As featured on
Oprah Winfrey, CNN, Tavis Smiley, NPR, and others, Vernice Armour has
emerged as the leadership coach and speaker for the 21st
Century. Vernice’s dynamic style and presentation methods have impacted
many organizations and individuals, leaving them in an accelerated climb
holding the throttle! Vernice stands on many shoulders, a strong legacy,
and is highly sought after for her message of
EXCELerated
Leadership™!
While attending
Middle Tennessee State University, Vernice enlisted in the Army Reserves
in the spring of 1993, and enrolled in Army ROTC that fall. When she saw
the image of a young black female in an Army flight suit during Army
ROTC Advanced Camp, her first thought was, “Wow, why didn’t I think of
that!”
Before graduating
from college, Vernice accomplished her childhood dream of becoming a
Police Officer in 1996. Still in search of the next challenge, she was
commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in
December 1998. Vernice earned her wings in July 2001, ranked No. 1 out
her class of 12 and of the last 200 to graduate becoming the
United States
Marine Corps’ first African American female pilot.
During Operation
Iraqi Freedom, she was recognized as
America’s First African-American Female
Combat
Pilot by
the Department of Defense, and completed 2 combat tours of duty in the
Gulf before departing the Marine Corps.
Among her
accomplishments, Vernice has been awarded for being a pioneering pilot
and her role in technology and engineering! Vernice was also the first
African American woman on the Nashville Police Department's motorcycle
squad, Camp Pendleton's 2001 Female Athlete of the Year, two-time
titleholder in Camp Pendleton's annual Strongest Warrior Competition,
and a running back for the San Diego Sunfire women's professional
football team.
Vernice departed
the Marine Corps in June 2007. Today through her keynotes, seminars,
workshops, and executive retreats, she conveys her message of
EXCELerated
Leadership through her unique insight and life strategy:
Acknowledge the obstacles …
Don’t
give them power!
Vernice’s next
book, FlightPlan,
is due for release in early 2009.
