LeadHERship Summit - 2026

Speakers

Christi Cossette

CEO, Cossette Transformation Coaching

Fulfilled & Limitless - Overcome Burnout to Build Sustainable Success

Reclaim your energy, redefine success, and step into leadership that supports both performance and well-being. If success feels heavier than it should, join Christi Cossette as she shares her trans-formative framework, The Fulfilled Life Formula™. You’ll learn how to identify the hidden misalignment's quietly draining your energy, release the pressure to do it all alone, and build sustainable success so you can lead with intention instead of exhaustion.

Because you don’t have to choose between ambition and fulfillment.
You can lead powerfully — without burning out.

Christi Cossette is a transformational keynote speaker, executive coach, and three-time international bestselling author with over 20 years of experience leading high-stakes business transformations and advising C-suite leaders. Through her signature framework, The Fulfilled Life Formula™, she helps high-achieving women break free from burnout and lead with clarity, energy, and purpose— without sacrificing their well-being or families. Known for her relatable presence and practical insight, Christi speaks to women who carry it all and shows them how to build sustainable success rooted in support, alignment, and fulfillment. 

Tinsley English

Catalyst Speaker | Author | Insurance Executive

Rock Your Role: Leading at Every Level with Grit, Growth and Gumption! Uncover the Leader Within You

Whether you are new to the industry, building your career, or stepping into greater responsibility, this session meets you exactly where you are. Tinsley English delivers a candid, high-energy conversation about the real challenges women in insurance face, from self-doubt and perfectionism to the pressure to do it all alone, and gives every attendee practical tools to show up with more confidence, clarity, and impact. You will leave with strategies for advancing your career, strengthening your professional presence, and a renewed sense of what is possible when women in this industry choose to invest in themselves and each other.

Tinsley English is a keynote speaker, two-time author, and SVP of Learning and Development at a global insurance brokerage, where she focuses on developing confident, capable leaders at every stage of their careers. With more than two decades of experience in the insurance industry, Tinsley brings a deep appreciation for the critical role women play across every part of the business, from client service and operations to sales and executive leadership. She also believes meaningful progress happens when women and men work together to create pathways for growth, visibility, and leadership opportunity.

Tinsley is the author of Grit, Growth and Gumption: Three Keys to Lead Yourself and Others with Confidence and Leading Through the Pause: The High Achiever's Guide to Staying Confident Through Menopause, both of which reflect her commitment to helping women lead through pivotal career and life transitions using practical, experience-based strategies.
Her keynotes and workshops bring that same work to life on stage, blending storytelling with practical frameworks that women leave actually able to use. Attendees have called her sessions less like a keynote and more like a catalyst.

A wife, mother, and woman of faith, Tinsley believes moments of change are powerful opportunities to grow as leaders and to support one another more intentionally.

Host

Tina VanSteenbergen

Owner, StoryMatters

Tina has been speaking professionally since 2013 with a fairly simple message: women need women. To be successful in the workplace. To feel understood. To feel less alone in the world... women need women. And that’s the message she flies thousands of miles to spread. Her speaking style gives women permission to open up, have honest conversations, and connect. With a combination of authenticity, storytelling, and humor, she’s been able to help hundreds of thousands of women tear down the walls we’ve built between us. Together with her audience, she helps women build relationships with one another, believe in themselves, and take up space at companies, campuses, and organizations.

Her work sets her soul on fire. So does a good nap. An excellent pour of bourbon. A beautiful snow. A peaceful and reflective sunset flight. A well-written West Wing quote. Her husband, her son, her dog, and a Minnesotan accent, of course.

A formal room block has not been set up for this event as there are many hotel options within minutes of the Metropolitan Ballroom. Below are just a few of the options available.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Minneapolis - Park Place

1500 Park Place Blvd., Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55416, USA

Holiday Inn Express & Suites: Minneapolis – West End

6051 Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55416

Homewood Suites by Hilton Minneapolis- St. Louis Park at West End

5305 Wayzata Boulevard, Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, 55416, USA