Wings Of...Inspired Business

Michelle Gladieux is known as a human potential whisperer. She's written the award- winning book Communicate with Courage and she's President of Gladieux Consulting, a team of 7 teaching communication and leadership topics, offering executive coaching and strategic planning around the U.S. Michelle has 18 years collegiate teaching experience at three universities, accepting her first faculty position teaching organizational leadership at age 23. She's started her career as an HR and Training Director in the cold storage, robotics, and construction industries and visits conferences as a keynote speaker. Michelle has mentored thousands of people across companies, government, military and beyond, and her positive effect is evident after just one interaction.

Dr. Serena Huang is revolutionizing how organizations approach talent, well-being, and DEI through data and AI. The CEO and Founder of Data with Serena, she is also the author of the bestselling book The Inclusion Equation: Leveraging Data & AI For Organizational Diversity and Well-being. Serena is a sought-after international speaker and as an AI expert, people analytics executive and chief data officer, she's spent more than a decade leading measurement and analytics strategy for DEI and ESG at iconic brands like GE, Kraft Heinz, PayPal and LinkedIn. Also a guest lecturer at top MBA programs, including Wharton, Haas, and Kellogg, Serena's on a mission to help businesses worldwide actualize a new vision of work where employee well-being and belonging are prioritized alongside profits.

Alyson Caffrey is an Operations Strategist, Bestselling Author of The Sabbatical Method, and founder of two businesses, Master Maternity Leave, and the consultancy Operations Agency. She's best known for streamlining back-end operations of brands using her Operations Simplified™ framework to unleash the power of small teams. Alyson believes that if she can return fulfilled founders back to their families, she can generate a much larger impact in the world. Alyson also hosts The Growing Pains podcast.

Amanda Riffee is an internationally certified executive coach helping women overcome mindset blocks, know their value and create a career (and life) they love without burnout. A thought leader and event speaker with 17 years of corporate experience, she also hosts the podcast Unleashing You with Amanda Riffee and last month released her first book, Unleashing You.

Michelle Rupp, an Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist, is the Founder and CEO of Memorable Results Media, a boutique agency dedicated to helping small and medium-sized businesses gain earned media coverage on local and regional television. With a background in news production and a passion for empowering business owners, Michelle uses her 25 years of experience in broadcasting to deliver tangible results. Her clients frequently see increased revenue, sold-out events and elevated visibility in their communities, with many attributing significant business growth to her media strategies.

Lacey Bridges is the founder of Black Flamingo Agency, an experiential marketing firm in Los Angeles. As a visionary leader and innovative creative marketer, Lacey excels at crafting immersive experiences that drive brand success. Her entrepreneurial spirit and passion for the experiential side of marketing solutions have positioned Black Flamingo Agency as one of the fastest-growing trailblazers in the industry. Spearheading groundbreaking campaigns for major brands like Good American, Savage X Fenty, and TopGolf, Lacey has created transformative and unforgettable experiences that solidify her reputation as a leader in experiential marketing.

Melissa Darnay has been living her dream life in Panama since 2012 as the CEO of Choose Panama, a luxury real estate and rental agency based in Panama City. Melissa specializes in helping clients find the perfect investment properties that align with their personal dreams and financial goals. Her unique approach sets her apart from other real estate professionals—she guides clients from their first inquiry through every stage of settling into Panama, offering support long after the transaction is complete.

Penny Zenker is a serial founder, sought-after speaker, bestselling author, and former C-Suite executive of a global top five market research company who now helps entrepreneurs and executives at firms large and small, including Deloitte, Pfizer, SAP and Samsung solve complex problems and find alignment to accelerate business growth. Over the past three decades, she has built and sold multiple multimillion-dollar companies—including the award-winning tech firm Smart Moves she founded and sold to a French company. Penny is also a Tony Robbins Business Coach helping companies double and triple businesses and her TEDx, “The Energy of Thought,” has had over 1 million views worldwide.

