On May 15, Marie Claire editor-in-chief Nikki Ogunnaike had big questions for the St. Regis Atlanta ballroom filled with the city's leading tastemakers, creatives, entrepreneurs, and journalists. "It feels like a time when the status quo is shifting. And yet there are still important conversations to be had," she said. "Who truly gets to be free? Do more choices mean we're more free to pursue what we truly want? How do our individual choices define or define who we are?"
Over a day packed with insightful programming, Marie Claire's 2025 Power Play summit presented by Clinique, "Freedom and Your Future: Rewriting the Rules for Your Most Well-Rounded Life" provided nuanced answers to each one, directly from successful women who'd pondered them in their own careers. No two panelists chased the exact same passions in the same way. But they each embodied what it means to do business on their own terms—and inspired everyone in attendance to follow suit.
