Two of our Pursue Your Passion Conference Speakers speak!
Emily Elmore is a former Air Force pilot, business owner, and married mother of two. She was medically retired from the Air Force following a catastrophic injury while flying her C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. Unable to use her right arm, she utilized her background in coding and engineering to transition to web design and data analysis, analyzing and improving brand performance by increasing traffic, leads, and engagement through optimized online platforms and improved web design.
A confessed motorhead,Emily started podcasting as "The MotoDoll" in an effort to connect with the community she lost after her injury. Through car stories she discovered that everyone is looking to journey boldly from one destination to the next, and that we often need a wingman to overcome roadblocks. The MotoDoll became the vehicle of her own reinvention.
She later founded The MotoDoll LLC, Brand Management and Web Design,offering services that increase traffic, leads, and sales by building brands that build community. Emily is a board member of Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast and an advocate for women in leadership. As an educator and speaker she is available for public engagements and private seminars; past topics include brand development and web design, team dynamics,work-life balance, gender and generational leadership and conflict management.
Michelle Salzman is a Wounded Warrior and local business owner who began her philanthropy journey while attending UWF over a decade ago, and is now a fulltime community volunteer. Michelle served in the US Army for five years and transitioned into the civilian community by completing a degree in Computer Analytics as well as a degree in Business Administration.
For over a decade she has been a fulltime volunteer and board member of various nonprofit organizations, and has also served as the County level PTA President as well as served on the State Florida PTA Board of Directors. Most recently, Michelle was named a Distinguished Woman by the Gulf Coast Girls Scouts Council, as well as received the Blaise Adams Give Back Award from Junior Achievement. Further, she was named the 2015, 2017 and 2018 IN Weekly Volunteer of the Year and has continued displaying her passion to help others. Along with many State, County and local awards for building momentum within the parent organizations and promoting collaborative impact efforts across the school district, she has also received the honor of being named "Mom of the Month" for Greater Pensacola Parenting Magazine, a prestigious nomination for Woman of Distinction for the North Florida Girl Scouts, as well as being named "I am Pensacola" in VIP Pensacola magazine. For the 2019 Women's History Month, she was one of five women featured in Pensacola's "Out Front Magazine," for her advocacy work in Pensacola.
Michelle Salzman sits on several boards throughout the community and has had a hand in many great accomplishments. Her leadership and philanthropy efforts led to locally fundraising millions of dollars each year and hundreds of thousand community service hours.
Michelle has followed her heart and passion to help those who cannot help themselves. This passion leads her in the focus areas of children, families in poverty and her fellow wounded veterans. Most recently, she has announced her candidacy for the State Congress elections in 2020. When she is not serving her community, she is managing her photography business, Salz Studio, which has been serving the gulf coast community for over 15 years.
