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Jonathan DeYoe is the best-selling author of Mindful Money: Simple Practices for reaching your Financial Goals and increasing your Happiness Dividend. He writes and speaks about the intersection between love and money. He has been investing for 40 years and been a financial advisor for 25. He started his firm in 2001 and he is a big believer in financial literacy training and a big advocate for the fiduciary standard.
The inspiration behind starting her own business was that she married a descendant of the revolutionary women’s rights activist, Amelia Bloomer. Amelia created and produced the first women's newspaper The Lily, in 1849 promoting events and discussing issues important to women of the time.
Amelia was even more well known for popularizing a radically new, and comfy, style of dress; and that is where the term “bloomers” comes from.👖 Amelia was a revolutionary for women’s fashion and social reform; Amy aspire to be a revolutionary for women’s space.
Amelia was even more well known for popularizing a radically new, and comfy, style of dress; and that is where the term “bloomers” comes from.👖 Amelia was a revolutionary for women’s fashion and social reform; Amy aspire to be a revolutionary for women’s space.
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.
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.
Henning is a creative, adaptable, and results-driven global executive with extensive domestic and international experience in Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and General Management, both in a corporate and entrepreneurial setting. In his career he has been a global nomad, spending the last 20 years building, transforming, and leading sales teams around the world. This experience lead him to start Vendux and become the chief evangelist for interim and fractional sales leadership, helping to grow sales for SMEs.
Architect turned Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Cheekd— a mobile dating app that makes missed connections obsolete- https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cheekd/id807619613?mt=8. Lori, a Shark Tank Veteran, was recently listed as "The Digital Dating Disruptor" and "One of the Top 10 CEOs to Watch." A University of Kentucky Architectural Graduate, Lori is no longer building structures. She's now building relationships.
Ryan is the owner of Minute Women Home Care, a private home health care company located in Lexington, MA 6 miles outside of Boston. Established in 1969, Ryan bought the company from his Aunt in 2011 and has been focused on growing his business. Ryan is also on the board of directors for the National Aging In Place Council, a non-profit which helps connect seniors to proper senior care services. Ryan host two podcasts, The Caregiver Toolbox, and Conversation with Tara and Ryan. In his free time, Ryan enjoys golf, snowboarding and spearfishing.
David is a fitness entrepreneur that has adapted with the hybrid virtual training landscape throughout the past 2 years of the pandemic. Through David's experience as a clinical exercise physiologist and sports performance coach he has gained a vast amount of knowledge to help people of all ages achieve their fitness goals. He currently is connecting with the Ward 8 community of DC with a healthy lifestyle program called The Health Code to further educate the community on the three codes of living healthy which are finding your level of activity outside of work, a proper healthy nutrition, and the right type of mental and physical rejuvenation to prepare yourself for the upcoming day.
LORNA BORENSTEIN is CEO and Founder of Grokker, the on-demand wellbeing engagement solution for global enterprises including eBay, CVSHealth, Target, Dominos, Delta Air Lines, and GE. Her new book, It’s Personal: The Business Case for Caring, thoughtfully examines the Human Connection Movement™ in the workplace, which is fueled by a growing desire among employees to feel more connected to one another and as a result, better connected to their jobs. This movement has transformed the role of employers as the benefactors of wellbeing, and It’s Personal serves as a strategic and tactical guide for company leaders who want to embrace this transformational change, improve employee engagement, and drive business results. Previously, Lorna was President of publicly traded Move Inc. and held a number of executive positions at Yahoo! including Chief of their global personals online dating service and Head of Marketing for their multi-billion dollar worldwide Search & Marketplace businesses (Shopping, Travel, Autos, etc.). In 2000, Lorna launched eBay Canada out of her guest room in Toronto (with a newborn in tow) and went on to serve as eBay Inc.’s Vice President & General Manager.
Chris is the founder & CEO of Amplio Recruiting, a staffing company helping great companies hire dependable employees from the refugee workforce. In 2018, Amplio hit $4M in revenue and placed over 800 refugees into jobs in Atlanta, Houston, Dallas and Raleigh. They aim to be in 25 markets by 2025 and plan to release a book this Fall on the economic impact of refugees in the marketplace entitled "Refugee Workforce."
