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Henning is a creative, adaptable, and results-driven global executive with extensive domestic and international experience in Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and General Management, both in a corporate and entrepreneurial setting. In his career he has been a global nomad, spending the last 20 years building, transforming, and leading sales teams around the world. This experience lead him to start Vendux and become the chief evangelist for interim and fractional sales leadership, helping to grow sales for SMEs.
Christine Brooks-Cropper is President and CEO of the DC Fashion Foundation (DCFF). She holds a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Delaware and received a Bachelor of Arts-Sociology degree from Delaware State University. She is a proud mother to her son, Christian.
As President and CEO of the DC Fashion Foundation, she identifies ways to retain and support new and established designers, fashion retailers, professionals and assist design students transitioning from school to career. Christine spearheaded the formation of the Commission on Fashion Arts and Events in DC Government with the message that fashion is an asset to economic development, served as Chairman for Mayor Gray and Mayor Bowser from 2013 to 2017.
As President and CEO of the DC Fashion Foundation, she identifies ways to retain and support new and established designers, fashion retailers, professionals and assist design students transitioning from school to career. Christine spearheaded the formation of the Commission on Fashion Arts and Events in DC Government with the message that fashion is an asset to economic development, served as Chairman for Mayor Gray and Mayor Bowser from 2013 to 2017.
Jeremy Pollack is a leader in the field of workplace conflict resolution and peacebuilding. He is the Founder of Pollack Peacebuilding Systems, an international conflict resolution consulting firm. Jeremy is a master coach, master trainer, mediator, and author. He coaches and trains executives and employees at a variety of levels and industries, from Fortune 500 companies to major non-profits. Jeremy is a regular contributor on the topics of leadership and organizational conflict management to publications such as Forbes.com, Fast Company, Industry Week, and many more. He is also the author of the recently released book The Conflict Resolution Playbook: Practical Communication Skills for Preventing, Managing, and Resolving, Conflict
Dr. Shaquinta Richardson is a Life Coach for high-achieving Black women who are ready to break free of working twice as hard to get half as much. She helps Black women balance the priorities in their lives through strategic time management, radical self-care, and boundary setting so they can actually enjoy the life they have created. She has a Ph.D. in Human Development & Family Science and is a couple and family therapist by training. She also has a private therapy practice where she specializes in issues relating to identity-related stress, intergenerational trauma, and LGBTQ+ individual and relationship issues.
Bria Taylor is not your average buttercream queen. Her graphic design influenced cakes make her one of the most sought out cake decorators in the DMV. She continues to surprise us with her amazing flavors and cake designs, but it is her perseverance as a young entrepreneur that keeps her going. She hopes to open a cake studio and classroom in the future to bring Killa Cakes to every baker enthusiasts home.
Deevo is a photographer, videographer, blogger, serial entrepreneur, former corporate executive, single father of two promising young ladies and now an emerging strategy consultant who is fast making his way as an expert in creative digital architecture to help small businesses and entrepreneurs brand and market using social media effectively. His current company, Fusion Photography, is an international photo, video, and content creation studio, based in Charlotte, North Carolina and is consistently recognized as one of the top three photography studios in the south. Prior to Fusion, Deevo started, scaled and then sold the largest adult social company in the Carolinas. Running concurrently to his entrepreneurial life, he worked for a Fortune 50 company for over 20 years as the Senior Project Director managing multi-million dollar projects and international business teams.
Deevo is currently the Co-Director of Sprout Connectors, a human-centered digital outreach agency, with offices in Charlotte and Hilton Head and is the co-anchor of the popular podcast Mind Body Business.
Deevo is currently the Co-Director of Sprout Connectors, a human-centered digital outreach agency, with offices in Charlotte and Hilton Head and is the co-anchor of the popular podcast Mind Body Business.
Keshav Pingali is CEO and co-founder of Katana Graph, a high-performance scale-out graph processing, AI and analytics company, which extracts actionable insights from massive unstructured datasets. Keshav holds the W.A."Tex" Moncrief Chair of Computing at the University of Texas at Austin, and is a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE and AAAS.
Sam Adams serves as co-founder and chief executive of dot.LA. A former financial journalist for Bloomberg and Reuters, Adams moved to the business side of media as a strategy consultant at Activate, helping legacy companies develop new digital strategies. Adams holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and an MBA from the University of Southern California.
Andrea Heuston, founder and CEO of Artitudes Design has been in the tech industry for over 30 years. Her company, Artitudes Design, is a full-service creative services and experiential design firm that specializes in connecting messages to audiences in a visually impactful way. Andrea is a respected business leader and entrepreneur who is sought after as a board member and a Keynote speaker. She passionately contributes to several nonprofit organizations and has been a prolific voice on women’s and leadership topics in the workforce. In 2020, she started her own podcast “The Lead Like a Woman Show” focusing on empowering women leaders to empower others through topical discussions and interviews with female leaders. She is passionate about helping to close the gender gap for women in business. Watch for her new book, Stronger on the Other Side in April of 2021!
As a veteran PPC advertising specialist, Ameet has helped clients achieve as high as a 500% increased ROI from their digital advertising campaigns. Her work has included managing over $4 million in ad spend for a single client, as well as providing meaningful and measurable results for startups and small businesses.
Her company (Hop Skip Media formerly Ameet Khabra Marketing Inc) has carved out a position as a highly-effective PPC campaign management solution provider. HSM take accounts from zero to hero, working from scratch as well as taking over from other firms to get results for their clients.
Her company (Hop Skip Media formerly Ameet Khabra Marketing Inc) has carved out a position as a highly-effective PPC campaign management solution provider. HSM take accounts from zero to hero, working from scratch as well as taking over from other firms to get results for their clients.
