Bonnie McElveen-Hunter

Bonnie started Pace in 1973, with little more capital than a powder-blue Pinto and a lot of determination. Today, the company is the world’s largest private content marketing agency—not to mention one of the nation’s top 175 woman-owned businesses.

Bonnie was ambassador to the Republic of Finland, where she organized a summit of female CEOs from the U.S., the Baltic region and Russia. A dedicated philanthropist, she is the first female chair of the American Red Cross. In 2004, she received United Way’s National Alexis de Tocqueville Society Award for her leadership and service.