Jackie Ducci is a hiring expert, and founder of Ducci & Associates which is talent acquisition agency servicing Fortune 500 clients nationwide. Her firm boasts an astounding 90 percent success rate placing candidates in long-term positions. Jackie’s 15 years in talent acquisition (and consequent front row seat to countless closed-door hiring conversations) lead her to write her first book, Almost Hired.
ANGELA MINARDI FOUNDER, FIT CITY ADVENTURES As a marketing and digital consultant with more than 15 years in corporate marketing and digital health, Angela has traveled the world working for some of the biggest companies and truly understands what it means to provide high-class service in a personalized way. She founded Fit City Adventures in 2018 to cultivate and inspire meaningful human connections why giving back to the community through corporate team building and wellness. She is passionate about sharing these unique experiences with an active twist to connect teams in a healthy way.
Gail M. McDonald and Marilyn L. Bushey are executive coaches who have helped thousands of leaders make significant improvements in their ability to lead, build relationships, deliver results, and enhance their sense of self-fulfillment. In Retirement Your Way, Gail and Marilyn turn their attention from the world of work to the world of retirement. There, they apply their expertise and innovative thinking to help their readers make changes and build lives of contribution, vitality, and joy.
Philipp is the founder and CEO of cherrydeck.com, a marketplace for brands that need to find experienced photographers and videographers. Clients include companies like Google, Adobe and Four Seasons Hotels but also small brands around the world. His team is based in Hamburg, Berlin (Germany) and Ljubljana (Slovenia). Philipp has over 10 years of experience in investor backed startups and as a founder.
Dom is a serial entrepreneur with a brand technology platform and has been in the digital marketing space very early on. I loved hearing how he talked about the pivots but one commonality is “impact” and how to make that impact within the organization. While the technologies and things in business will evolve and change, I liked that he focused on which is what doesn't change rather than trying to chase trends and predict what does change.
Juliane Nowe is an Integrative & Alternative Healer, Reiki Master, Yoga instructor, Spirit Channel and Cannabis Consultant. She focuses on healing your past and future to find your true power and presence In the Now. Juliane had multiple health diagnosises from the moment she was born and into her youth. She healed herself with Alternative healing methods and getting to the root cause of emotions and beliefs and avoiding surgeries and stopping all pharmaceuticals. Her purpose is to do the same for others and to meet them wherever they are on their journey.
and an ABD-PhD in Business from Emory University’s Laney Graduate School. Stephen is presently pursuing additional graduate studies from Johns Hopkins University."
Maddie Watkins is the owner and founder of 202strong, a local fitness studio in the DMV that specializes in making strength training, specifically with the barbell accessible to those who might feel they "can't" lift or aren't strong enough to lift a barbell. Maddie left her background in genetics and microbiology to pursue a personal training certification after she graduated college in early 2010 after discovering the barbell herself and how feeling strong completely changed herself and her life. 202strong opened in 2015 and today there are 2 locations plus a newly added virtual program, StrongLine.
Michelle DeNio is a Business Strategist who works with entrepreneurs, business owners, and organizations to create a customized strategic plan for growth resulting in more clients, more profit and more freedom. Having worked in many different industries and possessing expertise in the areas of operations, sales, leadership training, time management, and finance, she will help you come up with a clear, direct path forward, then assess how that plan is working and make adjustments along the way. Michelle believes that life is meant to be lived to the fullest and streamlining your business to give you more free time is crucial to your success.
When Fast Company interviewed her, they dubbed her “the CEO whisperer”. She points out most people use only 1 of our 7 different human intelligence systems. Thanks to her method (based not just in philosophy, but in science) this is a new territory that doesn't take years to find—instead, it can be discovered in minutes. While her focus is on elite C-suite executives and entrepreneurs, all you have to be to work with her is someone who wants to do something good with your life-for yourself and others.
