Become a Vistage Chair

The leader in executive coaching since 1957.

A global network of business leaders.

Vistage is the world’s largest peer group provider.
Find out if you qualify to become a Vistage Chair.
Guide a Vistage Group of Local Leaders
Vistage Chairs facilitate our peer advisory groups of CEOs, business owners, and top executives from different industries. They’ve guided companies to greater heights. Now, they share that experience with CEOs in their local Vistage group.
Own Your Vistage Chair Practice

Sustained Income & Flex Schedule
Enjoy a revenue stream that can continue well into retirement. Design a schedule that suits your lifestyle.
Build Your Own Business
As an independent contractor, you have the freedom to build a practice that matches your ambition. The larger your groups, the greater your potential income.
Comprehensive Support
Leverage our proven coaching methods with access to all the resources you need to succeed.
Lasting Legacy
A unique opportunity to leave a legacy, empower business leaders, and uplift your community.
What it Means to Be a Vistage Chair
“When I reflected on retiring, I realized I still wanted to be involved in business.”
Experience:
- Longtime business owner and entrepreneur in the IT industry
- Vistage member for 10+ years
- Current founder and CEO of a cyber security company as well as a new carrot cake company
Ola Sage
Vistage Chair since 2019 | Former CEO of e-ManagementCEO of CyberRx, Inc. | Leading 3 Vistage Groups
“Vistage is my way to give forward by creating an ecosystem of growth-oriented, compassionate, intellectually humble and nimble leaders.”
Experience:
- Lifelong learner with two MBA degrees and executive education from Harvard Business School
- Former Chief Sourcing & Trading Officer
- Built a “jet-set global executive career” across six industries, three countries, and 35 countries traveled by age 30
- Former Vistage member
Vipon Kumar
2X Award-winning Vistage Chair since 2020 | Leading 6 Vistage groups
When I was a CEO, I made an impact on one business. Now I impact 40+.
Experience:
- Legal educational background
- Former CEO, advancing through multiple roles in her family’s steel service company
- Led cultural development efforts, earning the company recognition as a “Top Place to Work” by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for four years
- Host of the podcast Beyond the Comfort Zone
Aviva Leebow Wolmer
2X Award-winning Vistage Chair since 2021 | Leading 3 Vistage groups
“I guided Fortune 500 companies around the world. But serving as an executive coach to midsize business leaders is my most fulfilling chapter yet.”
Experience:
- Former senior executive at IBM, Xerox and Gallup
- Professor of Organizational Leadership and MBA programs at Pepperdine and Chapman universities
- Author of The New Currency of Leadership
Dr. Maryam Malek
Vistage Master Chair since 2013 | Leading 5 Vistage groups




High Integrity. Unique Qualities. A Prestigious Role.
Preferred Experience
- 10+ years of executive experience
- P&L responsibility exceeding $5 million
- Current or recently retired CEOs, C-Suite Execs
- Business coaches or executive coaches
- Business owners with entrepreneurial attitudes
- Team leadership experience
Preferred Skills
- Strong business acumen, communication skills,
- High EQ and passion for helping others
- Executive presence: confidence, maturity, assertiveness
- Strong connector and networker
- Entrepreneurial spirit and drive to build your own business
Frequently Asked Questions
Who are Vistage Chairs?
Vistage Chairs are an elite group of independent contractors who build and run private advisory groups of high-caliber business leaders from non-competing industries. Ideal Chairs are marked with years of executive experience, strong financial acumen, superb management skills and innate entrepreneurial spirit. Some text over here to answer the question
What are Vistage Chair responsibilities?
With Vistage’s support and assistance, Chairs build their first group, recruiting eight members in order to initially launch, and then grow and sustain the group to up to 18 members. Every month Chairs gather their members for candid, confidential roundtable discussion of their most pressing business issues. They also meet one to one with each member monthly to provide tailored executive coaching and guidance.
What are the requirements to become a Vistage Chair?
Generally, successful Vistage Chairs are former or transitioning C-Level executives, Chairman, President with at least $5M of P&L responsibility and the following attributes: possess an entrepreneurial spirit with bold leadership skills, have a passion for mentoring others, be experienced in leading a high-performing team, be a strong connector and networker, have the ability to listen to — and challenge — CEOs and senior executives, have achieved great success and are driven to give back.
Is Vistage a franchise model?
No. As a Vistage Chair, you operate as an independent contractor and can determine the scope of the Chair Practice you build. Should you move forward with exploring the opportunity to become a Vistage Chair, you will be asked to sign an NDA and then will have access to full compensation detail.
How much do Vistage Chairs make?
Should you move forward with exploring the opportunity to become a Vistage Chair, you will be asked to sign an NDA and then will have access to full compensation detail.
What will Vistage provide to help me build my groups?
Vistage invests heavily in helping new Chairs to be successful. The support provided includes a world-class, award-winning learning and development program, a support team from both the Support Center office and in the field, marketing campaigns and branding efforts, infrastructure and the strength of the Vistage brand.
What's next?
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Step 1. If you’re qualified, our Executive Recruitment team will contact you within two business days to determine whether Vistage Chairing is a good fit. You’ll be asked about your leadership experience, personal goals and learn more about Chairing.
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Step 2. After you'll attend Chair Academy, our award-winning week-long training.
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Step 3. After graduating Chair Academy, you'll receive robust sales and marketing support as you build your first Vistage group.