2026 Asian American Women

Executive Vice President M Booth Moon is Executive Vice President at M Booth, where she leads the Corporate Practice and drives high-impact communications and brand-building campaigns for clients across industries. With deep expertise in corporate communications, stakeholder engagement, brand positioning, thought leadership, and executive visibility, she helps brands and leaders unlock influence and trust. She oversees a team of 40+ professionals, guiding them to deliver mean

Principal, Lead Consultant Arkle Consulting Group Maria Badali is an accomplished management consultant with over two decades of experience across industries and geographies. As the Principal of Arkle Consulting Group , she specializes in change management, strategic & succession planning, and leadership development. She serves as a critical partner to nonprofit, private and public sector organizations—helping them identify and address their most critical challenges to ensure

Senior Data Scientist Advertising Research Foundation Samantha Zhang is a Senior Data Scientist at the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF), a nonprofit dedicated to advancing the fields of marketing and advertising research. Her work spans topics including attention measurement, digital privacy, and the practical applications of artificial intelligence across the industry. She also contributes to data production and survey design for DASH, ARF’s MRC-accredited study of the

CEO, Kohli Advisors Nita Kohli  is a board advisor, former global executive, and recognized thought leader at the intersection of resilience, governance, and innovation. Over a 25-year career spanning global financial institutions, she has led enterprise-wide transformation and resilience strategies across complex global institutions.  She is known for helping organizations turn disruption into advantage - building trust, performance, and sustainable growth. As CEO and Co-Fou

Partner PwC Meghna Shah is a Partner in PwC’s Cloud, Engineering, Data & Analytics practice, focused on product strategy, build, and delivery. She partners with organizations across industries to design and launch consumer- and enterprise-facing technology products. Meghna leads cross-functional teams of product managers, designers, engineers, and architects to bring product visions to life, from defining strategy and roadmaps to agile execution and scaling. Her experience sp

Chief Executive Officer 100 Women in Finance Rehana Farrell assumed the role of 100 Women in Finance CEO in March 2025. She joined 100WF from Youth INC, a nonprofit capacity builder in NYC, that she spun out from its parent in 2015 and successfully led for 10 years. Previously, Farrell served as COO of Cain Hoy Enterprises, a private equity firm that she helped found in 2014 with fellow executives from Guggenheim Partners where she had been CAO since 2012. Prior to that, Farr

Partner PwC Musi Qureshi is a Partner in PwC’s Financial Services Consulting practice with a focus on Digital, Technology, Customer and Fintech topics within the Banking sector.  Musi has worked with global, diversified Financial Services firms as well as regional and super-regional banks in the US. Her experience spans a range of topics as she assists Banking clients on business and technology transformation programs to embrace digital capabilities and to deliver next genera

Founder & CEO EMP HR Consulting Mai has been a People Leader at ten different technology startup companies in San Francisco and New York City.  She formerly led the People team at Fabric, Kickstarter, White Ops, HelloSign, OneLogin, RichRelevance and Trulia. She's created her own company, and founded EMP HR Consulting to help more companies cross the chasm.  She is the author of a book called Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley. Mai was AABDC’s Ou

Founder & CEO, Iris Flex Idil Cakim has devised marketing and communication strategies for Fortune 500 companies and non-profit organizations for 20 years. She is the author of the book Implementing Word of Mouth Marketing: Online Strategies to Identify Influencers, Craft Stories and Draw Customers (Wiley), as well as numerous industry briefs and articles on media insights, brand and audience strategies. Cakim has been a public speaker on media trends, influencer marketing an