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Allie Hembree Martin is a public relations and event planning expert with more than a decade of experience. She currently serves as the Community Relations and Event Manager for Kendra Scott, formerly working in public relations for Amazon, Alltech and the International SPA Association.
Allie completed her Master’s in Business Administration at Midway College and received her Bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University in Broadcast Journalism, Political Science and Theatre. Now in its third season, Allie enjoys serving as host of the podcast, Selfish, a show that advocates for self-care and living a life full of grace.
Allie completed her Master’s in Business Administration at Midway College and received her Bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University in Broadcast Journalism, Political Science and Theatre. Now in its third season, Allie enjoys serving as host of the podcast, Selfish, a show that advocates for self-care and living a life full of grace.
Amy DuVall is CEO and Creative Director of from politics to pastry in Alexandria, VA. from politics to pastry offers authentic Italian cookies and custom pastries, and provides virtual, in-home baking and pasta-making instruction and parties. Before opening from politics to pastry, Amy studied environmental engineering and law and worked as an environmental lawyer and lobbyist for more than 20 years in downtown DC. After realizing her dream of helping to enact major federal environmental legislation in 2016 (Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act), she found herself ready for the next chapter, and decided to focus on her much-neglected creative side and her love of the culinary arts. from politics to pastry aims to put smiles on people's faces, one cookie, one scone, one treat at a time!
Adam Hempenstall is the CEO and Founder of Better Proposals, simple yet quite powerful proposal software for creating beautiful, high-impact proposals in minutes. With more than 20 years of experience, having helped his customers at Better Proposals win $120,000,000+ in one year only, he has launched the first Proposal Writing University where he shares business proposal best practices.
He’s also a goalkeeper and huge fan of music festivals and traveling.
He’s also a goalkeeper and huge fan of music festivals and traveling.
Adessa Barker is a practicing attorney, transformative speaker and wellbeing practitioner. Adessa teaches people and organizations how to create a culture of wellness that resonates with their values and strengths. Adessa conducts workshops and talks throughout the country and is a highly sought after speaker and coach. Adessa is originally from Trinidad and Tobago and went to high school and college in Washington, DC where she currently resides.
My name is Abdul Ogunbiyi, the Chief Elderberry Officer of Fruit Movement. A company created to support companies in becoming healthier workplaces. Allowing teams to maximize performance without sacrificing health. We start with the simple act of offering fruit, jump-starting your company's wellness program and put you on the right path towards a positive future.
Archan is an engineer turned marketing professional. Archan has led marketing teams on various B2B marketing projects and has experience in scaling product demands to many folds for start-ups and SME businesses.
Alexander Onaindia is the Co-founder and CEO of Distinction Agency, a marketing agency that works with athletes, businesses and social media influencers. Based in Miami, Alexander has developed strong relationships with Fortune 500 companies and emerging start-ups, marquee media, professional athletes, social media influencers and non-profit organizations through strategic marketing and communications campaigns.
Amira Irfan is a business lawyer, six-figure blogger, and coach who teaches you how to make money blogging while protecting your online business legally. She started her blog with her full-time job as a lawyer and took it from 0 to $60,000 a month in less than 2 years, and now she teaches you how to do the same! She has had the honor of helping over 10,000 entrepreneurs with her affordable legal templates and services in the last 10 years.
Abbie Richie is the host of Senior Living Foresight’s newest production, Tech Tuesdays on LinkedIn, FB, and YouTube, Senior Savvy With Abbie (premiering in 2022 on SaltboxTV), the founder of Senior Savvy, has been featured on The List TV, ABC, FOX, USA Today, and Yahoo News. You can reach out to her online at www.seniorsavvy.net and on social media, where she shares more tech tips via Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Anela Malik is the food writer and advocate behind local blog Feed the Malik. Anela is best known for her advocacy for restaurants owned by marginalized peoples, particularly Black-owned restaurants. She created a widely used directory of Black-owned restaurants open in the DC area and has been working to match Black-owned restaurants with free services to help them survive and thrive during the pandemic.
