Lead Fearlessly

Mackenzie Shelton is a real estate team owner, entrepreneur, and speaker with over a decade of experience building and leading high-performing businesses. Licensed in Nebraska and Iowa, she has helped 600+ clients buy and sell real estate since 2019.
She equips professionals with practical strategies to reduce overwhelm, build effective systems, and align their work with what matters most—creating success that supports their life, not competes with it. Her insights are shaped by real-world experience scaling a business and leading a team.
Mackenzie is also the host of the Roots and Roofs podcast, where she shares conversations on business growth, leadership, and purposeful living.
 
Follow Mackenzie on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/feed/ 
Learn more about Mackenzie’s work: https://prairieandpinerealestategroup.com/  
Check out Mackenzie on Instagram: @mackenzieleeshelton 

Jane Harris, founder of The Virgin Hair Fantasy, launched her luxury beauty brand with just $500 and a mission to elevate women’s confidence through transformative hair. Over the past decade, she has grown it into a million-dollar enterprise while balancing motherhood and entrepreneurship. Today, she also mentors women on turning their passion into profitable beauty businesses.
 
Follow Jane on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-harris-tvhf/ 
Learn more about The Virgin Hair Fantasy: https://thevirginhairfantasy.com/ 
Check out Jane on Instagram: @thevirginhairfantasy

Nancy Benet is a licensed CPA, entrepreneur, and CEO of Fix-It Accounting and Success Your Way—an online education platform that empowers women to start and grow businesses aligned with their deepest desires.
Her story is as real as it gets. After a divorce left her with four children, no job, and over $650K in debt, Nancy rebuilt her life from the ground up. Through resilience, smart money habits, and a powerful mindset shift, she transformed her circumstances and built two thriving businesses.
Today, Nancy is passionate about helping women take control of their finances, shift their relationship with money, and build businesses with confidence, clarity, and purpose.
 
Follow Nancy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/profile/in/nancy-benet-cpa-18145014 
Learn more about Nancy’s work : www.successyourway.com & www.fixitaccounting.com 
Check out Nancy on Instagram: @success.your.way 

Betsy Hamm is a growth strategist, leadership coach, speaker, and former CEO who helps founders, executives, and emerging leaders build stronger businesses, stronger teams, and stronger personal brands.
As the former CEO of Duck Donuts, Betsy helped scale the brand from a regional franchise concept with roughly 20 locations to nearly 200 open and in development. During her tenure, she led the company through significant growth, brand evolution, franchise expansion, operational change, and a private equity acquisition. Before Duck Donuts, Betsy spent 15 years at Hershey Entertainment & Resorts, where she built deep expertise in marketing, brand strategy, guest experience, and driving visitation to one of the most recognized destinations in the country.
Today, through Betsy Hamm Lifted Studio, she partners with founders and executive teams to clarify strategy, strengthen operations, improve leadership alignment, and create scalable growth plans. Her work blends practical business discipline with a deep belief that people, culture, and accountability are what actually move companies forward.
Betsy is also the host of the Loud & Lifted podcast, a platform focused on women in leadership, confidence, career growth, and women supporting women. Through the podcast, speaking, workshops, and leadership circles, she is passionate about helping women use their voice, build confidence, and lead with more intention.
 
Follow Betsy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/betsy-hamm-1903362/ 
Learn more about Betsy's work : http://betsyhamm.com
Check out Betsy on Instagram: @loudandliftedpodcast

Jess Kyle is the founder of Human First, a Tulsa-based practice built on a simple but radical premise: that the way people treat each other at work actually matters — and that most organizations are failing at it.Jess started Human First after years of watchig companies espouse values they had no intention of living. The gap between what leaders said and how they acted wasn’t a communication problem — it was a character problem. She built Human First to address both.
At the center of her work is Say the Hard Things, a framework that goes far beyond difficult 
conversations. It’s a practical method for the full range of things women in leadership are taught to avoid: setting boundaries without apology, advocating for themselves without shrinking, accepting where they are without performing certainty they don’t feel, and speaking with the kind of directness that gets mistaken for aggression when women do it.
Jess came to this work from a background in data engineering — she thinks in systems, not platitudes. Her workshops and coaching are concrete, specific, and built for leaders who are done with advice that sounds good but changes nothing. Her newsletter, The Front Porch, reaches professionals who are building work lives that don’t require them to leave half of themselves at the door.
Jess lives in Tulsa, OK with her husband, two amazing teenagers, and two cats. 
 
