Bridget Ruiz is an executive coach specializing in the power of positive psychology and appreciative inquiry in the workplace. Bridget is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a founding partner of Sixth Wing, LLC.

After graduating with distinction from the US Naval Academy, Bridget served as a Basic Dive Officer (Navy Deep Sea Diver), Surface Warfare Officer, and steam engineer. While in the Navy, Bridget traveled the world leading an engineering team, and commanding and controlling all aspects of her deployed ship as an Officer-of-the-Deck. Prior to completing active duty service, Bridget also served at an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training unit in San Diego, CA.

After completing her competitive swimming career at the US Naval Academy, Bridget won two team and individual world championships in the Naval Pentathlon while representing the United States at the World Military Games.

After leaving the military to start a family, Bridget founded and led a freelance photography business before discovering executive coaching. Bridget’s coaching methodology combines the leadership lessons of military service with her experience in small business to bring a unique perspective to her Sixth Wing clients. Bridget completed post-graduate education in executive coaching from the College of Executive Coaching.

Bridget currently lives in Maryland with her husband and three sons.

Laura Maasdam is an executive coach and a leadership and negotiation expert. As a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, she is a founding partner of Sixth Wing, LLC.

After graduating from the Naval Academy, Laura served for 12 years as a Navy helicopter pilot and instructor pilot, flying the CH-46 Sea Knight and the SH-60F Sea Hawk, also known as the Black Hawk. She was deployed throughout the Middle East multiple times in support of OEF & OIF and served in elite leadership and staff positions globally.

Upon leaving the military, she received her MPA from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government where she focused on Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Performance Leadership.

Before co-founding Sixth Wing, Laura was the lead presenter and educator for McChrystal Group in Old Town Alexandria, VA. While at McChrystal Group, she taught organizations to adapt and win in today’s rapidly changing operating environment.

Prior to joining the McChrystal Group she was the lead Negotiator & Trainer for The SAB Group in Cambridge, MA, where she specialized in the areas of conflict resolution, senior leadership development and effective communication within negotiations.

As an executive coach, Laura draws on her business experience and unique leadership experience in the military as the basis for Sixth Wing’s strengths based coaching model. She is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coaching Federation.

Laura currently lives in Ann Arbor, MI, with her husband and two sons.

Jessica Agnew brings a broad array of coaching expertise to Sixth Wing, having led the design, development, implementation, and execution of multiple global leadership and team effectiveness programs. Her experience facilitating hundreds of leadership and group coaching experiences, and serving as a trusted consultant and talent manager to senior executives makes her coaching and facilitation style uniquely impactful.

As an executive and team coach, Jessica believes people are naturally creative and resourceful. She is passionate about coaching leaders and teams to harness the power of their authentic leadership styles. She is a Co-Actively trained coach and leverages design thinking methodologies and their application to life design as a foundation to her practice.

Prior to serving as the Global Head of Team Effectiveness for a Fortune 100 tech company, Jessica served as a Surface Warfare Officer after graduating from the United States Naval Academy. In the Navy, Jessica had the honor of leading teams of engineers ranging in size from 10 to over 180 direct reports, and serving as officer of the deck and engineering training officer over multiple deployments in support of humanitarian missions and Operation Enduring Freedom. After completing the Maritime Staff Operators Course she served as a Pacific Fleet Ballistic Missile Defense Watch Officer and lead briefer before being hand-selected by the Pacific Fleet Commander to serve on his executive staff.

Jessica currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two daughters and has found a true passion in helping others realize their full potential through the power of executive coaching.

Kellie Mix is an executive coach specializing in leadership for individual and organizational well-being. She brings over a decade of experience in leading and managing teams through periods of acute and gradual change.

After retiring from the sport of swimming and graduating from the US Naval Academy, Kellie served as a Logistics Officer in the United States Marine Corps. While serving on active duty, she traveled the Southeast Asia-Pacific conducting theater security cooperation exercises and managed the Marine Corps' Physical Fitness Programs at the Marine Corps' Training and Education Command.

Throughout her military career, Kellie continued her athletic pursuits and competed on the All-Marine Triathlon team and the U.S. Armed Forces Swim Team, representing the United States of America at the World Military Games.

After separating from active duty, Kellie explored the world of executive coaching and, ultimately, landed a job as a change management consultant at Deloitte. While at Deloitte, she helped organizations identify their current state, desired future state, and determine the gaps in between.

Kellie's coaching approach combines her leadership lessons from athletics, military service, and consulting to bring a unique perspective to her Sixth Wing clients. Kellie completed post-graduate education in executive coaching from George Mason's Center for Advanced Well-Being.

Kellie lives in Virginia Beach with her husband, son, and dog, Josey Blue.

LaVonne Gonzalez is an operational support specialist who keeps everything running for the Sixth Wing team. LaVonne leverages her strengths of process design, execution, and detail orientation to accelerate and enhance Sixth Wing’s efforts.

Before focusing on operational support, LaVonne spent 20 years as an accounting professional. The majority of that time she worked at the Capital Group as a member of the fund accounting team. In addition to daily operations such as calculating dividend distributions for fixed income funds and approving net asset value, LaVonne also participated in many high-profile projects. She was part of a small expert group tasked with overhauling the income distribution workflow from asset purchase through shareholder receipt of dividends. LaVonne also led the internal training and development team at Capital Group, which included writing and developing content as well as facilitating team training sessions. She was a member of the cross-departmental team that helped design and test a new accounting software system ensuring the integrity of data and minimizing the impact on daily operations.

