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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.
Dr. Shara Posner is a practicing chiropractor in the DMV area. She is the owner of a holistic healthcare center incorporating Acupuncture, Massage, and Chiropractic for functional whole body healing. Back To Health Center is located in Old Town Alexandria Virginia and has been serving the community for over 15 years. Dr. Shara has a Masters in Nutrition and a Doctorate of Chiropractic. Utilizing her love for fitness, certification in Pediatrics and Maternal chiropractic health, Dr Shara has a unique and comprehensive approach for all ages and demographics.
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”.
Sarah is the founder and CEO of multiple businesses. She is a licensed counselor, coach, writer, blogger, and podcast host. Her first book is coming out in October 2019. All her businesses center around helping others heal, grow, and step into the full power of all they were created to be. She believes in the power of vulnerability, connection, and intentional growth and believes these characteristics are important for success in every area of our lives.
As an accomplished strategic business development, marketing, and operations professional, Kim Bryden has focused her expertise on the food & beverage industry, and supporting small business growth at-large, for more than a decade. Her management experience ranges from working in and alongside governmental agencies, to increasing sales as Top Fortune 200 retail management, to deploying agile, innovative marketing and partnership strategies at food tech start-ups. Since founding Cureate LLC in 2014, Kim continues to build out this multi-sector, public-private partnership approach. Whether its working with Anchor Institutions in Baltimore City on localizing procurement, to reimagining retail experiences for corner store owners to grocery chains, to developing educational entrepreneurship curricula for economic development agencies, Cureate takes a 360-degree approach — and that growth mindset comes from Kim and her passion for learning.
Michael H. Drobnis is the CEO of OptfinITy, LLC, , a technology solutions firm which has received numerous industry awards including a ranking of the top 250 small technology businesses worldwide. Mr. Drobnis has over 22 years of technology experience across many different industries and disciplines, including but not limited to records management, disaster recovery and business continuance planning, system security, web design and development, project management, technology and infrastructure design. As an accomplished technology executive and project manager, his vision and expertise have helped hundred's of organizations work smarter and more efficiently through the use and development of proper technology solutions and collaboration tools. Mr. Drobnis received his MBA with a concentration in technology from the McCallum Graduate School of Business at Bentley University in Massachusetts. He has served on the Fairfax County Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee, the ITT Technical Institute Curriculum Advisory Board, as the President and on the board of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce and on the board of the Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Drobnis is an alumni of Leadership Fairfax and The FBI Citizens Academy and is the proud father of 3 girls in West Springfield.
Michelle Nipko is the Chief Marketing Officer for the Austin Theatre Alliance (ATA), the organization the runs the Paramount and Stateside Theatres in Austin, Texas. She brings over 20 years of experience to this role leveraging her deep knowledge in the science of marketing analytics. In her previous roles she has served as a Senior Economist for American Express, a Product Manager for Financial Optimization Solutions for SAP, and a Vice President for Marketing Analytics at Bank of America. In addition to this varied industry experience, Michelle is also an entrepreneur at heart. Shortly after moving to Austin, she leveraged her expertise in social media and digital marketing optimization to form a company focused on lead generation in real estate. Most recently, she founded the podcast she hosts: ‘That One Big Decision’.
BILL FLYNN has more than thirty years of experience working for and advising hundreds of companies, including startups, where he has a long track record of success. After working for ten different high-tech startups in different market segments such as speech recognition, e-commerce, and affiliate marketing where he was a VP of Sales eight times, twice a CMO and once a GM of a division of a $100MM IT services company, he pivoted to becoming a business growth coach. Prior to, he had five successful outcomes, two IPOs, and seven acquisitions, including a turnaround during the 2008 financial crisis.
Bill is a multi-certified growth coach, has a Certificate with Distinction – Foundations of NeuroLeadership, is a Certified Predictive Index Partner, author and international speaker. Bill’s best-selling book – Further, Faster – The Vital Few Steps that Take the Guesswork out of Growth continues to garner a 5-Star rating.
Bill is a multi-certified growth coach, has a Certificate with Distinction – Foundations of NeuroLeadership, is a Certified Predictive Index Partner, author and international speaker. Bill’s best-selling book – Further, Faster – The Vital Few Steps that Take the Guesswork out of Growth continues to garner a 5-Star rating.
Armani is the Founder and CEO of F.A.C.E. The Agency Training & Consulting brings over 12 years of business and consulting experience within public sector, private sector, and with entrepreneurs. She specializes in developing and implementing business strategies that cross technical and functional boundaries. She spent majority of her career as a senior training consultant advising companies on their organizational development strategies and strategic training initiatives to increase revenue. She has managed multi-million dollar portfolios and retooled programs for industry executives across the country.
Ron Carucci is the best-selling author of 8 books, and popular contributor at Harvard Business Review and Forbes. He is a 2-time TEDx speaker. Ron led a ten year longitudinal study on executive transition to find out why more than 50% of leaders fail within their first 18 months of appointment, and uncovering the four differentiating capabilities that set successful leaders apart. Those findings are highlighted in his groundbreaking Amazon #1 book Rising To Power, co-authored with Eric Hansen.
