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Empower.ology

We are a group of women leaders, change-makers and entrepreneurs within and outside of the Dayton, Ohio area.

We host multiple events throughout the year to offer networking, educational resources, connection and so much more. Founded in 2021 by expert financial advisors, Hannah Myhre-Gaskill, MBA and Peggy Collins, RICP®, our mission is to empower women to take action in their lives by creating opportunities to prioritize health and happiness in three main areas: personally, professionally and financially.

03/26/2026

We are so very grateful for two amazing silver sponsors for our Grit & Growth luncheon: Orchid & TrustCare Physicians.

Orchid
For the “I’m fine” people who carry more than they say.Therapy for high functioning parents, people-pleasers, and perinatal mental health.
https://www.beorchidwell.com/

TrustCare Physicians
At TrustCare Physicians, their specialized psychiatrists are dedicated to addressing a wide range of mental health concerns. They go beyond symptom management ensuring personalized & comprehensive care tailored to your unique needs.
https://www.trustcarephysicians.com/

03/25/2026

Grit, growth and a luncheon you won't want to miss! There is still time to reserve your spot for this Friday.

We hope to see you there for a lunch filled learning from the perspective's of three incredible panelists.

Register and Learn More Here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grit-growth-stories-from-resilient-women-tickets-1982785444640?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

03/04/2026

Meet one of our panelists for our upcoming event, Grit & Growth | Stories from Resilient Women: Barbara Turner is a seasoned business executive with a distinguished record of leadership in financial services, community transformation, and strategic philanthropy.

With more than 40 years of experience in the financial services industry, Barbara served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ohio National Financial Services, a $1.5 billion company with $42 billion in assets under management. During her 25-year tenure, she held numerous senior leadership roles, including Vice Chair, President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer. She also served as President and CEO of the company’s broker-dealer and investment advisory subsidiaries and as President of multiple affiliated boards and operating companies. Earlier in her career, Barbara held leadership roles at Cox Financial Corporation and Reynolds DeWitt Securities.
In November 2022, Barbara resigned from Ohio National. In 2023, she founded BT RISE, an organization grounded in the values of Resilience, Integrity, Strength, and Equity. As Founder and CEO, she leverages her corporate expertise and deep community engagement to drive innovative solutions that empower women and individuals from under-resourced communities to achieve financial independence and long-term success.

Barbara currently serves on the boards of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., Swiss Re Americas Holdings, and The Christ Hospital Health Network. She also co-chairs the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati Mission Forward Campaign and serves as Chair of the Board of the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio.

Barbara is married to her best friend, Daman, and is the proud mother of three adult children and grandmother to six. She enjoys spending time with family, cooking, traveling, reading, engaging in the arts, and giving back to the community.

02/25/2026

Meet one of our panelists for our upcoming event, Grit & Growth | Stories from Resilient Women: Ann Mooney.

Ann is a passionate, energetic, and visionary leader who has brought out-sized, disruptive innovations and growth to corporate behemoths, early-stage companies and most recently academia. A job opportunity with P&G brought Ann to Cincinnati in 1992 and since then she has become a true force in the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Ann forged an 18-yr multi-faceted career at P&G, an unconventional corporate pioneer marked by self-styled intrepreneurship and undeniable impact. She led the biggest region of P&G’s biggest global brand, Pampers Diapers, then $1.9B in annual revenue; pioneered unchartered waters in bringing brand-building principles to retail partners and other shopper-centered retail experience
innovations.

Ann launched Rising Moon Consulting in 2009 to work with Fortune 500 C-Suite execs and early-stage companies, often bridging promising start-ups into BigCo& #39;s to make innovation happen. She also served as interim Chief Strategy Officer of a 600-person award-winning agency.

Post-P&G, Ann has been a true leader, “OG” and super-connector in the local ecosystem, initially as an original Charter Mentor for The Brandery, a start-up accelerator housed at Cintrifuse, where for a decade she dedicated herself to coaching and mentoring cohorts of founders.

