Megan Smith

Megan Smith

Megan Smith, founder of Work Your Values, has over 20 years of experience building innovative, high-performing teams across diverse cultural and international settings. As an expert in leadership development and executive coaching, Megan supports leaders in reaching their goals and fostering more creative, energized, and resilient teams. She has lived and worked in Mexico, Brazil,…

Anna Kompanek

Anna Kompanek

Anna Kompanek is an experienced project manager, trainer, and facilitator with background in business strategy, democratic governance, and economic development. In her most recent role as Director of Global Programs at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), a non-profit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, she managed an extensive portfolio of programs spanning…

Tru Pettigrew

Tru Pettigrew

Tru Pettigrew is a celebrated author, dynamic speaker, committed community leader, and award-winning marketing executive with over 20 years of experience at some of the nation’s top advertising and marketing agencies. From 2020 to 2024, Tru served with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx of the NBA and WNBA, where he made history as the organization’s…

Ogbo Awoke Ogbo

Ogbo Awoke Ogbo

Ogbo Awoke Ogbo is a certified executive coach and business transformation consultant committed to driving Africa’s economic growth by empowering entrepreneurs and institutions. With a background at Shell and Chevron as a Remote Sensing & GIS specialist, he transitioned into leadership consulting and has since advised over 200 companies across Africa and Southeast Asia as…

Brooke Struck

Brooke Struck

Brooke Struck is a strategic leadership facilitator with extensive experience guiding organizations through transformative leadership and cultural change. He combines rigorous strategy development with a hands-on, collaborative approach to help leaders and teams achieve alignment, commitment, and meaningful results. Fluent in French and English, he brings a global perspective to leadership development, focusing on enabling…

Birgit Hermann

Birgit Hermann

Birgit Hermann is a social impact professional who has navigated international landscapes, leading organizations and teams through complex challenges and transformations. She is a senior leader and former country director with over 20 years of experience spanning 20+ countries, bringing a unique blend of strategic insight, cultural fluency, and leadership acumen to every endeavor. Since…

Sailu Sethia

Sailu Sethia

Sailu Sethia started her career supporting talent initiatives for the D.E. Shaw Group. Her most recent corporate role was as a Training Manager for HighPoint where her team planned and executed all facets of training design & development for a multi-million federal healthcare contract. As an organization development consultant, she has successfully designed and deployed…

Astou Dia

Astou Dia

Astou is the founder of A to A Partners, a business and relationship coaching firm that helps individuals and groups transform their teams and their businesses. She is also one of the co-founders of Impact Hub Abidjan an incubator and accelerator based in Abidjan. Before starting her own ventures, Astou was Associate Partner and Office…

James Gutierrez

James Gutierrez

James Gutierrez is an award-winning, international business professional, working in executive positions with various leading organizations across 5 continents. He is the Founding Partner of Slate Inc., a people development and executive consulting firm, and previously was the Managing Director for Fullbridge, a global education company teaching 21st Century professional skills. James has taught 50,000+…

Sam Bwaya

Sam Bwaya

Sam is the Executive Director of the Institute of Work Culture and Ethics, an Organizational Development company whose goal is enhancing organizational and individual performance by fostering ethical work culture at personal and organizational levels. The Institute’s programmes focus on getting individual and organisational goals aligned and in harmony; only then would the two perform…