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Jennifer is a passionate wine guide with Traveling Vineyard. She lives in one of the most well known areas in the country for Pinot Noir with her husband, a 5 year old German Shepherd named Lexi and their rescue cat named Graycie. Her full time career is as an executive assistant for a national insurance and wealth management company. Jennifer is excited to start traveling again and is looking forward to seeing her friends and family in the very near future.
Jared Bauman is the Co Founder of 201 Creative Media, a digital marketing agency that specializes in SEO, Social Media, and Marketing for small and medium businesses. Prior to 201 Creative Media, he was a Co Founder and President of ShootDotEdit, the premium post processing company for professional wedding photographers worldwide. Jared has 20 year history of leading new innovation in marketing efforts, both as a consultant and business owner. A nationally known public speaker, Jared has spoken in front of tens of thousands in public and online educational events, along with releasing a book titled “ Simple Steps to Master Public Speaking “, which reached #1 on Amazon in Public Speaking during its first week.
Jodie is the owner of JC Social Media, a team of social media managers based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She co-founded Clever Tykes, a series of children’s storybooks inspiring enterprising behaviour, which are read in every primary school in the UK and have just launched in the USA. She was included in Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in 2017 and won the 2017 Entrepreneurs Champion award at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. She also competes for Great Britain in powerlifting.
Jackie Ducci is a hiring expert, and founder of Ducci & Associates which is talent acquisition agency servicing Fortune 500 clients nationwide. Her firm boasts an astounding 90 percent success rate placing candidates in long-term positions. Jackie’s 15 years in talent acquisition (and consequent front row seat to countless closed-door hiring conversations) lead her to write her first book, Almost Hired.
John Taylor Chapman, a fourth generation Alexandrian is a member of Alexandria City Council, first elected in 2012. He is also the founder of Manumission Tour Company, LLC , which seeks to bring attention to the historical legacy of Africans and African Americans in Alexandria through curating guided cultural heritage tours.
Jeff Butler is a speaker, author and passionate millennial who helps organizations improve their relationships with millennial employees. You may have see on him on Forbes, USA Weekly, or on the TED stage. A native Californian and raised in Silicon Valley, he graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Computer Science. During his time in college, he was training for the Olympics under 3 time Olympian Tore Gustafsson, but left that pursuit because software engineering paid more. Unlike other experts on millennials, Jeff has been in the trenches of what it means to be a millennial and what it takes to retain and keep them engaged. With Jeff ‘s versatile background, he has addressed companies like Amazon and Google as well as thousands of professionals across the North America.
Justin Breen is Founder/CEO of BrEpic, a PR firm that writes compelling, newsworthy stories for its clients and pitches those stories to media across the country (to help amplify messaging). BrEpic has worked with clients including Allstate, University of Illinois, Salvation Army, national IT firms, national hotel chains, financial planners, physicians, non profits and many more.
Joanna believes passionately that businesses of any size should ‘stick to their knitting’: “Focus on what you’re really good at - and let experts help take care of the rest.”"
As the Connection Counselor, Joe teaches busy professionals how to unlock the 12 SuperPersonal skills that elevate your career. He is the author of the ground-breaking Unlock Your Leadership series, including "Unlock Your Executive Presence," which finally wrestles to the ground this elusive ability. An acclaimed coach and keynote speaker with over 20 years of experience in Corporate America, his goal is to help you unlock the best version of yourself. Joe also hosts “The Big Lie” and "Why It Works" podcasts and when he is not teaching, loves to spend time training in Aikido. Joe holds a B.A. in psychology from the University of Virginia, a J.D. from Georgetown University, and lives in New Jersey with his family.
Jessica T. Ornsby is the founder of A+O Law Group, a Washington, DC based litigation law firm. Jessica received her J.D. and LL.M. from Georgetown University and uses her legal experience to serve families and individuals facing legal difficulties related to family law, landlord-tenant and business matters.
