08/25/2026
Last year, Emily Fletcher and her partners took a leap of faith. In the hours that followed, 129 people chose to walk across the street and take the leap alongside them.
Leadership is easy to talk about. It is much harder to build the kind of trust that makes people willing to step into something uncertain alongside you.
Today, Emily is the Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer of OpenArc Corporate Advisory, one of the most talked-about independent wealth management firms in the country.
Over time, her willingness to show up, solve problems and take care of people helped shape Emily to one of the most respected leaders in wealth management.
What stands out most about Emily’s approach to leadership is that it doesn’t seem to come from a leadership book.
It comes from lived experience, her unwavering trust in God, and a deeply held belief that the best organizations are the result of everyone bringing their own unique gifts and talents to the table.
From raising three children. From leaving a career and starting again.
From cancer. From sitting beside her daughter through treatment. From building relationships with people she has now worked alongside for decades. And from learning that sometimes leadership isn’t having the perfect answer. It’s being the person others know will still be there when things get difficult.
As it pertains to life's challenges, Emily has profound advice. “If you hold onto it, you’re wasting the opportunity of what that lesson is.”
That idea seems to explain a lot about the way Emily leads.
This conversation is about wealth management and the extraordinary growth of OpenArc. But much more than that, it’s about leadership, motherhood, faith, resilience, friendship and what happens when people believe in something enough to step into the unknown.
If you lead people, aspire to lead people, or simply appreciate stories about people who have been tested by life and continued to show up, we think you’ll enjoy this conversation.
Watch the FULL interview HERE🎥: https://youtu.be/fy3vbkZLJvs
