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At The Culture Cru, we believe that great leadership begins with recognizing humanity. By fostering trust and safe spaces for collaboration and discovery, we help leaders create environments where teams can show up authentically, thrive, and achieve lasting success.

Elevating Leadership Through Science and Strategy

We bring a neuroscience-based approach to the real challenges leaders face: fractured trust, emotional fatigue, and teams operating below what they’re actually capable of. Our work strengthens how leaders communicate, make decisions, and build the kind of environments where people do their best thinking.
We work across industries and high-stakes environments where the pace is fast and the margin for misalignment is thin. Our approach equips leaders to move beyond reactive management and into strategic clarity, building resilient teams and cultures where collaboration isn’t forced, it’s the natural outcome of getting the foundation right.

Our Mission

We believe that when the heart of an organization is healthy, everything else flourishes. Our mission is to help you cultivate a workplace where people feel supported to show up authentically and perform at their highest level. By focusing on leadership, collaboration, and trust, we build cultures that inspire creativity, drive innovation, and sustain long-term success.

Explore Our Solutions

Alycia M. Huston

The leaders who change everything don’t lead louder. They don’t lead harder. They lead differently.

Alycia is the founder of The Culture Cru, and if you’re on this page, there’s a good chance something in your organization isn’t working the way you need it to.
She gets it. She spent a decade as a biopharma co-founder in San Diego building growth strategies, managing teams, and learning the hard way what happens when culture doesn’t keep pace with ambition. In 2014, her company was acquired, and she stayed on as executive leadership through 2017, navigating the complexity that most leaders never have to face and few survive with their values intact.
That’s the work she does now. With over 25 years in neuroscience, leadership strategy, and organizational culture, she advises executives and leadership teams who are tired of surface-level fixes that don’t hold. The trust issues. The misalignment everyone feels but no one names. The team that’s technically functioning but slowly losing its best people.
She is a certified NeuroLeadership coach and international speaker. More importantly, she’s someone who has lived inside the decisions most leaders only read about. The acquisitions. The culture shifts no one puts in the memo. The moments where the strategy is sound but the people aren’t aligned and everything quietly starts to unravel. She sees what others miss, and she knows exactly what to do about it.
When you work with Alycia M. Huston and The Culture Cru, you’re not getting advice. You’re getting a team that has been there, stayed through it, and built something better on the other side.

Our Team

Dr. Esther Graham

Dr. Esther Graham is a Certified Master Neuro Transformational Coach and Counselor with over 30 years of experience in education, coaching, and transformational training. As a Lisa Nichols Certified Transformational Trainer, she empowers individuals and organizations worldwide.She is an executive coach to CEO’s, entrepreneurs and executive leaders.

Jim Pacey

Jim Pacey enjoyed a 38-year career with the YMCAs of Houston, Austin, St. Louis, and Seattle. He helped start four YMCAs in previously unserved areas. In each case, he led a grassroots process within those communities to assure support from individuals, organizations, and municipalities.
Pacey revamped the YMCA of Austin’s financial development department and, in 2010, raised over $1 million for the first time in the organization’s history. Pacey has trained hundreds of YMCA staff and volunteers over the past 30 years as a national trainer for YMCA-USA.
Pacey’s areas of expertise are board governance, strategic planning, community development and engagement, and fundraising.
His areas of study include certified 360 coach; certification in Neuroscience Coaching and Leadership, OptiMind Neuroscience Coaching & Training Institute; certification in Foundational and Relational Skills of Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman; and considerable research in emotional intelligence.

Dr. Brandy Florence

Dr. Brandy Florence has over 15 years of experience in healthcare operations, with expertise spanning consulting, project management, performance improvement, and healthcare administration. These diverse roles have shaped her journey, showcasing the power of resilience as she navigated through challenges and growth.
Expanding her work beyond healthcare, Dr. Florence is a certified professional life coach specializing in resiliency. Through her coaching, clients develop practical strategies to build resilience across relationships, careers, education, and life, helping them to make “Resiliency Your Normalcy.”
Recently, Dr. Florence earned her Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) certification from Cornell University, further underscoring her dedication to fostering inclusive leadership and workplace.

