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.
Patrick Harrison is a Kinesiologist and designer of the CoreChair. His first successful business focused on the design of specialized seating solutions for individuals who were dependent on wheelchairs for mobility. In 2008, Patrick leveraged this experienced-based knowledge to create the CoreChair, an active sitting solution for deskbound employees. He has become a source of knowledge for individuals and corporations to identify health risks manifesting as back pain and metabolic disorders and to implement solutions in the workplace
Connie is a successful CEO & Business Owner, Global Speaker, Award-Winning Author, and a Highly Recommended Educator on a mission to help you create and live your best life. Her experience with her own company, At Your Service Events Planner LLC, versatile professional experience, and educational background have prepared her for the next step in her professional journey. She would love to have you along for the ride!
VP of Marketing and Sales in Bosterbio.com. 8 years of experience in life science marketing and IT, with reasonably deep insights in concurrent life technologies and healthcare.
Christina is the Owner of Knieriem Designs (pronounced Canary-um) and KD Social. At Knieriem Designs she designs and produces women's clothing in her studio in Alexandria, Virginia. At KD Social, she helps small businesses stand out on social media. She's all about supporting local small businesses and is especially passionate about empowering female entrepreneurs.
Natalia began her career in finance in 2012 and worked for several firms before striking out on her own to found Zacharin Consulting. Zacharin Consulting is dedicated to empowering business owners to understand and interpret their financial health to significantly improve the bottom line. Through personal service and expertise, Natalia's goal is to bring her experience and knowledge to clients in a meaningful way. Whether you have been in business 1 year or 50, Zacharin Consulting can improve your cash flow, increase cash-on-hand, and develop plans for growth. Not your typical CFO, Natalia is also the executive director of a non-profit children's scouting organization, a lecturer on ecology and a nature photographer. A single mom and sole provider, Natalia understands the ups and downs of being an entrepreneur and helps other business owners navigate the sometimes murky waters to clarity and entrepreneurial financial freedom.
Rebecca D. Costa is an American sociobiologist and futurist. She is the preeminent global expert on the subject of “fast adaptation” and recipient of the prestigious Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Award. Her career spans four decades of working with founders, executives and venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. Costa’s first book, The Watchman’s Rattle: A Radical New Theory of Collapse, was an international bestseller. Her follow-on book, titled On the Verge was introduced in 2017 to critical acclaim, shooting to the top of Amazon’s #1 New Business Releases. Costa presently hosts the popular news podcast, The Costa Report, along with 12 world renowned subject experts. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, SF Chronicle, The Guardian, and other leading publications. For more information visit www.rebeccacosta.com
Amy Woods Butler is a professional life story writer who helps individuals and families preserve their memories and stories in heirloom-quality books. With her memoir-writing service, The Story Scribe, she works with a team of editors, writers, transcriptionists, and book designers to produce custom books that help families pass down their memories from one generation to the next. Since 2018, she has hosted and produced The Life Story Coach, a podcast for aspiring and established professionals in the field of personal history.
One of the best in the world at delivering on his promise of supercharging the energy, focus, and productivity of small, women, and minority-owned businesses Coach Powell creates consistent winners all over the world! As the founder and creator of the world-famous VisionQuest90(TM) Program, Coach Powell has helped thousands of entrepreneurs for more than 30 years to realize and actualize their highest aspirations. As a master networker Coach Powell is proud to share the best tips and strategies to help anyone create an amazing network of people that stand at the ready to help provide the information and contacts to ensure your success. So sit back, relax, and get ready for Coach Marvin Powell!!
James R. Nowlin is the Chief Executive Officer of a corporate consulting firm, Excel Global Partners (EGP), which he founded in 2007. He is also the Fund Managing Principal of EGP Ventures which serves as the umbrella entity for EGP; environmental and water reduction technology company EGP Eco; entertainment and media company Excelerated Media; and others. Through James' experience as a successful CEO and business strategist, as well as the obstacles that he has overcome in life, including being the survivor of a near-death drowning accident, his best-selling book, The Purposeful Millionaire: 52 Rules for Creating a Life of Wealth and Happiness Now, helps him to live out his mission of sharing the lessons that he has learned in both professional and personal life. As such, he empowers others to transform their lives to levels of high achievement, filled with abundance and purposefulness
