Community & Guest List
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.
Dave Combs is a songwriter, photographer, and entrepreneur with four decades of experience writing over 120 songs, creating fourteen albums of soothing, relaxing instrumental piano music, and building a successful music business. His songwriting began with the now popular standard, Rachel’s Song. His soothing, relaxing music has been played millions of times worldwide on radio, satellite, and all internet streaming media and it continues to touch the lives of millions of people all over the world. He is also the author of the new book, Touched By The Music: How the Story and Music of Rachel’s Song Can Change Your Life.
Dmitriy Fomichenko is the founder and president of Sense Financial Services LLC, a boutique financial firm specializing in self-directed retirement accounts with checkbook control. He began his career in financial planning and real estate investing in 2000. He owns multiple investment properties in various states and is a licensed California Real Estate Broker. Over the years, he has taught hundreds of investment and financial planning seminars and has mentored thousands of investors.
Denise Casagrande is the President and COO of PCG Digital. Her days are spent leading and growing the digital agency while making advancements in digital marketing that her team can provide for their clients. She wrote her first book 'Can You See Me Now?' in 2017, is an international speaker, a 40 under 40 award recipient, and a thought leader in social media marketing and advertising. Denise resides at the Jersey Shore with her husband George, and can always be found at the local beach.
David Adler, Founder and CEO of The Travel Secret. David is a seasoned entrepreneur who has had extensive experience in travel, e-commerce, marketing, HR, and international business.
Desanti Carden is a musician and entrepreneur based in Houston, Texas. She founded "Tough Luck" the media company and posts regularly on her self-titled Youtube channel. Her content is focused on solo-preneurship and human optimization to educate her audience on the importance of being aware of one's biological and mental health and how it impacts executing on their dreams.
Don Schmincke is the author of the Best-Selling book The Code of Executive and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. He is an Award-Winning Speaker, Researcher, Founder of the SAGA Leadership Institute and delivered over 1,700 speeches.
David is a fitness entrepreneur that has adapted with the hybrid virtual training landscape throughout the past 2 years of the pandemic. Through David's experience as a clinical exercise physiologist and sports performance coach he has gained a vast amount of knowledge to help people of all ages achieve their fitness goals. He currently is connecting with the Ward 8 community of DC with a healthy lifestyle program called The Health Code to further educate the community on the three codes of living healthy which are finding your level of activity outside of work, a proper healthy nutrition, and the right type of mental and physical rejuvenation to prepare yourself for the upcoming day.
David is the founder and CEO of Warm Welcome and was recently named a Top 100 Tech Innovator and Influencer.
Dan is co-founder and CEO of Range. He was a Staff Software Engineer at Google, and went on to lead engineering at Medium. He has an MA in Industrial Design from Sheffield University, and a BSc in Artificial Intelligence from The University of Manchester. In past lives Dan raced snowboards, jumped out of planes, and lived in the jungle.