Lindsay Guzowski is the CEO and founder of The Crucible, a company transforming how private equity and venture firms assess and develop leadership at their portfolio companies using scientifically validated, bias-tested tools. A visionary entrepreneur, she co-founded a plumbing company that grew from a $40,000 investment into a multi-million-dollar enterprise acquired for over $20 million. With degrees from Dartmouth College, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, Lindsay blends expertise in sociology, finance, and management. Since founding The Crucible in 2020, she has earned multiple industry awards, all while being a devoted mother to her competitive go-kart-racing son.

Julie Castro Abrams is a venture capitalist and gender and racial justice activist who has spent the majority of her career working to build great women-owned companies and economic access for women. She is the founder and CEO of How Women Lead, a network of 14,000-plus top executive women who come together to learn, break barriers to success, and make an impact. Using her extensive background, Julie helps top executive women harness and activate their power across all aspects of their careers and lives. She also leads the sister organization, How Women Invest, an early-stage venture capital firm seeking to realize untapped economic potential by focusing on the intersection of female founders and female investors, particularly those of color.

Nina Sossamon-Pogue is a sought-after speaker, two-time bestselling author, and entrepreneur whose journey through elite gymnastics, TV anchoring, and Corporate America from startup to IPO defies the ordinary. An Olympic hopeful on the USA Gymnastics team with Mary Lou Retton, an injury crushed her dreams before becoming a catalyst for a 20-year career as an Emmy Award winning journalist and anchor. Another transformative challenge led her to technology and a journey navigating startup growth to a highly successful IPO. Drawing on her expertise across communications, corporate leadership and resilience research, she now helps others conquer life's obstacles to reach new levels of success. Author of This Is Not the End: Strategies to Get You Through the Worst Chapters of Your Life and But I Want Both: A Working Mom's Guide to Creating a Life She Loves, Nina also founded the innovative online coaching company Now What Workshop.

Donna Letier is the CEO and founder of Gardenuity, a fast-growing company merging gardening with the wellness sector through personalized container gardens and AI-powered gardening experiences. Donna has raised $8 million for her company so far, innovating Gardenuity Match, which uses AI and weather tech to custom-craft gardens around lifestyles, climate and environment. With over 20 years of retail experience, spanning public and private companies, Donna has worked in the areas of operations, brand marketing, and product development, and takes a data-driven approach with a consumer point of view. Previously, she was CMO for a home furnishings brand with over $500M in annual revenue. She has also been part of the marketing team at Neiman Marcus, MGM, Barneys New York, and United Artists. Donna has been featured in Story of a Brand, Cheddar News, Forbes, Tech FW, WFAA #UpWithHer, Growing Spaces, and The Grow Network.

Melissa Broughton is a tax and accounting specialist and the founder of Busy Bee Advisors, helping business owners and entrepreneurs get savvy about complex, even frustrating, tax and bookkeeping situations. Her background in corporate accounting and auditing complements her desire to serve as a financial translator, of sorts, to sole proprietors and small business owners so that they feel confident in their financial decisions. With her husband Eric, a tax professional, Melissa co-hosts a popular podcast, The Real Buzz: Taking the Sting Out of Taxes. She is a member of Business Network International, Rotary, FU Nights, Women in Consulting, and previously served as finance chair on the Sacramento Children's Receiving Home Board of Directors.

Rebecca Fitzsimmons is the founder of Tactical Harmony, an online business dedicated to mentoring ambitious professionals and businesses on holistic leadership and mindset strategies. She is also the host of the Tactical Harmony podcast, in which she shares game-changing tactics supporting her community to gracefully navigate their career and homelife, while enjoying freedom, abundance and bliss. Over the last two decades, Rebecca served as an NCIS Special Agent and as a senior leader at a technology company. Throughout her global experience living and working around the world, Rebecca saw first-hand why holistic leadership answers every challenge. Rebecca is also author of the new book, Unleashed: Holistic Leadership Insights from Our Canine Companions.

