Beate Chelette is the Growth Architect and founder of The Women’s Code, a professional development company specialized in guiding companies to an ROI through Balanced Leadership. She has been named one of ‘50 Must-Follow Woman Entrepreneurs’ by HuffPost.

A first-generation immigrant who found herself $135,000 in debt as a single parent, she bootstrapped her passion for photography into a highly-successful global business and eventually sold it to Bill Gates in a multimillion-dollar deal. Beate supports organizations by developing and providing training, tools, and expertise to create and maintain a balanced, equal and inclusive work environment that fosters creativity and employee engagement.

Recent clients include Chevron, Merck, the Women’s Legislative Caucus of California, Cal State University Dominguez Hills), the Association of Corporate Growth, and TracyLocke. Beate is the author of the #1 International Amazon Bestseller “Happy Woman Happy World – How to Go
from Overwhelmed to Awesome”–a book that corporate trainer and best-selling author Brian Tracy calls “a handbook for every woman who wants health, success and a fulfilling career”.