Rishit Shah is a blogger and an accountant. But more than that he is an entrepreneur who knows how to build up profitable business from scratch. He is also plays flute in his free time.
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.
Lara McElderry has a background in family sciences and graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Masters Degree in Teaching. She has worked with youth and adults and has a strong interest in family dynamics. Lara has been navigating the medical world for the last seventeen years as she has supported her husband through medical school, residency, a specialty change, fellowship, as well as raising five boys. She is the founder and podcast host of Married To Doctors. Her show is an interview based weekly podcast. Spouses of physicians share their stories and experts share advice as Lara leads a discussion asking personal and hard questions that explore the joys and challenges of being Married to Doctors.
Renée Marino is a communication coach who has been recognized by heavy hitters Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi for her dynamic energy and ability to serve. She was a guest on Dean Graziosi’s podcast, “The Dean Graziosi Show,” and was handpicked by Tony Robbins when she won a trip to his private resort in Fiji for her commitment in his “Comeback Challenge.” Renée helps to guide women and men to own their power and gain confidence in themselves and clarity in their relationships by becoming comfortable with authentic communication, and merging the two worlds of “New School Technology” with “Ol’ School Simplicity.” She can be seen as Mary Delgado in the film “Jersey Boys” directed by Clint Eastwood and was featured in People.com -"Ones to Watch", Variety and in The Huffington Post.
Certified Virtual Expert™ Melissa St. Clair, is the owner of Paper Chaser, a virtual-based company established in 2006 providing a wide array of online office support services for small business owners. She made a beeline to entrepreneurship in order to thrive professionally alongside her active duty service member, and then made a seamless transition as a USMC retiree spouse. Melissa has been a featured speaker, has shared her small business expertise on multiple media platforms, and she was quoted in Julie Perrine’s book, Become a Procedures Pro™.
Michelle Mekky has more than 20 years of experience as a broadcast journalist and public relations executive, leading award-winning marketing and PR campaigns for some of the nation’s biggest and most diverse brands and businesses. After her years as a veteran journalist, Michelle launched her own company, Mekky Media Relations Inc., in 2016, to bring her brand of PR to the market and deliver powerful publicity. Michelle has led her company through a fast-paced launch and high-profile successes, including winning a prestigious 2018 Stevie Award for Women in Business, receiving a bronze medal in the Entrepreneur of the Year category. In 2020 Mekky Media won a Stevie Award for Public Relations Agency of the Year receiving a bronze medal and Bulldog Award for Best Not-for-Profit/ Association Campaign for Komen Chicago's Race for the Cure. Also in 2018, Michelle and Mekky Media were selected to be part of the Forbes Agency Council, a prestigious organization for owners and executives of PR, media strategy, creative and advertising agencies. In 2019, Michelle was named a Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Entrepreneur, and Mekky Media was honored with two Publicity Club of Chicago Golden Trumpet Awards, in the categories of Advocacy (for its work with Komen Chicago) and Media Relations (for its work with Abt Electronics). The agency also was named a PR News Agency Elite Award Finalist for Media Relations in 2019.
Nicholas Grillo is the owner of Tranquility Smart Homes and Security, LLC. which has quickly become known as the DMVs Audio/Visual experts. Tranquility is a covid startup that was founded by Nick during his transition out of the United States Air Force, where he served 10 years in a multitude of jobs and assignments.
Angela Singleton is a portrait artist in the Baltimore metropolitan area with a specialty to newborn photography. Angela's artist goal is to honor the compelling bond between a parent and child by documenting the connection that children bring to the lives of parents. Angela is a proud member of Professional Photographers of America and volunteers her service with Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep for bereavement photography.
Angela Myers is the CEO of Angela Myers Creative, a digital marketing agency focused on writing, SEO, and social media for companies in the health and lifestyle spaces. She also posts about her love of books for an audience of over 20,000 book lovers on Instagram and TikTok. When not working, you can find her scouring the best coffee shop in whatever country she's living in as a digital nomad (currently Portugal).
the goal will be jumping to a studio level ideally making a motion capture film in New Zealand financed by the studios."
