Based in Montreal and Toronto, Eva Hartling is the founder and creative force behind The Brand is Female, a multi-platform media entity designed to amplify women in leadership and social innovation. She hosts the titular podcast and the live Conversation Series, which features national networking breakfasts in cities like Halifax, Calgary, and Vancouver. Her recent podcast mini-series, Collection’elle, launched at Foire Plural to spotlight the underrepresentation of women in contemporary art. Hartling leverages her corporate background as the former Vice President of Birks Group to facilitate high-level dialogues with partners such as TD Women in Enterprise and L’Oréal Paris. Her content spans specialized sectors, including the Women Are Players Too series focused on professional hockey and the Les femmes ont du génie series highlighting engineering. Through broadcast appearances and bilingual digital storytelling, she addresses systemic barriers in entrepreneurship and health topics like perimenopause advocacy.