LaVonne lives in Orange County, California, with her two kids and two dogs.

Nicki Pearce is an Executive and Personal Coach with over two decades of experience as a coach, consultant and business leader and owner of her own coaching practice. She has partnered with and provided strategic counsel to CEOs and leaders at all levels of industry and government. Nicki is particularly adept at working with clients to manage the extraordinary demands of challenging work environments while also balancing their personal and professional lives.

Nicki’s experience as an organizational and management consultant focusing on individual and organizational performance for a variety of government, non-profit, and private sector clients has given her a unique and robust combination of skills and perspectives. Working closely with executives and decision-makers in a variety of environments, Nicki is recognized as an adept problem-solver and leader with the ability to effectively partner with clients to drive toward desired goals and outcomes.

Nicki is a results-oriented coach with clients in the federal government and corporate sector, and also works with Olympic athletes. She coaches leaders, business owners, and individuals committed to personal and professional mastery. As a coach, Nicki believes that each client is creative, resourceful, and whole and therefore the expert in his or her life and work. With a solid grounding in the business world, Nicki acts as an objective, creative, and pragmatic thought partner for clients seeking to enhance individual and organizational performance. Her style is to offer empathetic, yet direct and constructive support.

Nicki partners with her clients to create strategies and practical tools to give and receive feedback, to coach and mentor others and clarify and achieve vision, goals, and priorities both individually and organizationally.

Nicki is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a Masters of Business Administration in Organizational Behavior, from The George Washington University. She holds post-graduate training in Advanced Certified Personal and Executive Coaching from the College of Executive Coaching. She is an International Coaching Federation Associate Certified Coach and also holds certifications in the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 assessment tools and the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Method for Learning and Development initiatives.

Nicki lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters.

Jordyn Rocco is an executive assistant who keeps schedules for the Sixth Wing Co-Founders efficient and aligned. Jordyn leverages her strengths of projection and implementation to capitalize on Sixth Wing’s efforts.

Before focusing on executive support, Jordyn served as a Manpower Officer in the USMC after graduating from the United States Naval Academy. Throughout her USMC time, she served as an administrator in a variety of billets on Okinawa, Japan, and Parris Island, South Carolina, before being hand-selected by the Commanding General to serve on his/her executive staff. Additionally, Jordyn values the opportunity she had to assist the Families of the Eastern Recruiting Region by implementing new policies to ensure families were well-informed of resources and opportunities throughout the Region.

Jordyn currently lives in the Topsail Beach, North Carolina area with her husband and two daughters.

Lacey Sladky is an ICF-certified executive coach who develops and delivers customized corporate leadership development programming and C-level executive performance coaching.

With over 20 years of experience guiding her own teams in demanding environments, Lacey’s leadership foundation was formed during her time as a forward-deployed U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer. Lacey served multiple tours in the Arabian Gulf during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Following her service, Lacey held a number of executive leadership positions in both tech and communications, most recently as the Vice President of an integrated marketing agency in the DC area.

She is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, with a Master of Science degree in Global Leadership from the University of San Diego School of Business and an executive certificate in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University. She received her Associate Certified Coach certification through the International Coaching Federation.

Lacey’s coaching practice is rooted in her experience leading teams during periods of change in complex environments. Her focus areas include career transition, authentic personal growth, and the development of high-performing teams. She has delivered seminars on the importance of developing and aligning to an authentic personal brand.

Lacey lives in Annapolis, Maryland with her husband and two children, and two happy dogs. She thrives on her time mentoring youth as a veteran ambassador for the Travis Manion Foundation and supporting veterans in transition as a coach and facilitator for the COMMIT Foundation.

Matt Sitter is a management consultant, executive coach, and CEO of Advantage Foundry Network (AFN), a global CEO network. He has held leadership positions in the consultancies The McChrystal Group and CrossLead and held multiple leadership positions in the healthcare diagnostics and health tech industries.

Matt is dedicated to harnessing the collective experience, expertise and perspective of human networks to drive innovation and realize new opportunities. His experience in optimizing organizational and cross-functional collaboration extends to multiple industries and organizational sizes.

Matt received his AB in Public Policy from Brown University and his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Matt lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife and two sons.

Scott Walgren is an executive performance coach and navy veteran dedicated to high-performance, empowerment, and teamwork.

Having graduated with Honors from the United States Naval Academy, Scott spent two decades in the high-stakes world of naval aviation. His service culminated with command of Helicopter Sea Combat Weapons School Atlantic, where he standardized tactics for the largest Air Wing in naval aviation. The assignment solidified Scott’s uncompromising belief that effective communication, engaged leadership, and teamwork are the foundation of highly successful organizations.

In his post-Navy career, Scott designed and delivered programming for The COMMIT Foundation, the premier veteran transition organization in the nation. Over four years, he successfully scaled highly individualized transition services focused on identity, purpose, and choice. The uncompromising standard of high-touch, high-impact programming embodies his approach to personal development through connection and service.

Scott’s leadership philosophy emphasizes values, culture, and trust. Cultivating environments where teams thrive requires leaders with the utmost self-awareness and grounded confidence, and as a result, Scott's coaching aims to align an individual’s inner purpose and strengths with an organization’s outer goals and strategies. This process creates a domino effect of enlightened confidence, courageous leadership, and high-performance.

Scott built his post-Navy life in Bozeman, Montana, with his wife of 20 years and two teenage sons.