About Jennifer: “Being struck by lighting. Trudging through a blizzard with one eye frozen shut. Covering 47 miles a day for 46 straight days on the legendary Appalachian Trail. Hiking 500 miles through the rugged Spanish Pyrenees in her second and third trimesters. Walking 1,100 miles across North Carolina while nursing her newborn son.

These are the experiences that have made Jennifer Pharr Davis who she is. "The Serena Williams of long-distance hiking" (PBS). An award winning author and small business owner, a wife and mother who can juggle evening grad school classes with a robust speaking career, an environmental activist and National Geographic Adventurer of the Year who served on the President’s Council for Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.

Jennifer Pharr Davis knows how to keep going- to persevere, remain adaptable, communicate clearly, rely on a team, take care of herself in extreme environments... and shatter a glass ceiling. She’s done it time and again. Let her inspire your group to go farther and accomplish more than they ever thought possible.

Jennifer has published ten books, including her "empowering blueprint on resilience" The Pursuit of Endurance (Penguin Random House), her seminal Appalachian Trail memoir Becoming Odyssa which has sold more than 80,000 copies, and an award-winning project with celebrated Southern watercolorist Alan Shuptrine called I Come from a Place. Jennifer has also written articles for The New York Times and leading national and regional magazines like Outside, Backpacker, Trail Runner and Blue Ridge Outdoors.”