Community & Guest List
Gabby is a wellness professional and Harvard Graduate School of Education alum. As a former early childhood educator, Gabby seeks to answer the question, “How can we help teachers stay in the classroom and healthy?” The systemic problem of teacher burnout motivated Gabby to create spark by gabby, wellness space specifically for educators that combines mind-body, community, and social justice.
Gary Sirak is a 40 -year veteran of the financial services industry and owner of Sirak Financial Services in Canton, Ohio. Gary is the author of 3 books. He has been a guest on over 50 nationally syndicated radio shows, frequent podcast guest and a featured speaker at numerous industry events. He has worked with hundreds of clients advising and preparing them for the financial side of retirement. Listening to their stories and experiences, Gary realized retirement is not just about the financial side of things, which lead to him authoring his newest book, "How to retire and not die, the 3 Ps that will keep you young"
Gerry Miller, CEO Cloudticity - Gerry is a serial entrepreneur and healthcare fanatic with over 30 years in the technology industry. Prior to Cloudticity, Gerry was brought in as the chief operating officer at ePrize; he turned around a failing company that was eventually sold for a fourfold return on the initial private equity investment. Before ePrize, Gerry spent eight years at Microsoft, first as chief technology officer for the US central region, then running the global business unit that oversaw General Motors (Microsoft’s second-largest customer), growing that account from $20MM to over $100MM in three years. Prior to Microsoft, Gerry spent nearly a decade in the technology consulting and startup industry. He holds all five AWS certifications.
Georgene Huang is obsessed with improving the workplace for women. She’s the CEO and Co-founder of Fairygodboss, the largest career community for women to discover the hard-to-find intel on work-life balance, salary, maternity leave policies, and how companies treat women. Previously she ran the enterprise business at Dow Jones and was a Managing Director at Bloomberg Ventures. She is a graduate of Cornell and Stanford Universities.
Genevieve was a TV executive in NYC for 20 years when a little girl’s question changed the course of her life - and she jumped off the corporate ladder. She began delivering pajamas and books to children in shelters and in 2001 founded Pajama Program, a national non-profit which is recognized for both its success – to date having delivered 7 million new pajamas and new books to children - and Genevieve’s story. Genevieve is a professional speaker and consultant, inspiring people to listen to their heart-voice connection to achieve success. Her first book: Purpose, Passion and Pajamas: How to Transform Your Life, Embrace the Human Connection and Lead with Meaning, was just released on August 4th. Genevieve has been interviewed on various media including OPRAH, TODAY, GMA, CNN, Fox & Friends, O Magazine and Forbes and is the recipient of many awards.
Grant Polachek is the Head of Branding at Inc 500 company Squadhelp.com, the worlds #1 naming platform, with more than 20,000 customers from early-stage startups across the globe to the largest corporations including Nestle, Philips, Hilton, Pepsi, and AutoNation. Grant works with a lot of CEOs as well.
Gwendolyn is a recognized authority in her industry and a champion who lifts others as she climbs."
Greg Connolly is a veteran entrepreneur with five startups and 18 years of experience including two successful acquisitions. Greg is currently the CEO and founder of Trifecta-- the #1 organic meal delivery service in the United States. Since its inception in 2015, Greg has helped grow Trifecta from non-existent to a category leader with a nine-figure run rate. Connolly has established exclusive partnerships for Trifecta with premiere global sports leagues including the UFC, PGA Tour, Team USA Weightlifting, The CrossFit Games, and Mr. Olympia.
Most biographies for speakers are full of credentials, awards, accomplishments, and other unexciting information. Let's say this for now: Everything in life is Powered By Connection. And Connection is Ginger's Jam. It's the art, science, and energy that makes the world go 'round. She works with great executives, associations, organizations, leaders and teams to help them do their best work by tapping into the incredible possibilities meaningful connection creates, most especially At The Table.
If you want to learn more about her, she invites you to visit gingerjohson.com and if you're really curious you'll likely Google her anyway, finding her book, TEDx talk, events and program, YouTube channel, and various sundry other information.
If you want to learn more about her, she invites you to visit gingerjohson.com and if you're really curious you'll likely Google her anyway, finding her book, TEDx talk, events and program, YouTube channel, and various sundry other information.
Garrett Ball is the owner of Secure Medicare Solutions, a national, independent Medicare insurance agency. His company also manages 65Medicare.org, an online information-based resource for people turning 65 or just starting out on Medicare.
