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He is the creative director and founder of 710 Squared. He is lead instructor of Green Skooled. They teach the business side of Canibus. Mr. Rener has lectured coast to coast on the rudiments of branding, visual vocabulary, viral video marketing, sales and user experience design. He has served as the only African-American on the re-branding board of CEO SPACE International, and was a distinguished member of their faculty for many years. Often known as ‘The Branding Guy’, his skill sets are incredibly diverse. Over 10 years ago, he produced the first educational car detailing web series, Final Touch TV, which has grossed over a million views on YouTube. Today, Mr Rener is a highly accomplished and sought- after consultant, strategist, educator, and designer. He has worked with a plethora of clients, that include Fast Frame, Wendy Ida Fitness, Bombay Saphire, John Leslie Brown (son of renowned speaker Les Brown), and many other clients who’s names cannot be divulged, because of standing non-disclosure agreements.

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.

Erin Lewis is owner and risk advisor at one of the fastest growing personal lines insurance agencies in the country - Goosehead Insurance. She and her team help families protect and realize their dreams by utilizing unbiased risk management expertise to provide the right insurance coverage at a fair price. She is Founder of The Dream Queen Association & Foundation – an organization dedicated to creating a world where all women and girls have the knowledge and support they need to step into positions of leadership and bring their whole selves to impacting the world, making it a more positive, peaceful, and joyful place to live. Erin currently serves as a Maryland Governor appointed Commissioner for the Governor’s Office on Service & Volunteerism and Steering Committee Member for the Million Women Mentor Maryland Initiative. Erin has been awarded the Business Leadership Woman of Impact Award from the Southern Maryland Women’s League and the Lifetime Legacy Leader Award from the Carolyn E Parker Foundation. Erin received her BA in Economics & Political Science from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. She is most proud to be the mom of an energetic, strong-willed 5 year old daughter, wife to her husband of 6 years, and step-mom to two athletic boys.

Armineh Keshishian is the founder and Artistic Director of Evolution Dance Theatre which has created and produced a number of multidisciplinary dance theatre productions. She says “I strive to create cultural fusion through art. I am inspired by concepts of women’s empowerment, diversity, multiculturalism and breaking down archetypal traditions. My aim is to bring people and cultures together by focusing on our commonalities vs. our differences.” Her last creation ‘Follow Your Heart’ a Broadway style Middle Eastern show, got the attention of Canada’s Prime Minister The Right Honorable Justin Trudeau who sent a letter of congratulations. Armineh is a leader who inspires by example and by courage.

Justin Breen is Founder/CEO of BrEpic, a PR firm that writes compelling, newsworthy stories for its clients and pitches those stories to media across the country (to help amplify messaging). BrEpic has worked with clients including Allstate, University of Illinois, Salvation Army, national IT firms, national hotel chains, financial planners, physicians, non profits and many more.