Lawrence Holland, CEO of LonoLife Inc., has been a food-industry veteran for more than 20 years, as the President of San Diego Coffee, Tea & Spice Company. Broadening his food industry experience, Lawrence is also a founding team member and CEO of LonoLife, the brand behind dry, high-protein bone broth, collagen and other healthy alternatives for on-the-go eaters. Lawrence quickly scaled the brand to $4 million between 2015 and 2018, then to $10 million in 2019. Based in Oceanside, California, the brand has plans to continue to expand with new innovations that meet consumers’ demands for healthier, immune boosting meals and snacks.
Lara Heimann is an international yoga pioneer and Physical Therapist focused on evolving the practice of yoga to empower movement and balance amidst a modern lifestyle of technology and sedentariness. With an advanced degree in physical therapy and more than 25 years of yoga practice and education, Lara is redefining the modern practice through her comprehensive LYT Method, emphasizing smart alignment, functional movement, and spiritual wellness. She offers online daily classes and a robust online yoga teacher training in addition to leading in- person workshops, trainings, and master classes internationally.
Self-taught leader in photography & Influencer management
Originally from the suburbs of Detroit, Leigh Genetti Byers is a graduate of The University of Michigan, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Byers started District Maven Marketing + Creative during her sophomore year of college and has continued to grow the business ever since. She is an expert in search engine optimization, marketing strategy and brand management, with a flair for web development. Byers is also a seasoned writer, crafting dynamic pieces for Guest of a Guest and Localeur.
Lauri is a salesman at heart and currenty the CEO and founder of Messente - a global messaging platform used in millions of micro business transactions every day in Europe, Latin-America, and South-East Asia. Contrary to a typical tech startup, Lauri and his co-founders bootstrapped the company from day one and have taken it to close to 10mEUR annual revenue without ever raising any outside investments.
Lauren Dallas is Co-Founder of Future Females, a movement that exists to increase the number of and support the success of female entrepreneurs. Launching in August 2017 in Cape Town, Future Females is now in 40 cities globally, with 70,000 members, and also runs a three month online Business School that has supported over 800 entrepreneurs with tech-based business ideas, to turn them into profitable businesses, bringing expertise from global partners including the UK-SA Tech Hub and Techstars into South Africa. Most recently they have launched the Future Females Founders Club, and one of South Africa's first female-focused co-working space in collaboration with Inner City Ideas Cartel.
A native Washingtonian, Lisa Shapiro holds a BA in Psychology and Master’s in Educational Psychology from George Mason University. Professionally, she has decades of experience in communications, writing, research, digital marketing, and social media. She is a natural community organizer and integrator with a passion for connecting others. A self-described serial entrepreneur who started her own business at age 18, Lisa launched DCfempreneur to connect with other female entrepreneurs to help impact and grow their businesses to make them more purposeful, profitable and sustainable.
in mass communications. She is the recipient of the coveted National Kappa Tau Alpha Top Scholar Award— the National Honor Society in Journalism and Mass Communications— for earning the highest class ranking of 4.0."
Lauren is a Postpartum Mentor who serves mothers who are struggling with anxiety and stress in motherhood. She focuses on three foundational blocks for healing: Self Care, Time Management, Holistic Healing Alternatives.
Liz Czepiel is an executive coach & learning and leadership consultant. Serving as a strategic business partner, she helps entrepreneurs bring their expertise to life through the creation of various learning initiatives including programs, workshops and masterminds and helps leaders turn exhaustion into efficiency and focus through leadership and agile coaching practices. Partners and clients include Girls With Impact, ExecOnline and MommyPoppins. In addition to her consulting practice, Liz serves on the faculty at Northeastern University and Columbia University.
