Meet Our Team

Stephanie M. Jones, MBA, an accomplished business strategist, educator, and social entrepreneur with more than three decades of experience advancing equity-centered education and entrepreneurial opportunity across the U.S. and globally. Stephanie’s leadership is uniquely shaped by her ability to operate at the intersection of education, mentoring, social impact, and real-world application.

She is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Education in Leadership and Innovation at Purdue Global University, building on an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and a BS in Business Administration.

As a Capstone Mentor for Crimson Education, she works directly with middle and high school students in the U.S. and internationally, guiding them to design and articulate research projects, social impact initiatives, entrepreneurial ventures, and creative work that significantly strengthen their competitiveness for college admissions to Ivy League schools. 

Stephanie currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Unity International University teaching Entrepreneurship. 

As Managing Director of Disrupt for Change, Stephanie designs and delivered culturally relevant, equity-centered education and mentoring initiatives supporting underrepresented tourism & hospitality enterprises. She is also the founder of the Diversity Tourism Academy, an innovative e-learning platform where she develops curriculum that equips learners for global business and leadership opportunities. 

Stephanie’s leadership has extended to the national policy arena through two appointments to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Travel & Tourism Advisory Board, where she advocated for equity and inclusion for underrepresented suppliers. 

She is a published author, keynote speaker, and executive producer and host of The Necessary Disruptor podcast.

The business of driving mutually beneficial change in cultural heritage, history, and tourism is Kelly's purpose. She is passionate about creating and amplifying diverse, equitable, and inclusive experiences that are community-centered and generate economic opportunity.

As part of the Disrupt for Change leadership team, Kelly believes that success is built on human connections, teamwork, satisfying a customer's need through an engaging, experiential, inspirational, and transformational product.

As a business developer, she focuses on people and their needs to define opportunities. As a strategist, she sets a vision. As a logistical player, she defines processes, As a tactical player, she executes with precision.

As a transformationalist, Kelly exposes others to new experiences outside of their environment and inspires them to give back. She is recognized as a business leader for leadership, achieving financial goals, problem-solving, and organizational development.

Karen is a diversified senior financial management professional with a proven track record of implementing compliance and audit management programs. She deploys strong relationship management skills with a track record in organizational development and team building. 

Karen brings more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry to the team with strong business intelligence acumen, project and financial management skills, and the ability to identify and implement best practices. She is experienced in successfully building effective relationships and teams as well as managing complex business and financial changes. She is a self-starter able to identify critical business needs and develops and implements recommendations that increase operational efficiency.

Karen develops and implements recommendations that increases operational efficiency for Disrupt for Change.

Margaret “Margie” Miranda is an experienced marketing and outreach

professional. She has worked in the travel and tourism industry for more than 20 years. Margie conducts outreach in local communities and works with SMEs to help them understand their level of tourism and market readiness and where there are gaps in their knowledge base as entrepreneurs and business owners. She provides support for the Diversity Tourism Academy. 

Driven by her interest in culture and the tourism industry, she took a leap of faith as an independent tour guide on the island of Puerto Rico, engaging local business owners to be the source of her tour trips as well as providing visitors the best experience while traveling the island. As an entrepreneur, she understands firsthand the challenges and barriers for minority businesses from underserved communities working in the travel and tourism industry. She received certification as a cultural heritage tour guide through Miami-Dade Community College.

As an adventurer and Latina entrepreneur, she is passionate about her professional growth in the tourism industry and wants to ensure that others gain industry education to grow their businesses.