Community & Guest List
Jennifer Mulchandani is the Founder and CEO of Arlington Strategy, a comprehensive marketing agency whose mission is to build thriving brands working to change the world. Since launching Arlington Strategy in 2012, Jennifer has become an active member of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, is an alumnae of Leadership Arlington class of '15 and serves on the Board of Directors for Bridges to Independence. Jennifer and her husband of 21 years have three teenage boys, and when not in a pandemic, her family travels off the beaten path around the world as much as possible.
Angela Ficken is a psychotherapist and entrepreneur in Boston MA. Her psychotherapy practice and brand is ProgressWellness.com. She had worked previously at McLean Hospital and Harvard University before starting her full-time private practice. As a therapist, she specializes in OCD, eating disorders, and anxiety-related concerns. Angela also has a blog and has written for the HuffingtonPost.com, ThriveGlobal.com, Yourtango.com, marriage.com, and Today.com Parenting. Her expertise has been featured in Bustle.com, Buzzfeed.com, PopSugar.com, Yahoo! News, Nylon, among many other outlets.
Dr. Chris Whaley overcame a lot of obstacles to become a professional wrestler. He wrestled such greats as The Undertaker and The Ultimate Warrior. His book, The Masked Saint documents his transition from pro wrestler to pastor. His book was made into an award winning movie by the same title.
James is the founder of TheAdvisorCoach.com and he is dedicated to helping financial advisors get more clients. He's best known for his email marketing program, "Appointments On Autopilot", which shows financial advisors how to leverage email marketing to set appointments with prospects. James is also the host of the "Financial Advisor Marketing" podcast, which releases new episodes every Monday morning.
Mercy Muigai is the founder of Impact Communities in Kenya. Impact Communities is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in early 2018. Through the organization, Mercy seeks to promotes the idea of sustainable development in communities with a long-term view of transforming peace-disrupting cultures through means that achieve lasting solutions. The organization is mainly comprised of youthful members and works across Nairobi County and the neighboring environments. She is also a proud member of the CBNation team where she serves the blogging community of entrepreneurs and business owners.
Dubbed the vacation rental gurus, Wendy Schultz and her husband Scott, are revolutionizing the vacation rental industry (Airbnb)! After leaving a high stress corporate job in healthcare over 5 years ago to pursue her dream of owning a business, Wendy has developed a company that incorporates her love for vacations and real estate known as The Simple Life Hospitality. Her team teaches investors how to get started in vacation rentals and offers consultation from property selection to remodeling/furnishing to ongoing property management.
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.
Olympia LaRose is a Women in Tech Ambassador, Speaker, and Career Advisor for distinct leaders, managers, and executives. As a former engineering consultant, Olympia has worked with global 500 companies including the United Nations, PIMCO, and Paul Weiss law firm to solve complex technology challenges. Today, she's the Principal and Chief Purpose Officer at Piahrose (pee-ah-rose) a strategic career marketing firm headquartered in Atlanta. Olympia leads the career marketing and coaching development operations, ensuring clients find purpose in work, manage their human capital and develop a strong career brand to future-proof their employment against the tech disruption.
Gratitude, service and the importance of community is what drives and inspires Caren of cp:yoga. Her vision was to create a welcoming space for all people to explore their physical and mental well-being through the power of movement while intentionally giving back to the community through fundraising and campaign awareness. Over the course of 2021 she and her community raised $8,000, worked with 11 different organization serving 11 different causes. She has grown her community and following from 3 to 90 unique members, all motivated to make different and impact on the community that surrounds them.
Laura Rike is a Pinterest Strategist who helps high-performing business owners implement content growth plans, outsource their visibility and steadily grow their monthly revenue through her signature growth to greatness framework with done for you services and course packages. She offers a Pinterest toolkit here to jumpstart your success today!
