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📅 Calendar – Sunday, Oct 11 ⏰ Clock – 6 PM CET / 1 PM ET 🌐 Virtual Event |
Two hours of small-group career conversations with 12 incredible women from around the world. You'll have the opportunity to participate in three-20 minute mentor sessions and ask the career questions you actually want answered. |
MEET THE HER NEXT MENTORS
Choose three small-group conversations with women who have built careers across
industries, countries and some decidedly non-linear paths.
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EMILY HUNT
Brand & Retail Strategy | Marketing | Career Development Emily is a brand and retail strategist who spent 21 years at Nike, rising from the retail sales floor to senior leadership overseeing global retail marketing and experience teams. Her career gives her a unique perspective on navigating and growing within creative corporate environments. She loves helping women gain clarity, build confidence and create careers that align professional ambition with personal values.
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CATHERINE HARDWICKE
Film & Television | Directing | Creative Careers Catherine is an award-winning filmmaker best known for directing Twilight and Thirteen, which earned her the Director’s Award at Sundance. Her career spans directing, production design, film and television, with credits including Lords of Dogtown, This Is Us and Under the Bridge. With an unconventional path from architecture to production design to directing, Catherine brings a unique perspective on building a creative career, taking risks and bringing ambitious ideas to life.
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MIA HERMAN
Mia is a relocation consultant and travel writer who has spent more than a decade exploring and writing about life and culture around the world. As founder of New 2 Portugal, she helps Americans navigate the practical and personal realities of moving abroad. Having lived in France, England, Japan and Portugal, Mia brings firsthand insight into international moves, adapting to new cultures and creating a life and career across borders. |
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TINA EXARHOS
Tina is an award-winning brand and content executive whose three-decade career spans television, film, music and digital media. Now Chief Brand Officer of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, she previously served as Chief Content Officer at NowThis and Chief Marketing Officer at MTV. Tina brings deep experience in creative leadership, building and reinventing iconic brands, navigating the media industry and using storytelling to create cultural and social impact. |
KATHRYN WEICHEL
Kathryn is a marketing, communications and growth leader whose 25+ year “squiggly career” has spanned agencies, global brands, startups and mission-driven organizations. She spent 10 years living and working in Kenya and is now based in Spain. Kathryn is especially interested in helping women navigate career pivots, identify and communicate their professional value, work internationally and build careers around their evolving strengths, ambitions and priorities. |
CHERRYL MARTINS
Cherryl is a global marketing and digital transformation leader currently serving as Banking Communications Lead at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative. Her international career has included leadership roles across the U.S., U.K. and EMEA for companies including Barclays, Pearson, Viacom and Marsh. Cherryl brings extensive experience in global business, marketing and communications, navigating large organizations and building a career across industries and international markets. |
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SARAH FRANÇOIS-PONCET
Sarah is an executive coach and consultant who helps individuals and teams around the world achieve their professional potential. Previously, she spent a decade as Global General Counsel of Chanel, overseeing a 150-person legal team across 15 countries and advising senior leadership on strategy and ethics. With a career spanning international law, C-suite leadership and executive coaching, Sarah offers a unique perspective on leadership, career development, navigating transitions and building an international career. |
BAHAREH AZIZ
Bahareh is a scientist and strategist whose career has evolved from biochemistry and academic research into senior leadership, consulting and community development. Her international career has included roles with Georgia Tech, the Dasman Diabetes Institute and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, and she later co-founded strategy consultancy InfoCap Associates. Bahareh brings particular insight into STEM careers, career transitions, strategy, organizational leadership and building a multidisciplinary career. |
MIMI CARTER
Mimi is an investor and advisor active in Los Angeles’ entrepreneurial and venture community. A partner at Carterus Strategies and former director of Pasadena Angels, she has extensive experience evaluating and supporting early-stage companies and helping women founders gain access to capital, visibility and mentorship. Mimi brings firsthand insight into entrepreneurship, fundraising, investing, building professional networks and what it takes to turn an idea into a fundable business. |
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CRISTINA A.
Cristina is a U.S. federal government policy advisor focused on transatlantic relations and migration policy. Her international career has taken her from sustainability work at Amazon and combating illegal wildlife trade at Interpol to the European Commission and investment strategy at the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation. Cristina brings a distinctive perspective on international careers, public service and moving between government, multilateral institutions and the private sector. |
KEESHA JEAN-BAPTISTE
Keesha is a C-suite leader and organizational change consultant whose career has spanned advertising, media and global luxury, including roles at Digitas, Wieden + Kennedy, Hearst Magazines and Richemont. Today, through The People + Culture Method, she helps organizations navigate transformation, develop leaders and unlock talent. Keesha brings a people-centered perspective to leadership, career development, navigating workplace change and building a professional path grounded in authenticity and purpose.
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SUMA SHAMANNA
Suma is a technology and cybersecurity leader whose career spans entrepreneurship, education and civic engagement. She advises startups and entrepreneurs on strategy, growth and organizational development while also teaching Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence to engineering and master’s students. Suma brings particular insight into technology careers, cybersecurity and AI, entrepreneurship, navigating growth and translating technical expertise into leadership and impact. |
Growth & Marketing | International Impact | Squiggly Career
Global Marketing | Digital Transformation | International Leadership
Executive Leadership | Law | Career Development
STEM | Strategy & Transformation | Career Pivots
Entrepreneurship | Venture Capital | Women Founders
Public Policy | International Affairs | Global Careers
People & Culture | Organizational Change | Leadership
Cybersecurity & AI | Entrepreneurship | Technology Leadership
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