Community & Guest List
Ron Carucci is the best-selling author of 8 books, and popular contributor at Harvard Business Review and Forbes. He is a 2-time TEDx speaker. Ron led a ten year longitudinal study on executive transition to find out why more than 50% of leaders fail within their first 18 months of appointment, and uncovering the four differentiating capabilities that set successful leaders apart. Those findings are highlighted in his groundbreaking Amazon #1 book Rising To Power, co-authored with Eric Hansen.
laugh … and connect the dots between their own experiences as a customer and how their behaviors and the way their employees treat customers affects their bottom line."
Roli Edema is a personal development blogger and a digital marketer. Her work has been featured on various online publications including Under30CEO, Thrive Global, and Addicted2Success. Roli has published hundreds of articles on topics relating to self-improvement, online learning, positive mindset shifts, and overcoming anxiety. Through her blog, Roli reaches an audience of professionals and entrepreneurs, and shares useful tools to help individuals reach their goals.
Riley Adams is a licensed CPA working as a senior financial analyst at Google in the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally from New Orleans, Riley focuses on strategies for reaching financial independence and often writes about useful advice regarding tax strategies, investing, and financial decision-making on his website, Young and the Invested. His site targets like-minded young professionals who have an interest in financial independence and also a desire to learn more about entrepreneurship as a career ambition.
Riley is the owner of Blue Skye Media! Blue Skye Media is a real estate photography company located in Northern Virginia servicing realtors from Fredericksburg up to DC! They provide it all, Photos, Video Tours, 3D Tours, and Aerial Footage! What sets them apart is that they also provide YouTube and social media services to help realtors grow their business with video online!
Specializing with women leaders and entrepreneurs, Randi Braun is an executive coach, consultant, speaker, and the Founder of Something Major. She has coached leaders from the Fortune 500 to small business and start-ups. A thought leader on women's leadership, Randi has been featured by Forbes, The Washington Post, and Parents Magazine. Before founding Something Major, Randi was a sales leader who generated tens of millions of dollars for a diverse portfolio of organizations including non-profits, publicly traded and privately held companies, and tech start-ups.
living in the Virgin Islands and lending his voice to a McDonald's radio commercial. You can join Kinsler on twitter or instagram @RAKinsler for snippets of the journey."
Reginald is the Founder of Thriving Life Coaching, their motto is "Every student needs a little TLC!" TLC is an academic readiness and life coaching service for middle school, high school and college students to maximize their full potential. The coaching helps students utilize time management, organization and study skills to do their best work. Ryder has 30 years of experience in working with secondary and postsecondary organizations as well as students from orientation to graduation via Zoom in California, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. He is a professor at Northern Virginia Community College teaching College Student Success and authored a book Passing the Baton A Guide and Memoir of College Success.
Rasheedah is Principal and Co-founder at RC Communications, a Washington, DC-based strategic communications firm. She works with clients to media coach them, create branding and marketing strategies, crisis communication plans, and fundraising campaigns. Her passion is helping women business and government leaders define their brand and raise their profile. She is also a highly sought-after commentator for US and international media where she shares her expertise and analysis of US and international affairs. She is a proud native South Carolinian and alumna of Howard University.
which he built because traditional CRMs weren't helpful for growing his boutique consulting company. He's also the host and Chief Nerd of the Sales for Nerds podcast."
