Female Leaders Club – The exclusive network for entrepreneurial top women who don’t just dream of growth and impact, but make it happen. Join like-minded entrepreneurs, be inspired by leading CEOs, and co-create an inclusive future. Our masterminds are sharp and focused, always with plenty of enthusiasm and a touch of humor. We believe in ‘lift as you grow.’ Together, we make a difference.
Members
These women are members of the Female Leaders Club
Maartje Blijleven
Founder of the Female Leaders Club. Bestselling author, speaker, and (online) community strategist with 24+ years of experience at companies such as RTL, KLM, and Peugeot. I help organizations and professionals strategically build, activate, and grow their communities, with expertise in digital marketing, AI-driven content creation, and community building.
Simone Hornstra
Lawyer and mediator. Expert in preventing and resolving conflicts. I help (online) entrepreneurs draft legal documents, from general terms and conditions and affiliate agreements to employment contracts and other essentials to ensure your business is well-structured and legally secure.
Lisette Thun
Lisette is an executive coach and founder of Omnitas Coaching. With over 18 years of experience, she guides leaders and teams toward sustainable growth, bold decisions, and personal development, balancing strategic insight with purpose. Known for her scientific depth, grounded presence, and sensitivity, she runs a thriving practice where clients seek her out.
Idelma Del Mar
Idelma is a video and YouTube strategist and founder of Del Mar Media. She helps ambitious entrepreneurs use video and storytelling to increase their visibility and strategically grow their businesses. Through her VIP days, courses, and consulting, she shows how video not only inspires but also delivers tangible business results.
Vivienne Vernooij
As the founder of the Kidsvoeding Academy, Vivienne helps parents teach their children to enjoy eating healthy food. With her roots in journalism and content marketing, she has built a successful online business at the intersection of parenting, nutrition, and behavioral change.
Johanneke Delsink
Johanneke is an interior designer and founder of Thuis je droomhuis, a studio with a unique approach where she creates complete designs together with clients at their homes in just one day. Using photorealistic 3D visualizations, she makes design choices tangible and helps families and homeowners realize their dream homes.
Thessa Boddenberg
As co-owner of MKBTR and founder of Huis van Financiën, Thessa helps entrepreneurs gain control over their finances, and their future. With her unique approach, she bridges bookkeeping and wealth management, enabling entrepreneurs to grow strategically and live on their own terms.
Jantine de Baat
As the founder of B Projects Europe, Jantine leads construction projects with a unique character. From explosion bunkers to national monuments. With her second company, Work Meets Life, she is working on a revolutionary redefinition of how we work, with a focus on people, purpose, and the future.
Marlene Hemelaar Stiekema
Behavioral expert and connector. Together with her twin sister, she runs Team Heartbeats (change resilience training) and bbb Healthboutique Haarlem (holistic gym). She combines her experience in youth care with a passion for personal development and creating genuine connections.
Merel Pyhala
Merel is an online business strategist who helps entrepreneurs scale their businesses with smart revenue models such as online programs. After several successful exits, she now works fully online, from home, supporting clients who value both freedom and growth.
Loekie Cornelissen
As a social and organizational psychologist, Loekie guides leaders in developing curiosity, courage, and servant leadership. She is the author of Nieuwsgierig Leiderschap and works as an executive coach, helping impactful leaders make a real difference from a place of inner strength and vulnerability.
Josefine Ezinga van Asdonk
All-round director and producer by profession. In daily life, he manages the Nieuws.nl team and is the owner of Vnieuws.nl, the video and content platform aimed at Women. Director & Head of Content (V)Nieuws.nl
Karin Nijman
Karin is an expert in Executive Care & Search and founder of Cotica Advies. She guides executives and management teams in strengthening their leadership and humanizing complex organizational challenges. Her work focuses on sustainable, inclusive transformation, with attention to both strategy and the person behind the role.
Anneli Rispens
With two decades of experience, Anneli is one of the first social media experts in the Netherlands. As the founder of Social Frontiers, she is building a platform for social media professionals to grow internationally. She collaborates with brands like Nestlé, Heineken, McDonald’s, and Philips, creating impactful strategies and campaigns. Her mission: to make social media social again.
Chantal Theunissen
Chantal is the director of the Kantelprogramma, an entrepreneur, visionary, and inspirer. She built and sold multiple businesses, including a youth mental health practice and a lifestyle hotel. With a background in mental healthcare, lifestyle coaching, and psychology, she helps people live with more energy, less pain, and a radiant sense of well-being.
Mok Heijmerink
Mok is a web designer, online marketer, and founder of Webbouwen aan de keukentafel. She helps female entrepreneurs bring their story, vision, and offer to life online with websites that convert and feel tailor-made. Mok also built the Female Leaders Club website, and we’re still grateful for it every single day.
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Babette Tasseron
Entrepreneur, speaker, and expert in systemic constellations. For 10 years, she has been helping both entrepreneurs and individuals gain insight into underlying dynamics. She trains new facilitators, offers DIY audio constellations, and developed a successful card deck. Entrepreneurship is her passion, and she shares it with packed audiences.
