Carly A. Riordan

A lifestyle blogger living in the tri-state area, Carly (Heitlinger) Riordan (226k followers) is the founder of Carly's Book Club, Carly's Stitch Club, and, of course, her eponymous blog Carly the Prepster (est. 2008). Carly is a "numbers person"—a business school graduate of Georgetown University where she balanced being a high-achieving student, an athlete, and an emerging blogger. She turned her blog into a legitimate, successful business using the concepts she learned in school. She wholeheartedly believes that any young woman should be empowered to flex her entrepreneurial muscle to merge great business sense with creativity and passion.