Community & Guest List
Amber Duggan is the Executive Director of We the Dogs Inc, which is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that was formed by five women from the DC area. We the Dogs has teams in Washington DC and New York City, and their mission is to connect dog owners and advocates so that they can work together to raise donations for animal rescue organizations in the community.
Dr. Nicole Rankine, affectionately known as “Dr. Nic” is the CEO of the COLE Academy of Personal Growth. As a certified John Maxwell Team speaker, teacher, and coach, Dr. Nic helps leaders and student become better leaders of others but most importantly themselves. Dr. Nic has trained leaders and students throughout the US and around the world including Costa Rica, Kenya, South Africa, and China. Dr. Nic is one of the most engaging trainers and coaches around. She truly has a sincere passion for helping people get to their next level both personally and professionally.
Kyle is fairly new to the marketing focus, with no formal marketing education and only 2 years of experience in the profession. Despite this, he's been able to find a great deal of success by leveraging his past experience in multimedia production, and the skills from his previous role as a communications specialist. Originally filling both a marketing and sales role in his company, Kyle has been recently appointed as the head marketing coordinator at Tradogram, an online software-as-a-service startup seeking to provide a streamlined purchasing and procurement management tool for businesses of all sizes.
Danica is the CEO and founder of Everywhere Agency - perhaps the leading influencer marketing agency in the country. Her agency works with some of America's most beloved brands, matching them with influencers to tell their stories online. Before launching Everywhere, Danica was a well-known media executive and television producer. She worked on such acclaimed shows as Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live. Danica is one of the founders of the Influencer Marketing Association, a non-profit devoted to keeping the "human" in influencer marketing.
Ron Imbach has helped all types of businesses for more than 30 years. Ron has been called a Business Transformation Specialist, because he uses coaching techniques, marketing and business strategies, and the owner's knowledge and experience with their business to help them grow their revenue and profits, and increase the value of their businesses. For small businesses and non-profits who want to take their business to the next level and take their lives back while growing their organizations, Ron can help you do that.
Jacqueline Basulto started her company SeedX Inc. in her early 20s after a short stint at Google with $20 and a dream to help businesses grow online. Today, the company helps national brands create more revenue primarily through direct to consumer sales and strategy. Jacqueline is the daughter of immigrants from Cuba and Puerto Rico and is a proud New Angelean (New York - Los Angeles) resident.
Jaclyn Strauss, CPA is the founder of her own company called My Macro Memoir and has become a leading efficiency expert by putting her skills and knowledge to work by creating a secure place for families to digitally organize themselves with the thinking done for them. She has also recently launched a physical binder that allows for space for every original document that must be retained based on her professional guidance as a CPA all secured in a fireproof/waterproof envelope. Jaclyn leads with her heart in all that she does and has a passion to serve the greater good of her local community and beyond.
Sophie Chiche is a multi-talented entrepreneur, author, speaker, journalist, and psychologist. Equal parts philosophical and practical, Sophie has a unique ability to cut through the BS that keep people trapped in frameworks that don’t match their dreams. Her newest venture, becurrent, is a unique productivity method that shows people not just how to be productive but to be "productive with purpose." One of her most notable entrepreneurial ventures was the creation of Shape House, an L.A.-based "sweat shop" featured on Good Morning America, The Doctors, and Ellen.
Founder and CEO of Hire Talent, Fletcher Wimbush, has interviewed over 10,000 applicants, assessed tens of thousands more and has presented to numerous business groups and HR leaders on best recruiting practices based on his published content such as “Hiring Talented Team Players: a Guide to Getting it Right,” The Power Interview Guide, various eBooks, and thousands of articles.
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.
