Community & Guest List
Ruth is an author, coach, mentor and teacher who works with female entrepreneurs to help them start and scale successful purpose driven businesses. She believes that success is down to a combination of mindset + strategy + action and works with her clients to help them in all of these areas. Ruth has worked with 1000's of women worldwide and been featured in national magazines and press.
Robert J. Kohlhepp is the Retired Chairman of Cintas Corporation. Robert joined Cintas in July 1967 as Controller. He was promoted to the positions of General Manager, Vice President, and Treasurer. In 1979 he was elected Executive Vice President, and a member of the company’s Board of Directors. In 1984 Robert was elected President, and in 1995 he was elected Chief Executive Officer. He served as Vice Chairman from 2003 to 2009 and as Chairman of the Board from 2009 to 2016.
laugh … and connect the dots between their own experiences as a customer and how their behaviors and the way their employees treat customers affects their bottom line."
Ryan Paugh is the COO and co-founder of The Community Company, the organization revolutionizing the future of professional organizations. He is also the author of Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships That Matter and a renowned thought leader on creating strong communities and teams. Ryan co-founded Brazen Careerist, a career-management site for high-achieving young professionals and ambitious college students, and Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invitation-only organization for leading entrepreneurs.
Rob Braiman is the CEO / Managing Member of Cogent Analytics, a business management consulting firm. Since 2005, he has personally engaged with over 1800 small to medium size businesses. An entrepreneur himself, he knows, first hand, the challenges of the journey, and his passion is to help others achieve success and long-term profitability that also results in enhancing quality of life. A business analyst by trade, he founded Cogent Analytics in 2014 to provide solutions for small business owners. In 5 years, he has helped many small businesses achieve their goals and in the process has grown Cogent Analytics from 6 people to over 120; and, has ranked on the Inc 500 and Inc 5000 fastest growing companies in the country 2 years in a row (and is on deck for a 3rd).
Rayne was home birthed and raised in the mountains of Idaho. She ttended 5 universities while studying various fields, including business, marine biology and nutrition. Over the last several years, Rayne has spent time in Southeast Asia, Europe, Australia, Brazil, Israel, Africa and many others. Driven to 'do good by doing good in the world.' Developing patented technologies for this cause.
Dr. Rowena Winkler helps women find their voice and come back to their divine authenticity by using a combination of spiritual tools and practical strategies. Her mentoring approach encourages women to tap into self-love, build confidence, get unstuck, and make a change. As a marketing professional with over 15 years of experience, she is also a higher ed consultant and instructor who develops and teaches courses in strategic communication and writing.
Riley Adams is a licensed CPA working as a senior financial analyst at Google in the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally from New Orleans, Riley focuses on strategies for reaching financial independence and often writes about useful advice regarding tax strategies, investing, and financial decision-making on his website, Young and the Invested. His site targets like-minded young professionals who have an interest in financial independence and also a desire to learn more about entrepreneurship as a career ambition.
Rachel Ford Hutman is CEO/ Founder of Ford Hutman Media, a life sciences communications firm. With 15-years of communications experience, she is consistently leveraging her media expertise on behalf of her health tech clients in the US and UK. She has worked with some of the biggest companies out there - Google, IBM, Medtronic, Verily, to name just a few. Welcome, Rachel
Riley is the owner of Blue Skye Media! Blue Skye Media is a real estate photography company located in Northern Virginia servicing realtors from Fredericksburg up to DC! They provide it all, Photos, Video Tours, 3D Tours, and Aerial Footage! What sets them apart is that they also provide YouTube and social media services to help realtors grow their business with video online!
