Tiffany Dufu
President, The White House Project
Women currently hold just 18 percent of U.S. leadership roles. That statistic is the impetus to the White House Project, a non-profit that intends to increase the number of women leaders—especially in the White House. Through networking and training events (think “Building Negotiation Skills”) staged across the country, the organization has fostered a network of over 14,000 young women and mentors.
A version of this article appears in the July/August 2012 issue of Fast Company.