Sun, 27 December 2020
Vani is an energetic, enigmatic, enterprising strong mom in her mid forties. She is a Mindfulness coach and the founder of DOTURMINDS whose mission is to reach behind the doors of young and the old minds and help them unlock the secret passageway to the no stress place called the “NOW” through the ancient Indian ritualistic Dot Art called Rangoli. She is committed to helping her clients train their Minds to achieve clarity amidst chaos and challenges from her own life’s experience with Challenges through the Mindful Dot Art Ritual. Website: www.doturminds.com |
Mon, 26 October 2020
Rachel Estapa, founder and CEO of More to Love, is passionate about empowering people to love and appreciate their bodies. Rachel is a certified 200 hour Kripalu Yoga instructor and professionally certified transformational life coach, equipped with over 1,000 professional training hours in the necessary tools to share what she has learned and empower others to love, accept, and care for their bodies and their entire selves. Rachel was named Grand Prize winner of Mastercard and Bank of America’s Grow Your Biz Contest, and has been profiled in numerous outlets, including The Boston Globe, USA Today, Shape Magazine, and many more. She is a sought after teacher and speaker in the field of plus size wellness and is excited to support More to Love’s robust and growing community. She is born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts and lives with her husband. Website: www.moretoloveyoga.com |
Tue, 8 September 2020
Joan is a former corporate scientist and engineer who holds an MS in Microbiology, BS in Engineering, MBA in Finance and is a Certified Integrative Medicine Health Coach. Her business, Thrive After Corporate, specializes in helping post-corporate employees regain and sustain their vibrant well-being. Joan uses the principle of integrating the physical, emotional, spiritual and social pillars to bring back optimum health to her clients. Website: thriveaftercorporate.com |
Wed, 12 August 2020
Kate is an experienced business consultant, lawyer and strategic advisor. Today, she helps female founders scale businesses they love and make the money they deserve! She works alongside her clients creating high-performing cultures through strong leadership, talent engagement and organizational design. She also serves as a general counsel for growth companies helping them manage risk and capture opportunities. Website: https://www.k8carney.com |
Fri, 10 July 2020
Rachel Steidl is the Owner of My Financial Fluency which is a personal finance coaching, counseling, and education business. She worked in the mental health field for eight years before she pursued her personal finance and entrepreneurial passions to start a business. Her female-focused business believes every woman deserves to be financially empowered and live their most authentic life. She helps her clients learn the personal finance skills and confidence they need to live the life they want. Website: www.myfinancialfluency.com |
Fri, 3 July 2020
Mia helps purpose-driven entrepreneurs stop secretly struggling, live in alignment within themselves, Feeling Free To Be Themselves, so that they can scale to 6 and 7-figures -the fast way. She also the founder of Aligned Intelligence™, a methodology that removes all blind spots, fear, anxiety, and self-doubt. This is what allows her clients to make accurate decisions, work smarter, not harder, so they maximize their results in less time, feeling “free to be Me” living the life they’ve always known they were meant for! Mia has co-owned and operated seven-figure businesses, is an international speaker, and a world-class business coach. Website: www.MiaHewett.com |
Fri, 26 June 2020
Barbara Guterman is a seasoned entrepreneur, a passionate business executive, and a veteran community organizer with a desire for creating powerful change. She is a devoted wife and mother to three grown sons who share her passion for business and for giving back. As a consummate entrepreneur for over 33 years, Barbara has launched companies and managed businesses in a multitude of industry segments including telecommunications, retail, franchising, manufacturing, fine jewelry and in internet-based start-ups. Her experience ranges from small business to large scale public corporations and covers many areas of expertise including, management, operations, sales, investor relations, public relations, community relations and external affairs. Her ability to see the big picture and to do whatever needs to be done to achieve that goal is what sets Barbara apart from others. At the young age of 23, Barbara saw an untapped market opportunity in the telecommunications industry and co-created one of the nation’s first competitive local phone