Profiles in Leadership

JONATHANBRILL is the Futurist-in-Residence at Amazon, Executive Chairman of the Center for Radical Change, and former Global Futurist and Research Director at HP. Ranked the #1 Futurist in the World by Forbes and “the world’s leading transformation architect” by Harvard Business Review,Brill draws on decades of experience as an AI inventor, tech executive, and intelligence strategist. His teams have developed over 350 products, generating tens of billions of dollars in new revenue, and his work has transformed innovation at organizations from KPMG to the U.S. Secret Service. He’s a featured expert on ABC News, CNBC, CNN, and CBS, and has taught at Harvard, Duke, CERN, and Stanford. His new book is AI and the Octopus Organization: Building the Superintelligent Firm

AllisterFrostis a Future-Ready Mindset thought leader, author, and speaker who empowers business leaders and teams to thrive in uncertainty. As Microsoft's first Digital Marketing Strategy Leader and an award-winning speaker for global giants like 3M, Vodafone, Cisco, and NHS, he helps leaders leverage change by activating three AI-defeating human superpowers: curiosity, creativity, and courageous communication.  He is the author of “Ready Already” The future-ready Mindset, to keep up, stand out and shape what’s next.

Sara Blackmer is not your typical CEO. A decorated U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel turned award-winning tech executive, she brings battlefield precision and boardroom credibility to every venture she touches. Her mission? To lead with purpose, influence for good, and scale innovations that make the world better.  As a Senior Partner at Solyco Capital, Sara doesn’t just deploy capital—she dives in. She works alongside teams to build cultures of

excellence, guiding operations from the inside out to unlock growth and impact. 

She also serves as CEO of FluidLogic, a hydration technology company transforming how athletes, tactical professionals, and everyday humans perform at their best.  Rooted in 15 generations of military service, Sara is passionate about service, discipline, and multiplying positive influence across her sphere—and empowering others to do the same. 

Her story—from fighter jets to frontier tech—is one of thriving in male-dominated industries, building teams that win, and delivering results that matter.

Sara is a sought-after speaker for her insights on leadership, culture, and scaling ventures—and for the compelling way she connects her military and business journeys to real-world impact.

"Whitney Faires an internationally recognized executive coach, keynote speaker, and leadership advisor with 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Formerly Chief of Staff to the CFO at Intuitive Surgical, she led high-impact organizational health initiatives, launched global leadership development programs, and coached rising professionals into senior roles. Her multifaceted career spans sales, finance, and commercial operations, where she spearheaded the creation of a $2 billion international leasing portfolio.

As the founder of Whitney Faires Coaching, she developed the Courageous Leader Roadmap - a practical approach for leaders to show up authentically, navigate adversity, and drive meaningful results. She is an ICF-accredited PCC coach and is passionate about helping leaders elevate their influence and build high-performing teams.

MALITTA SEAMON is a business strategist, coach, author, speaker, and trusted adviser to CEOs, C-suite executives and leaders. After over 25 years running a multi-million dollar event services firm she built with her husband, BradSeamon, she co-founded Inbound Leadership to help unlock untapped potential for greater impact by fostering safe spaces for leaders to reflect, be vulnerable, and grow. She is a certified executive coach, relationship coach, nutritionist, a certified DISC coach, and trained breathwork practitioner, and has served on several nonprofit boards. 

BRAD SEAMON is a healthcare executive dedicated to aligning community health needs with the priorities of government officials, lawmakers, and the healthcare system he serves. Passionate about leadership development, coaching, and empowering others, he is the co-founder, consultant and board member at Inbound Leadership.  He has guest lectured in college-level courses, shares thought leadership, and gives talks and writes articles, primarily focused on mindset and personal transformation. In addition, Brad is a certified public accountant, certified professional coach, and certified DISC and emotional intelligence coach.

MALITTA AND BRAD have been married for thirty-seven years and reside in Maryland. They have two sons, Brad Jr. and Chad, a daughter-in-law, Danielle, and two granddaughters, Parker and Kendall.

Francie Jain is the founder and CEO of Terawatt, a B2B coaching marketplace on a mission to make professional development scalable, affordable, and accessible across every level of an organization. With a career spanning hedge fund marketing, entrepreneurship, and leadership development, Francie brings a unique blend of strategic insight, business acumen, and deep commitment to human potential.

Before launching Terawatt, Francie founded Nxt Chptr, a community designed to support

individuals navigating career transitions. Her first venture, West River Partners, was a third-

party marketing consultancy through which she raised nearly half a billion dollars in institutional capital for emerging markets-based hedge funds.

Francie’s transition from high-stakes finance to human-centered development was sparked by a realization: high-achieving professionals often lack the coaching and support necessary at pivotal moments in their careers. Through Terawatt, she’s changing that narrative—empowering businesses to reduce turnover, improve performance, and build resilient teams through targeted group coaching and expert-led development.

