#meetthehens

Name: Shira

Location: Philadelphia

Lady Icons: T-Swift, Joan Nathan

Professional Interests: polling, market research, politics, message development for companies, campaigns and issue advocacy organizations

A Few Of My Favorite Things: Spending time with my husband and our corgi, Paws; cooking, running near bodies of water, NPR, cool weather in the fall, uggs, getting my nails did

Really Good At: Planning, organizing, online shopping and returning everything I buy

Location: Somerville, MA

Lady Icon: Sarah Vowell

Professional Interests: teaching history, making our education system better, empowering girls through wilderness camping

A Few Of My Favorite Things: libraries, oatmeal, the philadelphia eagles, trivia and other brain competitions, books for teens

Really Good At: sailing, lesson planning, remembering song lyrics, the monday crossword

Location: Riverdale, MD

Lady Icons: Notorious RBG and Jenny Slate

Professional Interests: Investigating the amazing things that plants and microbes do and telling people all about it! (Microbial ecology, Food safety, Agricultural extension, Science education) 

A Few Of My Favorite Things: Making music, Fermenting things, Diving into big cooking projects, When my scruffy pup (Joni) does a new thing, Intersections of science and art and music, Every season (especially when experienced in Vermont), Goats

Really Good At: Taking charge

Location: Philly

Lady Icon: My Mom

Professional Interests: performance, dance, project management, fitness, counseling

A Few Of My Favorite Things: laughter, summers in Maine, chardonnay, strong female friendships, art of all kinds, vulnerability, the food network, tumblr, football, documentaries, cookie monster, finding new ways to move my body

Really Good At: overthinking

Location: Philadelphia

Lady Icon: Beyoncé

Professional Interests: Red 40 & The Last Groovement; making art that's more authentic than your average bear; RuPaul (I'm fucking serious); female voices (the literal and metaphorical)

A Few Of My Favorite Things: Potlucks (I'm attending one in my attached photo to illustrate the real joy); the feeling at the beginning of a long, sunny car ride; donuts and tacos; Vetiver essential oil; my kitten, Elliot; mustard yellow (not yellow mustard)

Really Good At: Getting what I want!

Location: Popedelphia, wait I mean Philadelphia

Lady Icon: Shonda Rhimes

Professional Interests: THE LAW (specifically, civil rights law, poverty law, health law, housing law, and lady law), social justice, vulnerable communities, racial justice, mental health 

A Few of My Favorite Things: The number 1 greatest thing in the world, the city of Cleveland, Fall (b/c of boots and leaves!), television (the good, the bad, and the ugly)

Really Good At: looking unapproachable, making other people feel smart, being surprisingly optimistic, keeping secrets and guessing what presents are being given to anyone!

Location: Philadelphia

Lady Icon: Tove Jansson

Professional Interests: Illustration, design, print and color, textile design.

A Few Of My Favorite Things: Jokes, dogs, snow, salty cheeses, observational singing, artificial flavoring, ghosts, The Bachelor.

Really Good At: Drawing really small, making birthday cards, telling stories, picking a Pantone, interpreting what the dog needs, TRIVIAL PURSUIT.

Location: Philadelphia

Lady Icon (I suggested this section but I’m going to pick two because that is me): Leandra Medine and Julia Childs

Professional Interests: publishing, project management, relationship management, writing, editing; overall dissemination of thoughtful, informed, polished, personable, and professional connection and communication             

A Few Of My Favorite Things: North Carolina, corgis (proud aunt to pembroke welsh Harry), cast iron cookware, alfresco drinking, clogs, country club gypsy styleways, thank you notes, female-centered fitness classes, supporting fellow lady bosses

Really Good At: hosting parties; starting creative writing projects in my ‘Notes’ app; trying suggested beauty products; telling you how to cook that