Check out the highlights from our last event
Hosted by
Ilana Golan
Founder & CEO
Ilana Golan Founder & CEO of Leap Academy, a groundbreaking platform that guides driven professionals through career transitions, leadership, personal branding, and growth.
Ilana has built multiple 7 and 8 figure businesses, hosts the top-ranking Leap Academy Podcast, is an investor in over 100 companies, a board director, and an award-winning international keynote speaker with numerous recognitions for impacting the lives of 70,000 individuals across four continents, adding an astounding $60 million of value to the market and fostering better leaders, teams, and societies.
Guest Speakers
Jeff Dudan
Founder and CEO of Homefront Brands
Jeff is a franchising entrepreneur, author and media personality who has successfully built and sold numerous businesses in the franchise industry, including AdvantaClean, an environmental service and disaster restoration franchise with 240 locations in 37 states.
He currently serves as the Founder and CEO of Homefront Brands, the fastest growing property service franchise platform in North America. Jeff and his businesses have partnered with St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Operation Homefront supporting transitioning veterans, and with Ben Carson and Carson Scholars to build reading rooms in schools across the United States.
He is also the author of the popular business and personal development book "Discernment; The Business Athletes Regimen for a Great Life through Better Decisions" as well as the host of the Apple Entrepreneurship Top 40 Podcast “On the Homefront with Jeff Dudan”. In 2017 Jeff appeared on the CBS reality show Undercover Boss, the episode quickly became popular and is re-run frequently worldwide.
Meet the Coaches
Su Zangara
Executive Mindset Coach
Su has coached and trained hundreds of professionals to help them get into a powerful mindset, unlock their potential and get to the next level to achieve their goals. She has worked with clients from Google, Amazon, Meta, PayPal, Intel, BeachBody, Education as well as many small start up businesses, various industries with clients around the world. She is a certified Professional Certified Coach and trained as a Results Coach through the Tony Robbins Coaching Academy.
Gina Martin
Executive Leadership & Performance Coach
Shannon Vukovljak
Career Transition Coach
Meet Shannon Vukovljak, a passionate Executive Career Coach and Certified Professional Coach who is known for guiding high achievers through impactful career transitions. Her unique superpower lies in her ability to connect deeply, listen attentively and inspire decisive action. Throughout her career, Shannon has excelled in leveraging interpersonal skills and effective communication to cultivate meaningful connections, leaving a lasting impact on individuals’ career trajectories.
Shannon is committed to making a profound impact on professionals’ lives, helping them navigate the path towards fulfillment and success. With a kind, empathetic, and direct approach, she is dedicated to fostering growth and transformation in every client she works with.
Jacqui Porter
Career Transition Coach
Meet Jacqui, Certified Personal & Executive Coach who empowers individuals to navigate career transitions and achieve personal and professional growth. With over 20 years experience spanning finance, operations, marketing and leadership, Jacqui took an intentional career break to raise her family and then faced incredible challenges and biases re-entering the workforce. This did not stop her. She went back to school to get her MBA and then pivoted into leadership and coaching. Her mission is to help others unlock their full potential and thrive in all aspects of their careers and lives. She is also an advocate for mental wellbeing and organizational health. When she is not coaching, you will find her hiking the trails of the Rocky Mountains or white water rafting in the remote wilderness of Idaho with her family.
Gillian Dunn
Career Transition Coach
Gillian Dunn helps corporate leaders overcome stress, communicate confidently, and manage change fearlessly to achieve their professional goals. As a thinking partner, she helps clients gain insight so they leave sessions with a renewed perspective and tangible actions to achieve the outcomes they seek.
Gillian has worked with clients ranging from new managers to C-Suite execs at companies such as Cisco, Meta, Salesforce, Google, Johnson & Johnson, Easter Seals, Stanley Black & Decker, and Boston Beer Company. She is also a corporate trainer for Fortune 500 companies, leading sessions on topics like embodying executive presence, engaging an audience, conducting difficult conversations, and pitching like a pro.
Heather Doyle
Director of Sales & Career Strategy
Meet Heather, a Career Strategy Coach who navigated a rapid ascent from individual contributor to COO in less than a decade. With over 20 years of global experience across industries, she’s collaborated with CEOs and executive teams to align company vision, goals, and operations, fostering growth across global markets. As a Certified Career Strategy Coach, Heather assists driven professionals worldwide in advancing their careers or transitioning to entrepreneurship with simplicity and clarity. Heather is passionate about empowering driven professionals, entrepreneurs, and C-suite executives to define their zone of genius, land the next role in their upward trajectory or transition industries, and skyrocket their success and impact.