Becky Davidson is the Co-founder and President of Rising Above Ministries. Rising Above is a multi-dimensional outreach to families impacted by special needs. After the unexpected death of her husband Jeff in 2017, Becky assumed leadership of their shared ministry and honored his memory by shepherding the completion of his last book, Common Man Extraordinary Call, a field guide and support manual for special needs fathers. In 2018, Becky launched Redefine This Life, a place to encourage women by giving them practical tools to help them reshape and redefine the challenges of life. Becky and her adult son, Jon Alex, live and thrive in the hills of Cookeville, Tennessee.
You can learn more at www.risingaboveministries.org
A two-time USA Today bestselling author, Bryan Cohen loves keeping up with the publishing world through The Sell More Books Show. As the CEO of Best Page Forward, Bryan and his team have written over 2,000 book descriptions. Bryan's books have sold over 100,000 copies.
Robert Glazer is founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners, a top global performance marketing agency. AP has received many awards for both its industry performance and its company culture, and he was honored to be named the #2 ranked small and medium business CEO by Glassdoor last year. He also started Friday Forward, an inspirational newsletter that reaches 100,000 readers each week and is the author of two books, the international best-seller Performance Partnerships and Elevate, which comes out October 1 of this year.
Meggan Wood is the co-founder, designer, and branding maestro behind the leather diaper bag and handbag brand, Lily Jade. It all started when she was a new mom and diaper bag options weren’t available for the woman who valued quality AND organization. As a solution, Meggan carried her leather tote filled with a Ziploc bag “organizational” system. Her friends thought it was hilarious but her husband, Landon, knew she was on to something. Encouraging her vision, Landon asked her to design the diaper bag of her dreams, and friends, that’s how she went from happy homeschool mom to successful business owner in one year!
www.lily-jade.com
@lilyjadeco
Erik and Emily Orton are the co-authors of the new memoir Seven at Sea: Why a New York City Family Cast Off Convention for a Life Changing Year on a Sailboat. As the title indicates, they are also the parents of five children.
Sabrina has been obsessed with fashion since the age of 14, when she got her start in the industry as an assistant buyer, working alongside her sister Jaimie, at the local surf shop in their hometown of Boca Raton, FL. Less than a decade later, Sabrina had created a name for herself in the fashion industry as a buyer for Dolce Vita—her dream job—and went on to work with industry-leading brands like Elie Saab and CP Shades. After graduating from New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology, she began honing her focus to the performance apparel and athletic leisurewear industry, managing accounts for Nesh, Nux, and Prismsport. Still, Sabrina struggled to find sustainably made, domestically produced basics at an affordable price. This gap in the market, combined with a nuanced understanding of what both buyers and customers want, led to the creation of Brooklyn’s first sustainable, domestic, and affordable collection of basics with an athletic edge and unparalleled softness. She called it Softwear.
Matt Walker is the managing director and founder of Matt Walker Adventures. He has 20 plus years of international guiding experience and has a Master’s in Organizational Development. His mission is to help you reconnect with yourself and regain your focus and drive.
http://mattwalkeradventure.com
A former college dropout turned professional snowboarder, Sean has followed his passions to extreme heights (literally)—from helping a young Shaun White with his homework as the team manager for Burton Snowboards to managing tours for Tony Hawk.
UnHustle: The art of doing less while earning more. That’s Phil Newton’s mission. He wants to introduce a better way of doing things rather than grinding all day every day.
Lydia Fenet serves as the Managing Director and Global Director of Strategic Partnerships at Christie’s. In addition to her role within Christie’s, she has raised over half a billion dollars for over 400 non-profits worldwide as the leading benefit auctioneer in the country. Ms. Fenet has trained all of Christie’s benefit auctioneers for the past seven years, and travels around the country to speak to corporations and groups on “The Art of Selling.” Lydia’s auctioneering achievements have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Vogue, Crain’s, Elle, Vanity Fair, Forbes, WWD, Vogue.com, and WorkingMother.com. The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You is her first book and will be published by Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, in Spring 2019.
