06/05/2026
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There’s something that happens when the right people stop competing and start building together. That’s the energy Women Business Collaborative carries into every room.
Led by CEO Gwen Young, whose career spans the Gates Foundation, the Wilson Center, and international human rights law, WBC is a national alliance of more than 80 partner organizations, corporate sponsors, and business leaders united around one clear mission: equal position, pay, and power for all women in business. Not someday. Now.
They’re not just hosting conversations. They’re creating infrastructure. Programs like the Women’s Capital Summit connect founders directly with investors moving real capital. The Athlete Business Academy helps women translate elite sports leadership into executive careers. Women Veterans Lead does the same for those coming out of military service. Each program is a pipeline, not a platform moment.
What sets WBC apart is the model itself: collaboration as strategy. They’ve built an ecosystem where entrepreneurs, athletes, veterans, investors, and corporations aren’t working in parallel. They’re working together.
For DC’s founders, leaders, and changemakers, this is the community that makes the room bigger for everyone in it.