companies. At the age of 30, Barbara’s company was the first in her industry to go public, and was regarded by Wall Street as a ”leading edge” company. Under her teams leadership, the company raised over $80 million dollars and grew to over 5000 employees, providing competitive local and long distance voice and data services to customers nationwide. She was widely recognized for these achievements and was featured in the September 1995 edition of Forbes magazine as a “Woman with a Mission”. Barbara has the distinction of being the first person to don the cover of Readers Digest, where she was highlighted as a distinguished woman entrepreneur. In addition, she was recognized as Ernst and Young’s 1997 Florida Entrepreneur of the Year, for her efforts in building Intermedia Communications. Website: www.teachgiveinspirefridays.com, barbaraguterman.com |
Thu, 18 June 2020
Shawnnah Monterrey is the CEO and founder of BeanStock Ventures with 20+ years’ experience in medical and life science software product development. Prior to founding BeanStock Ventures, she obtained a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of California, San Diego and an Executive MBA from San Diego State University, then went on to hold product development management positions across numerous global firms, including Illumina, Invetech, Medtronic and Carl Zeiss Meditec. Through this work, she continued to develop a passion for innovation in medical devices, life sciences, and biotechnology. Website: www.beanstockventures.com |
Sat, 30 May 2020
Stefanie is a leading personal branding photographer in San Diego, creating gorgeous, personality-driven images that allow her clients to shine online – from social media to book jackets to magazine covers! With an educational background in psychology and social work, Stefanie is amazing at making clients feel comfortable and at ease, as she guides them through the photoshoot process for dynamic images that resonate with the target audience. Stefanie has honed her craft in tailoring each session in a way that showcases her clients in their best light, to strengthen their brand and reinforce their brand message. Website: www.TrueBlueBrandingSD.com |
Wed, 27 May 2020
Founder and CEO of Fab Fempreneurs, Sara Clark-Williams took the leap from her corporate job as an Organizational Development Consultant in 2008, growing two highly profitable businesses within 5 years. Through her Fab 4 Formula℠, annual Fab Fempreneur Fest℠ conference, and her “roll-up-your-sleeves” coaching style, Sara specializes in leading female entrepreneurs to make more money, make a bigger impact, and have more fun- that place she calls your “Sweet Spot”. When she is not doing business, you will find her hiking local trails, training for half marathons, supporting animal welfare organizations, sipping scotch, or finding the best burgers in San Diego, with her husband Chris. Website: https://www.FabFempreneurs.com |
Tue, 19 May 2020
Shermin de Silva is the President & Founder of Trunks & Leaves Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of Asian elephants and their habitats through science and education. She is also a founder and trustee of EFECT, Sri Lanka and a member of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. Her main passion is to find ways for people and wildlife to coexist by understanding and meeting the needs of both. Shermin obtained her Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania, studying the behavior and ecology of Asian elephants and directs the Udawalawe Elephant Research Project in Sri Lanka, which she initiated in 2005. Twitter: @Shermin_deSilva |
Thu, 14 May 2020
Gina has been selling online courses since 2016 and is a marketing and sales funnel expert. Within a few months of launching her first course she left her day job to focus full time on her teaching platform. Gina was inspired to enter the world of “passive income” after listening to several podcasts on the topic and is aiming to continue scaling her business and helping others do the same in the coming year. Website: academyfordance.com and ginanet.com Twitter: @academyfordance
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Sun, 10 May 2020
Katee Van Horn is a former VP of Engagement & Inclusion for a Fortune 500 company. Now she leads VH Included Consulting & Coaching, where she uses her 20+ years of experience to partner with organizations to strengthen their inclusive cultures. She is an HR strategist and international keynote speaker focused on diversity & inclusion. Her focus is on showing organizations how to build a diverse team where everyone succeeds. Website: vhincluded.com |
Mon, 4 May 2020
