About Session
Lauren Scruggs made history at the 2024 Paris Olympics — the first Black woman to win an individual Olympic fencing medal. Bryce Louie just helped Team USA take bronze at the 2026 World Championships in Hong Kong. Between them, they’ve stood on more high-stakes podiums than most executives will see in a lifetime.
Former NYSE CFO Amy Butte will sit down with two of USA Fencing’s brightest stars to explore what separates champions from contenders — in competition and in the corner office. The conversation will go deep on split-second decision-making under pressure, the discipline of elite performance cycles, and how athletes at the top of the world rankings think about failure, recovery, and the next bout. You’ll learn direct parallels between elite sport and leadership, and explore lessons in focus, resilience, and teamwork that translate from the Olympic and Paralympic arena to the C-suite.
Then the talking stops. Scruggs and Louie take the strip for a live demonstration — and you’ll understand, viscerally, exactly what we’ve been discussing.
