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Third year in a row on the 100 Powerful Women in Sales list 💃🏻 I'm grateful to be picked from 1,500+ nominees. My sales origin story goes back to 2 Korean women. Person #1: My mom. A serial entrepreneur who left a stable banking job in Korea to start over in the US. When I graduated from Cal, I had two choices: move to DC to work on the Hill (no job lined up) or take a sales job offer in tech. My mom isn't a typical tiger mom. She encourages me to make my own decisions. But she did make an offhand comment that sales could teach me how to work with people (Mom is always correct... and also, what did that say about my people skills 🙈). Person #2: Irene Chang, who offered me the job. I found it through a UC Berkeley alum, unwittingly growing my networking muscles even back then. Irene is the best mentor I could have asked for because she was so different from me and I have applied the lessons I’ve learned from her for the entirety of my professional career. Being on this list again alongside the Sales leader I respect and love most in the world makes this 2026 recognition extra special. Thank you Women in Sales and The ABM Agency for this list full of interesting women who inspire me! Alice Heiman Anne Pao Cherilynn Castleman Christina Brady Daisy Chung Erica Franklin Gail Behun 💡 Hang Black Hannah Ajikawo ✊Heidi Solomon-Orlick Ioanna Mantzouridou Onasi Jaime Diglio Jen Allen-Knuth Linda Dao Ohr Lori Richardson Melissa Gaglione Meredith Chandler Miriam Owusu Monisha Formoso Patricia DuChene Samantha McKenna Sara Zeljković 🧶Shannon Plumb Sheevaun Thatcher, CPC Sneha Dwivedi