When she’s not burning the midnight oil, you can catch her hosting Jail Break Podcast, a show that explores criminal justice in America.
Final Thoughts
In our series profiling the top 30 unstoppable women in 2022, we looked at the influential figures in business, technology, and beyond who have made an impact on society. From creating opportunities to inspiring others, these women are making their mark on the world. In 2022, it’s not who you know—it’s what you do that matters. To stay competitive, it’s important to follow the powerful players in any industry who are paving the way towards success and innovation.
