The Global Directory of Women-Owned Coworking Spaces is a current list, yet not an exhaustive one, of female founders and their coworking spaces across the globe. It’s purpose is to bring attention to the women who are gifting us with their leadership and sharing their creative force to create the change they desire to see for themselves and for the other women and men they support.
These women leaders are creating their own spaces, expressing their unique leadership styles and cultivating a community of those who share their vision.
Despite the many ways that a coworking space can be configured, there is a core belief at the center of this movement, and that belief is that we are stronger, more creative, healthier and more balanced when we work in collaboration with one another. The majority of us, committed to the coworking platform, believe that our future societal challenges will not be resolved through the lens of rugged individualism or dualistic thinking. The path that lies ahead is one that will require women and men working together, dreaming of new possibilities and creating sustainable structures to bring these ideas into being.
If you are a woman, currently launching or operating a coworking space, who is not on this list, please submit your information.
Africa
Morocco
Housni Zbaghdi opened Philia Cowork & Childcare in Casablanca, Morocco in 2017
Ilham Halib opened 7AY coworking in Rabat, Morocco in 2014
Uganda
Ineke Aquarius and Jantien Zuurbier opened Design Hub Kampala in Kampala, Uganda in 2017
Nigeria
Eva Etese opened HUB30 in Lagos, Nigeria in 2018
Asia
Phillippines
Shumate Royo opened The Office Project Coworking Studio in Makati, Philippines in 2015
Singapore
Grace Sai opened the The Hub Singapore in Singapore in 2012
South Korea
Hyekyung Hwang opened Hive Arena in Seoul, South Korea in 2014
India
Marlies Bloemendaal opened Ministry of New in Maharashtra, India in 2012
Lakshmi M opened Jayavilla in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India in 2016
Sri Lanka
Sajani Amarasiri opened Colombo Cooperative in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka in 2018
Australia
Karen Bond opened NewportNet Coworking in Sydney, Australia in 2012
Carly Thompson-Barry opened Sass Place in Parkside, South Australia in 2013
Daniel Price opened She Will Shine in Melbourne, Australia in 2014
Elizabeth Reid opened St Paul’s Creative Centre in Adelaide, South Australia in 2014
Celia Newlands opened Central Business Associates in Brisbane, Queensland in 2015
Gianna Wurzl and Sheree Rubinstein opened One Roof Women in Melbourne, Australia in 2015.
Stef Boadle opened Co.Co Place in Victoria, Australia in 2015
Natalie Taylor and Caroline Barton opened Biz Central in Southport, Queensland, Australia in 2016
Jeanie Hunter opened LIPSTICK Lane in Noosa, Queensland, Australia in 2018
Fiona Mayor opened The Thrive Network in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 2018
Europe
Austria
Romy Sigl opened Coworking Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria in 2012
Belgium
Valerie Kinoo opened Coworking les Galeries in Brussels, Belgium in 2015
France
Hanane El Jamali opened Remix Coworking in Paris, France in 2013
Marion opened Entrelac in Annemasse, France in 2014
Pauline Thomas opened Le Laptop in Paris, France in 20
Germany
Silke opened Gewächshaus Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Germany in 2012
Sina opened combinat56 in Munich, Germany in 2010
Yvonne opened Garage Bilk in Düsseldorf, Germany in 2010
Hungary
Dora opened KAPTÁR in Budapest, Hungry in 2012
Montenegro
Jennifer Buxton opened Beta Bar in Bar, Montenegro in 2016
Netherlands
Jeannine van der Linden opened deKamer, a network of 5 coworking spaces in the Netherlands in 2010
Norway
Torill Bye Wilhelmsen opened BETA Coworking Space in Oppland, Norway in 2016
Serbia
Zoja Kukic opened Startit Centar in Belgrade, Serbia in 2015
Switzerland
Jelissa Risse, Nuria Unterlohner and Megan Tidbury opened The Village Coworking in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2017
Aurore Bui opened Soft Space in Genevea, Switzerland in 2015
Jenny opened Büro Lokal in Wil, Switzerland in 2013
Janan Shakur-Kilcher opens Cospire in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland in 2019
Michelle Gasparovic opened Birdhaus in Zürich, Switzerland in 2018
Scotland
Claire Carpenter opened The Melting Pot in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2007
