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Chief is a community of ambitious women executives shaping the new era of leadership. Chief exists to create more possibilities for women’s power.

Apply today: chief.com/apply Chief is the only membership network that combines access to exclusive Clubhouses, world-renowned Guides and Executive Coaches, top-level training from the Wharton School of Business, annual summits, and events at the industry conferences that matter. Visit Chief.com to learn more or apply for membership.

10/13/2026

“What will you change?”

When we come together, we can compound our impact — and benefit everyone.

This is the power of community. This is the meaning of being a CHIEF.

Thank you to Thasunda Brown Duckett for embodying our Power Seat.

10/12/2026

Building a company from scratch can be a lonely road, but as Sandra Velasquez (Founder of Nopalera 🌵 Sandra Velasquez ) reminded us during Chief’s Built with Cultura conversation, there’s no award for doing it all alone.

From touring as a musician to launching NOPALERA® from her apartment and raising a $2.6M seed round (and turning down Shark Tank investors!), Sandra knows that scaling a business requires more than just grit; it requires executive coaching, peer support, and an unshakeable community.

Chief’s core mission is to connect, empower, and champion executive women at the highest levels—and that includes the visionary founders building the companies of tomorrow. We exist to give female founders the community, strategic network, and executive resources needed to navigate capital raising, team scaling, and sustainable growth.

Because when Latina founders, when women founders, scale wildly successful businesses, they don’t just clear a path—they become the next generation of check writers, board members, and decision-makers sending the elevator back down.
Thank you Sandra and Nopalera for inspiring us.

Chief members, this conversation will be made available in the Chief app shortly.

10/09/2026

Atlanta’s Chief community is thriving, vibrant, and unmatched in its ambition. And we can’t wait to gather that incredible energy into one room.

The Chief Atlanta Salon is a half-day convening centered on Voice, Vision & Visibility. Not just another industry event: Chief’s Salons are a high-trust, intimate gathering designed for meaningful peer-to-peer exchange and actionable strategy.

Everything you love about the Chief Atlanta community, brought into one space for a day of expansion.

What to expect from the half-day Salon:

🤝 Tailored Peer Connections: Intentional, high-value introductions to build lasting relationships with other Chief members.

🎤 Executive Presence & Influence: Keynotes and fresh perspectives on sharpening your message and driving institutional impact.

🛠️ Tactical Application: Hands-on workshop tracks providing practical tools to move your boldest ideas into immediate action.

Will we see you there? RSVP in the Chief app, or at chief.com

10/09/2026

Elphaba’s power isolates her.

Chief was founded on that all-too-common problem: that leadership for women can be lonely. Elphaba isn’t wicked — she’s brilliant, she’s outspoken, she won’t play along, and the system brands her a villain for it.

When Talia Suskauer, who has played Elphaba on Broadway and on tour across America, took the stage at ChiefX New York to perform “Defying Gravity,” there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.

10/07/2026

Sandra Velasquez (Founder of Nopalera 🌵 Sandra Velasquez) founded NOPALERA® mid-pandemic with no investors, and no plan b.   She never wavered from her vision, even when her back was against a wall. And it’s paid off with continued successes — from appearing on Shark Tank to launching in major national retailers.   This Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, Chief Members are invited to hear Sandra’s story during a virtual keynote session on October 8th. RSVP in the Chief app, and enjoy a Chief-exclusive discount to Nopalera.

10/07/2026

Power doesn’t come with title. We’ve been there, we’ve done that. And when we leave the title behind, it doesn’t follow us where we go.

Power doesn’t come with the seat we sit in. Someone else will sit in that seat one day.

Power doesn’t come with RSUs. We’ve stashed those before, and some of us let them go a long time ago.

Power comes with agency. It comes with owning a choice to do it… differently. It comes with relationships, your network, your ability to connect dots and grab the reins.

CHIEF is here for your journey. There is no single destination.

10/07/2026

Women have more investing power than they realize, and the barriers to using it are lower than they look. Human Ventures CEO Heather Hartnett sat down with Anna Joo Fee of goodfin and Cheryl Kellond of Play Money to talk about access to private markets, where much of today’s wealth is created before a company ever goes public.

If you assume angel investing isn’t for you, the data tells a different story: one in five people in the U.S. already qualify as an accredited investor. Cheryl built her own portfolio to 50 startups by writing $1500 checks.

The panel’s sharpest point was that women already have the connections and instincts for this. We often spot the products and tools that matter before the market does, and that insight deserves a stake. And community can support trust, transaction, and capital as much as it can emotionally uplift each other.

10/07/2026

How many times have you been told not to take it personally?

At ChiefX New York, inventor and social entrepreneur Jessica O. Matthews made the case that caring deeply, when you channel it, is a competitive edge. She built an energy-generating soccer ball after watching her family in Nigeria lose power every day. Years later, a patent her team modeled on the way her mom keeps the whole family in touch went on to be cited by Intel, Sony, and Qualcomm.

The things we’re taught to leave at the door, from where we grew up to what keeps us up at night, are often where our best ideas start. In her own words, “Take it personally.”

Thank you to our presenting partner Range Rover.

10/06/2026

Over her decades-long career as a leading negotiation expert, Dr. Yasmin Davidds has seen how women get treated differently in negotiations. But there’s a powerful playbook that lies in that difference.

Her research shows that the strongest negotiation techniques aren’t about treating it as a head-on-head battle, but rather finding ways beyond the armor, addressing the root concern, and inviting everyone at the table to co-create a new reality.

In her own words, it’s “turning adversaries into allies.”

Stay tuned for more insights from the ChiefX New York stage.

10/06/2026

Optimizing our literal and metaphorical wealth means finding the balance between our time and money.

At ChiefX New York, Dr. Corinne Low reframed women’s wealth in economic terms. Our dream lives are really just a guide to what maximized utility looks like — and typically require a balance between having money and time to invest in what matters.

We’ll be exploring what wealth looks like when we stop thinking of it as a number in our bank account and start thinking about it as abundance and agency throughout our lives.

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