Kristina Watts

Kristina Watts | Speaker and Life Coach

Get ready to look within, find your worthiness, and RUN TO WIN

Kristina is a Military Wife and hot mess mom of three. She's an owner of a multi-million dollar life insurance agency and currently focused on helping others become their best version of themselves through speaking and coaching. She stands for empowering women to become the best versions of themselves and create the life of their dreams.

Nirjary Desai

Nirjary Desai | CEO and Founder of KIS (cubed) Events

Make Way for Her Success: Ambition, Love & Life, Leadership, and the Importance of Transparent Relationships

Regarded as one of the top Southeast Asian event producers. Chief Experience Officer and Founder of KIS (cubed) Events. Offers comprehensive training and educational programs that equip teams with the knowledge and skills they need to create inclusive events that resonate with diverse audiences. This includes culinary education, cultural etiquette and customs, and vocabulary. Public speaker specializing in multicultural events/customs, business, hospitality, women empowerment, and DE&I

Allison Moser

Allison Moser | Chief Warrant Officer 4 of the US Army

PersHERverance...Holding your Heading in Turbulent Times

Allison has served in Army Aviation for over 24 years and has achieved the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 4. She has eagerly filled the roles of Instructor Pilot, Maintenance Test Pilot, Training Officer, Safety Officer, Armament Officer and Flight Operations Specialist among others. Her primary aircraft have been AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and her career has included deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq & Kosovo. She is currently an Instructor Pilot at the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (EAATS) where she has the pleasure of interacting with and training Army aviators from all over the country on a daily basis. Allison appreciates the opportunity to serve and thoroughly enjoys encouraging others to persevere.

Melissa D. White, MBA

Melissa D. White, MBA | International Keynote & TEDx Speaker | Author | Executive Leadership & Life Coach

Empower Yourself! Activate Your Voice to Speak What You Need

After 20 years of multifamily experience in leasing, operations, and training, she is now the CEO & Principal Coach of Activation Coaching International™ powered by The Activation Hour® with the mission to give a voice to the unseen and unheard at work and in the world through coaching, speaking, and media. Her notable career highlights include commanding audiences of over 500,000 people in one live setting, and coaching hundreds of leaders and speakers to find their voice and command the stage. Melissa’s Multifamily career is vast, specializing in lease ups, learning, and development. Melissa is the author of The Entrepreneurial Prophet: Obeying & Partnering with God in Entrepreneurship and The Spirit Led Leader Devotional. As an influential voice and thought leader, she is a media contributor featured in HuffPost, Thrive Global, and she is the Host of The Activation Hour.

Jess Ekstrom

Jess Ekstrom | Bestselling Author, Speaker, Social Entrepreneur, and Creator

Making it Without Losing It: The new rules for innovation— and motivation— that lasts

Jess is a serial social entrepreneur and bestselling author of Chasing the Bright Side and Create Your Bright Ideas, She's has been featured in major media outlets such as the Today Show, TIME, Good Morning America, The View, Vanity Fair, People Magazine, Business Insider, Huffington Post and Forbes. After starting and growing her multi-million-dollar company, Headbands of Hope, in her dorm room, her speaking and writing career took off. But Jess realized that her success wasn’t about how far she can reach—but how far she can help other women reach. Today, through her writing, and her uber popular Mic Drop Workshop®, she helps women uncover the value in their story so they can make a living and a difference at the same time.

Katie Woodall

Katie Woodall | Owner and Founder of Aspire Fitness & Nutrition

Step Out of Comfort and Take Action Towards Growth.

Katie's mission is to get you unstuck in your fitness journey. Her heart is to not only train women in a gym setting, but she also wants to teach them how macro counting can help them reach their fitness goals, too! Katie wants women to know that you can reach your fitness goals without giving up the foods you love! She is a Certified Transformational Macro Coach, Certified Personal Trainer, and is Precsion Nutrition Level One Certified. From Custom Macros to 1:1 Coaching, Aspire Fitness & Nutrition is her to help you breakthrough with transformative, personalized coaching!

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