Joe is the founder of Panel Craft, a company focused on repairing and rebuilding vintage sports cars. He began working in the sheet metal trade in the mid-70s and by the late 70s he was contracted to work at GMs Tech Center where he spent most of his time in Research and Development and Advanced Product Engineering. In 1985 he founded and ran New England Metal Crafters in Newburyport Massachusetts and later moved to nearby Amesbury. In 1992 he changed the name to Panel Craft, LLC to better reflect the nature of the business and has been doing it ever since.
Karyn Medeiros is a former Mortgage Broker, who has spent her entire career in the financial industry. She was introduced to Network Marketing 2 years ago and is no longer living in the corporate world.
She lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband Joe, two-year-old Son Mateo and 5-week old baby Tiago.
Karyn is a Black Status presenter with her company Younique which is the top level you can reach. She was the 2nd person to reach that level in Canada. She has grown her team over the last two years to over 8,700 women and a few men.
You can find her at http://www.themakeupnerds.com
Jonathan Rudinger, RN LMT has been instrumental in developing the field of canine massage for people at home and PetMassageTM at the professional level since the mid-1990s. He is the author of 7 books and 6 DVDs, children’s workshops and programs for scouts, camp and after school. He has facilitated over 300 week-long canine massage workshops to train people to create and market professional quality businesses. His book, Creating and Marketing your Animal Massage Business is the text for a home study course which is also a module in the PetMassage Foundation level workshop.
Recognized as an authority on massage for dogs he has been interviewed on many major radio and television and cable networks. He has been featured in Whole Dog Journal, Dog Fancy Magazine, Natural Dog, Cosmopolitan, AARP, Glamour, Massage Magazine, Animal Wellness Magazine, Massage Today and Massage Therapy Journal.
Jonathan's contribution to the animal massage and bodywork field is his personal interpretation of canine massage, PetMassageTM. The PetMassageTM technique is identified as a specific modality in the massage therapy textbook, TouchAbilities.
Jonathan's vision for the canine massage industry expands beyond this school. He is the founder and president of the International Association of Animal Massage and Bodywork, and also president of the Association of Canine Water Therapy. www.iaamb.org.
Jonathan is often called upon for interviews in national media, invited to lecture about animal massage [Crufts in the UK 2000, Paris FR in 2010 and 2014, HHBacker Pet Industry Trade Shows in Chicago and Baltimore 2010, and the AHVMA conference in Kansas City, KS 2013], and is recognized as a lobbyist supporting the rights for animal massage practitioners to practice legally.
info@petmassage.com
Carol is a self-proclaimed crazy, boisterous, fun-loving, wife and mother of 2 amazing kids. She’s a high school dropout who now earns a full-time income in Direct Sales. She believes you don’t have to have years of college to live your best life possible. You just need to have a positive, passionate outlook with a little patience and a ton of persistence.
An entrepreneur since the age of 21, her past jobs include salon owner, restaurant manager, travel dance coordinator, and she’s taken a stab at almost every direct sales company out there, many times juggling 2 or 3 jobs. She found the perfect company for her (Scentsy) just over ten years ago and ever since has been helping thousands of men and women find their stride, passion, and purpose in life. All while having fun in the process. Carol currently has an organization with over 7000 consultants worldwide and works with and mentors closely those who are willing to take the next step.
Cheryl Hall is a professional photographer specializing in photographing children and their families. After working for 15 years in the business, she's become known for her ability to connect with and engage her subjects. Cheryl's images are real and authentic expressions of people's energy and joy. She is passionately committed to using archival inks, papers and processes and offering individually-crafted session books and museum-quality framing. She adores providing my clients with products that meet the highest quality professional standard.
