The

HOT MOMMAS

Project

WORLD’S LARGEST

WOMEN’S

CASE STUDY LIBRARY

Software to capture

personal & professional stories of

To share with the next generation

Your daughter

Your momYour sister

Your friend

Their teachable moments

are now available

To you

To all women and girlsand

Here’s what it looks like:

structured blog format

searchable by tag, category

Connect with women through social media

Why make women’s stories teachable?

Because mentors and role models

help women and girls

SUCCEED

Applications:

Classroom

Boardroom

Leadership groups

Book club

Abeba BentonAdebisi OAila AccadAlexandra BonoAnna BirchAnna MeuseBecca PackardBetty-Ann HeggieBrandie MCaitlin Marie BarrettCali YostCari MCarol CovinCarolyn Ann Van DammCecelia BittnerChrysula WinegarCindi GambleColette BCristina RomanCynthia Perrin SchneiderDana MarloweDenise HendersonDina Abdel Hamid El HadaryElisa MedinaElisabeth PrialErin LozanoHaiat Magzoub HassanHilary TrottIlona BeckerJacqueline WalesJen SterllingJennifer FolsomJenny AJessica HaneyJhaymee WilsonJodie DanielJody FentonJosephine Geraci

Sylvia Y. WangTamara PlantTammie Aaron-BarradaTanya MorrisonTerry StarrTherese TetzelYasmine Yasser Nabieh

Heather CushmanJameise RozierJan SimpsonJane AngelichJane ZamarripaJanet WolkoffJennifer MooreJennifer AlbinJennifer NJoan EisenstodtJody DeVereJuli WisemanJulie Krzysiak Julie KantorKaitlyn EisenKaren ShermanKaron GibsonKathy CaprinoKelby CarrKelly KolkerKelly WatsonKenya McRaeKrissy LaubachLaSara FirefoxLaTosha JohnsonLaura FairclothLeigh ShulmanLindsay FinneganLindsey RosenthalLisa IancinLita MillerLola AjayiLori HobsonLori WelchLucrecer BraxtonLydia FernandesMargot Potter

Alicia AndersonAlicia MeulensteenAlicia BufordAlison SchubackAllison Karl O'KellyAllison PolizziAmanda RogersAndrea HoweAngela DingleAnnette RoseAshley AlbertB. KaufmannBeate CheletteBeth DunnBethany TaiblBetsy SmithBonika Renee WilsonBrenda RhodesBritt MenziesCarole FleetCatina DaileyCherise BurdeenChris LeibnerChrissy AtleyChristina MorinCindy ParkerCourtney BarthDawn GluskinDawn BillingsDebi SilberDelores WilliamsDonna CillDorian HidyElizabeth GordonErica AppelmanFelicia StolerGrace GalvinHannah FriedmanHeather Barnes

Maria WaihrichMarla IsacksonMelinda BeckerMelissa CantorMeryl EvansMeryl EvansMichele WoodwardMichelle LamarMichelle ScheumannMonika ZandsNancy IrwinPatti NagelRacine HamiltonRae GlispinRia SharonRim SiamRobyn McIntyreRuth PerrymanSamantha Carroll Sarah HoughSaranne RothbergSheila FooterShelley SealeShirley ChengSiddhartha VaseyStacey KannenbergTina WilliamsTyra HilliardVicki DonlanYana Berlin

Julia BeckKady ChiuKaren GurleyKarima Morris WoodsKate AKay KennedyKayla BolyaiKim Lysik Di Santi Kirby MLara PittmanLaurie Anne GrayLeigh SLilian TingLinda Smith Lisa MLisa QuastLiz CrystalLizzeth Geannelly MontejanoLois ZacharyMarcy BergMarie Francine GayMarlene CaroselliMary Lee GannonMary RMichelle Dawn FitzgeraldNancy L. RobinsonNina SpringleNuha A.Alam OrtashiPatricia RevillePatricia V. DavisSally SchiffSara FellShannon ShortShireen AklShirley Ishak ShalabySmriti Laxman PopenoeStacy D SheltonSuhaila Al Harip

The 2009-2010 authors

Making it happen:

Authors

Judges

Partners

Team & Country Managers

Our 2010 winners

SALLY KURTZ SCHIFF• Best case by a Graduate

Student

Student Case: Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone

“It was an utter shock to Sally’s friends when she..applied for business school. ‘Why?’, they asked, ‘Are you going to sell-out and go work for ‘the man’?”