Trudi Lang opened Wild & Kind in Glasgow, Scotland in 2017
Spain
Ana opened Wohaby in Palma / Mallorca, Spain in 2013
Doris opened Rayaworx in Santanyí / Mallorca, Spain in May 2015
Deborah opened Depot Lab Coworking in Barcelona, Spain in 2016
Pamela opened CoFamily Coworking in Granada, Spain in 2016
North America
Canada
Ontario
Christine Andrews opened Acme Works in Toronto, Ontario in 2013
Emily Rose Antflick opened Shecosystem in Toronto, Ontario in 2016
Diane Chevalard opened Working Ensemble in Toronto, Ontario in 2016
Nancy Fornasiero opened Ace Coworking in Oakville, Ontario in 2018
Ashley Proctor opened Creative Blueprint Toronto in 2006, Foundery in Toronto, Ontario in 2011
Rachel Young opened Camaradrie Coworking in Toronto, Ontario in 2010
Amanda Munday opened The Workaround in Toronto, Ontario in 2018
Charlotte Kirby opened The Village Hive in Markham, Ontario in 2018
British Columbia
Minna Van opened the Network Hub in Vancouver, BC in 2006
Jennifer Vincent opened Cowork Penticton in Penticton, BC in 2012
Alberta
Erynn Lyster opened The Commons Calgary in Calgary, Alberta in 2013
Tracey opened the Grow Centre Cowork and Teaching Space in Edmonton, Alberta in 2014
Quebec
Regine Apollon opened Le 29T Espace Collaboratif in Sainte-Therese, Quebec in 2014
Mexico
Guanajuato
Kimberly Kubalek opened Espacio in San Miguel de Allende, GTO in 2016
Nuevo León
Terexe Olivares opened Nstro.Lab Cowork in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México in 2015
United States
Alabama
Tiana Patrice opened Women’s CEO Alliance in Dothan, AL in 2018
Arizona
Jenny Poondingo opened CO+HOOTS in Phoenix, AZ in 2010
Jenna Garcia opened Infinity Coworking in Chandler, AZ in 2017
Shatha Barbour opened Hera Hub Phoenix in Phoenix, AZ in 2018
California
Barbara Sprenger opened The Satellite and Satellite Deskworks in Felton, CA in 2009.
Anamarie Sabbagh opened Start Up Grind in Palo Alto, CA in 2010
Peggy Dolgenos opened CruzioWorks in Santa Cruz, CA in 2011
Jamie Pudney Russo opened Enerspace Coworking in Chicago, IL in 2012 and opened a second location in Palo Alto, CA in 2013
Anne McConaghay Cremarosa opened MIYB Spaces in Santa Maria, CA in 2014
Ehmandah Ramsey opened TwoTenEast in Los Angeles, CA in 2014
Sonja Rasula opened The Unique Space in Los Angeles, CA in 2014
Jamie Orr opened Tahoe Mountain Lab in South Lake Tahoe, CA in 2014
Nancy Sexton opened The Muse Rooms Noho, The Muse Rooms Burbank, in Burbank in Los Angeles, CA in 2015
Silvana Arzeno Toledo opened Collab&Play in Glendale, CA in 2015
Felena Hanson opened Hera Hub in San Diego, CA in 2011 and has 3 more locations as of 2016
Rebecca Brian Pan opened Covo in San Francisco, CA in 2016
Andie Grace and Cheryl Edison opened The Factory 510 in San Leandro, CA in 2016
Sally Newson opened MindTank Work Club in Ross, CA in 2016
Ehmandah Ramsey opened 210East in Claremont, CA in 2016
Kayla Pendleton opened Her Space in Fresno, CA in 2017
Kate McEachern opened The Office in Berkeley, CA in 2017
Jenny Chan opened Treehouse Society in San Francisco, CA in 2017
Taryn Rasgon opened Biz Babez in Los Angeles, CA in 2017
Colorado
Angel Kwiatkowski opened Cohere in Fort Collins, CO in 2010
Jen Thoemkel founded Connects Workspace located in Golden, CO in 2015
Lindsay Ann Sworski opened Boulder Healing Hub, LLC in Boulder, CO in 2015
Yev Muchnik opened ESQLegal in Denver, CO in 2017
Connecticut
Katherine Warman Kern opened COMRADITY in Stramford, CT in 2014
Florida
Laura Seijo McGlynn opened Social House in Lake Worth, FL in 2015
Cynthia Wilkins Dailey opened ScribbleSpace in Windermere, FL in 2015
LaKay Cornell opens the Space in St. Augustine, FL in 2019
Georgia
Katharine Chestnut opened Alkaloid Networks in Atlanta, GA in 2015
Marguarette Diep opened 3411 Coworking in Chamblee, GA in 2017
Susan Smith opened e-transform Coworking in Peachtree Corners, GA in 2017
Adrienne Hill opened The Brand Box Club in Roswell, GA in 2018
Illinois
Liane Jackson opened Free Range Office in Chicago, IL in 2013
Alize Okmen opened DeskLabs in Chicago, IL in March 2016
Nicole Renée Vasquez opened The Shift in Chicago. IL in 2014
Sue Reardon opened Suite Spotte Coworking in La Grange, IL in 2014
Mara Silverman Hauser opened 25N Coworking in Geneva, IL, in 2015 and opened a second location in Arlington Heights, IL in 2017
Jarius Edens opened The Kreative Lounge & Social Kollective in Sprinfeild, IL 2017.
