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Elizabeth Yarnell is a board-certified traditional naturopathic doctor with a nationwide clinic that specializes in using customized dietary therapies for addressing inflammation and autoimmunity. Her award-winning cookbook, "Glorious One-Pot Meals", offers a quick, easy, and healthy way to cook at home and has sold more than 60,000 copies. Additionally, she is a multi-passionate entrepreneur with an ed-tech company called Digistars Make a Movie Workshop that offers 21st-century learning experiences for elementary and middle school students. Elizabeth is a compelling keynote speaker about health, leadership, and innovative education.
Erin Bradley is the Founder and CEO of Zyia Active, an activewear lifestyle brand that believes in embracing physical activity with excitement, vigor, and delight. Since founding the company in 2017, Erin has led Zyia’s growth from inception to its position today as a leading activewear brand. As CEO, Erin is heavily involved in the design process of the company’s high-quality activewear from coordinating product releases to managing production schedules to planning photoshoots. Erin was named a 2020 Ernst & Young LLP National Entrepreneur of the Year®, and Zyia Active has been recognized as a Utah Business Fastest Growing company and a Mountain West Capital Network Emerging Elite company.
Erin is a corporate ladder climber turned online business coach. After years of commuting to a cubicle, Erin decided she wanted more freedom for her life and she set out to start her own business. She now helps others ditch the 9-5 life and start their own sustainable, profitable online businesses so they can make real money working from wifi.
Ella Jesmajian, a New York native is the cofounder and photographer of Honey & Roses Coffee, an online coffee platform that “brings the best of the coffee shop to your door”. Partnering with 55 small batch roasters and dozens of bakers and chocolatiers, Honey & Roses Coffee prides itself on creating the ultimate at home coffee experience.
Emily Alexandra Guglielmo is known globally as The American Mermaid. She travels all over the globe performing mermaid shows and promoting water safety and ocean conservation. She Founded her non-profit SupportingWater.org in 2018. In 2019 she created her company Emily Alexandra, Corp. aka Emily Alexandra Cosmetics where she creates mermaid and ocean-inspired makeup that is vegan, cruelty-free, ocean-safe, and water-resistant! A portion of every purchase goes back into SupportingWater.org.
Little Falls Mediation, located in Arlington, Virginia, offers divorce and family mediation services. Our mission is to provide a caring, empathetic environment where clients feel comfortable, safe, and empowered in discussing and resolving conflict. Ellice Halpern is a graduate of Cornell University and Georgetown University Law Center and is licensed to practice law in the state of Maryland.
and the confidence some people simply need to “get out there.”"
Erin Lewis is owner and risk advisor at one of the fastest growing personal lines insurance agencies in the country - Goosehead Insurance. She and her team help families protect and realize their dreams by utilizing unbiased risk management expertise to provide the right insurance coverage at a fair price. She is Founder of The Dream Queen Association & Foundation – an organization dedicated to creating a world where all women and girls have the knowledge and support they need to step into positions of leadership and bring their whole selves to impacting the world, making it a more positive, peaceful, and joyful place to live. Erin currently serves as a Maryland Governor appointed Commissioner for the Governor’s Office on Service & Volunteerism and Steering Committee Member for the Million Women Mentor Maryland Initiative. Erin has been awarded the Business Leadership Woman of Impact Award from the Southern Maryland Women’s League and the Lifetime Legacy Leader Award from the Carolyn E Parker Foundation. Erin received her BA in Economics & Political Science from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. She is most proud to be the mom of an energetic, strong-willed 5 year old daughter, wife to her husband of 6 years, and step-mom to two athletic boys.
Mr. Ndjatou, a partner at McCree Ndjatou, PLLC, specializes in employment law representing primarily employees as well as small businesses and non-profits. Originally, from Cameroon and raised in New York City, Mr. Ndjatou earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and a minor in Economics, from Brandeis University. He received his Juris Doctor from American University, Washington College of Law. Mr. Ndjatou is a member of both the Maryland and District of Columbia Bar Associations.
Emily Weisgrau is the president of Weiswood Strategies Ltd, which helps mission-driven organizations increase contributions and deepen donor engagement. Emily works with leading nonprofit organizations on strategic fundraising communications, bringing 25 years of experience in fundraising, marketing, and nonprofit management. She is a graduate of Vassar College and American University.