Melissa Kovacs is a statistician with a Ph.D. in public policy and econometrics and is the founder of FirstEval, LLC, a data analytics and statistical consulting firm. Melissa has provided statistical expertise in the nonprofit, corporate, and government sectors, and within litigation settings. Melissa is fanatical about finding meaning in data and seeing organizations make data-driven decisions that forward their missions. Website: https://firsteval.com/ |
Fri, 1 May 2020
Erin Carpenter is the host of Franchise Rising, the original podcast for women in franchising. She’s also the Digital Marketing Director at Evoque Data Center Solutions, a global data center colocation company. Erin is passionate about staying on the cutting edge of digital marketing technologies, helping businesses fast-track leads to sales. Website: www.franchiserising.com |
Sun, 26 April 2020
Brin Frazier is an adjunct instructor at American University’s School of Communication. She is also a visiting researcher at Georgetown University and currently working on a book project about a small group of women in Kansas who, in the late 1940s, spearheaded a precursor case to Brown v. Board of Education (Topeka) and helped to desegregate America’s public schools. Until April 2019, Brin was the director of executive & strategic communications at Nissan Motor Corporation, where she wrote for Nissan’s top executives and helped to develop and execute the company’s communications strategy. She joined Nissan in 2012 and, until 2016, was based at its global headquarters in Japan. While living in Tokyo, Brin was the speechwriter for Nissan’s Chairman & CEO. Prior to Nissan, Brin served at the U.S. Department of Justice for three years as chief speechwriter to Attorney General Eric Holder. She began her career at the White House in President Clinton’s Office of Speechwriting. She has served two stints on Capitol Hill, including on the Energy & Commerce Committee as deputy communications director and speechwriter to former Chairman John Dingell. She has written speeches and opinion pieces and provided strategic guidance for a variety of business and non-profit leaders and political candidates. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and holds a Master’s Degree in Writing from Johns Hopkins University. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brinfrazier/ |
Thu, 23 April 2020
Kristen Newsome is the Founder and Executive Director of My Sister’s Keeper Success Institute (MSKSI), a nonprofit 501 c (3) organization serving Southwest Riverside County, CA. The mission of MSKSI is to help girls in under-represented communities ages 10-17 become bold confident world-changers as they explore careers in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math), Entrepreneurship, and develop strategies for personal growth and development. Kristen helps set young women on the path towards economic empowerment, independence, leadership and self-confidence. She is a leader who inspires action and is grounded in the fight for educational social justice and ensuring every girl who is under-represented in society has an opportunity to learn, prosper and succeed through the power of mentoring. Website: www.msk-successinstitute.org |
Sun, 19 April 2020
As a corporate consultant with 20 years of senior leadership experience, she works closely with executive women who seek support in their professional development and have an undeniable desire to elevate their influence and maximize potential. Her clients include senior leaders from Fortune 500 companies, such as GlaxoSmithKline, Amazon, Mozilla & National Institutes of Health. As a Strategic Advisor, she develops, shape and sponsor hundreds of successful women who want to be part of a leadership circle where decisions are made, blueprints for organizational direction developed and company mission driven. As your Corporate Ally, Denise helps professional women navigate at the intersection of top leadership and bottom-line communication with C-Suite leaders. Knowing how to have meaningful conversations, a strong executive presence and gain a loyal following are key components to securing sought after roles in today’s leading organizations. Website: www.deniseharrisonline.com |
Fri, 17 April 2020
Payal Mehta is the owner of North County CPA- CPA practice located in San Diego, CA. She helps business owners with their accounting, bookkeeping, tax planning and tax preparation. Payal has experience of more than 10 years in the field of accounting and taxation. Website: www.northcountycpa.net |
Mon, 13 April 2020
Dawn is a meditation coach and energy healer. She left her long-time job in corporate America to pursue her passions. She followed her inner guidance, which led her to assist others in their spiritual progression and healing. Dawn is a certified Life Activation practitioner, Healer, and Max Meditation(™) Instructor from the Modern Mystery School. Website: www.auroralove.life |
