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Geo A. Ropert, APR is the founder and president of Ropert and Partners Public Relations. He is a nationally accredited, award-winning public relations and marketing communications professional with a diverse background and over 25 years’ experience in both the public and private sectors. Geo is the person businesses and organizations turn to for top-level public relations and marketing consultation and services, providing proven results that rise above the rest!

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.

Garrett Ramela is the president of Common Sense Coffee which seeks to provide top-tier coffee to the visionaries of the world and shares in their accomplishments. His vision for Common Sense Coffee is to become the coffee of choice for visionaries, entrepreneurs, and changemakers who are building the future. Garrett is an avid learner and is working on his third master's degree studying artificial intelligence and business analytics at the George Washington University. In addition to studying at George Washington University, Garrett earned a master's in finance from American University and a master's in the management of information technology from the University of Virginia.

Gail M. McDonald and Marilyn L. Bushey are executive coaches who have helped thousands of leaders make significant improvements in their ability to lead, build relationships, deliver results, and enhance their sense of self-fulfillment. In Retirement Your Way, Gail and Marilyn turn their attention from the world of work to the world of retirement. There, they apply their expertise and innovative thinking to help their readers make changes and build lives of contribution, vitality, and joy.

Gems in an online course specialist, working with entrepreneurs in multiple industries to design, create and launch their own online courses. With a Masters in Global Management and 15 year career in Project Management, Gems started her own business when she married a US serviceman and her career trajectory changed. Gems truly believes in the power of experience as education and loves the versatility of online courses to spread the passion and purpose of entrepreneurs.