About WHOW
our vision
Provide opportunities, resources, and personal encouragement for women to become self-sufficient by using a faith-based approach to overcome life’s circumstances!
Our mission
Empower women to advance in education, employment and entrepreneurship.
Our diversity GOal
Our goal is to create an atmosphere of belonging regardless of race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience.
Our History
WHOW was started as a school project that lead to a real organization By Crystal Ifekoya. She knew the importance of women helping other women because she had so many women that helped her through her many struggles. She realized that it takes women willing to hold each other up in hard times to get through this world.
Crystal Ifekoya is a multi-talented business owner who loves helping others to achieve their goals. Crystal achieved her master’s degree in accounting and bachelor’s in business management. while being a full-time single mother and raising three girls. She is the founder of the non-profit WHOW Organization. She is also the Owner of BOSS Encounters, a volunteer of SCORE, board member of BWBOA, and past VP of Diversity and Inclusion for Junior League of Tulsa. Crystal went from homeless to homeowner, from school drop out to Masters degree, from Employee to Employee, from fear to Faith. Crystal believes with FAITH you can achieve the impossible.
Crystal Ifekoya
Founder Director President
Business Owner
Suni Hertt
Treasurer
Oklahoma State University
Felice Renfro
Secretary
Accountant
Arthetta Pouncil
Senior Governance
Counselor
Breanna Graham
Membership
Attorney
Marquess Dennis
Board of Directors
Director Dream Center
Abi Bermudez
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Abundance Beyond Financial
Shannon Luper
Programming
Girls Scouts of OK
LaQuanda Pippins
Volunteer Chair
Keller Williams