About

Erika Gilchrist is a powerhouse speaker, unfiltered truth-teller, and the unapologetic curator behind the Women Thriving Fearlessly Summit—an electrifying, high-impact experience built for women of color who are done playing small.

With over two decades on global stages, Erika has inspired thousands to own their voice, build bold businesses, and heal loudly. She’s not here to “motivate” people into momentary hype, she’s here to move women into strategy, ownership, and execution. Period.

Her summit, the Women Thriving Fearlessly Summit, isn’t your average expo. It’s a full-sensory, energy-shifting gathering where real resources meet real women doing real business. It’s where women of color walk in with vision and leave with action. We’re talking:

Funding opportunities

Marketing strategies

Scalable operations

Legal + accounting insight

Emotional + mental resilience tools

And an unshakable network of like-minded empire builders

And just so we’re clear - this isn’t a sit-down-and-take-notes kind of event. Expect music, movement, cocktail networking, prizes, summit dancers (yes, dancers), high-level keynotes, raw storytelling, and real conversations about what it means to build while navigating race, gender, trauma, and triumph.

But Erika isn’t just an event host, she’s the system breaker behind the mic. Her speaking clients range from Fortune 500 companies to scrappy startups and academic institutions. Her work centers the voices of women who have been historically excluded from power rooms and puts tools directly in their hands—no gatekeeping, no fluff, no apologies.

She brings neuroscience, storytelling, and strategy together to help audiences shift from stuck to sovereign, from hustle to harmony. Erika’s no stranger to surviving. She’s a living example of what it means to rebuild—after poverty, after trauma, after loss—and rise anyway. And that is the energy she brings to every stage, every program, and every summit experience she curates.

Whether she’s on the mic, on a main stage, or behind the curtain of her summit, Erika’s mission is loud and clear:
Equip women of color to build, scale, protect, and own businesses that are built to last.

Want to learn more? Check the vibes, grab a seat at the next summit, or bring Erika to your stage. Just don’t expect small talk or surface-level fluff. This is fearless territory.