She joined QCA Ventures in 2017, investing in early-stage companies and mentoring founders. Through this work, Ann has become a valued, trusted, go-to coach, mentor, advisor and connector to countless entrepreneurs and innovators.
At the behest of a zealous alumnus, Ann joined Xavier in 2022 - bringing a D1 athlete/coach’s mentality, BigCo ethos, and entrepreneurial mindset that has up-ended academia with disruptive, student-centered innovation. Ann quickly made the Sedler Center student-run – i.e., experiential learning in action. Next in 2023, launched Xavier Element, a student-led, student-run digital marketing agency & consultancy. Shortly following in 2024, partnered with Better Blend to launch
BBX, a healthy smoothie and acai eatery on campus. MIX Events followed in Fall-2025.

In all, these 4 enterprises have employed 130+ student team members, providing students with relevant, real world business experiences that are leveling up their games and the student experience at XU! Ann is a life-long athlete, and is ever-active through cycling, yoga, weight training, Pickleball (newest love), etc. She is a passionate champion and cheerleader for Cincinnati and OTR urban living. Day-to-day, her beloved rescue dogs Phoebe & Sammie ensure joy abounds.

02/21/2026

Meet one of our panelists for our upcoming event, Grit & Growth | Stories from Resilient Women: Rachel DesRochers. She is a strategic advisor, community architect, transformational leader, consultant, connector, and the visionary founder of Power to Pursue, the Incubator Kitchen Collective and The Gratitude Collective – and she's passionate about empowering women and supporting entrepreneurs to build sustainable, purpose-driven businesses!

As an international speaker and recognized thought leader, Rachel shares her insights on entrepreneurship, strategic leadership, community building, gratitude, and women's empowerment with audiences worldwide. Her collaborative leadership style is key to her role as advisor for the Queen City Game Changers, an executive leadership program for women, where she develops and facilitates programming that mentors and guides emerging entrepreneurs and corporate leaders.

She's also the author of The Mourning Light: Reflections on Love and Loss and Shift to Light: 90 Days to Grateful, and creator of Gratitude Grams – a 54-card deck designed as practical tools for personal and professional transformation.

When she's not consulting, speaking, or building community, Rachel is being a mom to three wildly wonderful children who keep her grounded, grateful, and endlessly inspired!

02/19/2026

Empower.ology and Coaching Conversations are partnering to bring together female professionals to hear candid, real-life stories from accomplished local businesswomen who have navigated setbacks or career pivots and emerged stronger. Our goal is to move beyond polished success stories and instead share honest conversations about resilience, decision-making, and growth, in a safe space.

This event will be held in Blue Ash, OH. We're thrilled to be expanding south. Please join us!��Save the date: March 27, 2026 and get your tickets through the link below:
https://empowerologyandcoachingconversationslunch.eventbrite.com

02/04/2026

Meet one of our panelists for our upcoming luncheon: Failing Forward | The Leadership Super Power You Need to Know About: Nan Whaley!

Nan Whaley is a seasoned public servant with more than two decades of experience in local government. Her strong leadership, relationship and organizational skills have helped drive positive growth not only across her community, but the state and country as well. She is singularly focused on getting results, using her ability to bring together often competing interests and her deep understanding of policy and budgeting to develop better outcomes for the public and non-profit sector.

Since 2024, Ms. Whaley has served as the President and C.E.O. of Planned Parenthood Southwestern Ohio. She leads a team of 130 professionals in reproductive healthcare serving 23 counties. She is tenacious in the mission of expanding abortion access in a safe haven area that is surrounded by states with no access to abortion services.

