About Take The Lead®

Take The Lead prepares, develops, inspires, and propels all women of all diversities and intersectionalities to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025.

Founded in 2014 by Gloria Feldt and Amy Litzenberger, Take The Lead’s bold mission is nothing less than leadership gender parity by 2025.

That’s 70 to 150 years faster than the prevalent projections. We’re sure this is the moment when a quantum leap to parity can occur — through our uniquely effective programs based on solid research and measurable results. Women embrace their phenomenal power to lead with purpose, confidence, intention and joy — without fear or apology.

We provide breakthrough training, mentoring, coaching and the immediately actionable 9 Leadership Power Tools. Our supportive cohorts propel women to higher intentions and help them make strategic plans to implement their goals. We deliver custom solutions for organizations to achieve gender parity and inclusion. We are driven by the vision of women and men holding fair and equal shares of top leadership positions. And this will create a world that is more equitable and prosperous for all.

Our Founder

kariannemunstedt_lowrez_ KLM_8680-Edit.jpg — Gloria Feldt, Co-Founder & President

The discovery in 2008 that women held only 18 percent of top leadership roles motivated Gloria to write the best-seller, *No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power*, in which she gives women practical “power tools” for personal and professional success. She co-founded Take The Lead with former investment banker Amy Litzenberger in 2014 with the bold mission to bring women to leadership parity by 2025. And she has since developed a wide range of powerful programs resulting in tremendous career breakthroughs for the women participating in them.

Learn More about Gloria

Kristina Windsor, Director of Operations, Take The Lead, Arizona

Kristina Windsor is first-generation American, born and raised in San Francisco, CA, but has been living in Phoenix, AZ, for 12 years. She received her bachelor’s in Photography and Fine Art from Arizona State University. In 2018 she traveled to Cuba for an artist’s residency where she photographed the women working, living, and raising children. She has had a number of solo exhibitions featured at First Friday Art walk in Phoenix and has participated in multiple group exhibitions. Kristina’s personal mission is to assist in educating and empowering women while raising two boys. She enjoys riding her Vespa, kayaking, reading, drinking coffee on her porch, a clean house, walking her dogs, and a Sunday morning pancake breakfast with her family.

Paris Guy, Social Media Manager

Paris Guy is the founder of Adison Ark, a marketing and management consultancy representing brands and talent in the entertainment, finance, and nonprofit industries. With over 10 years of experience in branding and marketing, Paris manages top tier clients across various sectors. Adison Ark’s expertise includes digital platform management, brand partnerships, and live event production for brands and influencers. Clients include Google, The Breakfast Club’s Angela Yee, Rebecca Minkoff, Miss Jessie’s, iOne Digital, Stock X, Bumble and Facebook. Paris is a Washington D.C. native currently rising in the Bronx, New York.

Ariana Kahn, Project and Grants Director

Ariana brings a global perspective to her work consulting for Take The Lead, where she focuses on 50 Women Can Change The World programming and organizational operations, among other roles. She joins the team after having worked internationally for organizations such as the United Nations, where she coordinated efforts to ensure the protection of vulnerable populations from sexual exploitation in humanitarian crises. Ariana is skilled at bringing together organizations on common core issues. She specializes in gender equality in humanitarian operations, and her other nonprofit experience includes facilitating access to justice for survivors of war crimes, genocide and domestic violence. She lists London and Phnom Penh, Cambodia among the stops on her career journey.