7. Phyllis Hill Slater

She’s a small-business goddess both locally and abroad, vice president of Women Business Owners of the World (that’s the world), and serves on several corporate and nonprofit boards, including Allstate, the North Shore LIJ and the LIA. She also served on the Bush-Cheney transition team and is working with Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao on the President’s Council for Workforce Effectiveness. RESPECT that she’s in contact with the prez. FEAR what he might be suggesting.