Follow Jess on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jesskyle 
Learn more about Jess: https://humanfirsthq.com 
Check out Jess on Instagram: @Jesshumanfirst

Jackie Boyle is a pharmacist, career and executive coach, and advocate for ambitious women in healthcare who are ready to grow without burning out. As a first-generation college graduate who navigated self-doubt and a non-linear path in her own career, she knows what it feels like to question your potential while still feeling called to something more.
Her career took a pivotal turn when she was invited to join a Women in Leadership initiative, where she saw firsthand the systemic barriers holding women back. That experience, paired with her own transformative coaching journey, ignited her mission: to help women stop shrinking, start advocating for themselves, and build careers that align with their ambition, their life and their well-being.
Jackie has been coaching since 2017, helping others confidently pursue promotions, pivot careers, negotiate opportunities, launch and grow businesses and create sustainable success on their own terms. Her work blends practical strategy with deep mindset shifts, helping clients move from burnout and self-doubt to clarity, confidence, and decisive action.
At the heart of her work is a simple belief: you don’t have to sacrifice yourself to succeed.
Follow Jackie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaclynboyle/ 
Learn more about Jackie's work : https://jackieboylecoaching.wordpress.com/ 
Check out Jackie on Instagram: @jackieboylecoaching

Sandra Sundbäck is a communication and change strategist, former CEO, and advisor to leaders navigating growth and transformation. With more than 20 years of experience across industry, the public sector, and member-based organizations, she has built a career around helping leaders create direction, clarity, and real momentum.
She has served as CEO of both the Chamber of Commerce in Värmland and Paper Province, leading organizations in complex environments where collaboration, communication, and the ability to make decisions truly matter.
Today, Sandra works closely with leadership teams, supporting them in moving from discussion to action – especially in situations where things feel unclear, slow, or stuck.
Alongside her advisory work, she is also the host of the podcast Sparkad, where she explores what happens when we lose something that once defined us – like a job, a role, or a sense of direction. Through honest conversations, she highlights both the vulnerability and the unexpected opportunities that can come from change.
Sandra is known for her ability to combine sharp thinking with warmth and presence. She is driven by a belief that meaningful leadership is not about perfection, but about courage – the courage to make decisions, to have the conversations that matter, and to keep moving forward even when the path isn’t fully clear. 
 
Follow Sandra on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/sandra-sundback 
Learn more about Sandra's work : http://www.sandrasundback.se 
Check out Sandra on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sandrasundback

Urmi Hossain is a self-published author, speaker, podcast host, and finance professional based in Canada. She holds the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) and CAIA (Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst) designations and works in the financial services industry, while using her platform to advocate for women’s empowerment, identity, and self-leadership.
Her first book, Discovering Your Identity: A Rebirth from Interracial Struggle, reflects her journey as a third-culture woman navigating questions of belonging, culture, and self-worth. Through her writing, Urmi encourages honest conversations around identity, representation, and choosing yourself in a world that often asks women to shrink or conform.
Urmi is the host of Stories Beyond Borders, a podcast that amplifies diverse voices and stories on identity, migration, language, and what “home” truly means. Her work centers on helping individuals—especially women—embrace their lived experiences as strengths rather than limitations.
Passionate about leadership development and community building, Urmi serves as the Co-Chair of Women in Leadership’s Montreal Chapter. She is also a dedicated public speaker and has been an active Toastmasters member since 2019, having served as both Vice President of Education and Club President.
Outside of her professional and advocacy work, Urmi enjoys reading thrillers and mystery novels, practicing boxing, running, and staying active through HIIT workouts.
 
Follow Urmi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/urmihossain/ 
Learn more about Urmi’s work : https://linktr.ee/urmihossain 
Check out Urmi on Instagram: @urmamio or @storiesbeyondborders 

Gail O'Halloran is a Wayfinder Life Coach and a speaker who helps women move from self-doubt to self-trust — especially when they're standing at a crossroads that matters.
She didn't take the obvious road to this work. From culinary school and fine dining kitchens to global sourcing and corporate America in Financial Services, Gail spent decades building a career that looked successful from the outside while learning — the hard way — what it costs to override your own instincts.
Trained in the Martha Beck Wayfinder philosophy, she now helps high-achieving women dismantle the "shoulds," reconnect with their own clarity, and make decisions they can actually trust. Her style is calm, direct, and grounded in real experience.
She speaks at corporate events, conferences, and women's organizations on leading with intuition, moving from decision paralysis to clear action, and the radical act of self-trust.
 
Follow Gail on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gailohalloran 
Learn more about Gail's work: https://collaborativeconfidence.com/
Check out Gail on Instagram: @gail.b.ohalloran

I'm Marissa Campbell, owner of Marissa Elise Photography. I’m a brand photographer serving (or better known as “your bubbly brand photographer”) entrepreneurs throughout Southern Maine (and beyond). As an expert in brand photography, I focus on really getting to know the businesses I work with so I can capture the person behind the brand and create strategic content that feels true to who they are. Brand photography isn’t just about “pretty photos,” it should help you connect with your audience and grow your business. I also own Evermore Place, a rentable creative studio in Gray, Maine, where photographers, creators, and small businesses can rent the space for photo shoots, content creation, and small events.
 
Learn more about Marissa: https://marissaelisecampbell.com/
Check out Gail on Instagram: @marissaelisephotography