Equipt Academy^SM

BIO

Kelly Mooney

CEO, she/her
Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer

A long-time equity and empowerment advocate for women, Kelly founded Equipt Women to provide the career roadmap and community she wished she’d had as a young professional.

Prior to Equipt, Kelly was the CEO and co-owner of Resource/Ammirati, the largest women-owned and operated agency in the United States. She and her business partner sold the agency to IBM to become part of IBM iX, one of the largest digital consultancies in the world. Kelly has authored two books: The Open Brand, foreseeing the impact of social media on brand building, and The Ten Demandments, expressing the newly empowered voice of the Internet-enabled consumer.

Kelly is a sought-after collaborator and keynote speaker and has been featured on CBS, CNN, NPR and in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company and People. She serves on both private and public company boards.

Dedicated to work.life integration, Kelly enjoys spending time with her adult kids, traveling with her husband, swimming laps, walking long distances, and playing her new favorite games – pickleball and Mahjong.

Read more about our Founder’s story here.

BIO

Neelu Kaur

Instructor

Neelu Kaur is a Facilitator, Experience Designer, Leadership & NLP(Neurolinguistic Programming) Coach, and Stress Management Specialist. She holds a BS from NYU’s Stern School of Business, an MA in Social & Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, and is a certified NLP Master Practitioner and Coach from the NLP Center of New York. Neelu has 15 years of experience specializing in Adult Learning & Leadership Development in large organizations ranging from Financial Services, Consulting, to the Tech Industry. She is a certified Yoga Instructor, Ayurveda Specialist, and an Ericksonian trained Hypnotherapist focused on bringing mindfulness and stress management practices to individuals, teams, and organizations. 

BIO

Tiffany McDuffie

Instructor

Tiffany McDuffie, CPA, M. Ed., & founder of She PLAYS, Co. is a speaker, lifestyle and leadership coach, and strategic consultant.
She facilitates training, workshops, and experiences that equip leaders with the framework to align people strategy with profit strategy. A serial entrepreneur, work-life-play advocate, and agent of creative change, she has inspired leaders, working moms, entrepreneurs, and youth across the nation. She’s known for cultivating happiness at work, optimizing executives’ performance as team players and their effectiveness as team leaders, navigating change, disrupting burnout, and advocating for gender equity.

BIO

Hilary Davis

Instructor

Hilary Davis is an ICF-certified coach, storyteller and experience designer with a passion for helping people realize their greatest potential. She is part of the faculty at the Scaling Intimacy School of Experience Design, holds a CPCC from the Coaches Training Institute and is the founder of the design firm Altogether Human, which regularly consults with companies like Asana, The North Face, Hello Fresh and more. After eight foggy years in San Francisco, she now lives in her home state of Colorado where she serves her most demanding clients: two very small children. 

BIO

Noorin Fazal

Instructor

Noorin Fazal has been shaped by the education field and honed by the tech industry. With 15 years of experience in learning design, Noorin is part of the founding team for SV Academy a startup that democratizes access to tech. Noorin has created award-winning programs that train on technical skills AND human skills, including growth mindset, emotional intelligence, and mindfulness. SV Academy grads see 2.4x income expansion and 60% promotions in the first year on the job. Informed by these results, Noorin has refined her heart-first methodology and uses it to build team cultures that are inclusive, equitable, top-performing, and importantly, scalable.