Meet the Founding Members of Built By Us
Built By Us has its first founding members, and we could not be prouder to introduce them. These are the women who said yes before the doors were fully open, and they are building the foundation of this community with us.
We each spent years building communities for women on our own, and we both learned how exhausting it is to build alone. So we decided to build together. Built By Us is the result: a place where women-owned businesses get seen, recommended, and hired.
Below you'll meet coaches, healers, marketers, technologists, and visionaries. Read their stories, click through to their work, and when you need what they offer, choose them first.
Coaches, Healers & Guides
Rachael Jencks is a mom of six, attorney, CPA, and MBA who built a six-figure business and now coaches women to grow their businesses while having unstoppable confidence in the process. Her Money Method combined with her Unshakable Confidence coaching helps women stop second-guessing every decision and start taking the consistent action that creates time and financial freedom. Her message is refreshingly direct: you don't need another strategy, you need to trust yourself. Visit Rachael's website to learn more.
Emily Sturgill is the sales coach for heart-led women who are admired online but not yet getting hired. Her Admired to Hired Method teaches you to sell through trust and conviction instead of pressure. You don't need to be pushier to grow, she says; you need to stop dimming your light. Visit Emily's website to learn more
Danielle Marggraf is a feminine wealth coach whose clients have closed $25K deals and booked $35K months. She blends money coaching with nervous system healing, so growing your income stops feeling like a grind. Her approach is spiritual, straightforward, and built for women ready to receive more. Visit Danielle's website to learn more
Anna Girgan is the founder of EPIPHANIES, and she left a 20-year corporate career to rebuild her life on her own terms. Today she helps leaders find the breakthrough they've been circling and turn it into action. She also runs 'Podcast in 72 Hours', which gets the show you keep talking about out into the world. Visit Anna's website to learn more
Linda Nelson of Grow with Linda coaches high-performing, people-pleasing women who have been so busy doing they forgot about being. With her H.E.A.R.T. Method, she helps women break through the hidden walls that keep them stuck year after year. Her 1:1 Bridge the Gap Call is a fast way to map your next bold step. Visit Linda's website to learn more.
Lesley Nase, The Transformation Catalyst, helps entrepreneurs and women in leadership align their inner truth with their outer success. Through intuitive coaching, keynotes, and transformational retreats, she guides you to the "aha" moment that changes how you lead. Her work lives where intuition meets intention. Visit Lesley's website to learn more
Eden Jackson is the Hype Queen for inconvenient women and the author of Blueprint for Inconvenient Women. Through her 12-week mastermind and her Return to Eden retreat, she helps women stop people-pleasing, rest without guilt, and put themselves first. She's funny, bold, and the cheerleader every woman deserves. Visit Eden's website to learn more.
Elana Merzin is the founder of The WildHERness Co., where mysticism, art, somatics, and storytelling come together to guide women through burnout and big life transitions. After 15+ years in nonprofit and Jewish communal work, she knows burnout from the inside. She helps creative women find their way back to their voice and purpose. Visit Elana's website to learn more about her creativity workshops here.
Elizabeth Tidwell is the founder of My Club Red and a certified menstrual cycle coach. She helps women turn their cycle from a monthly frustration into their greatest ally. Her work shows you how to build your life and business around your natural rhythms, so you work with your body instead of against it. Visit Elizabeth's website to learn more
Holly Emmerson, the Dream Oracle, teaches people to understand their own dream language and the guidance waiting in their sleep. Through dream healing sessions, readings, and The Dream Collective Podcast, she helps you connect with Spirit one dream at a time. Her students describe her teaching as life-changing. Visit Holly's website to learn more and find her upcoming retreats here.
Bri Seeley is a TEDx speaker, certified hypnotherapist, and subconscious success expert who has been featured on Good Morning America and The Today Show. She helps ambitious, highly capable women rewire the hidden beliefs behind their invisible success threshold, so their biggest goals start to feel inevitable. If you've done all the mindset work and still feel stuck, Bri goes where the real programming lives. Visit Bri's website to learn more about unlocking your subconscious
Dani Carpio is the founder of Tapping with Dani and The Healing and C-PTSD Community, and she turned her own healing journey into tools for others. She teaches EFT tapping to calm the chaos inside and reclaim emotional balance. Her community gives survivors a place to heal out loud and never feel alone. Visit Tapping with Dani and The Healing and C-PTSD Community
Michelle Blais is an elementary teacher of nearly 20 years who helps parents of capable kids who freeze, avoid, or melt down when something gets hard. Her Bravewired program gives parents the words and tools to turn "I can't" into "let me try that another way." She coaches parents because they're the ones there for every homework meltdown. Visit Michelle's website to learn more here.
