Our Mission
WLI seeks to build a leadership pipeline for women in business and in politics through education and engagement.
We are a business-led not-for-profit organization and engage Utah business leaders to help them elevate the stature of women in business and board rooms through our ElevateHER™ Challenge, Political Development Series, Career Development Series, and Rising Leader Series
Elevating Women. Inspiring Change.
Companies Taking the Challenge to Commit to Elevating Women
Women Trained in Leadership Skills through Our Development Programs
ElevateHER™ Challenge
We help organizations elevate women in business and boardrooms. The ElevateHER™ Challenge is nonprescriptive and research-based to initiate improvement in your company.
Career Development Series
Our annual Career Development Series helps women level up their leadership and better lead their teams.
Political Development Series
Our nonpartisan Political Development Series prepares and develops future female political candidates for local and state-wide offices.
Rising leader Series
This new program starts March 2023 and is aimed at helping women confidently step up as leaders and build leadership pipelines.
“Walker Edison has always been a workplace that values the voices of everyone and sought out opportunities to advocate for women. The ElevateHER challenge has helped give our organization structure in relation to our goals advocating and promoting women in leadership. In conjunction with our internal efforts and our Women of Walker Edison group, this challenge has been a great benefit to us this past year to help our initiatives really take off!”
-Matt Davis, Chief Operating Officer, Walker Edison
We Are Business-Led
- 501(c)3 Non-profit started in 2015 by key business leaders
- Home of the ElevateHER™ Company Challenge
- Work with hundreds of companies in the Challenge, committing them to elevate women in their organization
- Present to company executives on the value of gender diversity
We Are Heart-Centered
- Positive and inclusive solutions
- Invite men to be allies for and with women
- Encourage difficult conversations that positively impact culture
- Realize the generational impact of our work
- Develop programs to build leadership skills in women
“I’ve now had the privilege of participating in both the Political Development Series and the Career Development Series. I’m so grateful for what WLI stands for and how it is collectively and individually empowering women in Utah. I know WLI is a force for good for all those who participate, whether as speakers or students or male or female. I think a lot of this positive impact comes from the way you lead WLI. It is clear to me that it is a labor of love. I think of the hundreds of women who are positively impacted each year, and who, like me, felt welcome and supported. Women are incredible but too many face feelings of self doubt and external barriers to success. Thank you for what WLI is doing to correct that.
-Nicole Omer, WLI Alumni
