Community & Guest List
Kyara M. Lombre is a Washington native and earned a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Media Studies at Bowie State University, before moving on to Florida State University, where she pursued her master’s degree in Television and Film. When she returned home, she worked for Maryland Public Television (MPT), where she produced and directed documentaries like “Voices of Baltimore” which chronicled the 2015 Baltimore riots for Freddie Gray. She quickly realized that her talents and dreams were often being boxed away inside a cubicle, she quit her job with MPT as an Associate Producer and started her media company, Lab House Studios, which specializes in outdoor and indoor portrait photography. With over ten years of unique experience behind the lens and behind the scenes, she has continued to define and refine her craft as contemporary/modern, simplistic, and clean- lending itself to dynamic, engaging, and beautiful images. Ultimately, her mission is to create memories that will last a lifetime.
Denise Casagrande is the President and COO of PCG Digital. Her days are spent leading and growing the digital agency while making advancements in digital marketing that her team can provide for their clients. She wrote her first book 'Can You See Me Now?' in 2017, is an international speaker, a 40 under 40 award recipient, and a thought leader in social media marketing and advertising. Denise resides at the Jersey Shore with her husband George, and can always be found at the local beach.
Sharita Jennings is the founder of health & fitness website, Get Fit Like That. Formerly, Sharita worked full time as a health policy attorney, balancing Get Fit Like That as a side hustle, through which she led group fitness classes across the Washington D.C. area. Recently, Sharita left her full time job to turn her focus 100% to Get Fit Like That and expand her ability to help others get fit like that. Now, she leads virtual classes, provides personal training services to ambitious go-getters and jet-setters who need help balancing their health and their hustle.
Originally a qualified accountant, Sonu co-founded Shopper.com – a global community of shopping influencers from over 40 countries. Sonu started her career with Citi Bank and later moved to Financial Advisory at KPMG before gaining 10+ years of experience in retail marketing platforms. Sonu is passionate about women entrepreneurship and innovation, particularly in tech.
Brittany is a firehouse of passion who is devoted to helping high-achieving women get unstuck and hit their biggest goals in record time. Brittany shares her beliefs in the massive power of deliberate decision-making even in the smallest details of each day. She finds joy in helping busy women regain ownership of their lives by infusing each day with snack-sized planning practices and journaling snippets that connect-the-dots to fulfillment.
Melissa Morris is a Business Operations Consultant who specializes in client processes - think client onboarding, management and offboarding. She uses her 10 years of client management experience to help service based business owners streamline and automate these processes. Melissa’s been seen in INC Magazine and Keap Business Success Blog and heard on podcasts such as Boss Mom and The Sassy Strategist. She frees business owners from overwhelm so they can actually work ON their business and not just IN their business.
Steve Groom is a Certified Realty Investor, graduate of Towson University and Investors United School of Real Estate, an author and a life-long Maryland resident. Prior to real estate he worked in Retail Management and Call Center Management. These experiences instilled in him a burning desire – to experience and to provide – superior Customer Service in everything that he does.
Lesley Logan has been teaching Pilates for 10 years, leading Pilates retreats in Siem Reap, Cambodia and Maui, Hi for two years and after publishing her book "Profitable Pilates: Everything But the Exercises" has been coaching Pilates teachers and Studio Owners on how to grow their businesses.
Dr. Moossy is a native Texan, born in Dallas and raised in Lubbock. He received his undergraduate degree at St. Edwards University in Austin and went on to attain his DDS at the University of Texas dental branch in Houston. Dr. Moossy has been in practice since 1998. He owns two practices, one fee-for-service cosmetic practices, and one in-network insurance office. You’ll find him at his flagship dental practice focusing primarily on cosmetics and reconstructive dentistry. He prides himself on exceeding the required continuing education for dentists each year and strives to keep himself and his practices up-to-date on the latest techniques and technology.
Marissa Ferguson is a 24 years-young entrepreneur who began her business just under 2 years ago with a vision and her iPhone. What started as a side gig turned into a full time job in 4 short months, all thanks to shampoo... yup, shampoo. Since then, she's been able to travel freely, pick up her dream car, build fruitful savings + investments, give back more than ever and most importantly, impact thousands of lives. This is just the beginning for Marissa as she continues to live out her god-given purpose!