Lauren Bayne is a personal brand creative director, advising entrepreneurs and executive leaders in building personal brands filled with personality and creating intellectual property that makes her clients money. Coming from the advertising industry, Lauren brings creative expression and pizazz to personal branding that gives her clients confidence to stand out from the crowd with bold and entertaining presence. She specializes in helping entrepreneurs, speakers, coaches, authors, consultants, and professionals express their unique personal brands through distinctive, brag-worthy marketing assets.

Kari Poppleton is the CEO and founder of Kari Poppleton Consulting, specializing in digital marketing metrics, data, and custom interactive dashboards. A Certified Director of Operations and Certified Dashboard Designer, Kari helps online entrepreneurs, course creators, coaches, and anyone with memberships and subscriptions, leverage actionable data analytics to make informed real time and strategic decisions.  Kari also founded the handmade kids accessory e-commerce business, Snugglywunkins.

Somia Sadiq is an award-winning entrepreneur and peacebuilder who has developed a pioneering practice in impact assessment and conflict transformation rooted in storytelling. Somia is the founder and CEO of Narratives, a planning firm that emphasizes human-centric, trauma-informed dialogue, lived experience, and celebrating ancestral identity. She's also the founder of Kahanee, a non-profit organization that works nationally and internationally interweaving stories to support peacebuilding efforts. Somia is a published author and a keynote speaker, offering insights on trauma-informed leadership, and fostering resilience in a rapidly changing environment. Recognized for her contributions to the Planning practice in Canada and globally, Somia was recently inducted into the Canadian Institute of Planners' esteemed College of Fellows, the highest honor for a planner in Canada. Her new book Garajah will be published in August 2025.

Susan Sly is an award-winning AI entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker, and the Founder and CEO of thePause.ai, an AI-driven platform revolutionizing menopause management with personalized, gamified solutions. In November, thePause.ai won first place in the HITLAB x Versalie™ Innovation Challenge. Susan also co-founded RadiusAI, a visual intelligence company specializing in the retail and healthcare sectors. RadiusAI earned the prestigious AI Innovator at The Edge award from VentureBeat in 2022 for its cutting-edge computer vision technology. Susan also hosts two podcasts, Raw and Real Entrepreneurship and The Menopause Health Podcast.

Karine Nassim is the co-founder of DayNew, a new technology platform designed to help people through trauma associated with grief and loss. After experiencing the sudden loss of her spouse, she joined forces with fellow serial entrepreneur Eloise Bune to build an AI-powered community platform that helps users navigate through the challenges that come with unexpected changes. Karine also co-founded with her late husband DogVacay, the “Airbnb for dogs” that raised $47 million and fast expanded before being acquired by Rover. She also founded SHMASK, a Covid-era business producing stylish shirts with masks attached featured on NBC's Today Show.

Rebecca Fitzsimmons is the founder of Tactical Harmony, an online business dedicated to mentoring ambitious professionals and businesses on holistic leadership and mindset strategies. She is also the host of the Tactical Harmony podcast, in which she shares game-changing tactics supporting her community to gracefully navigate their career and homelife, while enjoying freedom, abundance and bliss. Over the last two decades, Rebecca served as an NCIS Special Agent and as a senior leader at a technology company. Throughout her global experience living and working around the world, Rebecca saw first-hand why holistic leadership answers every challenge. Rebecca is also author of the new book, Unleashed: Holistic Leadership Insights from Our Canine Companions.

Julia Krieger is an experienced venture investor and startup founder who recently co-founded PariPassu, a private investor app that gives fellow founders, operators, and accredited investors access to angel invest in the most highly competitive deals in the venture ecosystem and be a part of the village that helps these founders succeed. As Managing Partner at Pari Passu Venture Partners (PPVP), a founder-led, founder-backed early-stage venture firm investing in the future of commerce, SaaS, and consumer tech, Julia has backed 19 companies to date. Previously Julia founded and ran VillageLuxe, a venture-backed peer-to-peer luxury rental marketplace, for which she was awarded the Forbes 30 Under 30 accolade. She was also an investor at Insight Partners, investing over $100M in SaaS and marketplace companies globally. Julia serves on the board of YPO Metro New York and is active in the Harvard alumni communities.

