We believe women who cause Trouble change the world

TroubleMakers for good.

Our Story

Trouble was started by Bari and Meredith, two women who’d found their seats at the board room table and knew that was far from enough. They were tired of hearing how far we’ve come as a society when they could see clearly how far we still have to go. They wanted to accelerate the process of equity by creating a new kind of brand, one that inspires women, supports women, funds women’s causes, and recognizes the barriers caused by intersectionality.

Our Vision

A world where we all come together and cause trouble for good, where difficult conversations happen in order to make the world a more equitable, inclusive place.

Our Team

TroubleMakers: Andre Lee Bassuet, Anita Bloch, Anya Spirito, Celina Rosa, Ellen Curren, and Kathy Binder.

meet our advisory board

Anita LaRue

Attorney, Senior Prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Columbia

Craig Auster

Senior Director, Political Affairs at the League of Conservation Voters

Deborah Jackson

President, Cambridge College

Donna Sams

Executive Leader and Coach, Dynamic Change Strategist, Writer, Facilitator

Emily Chen

Entrepreneur

Ev Mann

Musician & Educator

Isabel Restrepo

Lead Data Scientist at the Center for Computation and Visualization at Brown University

Isabelle Cullen

Educator, Writer, & Digital Media Expert

Karen Davis

CEO and Founder, North Star Impact Group

Kathy Binder

Community Activist & Philanthropist

Khalil Fuller

Founder & CEO, Gift Card Bank

Lester Strong

Co-founder of Elder Odyssey and former CEO of AARP Experience Corps

Marcy Syms

President of Syms Foundation

Mariana Pachon

Computer Scientist, Activist

Nivedita Pandey

Asia Lead, Private Equity and Venture Capital Partnerships @ Microsoft

Punam Keller

Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth

our guiding values

Authenticity
We celebrate what is real and genuine, operating with the highest degree of transparency and kindness. We know there will be growing pains along the way, decisions we make today that we would make differently in the future, and we embrace that as part of the process.
We are not the first women to fight for empowerment. We are the members of a century’s-long community, and we are actively recruiting more like-minded people into our ranks. Because we know there is strength in numbers, and we all go further when we work and collaborate together.

Confidence
We are not perfect, though we’re darn capable. We have accomplishments, and we never downplay them. But we never downplay our flaws, either. Because we’re not ashamed of them. We know strength does not come from fearlessness, but from standing up for yourself – your whole self – despite your fear.
We’re serious about equity without taking ourselves too seriously. We can incite change using our wit, our wonder and our wisdom.

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