Women Inspiring Women

 

 

MAKEHERS is a women-led platform, led by extraordinary team of leaders
who are dedicated to empowering women in business. 

Women with passion are fearless. A woman with a plan is even more formidable. The MAKEHERS team prioritizes wellness-based personal and professional development and demonstrates a willing obedience to empowering women in business. Our female-led team is composed of disruptively unique women who have excelled in their respective professional backgrounds. Our team collaboratively creates and manages wellness-backed educational and learning-based business resources that inspire and empower women in business to not only succeed as independent business owners but thrive.

 

MAKEHERS | Gina Lujan, CEO and Founder

Gina Lujan

CEO & FOUNDER
Gina serves as the CEO and Founder of MAKEHERS. She offers over 28 years of experience as a Social Entrepreneur with her passions focusing on building community. Her primary incentive for creating MAKEHERS: helping women rediscover themselves.
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MAKEHERS | Megan Beliveau, Program Director

Megan Beliveau

PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Megan Beliveau supports the design, implementation and management of the MAKEHERS program, giving detailed attention to program strategy, project delegation, and program implementation.
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MAKEHERS | Simona Folasade Sillah, Education Program Manager

Simona Folasade Sillah

PROGRAM MANAGER
Simona Folasade Sillah serves the MAKEHERS program by supporting course programming and logistics, social media strategy, strategic planning,  enrollment, participant engagement, and grant reporting.
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humble beginnings.

Sacramento's Expert Educators

Each year, MAKEHERS offers women in business access to industry leaders in business development, communications and marketing, community building and wellness. Each cohort provides women in business with invaluable resources and timely insights to welcome participants into the business and entrepreneurship space with the tools required to thrive!

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Join Our Team of knowledge instructors

We welcome industry experts, that understand the inequities extended to diverse women in business, to share their knowledge and vision with the MAKEHERS community. Currently, we’re seeking instructors that can speak to the ever evolving business world and can extend their knowledge base to help women-owned small businesses garner a competitive advantage. Join us as we work collectively to close the diversity gap for female founders.

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Success Stories

MAKEHERS | “Continue to believe in yourself.” Colemans Cupcakes Cakes & Desserts

“Continue to believe in yourself.” Colemans Cupcakes Cakes & Desserts

>Debra Coleman makes more than just cupcakes. The desserts and delicious creations of Colemans Cupcakes Cakes & Desserts are masterful experiences in custom design cakery, delighting anyone that sees.
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MAKEHERS | DRIP: New Sacramento cafe for civic engagement launched by MAKEHER

DRIP: New Sacramento cafe for civic engagement launched by MAKEHER

DRIP is a Black, woman, and family owned cafe serving espresso based drinks and pastries from scratch while creating space for civic engagement, according to its fundraiser that raised over $7k with a grand opening block party set for…
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MAKEHERS Spotlight: Jazz's Saucy Sauce is selling out and all over local news

Imagine: The perfect all-purpose sauce, a delight on hotdogs, sandwiches, popcorn, lumpia, even spaghetti and described by Comstock’s Magazine as sunset-orange. Jasmine Bonilla joined the MAKEHERS women’s business accelerator as part of the first cohort of…
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