Become a Vistage Chair

Guide CEOs and business owners to make better decisions and drive greater outcomes as a Vistage Chair
65+
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The leader in executive coaching since 1957.

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A global network of business leaders.

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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

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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

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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
Not you? Learn the difference between a Vistage Chair and a Vistage Member.

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