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The Most

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Businesswomen
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Oksana Management Group, Inc | CEO





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BEHIND THE CHARGE

GGone are those days when the dreams of breaking From leading start-ups to leading global businesses,
women have achieved nearly all the milestones that
the barrier or reaching the top step of the corporate one can think of. However, their journey to become
ladder were nearly impossible for women. Now influential businesswomen has never been easy.
women have come a long way from being home- Most of them have fought against many opposing
makers and competing with some of the most views and proved their potential against all odds.
powerful men in the corporate world. According to
research, only less than 40% of all the tech start-ups In this edition of "The 10 Most Influential
in the United States have at least one woman Businesswomen Making a Difference, 2022," we
member. have listed the top influential businesswomen who
have made significant marks in their respective
Women-led companies have performed at least sectors. This list is in no particular order and does
three times better than companies led by their male not represent any specific sector. Instead, this list
counterparts, and now this trend is expanding in strives to recognize women working to create
start-ups too. As per IDC, the number of women globally known brands through their commitment
employees in various senior leadership positions and hard work.
increased from 21% to 24% by 2018-2019. Also,
reports say, companies with more than 50% of Let's Read !
senior leadership roles occupied by women
employees are more likely to offer equal pay, higher
job satisfaction, and better employee engagement.
Additionally, women-led businesses expand much
quicker than others, enabling them to grow
exponentially.

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COVER STORY

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Oksana® Kolesnikova

Helping the Underprivileged
Students Succeed

CONTENTS

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15 Donna Hamlin - Helping Clients with Their Article
23 Governance Challenges
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Kelly Bagla - Expert in helping turn
dreams into reality Jessica Dawson
Addressing Economic
Ingrid Helping Organiza�ons to Manage Damages Na�onwide

Vasiliu-Feltes - Confiden�al Data andOp�mize their ROI 27

Fatima E.

Team Mo�va�on
During Crises

Cover Story

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Influential
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The 10 Most Influen�al Business Women Making a Difference, 2022

OKSANA®
KOLESNIKOVA

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I nspirational and Visionary! These are the two After moving to LA from Florida, she landed
words that are enough to describe the elegant a position as an in-house pianist at the legend-
Russian-born American Oksana Kolesnikova. ary Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills, the place
She is a renowned pianist and composer, educator, and patronized by celebrities, world leaders, and
personal mentor to the franchise owners of Oksana® business moguls, people that Oksana used to
Enrichment Programs. Oksana is the CEO of three see only on TV only growing up in Russia. At
companies named Oksana® Management Group, that point, the new chapter of her life had
Inc. (OMG, Inc.), Oksana® Enrichment Programs, begun and she started transitioning from
and Oksana® Foundation. In 2019 Oksana launched being a performing artist to becoming a
franchising opportunities for her scholastic and arts-fo- businesswoman
cused business, which was already successfully operat-
ing with multiple instructors and was established in She says, “During my 7-year tenure at the
multiple schools in Southern California. Polo Lounge, I gradually started building my

Oksana was born business, first
in Siberia, as a piano
Russia, and studio, mainly
immigrated to with my clients
the US during who were
the fall of the celebrities,
Soviet Union in their kids and
her early teens. friends they
Her passion has would refer, and
always been later expanded
music and she to opening
pursued her Oksana School
passion by of Music that
studying music included not
on scholarship only piano but
first at Saint other instru-
Petersburg ments such as
College, and guitar, singing,
later at Florida violin, drums,
State University. etc, the place
Oksana met her where I was
husband, Alex, teaching along-
while attending side with the
FSU, and he roster of other
became Oksa- instructors that
na’s music I hired and who
manager and specialized in
business partner. After her graduation, she embarked their instru-
on the journey as a performing artist, touring the US ments.” Later by 2010, Oksana opened her 1st
and abroad, sharing her music with audiences across corporation Oksana Management Group. At
the world. Oksana also entertained U.S. troops this point, Oksana and her company grew to
through MWR in Europe and Asia along with United include not only music but also foreign
Nations officials languages and academic tutoring.

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Oksana has also recorded eight CDs of original, “If something
classical, and popular music and her instructional
video for students of piano. Her “Free Floating” CD doesn’t kill
won the 2010 Best Classical Album of the Year on you, it makes
SoloPiano.com. Over the years, Oksana has collabo- you stronger.
rated with many international musical artists for
recordings, and her original compositions have been
chosen by many international artists to record on
their CDs. Her CD, “Best of Two Worlds,” evolved
from a collaboration with notable fine artist Jim
Warren. “Oksanabella,” her YouTube channel
featuring her performances, has over 3 million
upload views from all over the world.

