2024 WomanUp & Celebrate Southeast Michigan

Michigan Women Forward hosted its 2024 WomanUp & Celebrate Southeast Michigan event on June 4, 2024 at Huntington Place in Detroit.

Faye Nelson, Former Michigan Director of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Rachel Tronstein Stewart, CEO of Gardner White, were honored as our 2024 Women of Achievement and Courage Award recipients.

For the first year, we also awarded the Woman to Watch award to four women under age 40 who are already showing amazing professional and community leadership. Our inaugural Woman to Watch honorees were Britta Brown, Kristin Donnelly, Gretchen Valade and Genna Young. Discover more about these amazing women and the 2024 WomanUp & Celebrate Southeast Michigan event below.

2024 WomanUp & Celebrate Southeast Michigan Honorees

• Faye Nelson

  Former Michigan Director | W.K. Kellogg Foundation Faye Nelson is the Former Michigan Director of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, where she led the foundation’s statewide work in Michigan to improve […]

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• Rachel Tronstein Stewart

  CEO | Gardner White As one of the only female leaders in the retail furniture industry, Stewart’s dynamic approach to business and community have established her as a respected and […]

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• Britta Brown

  Former Senior Director of Basketball Operations | Detroit Pistons Britta Brown is former UNC Tar Heel lacrosse student-athlete and sports leader with multiple years of NBA Front Office and College […]

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• Kristin Donnelly

  Assistant Controller | Barton Malow Kristin Donnelly is a finance and accounting leader. As assistant controller for Barton Malow, she’s responsible for supervising the project accounting team and leading company […]

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• Gretchen Valade

  Director of Sustainability | Carhartt Gretchen is a leader and innovator focused on apparel manufacturing. She has worked in research and design, merchandising and development manager at Carhartt, her family’s […]

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• Genna Young

  Senior Manager, News Relations | General Motors Genna Young is part of GM’s Corporate Communications team, working with the company’s Global Purchasing and Supply Chain and Corporate Giving teams to […]

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Partner with us as we honor trailblazing women who inspire and elevate their community at an upcoming WomanUp & Celebrate event. By sponsoring our event, you’re not just aligning your brand with a noble cause, you’re investing in a future of diversity, equality and inclusion.

To become a sponsor of WomanUp & Celebrate Southeast Michigan, contact Lisa Grace, Development Director – Southeast Michigan.