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Originally from Cameroon and raised in New York City, Edgar Ndjatou (ja-too) is passionate about creating workplaces that value fair treatment, trust, and open communications. Edgar also embraces change and the opportunity it brings, which helps him connect with individuals dealing with difficult career obstacles. Before founding Officium, Edgar practiced employment law for nine years, including co-managing his own law firm. Edgar has developed a wide knowledge base to assist a client in making competent human resources decisions or to guide a client in enhancing their personal brand. Edgar’s experiences have given him a perspective on how addressing a client’s needs involves using holistic, creative, and reasoned approaches.

Julie Berninger is the host of Fire Drill Podcast where she explores how side hustles and savings lead to financial independence. She also is the co-founder of Gold City Ventures where she teaches people how to sell printables on Etsy.

Melanie Aronson is the founder and CEO of Panion, a people-first community management platform helping organizations build more privacy, empathy and meaningful connection into online and offline communities. She has a bachelors in anthropology from Columbia University and a masters in documentary filmmaking from the School of Visuals Arts in NYC. She is also a Fulbright recipient. Melanie worked in sales for Apple for almost 3 years and for more than 10 years as a freelance filmmaker, photographer and designer. Melanie has lived an international life, residing in NYC, Spain, Italy, Sweden and now in Portugal.

When it comes to choosing a coach or speaker, there are loads of contenders that talk a good game, but Keren Eldad - a former C-level executive at a billion dollar company herself - actually knows what you need. As a business coach & speaker, Keren Eldad (“Coach Keren”) is a trusted advisor to industry-leading executives and superstar entrepreneurs, working with premier business organizations including: Luxxotica, J.P. Morgan, LVMH, YPO– and more. Having served in the Israeli army and emerging into coaching from suicide counseling, Keren believes in service as a way of life, and comes in focused on adding value and making things better and easier in yours.

Jeff Link is an Investment Advisor Representative at Guardian Wealth Advisors, LLC and the founder of the BLUE LINE INVESTING process. With almost 25 years of experience, Jeff has been a proponent of risk-managed investing with firms like Smith Barney, Legg Mason, and Stifel Nicolaus. Today, Jeff helps investors who are within 20 years of retirement grow AND protect their wealth in a risk-managed and tax-efficient way. In 2020 during the middle of the pandemic Jeff published his first book - Protecting The Pig: How Stock Market Trends Reveal the Way to Grow and Preserve Your Wealth.