Announcing Our Q1 2026 FBW Awards Winners

Celebrating Excellence in Female Leadership and Women-Founded Companies

We are proud to announce the winners of the Q1 2026 FBW Quarterly Awards. This quarter's cohort brings together founders and leaders redefining estate planning, legal accessibility, AI education, wellness, and financial strategy. Each winner was selected for the clarity of her vision, the measurability of her results, and the broader impact her work creates for clients, communities, and industries.

From building referral-only law firms grounded in faith-based integrity to producing a globally recognized patient health platform, these women are creating change that compounds.

🏆 Individual Leader Award Winners

👑 Strategic Leadership Excellence

Marie Torossian

Founder, Marie Torossian CPA, PLLC & The Profit Lab

Marie built her firm from the ground up as a virtual, strategy-first advisory practice at a time when the accounting industry was still largely compliance-focused. As Founder of both Marie Torossian CPA, PLLC and The Profit Lab, she developed the proprietary VALUEATION-MT® methodology — a framework integrating financial diagnostics, KPI systems, and execution planning to help growth-minded business owners make data-driven decisions. Serving clients primarily in the $750K–$15M revenue range, Marie's approach has helped clients identify 10–30% cost savings, improve profit margins, and build stronger cash flow visibility. Recognized as a Top 50 Accounting Services Practice by Woodard and a sought-after speaker at Scaling New Heights and FICPA, she is also a 10X Certified Performance Coach and host of The Profit Lab podcast.

"I lead by combining financial clarity with disciplined execution. I don't let teams or clients hide from the numbers."

⚖️ Legal Leadership

Dian Trabulsy

Founder & Principal Advisor, Faithfully Legal™ — King of Prussia, PA

Dian founded Faithfully Legal™ in August 2024 to solve two of the most persistent barriers in legal services: uncertainty and delay. Her firm operates on a predominantly flat-fee, proactive model — pairing legal strategy with client education so families and business owners can protect what they are building without being blindsided by scope or cost. Built entirely on referrals with zero paid advertising, Faithfully Legal™ maintains a 24-hour average turnaround on client communications and consistent five-star reviews highlighting clarity, responsiveness, and peace of mind. Dian leads with integrity and service, welcoming clients of all backgrounds while rooting her firm's culture in values-aligned legal stewardship.

"My work reframes legal services as preventive and empowering — making legal planning clear, accessible, and action-oriented."

Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell

Founder & Managing Attorney, LMB Law Offices PC — Austell, Georgia

With nearly two decades leading LMB Law Offices, Lynita transformed a traditional estate planning practice into a holistic legacy model through her Light Legacy Stewardship™ framework. This shift — from transactional legal services to integrated legal, financial, and personal values alignment — delivered a 200% revenue increase, a significant expansion into trust services and real estate estate planning, and speaking engagements that grew from quarterly to monthly. Lynita is a bestselling author and founder of the Sacred Self-Leadership Movement, extending her work through transformational programs that help high-achieving professionals align wealth, purpose, and well-being. Her Live Life on FIRE philosophy underpins everything she does.

"I am redefining estate planning as a tool for intentional living and generational impact, shifting the industry from transactional services to transformational legacy design."

🌿 Health & Wellness Impact

Sweta Vikram

CEO & Founder, NimmiLife LLC

Sweta founded NimmiLife to bridge ancient Ayurvedic wisdom with modern stress science, creating practical frameworks for nervous-system health for high-performing professionals. Since April 2016, she has delivered dozens of workshops, keynotes, and university lectures on stress resilience, grief management, and burnout prevention — bringing these conversations into corporate and academic settings where they are rarely addressed. Sweta is also an adjunct professor, podcast host of The Grounded Leader, and author of her 15th book, with her upcoming title Rhythms of Resilience exploring sustainable approaches to stress and leadership. Her work advocates for work cultures that treat recovery as performance strategy, not weakness.

"I aim to normalize conversations around stress, grief, and nervous-system health — because sustainable performance starts on the inside."

Priya Menon

VP Operations, TrialX & Host/Producer, CureTalks

Priya has led CureTalks from a small patient-focused show into a globally recognized platform connecting patients with the world's leading scientists, clinicians, and researchers — hosting 300+ episodes and featuring speakers including Nobel Laureate Dr. Drew Weissman. As VP of Operations at TrialX, she simultaneously leads global HR, talent, and quality functions across a 11–50 person organization. She writes regularly for The Week magazine on medical research and scientific developments, translating complex breakthroughs for a broader audience. Priya's dual role — operational leader and patient advocate — makes her a distinctive voice at the intersection of healthcare access and innovation.

