Leadership Summit Details
November 6 (6 – 7pm – 7 – 8:30pm) – Sponsor Reception Keynotes
November 7 (8:30am – 4pm) – Keynotes/Workshops
From Passion to Impact: Igniting Collective Action
In a world defined by complexity and crisis, isolated efforts are no longer sufficient. The Summit is designed to ignite collective action by bringing together changemakers who understand that real solutions require shared purpose, resources, and commitment.
It’s a rallying cry for leaders across sectors to step up and take action together, emphasizing urgency and unity in addressing the most pressing challenges of our time.
The boutique Mountain Modern Motel in downtown Jackson is happy to offer a 20% discount online or by calling 307-733-4340, ext 1, and mentioning the Teton Leadership Summit room block.
$175 full summit, $150 Friday only, $50 Thursday evening. Currently enrolled high school or college students – email elisabeth@womentumwy.org for a discount code for free entry.
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Speakers
entrepreneur, nonprofit founder & executive director
Sarah Calhoun
Having grown up on a farm, leading trail crews and instructing for Outward Bound, Sarah became fed up with the lack of workwear for women. So she moved from New England to White Sulphur Springs, Montana, and started a business making Red Ants Pants, workwear for women. Her passion for supporting rural women grew into the Red Ants Pants Foundation and Red Ants Pants Music Festival. The festival is in its fourteenth year and draws tens of thousands to a cow pasture in Meagher County, and was named the Event of the Year by the Montana Office of Tourism.
Sarah has become an inspiration to entrepreneurs nationwide and is known for her dedication to supporting rural communities and women’s leadership. Montana’s Governor Schweitzer named her the 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year for the State of Montana, and shewas the 2012 National Women in Business Champion for the SBA. In 2018, she was inducted into the Montana Business Hall of Fame.
Author of ‘Rich Girl Nation’
Katie Gatti Tassin
Katie Gatti Tassin, Founder of Money with Katie and author of Rich Girl Nation: Taking Charge of Our Financial Futures, began writing about personal finance in 2020 with a mission to teach young women how to secure their financial futures through smart spending habits, simple investing, and tax efficiencies.
Baptized in the “financial independence, retire early” movement, she saw personal finance mastery as a path away from dependence on a job, person, or situation by which women have, historically, found themselves more likely to be limited. After an acquisition in early 2022, she figured she had her career path laid out for her: Go the way of the Dave Ramseys and Suze Ormans of the world and teach individual people how to manage their money.
Mental Health Advocate, Conservationist, veteran
Stacy Bare
Stacy Bare is the Executive Director of Friends of Grand Rapids Parks. A climber, mountaineer, and skier, climbing helped Stacy recover from PTS and readjustment issues from a year in Baghdad as a Civil Affairs Team Leader in the Army. He is the recipient of the Bronze Star for merit and a combat action badge in Baghdad as well as being named one of National Geographic’s Adventurers of the Year for 2014.
He co-founded the Great Outdoors Lab in partnership with Dr. Dacher Keltner and the Greater Good Science Center at UC-Berkeley to put scientific evidence behind the idea that time outdoors can be used to support improved health outcomes related to stress and trauma.
Stacy has first ascents and descents in climbing and skiing in Angola, Iraq, and have led expeditions to Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Colorado State Senator
Julie Gonzales
The sixth of seven children, Julie was born on the San Carlos Apache reservation in Arizona and raised in the borderlands of south Texas.
An organizer at her core, Senator Gonzales has dedicated her life to organizing for justice in Colorado. In her first term in office, she allocated millions of dollars towards affordable housing, strengthened protections for immigrant communities, repealed the death penalty, and streamlined Colorado’s marijuana regulations.
Her political ambitions were shaped in part by an organization dedicated to inclusive democracy, New American Leaders (NAL). Today, in addition to her role as Senator, Julie leads NAL trainings to prepare first and second generation Americans to run for government seats, win, and lead.
Olympic Medalist & Purpose-driven Entrepreneur
SHANNON BAHRKE
Shannon was born and raised in Lake Tahoe, CA and moved to Salt Lake City, UT in 1998 to chase her dream of earning a spot on the U.S. Ski Team and ultimately competing for the USA at the Winter Olympic Games. She made the U.S. Ski Team that very same year and stayed on the path of success for the next twelve years. Over her career, she competed on 6 World Championship Teams, 3 Olympic Teams, brought home 2 Olympic Medals, 7 World Cup wins, 1 Overall World Cup Title, and 6 National Titles. One of her proudest moments was being inducted into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame in March 2024.
Her momentum didn’t stop when she stepped off the Olympic podium. Since retiring in 2010, she’s turned her passion for excellence into purpose-driven entrepreneurship. She co-founded and sold a thriving coffee business, authored a children’s book, and today serves as CEO of two companies.
Executive Leadership Coach & Facilitator
ROSE HENDRICKS
Teton Valley-based Rose Hendricks is a leadership coach and facilitator known for her warm, intuitive style and ability to guide deep, transformative growth. She is the founder of River Story Coaching and Consulting, a leadership development firm dedicated to helping leaders and teams thrive.
A former educator with over 15 years of experience and a master’s in leadership and organizational development, she supports leaders and teams to clarify their purpose and vision, and build the systems to turn insight into action. Drawing on evidence-based practices and a deep reverence for the human experience, Rose supports leaders in becoming more authentic, courageous, and impactful, leading to high-performing teams, revitalized cultures, and greater capacity to navigate complexity with bold vision and clarity.
2025 Fall Summit Sponsorship Opportunities
Please join us as a sponsor as we embark on a transformative journey where we will explore the importance of bold human leadership in a dynamic tech-forward society. The Fall Summit, with world-class speakers, transformational workshops and facilitated leadership development has the goal to activate impactful change for businesses, organizations, individuals, and teams alike.
