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Meet Missy & Colleen

Meet Missy & Colleen 

Missy WEst
Colleen Healy

Building on their combined experience in successfully leading teams to victory, Missy and Colleen have developed customizable coaching curriculums, tailored speeches, and engaging workshops geared towards eliminating self-doubt and lighting a fire under high-achievers.

7x Hall of Fame Inductee

12 Year Collegiate Coach

National Coach of the Year Nominee

7x Hall of Fame Inductee 12 Year Collegiate Coach National Coach of the Year Nominee

Missy's Expertise & Experience

“Life, like sports is a challenge. There is no easy path to take.”

Before being inducted into and (and giving the acceptance speech for) the National High School Hall of Fame in 2017, Missy earned a full scholarship to play basketball at Duke University, played professional basketball in Germany, and coached Division III and II teams to 3 regular season titles. Missy soon became a highly sought-after keynote & motivational speaker. Businesses, national organizations, summits, high schools, youth organizations, colleges & leadership seminars around the country have benefited from Missy’s transformative message.

Her mission: To transform students, athletes, coaches, parents & leaders struggling with lack of confidence, failures and insecurities into empowered, self-assured and courageous individuals and teams.

3x Vice President Club Award Winner

Top Revenue Generator

Ironman & Boston Marathon Finisher

Standford GSB 3x Intellectual Contribution Award Winner

3x Vice President Club Award Winner Top Revenue Generator Ironman & Boston Marathon Finisher Standford GSB 3x Intellectual Contribution Award Winner

Colleen's Expertise & Experience

“One day you’ll look back and realize how hard it was, and just how well you did.” - From The Book: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox

Upon graduation from the University of Connecticut, Colleen leveraged the skills she learned, both academically and as a member of the Women’s Basketball Team, to excel in the corporate world - winning awards for her sales revenue at organizations such as Merck and WebMD. She has also served as a Course Facilitator & Coach for Stanford University in their Graduate School of Business LEAD program. In 2016, Colleen began receiving invitations from prestigious organizations including the NCAA to share her experiences and help foster the next generation of leaders.

Her mission: To help professionals across the spectrum of experience take their business and personal game to the next level using the ORCA principles.

missy & Colleen's history

  • Duke & UConn Graduates

    Colleen made history as the first-ever UConn Women’s Basketball walk-on player to be awarded a full scholarship an achievement she credits more to her work ethic and life philosophy than to raw athletic ability.

    Missy earned a full scholarship to play basketball at Duke University. In addition to being a member of the Blue Devil’s 1999 NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Runners-up Championship team, Missy served 2 years as Team Captain, won 2 “Heart & Hustle” awards, and joined her team for 2 ACC Conference Championships and 5 NCAA tournaments.

  • Collegiate Coaching & Corporate America

    Following Duke, Missy went on to play professional basketball in Germany, winning a German Championship. She then began a 12-year stint of collegiate coaching at the Division III and II levels. Her top achievements include: Earning 3 Conference Coach of the Year Awards and Eastern Region Coach of the Year and inductions into the National High School Hall of Fame , New York State High School Hall of Fame , New York State Softball Hall of Fame , Franklin Academy High School Hall of Fame , 1996 High School Basketball Team - Franklin Academy , 1995 High School Softball Team - Franklin Academy , and the North Country Athletics Hall of Fame.

    Colleen kicked off her 25-years of sales and consulting success, first by working as a color commentator for CBS Radio then transitioning to the healthcare industry with Merck, WebMD, and Cytokinetics. She earned the Top Revenue Generator Award 3 times contributed $55M in aggregate sales/revenue across 8.5 calendar sales years at WebMD, While at Merck, she was a 3 time Vice President’s Club Recipient and earned Merck’s highest medallion, for Top 5% individual sales contribution.

  • Founding ORCA Leadership

    After Colleen was recognized with the The Trailblazer of Courage Award for the Women’s Sports Museum in 2018 and Missy gave the acceptance speech at her 2017 inductions into the National High School Hall of Fame in 2017, they co-founded ORCA Leadership, to teach other professionals how to strive towards excellence by overcoming self-doubt and breaking through their comfort zones.

WATCH MISSY’S 2017 NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF FAME ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

“My greatest gifts have been my failures, struggles and weaknesses,” states West. “Life, like sports is a challenge. There is no easy path to take. If you want to be successful and healthy, it’s all hard. Continuing to put one foot in front of the other after being knocked down, is the greatest victory I’ve ever achieved.”