Dr. Shellie Hipsky is the CEO of Inspiring Lives International, the Executive Director of the Global Sisterhood (which helps women and children around the world), the editor-in-chief of Inspiring Lives Magazine and she is the Global Empowerment Coach. Honored with dozens of prestigious awards for her leadership in empowerment, Dr. Shellie was honored with the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award for Volunteer Service in 2023. The former tenured university doctoral professor, host of Empowering Women Radio and Inspiring Lives with Dr. Shellie on NBC has keynoted internationally from Passion to Profits in Hollywood to The University of Oxford in England.

She has been featured on over 65 magazine covers and on all the major television networks. She frequently writes for Forbes, serves on their Expert Panel of coaches, and was on the Forbes magazine cover. She is also an award-winning author of 15 international bestselling books including Common Threads series on Inspiration, Empowerment, and Balance; plus, Ball Gowns to Yoga Pants: Entrepreneurial Secrets to Create Your Dream Business and Brand. With her Global Sisterhood 501(c)(3) she collaborates with Charity Partnerships and acts of #PopUpGiving to help women around the world challenged with domestic violence to homelessness as she fulfills her mission to inspire and empower the women of the world.