Missy Franklin

Missy Franklin is a five-time Olympic gold medalist and multiple world record-holder in the sport of swimming. Franklin, who was raised in Centennial, Colo., began swimming competitively at the age of five and competed in her first international event at the age of 14. As a member of the U.S. National Swim Team, Franklin competed at UC Berkeley before turning professional. Her choice to swim collegiately and forgo sponsorships and prize money was well documented during the 2012 Olympics, but swimming for a college team was something that was very important to Franklin. In her two years competing at Cal, Franklin earned four individual NCAA titles and helped UC Berkeley win the 2015 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Team Championship. She was also awarded the 2015 Collegiate Woman of the Year and awarded the Honda Cup for her collegiate athletic achievements. Franklin retired from competitive swimming in December of 2018.

Cheryl Preheim

Cheryl Preheim is a TV journalist and anchor at 11Alive in Atlanta. She has been a part of the NBC team for over a decade. Before joining NBC's WXIA team, the journalist worked at TEGNA’s sister station, KUSA 9NEWS in Denver, where she was the morning news anchor. Cheryl has been honored with many prestigious awards including the National Edward R. Murrow award three times, 11 Emmys and the 2017 Southeast Emmy for Best Anchor and many more. Growing to the immense height of success, the journalist must earn a decent amount of salary for her work. Besides, the average salary of a TV host is estimated at around $57K as per payscale.com.

Lacey Henderson

Lacey Henderson was just nine years old when her leg was amputated above the knee in a lifesaving measure after the diagnosis of a rare soft tissue tumor in her knee. It was a tough time for a young girl, but Lacey's focus wasn't on the negative. Instead, raised with the mindset that if you want something in life you'll find a way to make it happen - no matter the odds against you. She is a Paralympian from the Rio 2016 Summer Games as well as 5x national champion and Americas Record Holder in the Long Jump.

Ali Stroker

Ali Stroker is a groundbreaking performer who made history as the first actor in a wheelchair to appear on Broadway when she starred in Deaf West's acclaimed 2015 revival of Spring Awakening. She's also the first actress in a wheelchair to graduate from the NYU Tisch drama program. She has starred on both The Glee Project and Glee, guest starred on Fox’s Lethal Weapon and CBS’ Instinct, and she recently recurred alongside Kyra Sedgwick on the ABC drama, Ten Days in the Valley. Stroker’s remarkable ability to improve the lives of others through the arts, whether disabled or not, is captured in her motto: “Making Your Limitations Your Opportunities.” She recently received a Tony for her latest performance in “Oklahoma!”. And was the first woman in a wheelchair to receive this award.

Ann Shoket

Ann Shoket is a trailblazing senior media executive who has brought two major publications to number one in the teen category across every platform. For more than 10 years, she has been a key architect in shaping the media landscape and national conversation among millennials during a time of major transformation in both the media industry and the lives of young women. Forbes has named Shoket one of the “Most Powerful US Fashion Magazine Editors.” She has appeared regularly as a thought leader for millennial women on Good Morning America, Today, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, CNN, Access Hollywood, and E! News, and she was a guest judge for four seasons on America’s Next Top Model.  

As editor-in-chief of Seventeen from 2007 to 2014, Shoket led a period of great editorial and digital innovation at this iconic fashion and beauty publication and the most profitable years of Hearst’s ownership. Shoket led the magazine to become the number-one teen magazine on the newsstand within her first year while spearheading aggressive cross-platform programming and diversification of revenue. Shoket designed groundbreaking digital campaigns around the most important issues facing young women today, ensuring Seventeen remained an important rite of passage that helped 13 million readers become confident young women.

Tamika Catchings

Indiana’s “do-everything” forward completed 16 seasons in the WNBA, stepping away from her future-hall-of-fame-career following the 2016 season. Her naming as recipient of the very first ESPN Humanitarian Award in 2015 and a 14-year run of community service by her Catch The Stars Foundation are testament to her work off the court, however – more impactful than her MVP career on the court.

Since her playing retirement, she serves as director of player programs and franchise development with Pacers Sports & Entertainment, a post that keeps her engaged working with all three Pacers franchises: the Indiana Pacers, Indiana Fever and Ft. Wayne Mad Ants. She operates the cozy Tea’s Me Café on the north side of downtown Indianapolis, and continues her service as an ambassador with the NBA and WNBA. She serves on a developmental committee with USA Basketball. She also serves as an SEC ESPN Women’s Basketball Analyst.

In March 2016, Catchings released an autobiographical story, Catch A Star: Shining through Adversity to Become a Champion sharing her story of overcoming hearing loss, separation from family, high expectations and the pain of debilitating physical injuries. She reached for the stars with hard work, perseverance and her faith in God.

On the court, Catchings’ legacy is cemented as one of the greatest women ever to play the game. She retired as the league’s No. 2 scorer (7,380 points) and rebounder (3,316) of all-time, already its career leader in free throws (2,004) and steals (1,074). In postseason play, nobody appeared in as many WNBA Playoff games (68) as Catchings, or started as many (67). She retired as the WNBA postseason leader in points (1,141), rebounds (598), free throws (356), steals (152), double-doubles (27) and minutes played (2,310).

The first man or woman in recorded basketball history to record a quintuple-double (Duncanville High School in 1997), Catchings’ leadership, tenacity and all-around skills led the Indiana Fever to becoming one of the WNBA’s elite franchises. The Fever reached the playoffs 13 times in Catchings’ 15 active seasons, including a WNBA-record run of 12-in-a-row from 2005-16. The Fever reached the conference finals eight times, including five straight seasons. The Fever won a WNBA championship in 2012 and came within one game of two more championships in five-game WNBA Finals appearances in 2009 and 2015. Catchings played in every playoff game in Fever history through the time of her retirement.

Catchings was the WNBA’s only player ever to spend an entire career of 16 or more seasons with the same franchise.

Tara Mohr

Tara Mohr is an expert on women’s leadership and well-being. She is the author of Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead (PenguinRandomHouse), named a best book of the year by Apple’s iBooks. Tara is the creator and teacher of the global Playing Big leadership program for women, and of the Playing Big Facilitators Training for coaches, therapists, managers, and mentors. She is a Coaches Training Institute-certified coach with an MBA from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree in English literature from Yale. Her work has been featured on national media from the New York Times to Today Show to Harvard Business Review. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, son and daughter.

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