Cathy Sexton, Productivity and Profit Specialist, Speaker, Author, TV Host, and Coach, helps individuals and organizations increase productivity and profits. Delivering high-impact principles through speaking, coaching, training and special resources, Cathy empowers people to achieve their personal and business goals, make the profit they desire, and still have time for family and friends.
Nell is capturing ever evolving female power and beauty in dynamic collage portraits of women who are running businesses and changing our world."
Angela Ficken is a psychotherapist and entrepreneur in Boston MA. Her psychotherapy practice and brand is ProgressWellness.com. She had worked previously at McLean Hospital and Harvard University before starting her full-time private practice. As a therapist, she specializes in OCD, eating disorders, and anxiety-related concerns. Angela also has a blog and has written for the HuffingtonPost.com, ThriveGlobal.com, Yourtango.com, marriage.com, and Today.com Parenting. Her expertise has been featured in Bustle.com, Buzzfeed.com, PopSugar.com, Yahoo! News, Nylon, among many other outlets.
Barbara Maheshwari is currently building the biggest virtual assistance hub in Europe - Remote Bob. She is a Go-to-Market Consultant, working across the UK, UAE, Croatia and India. Barbara was the youngest graduate from Executive MBA in Business school Cotrugli and she is passionate about helping people and building businesses.
Mercy Muigai is the founder of Impact Communities in Kenya. Impact Communities is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in early 2018. Through the organization, Mercy seeks to promotes the idea of sustainable development in communities with a long-term view of transforming peace-disrupting cultures through means that achieve lasting solutions. The organization is mainly comprised of youthful members and works across Nairobi County and the neighboring environments. She is also a proud member of the CBNation team where she serves the blogging community of entrepreneurs and business owners.
Stephen Deason is Founder and CEO of The OPARasa Group, a Social Enterprise building worth in Recovery. Mr. Deason was previously CEO of GRYYT, a Socially Conscious MarTech firm, and has held C-level positions in three other technology companies. Stephen is an active volunteer who serves as a director on three nonprofit boards and on the advisory boards of two startup technology firms. Mr. Deason holds both an MBA and an MSc. in Accounting from Emory University, a BSc. in Mathematics from UAB, and is ABD-PhD in Business, also from Emory University’s Laney Graduate School.
Career Change Agent and life coach Sara McArdle wasn’t born with an obvious “calling.” In fact, while she knew when she started working as a professional graphic designer that something was missing, she waited nearly 20 years to make a change. In 2013, she began practicing Compassionate Communication?a discipline that helps people transform negative self-talk, identify what matters most to them and take steps toward a more wonderful life. Her experience of empowering herself and others was so transformative that she pursued a Whole Person Coach® certification and launched a business to help women recognize and make the most of their unique gifts, and (like her) find work they’re madly in love with. Today, she works one-on-one coaching women, she hosts workshops and events, and has her own podcast, called "Women Who Went for It," that features inspiring chats with successful career changers.
Trisha Trixie is an Inspirational Speaker, A Distinguished Toastmaster, The Sprinkler of Fabulousness, the Manifestor of Miracles, and so much more! She thrives on authenticity and recently hosted her first speaking event Be Authentically U September 7th at Smokey Hill Library in Centennial Colorado. She achieved her status of Distinguished Toastmaster in two years, while fighting through Cancer, twice. Trisha Trixie is a unicorn, seeing her cancer as a blessing, not a curse, she states that it pushed her to see the realities of life and to Live the Life you Love and overall Be a Good Human. I am excited to welcome Trisha Trixie back into the CEO Blogcast studio!
For 20 years, Matt was an executive in the radio industry, before becoming an investor and the founding CEO for the School of Rock. In five years, Matt grew that franchise from five locations to 55 schools – the largest of music schools in the world. In 2012, he opened the first One River School of Art + Design in Englewood, NJ. He franchised the concept in 2017 and currently has 12 locations, with up to five more expected to open this year. For more information go to http://oneriverschool.com/franchise
As President & Founder of Anvil Media, Lewis oversees strategic direction of the company, with a focus on sales and marketing. He speaks internationally, writes for industry publications like SmartBrief and has been an adjunct professor at Portland State University since 2000. Since transitioning his career into digital marketing in 1996, he’s founded or co-founded four agencies and 2 organizations. He’s been named a Top 40 Under 40, Marketer of the Year by AMA Oregon and a Top 100 Digital Marketing Influencer by BuzzSumo in 2019. Outside of work, Lewis enjoys consulting with startups and spending time with family.
