Virginia Littlejohn accepts from Ricardo Barrientos
Trailblazer Honoree
A pioneer in women’s entrepreneurial vigor for more than three decades, Virginia Littlejohn is president, CEO and co-founder of Quantum Leaps Inc., a global accelerator she founded in 2002 for women’s entrepreneurship. The company was the incubator for WEConnect International, an alliance of multinational corporations that source from women-owned businesses. Quantum Leaps is now incubating FutureForward, which accelerates women’s innovation by linking women entrepreneurs with advanced women in science, technology, education and math. The initiative is being piloted in the U.S., prior to rolling out globally.