TroubleMakers

We take that as a compliment

History proves that amazing things happen when women come together and cause trouble. Which is why we’re dedicated to being more than a company, but rather a community that shares the stories and relishes the successes of TroubleMakers around the world.

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Featured story with

Hannah Olson

Co-Founder and CEO, Chronically Capable

“As a women, we’re already dealing with so much stuff. And when you add an illness on top of that, it’s kind of like this double burden.”

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“I want to create a real inclusion revolution.”

Emma Butler

CEO & Founder at Intimately

“We’re searching the world for women who have a daring vision for change."

Alyse Nelson

Co-Founder, President and CEO of Vital Voices

"I was told 'we don’t hire women your age. It’s not worth investing in you because you’re just going to get married and have kids.'"

Katherine Franke

James L. Dohr Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the ERA Project

“Decisions that are the best are sometimes the most costly, and we're ok with that."

Chieh Huang

Co-founder & CEO of Boxed.com

“The mission of the Gazmine Mason Foundation is to increase opportunities for disadvantaged children and young adults while promoting a healthy lifestyle and fostering education through the sport of bowling.”

GG Mason

5x Olympic Gold Medalist; Founder of Black Girls Can Bowl 2

“My message to women and girls today is to develop a relationship with yourself first. Develop YOUR standard for beauty, YOUR standard for success.”

Suzanne LeRoux

President, One Love Organics

“The 21st century has to be feminine. It’s about sharing resources, it’s about accepting each other.”

Valerie Grandury

Founder and CEO, Odacité

“You can’t get what you don’t ask for.”

Melissa Palmer

Chief Executive Officer + Co-Founder, OSEA Malibu

"The difference if I look at the beginning of my career and now is women supporting women, instead of always looking at each other as our competition.”

Heleyne Mishan-Tamir and Joyce Avalon

Co-Founder and President, Surratt Beauty

“Self advocacy is important. There’s nothing wrong with speaking up.”

Elana Drell-Szyfer

Chief Executive Officer, RéVive Skincare

“I would like to tell women and girls to do what frightens them.”

JuE Wong

Chief Executive Officer, Olaplex

“Every eleven minutes a black woman dies of a preventable disease.”

Reverend Angela L. Shannon

All Saints Lutheran Church of Bowie, MD; “Audacious Angie” GirlTrek Organizer

“I couldn’t say the R-word for a year after I was assaulted. It’s still really difficult to label myself as a rape survivor because there’s so much that comes with that label. There’s so much trauma, pain and difficulty that still is here with feeling safe in my own skin.”

Chessy Prout

Co-Founder of I Have The Right To, Author, College Student & Survivor

“You can’t get anything done if you’re not willing to use your power. You can’t be a leader if you’re not willing to use your power. You can’t SEE yourself as a leader if you’re not willing to use your power.”

Gloria Feldt

Co-founder and President of Take The Lead

"Nothing happens without women. Absolutely nothing."

Tina Cane

Poet Laureate of Rhode Island; Founder/Director, Writers-in-the-Schools, RI

"I’ve learned to not get thrown by other people’s own limited view."

Rabbi Rachael M. Bregman

Berman Family Rabbinate; Rabbi of Temple Beth Tefilloh

"Go after what you believe in while staying true to yourself – strive to believe in yourself and your own abilities and surround yourself with good people."

Emma Walker

Expert Whisky Maker

"You are worthy and your voice matters."

Lindsey Leininger

Public Health Educator, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College

“If super heroes were real, they would only be women."

Elaine Davis

Fashion and Lifestyle Blogger

“My sisters and I were raised not necessarily to cause Trouble, but with a very clear sense of right and wrong, of what justice is, of what kindness is, of what equity is. That was embedded in every single thing my parents did as they raised us.”

Sonali Rajan

Associate Professor at the Department of Health and Behavioral Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University; Girls On The Run Board Member

"I want to empower women to feel like the best version of themselves."

Alejandra Alonso Rojas

Creative Director, Designer & CEO

"She is not broken, the system is broken."

Banu Ozkazanc-Pan

Professor of the Practice in Engineering Director, Venture Capital Inclusion Lab, Brown University

"I was thirsty before it was a thing!”

Laura Brown

Editor in Chief, InStyle Magazine

"Video games are interactive stories. I believe the stories we tell each other profoundly influence how we see the world."

Abigail Corfman

Writer and Consultant at Gameloft

"Ambition alone is not enough to create success. Create a plan, take risks, ignore barriers and be intentional each step of the way."

Shellye Archambeau

Author, Board Director for multiple companies, former CEO of MetricStream

"Thinking back, I was seemingly always keeping a secret."

Melissa Isaacson

Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism faculty member, Former award-winning sportswriter

"It is 100% ok to ask for help."

Nadia Christina Jagessar

Marketer, Entrepreneur, Reality Star

"I am a Lilly….and so is half the world. If you have been othered or obstructed or limited in any way…then YOU are a Lilly."

Rachel Feldman

Director, Filmmaker

"I learned balance by losing my balance."

Helena Foulkes

Former CEO, Hudson’s Bay Company

“The most important thing I know about overcoming struggles and troubles is that it does not matter how hard or far you fall, what matters is that you rise up and keep moving -some days all it takes is to put one foot in front of the other - persist, persist, persist!”

Deborah Jackson

President, Cambridge College

"In schools, we tell all children that they can be anything they want. It’s a striking irony that the leaders of our school systems — district superintendents and state chiefs — overwhelmingly are white men. "

Julia Rafal-Baer

ED, Chiefs for Change

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