Vernice FlyGirl Armour is a former combat pilot, former police officer and world renowned keynote speaker. Vernice has been featured on OPRAH, CNN, MSNBC , FOX and others and has presented to hundreds of organizations including Walmart, Bank of America, Shell, T-Mobile. With her inspirational leadership keynotes and consulting Vernice impacts the culture of an organization through her messages of Get Gutsy, Lead Gutsy, You Have permission to Engage in a NEW Conversation: Race, Rules of Engagement and Reinventing who we are.

A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, Vernice was America’s First African American Female Combat Pilot, holds two honorary doctorates, was a Diversity Liaison Officer to the Pentagon for the Marine Corps and is a member of the COMCAST/NBCUniversal Joint Diversity Council. She has received numerous awards as a pioneering pilot, to include her commanding role in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).