Tue, 7 April 2020
![]() Rita Abbati Albert is an attorney certified to practice in Illinois and California, and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Over the last 20 years, she has worked in private practice, as in-house counsel, as a law school professor and a contributing author to legal publications. She has also been active in the San Diego nonprofit community and has worked for and/or served as board member to several nonprofits, including CoolGlobes, Inc., The Children’s School, Elite Rugby Foundation (now Nike Legion Rugby Camps), Brighter Futures for Beautiful Minds and Directing Change. As Executive Director and Legal Counsel for ConnectMed, she manages the affairs and operations of ConnectMed and collaborates with the Board of Directors. Website: www.connectmed.org |
Mon, 6 April 2020
Alegra Loewenstein writes ebook opt-ins and lead generators for coaches and solopreneurs. She also creates accompanying journals and workbooks for already published coaches, entrepreneurs, and small business owners. Through writing books, guided journals, and workbooks, her science/engineering brain maps it out and arranges it, while the creative side comes up with the perfect words, and her inner teacher makes sure the reader will get benefits and results! Website: www.alegraloewenstein.com |
Wed, 1 April 2020
Sandy Park is owner and found of Tidy with SPARK, a home organization and decluttering service specializing in the KonMari Method™. As a Certified KonMari™ Consultant, Sandy is expertly trained to support clients through their tidying journeys. Sandy knows all about the magic of tidying up. She did the ultimate KonMari™ and Konmari’d her career. Listen more for her life changing transformation story. Website: www.tidywithspark.com |
Mon, 30 March 2020
Hillary Berman is the founder of Popcorn & Ice Cream, a Washington, DC-based marketing agency focused on small businesses and startups, and the author of Customer, LLC: The Small Business Guide to Customer Engagement & Marketing. Hillary is a graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. She lives in Bethesda, MD with her husband and three budding entrepreneurs. Website: www.popcorn-icecream.com / www.alboum.com |
Wed, 25 March 2020
Anna Cathleen Howard grew up in San Diego and Los Angeles, and she obtained her bachelor’s degree at University of Southern California. As a student there, she served on the Academic Honors Society and mentored at-risk youth in the South Central Los Angeles community. Anna then attended University of San Diego’s School of Law, graduating in 2011. While in law school, Anna volunteered with an immigration clinic, clerked for Federal Judge Michael Anello, and interned at the Public Defender’s office. After graduation, Anna worked at several law firms, focusing on security transactions and assisted reproduction rights, before starting her own firm. Anna lives and practices law in Carlsbad, California. She spends her free time with her close-knit family, swimming, body surfing, and volunteering. Website: achowardlaw.com |
Mon, 23 March 2020
After graduating from the University of Tennessee, Heather began her career as a web developer and quickly moved into a role of managing a team of programmers, designers, animators, and digital video producers for a wide variety of multimedia interactive corporate applications including e-learning, marketing, and communications. From there, she worked as a project manager for Fortune 1000 companies, including Subway, Disney, HBO, and Target. This expertise led her to found Hammersmith Support, a full-service web development company focused on helping clients of all sizes move through every phase of the process: site building, hosting, and maintenance. But most importantly, Hammersmith Support is built on a foundation of close relationships with clients. |
Wed, 18 March 2020
Are you dreaming of retiring? Or just going to Tahiti? You know that it takes more than a date on the calendar or a plane ticket in hand to get there. Money Native founded by Liz Lemesevski helps small business owners achieve these and other long term goals by focusing on business finances. Liz spent over 20 years working with Wall Street financing and investing other people’s money to build wealth. She has her MBA in Finance from Fordham University and decided to “lean out” in 2009 to help women build their wealth through business ownership. Website: www.moneynative.com |
Mon, 16 March 2020
