TOOL 500 Female Founders: North America

We are really excited to reveal the North American founders on our Global 500 List - with United States as the No.1 country among all 100 countries represented!

Have fun exploring the US and Canadian founders, congratulate them on their dedicated efforts, and make sure to let us know who you´re missing from this long and impressive list!

In alphabetical order

• Abigail Barrow - Long Cove Sea Farm

• Alexandra Anagnostis-Irons - Total Marine Solutions

• Alexandra Griffon, Laura Theveniau - BlueCargo

• Alexandra Hagerty - Captains Without Borders

• Alise Lechter - Scape

• Alison Thompson - Borealis GeoPower

• Alissa Peterson - SeaAhead

• Ally Cedeno - Women Offshore

• Alma Zangeneh - Biopolynet

• Alysia Helming - Pristine Sun

• Amanda Swinimer - Dakini Tidal Wilds

• Amber Matthias - Seatox Skincare

• Ann Carpenter - Braid Theory

• Anne Palermo - Aqua Cultured Foods

• Anne van Brunt - Island Research Inc.

• Annie Bernard - Sol Clarity

• Anshula Chowdhury - SAMETRICA

• Anthea Sargeaunt - 2S Water Incorporated

• Audrey Zibelman - Viridity Energy

• Avery Resor - Daybreak Seaweed Co.

• Ayana Elizabeth Johnson - Blue Ocean Labs

• Barbara Griffin - 180 Degrees Solar

• Becca Millstein, Caroline Goldfarb - Fishwife

• Brenna Bales - ReefVitalize

• Briana Warner - Atlantic Sea Farms

• Brittany Kendrick - Hydronomy

• Caitlin Hardy - Ness Sea

• Carleen Walker - Maritime Accelerator for Resilience (MAR), NAMEPA

• Catherine Puckett - Block Island Kelp

• Catherine Wood - Ark Innovations

• Cathy Zoi, Emily McAteer - Odyssey Energy Solutions

• Celeste Leroux - Virgil Group

• Christine Ward-Paigee - Oceans

• Connie Stacey - Grengine

• Courtney Boyd Myers - AKUA

• Cristina Mittermeier - SeaLegacy

• Dana Totir - NANOIONIX, LLC

• Daniela Roeper - Borealis Wind

• Daniela V. Fernandez - Sustainable Ocean Alliance

• Danielle Southcott - Veer Group

• Dawn Lippert - Elemental Excelerator

• Devra Elze - Floodworx

• Diane Hollett - Newfoundland Seaweed Company

• Eden Full Goh - SunSalutor

• Elaine Hsieh - Third Derivative

• Elisabeth Charmley - Vancouver Maritime Center for Climate

• Elizabeth Muller - Deep Fission, Deep Isolation

• Emily Charry Tissier - Whale Seeker

• Emily Morris - Emrgy

• Erica Graham - Monterey Bay Seaweeds

• Erika Boeing - Accelerate Wind

• Erin Adams - Ocean Farm Supply

• Erin Ashe - Oceans Initiative

• Erin K. Rothman - StormSensor

• Freda Zifteh - Hefring Engineering

• Heather Hardenberg -Renew Solar LLC

• Heather Ingebrigtsen - Sunrise Power Solutions

• Holly Dempsey - Longhorn Organics

• Jackie Logan - Raise Green

• Jaclyn Baumgarten - Boatsetter

• Janice Lin - Green Hydrogen Coalition, Energy Storage North America, California Energy Storage Alliance

• Jennifer Beach - Starfire Energy

• Jennifer Ivens - Canscan

• Jenny Krusoe - AltaSea at the Port of L.A.

• Jody Allen - GLOBAL FUND FOR CORAL REEFS

• Judith Underwood - Blue Institute Labs

• Jules Marsh, Melissa Hanson - Kelpful

• Julia Marsh - Sway

• Julie Andersen - Plastic Oceans International

• Julie Bliss Mullen - Aclarity

• Julie Hetey - Aerovec Inc.

