Karen Malone Wright held on to the dream of motherhood through two marriages and a successful career as a communications strategist. Soon after her first marriage ended in divorce, she met Andrew, her current husband. At 41, risks associated with Type 2 diabetes led her to forego efforts to have a child.

In 2012, Karen launched TheNotMom.com to be the welcoming resource she could not find. The brand embraces every woman without children, including their diverse stories about “how” and “why”.

NotMom Summits, groundbreaking two-day conferences held in 2015 and 2017, connected more than 300 women from seven countries offline.