The Apex Collective is
for Women in Senior Leadership Driving
Social Change
Gabriela Berlanga
Executive Director
Bridge School & Bridge to Life
The Apex Collective | 2026 | USA
The Apex Collective is
for Women in Senior
Leadership Driving
Social Change
Gabriela Berlanga
Executive Director
Bridge School & Bridge to Life
The Apex Collective | 2026 | USA
We Created this Program for Senior-level Impact Leaders Like You
We Created this Program for Senior-level Impact Leaders Like You
The Apex Collective is a transformative six-month executive coaching program designed exclusively for women in senior leadership in the social and environmental impact sector. It combines personalized 1:1 coaching with a curated peer cohort to provide the support you need to lead from purpose, expand your influence, and sustain yourself and your impact.
The Apex Collective is a transformative six-month executive coaching program designed exclusively for women in senior leadership in the social and environmental impact sector. It combines personalized 1:1 coaching with a curated peer cohort to provide the support you need to lead from purpose, expand your influence, and sustain yourself and your impact.
Is This You?
Is This You?
Lead with high level of responsibility and influence
Lead with high level of responsibility and influence
Hold senior or executive role with accountability for people, strategy, culture, and outcomes.
Hold senior or executive role with accountability for people, strategy, culture, and outcomes.
Bring depth of lived leadership experience
Bring depth of lived leadership experience
Have 15 or more years of leadership experience leading an organization, initiative, or global program in the social impact sector.
Have 15 or more years of leadership experience leading an organization, initiative, or global program in the social impact sector.
Operate at a systems level
Operate at a systems level
Are navigating questions of scale, sustainability, succession, power, and long-term impact.
Are navigating questions of scale, sustainability, succession, power, and long-term impact.
Value reflection as part of leadership
Value reflection as part of leadership
Understand that effective leadership requires inner work, self-awareness, and the courage to engage with feedback.
Understand that effective leadership requires inner work, self-awareness, and the courage to engage with feedback.
Lead in relationship
Lead in relationship
Show up with humility, generosity, and curiosity, and contribute meaningfully to collective learning within a peer community.
Show up with humility, generosity, and curiosity, and contribute meaningfully to collective learning within a peer community.
I appreciate the care that went into matching me with my coach. In just a few months, she has helped me make progress on things that I have felt stuck on for a long time. I'm amazed at the impact such a new relationship has had on my confidence, my ability to navigate challenges, and my perspective. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to work with her at a time of multiple major transitions in my life. I'm excited to continue using the tools she's shared with me.
Elizabeth Pearson | Director | Year Up United
The Apex Collective | 2026 | USA
After an incredibly positive experience with WIA's Empowered Leader Program, I was honored to be invited to join the Apex Collective. Initially, I hesitated due to the many personal and professional commitments in my life, but I quickly realized that it's in the moments when we feel most challenged and overwhelmed that support and reflection arrive at exactly the right time. The greatest impact has been rediscovering who I am as a leader, clarifying my values, what energizes me, and understanding that my title is only one piece of the puzzle. Seeing how to lead in alignment with my strengths, skills, and values has been transformative.
Gabriela Berlanga | Executive Director | Bridge School & Bridge to Life
The Apex Collective | 2026 | USA
I appreciate the care that went into matching me with my coach. In just a few months, she has helped me make progress on things that I have felt stuck on for a long time. I'm amazed at the impact such a new relationship has had on my confidence, my ability to navigate challenges, and my perspective. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to work with her at a time of multiple major transitions in my life. I'm excited to continue using the tools she's shared with me.
Elizabeth Pearson | Director | Year Up United
The Apex Collective | 2026 | USA
After an incredibly positive experience with WIA's Empowered Leader Program, I was honored to be invited to join the Apex Collective. Initially, I hesitated due to the many personal and professional commitments in my life, but I quickly realized that it's in the moments when we feel most challenged and overwhelmed that support and reflection arrive at exactly the right time. The greatest impact has been rediscovering who I am as a leader, clarifying my values, what energizes me, and understanding that my title is only one piece of the puzzle. Seeing how to lead in alignment with my strengths, skills, and values has been transformative.
Gabriela Berlanga | Executive Director | Bridge School & Bridge to Life
The Apex Collective | 2026 | USA
The Program
The Program
The higher you climb in social impact leadership, the fewer spaces exist that truly meet you where you are. As an impact leader, you face unique challenges. It can be hard to find and connect with peers who understand what you're navigating and will support you.
The higher you climb in social impact leadership, the fewer spaces exist that truly meet you where you are. As an impact leader, you face unique challenges. It can be hard to find and connect with peers who understand what you're navigating and will support you.
Many leadership programs are designed for corporate executives and don’t address the particular challenges that you, as a social impact leader, face.
Many leadership programs are designed for corporate executives and don’t address the particular challenges that you, as a social impact leader, face.
That's why we created the Apex Collective: to provide a curated experience that addresses exactly where you are in your career, support you in overcoming challenges, and stretch your capacity to reach your highest aspirations.
That's why we created the Apex Collective: to provide a curated experience that addresses exactly where you are in your career, support you in overcoming challenges, and stretch your capacity to reach your highest aspirations.