You can follow her auctions, antics, and anecdotes on Instagram: @LydiaFenet.
https://lydiafenet.com
Matt Brauning is a podcast host, a master trainer of NLP, and the best-selling author of a new book The Firebox Principle – The 7 Drives That Fuel Every Entrepreneur. He speaks all over the world From the US to Australia, filmed a movie with Brian Tracy and Bob Proctor, and consults with fortune 100 companies such as U.S. Bank, John McAfee (Founder of McAfee Antivirus), New York Life, The YMCA, and others. Matt is an avid motorcycle rider, church pastor, and rock climber.
Ranked as one of the Global Top 10 most influential Leadership Gurus by Gurus International, Arthur F. Carmazzi has 21 years of experience specializing in psychological approaches to leadership and corporate culture transformation. He is a renowned motivational leadership keynote speaker and trainer in the Asian Region and has advanced Corporate Training with innovative techniques and tools that have been acknowledged by some of the world’s greatest organizations. He is a bestselling author with book titles like: “The 6 Dimensions of Top Achievers”, “The Colored Brain Communication Field Manual”, “Identity Intelligence”, “Lessons from the Monkey King” and “The Psychology of Selecting the RIGHT Employee”.
Wes Moss is the host of Money Matters – one of the nation’s longest running live call-in, investment and personal finance radio show – on News 95-5FM and AM 750 WSB in Atlanta, Georgia. Wes is the Chief Investment Strategist at Capital Investment Advisors (CIA). CIA currently manages more than two billion dollars in client assets. Wes is also a partner at Wela, a digital advisory service that offers free financial management tools and the ability for clients to work online with a financial planner.
In 2017, Barron’s named Wes Moss one of America’s Top 100 Independent Wealth Advisors.
Wes has written several books including Starting from Scratch and Make More, Worry Less. His latest book, You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think – The 5 Money Secrets of the Happiest Retirees, has been a consistent bestseller in the retirement planning category.
Bernadette’s entrepreneurial journey began at the age of 26 where she was successfully trading her time for money and found herself overwhelmed and constantly hustling despite how successful she was. After the birth of her first son, she found that her own success had become an anchor. As the demands on her time grew, suddenly she needed a team and to house and manage that team. Bernadette's previous business model was simply unsustainable.
Switching to an online model by packaging her expertise into products and online programs and connecting with customers by teleconference and webinar, she doubled her income.
By 2008, Bernadette had generated a million dollars in online sales and even masterminded personally with Richard Branson.
Find her at www.bernadettedoyle.com
A self-described efficiency monster, Justin Kerr is the author of the rogue corporate playbooks How to write an email and How to Be a Boss. He is also the mouthpiece of the MR CORPO podcast and has been the youngest senior executive at some of the world's biggest apparel companies (Gap, Old Navy, Levi's, UNIQLO) running billion-dollar businesses while finding time to write 14 books, tour the country with his rock band and keep 100,000 bees on his roof. He is currently president of Imprint Projects in New York City. Best to follow him on Instagram @mrcorpo or www.mrcorpo.com.
Scott Anthony Barlow is the Founder and CEO of Happen to Your Career. He’s been featured on CNBC, Yahoo, CareerBuilder, Fast Company and Huffington Post and various Colleges and Universities as a top expert on Career Happiness. He gets way excited about careers, coffee, and parkour (not necessarily in that order)
https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/
Jamie Lerner, co-author of the book The Ever-Loving Essence of You, can put a fresh spin on just about anything that anyone throws her way. Her unique and masterful ability to re-frame even the most difficult situations is astounding. All of a sudden your biggest nightmare becomes your greatest pleasure as she lovingly helps you sift through the contrast and find that small opening of light that quickly becomes your greatest jumping off point for clarity. Unassuming, reassuring and seemingly without any sense of ego, Jamie is able to put everyone and everything at ease. She is an asset to any corporate setting. She is easily able to untangle the issues at hand and move right along into helping facilitate a solution-based platform for creative, productive, good-feeling collaboration and change. Jamie can most often be seen working with individuals, children, adults, and couples as well as with small groups. She never positions herself as the expert of anything and is always reminding you that it is you who knows best for yourself ALWAYS. Jamie is a Chicago resident.
