Celebrating Women Who Build What Matters

Influential Women Spotlight for National Entrepreneurship Month

National Entrepreneurship Month is a time to honor the innovators, the builders, and the visionaries who transform ideas into impact. At Influential Women, we are proud to celebrate founders who lead with clarity, courage, and purpose. These women are not only building businesses. They are shaping industries, uplifting communities, and modeling what is possible when women claim their influence.

This month, we recognize five remarkable entrepreneurs whose work reflects creativity, resilience, and a commitment to creating something meaningful.

Lindsey McCoy and Alison Delaplaine

Co Founders, Plaine Products

Sisters Lindsey McCoy and Alison Delaplaine started Plaine Products with one simple question. How can we make sustainable personal care truly accessible? What began as a response to the overwhelming issue of single use plastics has grown into a nationally recognized leader in low waste beauty.

Plaine Products offers vegan, toxin free personal care in refillable aluminum bottles, proving that sustainability and quality can coexist. Their closed loop system encourages consumers to return empty bottles for reuse, creating a cycle of responsible consumption that reduces waste and promotes environmental stewardship.

Lindsey and Alison are being honored this month for redefining what ethical business can look like. Through innovation and commitment to the planet, they show that entrepreneurship is not only about profit. It is about progress.

Learn more at PlaineProducts.com.

Megan Alexandria Molix

Founder, Molix & Company

Megan Molix reminds us that it is never too late to reinvent your path. After earning her degree in Business Administration with a focus on marketing at 40, she turned a lifelong gift for connection into a thriving strategy and publicity consultancy.

As the founder of Molix & Company, Megan helps leaders and entrepreneurs build visibility, communicate with purpose, and cultivate relationships that support long term growth. Her work blends public relations, storytelling, and relationship marketing to help clients show up with authenticity and clarity.

Megan is being recognized for her boldness in beginning again, her belief in alignment over expectation, and her commitment to helping others shine. Her journey is proof that the right time for reinvention is whenever you are ready.

Learn more at MeganMolix.com.

Kim Mayhew

Founder, Illuminate Growth Group

Entrepreneurship often begins with a spark of an idea. Kim Mayhew helps turn that spark into strategy. As the founder of Illuminate Growth Group, she partners with solopreneurs and small teams to establish strong foundational systems across branding, operations, sales, and customer experience.

Her approach centers on clarity, intention, and sustainable growth. Kim understands that success is not built overnight. It is built through thoughtful planning, supportive systems, and a deep understanding of both the business and the audience it serves.

Kim is being honored this month for the way she empowers others to build with purpose. She shows entrepreneurs that with structure, direction, and vision, their ideas can truly illuminate.

Learn more at IlluminateGrowthGroup.com.

Leslie Roberson

Co Founder and Co CEO, LumiNicole Beauty

Leslie Roberson is a veteran, a founder, and a strategic powerhouse whose work blends business development with meaningful community impact. As Co Founder and Co CEO of LumiNicole Beauty, she focuses on helping product based brands secure high visibility retail placement and expand into high traffic markets.

Her company supports underrepresented entrepreneurs in building confidence, navigating buyer relationships, and preparing for long term business scalability. Leslie’s leadership is grounded in service, strategy, and a belief that all women deserve access to the opportunities that help them grow.

We celebrate Leslie for her dedication to lifting others as she climbs and for reshaping the beauty industry through representation and intention.

Learn more at LumiNicole.com.

Bria McDowell

Founder, BriaNova

Bria McDowell created BriaNova with a mission that reaches far beyond business. She wanted to give young girls something she wished she had growing up. Representation in STEM. Through play based learning, story driven characters, hands on activities, and partnerships with educators, BriaNova inspires children to explore science, technology, engineering, and math with confidence.

Bria designs tools that make STEM joyful and inclusive. Her work empowers the next generation of innovators and helps parents and educators nurture curiosity through thoughtful, imaginative experiences.

Bria is being recognized this Entrepreneurship Month for merging purpose with creativity and for building a company that shows girls they belong in every room where innovation happens.

Learn more at BriaNova.org.

Honoring Women Who Build With Purpose

Entrepreneurship is not only about launching a business. It is about creating something that leaves a lasting imprint.

The women we celebrate this month bring intention to every decision, courage to every step, and heart to every idea they pursue.

Influential Women is proud to honor leaders who remind us that when women build, they build boldly, creatively, and with a deep sense of purpose.

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