Shelley Barendregt
Shelley helps entrepreneurs structure their businesses smartly, creating more space for growth, creativity, and strategy. By optimizing, automating, and delegating processes, she frees up time and focus for entrepreneurs who want to make an impact on their own terms.
Eline van Dam
Eline is a video marketer who helps experienced entrepreneurs showcase their expertise through powerful video storytelling. With her concept Leading Stories, she positions them not as one of many, but as the authority in their field.
Chantal Riedeman
Speaker, trainer and entrepreneur. Together with her team of Business Blijmakers, Chantal ensures even more happy, loyal customers (FANS!), happy teams and structural growth for her clients.
Hilde Radt
Hilde is a financial business coach who teaches female entrepreneurs how to build and sustain a profitable business. After studying Business Economics and Economic Psychology, she worked at Rabobank and ran her own event agency. Since 2017, she has combined her entrepreneurial experience with financial expertise to help others grow strategically.
Nanda Kreuning
Nanda is an entrepreneur and founder of Remind Allround Support, through which she provides organizations with full-service office support. She creates clarity, structure, and continuity behind the scenes, allowing her clients to focus on growth and strategy. In addition, she is the managing director of a large cleaning company.
Rachel Jansen
Rachel is lipedema expert and founder of the Holistic Lipedema Method. She helps women with lipedema stop the progression of the condition and feel healthy, energized, and confident again. Her mission is to help women around the world shine and feel happy, healthy, and beautiful.
Karin Gabor
Karin is a sustainable project developer committed to future-proof building solutions. She works with renewable materials, energy-efficient designs, and integrates each location optimally into her plans. Always with a focus on both the client and affordability, without compromising on sustainability.
Masja Slor
Masja is the founder of WellMinded and an expert in vitality, talent development, and organizational transformation. Through her programs, she helps organizations evolve into future-proof workplaces where health, growth, and sustainable performance take center stage.
Laura de la Mar
Laura is an expert in hospitable leadership and founder of Gastvrijheid in Bedrijf, a leading agency that helps organizations create a culture of genuine attention and connection. As a speaker, trainer, author, and TEDx speaker, she shows how hospitality can become a strategic tool for stronger teams, satisfied customers, and sustainable growth.
Daisy Goddijn
Daisy is the owner of Expertboek Publishing, a writing coach, publisher, and author. She helps entrepreneurs turn their knowledge into a powerful book that not only strengthens their expert status but also opens doors to new clients and opportunities. With her sharp eye for content and positioning, she guides the entire process: from idea to impact.
Iris van Gulik
Iris is an equine veterinarian and online entrepreneur with a clear mission: to help horse owners keep their animals healthy, strong, and in balance. Combining hands-on experience with her online platform, she shares expert and accessible knowledge so that more horses receive the care they deserve: preventive, natural, and targeted.
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Annemieke Visser
Annemieke is a relationship therapist for couples with children. She helps partners truly understand each other again and move forward with more love and connection. Her mission: for children to grow up in a healthy relational environment, so the next generation won’t need relationship therapy.
Julia Termeer
Julia is a professional violinist and founder of Violinspiration, one of the largest international platforms for adult violin players. Through her online community, courses, and YouTube channel, she helps tens of thousands of musicians around the world improve their playing while keeping the joy in their musical journey.
Selina Ligero
Selina is the director of cleaning company FlexCleaners, as well as a speaker, coach, and filmmaker focused on domestic violence and child abuse. With her two businesses, she combines smart entrepreneurship with social impact. Her mission: to break taboos and inspire leaders to create real change through vulnerability.
Rommie Spoelstra
Rommie is the driving force behind Femme Invest and an investment expert with more than 10 years of personal experience in the field of investing. Rommie’s mission is to provide financial guidance to female entrepreneurs in the world of investing.
Silke Barkmann
As the former COO of a fast-growing scale-up, Silke now helps SMEs unlock the full potential of their human capital through her company Structuur & Groei. Driven by personal development and entrepreneurship, she shows how leaders can grow; both in business and in life.
Karin Groot Jebbink
Karin is the founder and head lecturer of Academie Paard & Hond. She trains professionals to become naturopathic therapists for dogs and horses, while building an international network of complementary practitioners. With her hybrid training programs and personal approach, she combines scientific knowledge with naturopathy and entrepreneurial skills.
Maaike Grauwmeijer
Maaike is a lawyer, mediator, and founder of Junctio. She helps organizations resolve (and prevent) workplace conflicts. In addition to her work as a mediator, she gives trainings, speaks at events, and trains new mediators, with a clear mission: less friction, more connection, and more effective collaboration.
Ilona Visker
Ilona is a professional organizer and founder of the Organize Academy, the go-to training institute for aspiring organizers. She brings together over 15 years of experience in practical, future-focused programs. In 2023, she launched the Let’s Organize platform and also runs a coworking space in Hoorn.
