Women To Watch Awards 2026 honors Charlotte Howard

Charlotte Howard is an award-recognized administrative leader, speaker, entrepreneur, published author, thought leader, and women’s advocate whose work centers on professional evolution, technology, and empowering women to thrive in every season of life.

With more than 22 years of experience working alongside senior executives in global organizations, Charlotte has built a career distinguished by strategic leadership, adaptability, relationship management, and an ability to navigate complex and rapidly changing business environments. Her career has given her a front-row perspective on leadership, organizational transformation, and the evolving demands of the modern workplace.

Charlotte’s contributions to the administrative profession have earned repeated recognition from the Admin Awards. She was named a 2025 Above the Call Award Finalist, received a 2026 Above the Call Award nomination, and was named a 2026 Spirit Award Finalist. She also serves on the 2026 Admin Awards Advisory Board, contributing her experience and perspective to a national community dedicated to recognizing and advancing administrative excellence.

Her influence extends to the stage. In 2026, Charlotte was invited to participate in professional events with the Executive Administrators Organization, including Behind Every Leader engagements in Santa Clara, California, and Dallas, Texas, as well as a speaking engagement in Boston, Massachusetts. Through these appearances, she brings more than two decades of experience to conversations surrounding leadership, professional growth, artificial intelligence, human intelligence, and the changing role of administrative professionals in the workplace.

Charlotte is also a published thought leader whose Expert Insights have appeared in Influential Women. Her writing explores artificial intelligence, the future of the administrative profession, ageism, menopause, career growth, and midlife reinvention, amplifying conversations about how women can remain visible, adaptable, and influential as both work and life evolve. She is also the publisher of an edition of HER ERA Magazine focused on artificial intelligence, further extending her commitment to education and conversations affecting women personally and professionally.

Charlotte is the published author of The Evolutionary Assistant, a book drawing from her more than two decades in the administrative profession and exploring what it means to support, lead, adapt, and remain relevant in a workplace being reshaped by artificial intelligence. Through lessons on trust, executive partnership, boundaries, organizational change, human judgment, and AI, she challenges administrative professionals to recognize the value of their experience while preparing for what comes next.

As founder of The Evolutionary Assistant, Charlotte is developing a practical approach to AI education and professional development designed to help administrative professionals simplify their work, automate what they can, and elevate where their human judgment, relationships, and expertise matter most. Her philosophy is rooted in the belief that AI should not diminish the administrative profession, but create opportunities for professionals to evolve alongside it.

She is also the founder of HER ERA, a women-centered platform dedicated to community, wellness, personal growth, and reinvention. Through HER ERA, Charlotte encourages women to embrace new possibilities and recognize that meaningful growth can happen at any stage of life.

A mother of two adult children, Charlotte understands firsthand that ambition does not follow a single timeline. After decades of building a career while raising a family, she is embracing a chapter defined by expansion, entrepreneurship, continued learning, and impact. That experience has shaped a belief at the heart of everything she builds: Growth has no expiration date, and neither does a woman’s opportunity to evolve, lead, and create what comes next.