ft) – January 6, 2016, via the south face/southeast ridge Khang Karpo in Nepal (6646m/21804 ft) – November 10, 2016 Post-climbing career Levine is a consultant and a motivational speaker. By drawing parallels between staying alive in the mountains and thriving in the business world, Levine's company, Daredevil Strategies, addresses leadership development and dealing with changing environments. Levine was a board member and a featured speaker at Duke University's Coach K Leadership Conference. In September 2010, CNBC aired "Meeting of the Minds: The Future of Leadership," which featured Levine alongside other leaders including General Wesley K. Clark, Henry Paulson, and Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III. In January 2011, Levine spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. After a climbing trip to the Rwenzori Mountains in 2005, Levine founded a nonprofit organization, the Climb High Foundation, which trains jobless women in western Uganda to work as trekking guides and porters in their local mountains. Levine's book On the Edge was published by Hachette Book Group and was released in January 2014. The book shares anecdotes from Levine's expeditions and from other "extreme environments." On the Edge earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly and is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. It was named Best Business Book of the year in the Management/Leadership Category by 800-CEO-READ. In late 2015, Levine began working as an Executive Producer with film director Nancy Svendsen on the documentary, The Glass Ceiling which chronicles the life and climbing career of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa who was the first Nepali woman to summit Mount Everest. Sources Janie McCauley. American tops Everest, completes 'Grand Slam' (2010). . Retrieved August 13, 2010. Hartford Courant Obit Duke University, Fuqua School of Business & Coach K Leadership Conference. https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2014/01/26/advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous/ https://www.amazon.com/Edge-Leadership-Lessons-Everest-Environments/dp/1455544876/ References External links Daredevil Strategies Climb High Foundation West Point, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership ABC News Forbes Magazine CNN San Francisco Gate Forbes Magazine Bay Area Woman's Journal Living people Fuqua School of Business alumni University of Arizona alumni United States Military Academy faculty American mountain climbers 1966 births Female climbers American sportswomen American women academics 21st-century American women