She formerly was a senior business development executive at SOAR365 where she was responsible for securing contracts with companies, non-profits as well as local, state and federal government agencies including military base contracts to provide employment opportunities for men and women with disabilities.

She served as the Vice President of Philanthropy & Marketing at Virginia Home for Boys and Girls; as Vice President of Institutional Advancement & External Affairs at Virginia State University; and as Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing at SunTrust Bank., where she was also responsible for programs supporting corporate social responsibility.

She currently serves on the advisory board of C&F Bank, and she was appointed by City Council to the Richmond Minority Business Enterprise & Emerging Small Business Advisory Board. She is the co-founder of the L2L Leadership Institute and co-chair of the annual LIVE2LEAD-Richmond Conference. She also serves on the board of the Urban Financial Services Coalition (UFSC) Foundation and on the corporate advisory board. Adrienne serves on the board of directors of Homeward and Virginia Repertory Theater.

Adrienne obtained her bachelor’s of arts degree from William and Mary. She is a graduate of a leadership program at University of Richmond and the Sorensen Institute for Political Leaders at University of Virginia. She obtained her certification in diversity, equity, and inclusion from Cornell University.

Ditu has seen first-hand the power of inspirational leadership and has a passion for empowering women through education and science.

Ditu holds an MBA from Averett University and BSBA from Saint Paul’s College. He uses this background to educate, motivate and empower professionals to elevate their leadership skills to reach their goals faster. By increasing their ability to focus on the behaviors that produce extraordinary results, his clients solve complex problems more effectively, leading to improved performance and higher revenues.

Ditu is certified in the John C. Maxwell and Franklin Covey Coaching methodologies, as well as the Prosci Change Management Methodology. He uses these techniques to help his clients successfully master renowned programs such as:

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
• 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth

While Ms. Williams’ business lines include strategic planning and marketing communications consulting in addition to her coaching practice, she finds the most joy in her coaching and trusted advisory work, as each conversation propels a client forward toward achieving their goals for themselves as leaders, for their mission driven organizations, and for the communities they serve. 

Ms. Williams received the Advanced Certified Personal and Executive Coach certification from the College of Executive Coaching, the leader in coach training for professionals with graduate degrees, and is credentialed at the PCC level by the International Coach Federation. She earned her B.S. in Computer Science at North Carolina State University, and both an M.S. in Business and an M.B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University. She is a native of New York City and now lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Drawing from her business leadership experience, Chrissy brings a consultative approach to coaching executive clients. She loves to coach at the intersection of personal and business goals helping leaders step into their roles confidently, navigate complex challenges, and create balance in work and life.

Chrissy also enjoys working with people in transition and uses tools like Design Thinking to help her clients envision different paths for their future and take action to explore and gain clarity on the way forward. Her open and curious approach helps clients feel comfortable working through the complex emotions that come with big life changes.

Chrissy has a B.S. from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and is an ACC certified coach through the International Coaching Federation.

As a strategic business leader, Mika is driven to lead with authenticity, integrity, and curiosity, and believes in the importance of investing in others to set them and the business up for success. She regularly shares her professional insights by speaking, moderating discussions, and commentating on key issues including leadership development, diversity and inclusion, talent acquisition strategies, and growth opportunities.

Mika serves as a board member of the Tennessee Justice Center, a nonprofit public interest law firm and advocacy center serving families throughout the state. Additionally, she sits on the advisory board of SpendCare, a fintech startup that focuses on providing financial protection for seniors. Mika graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism.

Geographically, clients have spanned the Eastern U.S. with a focus in DC/Maryland and the Southeast. He has filled positions in business development, mid/senior management and sales management within the finance, commercial lending, credit administration, wealth management and retail banking divisions of community banks, multi-state regional banks and large national/global financial institutions.

