Kristin is an activist and conscious investor. She is founder and CEO of Nia Global Solutions, and Nia Impact Advisors an impact investing firm with a focus on diversity in leadership and solutions focused companies. Always Interested in innovative solutions for leveraging resources in alignment with values, Kristin works as a financial change agent. She enjoys her work as a portfolio manager, empowering people along their money journeys.
Kat's love of stories made her a lifelong book nerd and led to her studying journalism and building a career in media. After gaining a boatload of marketing experience around the world, she learned how to not just tell stories for stories sake, but how they can drive businesses forward. After soaking up all that knowledge, she went out on my own, launching the Leading Rebels podcast, co-founding the community club & coworking space for women CoWomen, and collaborating with kickass (wo)men like you to launch your podcast to get your voice heard.
Kristina runs two companies, SoCu - a digital marketing agency, and LOHM, a natural skincare line. She is also a professor at both NYU and the University of Florida.
Kenzi Wood is a marketer turned writer. She's a solopreneur who writes killer content for marketing agencies and their clients. When she's not furiously typing on her keyboard, you can catch her baking and playing video games.
Kathryne Carter is the owner of Grace And Virtue Events, a wedding and event planning company based in Silver Spring, MD. She planned her mother and stepfather’s wedding in 2009 - which was her first wedding. Her business name is based on a scripture given to her by her mother. Kathryne is passionate about the event planning process, being creative, working with couples & small businesses and developing business relationships with other vendors. She is a board member of the Association of Wedding Professionals of Greater Washington, DC. She has been featured on the Hue I Do Wedding Podcast and her styled shoots have been featured in the online blogs United With Love and Storyboard Wedding.
Kelly Bryant is a Yoga Alliance Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT-200) and Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT), Certified Personal Trainer (NASM-CPT), and a realist. She is committed to helping birthing people understand their bodies — specifically their core and pelvic health — and adopt a mindset around movement that addresses physical and psychological components. She is passionate about empowering people through all stages of life from prenatal to postmenopausal take care of themselves so that they can show up and do their work in the world. Prior to quitting her job to travel in 2016, she worked at health & fitness startup, Noom, where she led content and community marketing efforts and soaked up everything she could learn about psychology and behavior change.
Katherine McGraw Patterson, known as KP, is a brand and business strategist who works with small businesses and entrepreneurs to close the gap between where they are and where they want to be. A fourth-generation entrepreneur, KP started her first business in Hong Kong in 1999. Since then, she's helped businesses here in the US, Canada, and across the world build actionable strategies that results in revenue growth, increased clarity and focus, and greater satisfaction in their operations. KP is the founder of WEBO Network, a professional development and networking group for women entrepreneurs and business owners and is the author of a new book on networking, "Lunching with Lions: Strategist for the Networking-Averse" that helps professionals in all industries identify the right groups and connections to achieve their professional and business goals.
Dr. Karen Gedney is an Internal Medicine Specialist who was placed in a male prison to do a four year payback for a scholarship she received and turned it into a calling that lasted 30 years. When she left that career she started her business, DRG Consulting, LLC and became a speaker, prison reform activist, expert medical witness and author of, '30 years Behind Bars,' Trials of a Prison Doctor.
Recognized as a leading tax firm for 35 years, Karen founded Tenenbaum Law, P.C., which helps individuals and businesses facing IRS and New York State tax problems. Aside from practicing tax law, Karen is also the co-founder of Commerce Plaza, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to introducing children to the business community through a simulated work environment.
Keri Gans is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Yoga Teacher, and author of The Small Change Diet, a Shape Magazine Advisory Board Member and blogger for US News & World Report. The Keri Report, her own weekly blog and newsletter, helps to convey her no-nonsense and fun approach to living a healthy lifestyle. Gans is a sought-after nutrition expert and has conducted thousands of interviews worldwide. Her expertise has been featured in media outlets such as, Glamour, Shape, Self, Women’s Health, The Dr. Oz Show, ABC News, PIX11 Morning Show, Good Morning America, and FOX Business. She lives in NYC and East Hampton with her husband Bart, and is a huge dog lover, Netflix aficionado and martini enthusiast.
