Meet our consultants

Business Mentoring

Dr. Julie Ducharme

Dr. Julie Ducharme is a keynote speaker, national best-selling author, serial entrepreneur, and active professor with 20+ years of experience empowering women through leadership development, business strategy, and education. She is the CEO and founder of Lead and Empower Her: SHE Talks, a women’s empowerment movement and conference platform that creates real visibility and skill-building opportunities for women supporting them to find their voice, share their stories, and lead with purpose. Through SHE Talks, women can step onto stages, contribute to national book series, and be spotlighted in SHE Talks Magazine.

Dr. Joshua Ducharme

Dr. Joshua Ducharme serves as Vice President of JD Creative and Consulting Solutions, where he leads the company’s creative teams and oversees the execution of innovative projects that help businesses grow, refine their brands, and share their stories with the world. With a leadership style rooted in collaboration and a deep appreciation for the creative process, Dr. Ducharme ensures that each project meets the company’s high standards for excellence and innovation. While his primary focus is on managing teams and driving strategy, he remains deeply involved in the creative process, working directly with designers, writers, and strategists to bring impactful campaigns to life. His dedication to fostering creativity, teamwork, and results has been instrumental in establishing JD Creative and Consulting Solutions as a trusted leader in branding and business growth.

Dr. Emily Leetran

Dr Emily Letran is a serial entrepreneur, CEO of several multi-specialty dental practices, and private coach to many professionals. As an international speaker, she has been on TEDx and shared stages with countless business leaders including Sharon Lechter (Co-Author Rich Dad Poor Dad), Kevin Harrington (Shark Tank), Dr. Howard Farran (Dental Town), and Linda Miles (The Ultimate Mentor of Dentistry).

Dr. Connie Bell

Dr. Connie Bell is a transformational executive, author, speaker, and scholar-practitioner with more than 30 years of leadership experience across corporate, academic, and global environments. She serves as Senior Vice President of Security Risk, Global Incident Response, and Fraud Detection & Analytics at Teleperformance, where she leads enterprise initiatives focused on governance, ethics, and operational resilience. She is also a doctoral professor and dissertation chair at the University of Phoenix, mentoring emerging scholars in business and leadership disciplines.

Michelle Cameron Coulter

Michelle Cameron Coulter: Olympic Gold Medalist, six-time World Champion, bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and someone who has lived both the highs of the podium and the lows of rebuilding after losing everything twice. My work blends Olympic-level resilience, emotional fitness, and practical tools teams can apply immediately.

My signature solution is the Gold Medal Performance Activation; an inspiring keynote followed by an 11-day implementation experience that turns insight into action. Teams don’t just feel motivated; they develop healthier habits, stronger resilience, and a renewed sense of possibility.

Dr. Silvia Mah

Dr. Mah is the Chairwoman & Founder of Stella Foundation, a national conSTELLAtion of organizations and leaders walking alongside womxn-led businesses from startup to sale and the funders who champion them; founding member of Stella Angels, a female angel investment group; Investment Committee member of Next Wave Impact, a social impact venture fund; an angel investor to over 160+ startups who have diverse founders on the leadership team and 15+ emerging fund managers who invest in new paradigms of innovation & impact, and a founding partner of Ad Astra Ventures, that aims to invest in conscious capital resilient founders. Dr. Silvia Mah is also a redemptive entrepreneur and investor serving as the Director of Innovation & Associate Professor at the Crowell School of Business at Biola University and serves as a business & strategy advisor at The Brink SBDC hosted at the University of San Diego.

Catherine Gray

Catherine Gray is the Producer and Executive Producer of the new award winning film Show Her The Money: www.ShowHerTheMoneyMovie.com

She is a Producer, Author, TEDx speaker, podcast host, investor and founder of She Angel Investors, and co-founder of She Angels Foundation: www.SheAngelInvestors.com

Amanda Taylor

Amanda Taylor is a Business and Wealth Strategist with deep roots in capital markets, founder readiness, and investor-side education. She brings a practical, no-illusions perspective to fundraising: most founders are not as ready for venture capital as they believe, and the work of getting there starts with the business itself and the existing capital stack.

Amanda has evaluated early-stage startups as a judge for the Texas AI Challenge Showcase at SMU, where she assessed founders pitching live to investors, founders, and innovation leaders across the Texas startup ecosystem. She designed and ran investor readiness programming for She Talks, including pitch competitions that prepared women founders to present with clarity and confidence. She also delivered a 12-week program through Aquillius, a biotech incubator, focused on the investor side of venture capital, including investor psychology and due diligence frameworks that founders rarely see until it is too late.

