Strategy

Wonder Woman in Business, Rosalia Labate

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Rosalia Labate

Rosalia Labate practices in financial forensics, largely in divorce matters, navigating the financial issues involved from gathering documents to preparing a Statement of Net Worth to business valuation services to forensic accounting to understanding both the short-term and long-term implications of the financial decisions. She also specializes in litigation support as a part of the "divorce team", working hand in hand with the attorney. Qualified as a financial expert throughout New York.

Rosalia began her career at Deloitte & Touche in Manhattan, one of the most prestigious accounting firms worldwide, for the Internal Audit Division and then went to Salomon Smith Barney. Her experience and financial expertise brought her to the Manhattan firm of Alexandra & James, where she focused exclusively on divorce and mediation. 

When people are going through martial or business divorces, they need someone who will educate and empower them with the right information so you can make smart decisions. Rosalia is that person.  As someone who has experienced the divorce process first-hand (and with hundreds of clients), she has learned how to make the process more efficient so people can move on to their next chapter -- sooner.

Rosalia provides consulting, forensic, business valuation, mediation, and testifying expert services in the financial aspects of marital and business divorces. With a strong attention to detail, she unravels the most complicated financial situations and excels at explaining in plain English, the economics of the situation, as well as the options available for settlement. Anything from investigations to guidance through litigation, Rosalia makes it digestible. As part of the team from start to finish, Rosalia ensures people have the right information to make smart decisions for themselves and their families including financial investigations with the client prior to their hiring their attorney to guidance through litigation.

Rosalia Labate

Connect with Rosalia

LinkedIn: in/rosalialabatecpa

Email: rosalia@labatecpa.com




Wonder Woman in Business, Mandy McEwen

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Mandy McEwen

Mandy McEwen is the Founder & CEO of Mod Girl Marketing, an award-winning digital marketing agency based in California. She was named a top 24 B2B marketer by LinkedIn, listed by Search Engine Journal as a top 12 SEO expert, and named a top 20 female marketer by G2. Leveraging LinkedIn and thought leadership marketing, Mandy and her team unlock growth opportunities for C-suite executives and brands who deserve them, resulting in more brand awareness, more authority, and more impact.

Mandy McEwen

Connect with Mandy:

Mandy McEwen

Founder, Mod Girl Marketing

800-388-7732

mandy@modgirlmarketing.com

www.modgirlmarketing.com

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Wonder Woman in Business, Farissa Knox

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Farissa Knox

Farissa Knox is the Founder and CEO of RLM Media, a holding company and advertising agency dedicated to expanding how advertisers look at and talk to today’s “actual” consumer; the Founder and Creative Director of WhatRUWearing Productions, the production house behind the reality series, PRGirl showing the professional and personal lives of ladies running the worlds of fashion, beauty and lifestyle Public Relations; the Author of Love, Sex and Friendship: In No Particular Order, her memoir describing her journey around career, love, self discovery and dating during her mid 20’s in New York City; and a wife and a mother.

Farissa Knox

Connect with Farissa

Email:

farissa.knox@rlm-media.net

Website:

https://farissaknox.com/



Wonder Woman in Business, Melissa Jones

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Melissa Jones

Managing Partner

Melissa Jones is a trial lawyer who provides experienced and practical counsel in complex business disputes, appellate matters and internal investigations. She has represented clients from a broad range of industries in complex civil litigation matters in both state and federal court, including the agribusiness, and oil and gas industries. Her practice includes an emphasis on Proposition 65 defense as well. Additionally, Melissa has held various leadership roles at the firm. She is the Firm Managing Partner and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. Melissa is a former office managing partner for the firm’s three California offices and also recently served as the chair of the Partner Compensation Committee.

Melissa’s experience includes litigating claims for breach of contract, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, misappropriation of trade secrets, product liability, false advertising, and unfair competition. She has worked on internal investigations for both publicly traded and private companies on complex compliance and accounting issues and has represented companies in government enforcement actions, including matters involving the California Attorney General’s office and the Air Resources Board.

