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.

Jason Yarusi is a charismatic communicator who electrifies every stage he graces. His magnetic presence, coupled with his captivating storytelling prowess, leaves

audiences spellbound and hungry for knowledge. With an ability to seamlessly blend his personal experiences with actionable insights, he transforms complex concepts into practical takeaways, equipping his listeners with the tools they need to conquer their own journeys to success.

Jason is a Private fund manager of over $300 million dollars in commercial real estate. Since 2017 his company Yarusi Holdings has amassed over 3000 apartment and commercial real estate units.Jason has built and exited multiple companies: construction, restaurants, a brewery and multiple large apartment communities.

He is an avid ultra runner and workout enthusiast. Jason is the host of LIVE100 and The Multifamily Live Podcast, runs 7 Figure Multifamily Mastermind and coaches clients on the Live 100 Principles. And most importantly a husband and a father to three amazing kids, a bulldog named Jill and fifteen chickens. Jason brings all of his hands-on experience to you. His personal story and extensive work has made him an inspirational force, captivating audiences as a dynamic motivational speaker.

Kelli Lester is the Co-founder and Partner of Onyx Rising, a consulting firm specializing in transforming individual, team, and organizational behavior. With more than two decades of experience in leadership development, coaching, and change management, Kelli is passionate about fostering environments where inclusive leadership and employee well-being thrive. Named one of EBONY’s “30 Young Leaders of the Future,” she has a proven track record of driving sustainable impact and empowering organizations to unlock their potential. Whether consulting, coaching, or advocating for equity, Kelli is a dynamic voice for meaningful progress and innovation.

Ursula Taylor empowers individuals and teams to navigate and resolve conflicts effectively through strategic, holistic approaches that extend beyond traditional dispute resolution. With a unique blend of intuition, discernment, analytical expertise, and hands-on experience, she helps clients uncover the full scope of conflicts, including their emotional and psychological dimensions. She collaborates with individuals and leaders who value business success, collaboration, and productivity, offering innovative solutions to address and prevent costly, unpredictable disputes.