Karen Hawkins and Tiffany English opened Ladies Room Chicago in Chicago, IL in 2017
Alicia Driskill opened evolveHer in Chicago, IL in 2018
Emily Britton-Arnold opens Mio Creativo in Peoria, IL in 2019
Indiana
Jen Handley and Laurie opened The Hatch in Indianapolis, IN in 2016.
Iowa
Diane Daby opened Springboard Coworking in Sioux City, IA in 2013
Maine
Elizabeth Trice opened Peloton Labs in Portland, ME in 2011
Lillie Lavado opened HardScrabble Solutions in Presque Isle, ME in 2017
Massachusetts
Melissa Tapper Goldman and Lisa Wasserman Sivan opened Workshop Brookline in Boston, MA in 2016
Bo Abrams opens CoWork Gloucester in Gloucester, MA in 2018
Maryland
Shervonne Cherry opened Spark Baltimore in Baltimore, MD in 2016
Michelle Coyle opens Takowork in Takoma Park, MD in 2017
Michigan
Amanda Lewan opened Bamboo Detroit in 2013 and Nicole Mangis launched Bamboo East
in Detroit, MI in 2016
Shira Schwartz opened Detroit City Study in Detroit, MI July 2016
Kate Redman opened Commonplace in Traverse City, MI in 2017
Minnesota
Katie Boone opened Envision Lab in Mankato, MN in 2015
Betsy Bonnet opened WORKUP in Willmar, MN in 2015
Anne Hendrickson opened Work it in St. Paul, MN in 2017
Lisa Akinseye and her two partners opened Evolve Workplace in West Saint Paul, MN in 2017
Missouri
Melissa Mann Saubers opened Cowork Waldo – Coworking Space + Meeting Rooms in Kansas City, MO 2013
Amanda Quick opened The Hatchery in Columbia, MO in 2017
Montana
Audrey Moss opened Cowork Bozeman, MT in 2017
Nebraska
Kate White opens Third Space Coworking & Childcare in Omaha, NE in 2018
Nevada
Dana Berggren opened The Coop in Las Vegas, NV in 2017
New Jersey
Noelle Starry opened The (Co)working Space in Woodbridge, NJ in 2012
Deborah Engel opened Work and Play in South Orange, NJ in 2015
New Mexico
Brook Barnes and Jessica Johnson opened Edge Coworking in Clovis, NM in 2017
New York
Allison Reeves opened Shared Brooklyn in Red Hook, NY in 2014
Argentina Flores opened QNS Collective – Coworking in Queens, NY in 2014
Julie Robbins and Nicole Nanglois opened One EPIC Place in New Paltz, NY in 2016
DeJohnette Lewis opened The Coop in Middletown, NY in 2017
Sarah Cohen opened The SHED Workspace in Sag Harbor, NY in 2018
North Carolina
Joanna Bailey opened COTERIE Company in Charlotte, NC in 2016
Alisun Pages opened Focal Point Coworking in Asheville, NC in 2018
Oklahoma
Kristen Hadley opened WorkIT Coworking Center in Stillwater, OK in 2017
Ohio
Stacy Kessler opened Platform 53 in Cincinnati, OH in 2013 (technically it’s across the river in Covington, KY)
Meg Cooper and Peggy Bustamante opened Gather Cincy in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2018
Oregon
Kelly Thiel, Wallis Levin and Karen Ruane opened The Wilds in Bend, OR in 2015
Aloma Loren Murray opened Eugene Mind Works in Eugene, OR in 2014
Dayna and Cole Reed opened NXT Industries: The Lab in Portland, OR in 2015
Pennsylvania
Anne Kirby opened The Candy Factory & Rock Candy in Lancaster, PA in 2010
Trish Digliodo opened Paramount Co-Op in Ambrige, PA in 2015
Tina Nerelli and Stephanie Gambescia Seal opened Bizzy Mamas Coworking in Ardmore, PA, 2015