Julie Perkins is the founder of Wyseminds, a coaching and mentoring business to help female founders get to the next level. Previously, Julie was the founder of Specsavers, an optical and hearing retail brand. With a passion for decluttering the minds of female entrepreneurs, Julie helps translate her 20+ years in business and researched theories into a language that helps you see the path to growth, all while ensuring it's an exciting adventure. In the New Year, Julie is launching a money program for women Your Relationship with Success and Money.

Jeriel Sydney and Bobbie Cunningham are the co-founders of holistic beauty brand FABLERUNE with a mission to educate and support women through their own self-care journeys and ancestral wisdom. With a degree in women's studies and trained in aromatherapy, ayrvedic massage, and community activism, Jeriel joined forces with Bobbie, a licensed cosmetologist and trained esthetician, with a background in sustainable and renewable manufacturing and production workflow, to grow FABLERUNE into a growing luxury brand of skincare, haircare and other wellness products available direct to consumer and through 15 boutique hotels. They are also co-authors of The Fable Book of Runes.

Jenna Biancavilla is a trailblazing entrepreneur on a mission to empower people to take charge of their financial future. In 2016 Jenna launched her company, Pearl Capital Management, a fiduciary financial planning firm advising on over $180 Million in assets under management. Alongside her sister, she co-founded Svvy, a disruptive technology company aiming to revolutionize the financial services industry by empowering women investors and providing them with vetted advisor connections they can trust. Jenna is also deeply committed to giving back to her community. She volunteers with several charities, including mentoring foster children through Court Appointed Special Advocates and is a foster mom to a rotating cast of shelter dogs.

Ashley Stanford is the CEO and Founder of Ice Cream Social, a gamification platform that converts customers into a influencers. She's a digital marketing consultant with more than 15 years of experience specializing in building strategic marketing plans, mapping strategy execution, and tactics that optimize conversions and referrals.  She is also the EVP of Client Strategy at TicketSocket, where she originally “intrapreneured” Ice Cream Social.

Alicia Berberich is a visionary leader who's made it her mission to connect women to each other in inclusive, collaborative and supportive networks to help them grow their businesses. She began the Women in Business Roundtable in 1992 in San Francisco, which became the largest networking group through the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. She went on to found the Women's Marketing Luncheon series to create a smaller environment and now Alicia coaches women entrepreneurs to achieve their goals by harnessing the power of manifesting and overcoming their negative self-talk.

Maria Maldonado Smith is the founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of MMS Consulting and creator of the Executive Vision Imagery program. After 18 years of award-winning success in the corporate space, working as a sales leader for Fortune 500 companies across three different industries, Maria brings her unparalleled combination of experience to her proprietary process and interactive trainings, helping companies understand the science and benefits of goal setting for their employees.

Caitlin Copple and Holly Conti are the co-owners of Full Swing Public Relations, a fast-growing agency helping underrecognized leaders positively impact the world as entrepreneurs, authors, speakers and political candidates. Caitlin founded Full Swing in 2019, brought Holly in as Head of Digital Marketing, and together they've grown into a 7-figure company, with clients featured in Fast Company, Inc. Forbes, New York Times, Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, PopSugar, CNN, and many others. They've helped clients launch multi-six-figure courses and memberships, earn six-figure book deals,10x their email lists, and 100x their social following.

Ruchi Pinniger is the Founder and CEO of Watch Her Prosper®, helping small business owners and entrepreneurs master their finances and business growth. With a holistic approach, Ruchi provides financial guidance, bookkeeping, and tax-time readiness, as well as focusing on heightening her clients' prosperity mindset. Ruchi connects the business to the person, helping her clients break free from shame and guilt surrounding wealth and see huge results in their profitability and economic growth. She is an Executive Board member for Savvy Ladies, an organization that helps women improve their financial literacy and take control of their money.

