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CEO, Stewart, Cooper & Coon, a Human Capital Strategies and Resource Company. Nationally published best-selling author: Ready Aim Hired, Leveraging LinkedIn for Job Search Success, and the behavioral competency hit, Hire The EQ, Not The IQ. Publisher and Host of article and podcast series, The US At Work. On senior team at two companies that made the Inc. Magazine, Top 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S., multiple times each. Has worked in both the private and public sectors. An old time clawhammer banjo player.
Gratitude, service and the importance of community is what drives and inspires Caren of cp:yoga. Her vision was to create a welcoming space for all people to explore their physical and mental well-being through the power of movement while intentionally giving back to the community through fundraising and campaign awareness. Over the course of 2021 she and her community raised $8,000, worked with 11 different organization serving 11 different causes. She has grown her community and following from 3 to 90 unique members, all motivated to make different and impact on the community that surrounds them.
Lauren is a former CPA turned blogger, and she and her business partner, Alex Nerney, run two successful blogs together. Their first blog, Avocadu, is a health and wellness blog that teaches women how to lose weight. After earning six figures with that blog in their first year, they started Create and Go, where they teach others how to start and monetize their own blogs. She now runs both blogs full-time while traveling the world as a digital nomad.
Michael Wang is a United States Veteran turned registered nurse/nurse practitioner. He has vast clinical experience in cardiothoracic surgery and direct patient care at the bedside. In addition, he holds numerous patents on innovate technologies in both the healthcare and hospitality industry and has founded numerous successful companies. While obtaining a degree in nursing at Columbia, he met fellow nurse Paul Coyne, and together, they invented iN, the world's first cognitive patient care assistant. Mike now serves as CEO & Founder of Inspiren, an award winning healthcare technology company.
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Jared Wolfe runs Portraits by Jared Wolfe a photography studio in Alexandria VA. He shoots headshots for professionals, actors and models and portraits for families, babies and maternity. He has been in business for five years.
Out of desperation, Fiona became a biohacker after receiving a diagnosis of a degenerative demyelinating neurological condition. Biohacking taught Fiona that small changes can have an exponential impact on a person’s mind and body. Solutions exist and they aren’t complicated – and they aren’t reserved for the elite. That’s why Quanta Therapies exists. It makes the methods and technology that saved her available to everyone else.
Joe Sanfilippo is a young professional who on any given day can be referred to as a number of different things such as digital marketer, entrepreneur, investor, executive producer, and talent manager. As the Manager of Growth & Partnerships at digital marketing agency, Today's Business, Joe has helped close millions of dollars in new business, managed award-winning influencer marketing campaigns, and was the executive producer for a docuseries that was named one of the best Sports Documentaries in 2021 by GearMoose. Joe is also the Co-Founder of Undrafted Ventures which possesses equity in a number of different businesses like the Premier Lacrosse League, Tomahawk Shades, OpenLocker, Gringos Tacos, Chido Tequila Seltzers, Evolution Physical Therapy and more. On top of all that, Joe Sanfilippo is a Co-Founder of TeamMates Talent Management where he provides marketing and talent management services for professional athletes like Chris Hogan, Grant Ament, Marc Megna, John Shackleton, and countless others!
With more than 20 years experience working in digital media, Kim Cayce is a leading influencer in the online world. She is the CEO for the Adzi Agency, a full-service marketing and communications agency that uses data-driven, performance-focused solutions to help launch, scale, and invigorate businesses of all sizes, industries, and revenue models. Kim has worked around the world with more than 350 startup founders and has addressed millions more people in talks, seminars and media appearances. She created Luna Startup Labs, one of the first global accelerators for female entrepreneurs; and, she is a founding member of Citrine Angels, a new angel investment group for female investors in Washington, DC.
After watching his father’s family-owned business struggle to succeed, Rich Allen made it his mission to turn failure into a legacy by asking one simple question: what makes a business work? The answer? It’s as easy as riding a bike. A high- energy speaker, recognized author, very successful entrepreneur, and sought- after advisor to business owners, Rich has proven time and time again that his bicycle model works. With experience in both large and small companies, including growing a small manufacturing business to well over $100M in annual sales, Rich has helped hundreds of business owners harness the power of their team – giving them the freedom, flexibility and profitability they deserve.
