Community & Guest List
Eleonora is a certified Integrative Nutrition Coach who has built her business around healthy living after overcoming 8 years of depression and eating disorders. Originally from Milan, Italy Eleonora has lived in Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles and is now based in London.
Lenzy Ruffin is a video communications strategist and owner of Park Road Studios in Washington, DC. He specializes in teaching small business owners how to use video marketing to attract clients.
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.
Chris Hervochon is the owner of SOAR (Strategic Operational Accounting Resources) which is a sole proprietor CPA firm started in 2018. SOAR provides outsourced accounting and tax preparation for businesses and individuals. Prior to forming SOAR, Chris spent the prior ten years between forensic accounting and corporate accounting and finance, most recently as Finance Director for a large healthcare organization. Chris is highly involved in the accounting profession, volunteering with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and South Carolina Association of CPAs (SCACPA) and is also a 2018 graduate of the AICPA Leadership Academy.
James Carbary is the founder of Sweet Fish Media, a podcast-first company that guarantees new relationships between B2B companies and their ideal clients, and the co-host of B2B Growth, a daily podcast that has been downloaded over 3 million times. His latest book 'Content-Based Networking: How to Instantly Connect with Anyone You Want to Know' breaks down a 3-part framework that shows people how to create the exact relationships they need to grow their career or business.
Jon is currently the CEO of YouNow, a top-50 social media app by revenue. He is a turnaround and growth specialist who was previously the CEO of Finder US, which he steered from infancy to 8-figure revenue, and SVP at Chicken Soup for the Soul, where he spearheaded their social media audience growth from 300,000 people to over a billion. He was also a director at 1-800-flowers, where he completed 17 M&A transactions and grew the international business from $1 million to $40 million in revenue, and he was the general manager for Allmenus, which he led from having 1,000 restaurants to over a quarter of a million. He has also written and published two books, and still finds time to go snowboarding during the winter.
and get comfortable in their own skin so they can impact others through their message."
Christen Johnson is the CEO, Founder of a couple of different entities. At SophisticatedChic Brand, she is the Personal Style Coach for professional women helping them to determine their unique body shapes in order to hone in on a personal style that makes them feel the most confident. At Project Style University she coaches aspiring and emerging wardrobe stylists through the growing pains of building a successful styling business in the fashion industry.
When she's not coaching, or speaking to individuals about elevating themselves in style, she's figuring out new ways to expand her knowledge in business, spending time with family and friends or jamming to some of her favorite songs.
When she's not coaching, or speaking to individuals about elevating themselves in style, she's figuring out new ways to expand her knowledge in business, spending time with family and friends or jamming to some of her favorite songs.
Myrja Paul is the owner and Clinical Director of Sol Counseling & Consulting. Myrja received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Penn State University and her Master of Science degree in Clinical Community Counseling from Johns Hopkins University. Myrja is a licensed therapist and approved clinical supervisor in Maryland. In April 2020, Myrja opened Sol Counseling & Consulting, a group mental health practice that provides individual and family services to adults as well as children. Myrja’s mission is to decrease the stigma of mental health, particularly in communities of color.
Danielle Kristine Toussaint, founder and CEO of She Thinks Purple, is a storyteller, strategist and social enterprise brand architect on a journey to help mission-driven start-ups make money and a make a difference. She has been the writing pen behind op-eds and speeches for Huffington Post, Forbes.com, and TEDx. Danielle holds a B.A. in Political Science and African American Studies from Yale University and a M.S.Ed from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
