Throughout Orange County, female leaders of industry are taking the professional world by storm. Powerful role models, these women in business have risen to the top of their career fields through hard work, grit and determination. 

No matter your gender, the following stories of achieved dreams and the roads that led them there will serve as inspiration in a time where motivation may feel stagnant. While success may be hard-won, these incredible women prove that the endeavor to do so is always worth the effort. 

Here are Irvine Weekly’s Top Women in Business 2020:

Lynn Jochim – Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of FivePoint Holdings, LLC

Cheryl Osborn – President and Founder of Casco Contractors

Barbara Johnson Bechthold – Vice President of Administration for Clean Energy

Lynne Foose – Vice President and Corporate Financial Officer for Foose Design

Andrea Matiauda – General Counsel at Calnetix Technologies

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