Larissa Loman
Larissa is a creative entrepreneur and event professional, specialized in personal weddings. Through live illustration and bespoke planning, she helps couples design a wedding day that truly reflects who they are, with attention to people, diversity, and traditions.
Eva Bronsveld
Eva is the leading expert on spirited children. As a speaker, trainer, and author of several books, including the bestseller Temperamentvolle kinderen with over 50,000 copies sold, she supports families and professionals with a loving and practical approach to parenting. Her work is gaining international recognition, with her book soon to be published in China.
Kaat Celis
Kaat is the founder of De Donkere Kamer: the photography platform for enthusiasts and professionals. As a mentor, she helps photographers and visual creators grow in visibility, sales, and strategic entrepreneurship. Her platform is known for its signature events, where inspiration, connection, and craftsmanship come together.
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Miriam Meester
Miriam is the founder of Be Silk, a fast-growing chain of wax salons specializing in body sugaring. With four locations and a team of 20 women, Be Silk is about more than just hair removal: it’s a space where self-care, sisterhood, and feminine strength take center stage.
Mandy Gerris
Mandy is the founder of Digidog Academy and trains nutrition advisors for dogs and cats. Through her practical programs, she teaches professionals and pet owners how nutrition can fundamentally improve animal health.
Maryse Spapens
Maryse is a pharmacist, healthcare innovation coach, and founder of Zorgkompaz. She helps healthcare professionals shift hospital care to the home, making care more human and efficient, with personalized care as the starting point.
Gea Simons
Gea is a business expert and founder of Visionary Vault. She helps experienced entrepreneurs future-proof their businesses by simplifying processes, reducing risks, and securing long-term value.
Nienke Hoeksema
Nienke is a retail strategist who helps retail entrepreneurs become more profitable by buying smarter and managing inventory more effectively. With her Retail Master Method, she boosts margins, reduces dead stock, and drives healthy business growth.
Demi Koot
Demi is an online marketer and founder of The Success Agency. She helps small business owners accelerate their visibility and growth by using smart, strategic marketing tailored to their goals and potential.
Kristi Freijssen
Maayke Könemann
Maayke is co-owner of DK Corporate Event Strategy and helps organizations use events strategically and with clear purpose. With 12 years of experience in relationship marketing, sponsorship, and events at ING, she now advises companies at a strategic level on event strategy.
Elsa Meulenveld
Elsa is a wealth advisor at Vermogensadvies en meer. She supports high-net-worth individuals and entrepreneurs in building, protecting, and strategically managing their wealth. As a sparring partner and trusted advisor, she’s there for major life decisions: from business growth to estate planning.
Paulien Pierik
Emma Hafkamp
Emma is the founder of Praktijk LUX and guides leaders in uncovering the biographical driver behind their success. She helps them let go of what no longer serves them, so they can lead with more ease: with greater calm, joy, and space for growth. Her work centers on depth, visibility, and stepping fully into the light.
Milou Bakker
Milou is the owner of Brides by Fem and Trouwjurk Outlet, together the largest bridal fashion stores in the north of the Netherlands. Guided by intuition and entrepreneurship, she built a thriving business in thirteen years that helps hundreds of brides each year find their dream dress.
Britt Speijer
Britt is the founder and director of Vooruit met Zorg and Casa Juntos, organizations dedicated to supporting young people struggling with eating disorders. Drawing from her own experience, she transforms her mission of linking vulnerability and strength into meaningful care for children, adolescents, and families.
Joyce van de Pas
Joyce is the founder of MamsatWork, one of the largest Dutch lifestyle platforms for working mothers. Through blogs, e-books, and planners she helps women save time, create balance, and focus on what truly matters. She is also an author and reaches thousands of mothers every day with her practical and inspiring content.
Anne van Hees
Anne is a mentor for highly educated professionals with AD(H)D and founder of the ADHD Academy. Guided by a deep belief in authenticity, she supports individuals in building a life and career that truly fit, moving beyond quick fixes for seemingly practical challenges.
Rianne Roes
Rianne is a behavioral scientist and systemic therapist guiding entrepreneurs and professionals through existential life transitions, meaning and inner leadership. She is the founder of SamenAlleen and author of Raak elkaar niet kwijt.
Pleun van Akkerveeken
Pleun is an interior designer and founder of Studio Pleun, creating characterful interiors for historic homes. Her internationally shaped style blends colour, textiles, and cultural layers into deeply personal designs.
Monique Bladder
Monique is a canine behaviour therapist and entrepreneur since 2012, educating dog professionals through her online programmes. Her work strengthens professional standards in the field and supports sustainable wellbeing for both dogs and their owners.
Paula Brummelkamp
Paula helps coaches and therapists clarify their core message so their marketing truly resonates. With a background in sociology and communication, she bridges authenticity and strategic audience focus.
José Peters
José is a sales expert and closer who helps entrepreneurs develop their own sales power. With clarity, confidence, and strategic insight, she guides conversations toward aligned decisions and sustainable growth.