Jeremiah Smith is the Founder and CEO of SimpleTiger, a boutique digital marketing agency specializing in SEO for software as a service (SaaS) companies. The SEO industry is plagued by smoke and mirrors, blackhat techniques, and a lack of transparency, and Jeremiah wants to change that for good. For 12 years, Jeremiah has helped companies like Segment.com, Shopify, NBC, MTV, E*Trade, LG, and Sports Illustrated see significant gains in their search results, organic traffic, and revenue.
https://www.simpletiger.com/
Mary Marantz and her husband Justin, make up the renowned photography duo Justin & Mary. Named one of the top 15 wedding photographers by Profoto, they travel the world, shooting editorial pieces and weddings and leading workshops designed to educate photographers and small business owners. They are esteemed writers, speakers, and entrepreneurs.
justinandmaryblog.com
In 3 years, Emily Hirsh built one of the largest and fastest growing, digital marketing agencies in the world, HirshMarketing https://www.emilyhirsh.com/. She and her powerhouse team create and implement multi-million dollar ad campaigns for entrepreneurs looking to make a massive positive impact on the world. They’ve managed $5 million in ad spend and generated over $57 million in revenue for our clients to date. Now, she is eager to share her secrets and help innovators, influencers, creators, and disruptors amplify their message and maximize their impact through a laser-focused strategy that SELLS. Emily has been featured in Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, Fox News, and was a speaker at Russell Brunson’s Inner Circle and Ray Higdon’s Mastermind.
Heather Adams is the founder and CEO of Choice Media Communications. A self-proclaimed pop-culture junkie, Heather leads Choice’s impressive team of women as they serve preeminent voices in publishing, government, lifestyle, entertainment, business, and faith-based arenas. Heather is a widely recognized communications expert and savvy strategist, but that’s not what first comes to mind when people who know her think of her. When today’s most respected journalists, editors, producers, authors, and other personalities at outlets including “The TODAY Show,” “Good Morning America,” TIME, The New York Times, People, ESPN, Redbook, HuffPost, Southern Living, USA Today, Forbes, and more think of Heather, what first comes to mind is genuine, long-term friendship.
Lisa Woodruff is the founder of Organize 365, the creator of the 100 Day Home Organization Program, the Sunday Basket Workshop and Sunday Basket Workshop Paper Organization Certification Program.
As the Amazon bestselling author of The Mindset of Organization, Take Back Your House One Phase at a Time & How ADHD Affects Home Organization. Lisa shares her belief that organization is not a skill you are born with. It is a skill that is developed over time and changes with each season of life.
Lisa has helped thousands of women reclaim their homes and finally get organized with her focus on functional organizing, encouragement, and humor her through her weekly podcasts Organize 365.
Dashing Dish has a mission: nourishing our bodies and souls, in tandem, through whole foods, simple recipes, and gentle wisdom. A dynamic guide that takes the guesswork out of every aspect of healthy living and makes good choices easy, practical, and fun, Dashing Dish incorporates meal planning, clean-eating recipes, tech-smart grocery lists, product recommendations, workouts, spiritual exercises, personalized coaching, and more into an innovative but intuitive online platform. Founded by passionate health and ministry advocate and author Katie Ferrell, Dashing Dish yokes modern convenience, organization, and wellness knowledge with traditional comfort and values to create a welcoming space that helps women care for themselves and their families. Dashing Dish is always ad-free and community-supported, earning the trust of its thousands-strong readership one delicious meal and soul-affirming devotional at a time.
Tiffany Bluhm wants every woman to recognize, embrace, and pursue the big dreams and beauty born inside of them. The author, blogger, speaker, teacher, podcast host, wife, and mother shares her personal stories of self-value and self-doubt, international adoption, entrepreneurship, marriage, heartbreak, motherhood, and more with an ever-growing audience now numbering in the hundreds of thousands. In addition to reaching readers via her own blog, Tiffany shares her disarmingly perceptive, honest, and frequently funny writing on other popular outlets including ScaryMommy.com, Deeply Rooted Magazine, and more. As co-host of the Why Tho podcast and an in-demand speaker, Tiffany also leads key conversations about modern faith, contemporary women, culture, and so much more. She has penned two books: the acclaimed Bible study Never Alone, released in February 2018, and the upcoming SHE DREAMS: LIVE THE LIFE YOU WERE CREATED FOR, set to hit bookstore virtual and brick-and-mortar shelves in February 2019. Tiffany lives in Tacoma, Washington, with her husband and two young sons.