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Celebrating Women Power

Welcome to our annual Women’s Power issue. We hope this magazine inspires you to think about the leading ladies of your life and to believe in your own power to achieve your dreams and make a difference. Have you also noticed that woman power is on the rise? By almost every metric, women are achieving more now than ever before. More women than men are admitted to and graduating from universities and graduate schools. Substantially more women are launching new businesses. More women occupy C Suites and sit on corporate boards. Disney and Marvel are rolling out more female superheroes than ever before too.

Furthermore, women now control 60% of our country’s wealth — and demographics imply that this number will grow in the next decade. Women also outperform men as philanthropists — giving a greater share of their wealth, time and connections. (Thanks for the proof, Melinda Gates and MacKenzie Scott!) Women also dominate every social network but Twitter, making them particularly powerful at growing online connections for their favorite causes and brands.

Women do all this, and yet they still hold center place in the hearts of their families. If you need a smile, ask someone to talk about their mother. Love flows — just like the comments from our online audience that you will see on page 14.

If you want to create greater social impact and make the world a better place faster, just ask a woman to help. As Rosie the Riveter taught everyone during World War II, women get the job done — whatever the assignment — while still tending to

their homes and the community too. Naturally, this leads me to our fantastic female team. I’m deeply grateful to Leah Bronson, Lotus

Abrams, Lisa Hilgers, Mimi Towle, Alex French, Jessica Gliddon, Maeve Walsh, Lesley Cesare, Sharon Coleman, Jessica Hamilton, Domenica DiVietro,

Jessica Dlugosz, Donna Berry Glass and Christina Mueller. Please see and learn more about them by scanning the QR code below. Their great work brought you this print issue and a plethora of fantastic content and opportunities online. Our team, your support and all the amazing people we profile this month inspire me to do my best work; this also creates a lovely and everexpanding virtuous circle. We’re particularly excited about our Celebrating & Empowering Women on the Rise event on May 19. Please join us for outstanding How can we help your favorite organization? Since January 2020, our advice, and to make new powerful, positive connections — particularly if you aspire to grow your business, organizatools and strategy tion or career. have raised: As always, if you haven’t already done so, we encourage you to subscribe $26,629,519 to our Better Letter email newsletter and and made: follow our social networks too. These 30,744,019 lives better are your most direct line to the best resources and opportunities in our beloved county and the Bay Area. Please scan the QR code below to learn how we can help your favorite nonprofit raise more money and help you make more lives better. Most importantly though, we hope that you will send us your comments, ideas and recommendations. Your attention and voice are important. We’re honored when you share them with us.

Gratefully, Susan B. Noyes Founder & Chief Visionary Officer

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