Executive membership
Investment
Everything the club offers is funded by membership investment. It is the only tier structure we have, and the only one we intend to keep — because pricing that rewards seniority is a pricing model that excludes the people the club exists for.
Membership criteria
Who this club is for
The bar is stated plainly, because an application you will not pass is worse than a quiet no. If you meet it, we reply within three business days.
You must be C-level, a founder, or a rising VP.
CXO at scale, president, founder or owner, or a director with an unambiguous trajectory to the VP seat. We read the work, not the title.
Candidacy is judged on the substance.
The strength, length, influence and impact of your career, and your community impact. Tier one expects $225,000 annual gross revenue or a clear track toward a high-growth sector.
Members hold roles such as
C-suite executives • Presidents and VPs • Founders and owners • Board members • Senior leaders in professional services, technology, media, healthcare, education and industry.
We value diversity in every measure.
Background, industry and role. A room of women from the same three sectors is not a network — it is a reunion.
A referral helps but is not required.
An invitation from a serving member or a referral from a partnering corporation both carry weight. Plenty of members joined with neither.
How joining works
Three steps, and a person at every one.
Submit the application
Two minutes online. A person reads every one — there is no scoring model and no committee filter before a human sees it.
We reply personally
Within three business days, with either an invitation to the next quarterly candidacy dinner or an honest no.
Dinner, then decision
The Quarterly Candidacy Dinner is a courtesy, not a gate. Non-attendance will not prevent membership.
Executive membership
Out of state & remote
$200
Full access to the Salon Series, the online member directory, committee participation and the quarterly investor summit — wherever you are based.
Corporate membership
For organisations
- Initiation fee
- $1,750 with a sponsoring member, or $2,500 without.
- Monthly investment
- $800 with a sponsor, or $950 without.
- Seats
- Up to four executives can be added to a corporate account, each receiving the full member benefit.
- Term
- Membership is a twelve-month commitment.
Corporate accounts suit employers who want to develop and retain senior women, and who want those women in a network rather than on a retainer. Talk to us before you commit — the sponsorship question genuinely changes the price.
Before you invest
12 months
Membership is a twelve-month commitment, renewed annually by mutual agreement.
$250
A non-refundable initial fee is due with the application, credited against the first term.
$225k
Tier one membership expects annual gross revenue of $225,000 or a clear track toward a high-growth sector.
No attendance rule
Missing a gathering is not a problem. Disappearing is. We will call you.
Member benefits
What you are paying for
The Garden's Executive Club is open to women from every industry who are C-level executives and CEOs of their careers, seeking to build a strong lifelong network. Here is what a member actually gets.
- 01
Facilitated luncheons
Ten a year. Far more than business-card swaps — every seat at the table is designed to interact and connect, personally and professionally, and each one features a guest speaker who has genuinely done it.
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Signature events
A choice of more intimate events through the year, evenings and days alike. Luncheons, book signings, salon evenings — the low-pressure way to turn professional acquaintances into people you actually call.
- 03
Your Core group
Ten career contemporaries, meeting monthly, with a dedicated Core guide. The most substantial thing the club offers and the reason members stay for years.
- 04
Committees
Join one or more committees to build relationships while sharpening your organisational, communication and leadership skills. Open to members only.
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Coaching & support
Private executive coaching, mental-health support groups, counselling, book clubs, and a speaker series with people who have done what you are doing.
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Capital access
Access to angel investors, private lenders and grant research — with one submission to the quarterly investor summit, Pitch to OH.
Also included
- Exposure for your business at the members-only resource table at every meeting.
- Recognition of your professional achievements and personal milestones, on the club's site and at the annual awards gala.
- Access to the online member directory, for networking and promotion.
- One submission to the quarterly Pitch to OH investor summit.
- Mentorship structured to let you give back as well as develop.
- Special interest groups to go deeper on a specific profession or issue.
These benefits begin with our ten facilitated luncheons every year. Our format makes networking with new professional peers as easy as lunching with close friends.
How to join
Membership is by application and by invitation. To be considered, applicants must be C-level, a founder, or a rising VP. Candidacy is evaluated on the strength, length, influence and impact of your career, and on community impact.
We value diversity in every measure — background, industry and role. An application may be accompanied by a referral from a serving member or a partnering corporation, but it is not required.
What we will need from you
- A completed application.
- The non-refundable $250 initial membership fee.
- A professional headshot.
- A company electronic press kit.
On acceptance of your application we will also ask for a media and press consent of release, a card authorisation form, and a non-disclosure agreement. These are standard, they are mutual, and we will send ours too.
Non-attendance at a candidacy dinner will not prevent membership. Dinner is a courtesy to you, not a gate.
Not sure which tier?
Ask. It is a conversation, not a checkout.
Most members start on the out-of-state rate and move to corporate later, and plenty never do. The tier should follow your situation, not the other way round. Write to us at info@gardensexecutiveclub.com and someone will reply personally.
People / Purpose / Possibility
Request an invitation
Tell us where you are in your career and we will tell you honestly whether the club is the right room for you right now.