MEET THE TEAM
The Empowered Women's Circle Team share
the vision of a better future for professional women!
We're driven by the mission that there is a better way for organizations to support their female workforce—allowing for greater collaboration between professional women and a higher return on investment for companies.
Leadership
Catherine Hansen, MD​
Founder, CEO
Practicing medicine in Canada and the U.S. while supporting an astronaut husband and 3 dynamic teens has catalyzed Dr. Hansen’s expansion from a beige office with stirrups to an expansive on-line global learning community of powerful and rising professional mid-life women.
The EWC was founded in 2017 after a conversation with her husband highlighted the essential role that women play as the rock and foundation upon which families, communities, corporate teams and a more humane world are built. It became immediately obvious that a 15-minute clinical visit was not what women truly needed to play their biggest game in a world that increasingly needs their feminine leadership. While pap tests and pelvic exams are (very) important, magnifying women’s collective brilliance has become Dr. Hansen’s true life’s passion.
Bailey Nimmo
Program Coordinator/Operations
Bailey specializes in operations management and is responsible for project development and the micro/macro operations for the EWC Leadership team and clients.
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Along with managing the day-to-day operations and administrative functions of the firm, she is also heavily involved in implementing communication & marketing strategy through CRM, CMS, and LMS platforms.
Bailey is a powerful force in the workplace and exemplifies the EWC’s values of collaboration, respect and positivity, all of which encourages the EWC Team to succeed. Bailey is a proud University of South Florida graduate, loves to rider her horse Sawyer, and is currently learning ASL and French in her spare time.
Lisa Burchartz
Executive Coach
As a former Corporate Change Agent & Human Resources Business Partner with over 20 years of experience in high-performing senior leadership roles, Lisa understands how our 24/7 "always on" culture keeps many high-performing women overwhelmed and exhausted. After experiencing the effects of burnout and a debilitating illness that kept her bedridden and in pain for over a year, Lisa was forced into stillness for the first time in her over-scheduled, adrenaline-filled life. Relief came in 2017 when she discovered somatic modalities, mindfulness, and therapeutic coaching. The effects where so transformational that she redesigned her life and career from the inside out and now thrives on sharing these practices with others.
Somatic Stress Release™ is a holistic system to enhance body awareness and increase the capacity to complete biological stress responses. The intention is to restore and optimize your ability to adapt and navigate life with more ease and agency.
Advisory Board
Janiece Williams
Co-Founder & Executive Director, LeaderFlow
Practicing medicine in Canada and the U.S. while supporting an astronaut husband and 3 dynamic teens has catalyzed Dr. Hansen’s expansion from a beige office with stirrups to an expansive on-line global learning community of powerful and rising professional mid-life women.
The EWC was founded in 2017 after a conversation with her husband highlighted the essential role that women play as the rock and foundation upon which families, communities, corporate teams and a more humane world are built. It became immediately obvious that a 15-minute clinical visit was not what women truly needed to play their biggest game in a world that increasingly needs their feminine leadership. While pap tests and pelvic exams are (very) important, magnifying women’s collective brilliance has become Dr. Hansen’s true life’s passion.
Migdalia Hernandez
Program Coordinator/Operations
Bailey specializes in operations management and is responsible for project development and the micro/macro operations for the EWC Leadership team and clients.
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Along with managing the day-to-day operations and administrative functions of the firm, she is also heavily involved in implementing communication & marketing strategy through CRM, CMS, and LMS platforms.
Bailey is a powerful force in the workplace and exemplifies the EWC’s values of collaboration, respect and positivity, all of which encourages the EWC Team to succeed. Bailey is a proud University of South Florida graduate, loves to rider her horse Sawyer, and is currently learning ASL and French in her spare time.
Carolyn Swora
Human Spirit Ignitor
As a former Corporate Change Agent & Human Resources Business Partner with over 20 years of experience in high-performing senior leadership roles, Lisa understands how our 24/7 "always on" culture keeps many high-performing women overwhelmed and exhausted. After experiencing the effects of burnout and a debilitating illness that kept her bedridden and in pain for over a year, Lisa was forced into stillness for the first time in her over-scheduled, adrenaline-filled life. Relief came in 2017 when she discovered somatic modalities, mindfulness, and therapeutic coaching. The effects where so transformational that she redesigned her life and career from the inside out and now thrives on sharing these practices with others.
Somatic Stress Release™ is a holistic system to enhance body awareness and increase the capacity to complete biological stress responses. The intention is to restore and optimize your ability to adapt and navigate life with more ease and agency.