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James R. Nowlin is the Chief Executive Officer of a corporate consulting firm, Excel Global Partners (EGP), which he founded in 2007. He is also the Fund Managing Principal of EGP Ventures which serves as the umbrella entity for EGP; environmental and water reduction technology company EGP Eco; entertainment and media company Excelerated Media; and others. Through James' experience as a successful CEO and business strategist, as well as the obstacles that he has overcome in life, including being the survivor of a near-death drowning accident, his best-selling book, The Purposeful Millionaire: 52 Rules for Creating a Life of Wealth and Happiness Now, helps him to live out his mission of sharing the lessons that he has learned in both professional and personal life. As such, he empowers others to transform their lives to levels of high achievement, filled with abundance and purposefulness
Juliana Cardona is the founder and CEO of Street Entrepreneurs. She is an inquisitive, passionate creator and organizer constantly working to drive action and local impact. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science and a minor in Communications and Latin American Studies from Florida Southern College. While in college, she spent time volunteering with 20 grassroots organizations in Florida, Colorado, Massachusetts, Washington D.C., Philippines, Taiwan, and Mexico. The service projects she undertook included installing solar bulbs in Manila with Liter of Light, and mentoring children in Lakeland FL with Big Brother Big Sister. Juliana has received multiple awards for her service, including a United States Congressional Bronze Certificate. As well, Juliana has also been honored by being named a Diana Davis Global Good Fund Fellow, Ford Motor Company Global Scholar, Aspen Latino Institute Fellow, and a Cologne Scholar. Prior to starting Street Entrepreneurs, Juliana collaborated with the World Bank Group’s Information Communications Technology Community of Practice for Agriculture to design and support the first Agri-Hackathon program in Uganda.
Tiffany Woodard is the owner of Events by Tiffany, which is an event planning business that specializes in social and corporate events as well as day of coordination for weddings and now newly added, balloon décor! Events by Tiffany services the DMV area and has been in business for just about 2 years. Tiffany has a passion to not only create the best event possible for her clients but to create long lasting relationships with her clients as well.
French born, 6+ years digital nomad actually in Warsaw, Yoann runs his own network of websites, inspiring others dreams. His experience: a year long solo world tour, 55 countries, 650+ flights, after 10 years managing international ERP projects in cosmetics, fashion and logistics.
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.
ABOUT Liz H Kelly (Santa Monica, CA) is the Goody PR Founder, Award-Winning Author (“8-Second PR”) and Podcast Host (“8-Second Branding”) with 15+ years of experience promoting authors and brands with a WOW STORY who are making a positive impact. She loves connecting her client's stories to current headlines, and finding a story that moves audiences. As a published author, Kelly had over 500 media interviews (TV, radio, print and syndication) over 5 years for her first book about dating (“Smart Man Hunting”). Her work and books have been featured on CNN, Lifetime, USA TODAY, The Chicago Tribune, Thrive Global, KTLA, KNBC News, KABC News, BBC Radio, ESPN Radio, NPR and thousands of media outlets. Kelly also teaches Digital Marketing at UCLA Extension, and is an autism advocate. Follow @LizHKelly or visit https://8SecondPR.com and https://GoodyPR.com. For more information, email info@goodypr.com.
Riya Jain is the founder of Namo Padmavati - a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs to delegate non-core activities. She started working when she was 18 because of her parent's separation and now she truly believes in necessity is the mother of invention. She also hosts a podcast that talks about the journeys of entrepreneurs. Riya has a team of 12 and they have worked on 350+ projects from all over the globe. She also started training professionals in entrepreneurship, marketing, and everything an early start-up owner needs to become successful.
Blake is the host & voice of the Confessions of a Crappy Christian Podcast, the designer behind Magnolia Ink, wife to Jeremy, & mama to Pacey & Elliot. She’s also an Enneagram enthusiast (& 8) who somehow manages to find a way to squeeze her favorite topic into almost any conversation. She’s wildly passionate about women owning who they are in Christ & all the ways He’s gifted them, while resting in the truth that they were never intended to “do it all”.
T.W. Shannon is an accomplished leader with diverse experience in business, public service and community engagement. Today he leads one of the most unique banks in the country. As the CEO of Chickasaw Community Bank based in Oklahoma City, he leads a remarkably successful enterprise that is wholly owned by the Chickasaw Nation. Under his leadership, Chickasaw Community Bank completed the year 2020 at a record sixfold projections. Prior to his tenure at the bank, T.W. made history by becoming the youngest Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, as well as being the first Chickasaw and first African American to hold the post.
Melissa Morris is a Business Operations Consultant who specializes in client processes - think client onboarding, management and offboarding. She uses her 10 years of client management experience to help service based business owners streamline and automate these processes. Melissa’s been seen in INC Magazine and Keap Business Success Blog and heard on podcasts such as Boss Mom and The Sassy Strategist. She frees business owners from overwhelm so they can actually work ON their business and not just IN their business.
