Community & Guest List
Tara Bradford is the CEO and Founder of Rae Media Group, a strategic marketing communications firm based out of New York City. She helps industry leaders become World Renowned Experts and has worked with everyone from startup founders to Inc 500 executives. She is also an International Speaker on publicity, social capital, trust, and generosity.
Tara is Founder and Chairwoman of Impact Profit, which is a nonprofit dedicated to making entrepreneurship more accessible to Black Founders. Tara has been a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for over a decade and founded Impact Profit to use her skillset to do some good in the world. She received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her Masters in Accounting and MBA from Northeastern University. She's a New Jersey native, but currently resides in Washington, DC.
2016 Client Choice Award USA and listed in IAM Strategy 300."
Tom Madden is the quintessential “PR man.” Telling him to stop publicizing, inventing products like his Knife and Forklift™ that helps you to exercise while eating, and writing articles, blogs and books is like telling the government to stop spending money—pointless. His popular blog is called MaddenMischief. Madden’s rise in the world of media started at The Philadelphia Inquirer before he served as Vice President of NBC under then-CEO Fred Silverman. After departing NBC, Madden launched his own award-winning public relations firm, TransMedia Group, in 1981 that is now celebrating it's 40th year in business in 2021. The firm is now based in Boca Raton, Florida, and has offices worldwide.
T.W. Shannon is an accomplished leader with diverse experience in business, public service and community engagement. Today he leads one of the most unique banks in the country. As the CEO of Chickasaw Community Bank based in Oklahoma City, he leads a remarkably successful enterprise that is wholly owned by the Chickasaw Nation. Under his leadership, Chickasaw Community Bank completed the year 2020 at a record sixfold projections. Prior to his tenure at the bank, T.W. made history by becoming the youngest Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, as well as being the first Chickasaw and first African American to hold the post.
Tanner Chidester owns and operates an 8 figure consulting company where they help business owners take their skills online.
Tina Hyland, a certified Life & Business Coach who is passionate about helping business owners achieve their goals and live life on their terms. Her mission is to lead, coach and inspire women entrepreneurs to become freedom-filled, empowered business owners. She specializes in helping you “get out of your own way” and overcome limiting beliefs around money so that you can learn to thrive, not just survive in your business. She knows how to break things down into actionable steps while achieving success without "over complicating" things. Balance is key and she will show you how to sustain a profitable business while making time for you and your family without sacrificing either's success.
Taylor Cacciola is one of the co-founders at Namra Consulting Group - a Boston based digital marketing company that specializes in social media management, marketing, and advertising. At its core - NCG is a marketing consulting firm, first. That means creating custom marketing solutions based on each one of their client's unique problems, needs, and goals.
Tiaa is the creative, owner and chief product developer of TeTe’s Butter Company, a plant-based|handmade beauty and body product for the entire family. The product line includes body butters, soaps, scrubs, lip balms and a beard care line. Products can be purchased from her website , www.tetesbutterco.com or if you’re ever in DC, stop by one of her pop up events at The Spice Suite, a black owned spice store!
Treasure Shields Redmond, known as the “#DebtFreeDegree Expert,” is founder of Get The Acceptance Letter Academy. This is a community where she helps busy parents of college bound teens secure top-tier education without massive debt.
