Emerging Women Startup Leaders in Transportation, Mobility & Autonomous Vehicles
We have a universal policy at Trucks — ‘No Manels.’ Our male team members do not participate in group speaking opportunities without a woman also on stage. You could call this the inverse to the Mike Pence / Billy Graham rule. We’re happy to participate in a panel if organizers can make a diverse group; if not we are happy to give up our panel spot to a suitable woman replacement (there are many).
But the obvious followup question comes up: which women startup leaders would you recommend?
I’m glad you asked!
There are many great women founders and startup leaders in transportation. About 1/3 of our portfolio has a woman founder, but our list below goes well beyond the Trucks roster. Please send us your recommendations for more great women leaders in emerging transportation companies and forward this list to an event organizer the next time you see a Manel happening.
- Maha Achour, CEO of Metawave
- Anya Babbit, Founder and CEO of SPLT
- Alison Brown, President and founder of Flux Energy Systems
- Lynsie Campbell, Founder and CEO of Lanespotter
- Amee Chandee, Chief Commercial Officer at Waymo
- Robin Chase, Co-founder of former CEO of Zipcar
- Tiffany Chu, Co-founder and COO of Remix
- Jennifer Colvin, Co-founder and head of marketing of Crux Systems
- Kelley Coyner, Founder of Mobilitye3
- Greta Cutulenco, Co-founder and CEO of Acerta
- Regina Clewlow, Co-founder and CEO of Populus
- Katie DeWitt, VP of Product at Scoot
- Aubrey Donnellan, COO and co-founder of Bear Flag Robotics
- Hannah Droesbeke, Co-founder and CTO of Camp Six
- Gretchen Effgen, VP Partnerships of nuTonomy
- Courtney Ehrlichman, Co-founder of Roadbotics
- Aicha Evans, CEO of Zoox
- Rachel Haot, Executive Director of Transit Innovation Partnership NYC
- Jennifer Haroon, VP of strategy at Nauto
- Deborah Hersman, Chief Safety Officer at Waymo
- Elsa Kawai, Co-founder and Creative Director of Roadster
- Jody Kelman, Director of Self-Driving Platform at Lyft
- Apeksha Kumavat, Co-founder and ML Lead at Gatik AI
- Diane Lansiger, CEO of SEEVA
- Melissa Fox Lehman, Founder and CEO of Pogo Rides
- Stefanie Lemcke, Founder and CEO of GoKid
- Alisyn Malek, COO and co-founder of May Mobility
- Chris Manderino, COO of Utrip
- Tekedra Mawakana, Chief External Officer at Waymo
- Joanna McFarland, Co-founder and CEO of HopSkipDrive
- Ritu Narayan, CEO & founder of Zum
- Tara Pham, Co-founder and CEO of Numina
- Maya Pindeus, Co-founder and CEO of Humanising Autonomy
- Carol Reiley, Co-founder of DriveAI
- Tami Rosen, Chief People Officer at Luminar
- Kristin Schaefer, CFO at Postmates
- Laura Schewel, founder and CEO @ StreetLight
- Debs Schrimmer, Senior Transportation Policy Manager at Lyft
- Jessica Scorpio, Co-founder and Director of Marketing at Getaround
- Layla Shaikley, Co-founder and VP Customer Experience at Wise Systems
- Kathryn Schifferle, Co-founder and CEO of Work Truck Solutions
- Arwen Smit, CEO of MintBit
- Anuja Sonalker, Co-founder and CEO of Steer Tech
- Siheun Song, Co-founder and President of Rally
- Nancy Sun, Chief Engineer and Co-founder of Ike
- Emily Castor Warren, Senior Director of Policy at Lime
- Jenny Xu, COO of FreightWaves
- Laurie Yoler, Board Member at Zoox
Leave your comments below and we’ll add names to our ever-growing list. Note please this list is only for women leaders at startups, not large manufacturers and automotive suppliers (we’ll be doing a separate list for manufacturers and suppliers down the road).
If you are a female founder starting a company in transportation, please drop us a line! I’m Kate (at) trucks.vc.
Related: see our list of emerging women transportation investors.
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