Ep 22: She Steps Forward: Elaine Lankford's Mission to Empower Women

Be Inspired God’s Way

Join host Marisa Snyder in an enlightening conversation with special guest Elaine Lankford as they delve into Elaine's remarkable journey of rediscovering her identity and purpose amidst life's challenges.

From facing career setbacks to personal loss, Elaine shares how her faith propelled her to empower women locally and globally through initiatives like the She Steps Forward ministry and international conferences.

Discover the transformative power of faith, mentorship, and stepping into one's destiny as Elaine inspires listeners with her story of resilience and hope.

About Elaine:

Elaine is the founder of She Steps Forward Ministries, now branded She Steps Forward Coaching. She Steps Forward Coaching is helping to launch confident, successful Christian female entrepreneurs with targeted strategic plans so they can build sustainable businesses, ministries, and nonprofits. As a certified John Maxwell Team member, Elaine offers her coaching services to female entrepreneurs who desire a faith-based approach that is individualized to their unique needs when building their business, ministry, or nonprofit. By using her gifting of speaking, writing, leadership development, and entrepreneurial coaching, Elaine is empowering the next generation of Christian female entrepreneurs to step forward and launch their God-sized dreams in marketplace ministry.
Elaine is also the founder and executive director of She Steps Forward International, a nonprofit working to equip both American and African women to lead businesses, ministries, and nonprofits and positively impact their communities. She Steps Forward International’s signature offer is the She Steps Forward International Women’s Conference, held each March, which brings like-minded female entrepreneurs together to glean inspiration and nuggets of wisdom from those already trailblazing a way in the marketplace. SSFI also gives back by offering new and rising Christian female entrepreneurs in the U.S. and Africa a chance to be a part of the SSFI Seed Money Grant program as well as by doing humanitarian work in Nairobi, Kenya.
She self-published her first book, Love Echoed Back, in August 2014. She has had several leadership articles published in the Suffolk News Herald as well as a couple of articles published in Inside Business.
Elaine is a Hampton Roads native. She has been married to her husband, Darrell, for over 30 years. They have one son, Nicholas, and one fur baby, a beagle named Apollo.

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