Flight Club

Dr. Angel Brutus, LPCC, ACS, BC-TMH, CMPC®, F-AASP serves as an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at UWS and is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Synergistic Solutions, a B2B clinical, sport, and performance consulting firm. Through this work, she curates professional development experiences for high-performing p...

After two decades in corporate learning and development, Andria Taylor felt called to something bigger — a vision to elevate and empower women. She answered that call by launching The Mentors Collective, a community built on the transformative power of mentorship.

Through this work, ...

Eva Goetze has dedicated more than 15 years to helping teens excel academically and professionally. From teaching English abroad in Italy, Spain, and Central America to mentoring high-achieving students in San Diego, she has guided over 1,500 students to acceptance at top schools including Yale, Duke, Brown, USC, Michigan State, the University of Miami, all the UCs, and more.

Lynette Correa-Velez, M.Ed., is the Founder and CEO of Pagame Project, an AI/H.I.-powered CareerDevTech platform based in Chicago focused on closing the women’s wage gap. With over 20 years of experience as a Critical Career Coach, she brings a DEIAJ-centered lens to supporting professionals across industries. Lynette has received 18 awards for her advocacy work, including being named a 2024 “Latin...

Erin Giglia co-owns and founded Montage Legal Group, a nationwide freelance attorney company comprised of over 450 exceptionally trained freelance lawyers who handle substantive legal projects for law firms. Erin has been an attorney since 2001, but opted out of traditional legal practice in 2009 to create a flexible alternative for lawyers seeking career balance. Er...

Kimia Talebian is the founder of Amara Insights, an AI-powered platform redefining what we expect from analytic and research software. With a passion for using technology to help operators, she is building a platform that proposes the types of analysis and research to run, does the work and uncovers the insights. When she’s not working on her startup, Kimia enjoys doing yoga and hosting group dinners to create meaningful connection...

Kim is a sales coach who unsticks small business owners so they can sell their services comfortably and authentically without pressure, gimmicks, or compromise. She doesn’t teach a hard to remember system but focuses on developing the right kinds of questions for natural sales conversations that come from a place of service. Kim drills sales skills with you, just like your childhood soccer coach, so that you can help more people an...

Sarah Mariano, known as The Stretch Therapist, is the founder of The Stretch Therapists Inc. and creator of the Performance Stretch System, a certification program with over 600 members worldwide. As a sought-after mobility expert, she has worked with high-profile clients, including Drake, Will Smith, and elite NFL and NBA athletes. Sarah’s mission is to help fitness and wellness professionals stand out, attract dream clients, and ...

Brenda-Lee Smith, BSN, CSA, CDP, CADDT, empowers San Diego seniors through Oasis Senior Advisors, offering personalized aging services. With a Bachelor of Science in Nursing focused on mental health care, she utilizes her extensive network to provide sustainable support solutions.

Brenda-Lee’s personal relationships with clients ensure respectful life transitions. An expert in creative problem-solving, intuition, and communication,...

Krystal Gillis, the founder and CEO of Tighties™ functional activewear, is a seasoned entrepreneur and business leader. Krystal’s career trajectory has been a dynamic blend of entrepreneurial ventures and corporate experience from sales for a large payroll company to founding her first business in payroll software at the young age of 24. After successfully building and eventually selling her first venture, she transitioned to corpo...

Renee Zau is the Co-founder and CEO of DonationMatch, a platform that has revolutionized how ticketed attractions and businesses–such as Six Flags Parks, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, and Hera Hub–manage donation requests. Since its founding in 2010, DonationMatch has streamlined the process and reduced administrative burdens for both nonprofits and donor companies. Renee’s innovative system saves businesses hundreds of labor...

Amrita Khanna is the founder of Humaara, a pre-launch e-commerce brand that is on a mission to help the Indian diaspora in the US seamlessly weave pieces of our rich culture into everyday American lifestyle.

Amrita has 10 years of experience working for industry-leading e-commerce and digital marketing corporations where she honed her expertise in scaling brands and optimizing digital ecosystems.

Now she’s excited to leverage those...

Amanda Black is the heart and soul behind The Solo Female Traveler Network and Kindred Community, two ventures born from her deep love for adventure and empowering women to travel solo. She created The Solo Female Traveler Network to be more than just a community— she offers incredible multi-day tours to countries perceived as less safe for solo female travelers. These tours are where her 550k+ community of solo traveling women mee...

Vesna Rysdale is the Founder and CEO of Nourished Alive, Health and Nutrition Coaching Company for Health Conscious and high performers. Vesna is a Certified Integrative Nutrition and Health Coach, Certified Hormone Health Coach and currently getting her Certificate in Gut Health.

At the pinnacle of her corporate career, she left the pharma industry to pursue health and nutrition coaching for individuals and corporations.

​Before f...

Monti Pace has a specialty in implementing systems that foster stable growth to help you through your business’s growing pains. With a background in administration, coordination, and project management, she leverages her expertise to create customized “minimum viable systems” that enable clients to focus on high-impact goals and achieve them with ease. Monti enjoys spending time with her niece and nephew and going to Orioles baseba...

Deanne is founder and CEO of Emerge Positive, a mindset company helping individuals shift their mindset and improve their life. Working with both corporations and individuals alike, Deanne is introducing the importance and impact of mindset.

She created Connect by Emerge Positive, a cloud-based SaaS service designed to enhance workplace productivity and well-being through personalized daily motivational content.

With extensive corp...

Fran Maier is a serial entrepreneur and Super Founder with over 25 years of experience building and scaling disruptive B2C and B2B internet businesses. She is the founder and CEO of BabyQuip, the #1 baby gear rental service worldwide, and co-founder of Match.com, as well as the founder of TRUSTe (now TrustArc). A trailblazing Latina business leader, Fran is recognized for her leadership in family travel, privacy tech, and the gig e...