and tap into your full potential!"
Joey Price is an award-winning Human Resources executive, business coach, thought leader, and professor. He is the founder of Jumpstart:HR, LLC, an HR Consulting Practice specifically for small businesses and startups, and host of Business, Life, and Coffee, a weekly personal and professional development podcast. As the CEO of Jumpstart:HR, LLC, Joey innovates by creating HR solutions for small business owners and start-up founders who want to build better, more competitive businesses. As a podcaster on the Business, Life, and Coffee show, Joey shares carefully curated conversations on personal finance, psychology, workplace culture, professional development, and business for emerging professionals and business owners alike. BLC is a podcast focused on enhancing the quality of your business and life through relevant content that endures over time. Joey is a recent HR Executive Magazine Top 100 HR Tech Influencer, SHRM Top 30 Under 30 award winner, one of Forbes Magazine's Kevin Kruse's Top 100 Employee Engagement Experts in the World, and frequently cited HR and Startup Thought Leader in publications such as Forbes, HR Magazine, Inc., Businessweek, AMEX Open Forum, Money Magazine, and more. Joey serves on the Board of Directors of Black Christian Influencers and the Board of Governors at The Center Club - A Top 100 Private City Club in the World.
Geo A. Ropert, APR is the founder and president of Ropert and Partners Public Relations. He is a nationally accredited, award-winning public relations and marketing communications professional with a diverse background and over 25 years’ experience in both the public and private sectors. Geo is the person businesses and organizations turn to for top-level public relations and marketing consultation and services, providing proven results that rise above the rest!
Ronald Thomson has a legacy of experience in securing capital for companies in the global media/entertainment and technology communities. A transformative thinker who has proven time and again his ability to guide companies and accelerate their growth, Ron's extensive industry knowledge is the result of founding and building multiple global tech & entertainment businesses.
Sam Liebowitz, known as The Conscious Consultant, is a mentor, coach, speaker, healer and serial entrepreneur. He has been in business since 1993 and has owned several successful businesses. His current ventures include The Conscious Consultant, Talking Alternative Broadcasting, and Double Diamond Wellness . Sam has lectured in several venues in New York City, including being a featured speaker at TEDxUpperWestSide in 2016.
Originally a qualified accountant, Sonu co-founded Shopper.com – a global community of shopping influencers from over 40 countries. Sonu started her career with Citi Bank and later moved to Financial Advisory at KPMG before gaining 10+ years of experience in retail marketing platforms. Sonu is passionate about women entrepreneurship and innovation, particularly in tech.
Brian Kelly is a Success Coach and Business Consultant who works with socially conscious small to medium sized companies to create more inclusive work environments and to unleash human greatness in their people and teams producing better business AND human results.
Brian’s career spans three decades across Information Technology, Human Resources, Project Management, Program Management, People Development, and nonprofit leadership.
Brian is committed to advancing diversity, inclusion, belonging and equity for greater economic and career opportunities for all human beings.
Brian’s career spans three decades across Information Technology, Human Resources, Project Management, Program Management, People Development, and nonprofit leadership.
Brian is committed to advancing diversity, inclusion, belonging and equity for greater economic and career opportunities for all human beings.
Adam Povlitz began his journey at Anago when he was 26. Looking to make a real impact in his professional life instead of just being a spoke in the corporate wheel, he decided to join his father in building what is now known today as one of the largest commercial cleaning companies in the nation, Anago Cleaning Systems (Anago). In 2015, Adam was promoted to President of Anago and oversees every aspect of the company including operations, finance, and the marketing programs designed to attract Master and Unit Franchisees. Previously, Adam served as the Growth Initiatives and Expense Analyst for the North American Sales & Distribution division of IBM Corporation. He holds an MBA from the University of Miami and earned a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt from Nova Southeastern University. He is a Certified Franchise Executive and an ISSA Cleaning Industry Management Standards Expert.
Wale Mafolasire is the founder of Givelify, the most trusted online and mobile giving platform. Nearly $3 billion in donations across more than 55,000 organizations, including churches and places of worship, as well as a variety of other non-profit causes has been generated through Givelify. Mafolasire believes giving is a beautiful thing. He leads the efforts at Givelify to make the giving experience equally beautiful and instant. A multi-time entrepreneur, Mafolasire pioneered an online learning and collaboration platform for college students and an interactive mobile video cloud platform. He formed Givelify in 2013 out of a desire to transform spontaneous giving and increase generosity in the world.
Dr. Roshawnna Novellus is the Founder and CEO of EnrichHER, a FinTech platform that is disrupting traditional and predatory lending terms through its credit model and lending environment. EnrichHER connects revenue-generating women-led companies seeking up to $250,000 with accredited, non-accredited and institutional lenders who want to earn cash flow while fueling the growth of women-led businesses. Roshawnna served on the Commission on Women for the City of Atlanta and was honored as one of the Women Who Means Business by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, one of the 40 Under 40 by Georgia Trend, a Halcyon Fellow for Social Impact, one of the Top 25 Disruptors and Innovators in Tech, and one of the 27 Black Founders and Investors to watch in 2019 by PItchBook.
