Outstanding Women Leaders

Ashley Jablow is an ambitious, achievement oriented, mission-driven woman whoo got her start in fundraising for the Palo Alto Children's Hospital before pivoting her way to a presidential fellowship at the White House, and landing "the job" that included international travel around the world. In 2017, Ashley was laid off and experienced firsthand the urgency that comes from feeling misaligned in y...

Rachel Fisher is an integrative health and mindset coach with a broad background in psychological science, yoga, functional strength and conditioning, holistic nutrition, and farm-to-table cooking practices. Rachel has a knack for empowering you to transform your habits, weave intention into your daily doings, and realize your true potential. A PhD drop-out turned applied practitioner, during her...

Marissa Senzaki is a seasoned talent acquisition and people operations leader with international experience across Silicon Valley, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Her expertise in working with early-stage startups and hyper-growth companies led her to advocate for a humanistic approach to recruitment. With 15 years of experience, Marissa has recruited for some of the world’s best-known techno...

After a 20 year career as a blue-color factory worker in St. Louis, Missouri, Marlene Chism woke up one day and decided to she was ready for something different, but she wasn't quite sure what that was yet. Her first step towards something new was signing up for toastmasters.   That decision led to a bachelor's degree, master's degree, and landing her first book deal with Wiley, followed by 4 more...

Susi Tully Milligan is a former local-lebrity in Hoboken, New Jersey, a life-long storyteller, and founder of the Hoboken non-profit mentoring organization, TRUE Mentors.  After a 15+ year career supporting the growth of fortune 100 companies in New York City through digital marketing, Susi's passion for people and Jesus, led her to start a mentoring program for children with seed money from a loc...

Kat Knecht is an internationally known business coach who has helped thousands of coaches achieve their dream of professional success through her Business Academy and as a leader for The Co-Active Training Institute.  Kat believes wholeheartedly in the human potential and has made her impact on others through her work as a coach, trainer, author, interfaith minister and inspiring speaker. With her...

Céline Williams (ACC, CCUG) is an international speaker and the founder of reVisionary, a boutique consulting firm providing executive coaching, leadership development, and culture services to human-focused businesses around the world. Céline has made it her life mission to help human-focused leaders and companies find alignment, navigate change, up their EQ, and improve performance. Céline has al...

Michelle E. Dickinson is a passionate mental health advocate, a TED speaker, and a published author of a memoir entitled Breaking Into My Life. After years of playing the role of child caregiver, Michelle embarked on her own healing journey of self-discovery. Her memoir offers a rare glimpse into a young girl’s experience living with—and loving—her bipolar mother. Michelle spent years working to e...

Misty Tripoli is the Creator of The Groove Method™ and Founder of The World Groove Movement. Misty is also a self-titled Truth Warrior, best known for her ability to enlighten others with her keep-it-real, tell-it-like-it-is, no-holds-barred approach to life and her powerful gift of getting people to dance their hearts out and reclaim their authenticity through movement and self reflection. Misty...

Born in one of the most multicultural cities in the south of Brazil (Curitiba/Paraná), Andrea Fleischfresser was exposed to the strength and beauty of diversity from a young age. It ignited a fire in her to connect with and learn as much as possible about different people, their languages, their traditions and gifts. Andrea’s love of culture led her to Milan, Italy for 12 years, before moving to t...

Sofia Whitehead is a photographer, published author, and CoActive coach currently sailing around the Bahamas on a mission to photograph and publish her second book! Sofia was born in Nassau (Bahamas) and lived there until she left to attend school in Austria, followed by high school in Uruguay and college in New York City.    Sofia learned early on how to adapt to different environments and also f...

Kadesiah Pugh is Longwood Academy graduate and survivor of Katie's AP history class. A bright and talented OWL, she is the very definition of what it means to live on purpose, always striving to "be the person she needed to become" to help her get through tough times. Growing up in a rough neighborhood in Chicago, Kadeisah kept her hope and dreams alive, believing in her heart that she was born to...

Skylar is a talented actress, model and entrepreneur--all before the age of 10! Before the pandemic, Skylar's schedule was filled with after school activities and homework during the week and acting and modeling on the weekends. As if that wasn't enough on her plate, Skylar dipped her toes in entrepreneurship and launched her nail polish and natural lip gloss business, Sky's Cosmetics, on instagra...

