Dr. Rita is a global thought leader, business strategist, social activist and philanthropist. She is CEO and founder of Women on the Leading Edge Inc., Global Visionaries Inc. and the Women\u2019s Global Leadership Forum<\/p>\n
For over 25 years she has worked with Fortune 500 companies and women entrepreneurs around the globe. Dr. Rita has also been leading yearlong empowerment seminars for women for over 18 years. She is now spearheading a movement to transform our world through the empowerment of women as leaders and working with women of rising influence to collaboratively co-create a radically different future for our world.<\/p>\n
She is an advisor to top leaders in the Financial, Retail, Technology, Entertainment, Environmental and Non-profit industries, along with a number of celebrities. Dr. Rita has worked with women leaders and influencers from 5 different<\/strong> continents <\/strong>and 22 countries.<\/strong> Through her international experience, Dr. Rita has come to know well, the deep threads of similarities that bring women together in their fight for voice, visibility, greater relevance, influence, contribution and in fulfilling their deep desire to make a difference. She has also come to know the transformation required for women to come to leadership mastery and become groundbreaking political, social and economic forces for inspiring world change. Her work elevates women\u2019s financial and leadership power and helps women transform their lives from the inside out resulting in greater credibility, visibility influence, global reach and income.<\/p>\n She has successfully worked with multi-billion dollar companies, start-ups and everything in between. She also raises money for ICOs and helps start-ups receive the funding they need to exponentially grow.<\/p>\n In 2015, Dr. Rita was featured in\u00a0Forbes magazine as \u201cGame Changer\u201d\u00a0for her outstanding work with women business leaders globally. She has been recognized for helping women to dynamically distinguish themselves in the global marketplace and become a powerful part of a new economic force reshaping the world. She is known for being a courageous and pioneering free spirit, whose mission in life is to bring new ideas into being creating change and a positive impact in the world.\u00a0 She has also been awarded\u00a0 the\u00a0prestigious honor of being knighted as \u201cDame\u201d of Honor by the Orthodox Order of St. John, Russian Grand Priory\u00a0(the oldest humanitarian order on the planet) for her philanthropic endeavors and lifelong service to humanity.<\/p>\n She recently received the Women’s Excellence award for High Achievement in Women’s Leadership, in India at the Women’s Economic Forum.<\/p>\n Dr. Rita is an advocate for women’s economic empowerment through unleashing the unlimited leadership\u00a0potential\u00a0in all women.\u00a0Her\u00a0company, Women on the Leading Edge, Inc. is dedicated to advancing women\u2019s leadership, cultivating female world leaders, and helping women rise to higher levels of influence across all industries and sectors.<\/p>\n Dr. Rita is a keynote speaker and travels the world giving inspiring\u00a0talks on women\u2019s empowerment and leadership and how women can become a political, economic and social force for change.. She is known for her ground breaking Global Leadership Summits and her Global Thought Leader’s Academy for Women of Influence. She is also the founder of the Women\u2019s Global\u00a0Leadership Forum.<\/p>\n Dr. Rita\u2019s partial client list includes <\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Rita Lustgarten holds master\u2019s degrees in Clinical Psychology, and Human and Organizational Development and a doctorate in Human Development & Organizational Systems with a specialization in Women\u2019s Global Leadership.<\/p>\n She was awarded a fellowship for her outstanding work in the field of women and leadership and her concomitant contribution to a national initiative called Creative, Longevity, and Wisdom, a project of the Institute for Social Innovation.<\/p>\n\n