"My work helps bridge the gap between clinical research and the patient community by making complex medical advances accessible and engaging."

Fran Benedict

Founder & Facilitator, Simply Mindful LLC

Fran has spent nearly 20 years in health promotion, mind-body medicine, and organizational wellbeing. Her Small Acts of Wellbeing program challenges the prevailing logic of corporate wellness by asking only three minutes a day — using that small pause to interrupt chronic stress cycles rather than adding more obligations to already overloaded schedules. In a 2024 corporate pilot with 120 employees, her program achieved a 40% voluntary participation rate — double the industry average — with 86% of participants requesting similar programming in the future. She has also served as direct liaison between Plum Village monastics and Salesforce at Dreamforce, and led workshops at Pinterest and Stanford. Fran's work proves that simplicity, not complexity, is the entry point to lasting behavioral change.

"True wellbeing can't be outsourced to external rules. I create conditions for people to reconnect with what they already know."

🚀 Company Award Winners

⚖️ Legal Excellence

Faithfully Legal™

Founder: Dian Trabulsy — King of Prussia, PA | Founded 2024

Faithfully Legal™ was built on the premise that legal services should feel less like a risk and more like a resource. By pairing proactive strategy with flat-fee pricing and an educational approach to client communication, the firm has eliminated two of the biggest sources of client anxiety: unpredictable costs and lack of clarity. Every client interaction is designed to leave families and business owners feeling informed, protected, and confident — not overwhelmed. The firm has grown entirely through referrals, achieving 5-star reviews that consistently emphasize clarity and responsiveness, and plans to expand Legacy Stewardship offerings alongside scalable digital resources.

LMB Law Offices PC

Founder: Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell — Austell, Georgia | Founded 2006

LMB Law Offices is redefining what estate planning can be. Under Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell's Light Legacy Stewardship™ framework, the firm has moved beyond document preparation into integrated legacy design — helping clients align their legal, financial, and personal values into a coherent plan for generational impact. The results are measurable: 200% revenue growth, expanded service categories, and a steadily growing market presence among real estate investors and mission-led families. The firm also prioritizes access, with ongoing programs that educate underserved communities about legal rights, wealth protection, and the mechanics of building generational legacies.

💼 Consulting & Advisory Excellence

System + Soul AI Institute

Co-Founders: Emmy Hernandez & Lizette Espinosa — Los Angeles, CA | Founded 2025

System + Soul AI Institute was founded to fill a clear gap: practical, ethical, accessible AI education for business leaders, educators, and entrepreneurs who need to understand AI in real-world terms — not theoretical ones. Co-founders Emmy Hernandez (CMO) and Lizette Espinosa (CEO) developed applied AI training curricula focused on literacy, responsible implementation, and hands-on application. To date, they have impacted 100+ business owners, formed a partnership with Rio Hondo Community College to deliver AI continuing education to faculty and staff, and contributed to the USC Marshall School of Business Multicultural Entrepreneur Program. Their model shows what community-centered AI education can look like when it starts with who is often left out of the conversation.

What This Quarter's Class Represents

The Q1 2026 winners reflect a cohort of founders and leaders who are not waiting for their industries to evolve — they are doing the evolving themselves. Each has identified a structural gap, built something specific to close it, and produced outcomes that can be measured. Taken together, they represent:

• Legal services redesigned around prevention, transparency, and values — not transactions (Dian Trabulsy, Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell)
• AI education that reaches communities often excluded from the conversation (Emmy Hernandez & Lizette Espinosa)
• Wellness frameworks that work within the constraints of real working lives (Sweta Vikram, Priya Menon, Fran Benedict)
• Financial strategy redefined as execution leadership, not compliance (Marie Torossian)

Winner Benefits Include:

• 📰 Featured Profile — In-depth article on FoundedByWomen.org
• 📱 Multi-Platform Promotion — Social media and newsletter features
• 🏆 Winner Assets — Digital badge and certificate for marketing materials
• 🤝 Network Access — Connection with other recognized leaders
• 📊 Quarterly Showcase — Featured in the Q1 2026 winners report

Q2 2026 applications open soon. Watch for the announcement on FoundedByWomen.org.