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Juan Castillo is a serial entrepreneur from Spain, who has bootstraped 10 online projects so far, and now runs GuruWalk, the biggest community of free walking tour guides in the world, with a team of 15 people in their offices in Valencia, Spain, and 2000 guides in 90 countries offering this kind of "pay-what-you-want" walking tours.
Meg Wheeler is the Co-Founder and CEO of One For Women, an online platform, community and marketplace, to provide women with the resources, support, and guidance to be champions of women. She is the hostess of One For Womenkind, a weekly podcast featuring intimate conversations on the power of small gestures and how we can use kindness and compassion to show up and support women. Meg is also a Business Coach and Financial Educator, teaching creative, online and service-based entrepreneurs how to run financially fit businesses through her course, Biz Money Blueprint, and her 1-on-1 programs.
Elizabeth Shaw, MS RDN CPT is a national nutrition expert and best-selling author who works as a freelance consultant, spokesperson and nutrition professor in San Diego. Her passion for breaking down the science-based facts into digestible soundbites has led her to what she loves doing most: helping others understand the important role wholesome food can play in managing their health and improving their wellness, one bite at a time! You can find Liz writing on her website, ShawSimpleSwaps.com, or sharing her delicious simple swapped meals over on @shawsimpleswaps on social media.
Tonya McKenzie is an author and public relations consultant by trade, a child advocate by choice. Tonya started her career in public relations at the Mt. Diablo Region YMCA, where she needed media coverage to help grow and expand the services provided to the city. After constructing and selling corporate membership packages, she was nominated and elected to the Oakley Chamber of Commerce and appointed to Contra Costa County's Youth Commission by Supervisor Federal Glover. While Tonya serves on the Board of Directors for the Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce and as Vice President of the North Redondo Beach Business Association, she to continues helping entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits gain media attention and grow their brand recognition through the company that she founded in 2014, Sand & Shores PR.
Adessa Barker is a practicing attorney, transformative speaker and wellbeing practitioner. Adessa teaches people and organizations how to create a culture of wellness that resonates with their values and strengths. Adessa conducts workshops and talks throughout the country and is a highly sought after speaker and coach. Adessa is originally from Trinidad and Tobago and went to high school and college in Washington, DC where she currently resides.
Jamie Kolnick is a writer, mama, musician, philanthropist and the founder/CEO of the nationwide children’s music company, “Jam with Jamie" which offers parties, classes, events, and education to ages 3 months- 10 years of age. Jamie is currently writing a comedic coming of age memoir about loss and lives in Miami with her husband, two boys, Zach and Evan and has a little girl on the way.
After helping build a website design agency with a partner, I went out on my own to start Adapted Growth. We help small teams and entrepreneurs use technology and process to make sales repeatable. I am also one of the hosts on a new sales podcast called Sales Throwdown, we talk about how to get past your nature to be more successful in sales. He also has a business called Clutch Closer.
Specializing with women leaders and entrepreneurs, Randi Braun is an executive coach, consultant, speaker, and the Founder of Something Major. She has coached leaders from the Fortune 500 to small business and start-ups. A thought leader on women's leadership, Randi has been featured by Forbes, The Washington Post, and Parents Magazine. Before founding Something Major, Randi was a sales leader who generated tens of millions of dollars for a diverse portfolio of organizations including non-profits, publicly traded and privately held companies, and tech start-ups.
Dr. Cortney Baker is an award-winning entrepreneur, podcast host, researcher, author, TEDx speaker, and a nationally-recognized authority on women’s leadership. Her experience founding and growing KidsCare, a multi-million dollar enterprise that has provided healthcare to over 50,000 children with special needs from Texas to Colorado, offers her the unique opportunity to leverage her depth of expertise to help women who are positions similar to the one she was in 15 years ago. In her work, Cortney helps side hustlers transition to CEO of their business, something many of them find very scary.
CEO and Co-founder of GTMPlus (gtm-plus.com) - a software development company that provides IT outsourcing, team extension, customer, and technical support services for businesses that want to work with broad-minded people who understand customer problems and provide excellent solutions. Public speaker, Co-Founder of Startup School University Edition, the get-things-done person with a passion for diversity and leveraging technology to make life digitally better.