Spreading Knowledge

Twelve years after opening the Oksana Management
Group, the organization has expanded to provide not
only Music (piano, singing, guitar, violin), K-12 All
subject Academic Tutoring, Foreign Languages
(Italian, Spanish, French, Chinese), but also other
popular after school enrichment programs such as
Chess, Acting/Drama, Animation, Painting/Drawing,
Cooking classes, Financial Literacy for children and
teens, Science and more. The organization currently
provides its services not only to its private clients
but also to schools (private, charter, public), School
Districts, Municipalities, and Counties.

Oksana Management Group reached such an expan-
sion that it decided to Franchise in 2019 through
Oksana Franchising International, dba Oksana
Enrichment. Now Oksana Franchises are currently
being awarded in 35 states and duplicating its
success in different communities across the US,
allowing other entrepreneurs to succeed in this
industry.

It's all About Discovering Passion

Oksana was lucky to discover her passions early on,
which are music, children, and education. She is so
much in love with what she does, that she doesn’t
even consider it “work” in a traditional sense.
Oksana is consumed by her mission from the
moment she wakes up to the time she goes to bed.
Oksana lives and breathes the legacy she is creating.

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Effects of Covid-19

Like all businesses, Oksana Management Group, Inc was also hit hard by the pandemic. Oksana says, “You see,
as a performing artist, for so many years, I have been performing at countless charitable and Fundraiser events,
and every time I had a dream to someday create my charitable Foundation. Well, the day has come when we
found ourselves in the unprecedented times of this pandemic. The Oksana Foundation 501c3 was born with a
mission and the goal of providing educational opportunities to the underprivileged youth completely free of
charge.” Since the launch of the Oksana Foundation, the organization has helped countless youth enjoy free
classes, especially when it learned that children were locked down during the pandemic faced dealing with its
harsh realities. The Foundation’s programs brought them purpose, productiveness, new skill exploration, and
prevented them from being bored by doing something creative. Currently, it is bringing additional programs to
reach more and more youth across different communities.

Awards and Accolades

Oksana thinks her biggest
achievement by far is
contributing and giving
back to the community
through her Oksana Foun-
dation and helping youth.
Her brand, Oksana School
of Music was awarded the
Best of Beverly Hills award
in 2014. CBS recognized
her as the “Woman of the
Week” and she was award-
ed the Best Classical
Album award by SoloPiano
Radio Station for her CD
“Free Floating”.

Through her dedication to
youth, Oksana has branched
into philanthropy with Oksana
Foundation, a non-profit
organization that provides
educational opportunities to
underprivileged youth. “There are many children who are at a disadvantage and now I can finally give back
and help them to succeed in giving them the opportunities and tools to better themselves. I am excited to make
a positive change in people’s lives and look forward to doing so for years to come.”

“I wouldn’t be where I’m today if it was not driven by my passion for work that I do. But everyone that I met
along the way on my exciting and meaningful journey, had a special place in my heart and shaped me into
who I am today. Even the naysayers had their place, as I always enjoyed proving them wrong. All I can say is
that success is the best revenge!” - She adds.

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“We are grateful to all our sponsors and donors who have
joined us with this noble cause and showed their support
and believe in our mission”.- says Oksana.

An Advice Tackling Challenges

When we requested Oksana for her important advice Oksana believes, growing a business, there are
for aspiring entrepreneurs she says, “Never give up just too many challenges that need to undergo.
in the face of challenges and adversity. Strength and There are just too many to list here. But every
resilience come as the skill you acquire along the challenge that came to her was welcomed because
way. And with this skill, you can conquer the world! it taught her a better way of doing things, improv-
Cheers to all you successful, resilient, and strong ing her business, adjusting the course, and learn-
female entrepreneurs in the making!” ing different lessons along the way.

The Road to Future

Oksana’s goal is to grow Oksana Foundation and
for it to become a globally recognized brand
name. Where not only local but international
communities and world youth can benefit from
her organization’s efforts. She feels blessed to
have a great team in place and she does not doubt
that Oksana Foundation will achieve its goals and
do its part to make the world a better place to live
in.

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The 10 Most Influen�al Business Women Making a Difference, 2022

Donna Hamlin
BoardWise | CEO
Helping Clients
with Their
Governance
Challenges

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Meet Dr. Donna Hamlin, the CEO of BoardWise, Currently, the organization aims to look at the immi-
who had a goal and followed a path to reach it. The nent challenges with creativity and wisdom to find
oldest amongst seven children, she became a ‘little uniquely better ways to resolve issues or take advan-
mom’ at the tender age of 11 when her mother fell ill tage of opportunities for long-term value. The com-
for five years. Someone had to take care of the home pany has received awards for its proprietary tool,
and children, while Donna’s father worked two jobs Cascade®, which determines the most powerful
to pay for all of them and hospital and medical costs. message strategy for company brands and product
After coming back from school, Donna used to clean, positioning.
wash clothes, prepare dinner and made sure her
siblings did their homework. It has never failed a client in the last 40 years. Board-
Wise also received an award for its psychometric
After she turned 16, Donna’s father explained to her tool - Board Bona Fide® - which determines both
that he had dreams for her to go to college but had no one’s orientation to problem-solving and board
way to pay for school. So, she worked three jobs in
the last two years of high school, saved some money 16
for college, and secured a student loan to cover her
education. She completed her B.A, M.S. and Ph.D.
before she turned 26, all while working full-time.