Marketing, Technology and Business Builders
Eberechukwu Favour Okpara is a certified Executive Virtual Assistant who helps founders stop paying the Admin Tax. She handles inbox chaos, scheduling, travel, project management, research, and customer support. She doesn't just check boxes; she spots what you need before you ask. Visit Eberechukwu on LinkedIn here
Anndi Rose is the Chief Brand Officer & Story-Teller behind Anndi Rose Designs, a one-stop partner for branding, social content, PR, and events. Her motto is people before projects, always, and her clients feel it from the very first conversation. She turns your story into a brand people remember. Visit Anndi's website to learn more
Madeline Willett is the founder of Aligned Marketing Studio and the outsourced marketing director who takes organic social media completely off your plate. You spend about three hours a month filming, and her team handles the strategy, editing, captions, posting, and engagement. It's consistent, authentic content without the overwhelm. Visit Madeline's website to learn more
Kelly Schexnaildre is the Founder of Business Boi Studio, where they helps small businesses grow with Meta ads that start at just $5 a day, plus social media, web design, and content production. As the founder of Denver's Merfs Condiments craft hot sauce, they discovered firsthand what it takes to get a small brand noticed. Kelly brings an operator's eye to every campaign. Visit Kelly's website to learn more
Jackie Domanus is the founder of Idea Citizen and an AI fractional CMO who is an economist by schooling and a marketer by trade. Through her global Idea Citizen community and LinkedIn Live show, she gives in-progress ideas the space, questions, and collaboration they need to grow. She's the person to call when your idea needs a sounding board. Visit Jackie's Kickstarter to learn more and become an Idea Citizen
Lori Callum is the founder of LCTech, and she builds custom iOS and Android apps so small businesses can live right on their customers' home screens. From fitness platforms to client portals and even a trading app, she turns your app idea into reality. You don't need a tech-giant budget to go mobile. Visit Lori's website to learn more
Kristina Wetterman is a lifelong writer who takes the stress out of content for business owners who dread the blank page. From blogs and gift guides to newsletters and marketing emails, she crafts copy that sounds like you and actually sells. Her approach blends creativity and humanity, treating you and your customers as whole people, not just an audience. Visit Kristina’s website to learn more here.
Dortha Hise is the founder of Summit to Your Success and has spent 20+ years building the systems, automations, and delegation plans that pull founders out of burnout. She is also an international bestselling author and certified coach. Her motto says it all: you can't reach the summit while dragging the mountain behind you. Visit Dortha's website to learn more
Hillary Gadsby is the founder and Chief Connecting Officer of Built By Us and a bestselling author. She has been bringing women entrepreneurs together since her first Los Angeles speaker series in 2014, and in 2019 she grew that vision into an ecosystem for women founders across the US and Canada. Her gift is connection: the right introduction at exactly the right time. Visit the Built By Us website to learn more.
Alicia Case is the founder of Case & Points and your personal points whisperer for turning everyday spending into free travel. She builds a points and miles plan around your goals, so your next trip is more rewarding and costs a whole lot less. Travel should be personal, and with Alicia, it can even be free. Visit Alicia's website to learn more
Amber Freeze is a licensed speech-language pathologist and CEO of SoundEd Therapy, which connects schools nationwide with credentialed speech, OT, PT, and counseling teletherapists. Having worked in public schools herself, she built SoundEd so students get consistent support. Her model also treats therapists well, so they stay year after year. Visit Amber's website to learn more here
Dr. Andrea Lowe is the founder of The Social Impact Studio, which helps nonprofits and government agencies in health and human services turn big missions into real community impact. She holds a doctorate in public health and brings 13+ years of policy and strategy experience. She helps good work go further. Visit Andrea's website to learn more
Products
Meet Ami Davenport, founder and CEO of MiraLuna, a relational intelligence platform that helps you know yourself more deeply so you can connect with others more honestly. With 24/7 access to Mira, 30+ guided journey lessons, and built-in journaling, it’s like having an unbiased friend for every relationship question. Learn more on the website here
Meet Stephanie Gentry, the fashion illustrator who sketches guests live at weddings, Fashion Week events, and luxury brand activations. Featured in The Knot, she turns fleeting moments into hand-drawn keepsakes, and she also takes custom commissions, from fashion portraits to birth flower art. Visit Stephanie's website to learn more
Build With Us
These women are the first chapter of Built By Us, and there are more on the way. Follow them, book them, refer them, and tell a friend who needs exactly what they do.
To every founding member: thank you for believing in us before this was finished. We're building it together.
And if you'd like to become a member of what we're building, join the waitlist for our public launch on 10/26/2026 by clicking here.
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