On Monday, February 24, 2025, Galaxy organized a fireside chat with Albina Rippy, a CPA-turned fitness entrepreneur who founded, scaled, and sold YogaOne Studios to publicly-traded YogaWorks in 2017. Albina also acquired and transformed a historic boutique hotel in New Mexico that had no net income into a profitable bed & breakfast with 90% year-round occupancy.

Invited guests were high-caliber women investors and executives:

• Bashak Ilhan — CEO at Road
• Braelinn Frank — CEO at Rave Nailz
• Christy Lamka — COO at Thrive360
• Michele Skelding — Investor at Capital Sage Ventures
• Catalina Oana Tudor — CIO at Noveon Magnetics
• Liz Guenthner — Investor at B.E Property Investors
• Jie Li — Venture Partner at Oakseed Ventures
• Laxmi Poruri — Growth at Pillsbury Law/Investor
• Cathy Wu — Director of Investor Relations at Multicoin Capital
• Jess Sargus — CEO at The Legal Athlete
• Natalie Kennedy — Founder at Able & Grace Accessible Vacation Homes
• Hilda Lunderstedt — Founder at Her Second Stage
• Dana Loberg — CEO at Leo AR
• Suzanne Stone — CEO at Livestrong Foundation
• Debbie Chilton — District Manager at Insperity
• Susanna Gresswell — Consultant at Infor
• Julianna Scruggs — Real Estate Investor at Scruggs Group
• Susan Vaughan — Certified Business Performance Advisor at Insperity
• Xiaofei Deng — Solutions Architect at Accenture
• Nammy Sirur — Speaker/Consultant
• Giselle Koy — Property Designer at Emerald Properties
• Elizabeth Jensen — Senior Wealth Strategist at Northern Trust

Join Galaxy to attend unlimited weekly fireside dinners, as well as access vetted investment deal flow, private chef deal flow discussion dinners, join our online community, and receive concierge introductions to high-caliber peers.