Soon, she developed her interest in business and
organizations and built a career in human resources
and marketing. With the benefit of two special men-
tors, opportunities opened to build her competencies.
Spanning time, working in more than 50 countries
with executives, teams, and boards of companies
across industries and cultures continues to teach
Donna every day. She is grateful for the amazing
adventures, experiences, learning, and friends made
over time.

Before her role at BoardWise, Donna founded
Hamlin Harkins, Ltd., where she developed a
successful track record in strategic change manage-
ment, and human performance management, serving
clients from Fortune 500 global enterprises to
start-up companies in more than 30 countries.

Unique Offerings

BoardWise serves both board directors and manage-
ment teams. Donna’s management consulting firm,
Hamlin Harkins, Ltd., started in 1982 and will be 40
years old on April 30, 2022. The organization
expanded with governance services in 2010 by
creating Boardwise as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
Donna recognized many clients were struggling with
governance issues and many regulatory changes
happening all across the planet. Helping both man-
agement and boards, the brand promise is; “Fresh
Solutions to manage and govern well.”

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When the question of what color is comes to your mind, millions of definitions arise, Color psychology is
one of the most important sciences that started gain presence in the corporate world since late 1980’s. I
founded my company in 2008 to simply the understanding of Color Theory and how to use it to our advan-
tage in our day to day lives.

The Gracious F is the leading color solutions consultancy in GCC, dedicated to assisting people and organi-
zations in benefitting through the power of Color Science and Psychology, based in Dubai, it has assisted a
variety of individuals and businesses and holds a Portfolio of national and international organizations.

Successfully combining color psychology in all spectrums of individual re-branding and self-development,
to businesses that are looking to enhance their awareness and strategy through color solutions in branding &
marketing, Luxury Retail training, PR, Workshops, or residential and corporate interior design.

My core values are focused around ,Empowering women to be educated and to be their best self individual-
ly and professionally, serve the community and support local and youth talent, Learning every day, develop-
ing and helping my team to grow and exceed in their individual and professional lives.

Color psychology does not only help organizations in increasing their revenues, but also their teams
Strengths and weaknesses, the color theory allows us to understand core personality of individuals, through
the four-color groups which are used for personality profiling. With the know-how of which personality
group your team members belong to, leaders can communicate with their team in their language and use
their personality know how tools to enhance their productivity and efficiency. The knowledge of which
color personality groups my teams belong to has been a crucial benefit for me as a leader and entrepreneurs
to be able to take care of their mental wellbeing and motivation, during these difficult times with a uncer-
tainty within all their surroundings.

Mostly all companies and leaders are currently facing lack of motivation, anxiety, depression, and There are
tips which I would like share with all entrepreneurs in how to focus on team wellbeing and motivation

1. Use of the primary psychology on daily bases to create balance, red for Strength, Yellow for creativity,
Blue for focus and Green for Balance

2. Train your team to take one hour per day to do something that makes them happy for themselves

3. Cleary communicate your expectations as a leader in these difficult times and give them more realistic
goals to achieve during this time to avoid mental exhaustion

4. Take advantage as leaders to take this time in re-structuring departments that need more attention,
research within your industry, and find new ways of achieving revenues in the new era.

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5. When it comes to working remotely, this challenge for employee and for the employer, have certain
colours around your desk space or whenever you are sitting to work from to maintain efficiency and
motivation. Main three colors are: Red, Yellow & Blue.

ABOUT AUTHOR

Fatima Al Shirawi is an Emirati founder and entrepreneur of The Gracious F Colour Consulting

Company.Fatima Al Shirawi is an Emirati founder and entrepreneur of The Gracious F Colour
Consulting Company.

With a Passion for Travel,
education and giving back to
the community.

Education

BA in Sociology and
Marketing from George
Washington University,
DC

Short course in Fashion
Design from Polimoda
Institute in Florence ,
BA in – Fashion design
from London College of
Fashion

Certified Colour
Consultant from the
Colour Affects Institute.

