The Annual Womansplain Summit 2026

The inaugural Womansplain Summit brings together 120 of the female founders, operators, investors, and creatives building what's next, for one full day at The Malin Chelsea. This is the room we've spent two years building. Keynotes, founder-led panels, fireside chats, hands-on workshops, and the first-ever Womansplain Awards, across the six topics our community cares about most: women's health, CPG and consumer brands, restaurants and hospitality, media, money and wealth, and tech and AI. And we want you there. INCLUDED WITH YOUR TICKET Collective members also get member pricing and the invite-only night-before mixer on October 15. THE KEYNOTE: Stephanie Guild, Chief Investment Officer at Robinhood, opens the day. Money and markets from someone managing them at scale, and the career it took to get there. (Listen to her episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.) THE SPEAKERS The full Women's Health panel: "What Medicine Still Gets Wrong." Cleo Davis-Urman, co-founder and CEO of Barrière. She left a decade in corporate fashion (Saks, Moda Operandi) to build transdermal vitamin and adaptogen patches, inspired by her own health journey. (Read CNBC on Barrière's launch into 1,700 Walmart stores.) Jenny Duan, co-founder and CEO of Clair Health, building the first non-invasive continuous hormone tracker for women, backed by an $11 million round from Khosla Ventures and Anne Wojcicki. (Read the Fortune exclusive on her round.) Samantha Diamond, co-founder and CEO of Bird&Be, the modern fertility brand. After her own PCOS diagnosis and pregnancy loss, she built an eight-figure business growing 100% year over year, now in 300+ Ulta Beauty stores. (Listen to her Womansplain episode.) Lauren Barker, CEO and co-founder of Uresta, the bladder control device helping women live leak-free. A decade in finance taught her to size a market; she led Uresta's US expansion backed by BDC Capital. (Read the launch announcement.) And from the Fashion & Beauty panel, "Building Brands With Staying Power": Sandra Powers Murphy, founder and CEO of Scarlett Chase, the performance luxury footwear brand built for women in motion. After her own search for heels that could keep pace with a demanding career, she developed Scarlett Chase's patented comfort technologies, handcrafted in Europe. (Read the WWD feature on Scarlett Chase, and listen to her Womansplain episode.) Allyse Cirillo, founder and CEO of SAINT JŌ, the luxury skincare and wellness brand turning overloaded routines into one intentional ritual: fewer, smarter products, clinically effective and non-toxic, supporting skin topically and from within. Before building her own brand, she spent years in product development and helped scale a consumer brand from $20 million to $200 million in four years. Named to Inc.'s 2026 Female Founders 500 list, she recently launched SAINT JŌ at London's historic John Bell & Croyden. (Read Country & Town House on the SAINT JŌ ritual, and stay tuned: her Womansplain episode drops this fall.) More speakers announced weekly. WHO'S IN THE ROOM: 120 curated guests: pre-seed through Series B founders, senior operators, investors actively writing checks, and the creatives and press shaping founder culture. Our network has raised over $1B and shows up at a 98% RSVP rate. THE DAY 9:00 AM: Doors open: coffee, registration, and networking 9:30 AM: Opening keynote: Stephanie Guild, Chief Investment Officer at Robinhood 9:55 AM: Welcome and Summit kickoff with Brooke and Sola 10:05 AM: Panel: Women's Health, "What Medicine Still Gets Wrong" 10:45 AM: Networking break: speed-meet tables curated by industry 11:00 AM: Panel: "How to Succeed in Retail: CPG, Food & Retail," sponsored and moderated by Glimpse 11:40 AM: Panel: Fashion & Beauty, "Building Brands With Staying Power" 12:15 PM: Seated lunch with curated table topics 1:10 PM: Panel: Money, Wealth & the Fundraising Reality 1:45 PM: Fireside chat: speakers announced soon 2:20 PM: Afternoon break: refreshments and sponsor activations 2:35 PM: Breakout workshops (choose one): Private Wealth for Founders | Claude Code 102 | Health Advocacy & Founder Wellness 3:25 PM: Panel: Tech, AI & the Future, "Built By Us, For Us" 4:05 PM: The inaugural Womansplain Awards 4:25 PM: Closing toast with Brooke and Sola 4:35 PM: Happy hour through 5:30 PM THE AWARDS: A live, on-stage moment recognizing the standout founders and builders in our community: Founder of the Year, Breakout Brand, Community Builder, Rising Star, and the Impact Award. Presented by Brooke and Sola. Know someone who deserves the stage? Nominate them here, self-nominations welcome. OUR PARTNERS Glimpse | CPG panel sponsor. Glimpse helps leading consumer brands unlock retail cashflow by automating critical finance workflows like revenue recovery, accounting reconciliation, and trade spend management. They work with 200+ brands including Suave, Chapstick, Sauz, Bero, and more. Glimpse's Merry Nebiyu moderates our retail panel. Another | Community sponsor. Founded by Corina Marshall (also on our Tech & AI panel), Another is the AI-powered platform that helps brands and retailers turn excess and off-channel inventory (returns, secondary inventory, sample sales, pre-loved) into revenue: one system for the inventory flowing everywhere else. Painterland Sisters | Product partner. Painterland Sisters is a woman and farmer-owned organic skyr yogurt brand that aims to connect consumers with the direct source of their food while restoring the health of the land, communities, and people by using regenerative agriculture practices. BIATCH® Tequila | Happy hour partner. BIATCH® Tequila is an award-winning premium tequila brand created by women, for women, and handcrafted in Mexico from 100% Blue Weber Agave. Known for its smooth flavor and bold, iconic packaging, BIATCH is unapologetically different. More than a tequila, BIATCH is a lifestyle brand celebrating confidence, individuality, and the fierce and unapologetic woman who refuses to blend in. Find them at biatch.com and @biatchtequila. Pouring at our closing happy hour. Interested in sponsoring? A few packages remain. Reach us at [email protected]. THE FOUNDER BUNDLE: The best way in. One purchase ($400) gets you a year of Collective membership, your Summit ticket, the invite-only night-before mixer on October 15, and everything the Collective runs year-round after the confetti settles. Grab the Founder Bundle below, or learn more at womansplainpod.com/membership. ACCESS: 120 seats only, and most are spoken for by members, speakers, and partners. Public tickets are extremely limited. The Founder Bundle is the surest path to a seat. Reserve yours below. DRESS CODE: Elevated business casual. THE LOCATION: The Malin Chelsea, the design-forward workspace at 270 7th Avenue, in the heart of Chelsea. We couldn't imagine a better home for our first Summit. Learn more here. QUESTIONS? 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