Mindy Lipsky & Rebecca Moussa opened Productivity Pointe LLC in Pottstown, PA in 2016
Stephanie Desaulniers opened Covation Center in Williamsport, PA 2017
Heather Fish opened Foundry CoWork in Meadville, PA in 2018
Fatima Fisher opens Relax and Hang in Philadelphia, PA in 2019
Deborah Cavrak opens The Ahfis- creative coworking in Murrysville, PA in 2019
Tennessee
Katharine Richardson opened InDo Nashville in Nashville, TN in 2015
Texas
Kay Dee opens MELD Coworking in Austin, TX in January, 2018
Shelley Delayne opened Orange Coworking in Austin, TX in 2015
Liz Elam opened Link CoWorking in 2010 Link Too in 2012 and Link Flex in 2016 in Austin, TX. Creator of GCUC, which launched 2011
Sarah Griesemer opened Launch Wellness in Austin, TX in 2015
Laura Shook Guzman opened Soma Vida Wellness Coworking in Austin, TX in 2008
Felicity Maxwell opened fibercove in Austin, TX in 2015
Amanda Kay Phillips opened The Comeback Space in Austin, TX in 2016 (closed)
Daryn DeZengotita opened The Mix Coworking in Dallas, TX in 2016
Amy M. King opened GoodWork in Dallas, TX in 2017
Tamara Carlen Payne opened Ensemble Coworking in Ft. Worth, TX in 2015
Monique T. LaCour opened Houston Business Lounge in Houston, TX in 2015
Chandler Bohnn Gray opened CoWork Factory in New Braunfels, TX in 2015
Sally Aguilar-Robertson and Mari Aguirre-Rodriguez opened The Workery in San Antonio, TX in 2016
Carina Boston Pinales opened Splash Coworking in San Marcos, TX in 2017
Reagan Wilcox opened The Union Hall Workspace in Amarillo, TX in 2017
Hayley Swindell opened The Refinery in Austin, Texas in 2018
Jill Dretzka opened Work and Woof in Austin, Texas in 2018
Carrie Hill opened Annex Coworking in San Antonio, Texas in 2018
Utah
Kathryn Christiansen opened myBusinessBar in Salt Lake City, UT in 2102
Virginia
Michelle Coyle opened GSD Workclub in Alexandria, VA in 2017
Ali Greenberg opened The Broad in Richmond, Virginia in 2018
Washington
Caitlin Agnew and Lana Morisoli opened The Makers Space in Seattle, WA in 2011
Marnee Chua and Jessie Rymph opened Works Progress in Seattle, WA in 2012
Susan Dorsch opened Office Nomads in Seattle, WA in 2007
Sarah Hines opened Women’s Business Incubator in Seattle, WA in 2017
Ashley Proctor opened Creative Blueprint Seattle in Seattle, WA 2015
Alanna Imbach opened Vibe Coworks in Poulsbo, WA in 2016
Amy Nelson opened The Riveter in Seattle, WA in 2017
Tracey Warren opened InSpark Coworking in Lynwood, WA in 2017
Wisconsin
Tiffanie Mark opened Matrix Coworking in Madison, WI in 2013
Elaine Friedman Glowacki opened PinkSpace Coworking in Madison, WI in 2017
South America
Brazil
Ana Carolina Moreira Bavon opened Feminaria in São Paulo, Brazil in 2016
Carina Borrego, Fernnada Santiago Torres, Luciana Jansen, and Luana Cruz opened Casa de Viver in São Paulo, Brazil in 2015
Ecuador
Cabezas Ximena opened Conexion EC Coworking in Quito, Ecuador in 2016
United Kingdom
London
Victoria Donnelly opened WorkClub in London in 2017
Lu Li opened Blooms London Business in London in 2017
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