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Lynda T. Correa Peralta is the inventor of the Pocket Palette, a full face, travel makeup kit that fits in your wallet. The experience of building a brand for her product and for herself has prompted Lynda to launch personal branding coaching for reluctant millennials and others who are new to personal branding.
As the founder and president of By George HR Solutions, Diana found a common thread with most of her clients; the ability to hire employees that fit their company culture.
Diana has worked with global companies such as BOSE and the luxury watch company OMEGA. Diana brings with her over three decades of experience and learned early on how to motivate and get the best out of people which she now teaches organizations.
A co-author in “Anatomy of Accomplishment” Diana’s shares seven strategies on how to have a winning company culture. She teaches companies how to attract, hire and keep their top talent. Diana is the number one person you go to when you want to hire right the first time.
Diana has worked with global companies such as BOSE and the luxury watch company OMEGA. Diana brings with her over three decades of experience and learned early on how to motivate and get the best out of people which she now teaches organizations.
A co-author in “Anatomy of Accomplishment” Diana’s shares seven strategies on how to have a winning company culture. She teaches companies how to attract, hire and keep their top talent. Diana is the number one person you go to when you want to hire right the first time.
With more than 20 years experience across a broad range of industries, Lori Hamilton has worked as a marketing strategist, researcher and creative consultant to help more than 100 companies stand out from the competition with innovative solutions that really work. She specializes in positioning (brand and product differentiation for competitive advantage), facilitated work sessions and business innovation. A professor of Insights at Columbia University’s Masters’ Degree Program in Strategic Communications, she has worked on strategy, product development, creative direction and positioning for more than 50 Fortune 500 companies.
After a long career as a software contractor -- it seemed long anyway -- Steve Silberberg decided to toss aside nice things and financial security to start Fitpacking. Fitpacking takes people on backpacking adventure vacations to get fit and lose fat. He says, "Taking people backpacking is no way to get rich, but I do live an incredible quality of life."
Chris Colbert is the CEO and Founder of DCP Entertainment, a media platform for underrepresented voices, including people of color, women, the LGBTQ+ community, and other overlooked communities. He began his career in audio production more than a decade ago as an intern and consultant for Sirius Satellite Radio (now SiriusXM Radio), where he helped create Jamie Foxx’s comedy & music channel, The Foxxhole. Having worked with names like Jamie Foxx, Touré, Joy-Ann Reid, Zak Levitt, Andrew Jenks, Joe Madison, ESSENCE, PEOPLE, Crooked Media, Sports Illustrated, and the United Negro College Fund, Chris specializes in media partnerships and content development.
Tom Kirkham, founder and CEO of IronTech Security provides cybersecurity defense systems and focuses on educating and encouraging organizations to establish a security-first environment with cybersecurity training programs for all workers to prevent successful attacks. Kirkham brings more than three decades of software design, network administration, computer security, and cybersecurity knowledge to organizations around the country.
Lee Eisenstaedt is the founder of Leading With Courage Networking, an all-virtual, B2B networking community for trusted advisors with 10 or more years of experience. He designed LWCN based on his 40+ years of experience as a senior finance and operations executive in the US and Europe, and as a member of countless networking groups. Lee has addressed some of the larger opportunities he feels are being overlooked by most networking groups and has designed a community for who are today and the world we're evolving into.
Dr. Karen Gedney is an Internal Medicine Specialist who was placed in a male prison to do a four year payback for a scholarship she received and turned it into a calling that lasted 30 years. When she left that career she started her business, DRG Consulting, LLC and became a speaker, prison reform activist, expert medical witness and author of, '30 years Behind Bars,' Trials of a Prison Doctor.
Entrepreneur, Speaker and Artist, Chris is the founder of Piccles - a collaborative drawing experience to amplify creative expression. Winner of the MIT Creative Arts and the Hacking Health competitions, he can be found running workshops, running companies, or running through the woods in his free time.
Jay Gibb is a former software engineer, now the founder and CEO of B2B SaaS company CloudSponge. Together with his team, Jay has helped thousands of businesses drive growth over the last 20 years. With a unique blend of tech expertise and soft skills, Jay is an expert at helping entrepreneurs across all industries build the right products to reach a larger customer base and boost growth.
