About Us
Disruption Advisors activates engagement and growth in leaders, teams, and organizations.

Whitney Johnson
CEO, CO-Founder
Whitney Johnson is the CEO and co-founder of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company. Whitney is a globally recognized thought leader (named by Thinkers50 as a top #10 management thinker), author, keynote speaker, executive coach, and consultant; Whitney is the WSJ, USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company (Harvard Business Press, 2022). She shares her passion for personal disruption, helping individuals transform their lives, careers, teams, and companies through her keynote addresses; her popular podcast Disrupt Yourself; lectures at Harvard Business School’s Corporate Learning; the award-winning books How to Build an A Team, Disrupt Yourself, and Dare, Dream, Do; and frequent article contributions to the Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review.

Amy Humble
President, CO-Founder
Amy Humble is the co-founder and president of Disruption Advisors, an Inc 5000 fastest growing company. She is a perceptive, visionary, and highly engaging executive and coach working with the world’s most elite leaders and organizations from the FORTUNE 500, Inc. 5000, and leading social institutions in the world. Previously, Amy served as chief of staff for Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and was the creator of the Innovators Society, the first of its kind social sector accelerator program.


Amy Humble
President, Co-Founder
Amy Humble is the co-founder and president of Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 fastest growing company. She is a perceptive, visionary, and highly engaging executive and coach working with the world’s most elite leaders and organizations from the FORTUNE 500, Inc. 5000, and leading social institutions in the world. Previously, Amy served as chief of staff for Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and was the creator of the Innovators Society, the first of its kind social sector accelerator program.
Published WSJ, USA Today and Amazon bestselling book Smart Growth
Launched S Curve of Learning Insight Tool (10K+ Users)
Recognized as an Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company
Relaunched Disrupt Yourself
Launched coaching network
Named Top 10 Management Thinker by Thinkers50
Designed the first model of the S Curve locator
Launched the popular podcast, Disrupt Yourself, now in the top 1% globally of monthly downloads.

Amy Humble
Whitney Johnson
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Our Team

Becky Hofkes
Director of Strategy

Chelsea Smith
Director, Operations

Devanie Hopfenbeck
Director, Client Experience

Kaitlin Johnson
Senior Project Manager

Kurt Wilson
Director, Diagnostics & Feedback

Linda Elliott
Project & Assessment Manager

Lori Wilson
Project Manager

Mike Quinn
Lead Coach and Facilitator

Natalie Murray
Director, Learning and Curriculum

Nicole Pellegrino
Executive Administrative Assistant

Stephanie Brummel
Marketing Associate

Steve Ludwig
Lead Coach and Facilitator