More Than 85 Broads

The power of 'we" has always been the foundation of 85 Broads. As the network has grown from 1,000 members in the year 2000 to nearly 3,000 members in 2002, 5,000 members by 2004, and now over 7,000 members before the end of 2005, we all are discovering just how powerful the message of "we always say 'we" can become. Every single one of our members, in that sense, is an ambassador a strong, smart individual, an "I" who chooses to say, see, and live as a "we."

Simi Sanni Nwogugu

Simi was born in Nigeria, where she lived until she moved to the United States to attend Mount Holyoke College. She worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in New York before returning to Nigeria to begin Junior Achievement Nigeria, a youth program partnering business with education in over 110 countries worldwide. Simi obtained her MBA from Harvard Business School and is currently the director of business development and strategy at Nickelodeon.

I genuinely believe that a nation's development begins with women's development. To raise girls to be leaders, you have to show them what it takes to be leaders.