About WomansPrime

Victoria Lane leads WomansPrime as the President and CEO. Previously, she was the founder and CEO of Miller Ad Agency, a 39 year old nationally known automotive and digital advertising agency. Her agency has won dozens of awards for creative excellence and, under her tenure, the largest woman owned automotive agency in the U.S. Victoria now serves as chairman of the board for Miller.

Charlotte Sterling has successfully owned and operated a large number of diverse businesses. She is currently a Board Director of INW Group and Chairman of Rougemont Estates, CHR Estates, and Fletcher-Smillie Investments. Charlotte has also held a number of Chairman and non-executive director roles, particularly helping to steer growth, investment strategies, acquisitions, and corporate governance. Charlotte was awarded an OBE for Services to Industry in 1997 and is a winner of the Veuve Clicquot British Business Woman of the Year Award. In 2010 Charlotte was appointed a Government Advisor as a member of The U.K. Secretary of State for Business Entrepreneur's Forum (BIS).

Diana Wells is the CEO of BravoTech, Wells+Leonard, as well as the Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Anserteam, LLC. She is the former owner and CEO of Imprimis Group, Inc., a leading supplier of staffing, recruiting, human resource, and outsourcing services. Imprimis has been named one of the largest independently owned staffing services in Texas, and Anserteam has been named one of the top privately owned companies in the U.S. and fastest growing woman-owned firms for the last three years.

Margaret Caldwell is an investor through her family-owned diversified investment company, Avatar Investments L.P. Margaret is also the owner of The Vineyard at Florence, a retreat in the Texas Hill Country, and a partner in FAQ Capital. She also sits on several boards of companies where Avatar has made significant investments, including WomansPrime Media. In addition, Margaret serves on the international board for Mercy Ships as vice-chair and chairman of Wine to Water board of directors.

Alicia Mathews is President of Multiplex, Inc., and the founder and chair of the Women's Leadership Summit, an organization created to empower, strengthen, and transform African American women leaders.

Alicia served in the Texas House of Representatives for 26 years, chairing the Business and Industry Committee. For several terms including her last term, she served on the House Appropriations Committee. Also, during her last term, she served as the Vice Chair of the State Affairs Committee and a member of the Calendars Committee. The Speaker of the House appointed her to the Texas Legislative Council Governing Board; the Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families; and the Joint Interim Committee to Study Alzheimer's Disease. Mathews also served as Chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.

With a profound interest in the arts, Mathews has served on many boards including the African American Museum, Dallas Symphony Board, Dallas Summer Musicals, Dallas Historical Society, and the Dallas Theater Center. Her contributions led to the African American Museum naming a room in her honor.

Strongly committed to public service, she has served as the Board Chair of the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chair of the Dallas Transit Board, member of the Dallas Planning Commission, member of the State Bar Grievance Committee, and member of the Dallas County Grand Jury. Mathews has served as President of the 1,600-member bipartisan National Foundation of Women Legislators. She also served on the executive committees of the Women's Legislative Network of the National Conference of State Legislators and the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative (NOBEL) Women.

Simone Carter is the Regional VP and Associate General Counsel of TIAA and the primary interface on all legislative, executive, regulatory, and administrative matters for the South and Midwest regions. She co-founded The Orchid Giving Circle supporting social change in the North Texas Asian Community. Her expertise includes board governance and risk, policy development, regulatory compliance, government relations, and crisis management.

Prior to joining TIAA, Simone was general counsel with a consumer financial company. Before entering the corporate world, Simone spent over a decade litigating complex business matters including copyright and trademark infringement, employment discrimination, shareholder and partnership disputes, aviation, and toxic tort.

Simone serves on The Dallas Mavericks Advisory Board, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum and President's Advisory Board of UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is the immediate Past President of The Dallas Assembly and the immediate Past Board Chair of The Texas Bar College. Her community engagement includes past service on multiple nonprofit and bar association boards including as Past Board Chair of the Texas Women's Foundation. The State Bar of Texas recently awarded her The Champion of Diversity Award for the Asian Pacific Interest Section.

Isabel Reyes is the CEO and Chairperson of Isabel T. Reyes, PLLC, Executive Director of the Tricolor Foundation, and a Commissioner on President Biden's Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics. She is a Harvard-trained attorney who has been recognized as one of the top lawyers in the country and is a former award-winning television commentator.

Isabel also served in the White House as an Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, and she was nominated by President Clinton to serve as a U.S. Representative to the 53rd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Isabel also served as the General Counsel at Children's Medical Center of Dallas.

A leader in the nonprofit community, Isabel is the President and board member of the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation. Additionally, she is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), Foreign Policy for America, Every Texan, and the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society, Inc. She earned her B.A. from Wellesley College and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Laura Bennett is the owner of a fourth-generation family farm in Tennessee. She serves on the National Federation of Independent Businesses Tennessee Advisory Board and previously on Gov. Haslam's Rural Challenge 10 year strategic committee, Gov. Lee's Economic Recovery Sub committee, and Gov. Lee's Food and Fiber Taskforce.

Laura is a well-respected farmer and community leader. Born and raised in Unicoi, Tennessee, she is the owner of a fourth-generation family farm that specializes in growing over 700 acres of tomatoes.

Laura served on the Unicoi County Board of Education for 12 years and as Chairman of the Board. She was elected President of the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) in 2013. She has a strong academic background in agriculture, having graduated from North Carolina State University with a B.S. in Horticultural Science and an M.S. in Crop Science.

Laura is a lifelong member of Tennessee Farm Bureau and currently serves as President of the Unicoi County Farm Bureau. She has served with Relay for Life of Unicoi County, the University of Tennessee Extension Advisory Board, and was recently appointed to the National Federation of Independent Businesses Tennessee Advisory Board.