Jenna Capozzi is the founder of Elev8pwr, a coaching and consultancy company focused on empowering women in business to new heights of impactful leadership and success. Jenna brings more than 30 years of C-level executive experience, having led innovative projects for global brands such as Samsung, Target, and BMW, and produced notable films and TV shows. Transitioning from the spotlight of Hollywood and the world of advertising to empowering the next generation of leaders, she leverages her extensive background to guide individuals towards impactful leadership and nurture them to achieve their goals with confidence and clarity.

Molly McGrath is the Founder and CEO of Hiring & Empowering Solutions and the author of Amazon's top-#1 Best Seller: 'Fix My Boss: The Simple Plan to Cultivate Respect, Risk Courageous Conversations, and Increase the Bottom Line'. Molly has coached, consulted, and directed presidents and founders of national organizations and over 4,500 law firms in executive-level leadership, continuous improvement, and team empowerment initiatives to infiltrate new markets, leverage partner ecosystems, and produce profitability. Her podcast, 'Hire and Empower,' is recognized as a Top 10% National Podcast.

Dr. Jeanine Staples-Dixon is the CEO and Founder of coaching company Literacy for Life and a Professor of Literacy and Language, African American Studies, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. She focuses on dismantling supremacist patriarchies through research, teaching, and coaching. Jeanine recently started The Supreme Love Project movement to support marginalized people, mainly women and people of color, to heal the relational and social terrors in their souls and launch revolutions in their lives.

Nancy Lyons is the CEO and co-founder of Clockwork and an outspoken advocate for making workplaces more inclusive, flexible, and adaptable. Nancy says no one does great work if they're worried or if they can't bring their whole self to work, and her consultancy focuses on transforming businesses and business leadership through experience design, technology for change enablement, and creating workplace cultures that support human complexities, nuances and intricacies. She's also the author of the interactive Project Management: Pixels, People, and Process, A Human-Centered Approach to Producing Digital Products, and Work Like a Boss: A Kick-in-the-Pants Guide to Finding (and Using) your Power at Work.

Aurora Winter, serial entrepreneur and founder of Same Page Publishing, combines the best of Silicon Valley with the best of Hollywood to help entrepreneurs and thought leaders grow their businesses with memorable messages and best-selling books for multiple streams of income and impact. Aurora is author of several award-winning fiction and non-fiction books, including "Turn Words Into Wealth: Blueprint for Your Business, Brand, and Book," and “Magic, Mystery, and the Multiverse.” She's also the founder of several other businesses including the charter boat company Pacific Quest Yacht Sales, the film production company Random Harvest Productions, and Grief Coach Academy.

Miren Oca is the founder and CEO of the Ocaquatics Swim School. Thirty years ago, Miren started teaching swimming lessons in backyard pools as a way to provide for her small but growing family. Over the last three decades she's grown her B Corp business to five state-of-the-art environmentally sustainable locations, delivering 6,500 lessons a week, with 3 million children taught to swim by Miren and her team so far. Miren is also a pioneer in innovating employee ownership, with an Employee Ownership Trust that builds wealth for her community as the business grows.

Caroline Goodner is the co-founder and CEO of OrganiCare, a leader in transforming feminine healthcare by making highly effective, natural products that are science-backed and available over the counter through national retailers under the brand FemiClear. OrganiCare is the 4th company Caroline has led, 3 of which she founded. Her career has focused on making disruptive advances in science, health and wellness that are understandable and accessible to consumers.

Danielle Hayden is a reformed corporate CFO (chief financial officer) who is on a mission to help rule-breaking female entrepreneurs understand their numbers so they can gain the confidence needed to create sustainable profits. After spending 10+ years in the boardroom as a corporate finance officer, Danielle is now in her sweet spot as the CEO of Kickstart Accounting, Inc. where she helps business owners with bookkeeping, financial analysis, and education. She is the author of the Profit Planner book series. When Danielle isn't in her money mindset you can find her hiking or spending time with her family.