As a vibrant and passionate soul, Rebekah TenBrink is always striving to “be the change," which is weird, because I wouldn't change a thing! This OWL-standing woman is the founder and executive director of LIFT Teen Center, a non-profit organization designed to serve the needs of Leelanau County's (Michigan)  youth through intentional and engaging programs. Incorporated in 2017, LIFT has reached o...

When Kathleen Maxian first got the news that she had Ovarian Cancer, she was shocked. Naturally, this was not news she was expecting, but even worse, she quickly found out a simple genetic test that her sister already took, could have prevented this from happening. The problem--a company filed a patten on a HUMAN GENE and their test failed to detect the gene the first time.  That's right, pharmace...

Skye Rummer is 21 and ON A MISSION to save the PLANET! Skye is a board member and volunteer at Planet Rehab, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the environment. Their mission is to help nurture the relationship between humanity and nature, first in California, and now in Panama!  Tune in to hear how this OWL-standing Woman Leader share her story of volunteering and giving back, OWL w...

Hoot! Hoot! Season 3 just dropped and it's wearing a S.C.A.R.F and planting S.E.E.D.S of Neuroscience and spirituality for OWL to give a hoot about!   Tune in to hear KeShawn and Katie catch up before they hit record on the first episode of Season 3!   Connect with Keshawn! https://keshawnhughes.com/

Keshawn Hughes is an intuitive, energetic, coach, consultant, and speaker who is on a mission to help people align with their purpose and live lives that are healthy, fulfilled, and abundant. She challenges audiences to change their minds and keep them changed about the connections between emotional health, wealth, and success. Keshawn's multidisciplinary perspective and insight draws from psychol...

Born and raised in Sweden, twenty years ago Mia Larrson moved to Spain to emerse herself in a variety of yoga practices, including Hatha, Ashtanga, Anusara and Bowspring. As a holistic life coach, Mia pulls her source of inspiration from the Ayurvedic and yogic lifestyle, working with the body-mind-heart as a whole, to cultivate more understanding, balance and joy in life. Mia’s focus is to guide...

Kelly Lynn Adams , is a certified executive leadership, life & mindset transformational coach, speaker, & creator of the Perfectly Imperfect podcast. She is also the founder of The After 5 Club, which has helped hundreds of high performers and overachievers (especially Professional & Corporate leaders) monitor their stress, manage their mindset, and maximize their time. Kelly Lynn has 13+ years of...

Growing up on the Jersey Shore, it OWL makes sense that for as long as  Sabrina  can remember, she's always been interested in exercising and eating right. When she turned eighteen, Sabrina became a certified fitness instructor and personal trainer, teaching group fitness classes and training clients throughout college, earning her NASM certification and later completing her masters in clinical nu...

Ariel Johnson was a typical teenage girl getting ready to go off to college that summer when an icy road and a car accident changed her life forever. Legally dead, when Ariel woke up she was missing her memory and half her skull. As she looked around the hospital at the cards and posters from her high school friends, she was speechless—literally, she had a tube in her throat and like a kindergartn...

Lola Vanderstrand is a professional life coach, soulmate strategist, and NLP Hypnotherapist. More importantly, Lola is a romantic at heart whoo helps her clients find love.  Lola believes in coaching for transformation in order to facilitate lasting change. Working in collaboration with her clients, Lola helps humans remove barriers and limiting beliefs through personalized audio she individually...

Tra’Lisha (Davis) Renteria is a Longwood Academy High School graduate and former student in Katie’s AP History class.  A first generation college student trying to figure out life, Tra’Lisha was struggling in science and failed Neurobiology her sophomore year. This pivotal moment caused Tra’Lisha to question why she wanted to be a doctor, and realize that this dream was given to her, but not her o...

On this bonus episode, educator, author, and transformational coach, Chantal Cox, is sharing how she is finding peace and joy in the midst of a world-wide pandemic. Creating a life you love while simultaneously teaching during a pandemic can feel impossible, but Chantal is here to tell you that it is possible—even with fewer days off, distance learning, in-person learning, and all the on-the-job l...