Community & Guest List
Derrich Phillips is a bestselling author, combat veteran, husband, and proud father on a mission to help youth achieve their dreams and lead fulfilling lives. He’s dedicated to helping youth break the cycle of generational poverty and empowering people of all backgrounds to improve their lives and escape the poverty mindset. When not writing, Derrich enjoys traveling, competing in Ironman races, volunteering, and spending time with his loving family, and dog in Dallas, Texas.
Dancho Dimkov is a growth enthusiast. He is inspired by growth. Growth in companies, people, relations, and businesses. By enabling and sharing his knowledge, energy, and curiosity in everything he puts himself into, he has had the opportunity to do just that throughout his career – make things grow. He always strives to see what's around the next corner and believe it's a sport to think and do things differently rather than a challenge.
Curator and founder of The Museum of Interesting Things Denny Daniel brings his traveling interactive demonstration/exhibition of antiques and inventions to schools, libraries & events, inspiring innovation and creativity for all. He has appeared on the History Channel, The Science Channel, NY1News, PBS, Ch11 and over 20 publications including The Smithsonian & The NY Times, Timeout and presented and spoke at 4 TEDx talks. Daniel, an NYU Grad, often lectures there and Columbia University.
David Treece has nearly 30 years of experience as a fee-based investment advisor and is an accredited investment fiduciary. He understands financial markets and is an expert in financial planning. Recognized for his financial acumen and client-advocacy work, David has been featured on PBS's Nightly Business Report, The Washington Post, The Miami Herald, and on NBC6 in Miami in an Emmy-award winning series about his work. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Aging regarding senior citizens and financial planning. David has an MBA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and lives in Miami, Florida.
Donald L. Bedney, III, president of PSP Metrics, firmly believes that well-directed human capital should be harnessed to achieve extraordinary performance. With a mission of driving change through people, he aims to help 1,000,000,000 companies worldwide develop and engage their employees to resist mediocrity and aim instead at institutional excellence. He brings this commitment to superior performance to each of his clients and more than fifteen years of experience translating organizational needs into successful business strategies.
My name is David Cawley and I'm a CPA and partner at Fraim, Cawley & Company, CPAs located in Roanoke, Virginia. We're an entrepreneur-centric firm as most of our clients are small to medium size business owners. While we complete our clients tax returns, the returns themselves are almost an afterthought to the services we provide. Our background is in business and we ourselves are entrepreneurs, so our approach is not just saving money on taxes but helping our clients grow their own businesses.
Danielle Berman has dedicated her career to helping athletes understand their full potential. She believes that athletes should be supported as individuals with unique skills, passions and interests rather than a cog in the sports industry machine. That's why she founded Tackle What’s Next, where she serves as CEO, to provide athletes of all ages, sports and circumstance the opportunity to focus on creating impact and finding purpose in life after sports. Tackle What’s Next aims to provide athletes with a safe space to discuss the challenges and opportunities that come with transitioning out of sport, plus share important resources that can help.
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 E. Johnson, Jr., MDIV, MBA, is a licensed minister and founder of Kingdom Promises Ministries, LLC. Through Kingdom Promises Ministries, David empowers youth and young adults by hosting coming-of-age workshops that provide foundational and values-based knowledge about lessons for coming of age. He holds a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees from Howard University in Washington, DC, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He completed a life-changing clinical pastoral education (CPE) program and is certified through the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy with one unit of CPE. David is a proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
David Leonhardt runs THGM Writing services from rural Eastern Ontario. He spent many years in public relations and policy development learning how not to write. Now he leads a team of writers across North America, who serve primarily individuals and small businesses.