Sediqa Amed is passionately interested in transformation, psychology, and neuroscience. Her background in Nuclear Medicine Technology, molecular science, energetic medicine, physics, neurolinguistic programming, and leadership grounds her work as a transformational leader. Using neuroscience integrated with psychology, Sediqa can instruct as well as coach individuals ways of achieving ultimate fulfillment, self-realization, connection, love, and success! Sediqa Amed’s extensive background in Nuclear Medicine Technology with molecular-cell biology, physics, as well as Pranic Energy healing enhances and grounds her work as an energy practitioner and transformational leader. Sediqa firmly believes that we can influence our brain to change and create appropriate experiences through the use of holistic practices such as quantum mindfulness, sound therapy, art therapy, and ancient energetic self-healing techniques. Using simple neuroscience integrated with psychology, combined with energetic healing techniques such as Quantum and Pranic Healing, Sediqa is able to instruct, heal, as well as coach individuals ways of unblocking all obstacles preventing one’s path to self-realization, awakening, success, love, connection, and ultimate fulfillment. Website: https://beyonddevelopment.org/ and http://quantumhealist.com/ |
Fri, 13 March 2020
Founder of Baephire Jewelry Designs, Kayla is a Jewelry Designer and Gemologist who graduated from the world-renowned Gemological Institute of America (GIA). Growing up as a fan of Japanese anime from age 7, Kayla aims to bring personality to premium jewelry for fans of anime, video games, and other exclusive subcultures she is inspired by through her unique jewelry designs. Website: https://baephire.com/ |
Wed, 11 March 2020
As the President and Co-Founder of Upstart Group, Lynn Fulks works with clients as an acting Chief Marketing Officer to understand their long term strategic objectives as well as short term annual business and sales goals, and develop marketing strategies to meet those goals. She builds strong marketing foundations that include product management and marketing communications strategies to drive growth. Lynn’s drive for results is matched only by the strength of the personal connection she forges with her clients, making her a valued member of their management team. Website: upstartgroup.com |
Sun, 8 March 2020
Das Media Group CEO and Founder Shinjini Das shares how she advocates and creates space for her #GoGetters through interactive marketing on social media reaching 7 Million + go-getters a month across her social media platforms. Twitter: @SpeakerShinjini |
Mon, 2 March 2020
Francine Antista a native to Southern California did everything to fit into that box of Corporate success. While she accomplished that, she also experienced and conquered the stress, anxiety, and depression that comes along with an overwhelming lifestyle. She’s now the CEO of Zenerouslife Wellness Center where she helps Entrepreneurs and Professionals revitalize their mind, body, and energy to create their balanced lifestyles. Website: www.zenerouslife.com |
Mon, 2 March 2020
Teresa Barnes, RN, Founder of HearCommunication – a business educational company – helping businesses connect with the hearing impaired via a Hearing Friendly Training and Certification program. She is a registered nurse and former emergency room manager with more than 20 years of experience in health care and business. She has also had hearing loss since birth and understands the challenges of this condition in life and in business. Website: www.hearcommunication.com |
Sat, 29 February 2020
Amy Airom, the founder of Capitalize Social Media, started her business on the heels of her exit from her 15-year corporate career to be a Stay At Home Mom. Five and a half years and two businesses later, she has found her niche in helping life and business coaches gain visibility, build relationships and grow their business using Facebook and Instagram. Website: capitalizesocialmedia.com |
Thu, 27 February 2020
Julie is a 20+ year transactional lawyer focused on advising women-owned start-ups and small to mid-sized companies on strategic business transactions, including early-stage financing, corporate structuring, commercial transactions, mergers & acquisitions, securities laws, and general corporate advice. She is also passionate about teaching and mentoring young lawyers. In addition to presenting workshops and teaching a variety of law-school courses, she is Head of Experiential Learning at AltaClaro, an innovative online experiential-learning platform start-up, where she is developing practical continuing legal education courses for young lawyers and executives. She is also the author of the recent textbook: Transactional Lawyering: An Experiential Approach to Communication & Problem Solving (Carolina Academic Press, 2019). Julie practices with Acceleron Law Group, a California and D.C. based women and minority-owned law firm. Website: acceleronlaw.com |
Wed, 26 February 2020
