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Andrea Siy has more than 25 years’ experience in the marketing communications field in both agency and corporate environments. She is the CEO and founder of the marketing agency S!Y Communications, Inc., which offers a full range of marketing services since its start in 2003. The agency combines strategic thinking and proven marketing techniques with an innovative and creative style. Andrea has shared her knowledge at several conferences including The Executive Forum (Florida), the Plastics News Marketing Summits (Chicago), Women Breaking the Mold (Chicago), The Women in Business Conference (New Hampshire), and NE/SAE Digital Conference (virtual) as well as local events. Along with sharing her wealth of marketing tips and tricks, Andrea is passionate about helping women manage the challenges of running a company and running a family and provides guidance for working moms.
Ablorde is the CEO of 4Degrees, a Chicago-based technology company, applying machine intelligence to help teams in relationship-driven industries manage their most important source of opportunity - their professional networks. When he's not doing that, you can usually find him lifting weights, reading books or eating BBQ.
Adam is a Managing Director at MGA, a highly strategic commercial real estate advisory firm focused on caring for the needs of occupiers of office and industrial real estate. Adam and his team provide expert consultation in analyzing and executing solutions aimed to reduce their client's overall facility expenses while maximizing workplace efficiency and productivity. They never represent institutional landlords and therefore can eliminate the inherent conflict of interest many commercial real estate firms have in representing both tenants and landlords.
Andrew Goren is the founder and CEO of Harmony Helper. As a passionate musical theatre actor, Andrew has been on a quest to develop the perfect way to learn and sharpen singing and harmonizing abilities. With over 10 years of singing/performing experience, his unique insights and vision have led to the creation of the amazing and elegant Harmony Helper app. With his leadership, Harmony Helper is helping singers of all kind effectively practice and improve singing performance anywhere, anytime, removing traditional rehearsal barriers so singers can deliver their best performances.
I help people create stable intimate relationships full of big love. I don’t want to just listen while you rehash your most recent fight or dissatisfaction each week. I want to help you transform your relationship without changing who you are. This isn't about "self improvement"; this is about letting go of what you're not, and learning what you need, to create the love you want.
With over 20 years in apparel buying and merchandising for the majors, I started StyleForIt out of my own need. Women over a size 12 did not have a specific Resale & Consignment platform for their clothing. StyleForIt has created a space just for them.
Elevation Cakes & Sweets is a woman owned home bakery that specializes in buttercream cakes and sweet treats. Alicia's journey started from learning basic cooking skills from her paternal grandmother, who would bake family favorites every week just to put a smile on their faces. Her grandmother was the first one to nurture her love for baking by sending her cookbooks to help her develop baking skills. This lead to Alicia embarking in a career in the foodservice industry working for a premier baking company in their logistics area, then moving on to Marketing, and lastly branching out on her own.
The inspiration behind starting her own business was that she married a descendant of the revolutionary women’s rights activist, Amelia Bloomer. Amelia created and produced the first women's newspaper The Lily, in 1849 promoting events and discussing issues important to women of the time.
Amelia was even more well known for popularizing a radically new, and comfy, style of dress; and that is where the term “bloomers” comes from.👖 Amelia was a revolutionary for women’s fashion and social reform; Amy aspire to be a revolutionary for women’s space.
Amelia was even more well known for popularizing a radically new, and comfy, style of dress; and that is where the term “bloomers” comes from.👖 Amelia was a revolutionary for women’s fashion and social reform; Amy aspire to be a revolutionary for women’s space.
Bestselling author, keynote speaker, workplace expert, and resilience researcher Adam Markel inspires leaders to master the challenges of massive disruption in his new book, “Change Proof: Leveraging the Power of Uncertainty to Build Long-Term Resilience” (McGraw-Hill, Feb. 22, 2022).
Adam is the author of the #1 Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and Publisher’s Weekly bestseller, “Pivot: The Art & Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life.”
Adam is also the CEO of More Love Media.
Ashley Graham is the founder and creative director of Your Brandista, a modern-day public relations agency that infuses brand authority through caffeinated strategies and communications. To Your Brandista, every brand has a unique story. Their creative process is to filter the raw, unique details of a brand and incorporate a well-rounded methodology and strategy that brews the brand to stand out in their industry as an authoritative figure.
Known as a “Jill of all trades”, Ashley Graham is a serial entrepreneur who channels her passions, talents, and personal values to make a difference in the creative space. Pioneering the belief of building personal brands, Ashley is on a mission to launch a series of content streams across social media to increase awareness with her brands.
Known as a “Jill of all trades”, Ashley Graham is a serial entrepreneur who channels her passions, talents, and personal values to make a difference in the creative space. Pioneering the belief of building personal brands, Ashley is on a mission to launch a series of content streams across social media to increase awareness with her brands.
