Reshma Saujani is the Founder of Girls Who Code, a national non-profit organization, political entrepreneur, and author was the honorary keynote speaker at the 3rd annual Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners Recognition Event.  Reshma encourages women to exercise their power in taking a greater role in changing the course of their own lives and being a force of change within their communities and the economy.

Dina Manzo is a television celebrity, prominent business leader and Founder of Project Ladybug, a non-profit that helps children with life threatening diseases. She joined us to showcase some of the state’s top women-led non-profits.

Kate Tomlinson became Publisher and Editor in Chief of New Jersey Monthly in 1988. She has served on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including the Women’s Association of NJPAC, the Overlook Hospital Foundation, the Drew University Board of Visitors,Project Acorn,the Morris County Tourism Bureau, and the City and Regional Magazine Association. Ms. Tomlinson received a B.A. degree from the Radcliffe College of Harvard University in 1977 and a Masters from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC, in 1979. Prior to 1988, Ms. Tomlinson pursued a career in public service and consultancy, focusing on Soviet economics and East–West trade. She worked on Capitol Hill, both as a congressional aide and as a researcher for organizations advising Congress, and for the Federal Government, as an economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission. Ms. Tomlinson has also managed a private consultancy whose clients included Congress’ Office of Technology Assessment and Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates.