Uncharted Journey

In a world where mental health is often overlooked, Nicole Ferry stands out as a force of empowerment. She’s had a drive to serve for as long as she can remember, Nicole recently shifted her service dedication from law enforcement to mental wellness. With a mission to raise awareness about warning signs and the importance of seeking help, she is dedicated to fostering understanding and action in s...

Anne-Phyfe Palmer grew up in New Orleans, and later moved to and settled in Seattle. It was there that she founded 8 Limbs Yoga Centers in 1996 to provide an inclusive and welcoming home for yoga practitioners. For 23 years she helped others find a deeper, inner connection with themselves, as well as with the world around them with a clearer lens on topics like the environment, as well as social a...

Theresa Regli has more than 30 years’ experience in the digital technology industry, and is possibly THE most noted global expert in Digital Asset & Media Management (DAM). She advises clients on the DAM marketplace, data orchestration, creative operations, content supply chain, and Martech stack strategy, and subsequently supports the sustainment of digital stewardship and best practices, is...

Jessica Hickey is a woman of many talents - Operations Mastermind, Author, Speaker, Coach, Author, and Sailor. Her professional life has been as varied as it has been interesting. From mixology to administrative to project management, an engineering degree, and the chance to learn all about how to run a business, to publishing a book as well as coaching CEOs of multiple types of companies. A profe...

Sylvia Baffour is an Emotional Intelligence Coach, Professional Speaker and Trainer who was recently ranked by HubSpot among the Top 15 female motivational speakers ahead Oprah Winfrey and Mel Robbins!! A world traveler, she has visited more than 38 countries, lived in eight and speaks five languages. Her global experiences give her a unique perspective and ability to connect with diverse audience...

Lisa Welchman loves the web and all that it offers. And because of this love and the vision of the online venue’s potential to generate good – she has made it her mission to create a safer and more compassionate web through her consulting, writing, and speaking. As a leader in the digital governance space for more than 20 years, her passion centers around helping digital teams learn how to collabo...

Patty Radford Henderson has a passion for helping marketers see what is possible. As a senior marketing strategist, former agency owner, and start-up founder she has spent her career helping brands create customer-centric content marketing programs. She’s worked with Aveda, Thomson Reuters, General Mills, and Medela and has held leadership positions at Target and Regis. As an experienced marketing...

Jenny Magic is just an all-around amazing and kind individual. Pair this with her 20 years of marketing transformation experience she guides management and team performance practices on positive methods to navigate and conquer change. One of her clients dubbed her a "marketing therapist" years ago for her ability to get a dysfunctional team back on track, and the label stuck. She even helped Sesam...

Allison Abraham has carved her success from a committed and deep work ethic. By taking a visionary’s point of view on just about everything and making sure those around her are supported, seen, and allowed to shine, she has set an example of what success can be. Previously as a leader of Non-Linear Creations, and now, as Valtech’s Managing Director of DXP for the Americas and part of the agency’s...

Liz Bachman is a woman of the world, living in 16 different states in two countries before her 25th birthday. This mobility instilled in her a love of adventure, travel, and a delight of new experiences. Her career journey has been equally diverse, beginning in banking, recruiting, and architecture, all leading to continued success in the fast-paced and dynamic environment of data centers at Micro...

Andrea Belk Olson began her career building a tech startup from $10k in seed monies to a multi-million-dollar organization in only eight years. She went onto serve as the first female corporate executive at multiple global companies, and an I-CORPS certified instructor with the University of Iowa’s Startup Incubator. Trained as a behavioral scientist, Andrea founded a strategic differentiation fir...

Kate Billing has been obsessed with what it is to be human and how to be and do it better since she was 10 years old. She’s treated herself and her life as an ongoing experiment since her 20s in a way that now has an official title ‘Biohacker’…and has found it to be SO much more than just the ‘bio’ bit. Those many years of awareness have honed her skills as an expert in leadership development and...

Jill Jago is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Vermouth, a premium, sustainable beauty company that aims to create a line of fully compostable beauty products made from natural ingredients and packaged using absolutely no plastics. She doesn’t believe in perfection and is a language fanatic – a very good combination. Her vast experience has shown her that the most exciting and world-changing ide...

