SheisMe Conference 2025: stronger together

 Hope Whylie is passionate about helping women thrive in every season of life. With over 25  years in learning, leadership, and healthcare, she’s built a career creating spaces where people  feel seen, supported, and empowered. After years managing medical practices and consulting in  leadership development, Hope shifted her focus to an often-overlooked chapter—midlife. She  now brings humor, heart, and hard truths to conversations about menopause, identity, and  reinvention. Through workshops, speaking, and events, Hope encourages women to embrace  this stage as a powerful turning point, not a decline. She believes midlife is a comeback, not a  crisis—and her work blends real talk with practical tools to help women navigate change with  confidence, joy, and purpose. 

 Lyn Delmastro-Thomson helps sensitive, soul-led visionaries with a big mission to help more people stop being the best kept secret at what they do. She’s the go-to guide for those who are ready to feel safe being seen in the powerful work that they do in the world so they can make a bigger impact, without sacrificing their own sensitivity, gaslighting their feelings or frying their nervous systems. 

Through her Unmuted Method, Lyn helps you heal the root of why visibility feels like danger, feel safe to be seen, and fully own the power of the life changing work that you do in the world. 

Her approach blends hypnosis, somatic tools, nervous system regulation, and energy medicine—because for sensitive leaders, real transformation has to go deeper than mindset. It has to reach the body and the energy field.

 Samantha Karim is a powerhouse of boldness, laughter, and unapologetic authenticity. With over 20 years of teaching experience, a career as an award-winning belly dancer, and the author of The 5-Minute Playbook: 57 Quick Prompts to Evoke Power and Confidence, she knows what it takes to step into the spotlight and own your worth.

As a featured speaker at Al Raqs, One Woman, and other women’s empowerment conferences, Samantha brings her fire, humor, and fierce belief in women to every stage she steps on. She doesn’t just inspire; she makes women feel seen, believed in, and ready to rise.

Audiences leave her talks buzzing with confidence, joy, and the conviction they can finally do the thing they’ve been dreaming of. Her mission is to help women stop apologizing, claim their space, and live unapologetically.

Her guiding belief? “You already have everything you need inside you. You are worth so much.” 

Patricia Heitz is a Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), somatic belief breakthrough facilitator, and cancer survivor who helps women transform the beliefs that hold them back.

Her journey began at fourteen with a suicide attempt that marked the start of decades of self-sabotage, rejection, and unworthiness. The culmination came years later with a kidney cancer diagnosis. Faced with the irony of once wanting to die but now fighting to live, especially for her children, Patricia’s “OMG” moment propelled her into studying the mind-body connection.

There, she uncovered the truth: her illness and struggles had been fueled by false childhood beliefs that shaped her entire life. Her “aha” was realizing that if beliefs could make her sick, new beliefs could make her whole.

Today, Patricia guides women worldwide through her D.A.R.E. Your Beliefs™ Method, helping them release limitation, reclaim resilience, and embody self-love.

Sandi D. Johnson is an educator, Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, author, and transformational speaker committed to helping women heal, grow, and live with purpose. With over 15 years of experience in education and counseling, she brings both professional expertise and personal passion to her work. Sandi is the visionary behind My Story My Journey, a annual women’s retreat that creates sacred spaces for women to reflect, heal, and share their truth across the globe. It is a transformational experience that empowers women to realign with their gifts, passions, and purpose. Known for her inspiring keynotes, Sandi speaks on resilience, emotional well-being, and the power of authentic friendships. Her mission is clear: to guide women from surviving to thriving, helping them turn pain into purpose and live life with intention and authenticity.  

Shannon Foreman is the CEO and Founder of Forethought, a women-owned and led financial firm dedicated to helping modern women and families align their wealth with their worth. With over 20 years in financial services, Shannon has built Forethought Wealth to guide clients through life’s transitions, using behavioral finance and integrated planning to empower them to build, maintain, and pass on meaningful wealth.

Shannon also leads Forethought Collective, a community space designed to expand opportunities for women to step fully into their worth and pursue their dreams. Through coaching, connection, and shared strategy, the Collective creates a place where women can reimagine their relationship with money and leadership.

A passionate advocate for equity, Shannon serves as Vice Chair of Urban Ventures’ Board of Directors in Minneapolis. Outside of work, she can be found lifting heavy at the gym, cheering on her daughters, walking her mini–Schnauzer Louie, curled up with a good book or experimenting in the kitchen and jamming to her favorite 90s tunes.

