Wild Ambition · The work
Adventure opens the door. The work is what you do inside it: structured sessions on your career, business or next move, a peer board that takes you seriously, and a plan you leave with.
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Women arrive carrying a decision they have been circling, a business that needs a next move, a team they want to lead better, or a change they can feel coming. The retreat week is designed so that work gets done, not just talked about. Trail or surf in the morning. Work in the afternoon. Fire at night.
The career decision, the business question, the leadership challenge you have been carrying alone. It becomes the agenda.
Structured sessions, honest conversation and a peer board of women who ask better questions than a conference ever did.
A decision made, three moves on paper, an accountability partner, and follow-up calls that keep you moving.
The programme
The exact schedule depends on the retreat you choose. On flagship retreats, the professional work follows this shape.
The audit.
Where are you, really? A structured working session to name what is compounding, what is costing you, and the decision you have been circling.
The peer board.
Your 60-minute hot seat with the operators, founders and executives in your group working your hardest problem. A board of directors most careers never get.
The keynote conversation.
An accomplished woman hikes the summit day with us, then takes your questions by the fire. No stage. No panel. No PR answers.
The 90-day plan.
You leave with a decision made, three moves in writing, an accountability partner from the group, and two follow-up calls at 30 and 60 days.
The peer board
Most ambitious women have advisors who are too polite and peers who are too busy. The peer board is neither. You get the hot seat, and the women around the fire - founders, executives, consultants, operators - ask what a board would ask.
They have run the payroll, made the layoff, walked away from the deal, and started over. Their questions cut through the version of the problem you came in with.
You are on their board the next day. What you give is what you get.
What you leave with
You do not leave with a feeling. You leave with work in motion.
Who leads the work
Every facilitator is named here, with exactly the background we can stand behind. As the roster grows, so does this list.
Founder · Lead facilitator
After a career across the tech and agency worlds and more than a decade at PepsiCo in commercial leadership, brand strategy and sustainability, Debra built Wild Ambition around the pull she has followed her whole life: a lifetime of rock climbing, hiking, surfing and diving. She reads every inquiry herself, connects with each member 1:1 before they join, and hosts the professional sessions on flagship retreats.
Facilitator
Founder of Sprout Consulting, where she helps high-growth tech and SaaS companies find the constraints holding them back and build operations that are easier to lead and grow. She holds an MBA and was a multi-sport collegiate athlete.
“I have never had to imagine whether the next rung was possible...I could just look up.”
“Representation alone isn't what got me here. The work did. My choices did. Building a life that could support my career did.”
Frequently asked questions
How the sessions work, what the peer board is, and what happens after you leave.
Flagship retreats pair outdoor adventure with structured working sessions on your career, business or next move. The programme includes a working audit of where you are, a peer board session on your hardest problem, a keynote conversation with an accomplished woman, and time to write a 90-day plan. The exact schedule depends on the experience; ask us for the confirmed itinerary.
A peer board is your 60-minute hot seat with the other women on the retreat. You bring the decision or problem you have been circling, and the founders, executives, consultants and operators in your group work it with you: real questions, real experience, no networking performance. Ask us how the session is structured for the retreat you are considering.
Before you leave, you write down what you decided and the three moves you will make next, and you choose an accountability partner from the group. The plan includes two follow-up calls with that partner at 30 and 60 days, so the work continues after the trail ends.
Ambitious women at any level: in a company, between roles, consulting or running your own. Bring what's next for you - the decision you have been avoiding, the role you want next, or the team you are trying to lead better.
No. Wild Ambition is not an accredited qualification and does not promise career outcomes. It is structured work on real decisions, done in honest company, with a written plan and follow-up calls to keep you moving.
Retreats are the deepest version, but not the only one. Curated dinners and working sessions, 1:1 sessions (virtual, or in person doing an adventure activity near Denver or wherever you are) and The Wild Collective community offer other ways to connect. Tell us what you are working on and we'll help you choose the right format.
One path, not three
Wild Ambition isn't adventure on one side and reflection on the other, with your work life left at the trailhead. It's all woven together. The ridge in the morning is the same conversation as the journal in the afternoon and the leadership session by the fire. Your body, your inner life, and your career walking the same path for once.
Morning · on the trail
Earned miles. Cold air. The questions you've been avoiding finally have somewhere to land.
Afternoon · with a journal
Solo reflection and small-circle conversation. The same questions, slowed down - written, spoken, heard.
Evening · by the fire
Real sessions on what's next. Career, leadership, the next hard call - with women who've actually sat in those chairs.
Because the woman on the ridge, the one with the journal, and the one running the team on Monday are the same woman. We design every day so they finally get to talk to each other.
You can come for the trail, the work, or the women. You don't need to bring a group to find yours.
Coming solo? Safety, connection and what to expect Colorado at Aspen Falls, Estes Park The peer board, the work and the 90-day planTravel on your own and join a small group of women. Tell us what would make the experience feel right, from activity level to the questions you have about arriving.
Find my group adventureA guided day outdoors, a group trail experience, or a retreat with hiking and surf. Choose the experience, then discuss the demands and details before committing.
Plan my adventureBring a leadership challenge, a career decision or what's next for you. Professional sessions, peer conversation and a written 90-day plan sit alongside the adventure on flagship retreats.
Explore a retreat for my next moveTravelling from another country? Tell us where you're coming from in your inquiry. We'll discuss the fit and confirmed details with you before you make travel plans.
Bring it with you
Tell us what you are working on and which retreat you are considering. We follow up personally with dates, pricing and the confirmed itinerary.
An inquiry is not a booking.