Ms. Whaley served as the Mayor of Dayton, Ohio from 2014 to 2022, where she led the city through several major challenges, including the devastating tornadoes of 2019, a senseless mass shooting and the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2016, she led her community in passing high-quality preschool for every four-year-old. The program was so successful that, in 2022, it expanded to include all three-year-olds in Dayton and to several neighboring suburbs. She was also a founder of the Ohio Mayors Alliance, an advocacy group for Ohio’s thirty largest cities. Ms. Whaley was elected by her peers across the country to serve as President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in 2021-22; successfully advocating for passage of the American Rescue Plan and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, both of which brought billions in resources to local communities. In 2023-24 was the Director of Membership for the U.S. Conference of Mayors, where she continued to work closely with mayors across the country to amplify their leadership and make cities stronger.

Prior to her tenure as Mayor, Ms. Whaley served on the Dayton City Commission where she was the youngest woman to hold that post. During her time in office, she focused on improving the city's infrastructure, promoting economic development, and strengthening the city's sense of community.

Ms. Whaley is a strong advocate of Midwestern economic development. She has worked to address issues of racial inequality and poverty in Dayton. She has also been a vocal advocate for gun safety and has worked to pass legislation at the local, state and national level to reduce gun violence. In 2022, she was the Democratic nominee for governor of Ohio; making Ohio history as the first woman from any major political party to be nominated.

In addition to her work in government, Ms. Whaley is actively involved in her community and has served on the boards of several non-profit organizations. She holds a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Dayton and a master's degree in Public Administration from Wright State University. She lives in her beloved Five Oaks neighborhood in Dayton with her husband Sam, their dog Louis and cat Paris.

01/28/2026

Meet one of our panelists for our upcoming luncheon: Failing Forward | The Leadership Super Power You Need to Know About: Ivy B. Glover CDP, CCUFC!

Ivy Glover is Director, Community Impact & Development for Wright-Patt Credit Union (WPCU). She also serves as interim Executive Director for the organization’s foundation, the WPCU Sunshine Community Fund. Ivy is responsible for development and implementation of internal and external strategies to drive community impact, development, engagement, and inclusion. For ten years, she also led financial literacy initiatives, including the nationally awarded and recognized Savings Race®.

Prior to WPCU, Ivy served as Director of Marketing and Communication at Community Action Partnership of the Greater Dayton Area for seven years, where she led several community engagement initiatives.

Ivy loves helping people connect through similarities and learn through differences. She shares a passion for making a positive impact. Outside of the office, she spends time with her husband and five sons, balancing life as a “busy momfessional”.

Within the community, Ivy serves as a member of the Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors and Miami Valley Urban League Advisory Board.

Ivy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication (with a Marketing Minor) from Wright State University. She also holds Certified Diversity Professional, and Certified Credit Union Financial Counselor designations.

Ivy is a 2024 Ohio Diversity Council Woman of the Year, 2022 Dayton Business Journal Outstanding Diversity Champion, 2020 Heart of Gold Recipient and Dayton Business Journal Forty Under 40 Awardee.

01/21/2026

Meet one of our panelists for our upcoming luncheon: Failing Forward | The Leadership Super Power You Need to Know About: Sue Edwards!

Since her appointment, Dr. Edwards has made it her mission to cultivate a culture at Wright State that guarantees access to exceptional academics and puts student success at the forefront. She creates a holistic environment where students are encouraged to thrive personally and academically, preparing them to stand out in their chosen careers. Dr. Edwards is committed to providing opportunities that merge classroom learning with practical experience, giving students a direct pathway to meaningful careers. She has forged strong alliances with leading regional employers such as Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Premier Health, and Dayton Children’s. Furthermore, she has driven cross-campus collaborations between academic colleges and industry partners, strengthening the workforce pipeline and supporting the region’s economic growth.

01/13/2026

Save the Date for Empower.ology’s first event of 2026: Failing Forward.

Discover how top female leaders have turned setbacks into success stories at this empowering luncheon focused on resilience in leadership. Failing forward isn't just a mindset, it's the conscious practice of using failure as fuel.

12/03/2025

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