Fatima E. 28
Al Shirawi ( founder)

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Fatima E.
Al Shirawi ( founder)



Helping Organizations to Manage
Confidential Data and Optimize

their ROI

s ofthread was founded with the intent to currently serving as a Country Director for WBAF
provide a unique technology platform that USA, Senator of WBAF. Additionally, she is an
mitigates the operational, financial, ethical, active member of the EU Blockchain Observatory
and reputational risks organizations are facing due Forum, acting as the Chief Innovation Officer for
to the exponential growth of networks. It is an Government Blockchain Association and a board
information technology company providing indus- advisor for Partners in Digital Health Institute. Most
try-agnostic, environment-agnostic, and recently she served as President of Detect Genomix,
platform-agnostic software that enables organiza- Chief Quality and Safety Officer Chief and Innova-
tions to manage highly confidential data within their tion Officer for MEDNAX, Chief Quality and
networks, environments, and devices more securely Safety Officer, and Chief of Compliance for the
University of Miami UHealth System.
Currently, Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes is serving as
the CEO of Softhread Inc. In addition to her Preserving Confidentiality
medical and business degrees, she holds several
certifications, such as Bioethics from Harvard, Softhread uses Chios™, which is a patent-pending
Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy from blockchain and AI-enabled platform that preserves
MIT Sloan, Blockchain Technology and Business confidentiality and optimizes network security
Innovation from MIT Sloan, Finance from Harvard while enhancing operational efficiency. Through its
Business School Period, Negotiation from Harvard decentralized system that empowers state-of-the-art
Law School , Innovation and Entrepreneurship from interoperability, Softhread builds scalable enterprise
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Patient solutions that are highly customizable, industry-ag-
Safety Officer by the International Board Federation nostic, cloud-enabled, and cloud-independent, and
of Safety Managers, and Master Black Belt in Lean optimize the ROI of data management.
and Six Sigma Management. She is a Faculty
Member of the WBAF Business School-Division of Chios™ has been specifically designed for the
Entrepreneurship and teaches the Executive MBA confidential computing and compliance require-
Business Technology Course at the University of ments of highly regulated industries, such as health-
Miami, Harvard Business School Period. care, life sciences, insurance, and government
technology domains. Our existing projects and
Dr. Vasiliu-Feltes has extensive leadership experi- ongoing relationships with several technology
ence, such as being a Founder and CEO of The companies have demonstrated our capabilities
Science, Entrepreneurship, and Investments Insti- within life sciences and healthcare, space industry,
tute, Founder & CEO of Revexpo Consulting, and web 3.0, and smart cities cybersecurity.

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The Globally Recog-
nized Leader

When asked about the key
factors that influenced Dr.
Vasiliu-Feltes’ decision to be
an author, she said, “The
decision to publish was
suggested to me by several
colleagues after I received
numerous global awards and
being named a global thought
leader for a variety of technol-
ogy-related topics.”

Multiple publishers also
recognized the value of
sharing her broad expertise in
a variety of domains includ-
ing digital ethics, sustainabil-
ity, entrepreneurship, and
smart cities deployment with
a much wider audience. Most
of her articles or books target
key decision-makers, legisla-
tors, business leaders, and
academicians. She hopes that
they serve as a call to action
and contribute to a change in
paradigm for the global
business ecosystem.

Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes

Softhread | CEO

“Until you spread your wings,

you'll have no idea how

far you can fly” - Napoleon Bonaparte

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Helping Clients with Enterprise Adapting to the Changing Market is Key
Solutions
Dr. Vasiliu-Feltes believes global business leaders
According to Dr. Vasiliu-Feltes, Softhread is offer- who wish to gain a competitive advantage in this
ing Chios™, which is an industry-agnostic platform digital era must be prepared to engage in a continu-
offering a full portfolio of enterprise solutions that ous digital and business transformation journey.
enhance privacy, confidentiality, and security of Additionally, being able to dynamically adapt to
data management across IoT networks. Softhread’s various economic demands and offer solutions that
completed pilots span across life-sciences, health- cover multiple industries will be a coveted feature
care, gov tech, supply chain, and its upcoming in this highly globalized and hyper-connected
projects will revolve around smart cities, precision world.
health, space tech, and insurance industries.
She also says, “I have always emphasized the need
Also, as the Founder of Institute SEI-a Think Tank for integrity, life-long learning, aiming for excel-
with a vision to be the main catalyst for scientific lence, demonstrating resilience, embracing an
and digitally driven entrepreneurship, as well as to abundance mindset, and designing a customized
promote sustainable economic growth, she has pathway to success that uniquely suits each individu-
collaborated with other global, not-for-profit al’s passion, expertise, or skill sets.”
organizations that are aligned with the UN SDG
2030 Agenda and promotion of social entrepreneur-
ship.

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