I left a 24-year career to do this. I'm not going to waste your twelve weeks.
Whether you need someone in your corner every week, a book to sit with, or a room changed by a single talk — I meet you where you are.
This isn't a course. It's twelve weeks of someone in your corner — someone who has sat in your seat and made the hard call. We meet weekly. You do the work. Things change.
See the programA podcast that brings leaders from all walks of life to the forefront — to share the books, moments, and mentors that shaped who they are today. Their stories may be the key that unlocks something in yours.
Listen nowI bring 24 years of corporate leadership and the honesty of someone who walked away from it. I speak to corporate teams, retreats, and women's conferences on transition, identity, and what success actually costs.
Book a talk"I'm not here to give you someone else's version of success. I'm here to help you find yours."Angie Smith | Summit Consulting
I spent more than two decades in corporate America — leading teams, hitting targets, checking the boxes that were supposed to add up to something. They did. And then I had to decide what to do with that.
What I built on the other side is Summit Consulting. A faith-forward coaching practice for high-functioning women who are quietly recalibrating, even when everything on the outside looks fine. Especially then.
I am a super-connector and an underdog advocate. I have never met a transition I couldn't sit with. I have never met a woman I couldn't find something to believe in.
Books are like teachers. They arrive in our lives at exactly the right moment — when the pupil is ready.
This podcast is a place for leaders to share their stories: the books that shaped them, the moments and mentors that contributed to who they are. Our stories can be keys that unlock the future of others who have walked similar roads. Someone is waiting to hear yours.
Listen wherever you get podcastsGina opens the series by laying the groundwork for what this conversation is really about — and why it matters now.
Founder of UnBreakable Enterprises, Theresa shares her pivot — and the difference between how she engaged with the Bible as a young person and how she engages with it now. That shift alone is worth the listen.
IT professional and Spartan Race competitor Rafael Pimentel Pinto shares how choosing discomfort — on the race course and in life — became the framework that carried him through every transition. His story is proof that adaptability isn't a personality trait; it's a decision.
A connector and servant leader, Brooke Fleming shares what it looks like to show up with faith in spaces that weren't built for you — and why the books that shaped her gave her both the courage and the language to stay.
Tech leader, military veteran, and people-first connector Brandon Glaser brings equal parts grit and empathy to Episode 5. From Navy SEAL leadership principles to the science of hidden potential, Brandon unpacks why our greatest lessons come from adversity, failure, and the courage to stay flexible — and why connection is always the mission.
The founder of the Crowned and Called podcast, Melinda Quiroz lost her insurance agency of 11 years almost overnight in March 2026 — and found her calling on the other side. She shares what it looks like to rebuild identity, purpose, and income in real time, and why the season that broke her open was the one she needed.
IT executive, mentor, and SIM leader Kathy Wetzel brings decades of hard-won wisdom on change management, taking smart risks early in your career, and what it means to lead with integrity through every season — including the one called retirement.
Author, keynote speaker, and founder of the Anne Grady Group, Anne Grady shares nearly two decades of lessons from parenting her son through autism and mental illness, and how that journey led her from resilience to what she now calls evolvability, the subject of her newest book. She and Theresa Pore, founder of UnBreakable, both picked "alignment" as the word for the year, and as a certified UnBreakable Life Coach, I've been living into that same word right alongside them. We dig into why the real goal was never happiness, but peace.
Founder of SHE: Women in Business, Veronica Seever shares how a childhood book taught her she was creative, and opens up about the memoir she wrote after losing her mom and grandmother one week apart. She also unveils The Business Social, her new event space built for exactly the kind of honest connection she talks about in this episode.
President of Austin Businesswoman, Vidya Moorthy has spent her career building bridges between the women around her. In our Season 1 finale, she shares how one book taught her to get just one percent better every day, and why she believes we climb the mountain not to be seen, but to see further.
A super-connector and consultant, Carrie Kass shares how losing the corporate role she'd built her identity around for fifteen years led her to reclaim what she now calls her unacquired voice. From Pieces to Purpose to her upcoming chapter in Voice and Vision, her story is proof that showing up well starts with knowing who you are outside of what you do.
Valentina MacGregor spent years in a scoliosis back brace as a kid, unable to do PE, so she picked up books instead and never put them down. She shares how growing up an immigrant across four countries taught her to adapt to anyone, and how that same grit shows up in her work as a photographer today.
From an ag major answering phones at a state agency to a leadership role at KPMG, Jennifer Buaas credits the mentors who gave her the gift of their time along the way. She talks about the devotionals and books that carried her through the hardest seasons, and why she never burns a bridge.
Loree Tamayo opens up about her healing journey through boundaries, anger, and love addiction, and the ministry she built out of it, Yesterday's Gone. She shares how her story becomes a chapter in the upcoming anthology Luminaries: Women Who Shape the Way, and previews Hidden Treasure, her own workbook series helping teams and leaders process emotions at work.
Diana Sawyers reflects on saying what you mean before it's too late, weaving together short stories about the desperate reach for connection, the freedom of the Toltec's Four Agreements, and the data behind why she keeps her own kids off screens as long as she can.
Founder and CEO of Women Who Govern, Nichola Cotto built the first career roadmap for women pursuing leadership in municipal government after 30 years in fitness and a cancer diagnosis at 50. She shares the beach morning she heard God tell her to “get small,” and how that led her back to school and eventually to a platform now guiding women into city government seats nationwide.
VP of Patient and Employee Experience at Hanger, Inc., Carrie Davis was born without her left arm and has worn a prosthesis since she was nine months old. She shares the difference between performative confidence and the real thing, and the day she traded a plain prosthetic hook for one covered in Swarovski crystals.
Executive, business, and life coach Dave Leon spent 34 years in corporate America, including a stretch on Wall Street, before being laid off twice. The second time came at 56, followed by a cancer diagnosis and a divorce within 18 months. He shares how he rebuilt his definition of success around peace and joy instead of wealth, and why saying your own name out loud can interrupt a bad pattern.
Twelve weeks. Weekly sessions, one-on-one. A program built around your actual transition, not a template. Spots are limited because the work demands it.
Not sure it's right for you? Send me a note. I'd rather tell you honestly than have you start before you're ready.
I bring 24 years of boardrooms, and the honesty of someone who walked away from them. No keynote I give is a performance. It's a permission slip — for the woman in the third row who needed someone to say it out loud.
I speak at corporate offsites, women's leadership retreats, faith-based conferences, and podcast events. If you're building a room for women in transition, I'd like to be there.
Inquire about speaking24 years in corporate America, leading teams through change, restructure, and growth. I know the room you're speaking to.
I hold faith as the bedrock, not the topic. I speak into rooms of all kinds — and I meet people exactly where they are.
I root for the woman in the room who thinks the seat isn't hers. It usually is. My job is to help her see that.
My networks run deep and I use them generously. Speaking engagements with me often lead somewhere unexpected — in the best way.