Christine McKay is a Business Negotiation Strategist, international speaker, host of In the Venn Zone podcast, and author of Why Not Ask? A Conversation about Getting More. Christine holds a Harvard MBA and is the CEO/Founder of Venn Negotiation. She has negotiated with more than half of the Fortune 100 & hundreds of small and mid-sized companies across 53 countries. She loves leveling the playing field for her clients and empowers entrepreneurs and business owners to ask for more of what they want and shows them how to get it. Her mission is to reduce business failure rates by helping people elevate their negotiation skills! She was born and raised in a rural community in Montana, graduating with the same 20 kids she grew up with. Christine’s been married to the love of her life for almost 30 years and is a proud mom of three grown children.
Carrie Greene, of Carrie Greene Coaching, is an author, speaker and coach.
Carrie spent fifteen years on Wall Street in marketing and product development for major brokerage firms and the New York Stock Exchange. She left after 9/11 to start her own business. Carrie helps business owners understand the true value they bring to their clients’ lives and businesses. Carrie’s clients get clear on what they want and create simple, straightforward plans to get them there so that they can be profitable and happy.
Carrie spent fifteen years on Wall Street in marketing and product development for major brokerage firms and the New York Stock Exchange. She left after 9/11 to start her own business. Carrie helps business owners understand the true value they bring to their clients’ lives and businesses. Carrie’s clients get clear on what they want and create simple, straightforward plans to get them there so that they can be profitable and happy.
Catie Harris, PhD, MBA, and Registered Nurse is the NursePreneur Mentor who has empowered hundreds of nurses to monetize their knowledge and skills in business, while inspiring them to change the way healthcare is perceived and delivered. She strives to undo the perception that nursing care is limited to the hospital setting. Through her intensive mentorship program, Catie shows nurses how their nursing knowledge can transcend the hospital system into a profitable business.
Catie is an international speaker who has been featured in ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News and Huffington Post. She has also shared her innovative mentorship work on National and International Podcasts and TV including Be Efficient TV, Dubai One and Copy Chief with Kevin Rogers.
Catie is an international speaker who has been featured in ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News and Huffington Post. She has also shared her innovative mentorship work on National and International Podcasts and TV including Be Efficient TV, Dubai One and Copy Chief with Kevin Rogers.
Entrepreneur, Speaker and Artist, Chris is the founder of Piccles - a collaborative drawing experience to amplify creative expression. Winner of the MIT Creative Arts and the Hacking Health competitions, he can be found running workshops, running companies, or running through the woods in his free time.
Ceola J. is passionate about encouraging and inspiring women to seek and reach their God-given purpose and to live their best lives now! She is the published author of "I Know It Was the Blood: A Story of Overcoming. She is the founder and CEO of CJ Productions, LLC, a faith-based company dedicated to producing projects that create, inspire, and empower through performing arts. Ceola has written & producted five stage plays under the production company. Ceola is also a motivational speaker, and the founder of Sisters Celebrating Each Other, Inc. a nonprofit benefiting single women and single mothers. Look for new books, CD series and stage plays coming soon from Ceola J.
Chris Castanes is an award winning insurance agent, speaker and author of “You're Going To Be Great At This!”. As president of Surf Financial Brokers since 2011, he helps his clients with life and disability, and long term insurance. He is originally from Fayetteville, NC and began his career in sales and marketing after graduating from North Carolina State University in 1985. He resides in North Myrtle Beach, SC with his wife and daughter.
Casandra Austin-McDonald is from Springfield, IL. She is a speaker, poet, life coach and the author of Unclothed Memoir of a Naked Soul. Casandra founded the self-esteem empowerment movement, Be Pretty Inside, Inc; is the founder and CEO of the Live Greater Institute; and also the host of the Grow Thru It podcast. Casandra has a son in high school, a bonus son in junior high school, and is a wife to the love of her life. Casandra can be found on all social media platforms.
Christine Franklyn is an international speaker, writer and Executive Wellness Coach. She is on a mission to help high-performing entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs stop feeling trapped in the businesses they’ve built. She has reverse-engineered the process she used to escape burnout and reclaim her A-Game to create her Power Up Formula. Her clients get out from under the weight of everything that rests on their shoulders, optimize their lives and thrive at their highest level.
Christen Johnson is the CEO, Founder of a couple of different entities. At SophisticatedChic Brand, she is the Personal Style Coach for professional women helping them to determine their unique body shapes in order to hone in on a personal style that makes them feel the most confident. At Project Style University she coaches aspiring and emerging wardrobe stylists through the growing pains of building a successful styling business in the fashion industry.
When she's not coaching, or speaking to individuals about elevating themselves in style, she's figuring out new ways to expand her knowledge in business, spending time with family and friends or jamming to some of her favorite songs.
When she's not coaching, or speaking to individuals about elevating themselves in style, she's figuring out new ways to expand her knowledge in business, spending time with family and friends or jamming to some of her favorite songs.
Chandra has built successful and profitable businesses through her boutique consulting and public relations firm, Chandra Gore Consulting, working with entrepreneurs to help them create foundations to ensure longevity and growth. Quietly making strides with placements for small businesses, entertainment, authors, therapists and motivational speaking clients on local and national news outlets she has also been leaving her mark as a publicist in the industry. She is also an author, speaker, podcast host, festival founder and producer.
