The Badass Queen™ Trusted Expert Network

Where powerful voices, respected experts, and purpose-driven brands come together under one trusted platform.

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of sharing conversations, collaborations, and stages with extraordinary leaders. This network highlights the experts and organizations whose work creates real impact — and who I confidently stand behind.

Why These Leaders Are Featured

The Badass Queen™ Trusted Expert Network is intentionally curated — not open submission.

Every expert or organization featured here has demonstrated leadership, innovation, and aligned values through collaboration, media visibility, or measurable impact.

Many have been:

Featured on the Unapologetically Badass Podcast
Selected as ICON or Spotlight partners
Impact organizations advancing meaningful change
Trusted collaborators serving entrepreneurs and women-led businesses

Inclusion reflects professional respect, shared values, and a commitment to raising the standard of leadership and visibility.

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Selection Standards

Businesses and leaders featured within the Badass Queen™ Trusted Expert Network are chosen based on:

Demonstrated expertise and industry credibility
Alignment with integrity, innovation, and impact
Contribution to education, empowerment, or community growth
Collaborative relationship or featured media presence within the Badass Queen™ platform

Placement is selective to maintain the integrity and trust of this network.

Featured Experts and Partners

Hana Omori

Cybersecurity Engineer & Founder

Hana is a security engineer and technical founder specializing in advanced encryption systems and cyber-threat protection. After enduring nearly a year of sustained real-world attacks, she built resilient security infrastructure and documented her experience in a groundbreaking cybersecurity playbook.

Why She’s Featured:

Featured on the Unapologetically Badass Podcast for her fearless leadership and critical work protecting businesses in an increasingly vulnerable digital world.

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ICON Leaders and Visibility Partners

ICON features highlight entrepreneurs and founders who are stepping into elevated visibility, media exposure, and legacy-level branding.

These leaders aren’t just building businesses — they’re building movements.

Roushen Thompson

Founder & CEO, ROUSHÉ | U.S. Army Officer | Beauty Innovator

Roushen Thompson is an entrepreneur, beauty innovator, and U.S. Army officer whose leadership bridges discipline, innovation, and modern luxury. As Founder and CEO of ROUSHÉ, she is redefining makeup as an extension of skincare — merging advanced cosmetic science with globally inspired botanicals to create high-performance beauty designed to support confidence from the inside out.

Born in Guyana and raised in Brooklyn, Roushen built her path through military leadership while simultaneously developing a premium beauty brand rooted in intention and impact. Her work reflects a rare balance of structure and creativity, proving that strength and elegance, authority and femininity, can coexist powerfully.

Why She’s Featured:

Roushen represents the next generation of visionary leadership — a woman building legacy through service, innovation, and unapologetic confidence, making her a natural ICON within the Badass Queen™ network.

Why She’s Featured:

Roushen represents the next generation of visionary leadership — a woman building legacy through service, innovation, and unapologetic confidence, making her a natural ICON within the Badass Queen™ network.

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Karen Dalton

Founder & Executive Vice President, Dare to Dream Ranch

Karen Dalton is a nonprofit leader and visionary advocate dedicated to helping service members, veterans, and their families rediscover healing and connection. As Founder and Executive Vice President of Dare to Dream Ranch, she leads a mission centered on alternative therapies — including equine programs, outdoor skill-building, and community support designed to restore resilience and purpose.

With decades of leadership spanning nonprofit organizations, healthcare advocacy, and federal service, Karen’s career reflects a lifelong commitment to impact. Her roles have included Executive Director of the Rhode Island Academy of Family Physicians, leadership with the United States Postal Service, and Executive Director of Shoulder to Shoulder, where she helped expand access to medical and dental care in rural Honduras.

Why She’s Featured:

Karen embodies service-driven leadership, creating powerful spaces for healing and transformation while demonstrating what true purpose-led impact looks like — making her a natural ICON within the Badass Queen™ network.

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Impact and Community Partners

Beyond business, true success includes impact. These organizations are creating meaningful change in the communities they serve, and I’m honored to support their mission.

Revive With Purpose

Nonprofit Organization | Women’s Empowerment & Resilience Programs

Revive With Purpose is a nonprofit organization dedicated to uplifting women and teen girls as they overcome adversity and rediscover confidence through authenticity, resilience, and community support. Through workshops and small-group experiences, the organization provides practical coping tools, emotional skill-building, and safe spaces designed to help participants recognize their strengths and move forward with purpose.

Founded on the belief that traditional approaches to healing do not work for everyone, Revive With Purpose fosters connection and personal growth through a six-stage empowerment framework focused on self-respect, emotional expression, and healthy relationship patterns. The organization partners with schools, community groups, and women’s organizations throughout New England to create lasting impact and hope.

Why It’s Featured:

Revive With Purpose represents mission-driven leadership in action — creating transformative spaces where women and girls are supported, seen, and empowered to rise into their fullest potential, aligning deeply with the values of the Badass Queen™ platform.

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Wigglewow

Purpose-Driven Social Enterprise | Inclusive Employment Initiative

Wigglewow is a purpose-driven social enterprise transforming lives by creating meaningful employment opportunities for adults with special needs through the production of gourmet dog treats. Built on inclusion, dignity, and community impact, the organization empowers its team — known as “Epic Chefs” — to develop confidence, independence, and pride through meaningful work and connection.

More than a pet brand, Wigglewow operates as a growing movement focused on expanding inclusive employment and community engagement. Each product supports a mission centered on opportunity, belonging, and demonstrating what individuals of all abilities are capable of achieving when given the chance to thrive.

Why It’s Featured:

Wigglewow represents impact through action — combining entrepreneurship with heart-centered leadership to create real opportunities, meaningful work, and lasting community change, making it a powerful alignment with the values of the Badass Queen™ platform.

Why It’s Featured:

Wigglewow represents impact through action — combining entrepreneurship with heart-centered leadership to create real opportunities, meaningful work, and lasting community change, making it a powerful alignment with the values of the Badass Queen™ platform.