Sue Brightman is the founder of Women on the Journey of Their Lives, and enterprise dedicated to amplifying the voices of women over 50 and helping them lead inspired lives in later decades at a time the world needs their wisdom. A conscious business consultant and leadership development coach for 28 years to some of the world’s largest corporations, Sue has dedicated the last six years to studying the new evolutionary patterns of women over 50. Writing and speaking about the promise of millions of women emerging from the feminist movement with savvy, resilience, and observational wisdom from being outside the power circle, Sue coaches and leads retreats to support women finding their own paths of continued learning, loving, and leading. She is a certified coach, a master trainer of conscious business, trained negotiator and certified in EQ and SQ (spiritual intelligence), and a volunteer interfaith chaplain to correctional and mental health institutions. Living in Boulder, Colorado and working globally, Sue is the mother of two young adults, an ardent kayaker, a beginning djembe drummer.  

Jenn Meilleur is the Executive Director of NewStories. She is a systems change facilitator, sense-maker and strategist. Her passion is for cultivating bold, creative, and participatory leadership to create the conditions for happier, healthier, and more environmentally and socially just and resilient communities and workplaces. She has two decades of experience supporting and leading initiatives at the intersections of social and environmental health and wellness, community development, organizational development, and systems change. She has extensive experience supporting and leading collaborative networks and working with local governments, non-profits, cooperatives, philanthropy and community groups. Jenn finds her inspiration in nature on the unceded traditional lands and waters of the K’omoks Nation on what is known as Vancouver Island with her husband, two children, and many four-legged friends.