Disha Mazepa is the host of But What Will People Say? a podcast about South Asian interracial relationships and other topics the South Asian culture doesn't like to discuss. In her everyday she is an occupational therapist and provides design services for customized gifts. She's a multi-hyphenate who wears a lot of hats.
Kate is the CEO, Founder, & Creative Director behind Tiger Bones Studio. A Washington DC area, brand and web design studio for service-based entreprenturs and product based lifestyle and wellness businesses. Tiger Bones Studio designs brands that evolve with you, so that you can focus on your impact.
Yosira is a 15 year career Project Manager who aligned her transferable skills into her passion for connecting people through events. She is the owner of Events by Yosira, a boutique MD based event planning and design company. Through her company she takes pride in mapping the complete guest experience, organizing the flow of the day and paying attention to each unique detail that bring about memorable moments.
Vikram is the cofounder of phoneBlogger.net & Videosocials.net, both are word-of-mouth marketing services, designed for attorneys, accountants & consultants. Vik has been published by Forbes, quoted by many, and is a frequent presenter at Bar Associations, CPA Societies, and other professional associations. While his staff works from across the country, Vikram works from his home office in Harlem, NYC.
Self-taught leader in photography & Influencer management
Originally a British industrial designer & artist, Matt turned everything upside down to launch a tech company in Sydney Australia. After a couple of false-starts, Bonjoro was born from a sales hack for his first business, where Matt would send every new lead a personal video instead of a plain-text email. Matt’s love of building great products is only surpassed by his total commitment to building great business culture, and Matt asserts that Bonjoro’s “customers as friends” culture has been the main driver of the businesses success. His goal is to be the next Zappos, to be the most loved brand in the world.
Kyndall Bennett is a Personal Development Blogger and Multimedia Designer who strives to provide guidance towards affordable and accessible learning opportunities. She strongly believes that anyone has the capability to learn anything as long as the passion and the resources are available to their disposal.
Sam Adams serves as co-founder and chief executive of dot.LA. A former financial journalist for Bloomberg and Reuters, Adams moved to the business side of media as a strategy consultant at Activate, helping legacy companies develop new digital strategies. Adams holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and an MBA from the University of Southern California.
John Mansour, PharmD, RPh, is from Winter Park, Florida, and is the CEO and co-founder of B4, a precovery™ vitamin supplement designed to protect your body from the aftereffects of drinking alcohol before they happen. John is an owner of multiple businesses, ranging in a wide variety of areas. He is an accomplished Entrepreneur, Pharmacy and Healthcare executive, and Pharmacist with 9 years of experience. He has led both startups and large organizations and built business strategies within settings such as retail pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, property acquisition, and property management at an executive level.
Marie Gettel-Gilmartin, founder of Fertile Ground Communications, is a writer and marketing communications coach who loves to connect people and resources or solve seemingly impossible problems. She guides clients in discovering what makes them special and helps them share that with the world. She has two podcasts: Finding Fertile Ground features grit and resilience stories from historically excluded populations., and Companies That Care highlights business leaders who are working to create a better world for all. Marie helps clients communicate about pressing issues; creates compelling websites that showcase company culture; implements world-class sustainability and community engagement strategies; ghostwrites for clients to position them as experts in their fields; writes communications that boost employee engagement; coaches leaders and executives on how to strengthen communications and leadership; helps win work by writing compelling, unbeatable proposals and award applications; and coordinates authors and reviewers to produce documents in one voice.