Danielle Paige spends her days as the chief marketing and growth officer at Nixon Peabody, an AM Law 100 firm. As a key leader, she focuses on brand strategy, digital business transformation, as well as client engagement and growth. A brand builder, storyteller, devoted client partner, collaborator, co-conspirator, and business driver, she has extensive experience in brand and reputation strategy...

Laura Parr is a trained business coach and mindset mentor. She has a background in business consulting with one of the largest consulting firms in London. Before pivoting to follow her passion for helping with her coaching practice she started, scaled, and sold her property business. Her pivot that led to selling her successful business was the realization that life is not just about financial suc...

Nancy Harhut is a highly strategic and results-oriented internationally recognized Creative Director. Known for depth of knowledge and practice in using decision science to prompt customer action and loyalty, she and her teams have won over 200 awards for marketing effectiveness. Growing up, she had a zest for life and liked trying new experiences, from wearing paper dresses to trying a pomegranat...

Dr. Amy D'Aprix is a renowned expert in her field who is affectionately known as Dr. Amy. With advanced degrees in Social Work, she serves as the Chief Empathy Officer and Life Transitions Expert at Life Transitions. Her mission? Assisting clients in navigating the challenges of aging and caregiving by offering down-to-earth, practical, and professionally informed guidance. Dr. Amy is not just an...

Mary Quist-Newins is a driven financial industry founder, practitioner, instructor, researcher, author, coach, leader, and mom and grandmother. Her wall is crowded with degrees and certifications - she is Certified Financial Planner, and has not one, but two master’s degrees in business and finance along with two more advanced financial planning designations (CLU®, ChFC®), all of which she has lev...

Cynthia Nelson is a visionary entrepreneur with 25+ years of start-up and corporate experience building lifestyle and content platforms with world-class brands including Amazon/Audible, Walmart , Kraft, Sony Music, American Airlines, Disney, and numerous other media outlets. From early days as in the PC repair business to the COO of a major broadcast outlet, where together with an all-female Toedo...

Jess Tyson is a hard-working and detail-obsessed founder, author, podcast host, and speaker. She spends her days as the proud Director of Calm at Don't Panic Management, the first virtual assistant agency to embody a people-first approach to virtual assistant success. Since 2011, she's been making matches between chaotic, overworked entrepreneurs and focused, calm virtual assistants. Her book, Pan...

Jay Trestain is a self-professed unicorn - technologist, strategist, mentor/career coach, volunteer, and massive advocate for women and girls in STEM; she also has some of the best hair going in the industry. Jay loves talking to people about how the lines between technology and human experience are increasingly blurring together. In her day job as IBM iX's Global Lead for Adobe Workfront, she is...

Cathy McPhillips is the Chief Growth Officer at the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Cathy is a Buckeye through and through. Growing up in Lakewood, Ohio, she attended Ohio University to study journalism. While at OU, she worked at The Post, the school newspaper that started her content career—amassing 30 years of marketing expertise in a variety of roles and...

Lisa Bragg takes her name more literally than most. Her book Bragging Rights: How to Talk about Your Work Using Purposeful Self-Promotion officially hits the literal and virtual shelves on May 11th. It is a must-read for anyone looking to improve their self-advocacy skills. Lisa is also a speaker, advisor, professional mentor, and the founder of MediaFace, a Toronto-based content and consulting fi...

Zontee Hou brings a unique blend of strategic, academic, and practical thinking to all she does. With more than 15 years of marketing industry experience garnered from the likes of IMF, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Allstate Insurance, and Indiana University, she KNOWS marketing. Today she leverages those honed skills and passion for advising and teaching as the founder of Brooklyn-bas...

Jess Moore Matthews is a force to be reckoned with as the founder and Chief Good Troublemaker at Backbone Digital Leaders - an agency conceived by unbought and unbossed black women. Her digital marketing and organizing expertise started with a tweet during former President Obama’s address to her graduating class. Those 120 characters led her from intern to leadership positions on several president...