Entrepreneurial Women of Impact Awards
The awards are a joint collaboration between the Women Presidents Organization (WPO) and Women Elevating Women (W.E.W.) to recognize the outstanding professional achievements and community service efforts of women of color entrepreneurs based in North America.
ENTREPRENEURIAL WOMEN OF IMPACT AWARDS
The Entrepreneurial Women of Impact Awards is a joint collaboration between the Women Presidents Organization (WPO) and Women Elevating Women (W.E.W.). The awards are generously sponsored by JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking to recognize the outstanding professional achievements and community service of women of color entrepreneurs based in North America.
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2025 Agenda
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Conference Registration & Welcome
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Entrepreneurial Women of Impact Awards Reception, in partnership with the Women Presidents Organization.
8:00am – 9:00am Registration Opens
8:30 am – 9:15 am W.E.W. Power Circle Breakfast: Hosted by WEW Advisory Council Members
9:15am – 9:30am Conference Opening
9:30 am – 10:30 am WEW Communicate Panel Discussion #1:Visibility Is Currency:Mastering Media and Storytelling in a Noisy World
10:41 am – 11:21 am Opening Keynote Speaker
Cross-Generational Collaboration in the Age of Ageless Influence
11:36 am – 12:36 pm WEW Collaborate Panel Discussion #2: Smart Scaling: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm WEW Pillar & Visionary Men Awards Luncheon: WEW Pillar Award Opening Fireside Chat
1:40pm – 3:00pm WEW Pillar & Visionary Men Awards Luncheon
Overview of Awards
WEW Founders Choice Honoree
Communicate Pillar Honorees
Collaborate Pillar Honorees
Connect Pillar Honorees
Cultivate Pillar Honorees
Courage Pillar Honorees
Visionary Men Honorees
3:15pm – 4:00pm WEW Cultivate Pillar Fireside Chat: The Call to Cultivate: Why Your Impact Must Outlive Your Income
4:00pm – 4:10pm Conference Close
8:00am – 9:00am Registration Opens
8:30 am – 9:15 am W.E.W. Power Circle Breakfast: Hosted by WEW Advisory Council Members
9:15am – 10:15am WEW Courage Panel Discussion #3: The Person Behind the Enterprise: Reclaiming Self in Success
10:15am – 11:00am WEW Connect Experience: In the KNOW
11:00am – 2:00pm A Taste of WEW: Steady. Steadfast. Stealth Dining Experience
2025 Featured Keynote Speakers
Kimberly L. Bunton | President, TKT & Associates, Inc.
Founder, TKT/Collab – Fly Hip Ageless Media
Kimberly L. Bunton is a multi-disciplinary crisis manager, attorney, and entrepreneur, known for her ability to rebuild and rejuvenate businesses. Kimberly serves as President of TKT & Associates, Inc., a national cultural intelligence firm ranked No. 20 by Inc. 5000 in 2020 and recognized as one of the Women’s Presidents Organization’s/JP Morgan Chase Fastest Women-Owned companies for six consecutive years.
In 2020, Kimberly founded TKT/Collab, a creative agency and subsidiary of TKT & Associates, Inc. She led the TKT/Collab team in becoming the first African American Marketing Agency of Record for Stellantis, the company that owns Jeep, Dodge and Chrysler. Kimberly is also the founder of Fly Hip Ageless Media, a creative agency + community for influencers representing over 300 notable influencers representing over 300 notable influencers over the age of 40, with an online community that reaches over 20 million accounts each month. Early in her career, Louisville Magazine tapped Kimberly as one of the Most Powerful People under the age of 45. For over 23 years, Kimberly has advised and coached founders, business owners, executive managers and other organizational leaders on business development and crisis management strategies. Recently, Kimberly was named one of the Most Admired CEOs by Louisville Business First.
She has held cabinet-level leadership roles in both the private and public sectors. In her private legal practice, Kimberly represented several prominent and high-profile individuals and businesses in complex, highly publicized matters. Notably, she served as lead counsel for the landmark University of Louisville case that resulted in the first appointment of three African American trustee members.
Kimberly is currently an advisor to the CEO of Women Elevating Women, Inc. in Washington, D. C., Spalding University Board of Trustees, and the Baptist Health Foundation Board.
Diedre L. Windsor | WEW Advisor to the CEO | Visionary Woman | Retired U.S. Army Officer | Award-Winning Entrepreneur
Diedre L. Windsor is the Founder & CEO of Windsor Group LLC, a Black woman- and service-disabled veteran-owned professional services firm that has earned its place on the Inc. 5000 list for five consecutive years.
A retired U.S. Army Officer with 20 years of distinguished service, Diedre has built a career that bridges the military, federal government, and private sector. Since formally launching Windsor Group in 2017, she has scaled the company from $100K in its first year to more than $80M in revenue to date—earning recognition as one of the fastest-growing firms in the nation.
Her story embodies the WEW 5 Pillars of Success—Courage to protect health and wealth, Collaborate to build teams, Connect to expand opportunities, Communicate to elevate visibility, and Cultivate to sustain growth.
As a WEW Advisor to the CEO, Diedre continues to inspire women entrepreneurs and executives by showing what it means to lead with vision, discipline, and purpose.
Thyme Sullivan and Denielle Finkelstein | UNICORN
Seven years ago, cousins Denielle Finkelstein and Thyme Sullivan left decades of corporate careers to build a company with impact at its core. Thyme led global consumer packaged goods at Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Nestlé, while Denielle shaped iconic fashion brands at Kate Spade, Coach, and Talbots. Reconnecting after 30 years apart, they discovered a shared purpose: to create generational change by ensuring women never again have to go without access to period products.
That vision became UNICORN, the company changing women’s lives by placing period products in every bathroom stall, just like toilet paper.
UNICORN’s sleek stainless-steel dispensers, stocked with organic tampons and pads, are now standard in some of the world’s most influential organizations, including JPMorgan Chase, American Express, PepsiCo, Toyota, Blackstone, IBM, and MassMutual, as well as stadiums like Rhode Island FC’s new facility. Their simple, seamless solution is changing culture, normalizing dignity, and improving focus and productivity for employees, which directly impacts companies’ bottom lines.
At the heart of their leadership is a people-first philosophy: You first. Family second. UNICORN third. They believe when people feel cared for, they thrive. Companies that adopt UNICORN send a powerful message: we see you, and you matter.
For Denielle and Thyme, their work is bigger than bathrooms. It’s about advancing the next generation of women and changing lives, one stall at a time.
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