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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.
Ronjini Joshua is the ceo and founder of The Silver Telegram a PR agency focused on brand awareness and media relations for technology companies. She has been in the PR industry for 17 years working at large agency's, as in-house PR and as the founder of her own agency. Ronjini is also the host of The PR Playbook Podcast, a podcast about everything you need to know about public relations as well as a contributor on Forbes and a speaker at industry events.
Lauren is a Postpartum Mentor who serves mothers who are struggling with anxiety and stress in motherhood. She focuses on three foundational blocks for healing: Self Care, Time Management, Holistic Healing Alternatives.
Lara McElderry has a background in family sciences and graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Masters Degree in Teaching. She has worked with youth and adults and has a strong interest in family dynamics. Lara has been navigating the medical world for the last seventeen years as she has supported her husband through medical school, residency, a specialty change, fellowship, as well as raising five boys. She is the founder and podcast host of Married To Doctors. Her show is an interview based weekly podcast. Spouses of physicians share their stories and experts share advice as Lara leads a discussion asking personal and hard questions that explore the joys and challenges of being Married to Doctors.
and her adventures in the military when delivering impactful and transformative wellness presentations."
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.
Candace chatman is a online sales coach helping service providers package their expertise into sellable coaching programs, leverage live video to sell, and increase through income though better communication on social media.
Roman Zelichenko is a lawyer, entrepreneur, writer and improviser, and is the founder of two companies: one is a legal tech startup that automates manual processes for immigration lawyers and HR professionals, and the other brings improv workshops to startups and other organizations for team building, soft-skills workshops and more.
Beth established SmartMouth in Salt Lake City in 2005 to offer Speaker Coaching, Presentation Skills Training, Media Readiness™ Training, and related services. Beth is the author of the award-winning book "Jock Talk: 5 Communication Principles for Leaders as Exemplified by Legends of the Sports World." She is also the creator of the iOS app, SmartMouth Public Speaking Toolkit, and a suite of Communication and Presentation Skills courses offered online through OpenSesame.com and GO1.com. Beth has lectured and taught at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, the University of Utah, and New York University. In 2015, Beth was one of Utah Business Magazine’s "30 Women to Watch.” She has been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, the BBC, The Wall Street Journal and is a regular contributor to Forbes.com.
Sam Starns is a TEDx speaker, elopement expert and movement leader in adventure elopement photography. With nearly a decade of wedding experience, Sam has traveled to numerous states and countries for elopements to jumpstart the transformation for real change to encourage anyone to become their authentic self. Sam Starns’ debut book, Elope Your Life is set to release in November 2020.
