What can a woman do? Can she author two books and inspire many entrepreneurs with it? Can she lead a strong company and take it to a global level? Well, why not? With her relentless passion for innovation and creativity, Rhonda has proved to the young and budding entrepreneurs that one can do just anything if one has the dedication to do it all.
Featuring in The Business Fame’s Top 10 Businesswomen Leading the Charge of Successful Business in 2021 is Rhonda Vetere, a beacon of leadership to all.
About Rhonda-
Rhonda Vetere is a seasoned leader across industries, working in global executive positions at Herbalife Nutrition, Santander Bank, nThrive / Pamplona Capital Management, Estée Lauder Companies, AIG, HP Enterprise Services, Barclays, Bank One / JPMorgan Chase, and several telecommunications companies.
She has lived and worked internationally – in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Mumbai, and across India – and has managed teams of up to 20,000 people. Vetere is also the co-author of an HP special edition book, “Enterprise Service Management for Dummies”.
Rhonda contributes her perspective and knowledge by serving on boards for professional and educational institutions, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, VETtoCEO, Longwood University Advisory Board, George Mason University Board of Directors, and SWAAY Magazine Board of Directors.
Outside of work, Rhonda is very active as an athlete and regularly competes in IRONMAN 70.3 triathlons (among other events). She recently ran in the Serengeti as part of a girls and women’s empowerment fundraiser. Rhonda is an ACCF Ambassador for the African Community & Conservation Foundation.
A Journey to Success-
Little mind with a myriad of ideas, Rhonda’s journey to success and making dreams come true started when she was in school. Her passion to create something and to bring innovative ideas to the table started there and continued till when she was in college.
From being a lifeguard to working in telecommunications, Rhonda has worked across a plethora of industry verticals in her career. The most important aspect of her success is that she has been very purposeful in every area she has ever worked in and that has made her make very conscious decisions in her career.
Rhonda continues to pursue challenging athletic achievements because she finds that the training increases her mental toughness alongside keeping her physically healthy and helping her to make better decisions. Over the years, she has completed over 60 half and full marathons, triathlons, and has completed six 70.3mile IronMans. Even though she travels 75% of the time, fitness is an important part of her routine and something she encourages her team at work to maintain as well. She strongly believes in being a Corporate Athlete in and out of the Board Room.
Leading to Success-
Herbalife Nutrition is a global company that has been changing people’s lives with great nutrition products and a proven business opportunity for its independent distributors since 1980.
Herbalife’s offerings depend on various industry verticals it caters to, however the bottom line is the world has changed immensely over the year and business offerings will continue to evolve with the targeted audience whether it is online, mobile, or even more high touch service and having technology help enable business outcomes even more while using data insights.
Herbalife offers high-quality, science-backed products, sold in over 90 countries by entrepreneurial distributors who provide one-on-one coaching and a supportive community that inspires their customers to embrace a healthier, more active lifestyle. Through Herbalife Nutrition’s global campaign to eradicate hunger, it is committed to bringing nutrition and education to communities around the world.
The Road Ahead-
Rhonda’s work energy is focused on digital transformation and working on developing talent, focused on the next generation of leaders, succession planning, and continuing to enable business outcomes through technology.
Her plan for the next significant impact on the world includes two large events: Race Across America, this is a bike race across America in June 2021 to bring awareness towards Veterans and those suffering from PTSD in silence. This Team is made up of industry leaders, Military personnel, Olympic athletes, and more. This race will be 3,070 miles across America. In October 2021, her impact is focused on running across the Serengeti for young girls’ empowerment through sports and education. This is a 55- mile run for woman empowerment with armed guards and doing a career fair with them as well.
Her Message to the Budding Women Entrepreneurs-
Rhonda believes that social media is a distraction for aspiring leaders, and she suggests guarding against it. She considers that the next generation of female leaders needs to focus on business outcomes and not get tied into the social media vortex. She emphasizes the fact that instant gratification in one’s career does not happen overnight.
Rhonda considers it important to find a strong role model and a mentor who has a proven track record. She advises young leaders to have courage, speak up, take risks, take hard assignments outside of the US and find a mentor.