 Melissa Nanavati helps high performers build thriving, peaceful relationships while pursuing ambitious goals. As a speaker, author, and Relationship Architect, she blends neuroscience, biology, and lived experience to teach high achievers how to apply the skills that make them successful in business to love. Despite success as a textbook author and Fortune 100 consultant, Melissa struggled with anxious attachment and went on over 100 first dates before meeting her husband. In their first year together, they raised $1.1 million while running two businesses. Through that journey, Melissa developed actionable frameworks and tools to navigate building relationships as a high achiever. She is a trusted relationship coach for executives, founders, and driven individuals seeking actionable, science-backed tools to navigate love. Learn more at: www.peakperformancelove.com 

 Jackie Miller is a keynote speaker and trauma-informed transformation coach who empowers women to break free from the hidden inner scripts that keep them small. After walking through her own season of heartbreak and reinvention, Jackie learned firsthand how self-talk can either hold us back or unlock our power. She now teaches women how to recognize the limiting beliefs that run quietly in the background, interrupt those patterns, and replace them with scripts that fuel confidence, courage, and an authentic voice.

Through her signature W.I.N. Method™, Jackie combines neuroscience, resilience practices, and trauma-informed principles in a way that feels authentic, relatable, and immediately applicable. Known for her mix of honesty, humor, and practical wisdom, she creates spaces where women feel seen, safe, and unstoppable. Jackie’s mission is simple: to help every woman rewrite the story she tells herself—so she can fully step into the life she was meant to live.

 Sheena Yap Chan is a Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestselling author, keynote speaker, strategist, and award-winning podcaster recognized for her work in elevating women’s leadership and self-confidence through the power of media and visibility. She is the founder of the Confidence Through Visibility movement and host of The Tao of Self-Confidence podcast, ranked in the top 0.5% globally with over 1.3 million downloads and 800+ interviews featuring celebrities, CEOs, and cultural icons. Her debut book, The Tao of Self-Confidence, was named one of the top 20 best self-confidence books of all time by Book Authority, while her latest release, Bridging the Confidence Gap, is a bold call to reimagine leadership by making visibility and self-trust core competencies. Through her signature VISIBLE Framework, Sheena delivers transformational keynotes and corporate programs that help organizations bridge the confidence gap, retain diverse talent, and build cultures where women are seen, heard, and respected. Her work has been featured on NBC News, FOX, MindValley, and The Manila Times, and she has spoken for global brands including NASA, Live Nation, and UKG. Sheena believes that confidence is something we can build—and that visibility creates the impact we wish to see in the world. 

Stephanie Puente is passionate about guiding women to break free from self-doubt, perfectionism, and the pressure to “do it all,” and instead create lives of greater authenticity, confidence, and joy. For more than a decade, she has helped women clarify their vision, align with their values, and embrace new possibilities in both business and life.

As the President of CoreFactor Transformative Coaching and a Certified Coach, Stephanie brings nearly 30 years of study in transformational principles. She has delivered over 100 inspiring presentations to organizations and women’s groups worldwide, and has also trained new coaches through the Brave Thinking Institute, equipping them to confidently create transformation in the lives of others.

Based in Colorado, Stephanie treasures time with her husband of 27 years and their two daughters. She also loves traveling, hiking scenic trails, embracing adventure, and spending time with their spirited dachshund, Dash

 Elicia's martial arts journey began at age 3, inspired by the Ninja Turtle Donatello. By 6, she was training in Taekwondo, earned her black belt by 13, and was a paid instructor by 15. After high school, she moved to Southern California to teach Taekwondo professionally. She holds a BA in Information Technology, a fourth Dan in Taekwondo, a first Dan in Hapkido, and has studied Jiujitsu, Gumdo, and Aikido. As a domestic abuse survivor, Elicia teaches women's self-defense to help others reclaim their strength and autonomy, using her experience to create a supportive environment. Her goal is to empower 1 million women to learn women's self-defense and take their safety in their hands.  

 In 2015, Kathryn was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer. To reclaim her health, she completed a certification as a Culinary Nutrition Expert, became an E-RYT200 registered yoga teacher, and in 2021 Kathryn earned her certification as a Holistic Cancer Coach. She supports women living with a cancer diagnosis to thrive in their life through personalized coaching and a monthly membership. Kathryn is a podcaster, speaker, and author of of the book Living to Thrive: a holistic guide to living with cancer. She is the owner of Kathryn White Wellness. 

Lisa is the founder of SheIsMe Global, a movement and platform dedicated to amplifying women’s voices through conferences, retreats, workshops, and community. Drawing from over 40 years of corporate leadership and entrepreneurial experience, she has built SheIsMe into a global stage where women are empowered to share their stories, reclaim their voices, and step into leadership. A sought-after speaker, strategist, and mentor, Lisa has been featured in major publications for her work in women’s empowerment and leadership. Her mission is clear: when one woman rises in healing and truth, she lifts her community and future generations with her.