Co-Chair - New Jersey
Mariel Miller
Mariel Miller, Co-Chair of the Women's Franchise Alliance, is an award-winning franchise consultant who helps women evaluate ownership opportunities with data-driven guidance and deep industry experience.
Advisors
Experienced advisors, thoughtful guidance.
WFA advisors help women evaluate franchise ownership with practical insight, clear expectations, and support tailored to their goals.
What to expect
Advisors who listen before they recommend.
Every advisor on this page supports women who are exploring ownership, comparing opportunities, and working toward a smarter decision about what fits.
- Category and brand exploration
- Investment and lifestyle fit discussions
- Diligence preparation and validation support
- A more informed path into franchisor conversations
Co-Chair - Florida
Paulette Callender
Paulette Callender, Co-Chair of the Women's Franchise Alliance, helps aspiring business owners evaluate franchise opportunities with clear guidance around fit, timing, and long-term goals.
Florida
Rashmi Airan
Rashmi Airan is a corporate consultant and speaker who shares a unique and vulnerable story that is a game-changer for audiences! Rashmi works with individuals who have always dreamed of owning their own business.
Texas
Shahzeen Ali
Shahzeen Ali helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Texas
Barbara Andrievk-Ruiz
Barbara Andrievk-Ruiz helps future franchise owners compare business models, investment levels, and lifestyle fit with clarity.
Georgia
Jacqueline Babcock
Jacqueline Babcock helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Georgia
Megan Broom
Megan Broom helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Ohio
Anissa Burdett
Anissa Burdett is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of expertise in the dynamic realm of sales and entrepreneurship.
Georgia
Angel Canty
Angel Canty, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a dedicated franchise consultant who believes deeply in the power of entrepreneurship and the courage it takes to pursue it.
Texas
April Chalk
April Chalk helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Massachusetts
Joanna Chanis
Joanna Chanis helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
North Carolina
Leonor Clavijo
Leonor Clavijo is an international franchise consultant with a passion to see more professionals venture into and succeed in the franchise business.
Texas
Maddie Corza
Maddie Corza helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Florida
Robyn Deering
Robyn Deering helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Georgia
Sharnae Ellis
Sharnae Ellis helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Florida
Ilene Fostoff
Ilene Fostoff helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Texas
Seema Govil
Seema Govil is a powerhouse businesswoman who has dedicated her career to empowering those in the South Asian demographic.
Virginia
Elizabeth Jade
Elizabeth Jade helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Florida
Emma Jean-Philippe
Emma Jean-Philippe helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Ohio
Shannon Kaliin
Shannon Kaliin helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Colorado
Janine Kempfer
Janine Kempfer brings deep experience across franchise ownership, franchise operations, real estate, and mortgage businesses, and she helps clients evaluate opportunities with a practical operator lens.
Arizona
Heidi Klastow
Heidi Klastow helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Ohio
Natasha Kumar
Natasha Kumar helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Florida
Jessica Kutoff
Jessica Kutoff helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
North Carolina
Shanda Lee
Shanda Lee helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Ohio
Jennifer Meissner
Jennifer Meissner helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
California
Laura Olguin
Laura has over 35 years experience in the restaurant, real estate and franchising industry.
Louisiana
Anne Pearce
Anne Pearce helps professionals evaluate franchise ownership and narrow the field to brands that fit their financial goals, lifestyle expectations, and timeline.
North Carolina
Olena Rymar
Olena Rymar helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Kansas
Angie Salmon
Angie Salmon helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Arizona
Michelle Taber
Michelle Taber is a seasoned business professional, consultant, business owner and former franchise owner.
British Columbia, Canada
Bhavana Taneja
Bhavana Taneja helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
New Hampshire
Guia Trutter
Guia has 30 years of analytical, consultative, and business experience in the financial services industry.
Texas
Nicole Willard
Nicole Willard helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
California
Sarah Young
Sarah Young helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.
Florida
Melesia Ziller
Melesia Ziller helps aspiring business owners explore franchise opportunities that align with their goals, experience, lifestyle, and investment comfort level.