Heather is an inactive CPA, a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, a financial coach and a divorce coach. She founded Divorce Transition Mentors thinking there must be a better support system for the days that you are too emotionally and physically exhausted to face all of the decisions and organizing that the divorce process requires. The goal that she has for her clients is to have them come through their divorce as emotionally, financially and physically whole as possible. Website: www.divorcetransitionmentors.com |
Tue, 25 February 2020
Adriana Delgado is the founder of AlmaVerde-sustainable gardening. A small business dedicated to create, restore and maintain gardens in a sustainable way. AlmaVerde serves the DC metropolitan area. Adriana was born in Argentina and grew up in a rural town. She studied Agriculture (B.S. in Agronomy) and Natural Resources (M.S. in Environment and Natural Resources Management). She moved to Washington DC 20 years ago to work on international agricultural development. More than five years ago she saw the growing of urban agriculture and the awareness of environment issues as an opportunity to develop her own business. AlmaVerde was born to give homeowners the possibility to enjoy their yards and help our planet at the same time, putting together aesthetic and functionality to create beautiful green spaces that enhance people’s life and improve our natural resources. Adriana is a Certified Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP). She is a Volunteer Master Gardener and Master Naturalist. She keeps learning about nature every day. She works directly with homeowners as well as through the programs of local governments (like District of Columbia, Arlington Co, Montgomery Co) to reduce stormwater issues at home level in order to improve the health of our water resources. She thinks that is possible to help our planet one garden at a time. Website: www.almaverdegardening.com |
Fri, 21 February 2020
Carmen has been working for over 20 years in Project and Program Management, and is now bringing her goal-setting, planning, and implementation skills to others by teaching the SMART goal methodology. She has coached middle and high school kids in robotics, broadcast journalism, and tennis, and realized that teaching them and using the SMART goals methodology helped them succeed. These experiences inspired the creation of her app, Teen SMART goals, designed specifically to teach teens how to set goals, track progress, and stay motivated. She is excited to bring her unique skills and passion to help teens accomplish more with less stress. Website: https://www.teensmartgoals.com/ |
Wed, 19 February 2020
Eva Jannotta, founder of Simply Put Strategies, works with women entrepreneurs and business leaders to create data driven thought leadership and marketing strategy so they can increase their power and influence, make a social impact, and achieve gender parity. Website: simplyputstrategies.com |
Wed, 19 February 2020
Alex helps mission-driven business and nonprofits break through the day-to-day stress, and reach new levels of success through simple systems, organizing techniques, and planning strategies. Think of her like a closet organizer, tune-up mechanic, and personal trainer all-in-one, dedicated to helping small workplaces navigate the recurring obstacles and growing pains that can transform even the most fulfilling work into a series of tedious chores. Her common-sense approaches to process improvement, organizational change, personalized coaching (small group and 1:1), and skill-based management workshops helps clients develop the processes they need. By empowering clients to become more proactive in the administrative and management functions, Alex frees up more time and energy to dedicate to the work they love. Website: https://www.aiscollaborations.com |
Tue, 18 February 2020
Rebecca Tall Brown is the Co-Founder of Office of Awesome, a brand consultancy. As a strategist, Rebecca and her team build awesome brands that both delight customers and aligns with business objectives. Whether the goal is more leads, funders, the press, or an acquisition, they build brands to meet those goals. Rebecca has nearly two decades of experience, an MBA, and has worked with companies ranging from Toyota, pro athletes, funded tech startups, and social impact brands. Website: https://officeofawesome.com/ |
Mon, 17 February 2020
Ursula Garrett is an award winning author and international speaker with multiple entrepreneurial ventures including Garrett & Associates, CPA and Agenda E, Inc. Ursula has owned and operated her CPA firm for 20 years offering business advisory and tax services. Her newest business venture, Agenda E is designed to help entrepreneurs build empires one asset at time using her 20+ years of business development experience. Website: www.ursulaisamazing.com |
