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Chris Spear, is the chef and owner of Perfect Little Bites, an in-home personal chef business based in Frederick, Maryland. He’s also the host of the Chefs Without Restaurants podcast, and the man behind the culinary networking organization of the same name. A graduate of Johnson & Wales University, Chris has been working in the foodservice industry for almost 30 years.
Carol Tice is the founder of the award-winning Make a Living Writing blog (founded 2008) and Freelance Writers Den paid membership community (founded 2011), which now has 1400 members. She coaches home-based freelance writers on how to grow their income with her proven program, Freelance Writers Den 2X Income Accelerator. Her own freelance business ramped to six figures in the downturn of ‘08-’10. Her freelance clients have included Forbes, Entrepreneur, Seattle Magazine, Delta Sky, Costco, American Express, Deloitte, and many more. She’s the author of 2 print books and 10+ e-books.
Caroline Joynson is a PR Strategist and the founder of Cheerleader PR. She helps passionate business owners to get media coverage and PR so they can raise their profile, build relationships and make more sales.
Caroline has worked in public relations for 20 years, both in award-winning PR agencies and as senior press officer at the UK’s National Media Museum; securing game-changing coverage across national, regional and online media. Going solo, Caroline has worked directly with a host of owner-managed creative businesses for the last six years, all of whom have turned their passion into a business from food & drink, travel, professional designer-makers and more.
Caroline launched Cheerleader PR one year ago to empower passionate business owners and entrepreneurs to become their own best cheerleader by promoting themselves with clarity and confidence. She helps them to get clear on their message and share it alongside their unique story and expertise. Caroline offers PR coaching, courses and consultancy and works with clients locally, nationally and internationally.
Caroline has worked in public relations for 20 years, both in award-winning PR agencies and as senior press officer at the UK’s National Media Museum; securing game-changing coverage across national, regional and online media. Going solo, Caroline has worked directly with a host of owner-managed creative businesses for the last six years, all of whom have turned their passion into a business from food & drink, travel, professional designer-makers and more.
Caroline launched Cheerleader PR one year ago to empower passionate business owners and entrepreneurs to become their own best cheerleader by promoting themselves with clarity and confidence. She helps them to get clear on their message and share it alongside their unique story and expertise. Caroline offers PR coaching, courses and consultancy and works with clients locally, nationally and internationally.
Chandler is a visionary business leader with high emotional intelligence and a rare mix of strategic, technology, marketing, sales and expertise combined with a true talent for devising and applying new ideas and innovation to propel companies to build competitive advantage.
Carmen Wilde is a top-rated, Business Breakthrough & Behavioral Specialist who helps entrepreneurs make the SWITCH from sporadic growth to Wilde Success! By age 30, Carmen was an international division head for a billion-dollar organization and a self-made millionaire. She’s a successful multinational entrepreneur, has 20+ years commercial experience and has helped hundreds of business leaders unleash hidden potential and achieve breakthrough results… from doubling growth and building 7-figure businesses in less than a year, to shifting from ‘Setback to Success Track’ and building Magnetic Confidence. She lives on the tropical island of Mauritius, the realization of a teenage dream and testimony to her motto: “You can have anything you want, Just Decide!!”
Christine McKay is a Business Negotiation Strategist, international speaker, host of In the Venn Zone podcast, and author of Why Not Ask? A Conversation about Getting More. Christine holds a Harvard MBA and is the CEO/Founder of Venn Negotiation. She has negotiated with more than half of the Fortune 100 & hundreds of small and mid-sized companies across 53 countries. She loves leveling the playing field for her clients and empowers entrepreneurs and business owners to ask for more of what they want and shows them how to get it. Her mission is to reduce business failure rates by helping people elevate their negotiation skills! She was born and raised in a rural community in Montana, graduating with the same 20 kids she grew up with. Christine’s been married to the love of her life for almost 30 years and is a proud mom of three grown children.
As a creative visionary and storyteller, Cory Rosenberg has been dedicated to helping companies and individuals alike bring life and value to their corporate and personal brands. With over three decades of experience, Cory has become a recognized expert in branding, licensing, production and new product development, and has ushered hundreds of projects from concept through to profitability. In addition to concentrating on developing his own portfolio of intellectual properties, Cory is a sought after creative and business/brand growth development consultant.
Chase Louderback, a Virginia native, began his real estate career in 2012 as a sophomore in college with the purchase of his first investment property. In the past 7 years, he has renovated numerous single-family homes to rent or resell and has subsequently co-founded Lioncrest Investments LLC, a manufactured home community investment company in 2019.
Cristina Smith is the award-winning, best-selling author of the Yoga for the Brain series. Lifelong entrepreneur, founder of the Subtle Energy Center and San Diego Holistic Chamber of Commerce, she is a passionate community builder. A renaissance woman, Cristina has had a successful writing, event production, speaking, coaching, marketing consulting careers in addition to being a chef. She lives in the forest community of Nevada City, California,.
Chris Hervochon is the owner of SOAR (Strategic Operational Accounting Resources) which is a sole proprietor CPA firm started in 2018. SOAR provides outsourced accounting and tax preparation for businesses and individuals. Prior to forming SOAR, Chris spent the prior ten years between forensic accounting and corporate accounting and finance, most recently as Finance Director for a large healthcare organization. Chris is highly involved in the accounting profession, volunteering with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and South Carolina Association of CPAs (SCACPA) and is also a 2018 graduate of the AICPA Leadership Academy.
