Team

The Helm Leadership Team

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Danielle Wilkie

Founder & CEO

, The Helm

Danielle is the co-founder and CEO of The Helm. Prior to launching this business, Wilkie served as President, Customer Success for Compass, Inc., a national real estate company, where she launched Coaching at Compass. She also served as President, Central Operations where she oversaw an organization of more than 5,000 staff and agents and was named an officer of the company at its IPO in April 2021.

Prior to Compass, she served as Senior Vice President, Marketing for Craftsy (purchased by NBCUniversal), and led product development and marketing at NetQuote (sold to Bankrate), Angi (f/k/a HomeAdvisor and sold to IAC) and SafeRent (sold to CoreLogic).

Wilkie holds an MBA from University of Colorado and a BA from Smith College. She serves as an equity advisor with Rice Park Capital Group and is an instructor with The University of Chicago. 

Heather Frick

Co-Founder

, The Helm

Heather Frick is an executive coach and former tech CMO with over 25 years of corporate leadership.  She has led and worked with some of the most iconic brands in the world, including Oracle, Universal, Levi’s, Dell, and Verizon in a career spanning high-stakes tech growth, digital transformation, and culture-building across continents. Now, Heather coaches c-suite leaders and founders at companies like Microsoft, Adobe, Capital One, and Shopify to navigate their own complex landscapes. With a deep understanding of what it takes to drive massive leadership success, Heather partners with ambitious business leaders to turn high performance into legendary leadership. 

Heather’s approach? Fierce, focused, and full of heart. She’s a former Division 1 athlete, so she knows how to turn playful competition into fuel, and her coaching blends that edge with practical conscious leadership tools to keep leaders thriving. 

Although she’s never worked in real-estate, Heather is no stranger to the industry. Married to a RE/MAX agent ranked in the top 1% nationally, Heather has witnessed firsthand the evolving landscape and what it truly takes to be at the top. 

Throughout her journey, Heather has relied on a trusted network of female peers, including women like Danielle, a close confidante and advisor for over a decade. It’s these connections that have fueled her relentless drive to help others succeed.

Together, she and Danielle launched the Helm to change the status quo.  They know that aggregating the best female minds in real estate will change the game.

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Kamini Lane

CEO

, Coldwell Banker Realty

Kamini Rangappan Lane serves as president and chief executive officer of Coldwell Banker Realty. One of the nation’s largest real estate brokerages, Coldwell Banker Realty includes approximately 52,400 affiliated real estate agents doing business in more than 55 markets across the United States. Prior to stepping into this role, Lane served as President of Brokerage for Sotheby’s International Realty.

She also served as President of West for Compass, Inc., a national real estate company. She oversaw an organization of over 10,000 staff and independent contractors, led all agent-facing operations for the West Region, and was a named officer of the company through the IPO.

Prior to Compass, she served as chief marketing officer of Tradesy, a marketplace for designer fashion and led groups at Rapp (global digital marketing agency), Interbrand (brand strategy agency) and eBay.

Lane holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. She is a recipient of the prestigious 2023 HousingWire Vanguard Award, ranked on the Swanepoel Power 200, a HousingWire Woman of Influence award winner in 2023 and 2024, a RIS Media Newsmaker in 2024 and has been named on the LA500 list in 2024 and 2021, a list of L.A.’s most influential people by the Los Angeles Business Journal.

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Leslie Appleton-Young

Advisor; Former SVP and Chief Economist for the California Association of Realtors® and Co-Founder of WomanUp!®

Leslie Appleton-Young is a renowned economist and former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist for the California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.), where she served for over three decades. In this role, she led the research team, analyzing housing market trends and offering insights on brokerage industry dynamics. Leslie is widely recognized for her public speaking engagements within the California real estate community and was instrumental in founding the WomanUp!® initiative, which supports women in leadership roles within the brokerage industry.

Before joining C.A.R., she held roles at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and Telesis Inc. Leslie earned her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from UC Berkeley and a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Her contributions to promoting diversity in homeownership and affordable housing initiatives have earned her numerous accolades, including induction into the RISMedia Real Estate Newsmakers Hall of Fame in 2021.

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Jodi Hall

Founder & CEO, DandaRoad; Former COO, Nationwide Mortgage Bankers and COO, CrossCountry Mortgage, Inc.

Jodi Hall is the CEO and Founder of DandaRoad a consultancy dedicated to organizational alignment and operational efficiency in the mortgage industry. With nearly 30 years of transformative experience, Jodi has built a legacy of driving innovative solutions and leading mortgage companies through strategic growth. Known for her hands-on approach, she excels at turning vision into action and results.

Jodi’s expertise extends beyond company-building. As a strategic lending advisor to mortgage technology firms and lenders, she focuses on revolutionizing the paper-heavy, redundant processes in mortgage origination and servicing. Her work in tech stack execution is helping to reshape how the industry operates, bringing more efficiency and enhanced customer experiences.

A passionate leader, Jodi is deeply committed to developing the next generation of industry leaders. She mentors and nurtures talent, ensuring her vision and passion for revolutionizing the mortgage sector continue for decades to come. Her broader reach through consulting allows her to impact a wider audience and push the boundaries of what’s possible in the mortgage space.

Jodi’s leadership is grounded in integrity, passion, and a relentless drive for sustainable growth. While she dreams of one day relaxing with a glass of bourbon on her porch, her journey is far from over. With so much left to accomplish, she remains focused on leaving a lasting legacy in the mortgage industry.