Melissa regularly defends companies in litigation claims related to California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Proposition 65) and Unfair Competition Law (17200) and advises companies on Prop 65 compliance. She leads the Firm’s Prop 65 defense and compliance team. Her Prop 65 clients range from large retailers to vendors and manufacturers, in industries including apparel, footwear, handbags, eyewear, fitness products, children’s products, furniture, electronics, hobby and crafts, automotive, personal care products and accessories, food and dietary supplements and natural foods. She has defended Prop 65 actions and advised clients in matters regarding listed chemicals including lead, Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates (BBP, DBP, DINP, DIDP, and DEHP), carbon monoxide, cadmium, 4-MEI, crystalline silica, acrylamide, arsenic, trisphosphate (TDCPP, TCEP), Diethanolamine and Cocomide-DEA. She also advises clients on other California regulations.

Before joining Stoel Rives, Melissa was a litigation partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, where she worked for 10 years. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Harry Pregerson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

She has been an active member of the legal community, serving as President to the Sacramento Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, as a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, the Chair of the Eastern District Conference, a Board Member for Women Lawyers of Sacramento, and as a member of the Eastern District’s Judicial Advisory Committee.

Melissa Jones

Connect with Melissa

Website

https://www.stoel.com/people/melissa-a-jones

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissajonesesq/



Wonder Woman in Business, Ilanit Meckley

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Ilanit Meckley

Ilanit Meckley is the founder of Notable Projects, a project management consultancy focused on directing process improvement projects in the healthcare industry.  Ilanit has 13+ years of experience working for hospitals and academic medical centers in improving operational processes and outcomes, and is passionate about aligning stakeholders across an organization along shared goals with the ultimate goal of improving patient lives.  She has experience managing diverse teams and implementing changes, and uses systems and data to inform decisions and drive communications that will lead to sustainable improvement.

Ilanit Meckley



Wonder Woman in Business, Candace Washington

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Candace Washington

Candace D. Washington, MBA, Founder and Chief Learning Officer (CLO), Pivotal Impact, LLC

Talent, leadership, and culture development leader, Candace D. Washington, helping organizations build tools and inclusive cultures that equip emerging leaders to authentically navigate real-world challenges, accelerate performance, and thrive at their highest potential. As a diverse leader, having learned the hard way from years struggling post undergrad to succeed in the marketplace, Candace teaches skills beyond book smarts pivotal to leadership success like how to build winning relationships, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, effectively communicate, influence up, and cope with culture shock in non-diverse environments, among others. Organizations partner with Pivotal Impact to accelerate success of emerging leader’s by building capacity for individual and organizational effectiveness. She has lived the lessons she teaches and is committed to demystify the workplace and build cultures that help future leaders navigate smarter, farther, and faster.

Before launching Pivotal Impact, Candace served as Senior Lead of Training and Development at the University of Chicago. She holds over 15 years of experience in Fortune 500 companies, not-for- profit organizations, and higher education institutions.

Candace is an alum of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. in Advertising communications and received her MBA, with emphasis in Learning and Development from Roosevelt University. She is known for her passion and exceptional record of bridging skill gaps with performance driven solutions that accelerate leadership and elevate outcomes. She is on the Board of Directors of a not-for-profit that develops urban leaders for global impact and is an advisor to several national youth development organizations.

When not immersed in her work, Candace loves spending time traveling with friends/ family, connecting with different cultures, mentoring, dancing (although not good at it  ) and most importantly, playing with her adorable niece and nephew!

She lives in and LOVES Chicago! Go BEARS!

Candace Washington

Connect with Candace

Candace D. Washington, MBA (She, Her)

Chief Executive Officer | P: 312.650.9557

Candace@PivotalimpactLearning.com

www.PivotalimpactLearning.com

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