Chris Hawker is an inventor, entrepreneur, and life coach. He has over 20 years of experience leading creative teams in developing innovative consumer products, through his company, Trident Design, LLC. Having brought dozens of products to market, he is an expert in innovation and creativity. He coaches entrepreneurs, executives, authors, and creatives in living their vision. He is co-founder of Next Level Trainings and trainer of the Discovery training.

Kate Ritchie is a masterful leadership trainer and executive coach, who has been involved in management and leadership for over 10 years. She specializes in creating environments that facilitate transformation within a wide variety of individuals, from parents and partners, to CEOs and business executives. Based in Austin, Texas, Kate divides her time between working with Next Level Trainings Leadership as a trainer and VIP Director, while also training Leadership Breakthrough Courses across the country. Her expertise, as she puts it, is “teaching humans how to human again,” by her facilitation of many different workshops, modules and processes she’s created. She holds humanity as good-natured and able to live in happiness and joy, and as such, individuals leave her space finally living the vision driven life they’ve always dreamed of.

Chris Lee has spent the last 30 years leading powerful leadership trainings around the world. A pioneer in emotional intelligence, Chris Lee has trained and developed people at the top of their game such as Olympic athletes, Fortune 500 Business leaders, celebrities, and individuals with a desire to elevate themselves. Chris Lee also serves as a collaborator on TV and radio shows for Univisiuon and The Fox Network. Read his newest book Transform Your Life: 10 Principles of Abundance and Prosperity.

Listen to a few of his guest speaking podcasts:

• Envisioning your Dreams with the Greatness Transformation Coach

• Steps to Ending a Toxic Relationship

• The Art of Listening: How to Master Relationships Through Communication

Jessica Burrell serves as a Leadership and Business Coach and Transformational Leadership Trainer. She has been serving as the CEO of Amplify Your Vision for the last 3 years and most recently the CEO of Next Level Trainings.

She leads her organizations through her core pillars of vision, integrity, courage and trust. She is committed to creating a space for everyone to be able to focus on their zone of genius as well as be in humble service to change the world through leadership and emotional intelligence.

Jessica has been leading teams & projects for over 24 years in both the corporate and private sectors, including as an entrepreneur herself. She is passionate about personal development, knowing that businesses only grow to the degree that their leadership grows.

Ariana Ulloa-Olavarrieta is a partner at Next Level Trainings. Her vision for her life is to create magic in the world and inspire it to come alive in everyone she meets.
Ariana also serves as the Small Business Coordinator for the City of Columbus’ Economic Development Division. Deeply rooted in the world of business development, with degrees in Economics, a background in the banking industry and a small startup company on her resume, Ariana was already considered a leader in her field when she joined the City.

Previously, she was an Executive Coach for the LIGHTS Regional Innovation Network at Ohio University and Director of the Ohio SBDC at Columbus State Community College. She serves as chair of the board of the Mid-Ohio Food; and the board of Community Capital Development Corporation (CCDC).

Ariana is a graduate of Ohio University, holding a Masters in Financial Economics and a BA in Economics with specializations in Latin American Studies, Spanish and German. Born in Mexico City, Ulloa-Olavarrieta immigrated to the United States when she was 5 years old. She has been supporting the small business community as a coach for new and existing entrepreneurs throughout most of her career.

Krista Petty believes there is innate wisdom in the body that can open us to greater possibilities of divine grace and beauty. 

The last 20+ years of her life she has been filled with a fiery passion for exploring the wisdom, laughter, freedom and creativity of human beings in action. Moving with freedom in the body. Moving in the celebration of others. Moving paradigms and patterns as we come home to ourselves. She has devoted her life’s work to creating experiential learning environments that evoke the depth and greater dimensions of human being.

Mary Jo Lorei is an accomplished Facilitator, Master Coach and a Self Mastery Mentor.  She has over 20 years of experience working with individuals and over a decade of facilitating dynamic group encounters based in Leadership, Self Development and Relationship .  Mary Jo uses her intuition and deep connection with the human spirit to support others in developing their inner compass and creating energetic successful lives.

Read her book Practical Inspirations: Where the bumper sticker meets the road.

Anna Kowalska transforms paradigms by bridging practical approaches to success with holistic personal development. She blends her background in finance, real estate, and other traditional experience, with expertise in metaphysical and transformational coaching, specializing in empowering others to redefine success on their own terms.

Her methodology harmonizes strategic, emotional, and intuitive leadership principles, creating a distinctive approach that helps professionals align their external accomplishments with internal purpose. Anna guides her clients to unlock their most authentic potential.

As a Transformational Coach and Trainer, Anna offers a creative framework for professional and personal evolution—enabling her clients to design intentional, purpose-driven trajectories that honor professional excellence, soul alignment, and personal fulfillment.

For over forty years, AJ Leto has been a champion for the underserved, under-represented and struggling persons everywhere he goes. Beginning with his own sister and then partnering with his father in the games of Special Olympics and continuing on to the present day in the Game of Life. “Stories like Special, Sick or Struggling are words that I get excited to hear, because I know that the individuals will teach me great lessons,” says AJ,

2017 was the year he was invited to Transform. To him, it is the catapult tool that allows individuals to laugh from the world's weight into being the leader and navigator of their destiny. Through bonding individuals as villagers, teams, and family. From steerage to captain’s table, we partner to do great things with those who we identify with, personally.

As a motivational speaker, life coach, and consultant, AJ extends his Human Resources leadership training, expansive national network, ethical acumen, and servant leader style to the world-changing mission of Transformation in his partnership with Next Level Trainings. He works closely with individuals in leadership training, individuals seeking personal satisfaction through personal development and career change coaching, and small to large corporations improving the lives of their team members through vision alignment.