• Kamelia Giles - Innova Cleantech

• Karen Sack - Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance

• Karen Sorber - Micronic Technologies

• Karen Stritzinger - Old Hara Studios

• Katherine French - BLUUMBIO

• Kathleen ONeil - New Wave Hydrogen

• Kathy Hannun - Dandelion Energy

• Katie Thomas - Blue Lion Labs

• Katie Weiler - Viable Gear

• Katrina Eckard - WEL Enterprise

• Kelly Erhart - Project Vesta

• Kelly Matheson-King - BluEarth Renewables

• Kortney Opshaug - Blue Ocean Gear

• Krista T. Rosen, Inga Potter - Cold Current Kelp

• Kristal Hansley - WeSolar CSP

• Kristina A. Long - Sea Forest Macro Algae

• Krystyna Wojnarowicz - MARSEC Inc.

• Lacey Reddix - Olokun Minerals

• Lara Setrakian - Oceans Deeply

• Laura L. Luce - Hy Stor Energy

• Laura Stern - Nautilus Solar Energy

• Laura Zizzo - Manifest Climate

• Lauren Kuntz, Jess Stiles - Gaiascope

• Lauren Pierce - Reeler

• Liane Thompson - Aquaai

• Lindsay Malen-Habib - Malen Maritime

• Liz Walls - Cancalia Engineering & Consulting

• Lucy Southworth - Oceankind

• Lucy Sumner - Lonely Whale

• Lynn Jurich - Sunrun

• Lynn Maile Taylor - Kauai Sea Farm

• Macarena Cataldo-Hernandez - Viridis Research Inc

• Maja Maher - Voltai

• Marcia Martinez Laas - The Power Collective

• Mariana Matus, Newsha Ghaeli - Biobot Analytics

• Marie-Eve Blanchet - Storm Organic Plant Nutrition

• Marina Hadjipateras, Soraya Darabi - Trail Mix Ventures ( TMV)

• Mary Crowley - Ocean Voyages Institute / Project Kaisei

• Mascha Davis - Mini Fish

• Megan Casey Glover - 120Water

• Melissa Joy Truax - Clean Energy Social

• Michelle Wolf - New Wave Foods

• Monica Jain - Fish 2.0 Ventures

• Monica Talbert - The Plant Based Seafood Co.

• Nathalie Capati - Jasmine Energy

• Neha Misra - Solar Sister

• Nicole Baker - Net Your Problem

• Nicole Johnson Murphy - ECO TLP INC

• Niru Somayajula - Sensor Technology

• Paige Whitehead - Lux Bio (Nyoka)

• Rachel Major - NuLeaf Tech

• Ramya Swaminathan - Malta

• Ria P. Dey, Akshita Gaba - Planeteers

• Sabrena MacKenzie - SeaChange Biochemistry

• SaLisa Berrien - COI Energy

• Sampriti Bhattacharyya - Navier

• Sandhya Murali - Solstice

• Sandra Ghaoui - Blue Dot Project

• Sandra Kwak - 10Power

• Sara Rademaker - American Unagi

• Sarah Cone - Cetos Water, Trident Desalination

• Sarah Redmond - Springtide Seaweed

• Sarah Wright - Hull Street Energy

• Severine von Tscharner Fleming, Amanda Swinimer - Seaweed Commons

• Shally Shanker - AiiM Partners

• Shari Sant Plummer - Code Blue Foundation

• Shelby Thomas - Ocean Rescue Alliance

• Shivangi (Shay) Sharma - Nexov

• Sonia Aggarwal - Energy Innovation

• Sossina Haile - SAFCell

• Stephanie Sullivan - Wake

• Sue Van Hook - MycoBuoys

• Sujatha Kumar - Dsider

• Susan Baer, Jessica Gottdank - Clear Blue Sea

• Susan Land Sprentall - SurClean

• Susie Bowen - Panacea Oyster

• Suzan Shahrestani - Minnowtech

• Suzie Flores - Stonington Kelp Co

• Sylvia Earle - Mission Blue

• Tara Lordi - WeeDoo Greenboat

• Tessa Callaghan, Aleksandra Gosiewski - Keel Labs

• Tessa Emmer - Intertidal Seaweed Company

• Tina Scherr - Pure Water Technology of San Diego

• Trina Barrett - Baie Minerals Inc/BAIE Technologies Inc.

• Vienna Zhou - TROES

• Wendy Schmidt - Schmidt Ocean Institute, Schmidt Sciences, 11th Hour Racing