Denise Moore Revel, PhD

Denise Moore Revel, PhD is a renowned personal development and leadership coach and bestselling authorr. As the author of Own Your Amazing: Discover Your Power to Create an Amazing Life You Love, she empowers women to break through barriers, embrace their authentic voices, and lead with confidence and resilience.

With nearly 30 years as a Board-Certified Speech-Language Pathologist and 20 years as a private practice owner, Dr. Denise combines real-world experience with proven strategies for growth.

Organizations across industries invest significantly in bringing Dr. Denise onsite to work with their teams, recognizing the value of her expertise in fostering leadership, resilience, and well-being.

She blends self-awareness, skill-building, and wellness, equipping leaders to thrive both personally and professionally while creating a positive, lasting impact within their organizations.

Paddy Moran

Paddy is a Neuro Coach and is driven by a passion to help leaders & teams to perform at their best and to build resilient teams and organizations. Paddy believes that by creating trusting and psychologically safe workplaces we encourage our teams to bring their "whole selves" to work so they can do their best work.

Felice Martin

Felice Martin is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Professional Clinical Supervisor, Certified Neuroscience Coach, Certified Traumatic Stress Professional, Certified Neuro-Informed Mental Health Professional, and Trauma-Informed Neurofeedback Training Provider. She brings a groundbreaking approach to mental health by leveraging advanced neuroscience to foster authentic connections and transformative outcomes.
Known as "The Freedom Facilitator," Felice is committed to creating a world where individuals and families thrive in spiritual, mental, and physical wholeness. Her passion for bridging neuroscience and mental health makes her an excellent consultant for executive teams and organizations aiming to optimize performance and well-being.

Vivian Hughes

Vivian Hughes is a seasoned leader and certified expert in wellness and leadership, dedicated to helping organizations drive engagement, spark creativity, and cultivate cultures that attract and retain top talent.
With decades of leadership experience, Vivian broke barriers as the first woman engine assembly supervisor at Chrysler's Mound Road Engine Plant in Detroit. Her work is grounded in emotional intelligence and proactive communication, enabling on-site, hybrid, and remote teams to overcome challenges and thrive.
Vivian equips leaders with the tools to achieve impactful results through empathy and advocacy. A proud Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses alumnus, she also serves as the 2024 Director of Technology for the National Speakers Association, North Texas Chapter.

Michelle Vos

Michelle Vos is an accomplished master coach and facilitator with over 20 years of experience emboldening entrepreneurial and corporate women to thrive in all aspects of their lives. Recognized for her ability to help clients feel and be truly seen, heard, and valued, Michelle uses a signature process to guide women in accessing their innate wisdom, embracing their next level of personal and professional growth, while releasing limiting patterns that hinder their fulfillment.

Michelle provides a space for high achievers to reimagine what success and alignment look like for them. Her work is centered on fostering authentic visibility, personal evolution, meaningful connection, and a sense of purpose and joy that resonates deeply in both personal and professional spheres.

Shirley Baez

Shirley Baez is a 20-year Special Operations Army Veteran turned multifamily investor, dedicated to empowering others through strategic leadership and wealth-building. With a Bachelor’s in Organizational Leadership and a Master’s in Strategic Leadership, Shirley has become a trusted guide in fostering effective leadership and building legacies.
As the author of Lead Your Ship and co-author of bestselling series like Powerful Female Immigrants Who Inspire Greatness and Real Women in Real Estate Vol. 1 and 2, her work inspires and empowers professionals to unlock their full potential. Shirley’s expertise spans leadership coaching, real estate investing, and advocating for veteran initiatives.

Tijuana “TJ” Halsey

TJ Halsey is the founder of Legacy Wealth Financial Group and President and Chief Strategy Officer. With a background in business, financial strategy, and estate planning, she helps individuals, families, and business owners build lasting legacies through wealth stewardship.

With 20+ years of experience in leadership at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama and roles in legal advocacy and estate planning, TJ brings a wealth of expertise. She holds advanced degrees in business, law, and international taxation, offering clients expert strategies in wealth management, tax optimization, and asset protection.