LIVING AUTHENTICALLY • LEARNING CONSTANTLY • ADVOCATING FIERCELY • ACTING COURAGEOUSLY • FOSTERING COLLABORATION • BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS • GIVING BACK • CELEBRATING
The Thrive Talent and Leadership Series helps empower employees, strengthen leaders and fosters a culture that drives organizational success. Grounded in the Chamber’s commitment to talent development and leadership growth, this series helps businesses invest in their people while building a stronger, more connected regional workforce.
ATHENA WIN Aspiring
Leaders Program
Part of the Thrive Talent and Leadership Series by the
Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce
Offered in partnership with ATHENA Women’s Interest Network (WIN), this program is designed to equip emerging women leaders with foundational leadership skills and the confidence to grow in their careers. This structured leadership development program is enhanced by mentorship, pairing participants with experienced women leaders who provide ongoing guidance, support, and real-world insight that complement the program's core curriculum and strengthen career growth. This program is led by Gina Lisenby, founder of Revelation Road, a coaching and transformational learning company rooted in the belief that everyone is on a journey and every journey matters.
- Women professionals building confidence and career direction
- Employees newly stepping into leadership roles or projects
- Individuals seeking to strengthen core leadership skills
Participants engage in targeted learning experiences focused on essential leadership competencies such as communication, collaboration, emotional intelligence, and professional presence. Through interactive sessions, mentorship, and peer learning, participants gain practical tools they can immediately apply in their roles.
Participants will engage in:
- One-on-one mentorship with experienced leaders
- Interactive leadership workshops and discussions
- Skill-building in communication and collaboration
- Emotional intelligence and self-awareness development
- Professional presence and confidence-building exercises
- Peer learning and cohort-based networking
- Real-world application of leadership concepts in the workplace
Apply now to join our upcoming cohort of aspiring leaders.
About Gina Lisenby
Gina Lisenby is the founder of Revelation Road, a coaching and experiential training company. She is recognized as an inspirational leader and for her intuitive approach as a coach, facilitator, and trainer. She has 25+ years in leadership, personal development, employee engagement, culture transformation, and learning design methodology. Gina is on a mission to help more people experience the empowering benefits of coaching so that they live with greater purpose, confidence, and fulfillment. She passionately coaches executives, both emerging and established leaders, and individuals leading in their lives.
Through her understanding of how coaching impacts the brain, she helps people tap into their personal resourcefulness and capacity to create long-term change and results. Certified in Conversational Intelligence, a methodology based in neuroscience, Gina works with organizations and teams to improve the quality of their conversations, to foster greater trust, connection, and success. She believes conversations, even the difficult ones, are most powerful when they are used to create equity, drive change, and ignite innovation.
Gina holds an ACC through the International Coaching Federation, and a Bachelor's of Science degree from Michigan State University. Her professional coaching certification was earned through the Co-Active Training Institute. Gina would tell you that one of the most meaningful acknowledgements she has received is being called a "people-whisperer".
Investing in emerging leaders strengthens organizations from the ground up. This program helps women build confidence, develop core leadership skills, and prepare for greater responsibility—supporting both individual advancement and long-term workforce success in the region.
Tuition for the Aspiring Leaders Program is $950 per participant.