Millions of professional women in the United States have made the decision to step out of the workplace for a period of time to meet personal challenges - primarily childcare, elder care and education. The goal of W2W Ventures is to support these women by providing them resources so that when they decide to step back into full-time work they do not feel left behind nor are they perceived as having taken a step back.

What we do know is that a mother is not a bad mother because she works full-time at a professional job, nor does a woman lack drive or ambition if she stays at home with her children. We know she may want to pursue an education and work. We know she may be caring for aging parents. We know life still happens from 9-5.

What we also know is there are limited practical solutions that make sense for both businesses and individuals - meeting their needs and interests in the short and long term. W2W Ventures' mission is to provide practical real world solutions.

Karen Sheehan

Karen is the former National Director of Behavioral Health Sales for Cardinal Health. Prior to that she worked in Legislative Affairs for Mayer, Brown & Platt in Washington, DC. Karen graduated from the College of William & Mary with a degree in Public Policy.

Garrett Rush

Prior to W2W Ventures, Garrett worked as a forensic financial analyst and manager for two top tier accounting firms and Navigant Consulting where he managed teams in large scale litigation matters. He also created and taught courses for client education and internal staff development. Garrett graduated from the College of William & Mary with a degree in Economics, has an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

Tiffany Kernan

Tiffany is the former Executive Vice President of the Welfare to Work Partnership - a nonpartisan, nationwide program to motivate, educate, and assist private sector businesses with hiring people from public assistance. Prior to that Tiffany held various executive roles in several public affairs and advertising firms. She graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in sociology and communications.

Laura Pinnow Sheehan

Laura formerly practiced law in Northern Virginia. She is currently working under contract with the U.S. Department of State at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Prior to moving to Egypt, she was a contract worker for Chemonics International where she recruited development professionals for Chemonics' USAID proposals and projects in the areas of competitiveness, economic policy reform and the restructuring and privatization of large state-owned enterprises in developing countries. She graduated from the College of William and Mary and the University of Richmond Law School.