Sally’s storyat www.HotMommasProject.org

ALEXANDRA BONO• Best case by an

Undergraduate Student

Student Case: Allowing Tragedy to Alter One’s Scholarship and Relationships.

“ She felt total loss and despair upon hearing of her brother’s traumatic death. But she knew giving up was not an option.”

Ali’s storyat www.HotMommasProject.org

KAREN GURLEY • Charles Schwab Foundation

Financial Literacy Award

The decisions you make dictate the life you live

“Don't be like me and throw away thousands of dollars.. because of bad decisions…Start by asking yourself: Do I know my Credit ABCs?”

Karen’s storyat www.HotMommasProject.org

CAROL COVIN

• STEM Award (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math)

Sky Blue Pharmaceuticals: “No One Else Is Going To Do It”

“It was the first time Carol had shared her 50-year plan in public. The first task on her list was: Cure Cancer.” 

Carol’s Storyat www.HotMommasProject.org

LINDA SMITH • Arts Award

Artist and Writer who believes Life is passionate and colorful “My big opportunity actually came…in late 2001[when I] suffered a minor stroke. I decided to throw myself full-time into my art and become a ‘working’ artist.”

Linda’s Storyat www.HotMommasProject.org

SHANNON SHORT • Mentoring Award

Girls Get Real: “Out of Hiding: Looking for Extraordinary in an Ordinary World”

“Don..was not only my boss but also my cheerleader, my guide and my friend. Don opened my eyes to the idea that I could make things happen for myself.”

Shannon’s Storyat www.HotMommasProject.org

DINA ABDEL HAMID AL HADARY

• Top case award, Middle East

Women are capable of doing so many things to change the world. “I was a very weak, unhappy young mother …Now, in my city, I am the assistant secretary for women in the National Democratic Party.”

Dina’s Storyat www.HotMommasProject.org

JODIE DANIEL • Top case award, Australia/New

Zealand

Ahava Dead Sea Source: “From homeless 15 year old… to online entrepreneur” “As Jodie progressed through jobs ranging from factory work..to self employment – she knew that the only person that could hold her back was herself.  And she wasn’t going to let that happen.”

Jodie’s Storyat www.HotMommasProject.org

TAMARA PLANT • Top case award, Canada

MOM Magazine: ”Life as a MOM doesn't mean life as a WOMAN has to end” “I was surrounded by people whose only ambition in life was to live on welfare…[But] Publishing a magazine has been the toughest professional challenge I have ever faced.”

Tamara’s Storyat www.HotMommasProject.org

JEN STERLING • 2010 Runner up

“I went on Google and found women-owned firms…and wrote: ‘You don’t know me, but…I have a company like yours and I’m struggling right now with this decision about if and when…to have kids’.”

Jen’s Storyat www.HotMommasProject.org

Been there. Solved that. But what's lurking around the corner?

DANA MARLOWE• 2010 Runner Up

“Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking…Dana…doesn’t just think outside the box, she dances wildly around the box and then wears the box as a hat.”

Dana’s Storyat www.HotMommasProject.org

Accessibility Partners, LLC: From Exotic Entertainers to CEO: Stripping Down the Essentials of Entrepreneurship

ILONA BECKER• 2010 WINNER

“She escaped to Vienna with her daughter by forging her passport and survived by waiting tables at a nearby hotel while she waited for asylum in the United States. By persisting… she was able to achieve what could only have been a fantasy in her birthplace of Romania. ”

Ilona’s Storyat www.HotMommasProject.org

Butterfly Wings Against the Wind – Everyday Challenges We Face

JENNIFER FOLSOM• 2010 WINNER

“Jennifer… evacuated downtown Washington, D.C…viewing the pillars of smoke and smelling burning jet fuel, she knew for certain that her life was never going to be the same.”

Jennifer’s Storyat www.HotMommasProject.org

Balanced careers. Successful lives.

What young women are saying

“The ability to turn weaknesses into success empowers and captivates me.”Jolaade Bemosi, young professional

“If these women can overcome personal and professional challenges to be successful, I can too.”

Diane Nichols, college student

Who will you inspire?Be a role model. Tell your story.

www.HotMommasProject.org

“If you can’t see it

you can’t be it”