Personalized Coaching
Personalized Coaching
12 one-on-one sessions
12 one-on-one sessions
Tailored to your specific leadership challenges and goals
Tailored to your specific leadership challenges and goals
Optional 360 Assessment
Optional 360 Assessment
Comprehensive evaluation
Comprehensive evaluation
Deep insights into your leadership impact and opportunities
Deep insights into your leadership impact and opportunities
Curated Peer Cohort
Curated Peer Cohort
Exclusive community
Exclusive community
Connect with fellow senior-level women impact leaders
Connect with fellow senior-level women impact leaders
Over six months, you'll gain clarity on your leadership vision, develop strategies to navigate complex challenges, and build lasting relationships with a cohort of peers who understand your journey. The program is designed to fit into your demanding schedule while providing the depth and rigor you need.The experience addresses both your individual growth and the systems-level outcomes you want to create.
Over six months, you'll gain clarity on your leadership vision, develop strategies to navigate complex challenges, and build lasting relationships with a cohort of peers who understand your journey. The program is designed to fit into your demanding schedule while providing the depth and rigor you need.The experience addresses both your individual growth and the systems-level outcomes you want to create.
Work with an Experienced Coach
Work with an Experienced Coach
The Apex Collective pairs each leader with an experienced, executive coach for 12 dedicated one-on-one sessions over six months. Our coaches have deep experience with women in social impact. Your coaching begins with a discovery session and an optional 360 assessment to provide you with insights about your leadership from those who know you best. Coaching is a transformational relationship dedicated to your growth and rooted in a firm belief in your brilliance and capacity to navigate complexity.
The Apex Collective pairs each leader with an experienced, executive coach for 12 dedicated one-on-one sessions over six months. Our coaches have deep experience with women in social impact. Your coaching begins with a discovery session and an optional 360 assessment to provide you with insights about your leadership from those who know you best. Coaching is a transformational relationship dedicated to your growth and rooted in a firm belief in your brilliance and capacity to navigate complexity.
What You'll Gain
What You'll Gain
Strategic Clarity
Strategic Clarity
Experience a dedicated container for reflection and developing your strategic thinking, so you can solve your most complex leadership challenges
Experience a dedicated container for reflection and developing your strategic thinking, so you can solve your most complex leadership challenges
Thought Partner
Thought Partner
Your coach will challenge and support you so you can get past obstacles and move towards your most inspiring goals
Your coach will challenge and support you so you can get past obstacles and move towards your most inspiring goals
Personalized Experience
Personalized Experience
Create confidential relationships with peers who truly understand the terrain you're navigating and are there to listen to and support you
Create confidential relationships with peers who truly understand the terrain you're navigating and are there to listen to and support you
Greater Impact
Greater Impact
Rediscover who you are as a leader, strengthening both your leadership presence and expanding your influence
Rediscover who you are as a leader, strengthening both your leadership presence and expanding your influence
Sustainable Leadership
Sustainable Leadership
Gain the support and perspective you need to avoid burnout and lead for the long term in a way that is sustainable
Gain the support and perspective you need to avoid burnout and lead for the long term in a way that is sustainable
Trusted Peer Circle
Trusted Peer Circle
Create confidential relationships with peers who truly understand the terrain you're navigating
Create confidential relationships with peers who truly understand the terrain you're navigating
Tiered Pricing Makes the Program Accessible
Tiered Pricing Makes the Program Accessible
The Women’s Impact Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Our tiered pricing system reflects our commitment to making our programs financially accessible to as many women leaders as possible.
The Women’s Impact Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Our tiered pricing system reflects our commitment to making our programs financially accessible to as many women leaders as possible.
The program fee can be paid in installments over a six-month period or in one payment. We offer two tiers.
The program fee can be paid in installments over a six-month period or in one payment. We offer two tiers.
TIER ONE
TIER ONE
$825/Month
$825/Month
For leaders from well-resourced social impact organizations with a professional development budget that can contribute to the program fees.
For leaders from well-resourced social impact organizations with a professional development budget that can contribute to the program fees.
TIER TWO
TIER TWO
$492/Month
$492/Month
For leaders who can personally fund their professional development or whose organizations can pay a small portion of the program fees.
For leaders who can personally fund their professional development or whose organizations can pay a small portion of the program fees.
If you pay the full amount in one payment, Tier One is $4,950 and Tier Two is $2,950. Limited partial scholarships available.
If you pay the full amount in one payment, Tier One is $4,950 and Tier Two is $2,950. Limited partial scholarships available.
The Apex Collective is by Invitation Only
The Apex Collective is by Invitation Only
If you're interested in becoming a member of the Apex Collective, we encourage you to ask someone in your circle to nominate you. You can be nominated by a colleague, coach, peer, or team member who knows your leadership firsthand. Once we receive your nomination, our team will review it and reach out to you directly.
If you're interested in becoming a member of the Apex Collective, we encourage you to ask someone in your circle to nominate you. You can be nominated by a colleague, coach, peer, or team member who knows your leadership firsthand. Once we receive your nomination, our team will review it and reach out to you directly.
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