Born in Moldova, Izolda learned how to communicate in multiple languages through a year-long immigration process. Today, Izolda gives keynotes and presents programs that help people tap into and master their leadership, creativity, and communication skills. She traveled the world as a NASA trainer. She is also the author of five books, including, Speak From Within, Engage, Inspire, and Motivate Any Audience and the host of the Creative Mindset podcast. Izolda, her husband, and their cats live in Maryland, USA.
I grew up in a one-stoplight town in rural Pennsylvania in the U.S. In 1999, at age 23, I moved to Costa Rica. Via a fateful "roommate wanted" ad, I met a fellow U.S. expat. With little money and less experience, we started an online travel agency. Today we're the largest in Central America, designing high-end, custom trips to Costa Rica, Panama, Belize & beyond.
Brandyn Campbell combines her passions for communications and diversity to help businesses build and articulate their commitment to racial justice. The founder of Brandyn Campbell Communications, she has worked with high-profile clients, including the Philadelphia Eagles and the NFL. Drawing on her 15 years of experience managing diversity issues in international education and facilitating Diversity & Inclusion trainings for educational leaders, Brandyn’s Antiracism Consulting helps organizations identify opportunities to infuse diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout their communications.
Alexander Onaindia is the Co-founder and CEO of Distinction Agency, a marketing agency that works with athletes, businesses and social media influencers. Based in Miami, Alexander has developed strong relationships with Fortune 500 companies and emerging start-ups, marquee media, professional athletes, social media influencers and non-profit organizations through strategic marketing and communications campaigns.
Lynda T. Correa Peralta is the inventor of the Pocket Palette, a full face, travel makeup kit that fits in your wallet. The experience of building a brand for her product and for herself has prompted Lynda to launch personal branding coaching for reluctant millennials and others who are new to personal branding.
where he helped grow the Society for Entrepreneurship and New Ventures (ENVE) into one of the most respected student-led organizations on campus."
Darius Mirshahzadeh is a dad, husband, twin, brother, and son who was born and raised in California and now lives in Austin Texas. He is a serial entrepreneur, author, conscious capitalist, speaker and entertainer. Darius’s passion is to make the world a better place using his talents and engagement. He is all about the P’s: Passion, Pizza, Puzzles and Pink Unicorns. Darius is a mad scientist CEO who has grown companies from start-up to just under 1,000 employees in three years. He is an expert on core values and author of the new book The Core Value Equation.
Daisy Jing is a YouTube vlogger and a mompreneur who founded and bootstrapped a now multi-million beauty product line named Banish. She has knowledge and experience in business and marketing. Her business is ranked #152nd fastest growing company in INC500. She was also included in Forbes 30 under 30 in manufacturing. Just recently, she had an opportunity to share her passion for authenticity at a TEDxTalk.
Jen is an internationally recognized author, speaker, leadership expert and brand architect who works with executives and professional athletes on how to push boundaries, build effective teams, optimize performance and "move the ball" to reach higher levels of success in business and in life. Jennifer's background includes seven degrees, Fortune 100 executive leadership experience, and military officer leadership as an Army lawyer. She is also the host of the Move the Ball podcast, a podcast that focus on conversations with professional athletes, Fortune 500 C-suite leaders, and entrepreneurs on connecting the competitive athlete mentality to leadership for business, career, and personal success.
For close to 10 years, Cheree Warrick helped companies raise millions of dollars as a business plan writer. The most successful fundraisers already had a network of high net worth individuals and could raise millions within a few weeks of Cheree completing their business plan. Her black clients (most of whom had great ideas but didn’t have these relationships) would struggle to receive funding. Cheree has a solution to this massive problem. She's building the largest community of black small dollar investors who want to help fund black businesses.