Fri, 14 February 2020
Leslie enjoyed a twenty-five year career in high level financial services sales. Somewhere along the line, her femininity snuck away and her masculine took over. After one afternoon in a pole dancing studio, Leslie rediscovered her inner feminine and embarked on a ten-year deep dive to explore and reclaim her softer, sexier self. Now, she helps other corporate, executive women discover how much easier and more joyful it is to lead and live from their softer, sexier feminine sides! Her company, Majestic Feminine shows women how to be soft and strong through individual consulting, speaking and retreats. Website: www.majesticfeminine.com |
Thu, 13 February 2020
Executives, CEOs, entrepreneurs, and driven professionals rely upon Lifestyle & Mindset Coach Carla Reeves to call out their blind spots, expand their perspective and create a more fulfilling way of showing up to their work and their lives. Carla spent 10+ years in Corporate America working in HR and IT. She retired from Corporate America at age 32 to raise her boys and live the entrepreneurial life she loves. What she knows to be true is that people are far closer than they realize to the very things they deeply desire and today, empowering individuals to make simple, profound shifts in the way they experience everyday life is her passion and work in the world. Website: www.carlareeves.com |
Fri, 7 February 2020
Anjalika is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and writer based in San Diego. Anjalika uses images to tell stories about brands, people and places. She makes corporate videos, speaker reels, documentaries and fiction films. She has soft spot for women entrepreneurs and those that try to make the world a better place. Film on Amazon: bit.ly/MaeShortFilm |
Wed, 5 February 2020
Katie is an entrepreneurial fundraising and nonprofit industry expert, specializing in strategic planning, fund development, and database management. She co-founded her company, Kerredyn Collaborative, with the mission to amplify social impact through strategic planning, innovative project design, marketing, and fundraising. Kerredyn provides a range of services to clients locally and globally, from web development to grant writing. Katie is passionate about growing and empowering a community of women entrepreneurs. She speaks regularly about philanthropy as good business, the intersection of family and business for women, and the business environment for women entrepreneurs. Website: www.kerredyn.com |
Mon, 3 February 2020
Tiffany Henning is a veteran in Church & Ministry HR with over 20 years of combined experience, earning her SPHR and CRPC. In 2016, Tiffany founded HR Ministry Solutions, a faith based non-profit specifically created to simplify HR compliance and staff pain points for churches and ministries. She currently serves as the Chief People Person of HR Ministry Solutions overseeing a team of HR Pros whose purpose is to help churches and ministries create a staff culture that is healthy and sustainable. Website: www.hrministrysolutions.com |
Fri, 31 January 2020
Ria Langheim is passionate about working towards a more sustainable energy future. She is particularly interested in accelerating the adoption of green energy technologies in homes. She is doing this by building a platform that helps homeowners on their green energy journey – to make smart decisions about adopting solar panels, energy storage and electric vehicles. Website: ewallaby.com |
Wed, 29 January 2020
Natalia developed a deep sense of curiosity from living in Latin America as a child and then in Europe as a young adult. After building a long career within the automotive industry, she serendipitously landed in a market research role where she discovered her passion for research. As a qualitative researcher she leverages her sense of curiosity, along with experiences from being a call center operator, an English teacher and a marketing professional to understand both the customer and client needs. By listening to people’s authentic stories and analyzing data, she can unlock meaningful and actionable insights that help organizations develop strategic plans. Website: www.keyholeresearch.com |
Sun, 26 January 2020
Julie Yoder is an English language teacher and coach. She helps international professionals overcome their language and cultural challenges and communicate with confidence. She is also a poet, tap dancer, and drummer and previously trained in none of these things. Invited twice by the State Department and Meridian International Center to share with Ukrainian and Russian teachers, administrators and government officials her customization process for instruction and general experience delivering English for Specific Purposes courses in the private market. Semifinalist in the 2019 UPS Store Small Biz Challenge 2019 (10 semifinalists of 1,700 applicants) Website: https://www.englishwithpurpose.com/ |