Susan Drumm a Leadership Coach and CEO of Meritage Leadership on a mission to help leaders and their teams to develop the capacity and mindsets to lead in today's disruptive environment. She has personally coached billionaire CEOs, prominent Fortune 50 executive teams and incredible entrepreneurs that set out to disrupt the marketplace. Her firm, Meritage Leadership, uses a cadre of 15 seasoned coaches and consultants who work with senior leaders and executive teams. She is also the host of the podcast and YouTube channel The Enlightened Executive, where she interviews founders and CEOs on the most cutting-edge programs, assessments, apps and techniques in personal and leadership effectiveness. Meritage works with private equity firms and their emerging portfolio companies, as well as large corporations such as Oracle, Viacom, KPMG, A&E Networks, Genentech and others. Susan has graduate degrees from Harvard Law School, Carnegie Mellon University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Dr. Gemma Galdon-Clavell is a pioneer and global force in AI safety and auditing, on a mission to ensure that AI large language models and unsupervised machine learning tools truly serve society. She is the founder and CEO of Eticas.ai, a venture-backed organization that identifies, measures and corrects algorithmic vulnerabilities, bias and inefficiencies in predictive and LLM tools. Eticas' software, the ITACA platform, is the first solution to automate impact analysis and monitoring, ensuring that AI systems are high performing and safe, explainable, fair and trustworthy. Gemma was acknowledged by the BBC as one of the “people changing the world” and this year honored by Forbes Women as one of the “35 Leading Spanish Women in Technology” and praised as “a pioneer in algorithmic auditing software”. She also advises international and regional institutions such as the United Nations (UN), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the European Commission, among others.

Angela Duncan is a serial entrepreneur in real estate, insurance and finance who is on a mission to empower women by helping them with all things money. Growing up in poverty in Section 8 housing and welfare, Angela defied the odds to become a force in personal finance with 25+ years of experience, across banking, financial advising, real estate, and growing her own insurance company, We Insure Gold Coast, to a lucrative exit. She also owned a top 10 RE/MAX office with over $2BN in sales. Angela now hosts the top-rated Empower HER Money Podcast, helping to transform female entrepreneurs' lives through financial literacy and generational wealth, and proving it's never too late to rewrite your financial story.

Julia Kim is the CEO and Founder of Sanu, a postpartum retreat company dedicated to redefining care for new parents with comprehensive support and personalized experiences. She's a seasoned leader with over 15 years of experience in lawmaking, policy, communications, and political campaigns. Serving as the national Co-Chair for Korean Americans for Biden in 2020, she mobilized volunteers and orchestrated efforts to engage hundreds of thousands of Korean American voters in key battleground states. Additionally, as the former Chairperson of the Virginia Asian Advisory Board (VAAB), Julia provided invaluable counsel to the governor on a range of issues, including education, civic engagement, and business and trade matters, championing the interests of the AAPI community.

Monica Badiu is a conversion copywriter and copy coach with more than 25,000 hours of hands-on marketing experience whose agency specializes in helping course creators and companies increase revenue through customer-centric copywriting. Monica specializes in data-driven marketing to produce targeted and non-spammy emails and funnel pages that drive high conversions by prioritizing value over pressure to build long-lasting relationships with audiences. Monica also hosts the podcast, Master the Inbox.

Brittney Fairweather is a co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer of TRX Capital, a real estate lending firm focused on Business Purpose Lending where she manages overall growth, strategy, and client-facing communications. With a mission to bridge the gap for first-time buyers and revolutionize real estate investing, TRX Capital provides flexible capital and expert support to small builders and investors. Previously she founded the mortgage lender Genesis Capital, which she sold to Goldman Sachs.

Mary McMonagle is an intuitive healer and feminine energy coach with a passion for guiding high-achieving women towards breaking free from their own limitations and fully embracing their true essence. Founder of spiritual lifestyle brand True Vibe, Mary is also the host of the Living Your True Vibe Podcast, where she inspires countless individuals to embrace their true essence and live authentically. Listen to learn how to move from overthinking to a place of heartfelt clarity, so you can attract secure relationships and achieve significant growth in both your business and personal life.

