Women Travel Leaders
As history’s great explorers and trailblazers have shown, there is no handbook for breaking new ground. We must choose to show up bravely, believing in ourselves and trusting our deep inner wisdom. Of course, being part of a powerful, global group of women helps make the journey easier, more rewarding, and more fun!
Women Travel Leaders is a professional association of high-performing women in the travel industry that seeks to elevate other female travel leaders through community connections, peer-to-peer coaching, tailored community lead learning, and masterminding.
Women Travel Leaders Believe in the Magic of Community
We know that collaboration and cooperation bring strength.
We lead from the heart. We value adventure and freedom. We integrate our personal and professional lives, valuing hard business skills while honoring and nurturing ourselves in body, mind, and spirit.
We believe we have the power to create our own futures by working in our divine feminine flow. We believe in the power of magic and manifestation, and in taking action to make our visions a reality.
Being in the Very Best Company
– and a Safe Harbor
Because the people around you are key to your success, WTL is by invitation only. You can be sure that all your fellow members have track records of success, are reputable, and are tremendous sources of knowledge, experience, and connections.
Additionally, all members agree to honest openness, trust, and respect, and to keep mastermind and coaching conversations in confidence.
Our Story
Women Travel Leaders began in San Francisco in 2016 as a way to share best practices and build camaraderie between top women in the industry. We took camping trips, cooked meals in one another's homes, arranged intimate VIP events at local hotels, and facilitated group coaching and vision-boarding sessions. The organization has grown to include chapters in San Francisco, Peru, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, the UK, New Zealand, Brazil, and beyond. Throughout the challenges of the 2020 pandemic, WTL started providing support virtually, expanding even further to bring together more women to share resources in a time of crisis.
WTL Founders
Founders Jennine Cohen and Catherine Gallagher came together from across an ocean with a common vision and purpose. Both successful luxury and adventure travel professionals and life coaches, their desire was to bring the magic of coaching to their female peers in the adventure travel industry.
Jennine Cohen
Jennine has always believed in the power of travel and coaching to transform the world.
She is a longtime trip planner, leader, and advisor in the adventure travel industry. Frequently called upon as a media source, she has been quoted in Travel & Leisure, AFAR, National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveler, Vogue, YahooTravel, Fortune, Forbes, Vox News, and others and was named a Forbes Changemaker.
This passion has fueled a lifetime of her own adventuring to the farthest corners of the earth and two decades of guiding, scouting, cultivating relationships, and planning once-in-a-lifetime journeys for discerning clients.
When it comes to coaching, Jennine takes a holistic approach. She weaves in energy and intuition medicine, encouraging clients to value “being” as much as “doing” and practice deep grounding. When she’s not planning trips or coaching, you can find her meditating, rafting, doing yoga, swimming, stand-up paddleboarding, salsa or samba dancing, kite surfing, and running.
“There are few people who holistically and emphatically embrace life and all it has to offer, and then emanate that energy and knowledge out into the world for others to benefit from. Jennine is one of those people, and those who know her and especially those who have been fortunate enough to work with and be coached by her, are in a rarefied and truly conscious space because of her.”
Catherine Gallagher
Catherine is a UK-based travel business coach, social entrepreneur, and mastermind leader.
After spending the first decade of her career in recruitment and talent development she followed her dreams and set up her own travel business, which she led for the better part of the next 10 years. She loved arranging ethical, experiential travel for high-end clients, but she felt somewhat lost in the wilderness of entrepreneurship. She wished there were an industry-specific, trusted community that she could call upon for support, and now she’s excited to be helping to shape just this kind of community with Women Travel Leaders.
Catherine passionately believes in the transformational effects that travel can bring and is committed to supporting leaders that share this belief. She brings a unique mix of business, professional development knowledge, travel industry experience, and coaching expertise, along with the perspective of balancing motherhood with her business adventures.
“Always authentic, driven, and inspiring, Catherine leads teams and mentors individuals to be the best versions of themselves. Fueled by her adventurous spirit, Catherine’s passion for her industry—the travel community—is complemented by her ability to compassionately coach individuals and businesses to excellence. The ethical, sustainable lens in which she focuses her training is a breath of fresh air, believing that businesses can have a purpose as great as their profit. It has and will continue to be a true pleasure to work with Catherine.”