Fri, 24 January 2020
Vasudha Deming helps organizations to thrive by creating training programs that lead to business results and increased employee engagement. She’s worked with dozens of leading companies in the areas of customer communications, sales training, and positive management techniques. She’s also the author of four books about effective training in organizations–all published by McGraw-Hill. Website: noblelearning.com |
Wed, 22 January 2020
Marliese Bartz is a business improvement strategist dedicated to helping companies run better — for employees and customers. Her consulting approach blends experience as a designer with Big Business toolsets from Lean, Agile, Change Management, and Six Sigma — bringing visual problem-solving to life through colorful StickyNotes and infographics. With over 25 years of business experience, Marliese is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, a Certified Change Management Professional, and holds an MBA in Marketing and Management. |
Wed, 22 January 2020
Phyllis Serbes is a crochet teacher and designer. Her mission is to teach the world how to crochet so that every one of us can unlock our creativity. Phyllis originally founded Many Creative Gifts in 2005 to showcase handmade crocheted baby clothes and toys, but she quickly expanded into custom designs and digital crochet patterns. She has an adopted sheep, Chausette, that lives on a farm in Pennsylvania since her balcony is not large enough. Website: www.manycreativegifts.com |
Mon, 20 January 2020
Melissa Wogahn is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach with a passion to help women realize that it is possible to live an active life even if you hate to exercise. She has a master’s degree in exercise physiology and is a provider for the Exercise is Medicine initiative, a program connecting physicians with top health and fitness providers. Melissa is also involved with the County of San Diego’s Feeling Fit Program, a program offering free functional fitness classes throughout the county for anyone over 60. Website: www.joyofactiveliving.com |
Fri, 17 January 2020
Entrepreneur Mika Leah is a mother, a young heart disease survivor and warrior for wellness. She is a National Ambassador for the American Heart Association and a member of their Board of Directors. Mika survived 5 heart stents and 4 invasive heart procedures before her 36th birthday. She is alive today because she listened to her intuition and her body, and bravely advocated for herself. With a new lease on life and a calling to help others, Mika launched her corporate wellness company Goomi Group. It has grown to 300+ instructors across the country, offering on-site fitness & health programs for the workplace through movement and motivation. Website: www.goomigroup.com |
Sat, 11 January 2020
Maggy Sterner is a brand and business coach. She helps entrepreneurs and small businesses get laser clarity about their brand message and find the words to describe it simply so they can attract clients. Maggy believes people hire you when you know who you are, you own your brilliance, and stand for it with confidence and conviction. Her superpower is helping her clients see the superpower that lives in their blind spot. Website: maggysterner.com |
Sat, 11 January 2020
Barbara Eldridge has built a solid reputation as a Success strategies specialist, coach and speaker within industry and business over the past 35 years. She founded Mind Masters in 1991 to provide weekly support and guidance to entrepreneurs who work alone, need a sounding board, a forum, resources for their ideas. She wanted MIND MASTERS to become their Advisory Board – a resource often not available by virtue of the fact that these are indeed ‘very small businesses’, to help them master the focus needed to achieve their dreams and goals in the ever changing marketplace. Website: www.mindmaster.com |
Mon, 6 January 2020
Liz Whitehead is the CEO and Founder of 12PointFive, a business development consultancy that specializes helping women-owned businesses leverage their certifications to win bigger clients and more of them. She is Co-Mastermind of the Diversity Masterminds program, which gives diverse business owners a road map to build meaningful connections with supplier diversity professionals and buyers, increase their visibility and win new business. Liz’s awards include the Women Presidents’ Educational Organization’s 2018 WBE Connection award for completing the most Done Deals™ with other certified WBEs and 2019 Outstanding Women’s Business Advocate Award. Website: https://12pointfive.com/ |