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Keri Gans is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Yoga Teacher, and author of The Small Change Diet, a Shape Magazine Advisory Board Member and blogger for US News & World Report. The Keri Report, her own weekly blog and newsletter, helps to convey her no-nonsense and fun approach to living a healthy lifestyle. Gans is a sought-after nutrition expert and has conducted thousands of interviews worldwide. Her expertise has been featured in media outlets such as, Glamour, Shape, Self, Women’s Health, The Dr. Oz Show, ABC News, PIX11 Morning Show, Good Morning America, and FOX Business. She lives in NYC and East Hampton with her husband Bart, and is a huge dog lover, Netflix aficionado and martini enthusiast.
Scott Smoler is the CEO of weConnect, the world's fastest growing, privately owned global expansion and operations company. Scott has helped more than 1,000 multinational companies expand globally with incorporation, accounting, tax and HR services. Prior to weConnect, he held senior leadership positions at Tricor. After ten years of working in the accounting and payroll services industry, he set out to transform and innovate the industry. Scott has a passion for people and knows that the success of his business depends on happy clients and happy employees.
Claudia Cometa is a pharmacist turned business owner who lives her life purposefully and passionately. She worked for over a decade as a clinical pharmacist, then was quickly forced to see the healthcare system from the patient side after her father was diagnosed with lymphoma. It was this year-long struggle that shifted her course permanently. She is now on a mission to help others find clarity in their own healthcare journey and ultimately seek true wellness, which integrates mind, body, and spirit.
Jordan is active duty in the Navy and served on submarines for the first six years of his career. He is now training to be a Navy attorney in the JAG Corps and finishing his final year in law school. After watching many of his friends struggle when they chose to leave the Navy, Jordan became disenchanted with the process of finding opportunities for veterans to succeed. Combining his passion and love for cooking, he decided to start a nonprofit that helped veterans become successful in the culinary industry. In January 2020, he founded a nonprofit called "Chow" (www.LetsChow.org). Chow gives military veterans the opportunity to own and operate food trucks.
Mike is the Founder of JETRO, a modern day digital accounting firm servicing small business owners across the country. Mike has spent the majority of his career as an entrepreneur. He was CFO and co-founded several companies and has experience in all business stages. He set out on a mission to help businesses that have seen and lived the same experiences he did in business. Mike has both a Bachelors and Masters in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Dawn LaFontaine makes cats happy.
Carmen Wilde is a top-rated, Business Breakthrough & Behavioral Specialist who helps entrepreneurs make the SWITCH from sporadic growth to Wilde Success! By age 30, Carmen was an international division head for a billion-dollar organization and a self-made millionaire. She’s a successful multinational entrepreneur, has 20+ years commercial experience and has helped hundreds of business leaders unleash hidden potential and achieve breakthrough results… from doubling growth and building 7-figure businesses in less than a year, to shifting from ‘Setback to Success Track’ and building Magnetic Confidence. She lives on the tropical island of Mauritius, the realization of a teenage dream and testimony to her motto: “You can have anything you want, Just Decide!!”
Adam is a Managing Director at MGA, a highly strategic commercial real estate advisory firm focused on caring for the needs of occupiers of office and industrial real estate. Adam and his team provide expert consultation in analyzing and executing solutions aimed to reduce their client's overall facility expenses while maximizing workplace efficiency and productivity. They never represent institutional landlords and therefore can eliminate the inherent conflict of interest many commercial real estate firms have in representing both tenants and landlords.
Monique Melton is a relationship coach, published author, and international speaker. The heart of her work is to support married couples in building happy and healthy marriages. She travels the world speaking at conferences and events on topics related to personal growth, marriage, and relationships. She’s been published in magazines, featured in blogs and podcasts and has touched the lives of people all over the world. She is a natural big-bold dreamer and a deeply rooted woman of faith. She is a proud Navy wife to her high-school sweetheart and she is a loving mother to two little ones.
Tiffany Parra is considered to be one of the top Gen-Z content creators on LinkedIn. As the host of the iTunes top-charting "Work In Progress" podcast, Tiffany interviews up-and-coming creatives and entrepreneurs to find the blueprint on how they got started to encourage others to start their own projects. She's currently in the process of launching her own scrunchie brand all while connect[in]g people with opportunities at LinkedIn.
