Michelle Camp started her first chapter in January 2014. She leads the Jordan Valley Chapter, serves as a Utah State leader, and has served on the board since 2015.

Michelle grew up shooting, but she discovered her passion and desire to help train and develop women shooters when she found Armed Women of America. As an Armed Women of America volunteer, Michelle has obtained many instructor certifications, including NRA Instructor, USCCA Instructor, and has completed the Gunsite Academy AWA Instructor Course. Michelle also trains new instructors as a USCCA Training Counselor.

Michelle has been involved in the debt collection industry since 1988, where she is active at both the State and National levels.

Michelle has a passion for the Second Amendment and is active in the 2A community in Utah. During the legislative session, you will find her working with citizens and legislators to help protect our Second Amendment rights. Michelle is dedicated to developing leaders and instructors in her State and providing excellent experiences for her chapter members. Michelle lives in West Jordan, Utah, with her husband, Toby. In her free time, she enjoys reading and studying history.

While familiar with firearms, it was becoming a member of Armed Women of America seven years ago that fired the passion for teaching others about personal safety and firearms. She serves her local chapter as part of the leadership team, is the Arkansas State Leader and a Regional Trainer. Jamie was honored as State Leader of the Year (2019) and Regional Trainer of the Year (2021).

Jamie holds multiple NRA certifications, USCCA certifications, Rangemaster Firearms Instructor and Combative Pistol. She has trained with Active Self Protection and The Complete Combatant. Recently she added IBDD Instructor to her credentials. She attended classes with the FBI Citizen’s Academy and currently sits on the Board of Directors for the FBI Citizen’s Academy Alumni.

Jamie works as the office manager for a local construction company. Alongside her husband Darral, Jamie teaches firearms/self-protection classes monthly as well as attending competitive shooting matches. She is a 30+ year volunteer leader in the Boy Scouts of America where she develops activity and training curriculum for both youth and adults. Additionally, she serves on the National Shooting Sports Committee for the Boy Scouts and is a National Camping School Director.

Toni Gleeson grew up around firearms and became an instructor in 2013. Toni started formal training to become a firearms instructor after a couple of co-workers asked her to teach them how to use a gun for protection. She was hooked after the big smile and the excitement when they fired the gun for the first time.

Toni worked several years as an instructor for a large indoor range in the Phoenix Metro Area and became a member of Armed Women of America in 2016 joining the North Scottsdale AZ chapter. Later that year she became a chapter leader instructor. In 2018, she became a Chapter leader Instructor with the North Valley AZ chapter at the host range Ben Avery, one of the largest publicly operated outdoor ranges in the country, which gives the members the ability to build on their tactical skills.

Toni holds multiple NRA certifications, multiple USCCA certifications, Utah Concealed Firearm Instructor and is a Certified Red Cross Instructor. Toni continues to work on building her skills and knowledge assisting other instructors and taking course.

As a manager for a fortune 300 company, Toni is known for partnering with diverse functional business leaders to deliver cost-effective, sustainable technology systems that align with company objectives.

When Tricia Tjark Reiss began her firearms journey in 2009, she saw the need to help women find concealment options that were not readily available, and to offer training opportunities where women felt safe and confident. She created the first Women’s Concealed Carry Holster Fashion Show (WCCHFS), which became an annual event sponsored by the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association. TWAW/AWA Founder Carrie Lightfoot was the Keynote Speaker for the second event and after meeting Carrie, Tricia began her first TWAW Chapter in New York in 2013.

She is a seasoned instructor with multiple NRA/USCCA and Montana State Instructor certifications with more than 1,200 certificate hours of firearms and related training. She has taught more than 4,000 students in Basic and Intermediate Handgun classes and has certified over 100 Range Safety Officers. She has previously worked as an executive

Tricia has served as a match director for the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA), and her articles have appeared in IDPA Tactical Journal. In 2016 Tricia and her husband moved out west, and she soon started her second TWAW/AWA chapter in Southwest Montana.

One of her most rewarding accomplishments is the Montana Maggie’s Female Training Group that she formed in 2019 to help develop Range Safety Officers to volunteer for the AWA Chapter that she leads. The Maggies are all AWA Members and volunteers who attend weekly practice to improve their personal shooting skills and become better equipped to assist the AWA members. Tricia also currently works as the lead female firearms Instructor for her host range.

Tricia is a Second Amendment advocate and understands the importance of “showing up” to make your voice heard. She attends legislative meetings with the Montana Shooting Sports Association, and in 2021 she served as the Montana Assistant State Director for the DC Project/Women for Gun Rights.

Tricia is a proud military mom of two career Navy Chief sons, two daughters, one stepdaughter, and five grandchildren. She enjoys exploring the “Last Best Place” and appreciating the handiwork of God especially in big sky country.

Jan Ennenga became Armed Women of America’s Executive Director in April of 2024. She has been member since 2013, joining the Yuma, Arizona chapter in its first year. She became a chapter leader in 2014, was named Chapter Leader of the Year in 2018 and has served as Arizona State Leader since 2018. She has also earned the coveted Armed Women of America Cheerleader Award which she keeps on her desk as a daily reminder of the important work that Armed Women of America carries out each and every day as volunteer chapter leaders across the nation invest their time and talents to helping women gain life changing skills.

Jan’s vocation is association management, and she has nearly four decades of experience in non-profit governance and currently manages a trade organization. She is a Central Valley California native, where she and her husband also ran a small cattle operation, raised horses and for a time, operated a retail firearms business before she and her husband relocated Arizona to be near family.

Jan is a certified instructor. Her National Rifle Association (NRA) credentials include Pistol, Rifle, CCW, Personal Protection, Refuse to Be a Victim® and is a Chief Range Safety Officer. She is also a certified United States Concealed Carry (USCCA) Instructor in Conceal Carry and Home Defense and Women’s Handgun and Self Defense Fundamentals. She has trained with a variety of instructors over the years, was a competitive shooter while in California, and is a graduate of several Gunsite Academy courses. Jan continues her own training to better serve her students and chapter members and to identify and correct her personal protection deficiencies. She is passionate about Armed Women of America and our mission to enable women to be their own self-protectors, creating freedom, peace of mind, and confidence in themselves with the skills, mindset, and training to defend themselves and those in their care.