A graduate of Princeton University (A.B.) and The University of Chicago Booth School of

Business (M.B.A.), Francie is passionate about reframing leadership, democratizing access to learning, and helping organizations invest wisely in their most valuable resource: their people.

Caroline Stokes is a leadership strategist for the 5th Industrial Revolution and author of AfterShock to 2030: A CEO’s Guide to Reinvention in the Age of AI, Climate, and Societal Collapse. Her work offers a radical roadmap for navigating disruption, grounded in trauma-aware systems, emotionally intelligent AI, and adaptive intelligence.

A Sony alum who helped launch PlayStation, Caroline has evolved from executive headhunter to a globally recognized authority on psychological and strategic leadership reinvention. She works with CEOs, boards, and executive teams to build sovereign, trust-based systems that align with today’s complex, polycrisis environment.

She is also the author of Elephants Before Unicorns (Entrepreneur Press, 2019), co-author of the HBR Guide to Navigating the Toxic Workplace (2024), and contributor to Coach Me! (Wiley, 2022). Her insights have appeared in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, and The Globe and Mail.

Caroline has delivered keynotes and workshops around the world, including for the World Bank, IEEE-USA, and the UN Peace Day celebration in Los Angeles. Her TEDx talk predicted the leadership challenges organizations now face.

Named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women and a 40 Under 40 awardee, Dr.JulieWilson is a nationally recognized physician-entrepreneur and the Founder & CEO of Terra Nova Medical Clinics—British Columbia’s largest and fastest-growing physician-led clinic network—and I’d love to propose her as a guest on [podcast name].

While many clinics shut down during the pandemic, Julie leaned in—scaling Terra Nova from one location serving 25,000 patients to seven thriving clinics that now care for over 50,000. She did it by building a culture where practitioners thrive, leadership is nurtured at every level, and operational excellence is fused with compassion. 

Terra Nova’s impact has earned recognition like Best Workplace in Healthcare, Best Workplaces Managed by Women (2024), Outstanding Workplace of the Year (2022), and nominations for the Business Leadership Award, the Small BC Business Impact Award, and the People’s Choice Award.

Julie is still a full-time practicing doctor—while mentoring international medical graduates, shaping healthcare policy, and challenging outdated systems with a modern model of connected, tech-forward, people-first care. She’s redefining leadership in one of the toughest industries to scale and proving that purpose, profit, and people can all grow together.

Everett O’Keefe is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and International #1 Bestselling Author. The

Power of the Published is his most recent solo work. He has also helped create and launch more than

200 bestselling books for his clients. Everett speaks across the nation on the power of publishing. He

is the founder of Ignite Press, a hybrid publishing company that specializes in helping entrepreneurs,

as well as business and medical professionals, ignite their businesses by becoming bestselling

authors.

Everett is the winner of multiple awards, including the Publish and Profit Award for Excellence in

Publishing, the Make Market & Launch It Award for Product Creation, and the Top Gun Consulting

Award, among others. He is the co-founder of the Business Accelerator Group, a high-level

mastermind group composed of international marketers and publishers. He also founded the

Mastermind Retreat and hosts international mastermind events.

In 2019, Everett founded The Book Publishers Network, a group of publishers, publishing

consultants, book coaches and other book professionals. In 2020, he founded The Publishers

Mastermind in order to help support publishing professionals from around the world. He also now

hosts The AuthorMind, a mastermind group exclusively for published authors.

Everett is sought out as a speaker, coach, and consultant by authors and marketing experts

worldwide. With a passion for entrepreneurialism, Everett helps his clients become recognized

experts in their fields through speaking and authorship while allowing his clients to focus on their

own areas of giftedness.

Pankaj Singh—"Sing"—is a visionary leader who’s spent

over 20 years revolutionizing businesses and building high-

performance teams. As a former C-suite executive, he's

driven double-digit growth, streamlined operations, and

transformed organizations worldwide. But his real power

comes from something unexpected: Mindfulness.

Raised in an affluent family in India, Sing mastered classical

music by age 13 but was restless. At 14, he was sent to train

under a lama, where he first discovered the profound impact

of mindfulness. Fast forward to 2020, His passion for mindful

leadership was ignited during a high-pressure ransomware

crisis early in his career. Faced with the overwhelming stress

of guiding his team through uncharted territory, he turned to

mindfulness to anchor himself. That pivotal experience

revealed the transformative power of presence, empathy, and

emotional intelligence in leadership—and it inspired his life’s

mission to share these tools with others.

Today, Sing is an advocate for redefining leadership in a

fast-paced world. His signature frameworks, The Ascendancy

ActionTM System and Mindful Leadership Mastery Compass,

equip leaders to transcend stress, foster resilience, and

cultivate authenticity. Whether inspiring audiences through

keynote speeches, mentoring teams, or crafting leadership

roadmaps, Sing’s vision is clear: to empower leaders to

transform challenges into opportunities and lead with clarity,

compassion, and purpose.