Community & Guest List
Julie Reisler, MA, ACC, is the founder and CEO of Empowered Living, a Life Design and Professional Development company. Julie leads and facilitates workshops, summits and retreats for Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and non-profit organizations using a strength-based approach. Julie is a leadership and well-being coach, and is the author of the Get a PhD in YOU book series. Julie has a master's degree in health & wellness coaching, with a concentration in nutrition, a graduate certificate in Organization Development from Georgetown University, and more than twelve certifications in leadership, health and well-being. Julie is on the faculty at Georgetown University in their coaching program, is a senior facilitator with the University of Maryland Baltimore County Training Centers and is a certified LEAF (Leading with Experiential Appreciative Facilitation) facilitator. Julie is also a multi-time TEDx speaker, host of The You-est You® podcast and meditation teacher on the popular app, Insight Timer. To learn more about Julie, go to juliereisler.com.
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.
Paige is the founder & CEO of global marketing and branding firm Mavens & Moguls based in Cambridge, MA. Her clients include Microsoft, Virgin, Colgate, The New York Times Company, venture-backed startups as well as non profit organizations. She graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Business School. She is a popular speaker and columnist who has written for Entrepreneur and Forbes.
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.
Chris Erhardt is the CEO and co-founder of the online recording studio and music publishing house Tunedly. He co-founded Tunedly in 2015 and led the company through two business accelerators in New York and St. Louis, raised angel and VC funds and now manages a team of five employees and over 30 independent contractors. Throughout his career Chris has become deeply involved in business development and advocacy. He has been a speaker at an increasing number of tech and music conferences, including CMW, several accelerator events, and coast to coast startup festivals.
Gareth is an award-winning Growth Marketer and over the last 14 years has helped businesses grow on an international scale. He has worked with Fortune 250 companies and bootstrapped startups. Gareth has a passion for the work he delivers and always puts himself in the customer's shoes. Gareth is the CEO and Founder of Got Legs Digital, the first Ethical Marketing Agency in the UK, helping both businesses and communities to Get Legs. "You can get everything you want in life if you just help enough people get what they want first".
Tommy Breedlove is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author of the book, Legendary, and Atlanta-based business, relationship, and mindset coach who is a regular featured keynote speaker at global events. He serves clients and audiences by empowering them to build and live Legendary Lives. He guides them to build a lasting legacy, work in their zone of brilliance, obtain financial confidence, and live with meaning and balance.
Dave is regarded as a leading expert in the delivery of technology services, with broad experience in both technology and business. He owned and operated an IT Solution Provider and MSP for over a decade, both acquiring other organizations and eventually being acquired. This firm was a winner of multiple awards, including Kaseya’s Cutting Edge and ConnectWise’s Best New Idea, as well as being a finalist for Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner of the Year in the Small Business Specialist category. After his MSP experience, he has worked for multiple vendors at such companies as Level Platforms, GFI, LogicNow, and SolarWinds, leading community, event, marketing, and product strategies, as well as several M&A activities. He is also the host of “The Business of Tech," and he also is a co-host on the "The Killing IT Podcast.”
Laura is starting a new business coaching caregivers who have developed unhealthy coping habits due to stress. She spent 2 years migrating cross country every 6 weeks to care for her 90 + year old parents before Covid. In addition, Laura's experiences in a 4-decade marriage, raising 3 amazing kids, and running a successful Mary Kay business for 35 years have prepared her well to help others shift their mindset and habits. Laura's journey led to her motivation and passion in helping others create better lives. The technique she uses is especially effective in helping people change their relationship with alcohol, making it irrelevant in their lives.
Armani is the Founder and CEO of F.A.C.E. The Agency Training & Consulting brings over 12 years of business and consulting experience within public sector, private sector, and with entrepreneurs. She specializes in developing and implementing business strategies that cross technical and functional boundaries. She spent majority of her career as a senior training consultant advising companies on their organizational development strategies and strategic training initiatives to increase revenue. She has managed multi-million dollar portfolios and retooled programs for industry executives across the country.