Vanessa McGovern is co-founder and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Gifted Travel Network, a fast-growing luxury travel business that empowers small travel vendors, supports independent advisors, and curates authentic and memorable travel experiences. An award-winning industry educator and a sought-after speaker, Vanessa innovated a unique approach to empowering other travel entrepreneurs and uniquely grew her travel business during the Covid lockdown, supporting some 200 independent contractors along the way.

Trixy Castro is a visionary entrepreneur in real estate and mortgage finance having founded, scaled and sold multiple businesses, including private lending company Genesis Capital, bought by Goldman Sachs in 2018. Passionate about empowering women to excel in business, Trixy has founded and invested in over 50 companies across diverse industries and is now the CEO and Founder of TRX Capital. Her journey is a testament to her determination, resilience, and unwavering belief in the power of mindset transformation. Today she shares the importance of empowering and supporting women in business, how it contributes to a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, and how women can overcome challenges and setbacks and grow their leadership skills.

Shari Aldrich is a successful entrepreneur and author whose life was forever changed when she woke up one morning to her “cosmic alarm clock”—the sudden, insistent inner feeling of needing to act—telling her to run a marathon. That decision led to a series of successes that she'd never dreamed possible, culminating in owning a flourishing business, connecting with entrepreneurial leaders around the world, and authoring her inspirational book, The Cosmic Alarm Clock: Wake Up To Your Extraordinary Life. From experiencing soul-changing family deaths and a harrowing finger amputation to running races and developing a thriving business as the CEO and Founder of Bodymechanics School of Myotherapy and Massage, training massage therapists and helping them launch their own schools.  In 2023, Shari was inducted into the prestigious Massage Hall of Fame. Today she shares time-tested lessons that have been condensed into easy-to-follow steps she calls the Five Pillars for Life.

Marley Majcher is the CEO of The Party Goddess!, a nationally acclaimed full-service event planning and catering company. From understated elegance to rock star fabulous, Majcher is known for creating the most talked about parties of the year for a client list ranging from top-tier businesses to A-list celebrities such as Snoop Dogg, Sofia Vergara and Britney Spears. Marley is also The Profit Goddess!, a business coach for small business owners and entrepreneurs and the author of But Are You Making Any Money?, a witty and lauded business guide praised by Forbes as "a great how-to book for any entrepreneur." Her popular savvy and business sense have earned her appearances on various outlets and shows including “Fox and Friends,” Fox Business, MSNBC, “Extra,” “Good Day LA,” Bravo, E!, MTV, HGTV, FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC and The Wedding Channel.      

Rebecca Contreras is the founder and CEO of AvantGarde, an Austin-based consulting firm federal agencies depend upon to help them transform their leadership and grow their organization through holistic and sustainable approaches. Born into poverty, Rebecca transformed herself through grit, resolve, and steadfast commitment from a high school dropout and welfare-dependent teenage mother to a successful business leader. Author of the bestselling Lost Girl, Rebecca has received a number of accolades for her exceptional leadership such as being named the 2023 Austin Businesswoman of the Year and having received a golden Stevie Award for Best Female Entrepreneur in 2022. Rebecca also founded Girls of Legacy, a groundbreaking effort to impact the next generation of inner-city girls in Austin by providing them with mentorship and scholarships.

Dr. Michelle Jorgensen, DDS, FAGD, TNC, CNAS, is a renowned holistic dentist, naturopath and nutritionist and entrepreneur with two businesses, Total Care Dentistry and Living Well with Dr. Michelle. A pioneer in functional integrative dentistry attracting patients from all over the world, Michelle's transformative journey into holistic medicine and entrepreneurship began when mercury exposure from traditional dentistry made her seriously ill. A mother of four and an author of five books, Michelle also runs a charitable foundation, the Living Well Today Foundation supporting those in need.

Amanda Bernard is a proud member of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation and the founder of Shawish Market, a virtual Indigenous marketplace where Indigenous artists and entrepreneurs can create and manage their own online shop. Unlike other marketplaces, Shawish does not charge vendors a monthly or transaction fee making it affordable for Indigenous communities. Amanda was honored on the Peak's 2024 Emerging Leaders List. She is also a 2023 MIT Solver Fellow.