Chad Mitchell

Chad Mitchell is a fractional CFO, financial strategist, capital advisor, and business consultant who helps founders understand how to build companies that are not only marketable, but fundable, scalable, and positioned for long-term value.

With more than a decade of experience across real estate, medical and dental practices, manufacturing, distribution, service-based businesses, trade businesses, and growth-stage companies, Chad brings a CFO-level lens to business model development, capital strategy, market entry, and growth planning. His work helps founders clarify their value proposition, identify the right customer and revenue model, strengthen their financial story, and understand the capital structures needed to support expansion.

Emma Weaver

Emma Weaver is a thought leader in the industry of mental wealth, dedicating over two decades to empowering individuals and organisations worldwide to prioritise mental well-being. As the founder of Mental Wealth International, Emma’s visionary leadership drives initiatives that foster resilience and growth.

With a diverse background spanning entrepreneurship, public speaking, and event curation, Emma has become a respected keynote speaker and MC, captivating audiences across the globe. Her dynamic presence on the TEDx stage, where she has been invited twice, underscores her ability to challenge perceptions and spark crucial conversations about mental health and wellness.

Lynda Martin

Helps founders with U.S.-style communication, email outreach, relationship building, and meeting etiquette.

Lynda’s illustrious career in corporate training and coaching spans over two decades, making her a seasoned expert in the field. Her diverse clientele includes professionals from healthcare, commercial development, marketing, and veterans’ associations who are seeking to enhance their public speaking and presentation skills.

Lynda’s coaching philosophy is both strategic and personal, focusing on the creation of a compelling narrative— asking What, Why, and What’s the Takeaway—to ensure participants not only perfect their delivery but also convey authenticity and confidence. Her training sessions are transformative, turning participants into engaging speakers capable of captivating any audience.

Katy Temple

Leveraging my successful career in sports broadcasting, I founded Katy Temple Media Coaching to help executives, founders and professional athletes feel confident, competent and in control on camera, on stage, and in person.

Honing your communication and presentation skills is no longer optional in staying relevant. In today’s environment, a strong on-camera presence can catapult your career. Staying on-point and being intentional in your messaging, body language, tone and presence gets you noticed by all the right people, launches lucrative careers, and leaves a positive and memorable impact in the world.

Meloni Fox

Melanie Fox empowers executives and public figures to speak clear, confident English through accent reduction, interview and presentation training. She also trains actors to master authentic English and Spanish dialects. She is also a paid public speaker who helps her audiences “Hack into Language” and host of new podcast “Hack That Accent.”

Through her brand, Speech Fox, Melanie helps non-native English speakers articulate clear business English and also empowers performers to master dialects from around the world. Melanie has coached speech and pronunciation for 25+ years, and holds a Master’s of Science degree in Linguistics from Georgetown University (as well as a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Linguistics and Spanish from Georgetown University). She also honed her craft in business presentation and executive leadership roles in the corporate education space as she trained and led successful sales, marketing, and client services teams.

Shelby Jo Long

Shelby is a highly experienced executive and President/Global Partner at the Strategic Advisor Board. She specializes in client management and is an expert in branding and positioning. Shelby works with some of the most influential brands in the world, helping to create a strong framework for small to mid-market organizations.

Virginia Wilcsek

My passion for healing has led me through many experiences with mental health. I have worked in inpatient, outpatient, and group practice settings. I have worked hard to overcome the obstacles in my life and am proud of where I stand, even if the ground is shaky from time to time. I pride myself as a guide not only for you but for others starting their journey as therapists.

Dr. Jen Welter

Dr. Jen Welter is a trailblazing entrepreneur, bestselling author, psychologist, and internationally recognized speaker known for breaking barriers, redefining leadership, and inspiring people to pursue limitless possibilities. While she is best known as the first female coach in NFL history, serving as an Assistant Linebackers Coach for the Arizona Cardinals, her impact extends far beyond the football field.

A pioneer in professional sports, Dr. Jen first made history as the first woman to play running back in men’s professional football with the Texas Revolution, where she later launched her coaching career as the team’s linebackers coach. Her groundbreaking journey challenged long-standing norms and became a powerful example of resilience, innovation, and the courage required to lead change.

Dr. Ashley Sanders

Dr. Ashley Sanders is a data scientist and founder of Sanders Analytics with over a decade of experience turning complex quantitative and qualitative data into clear, actionable insights that help educational programs and businesses grow. With a background spanning applied research and business intelligence across multiple sectors, Ashley specializes in identifying the levers that drive performance, including designing KPIs and reporting frameworks, enabling organizations to realize meaningful improvements toward their objectives. She is a former university professor and held the position of Vice Chair of Digital Humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles for more than six years before starting her own firm.