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Monica Reynolds

Coach, Author & Speaker, Former Vice President KW MAPS; $100M agent team leader

Monica Reynolds has garnered national recognition as a Real Estate Coach, Trainer and Author. Monica is regarded in the real estate industry as an innovative real estate advisor for systems and effective team hiring and management systems that sustain successful real estate careers, with growth driven initiatives.    

In her over forty years in the real estate industry, she has been recognized by Gary Keller and Dave Ramsey as a high-level mentor, trainer and producer.  Monica was Vice President of MAPS Coaching for Gary Keller, has developed an ELP Program for the Dave Ramsey Company, has led a team to over $100,000,000 in annual sales, and has been involved in creating cutting edge technology development for lead generation. Monica also helped develop ArchTelecom and 800 Info Home Line for the real estate industry.   

Most important and significant in Monica’s career has been the pioneering of hiring, managing, and creating growth producing team members for teams and Realtors. Monica has authored 3 books on Real Estate Assistants and Systems.  

Monica’s work ethic and disciplines have much to do with her background.  Being raised in an Air Force family, discipline, work ethic, systems and patterns have been the backbone of her processes.  In her tenure of real estate production – she knows that checklists, following a system, not reinventing the wheel and finding the inner accountability in each person will bring the results for accomplishing an individual’s “Life by Design” and annual goals. 

Today, Monica is an Executive Coach for Keller Williams / MAPS coach and works with the largest volume producing teams in the country.  She also trains upcoming MAPS Coaches for Gary Keller,using her knowledge and firsthand experience to help others develop their skills to help teams and Realtors reach the next level of income production.  Monica conducts monthly group training, The Perfect Real Estate Assistant with MAPS based on team hiring, building, operations and developing systems.

Elizabeth Spaulding

Founder, Reverie3D; Former Stitch Fix CEO & Global Head of Bain Digital

Elizabeth is the Founder of Reverie3D, a virtual design company on a mission to change the way properties are visualized and sold. REVERIE3D manifests the intersection of Elizabeth’s experience in technology and design, enabling the virtual future for each home, and a seamless process for the new owner to achieve the property of their dreams.

Prior to founding REVERIE3D, Elizabeth was the CEO of Stitch Fix where she led the AI-driven fashion where she established a new line of business for AI-led shopping.

Elizabeth began her career at Bain, the global consulting firm, rising through the ranks to become a partner, create Bain’s Digital Practice, and serve on the firm’s Board of Directors.

She holds a BS from Stanford University and an MBA, Stanford University Graduate School of Business. She also serves as an advisor and board member for companies such as Avataar, IVX Health, Fenton and Vantage Discovery. She is a supporter of women leading and owning both their destiny and the economics alongside it.

Pam O’Connor

Advisor; Former Founding President & CEO Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®

As a catalyst for raising the real estate bar and a professional mentor, Pam O’Connor has overcome challenges that may mirror yours. The first woman to head a major real estate network, she retired in April of 2018 from her 21-year role as founding President and CEO of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (“Leading RE”).

Pam helped build LeadingRE to become the largest global residential real estate network, with 565 premier real estate brokerages represented by 130,000 sales associates in 70+ countries producing over 1.1 million transactions annually. Before that, she led other residential networks, All Points and RELO®; co-owned her own Public Relations firm; managed marketing for a national condo conversion company; and worked at WSB-TV for one of the first female television executives after earning her degree in broadcast journalism at the University of Tennessee.

Pam’s work on behalf of her network brokers resulted in repeated mentions on real estate’s “most influential” lists (Inman, Swanepoel Power 200, National Association of Realtors), being named the sixth recipient of Worldwide ERC’s top leadership honor for the relocation industry, and being asked to serve on many boards & advisory groups, including DocuSigh, Upstream, Moderne Ventures technology investment fund, and Realtor.com.

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Anita Head

Advisor & Speaker; Former Principal & EVP Paragon Real Estate Group and Compass RVP for Northern California

With over four decades of experience in the real estate industry, Anita recently transitioned into a role as a Real Estate Advisor, where she continues to share her deep expertise in the field. Prior to this, she spent over four years at Compass. She first acted as Managing Director of Special Projects which included luxury brand initiatives and overseeing the integration of four premier companies’ sales leadership into one team.  Her next position was as Real Estate Advisor for three Presidents of Northern California which led her to be named the Regional Vice President for Northern California, overseeing critical business analysis, mergers & acquisitions, and special projects where she oversaw over 5000 employees and agents.

Before selling her company to Compass, Anita was Principal and Executive Vice President, along with her four partners, at Paragon Real Estate Group, where she spent over 14 years leading the company from a start-up through periods of substantial growth and change to a company of 400 agents and employees. Her leadership and vision were integral in Paragon’s eventual acquisition by Compass. Earlier in her career, she served as Vice President and Sales Manager at Pacific Union Residential Brokerage for 14 years, where she honed her expertise in recruiting, development of new associates, luxury brand development, managing high-performing sales teams and building strong client relationships. Before transitioning into Sales Management, Anita was a salesperson for a boutique firm in San Francisco.

She served on the Board of Directors for two terms at the San Francisco Association of Realtors, as a CAR Director and numerous terms chairing and serving on various committees at the association.  Anita is by far the most passionate about fostering the Community fund at Pacific Union and the development and oversight of Paragon RE Groups Community fund which donated over one million dollars during its existence.  Paragon’s fund was directly responsible for the beginning of the Compass Cares program.

Anita remains passionate about real estate, lending her advisory services remotely to clients across the United States. Her enduring commitment to the industry and proven leadership make her a highly respected figure in the real estate community.

She holds a BS from Willamette University in Political Science and is a licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of California.