Over the years, Ken has functioned as a recruiting consultant, sales manager and company CEO managing as many as 20 recruiters and 30 search assignments simultaneously. From 1995-2024 he owned and managed Morgan Executive Search in Richmond, VA. Previously, he was Sales Manager at Durrill and Associates in Richmond and Controller for The Famous (ladies’ apparel) in Hampton Roads. Ken holds an undergraduate degree from the University of South Florida and has completed numerous senior and graduate level business courses at Old Dominion University. He has been a member of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, North Carolina Bankers Association, Virginia Bankers Association and the National Banking Network (banking specialty recruiting firms).

She is well versed in operational & strategic management of Global Accounting Operations teams with responsibilities for Credit Mgmt, A.R. Cash Applications, Billing, Disputes, Purchasing & A.P. Kim is Inspired by a dynamic environment that fosters diverse ways of thinking through collaboration with cross functional partnerships to appropriately challenge and collectively evolve the way to support business strategies.

Kim has served on multiple Unsecured Creditor Committees to ensure fairness and due diligence by all parties. She has served as Chair for UA's A&F Teammate Engagement & Recognition Committee and Board Chair of the ACE Trade Group, working with peers to provide collaborative learning and networking opportunities. Kim and her teams are active members of the Baltimore community and support the Maryland Food Bank, Ronald McDonald House Charities and United Way of Central Maryland.

For the past two years, he has also been included in the Virginia 500 – Power List by Virginia Business Magazine. In 2022, Brooks was inducted as a Fellow of both the American Bar Foundation and American College of Environmental Lawyers. Brooks has written and spoken extensively on developments arising under the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, NEPA and other environmental laws. In addition, he has chaired several national conferences and given more than 500 presentations to audiences across the United States and Canada.

Brooks is also deeply committed to the local community. He has served in leadership positions on over 10 boards, including American Heart Association, Maymont, the Valentine, CultureWorks, Richmond Jazz Society, Richmond Public Library Foundation, Podium Foundation, Art on Wheels, VCU Rice Rivers Center, and the Capital Region Land Conservancy. Brooks also chaired the Richmond Business Council and served on the executive committee of the Greater Richmond Chamber. For six years, Brooks contributed essays and poems on WCVE Public Radio (now VPM) through a commentary series called Rediscovering Richmond. Many of those commentaries have since been compiled into books accompanied by vintage photographs from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Dementi family and other local collections.

As a business advisor and angel investor, performs C-Level executive management advising and strategic planning to privately held firms that have a strategy aligned to raising capital, building value and aligning to an eventual exit. In this capacity, he assists the company's ownership and key management team to build the value proposition through organizational maturation, defined scalable process, strategy development, pipeline management, go-to-market aligned to product market fit, and achievement of business goals and objectives.

Mr. Whittleton received a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Post-Baccalaureate in Management Information Systems (MIS) from Virginia Commonwealth University. He also holds a Certificate in Cybersecurity Risk Management from Harvard.

He is a native Virginian, first generation American, with his father hailing from Dudley, England, and his mother from Bordeaux, France.

Mr. Whittleton sits on several Boards but is most notably Director Emeritus on VCU’s School of Business Foundation Board.

Ms. Williams leverages over 20 years of corporate and nonprofit experience to offer trusted advisory and coaching services to C-suite executives and early career professionals alike. Her affirmative approach, focusing on her client’s strengths and accomplishments, has helped leaders whose responsibilities range from billion-dollar household name brands to nonprofits building democracies in the US and around the globe, to small organizations that serve individual communities, to identify and achieve peak professional performance.

While Ms. Williams’ business lines include strategic planning and marketing communications consulting in addition to her coaching practice, she finds the most joy in her coaching and trusted advisory work, as each conversation propels a client forward toward achieving their goals for themselves as leaders, for their mission driven organizations, and for the communities they serve. 

Ms. Williams received the Advanced Certified Personal and Executive Coach certification from the College of Executive Coaching, the leader in coach training for professionals with graduate degrees, and is credentialed at the PCC level by the International Coach Federation. She earned her B.S. in Computer Science at North Carolina State University, and both an M.S. in Business and an M.B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University. She is a native of New York City and now lives in Baltimore, Maryland.