ABOUT
WHO WE ARE
WAOC MISSION
Women Agents of Change (WAOC) was born in 2017 from a vision of “giving it forward.” We are a creative, purpose-driven community dedicated to democratizing access to high-quality change leadership — across geographies, sectors, and life stages.
Our mission is to empower women to create lasting impact with more ease: by connecting them to transformational knowledge, embodied practices, and a deeply supportive network.
We believe that change rooted in inner clarity ripples outward. When women cultivate self-knowledge, relational strength, and systemic fluency, they can lead in ways that are more generative, equitable, and wise.
OUR COMMUNITY OF ADVISORS
Our global advisory circles includes changemakers from multiple fields and continents: social innovation, business, nonprofit, and systemic transformation. Here are some who have informed our journey.
WAOC CREATIVE TEAM
Dorian Baroni | Founder
Executive Coach, Leadership Retreats Faculty & Organizational Advisor
Dorian founded Women Agents of Change in 2017 as a creative project, a purpose-driven social enterprise and a community, so as to democratize access to high quality, transformation leadership upskilling for women across geographies, career stages and socio-economic contexts.
One of her core beliefs is that a change agent’s individual journey towards personal wholeness and a systemic awareness is critical to addressing today's complexity and many challenges. As a business coach and consultant, she knows that the source of all lasting change starts from within and then expands into the capacity to co-create with others. That is why all WAOC practical emphasize the 3 levels of capacity: self-knowledge, interpersonal effectiveness and systemic fluency.
“How you do anything tells you how you do everything. Be more intentional with who you are. Be the mentor you have been wishing for. Consider what stories about yourself you are choosing to bring to life.”
Her experience and research have shown that the core capacity of high-performing teams is their ability to trust each other. Yet building trust across differences is often a low priority. She wants to change that and therefore focuses much of her team and organizational work on those dynamics, as well as a senior team member’s capacity to see the intricacies of the ‘system’ or webs of interdependence they are accountable for guiding.
And as a business woman, she is particularly passionate about the role and power of women’s leadership to support the evolution of reactive global mindsets, inequitable social systems and unsustainable models of economic impact.
Lilia Abreu-Mawson | Creative Partner
Leadership & Organizational Developer
Lilia is a seasoned coach and behavior designer who specializes in leadership development, organizational effectiveness, career transition and conflict resolution. She brings a unique approach to her engagements and interventions, applying 20 years of experience in various multinational companies, such as Unilever, Pernod Ricard, Mondelez, and Rohm and Haas.
She facilitates self-directed learning using techniques grounded in research in areas including the science of human performance, experiential learning, human interaction, intentional change models and whole-brain approach.
Before becoming a coach, Lilia enjoyed an accomplished career in B2B & B2C marketing and strategy. She held several global leadership roles, including Head of Consumer Insight & Strategy and Marketing Director. Currently, she is working with organizations to optimize learning cycles, improve collaborative leadership skills and enhance team effectiveness as well as with senior executives in transition and leadership development. She is also part of Yale School of Management faculty, providing leadership coaching to MBA and Executive MBA students.
Specialties: High-Performing Teams; Leadership & Organizational Development; Change; Transitional and Change Leadership.
OUR GOAL
We aspire to equip 100,000+ women worldwide with “change mastery” — the capacity to sense, act, and collaborate for impact in their lives, work, and communities.
OUR GIVE IT FORWARD COMMITMENTS
We believe in supporting women beyond our walls: every member is encouraged to contribute to a women-centered nonprofit, helping amplify collective impact.
We also feature a spotlight non-profit each year to elevate purposeful giving.
OUR FEATURED SOCIAL IMPACT NON-PROFIT
Meet Brio, our featured social impact nonprofit. Founded by Daisy Rosales and Aaron Rosales.
Together, their passion for thriving communities, mental health, social innovation and building cultural bridges led them to launch Brio’s first pilot in 2018.
Throughout this journey, they have learned from their partners and their communities that compassionate healing is mutual and courage is essential.
Learn more about their work and donate to their effort at Brio
OUR 7 GUIDING PRINCIPLES
1 - The world is abundant, interdependent, and full of potential
We must find our way back to seeing the world and of ourselves as both innately unique filled with potential and fundamentally interdependent, so as to solve the real challenges of our times.
2 - We are not broken — our strength comes from reclaiming wholeness.
We do not need to be fixed, be more assertive, be less emotional, be good, be sexy, be quiet, etc, etc.
3 - Inner transformation matters, but it’s not separate from serving others.
The choice of how far we define our interdependence is up to us.
4 - The way forward begins within: self-awareness, presence, and purpose.
So as to be our most creative selves while sharing our gifts and our power with others.
5 - Change with impact can emerge gently and powerfully.
It is not about pushing for change, imposing change or mandating change.
6 - Generosity, empathy and innovation are core capacities.
We will build and grow Women Agents of Change guided by those core capacities.
7 - Real power arises in community — equal, but unique.
Each is invited to join what we offer at their own preferred pace and in their own way. All women are welcome to discover their own rhythms and free themselves of cultural, societal or gender expectations that may be limiting.