Sarah is a local entrepreneur who has been working in restaurants for most of 20 years. Having done everything from bussing and hosting up through chief operating officer, she decided to venture out and start her own consulting firm, Your-White-Knight. During the height of covid as restaurants are failing, she began working with several local places to help them find a way to survive and then to thrive.
Sara is a go-getter with a background in Art Education. After founding Photos from the Harty, Sara realized something was missing. Hoping to create a community of supportive and like-minded creatives and entrepreneurs, she launched District Bliss. Sara continues to be amazed at how many wonderful, talented people have joined the District Bliss chapters across the USA!
Sharon Carter is a Career Agent with US Health Advisors in the Sterling, VA. In her 3 short years with US Health, Sharon has achieved some impressive milestones. In 2017, she was the #1 Agent in her office and generated $700K in sales for the year. Sharon is continuing her hot streak and is currently the #1 Agent in 2018 and is on track to generate more revenue than she did last year. Sharon wasn't always the CEO! Prior to her career in insurance sales, Sharon began her career in accounting/finance from the age of 17 and decided to do something different after being downsized one too many times. The company's motto of helping other people everyday, the flexibility and unlimited earning potential that sales offers, is what motivated her to make the switch. As an Agent as US Health, Sharon helps individuals, families and small businesses with health insurance options outside of the Affordable Care Act. She is licensed in 14 states and sells both locally and virtually.
An entrepreneur from a young age, Stephanie Cartin walked away from her corporate gig to launch Socialfly, a leading social-first digital and influencer agency based in New York City. Within seven years, Socialfly has blossomed to over 30 full-time employees, helping over 200 brands including the Girl Scouts, WE tv, Conair , Nest Fragrances, 20th Century Fox and Univision. Stephanie is the Co-Author of "Like, Love, Follow: The Entreprenista's Guide to Using Social Media To Grow Your Business,” and the Co-Host of the Entreprenista Podcast. She has appeared and been featured on Bloomberg, Forbes, entrepreneur.com, Refinery29, and CheddarTV. Stephanie is also a recent recipient of the SmartCEO Brava award, which recognizes the top female CEOs in New York and a Stevie Award for Women Run Workplace of the Year.
Steffany Boldrini is originally from Brazil, and has been living in Silicon Valley for the last 18 years. During her career in Silicon Valley she founded her own startup, a marketplace for natural and organic products. She also had a successful career in technology sales, and most recently she decided to start investing in commercial real estate full time.
Stormi Knight is a Personal Trainer Based in LA. She just launched fitness app called “Stormi Fitness” Mental Health Awareness Advocate, everything starts with our mind and Stormi is a big believer and advocate on healing from your trauma in order to succeed in life. She is a 1st Phorm Elite Athlete, being part of a community and company that supports you and your brand, has helped her to truly help others but also helped her to grow in other areas as well.
Scott Smoler is the CEO of weConnect, the world's fastest growing, privately owned global expansion and operations company. Scott has helped more than 1,000 multinational companies expand globally with incorporation, accounting, tax and HR services. Prior to weConnect, he held senior leadership positions at Tricor. After ten years of working in the accounting and payroll services industry, he set out to transform and innovate the industry. Scott has a passion for people and knows that the success of his business depends on happy clients and happy employees.
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.
For nearly a decade as President & CEO of Leonard Group, Stephen has seen the importance of creating meaningful and quality product. Established in 2010, the Leonard Group has grown from home-based business into a multi-million, multi-brand company including lines for men and women, faith-based jewelry, a pet line and American-based manufacturing. The rapid growth, top-tier partners, growing infrastructure, and message of hope has poised Leonard Group to see exponential growth in the coming years. Having launched the Stephen David Leonard brand in late 2017, Stephen’s vision is to help struggling people find their purpose understand their unique identity, experience, skills, and talents so they can live the life they were created to live.
Shona is a Christian, philanthropic certified public accountant, evolved to an entrepreneur, real estate investor, wife and mom. Her passion is using her gifts to help individuals and business owners accelerate their financial mindset and business goals. She has worked for the top Public Accounting firms in corporate America, with nonprofits, for herself and also coached many people in starting their own entrepreneurship journeys. I am currently the founder and owner of a financial coaching and CPA firm and will be launching a Financial Mindset Bootcamp, tax strategy eBooks and a host of other products in the near future.