Visit her at http://www.studiochp.com/
Rachel Mano has been a Thrive Life consultant for seven years. She had never been in Direct Sales before thrive but has made it a full-time income for her family. Her husband, Chad, and her work the business together and are Platinum Executive Consultants. After retiring from teaching at the local state University, Chad has recently returned to “work” for fun because teaching is his passion. Their focus in business is helping others achieve their goals and creating a culture of support among their team. They also believe in the power of well taken care of customers.
https://www.thrivelife.com/thrivecrew
Emilio Giglio is a stylist and entrepreneur who has twenty plus years of hairdressing experience, fifteen as co-owner of Alex Emilio Salon. His passion for learning is rivaled only by his passion for teaching and inspiring, mentoring stylists and new talent. Emilio loves challenging himself to learn more because he knows that the key to success is continued education. Learning and filtering that knowledge to a stylist and then putting it into practice with clients is what makes a good salon great.
http://www.alexemiliosalon.com/
Jan is currently based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has been making a difference in the lives of others for over 25 years. She has supported both men and woman alike. From stay-at-home parents to career changes to established professionals. When her clients want more, she builds them with tools and confidence that guide them on the path to making their dreams come true. Jan works with individuals and organizations. She has spoken to groups not only in the USA but also worldwide. Creating and executing action plans is Jan’s way of empowering people to realize their potential can be expanded for a more qualify life.
Jan has earned multiple top honors from her direct sales company in the USA, North America, and World Wide level, as well as from the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance (DSWA). She is well respected within the profession.
Jan has also received Certification as a Dream Coach and Group Dream Coach through Dream Coach University in California, as well as Certification through the World Association of Business Coaches with the DSWA Coach Excellence Program.
Jan reaches out and connects with her audiences. She keeps her training fun, informative and interactive. You will be inspired and empowered by Jan’s never ending energy.
For the past 15 years, Colleen Sullivan has been instrumental in developing and facilitating customized leadership training for a multitude of organizations across the country. She has consulted with State Departments of Education, Universities, Military Organizations, corporate industries and private companies to accelerate their effectiveness, sustain organizational vitality and optimize leadership performance.
As a learning facilitator, Colleen has facilitated sessions for hundreds of leaders enhancing their capacity to create and sustain an inclusive climate within an organization through an authentic conversational platform that enables leaders to design and hold quality conversations that produce a common understanding and alignment within the system.
With a masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction, she incorporates edges of Organizational Development, Systems Thinking, Change Management, adult learning methodologies as well as Conversational Leadership to provide a leadership experience that enables all participants to personalize their new learnings into daily practice, fostering sustainable change.
Colleen has spent hundreds of hours, coaching and facilitating sessions with all levels of leadership, from C-Level Executives in the private sectors and Senior Officers in the Military to front line leaders and Petty Officers. By customizing every session to the unique needs of the client, she develops and maintains long-term results focused relationships with clients.
Jonelle Swiger is from a quaint town in rural West Virginia and has been married to Chris for almost 12 years and together they have 2 active boys Slate 11 and Sawyer 8.
Being an exchange student to Australia sparked a lifetime love of travel and eventually led her to become the travel manager for Mylan Pharmaceuticals. Shortly after getting married, she and her husband started a pipeline business together in 2004. Her heart was never into the corporate lifestyle and just last month was able to step away from the day to day operations of their business thanks to Traveling Vineyard so she could have the flexibility she’s always desired.
Since joining Traveling Vineyard the end of November 2014, she has earned the incentive trip for 2 twice, was the 2015 Rookie of the year, promoted to Director in December, has a team of 129 and has sold over $75,000 worth of wine.
Josef Aukee is a marketing communications consultant and writer/editor working primarily in B2B communications for the healthcare, financial, travel and entertainment industries. Josef has worked in various roles for Consumer Reports, Blue Shield of California, Delta Dental, McKesson, Smart Meetings, Live Oak Bank with many other contract consulting and editorial assignments for technology, travel and music industry-related publications, services and websites. His work has covered a range of services, including journalism, brand development, product marketing planning, customer testimonials, event promotion, advertising, print collateral, digital communications and video content development.
Willa Doss is her own #girlboss. Born in Santa Monica, California, she is the founder of a natural skincare and beauty brand. At the age of 12, Willa started on the path of entrepreneurship. Conceived with the help of her mother, Christy Prunier, Willa Skincare products was born after the sixth grader realized that most cosmetic companies are geared toward an older crowd; their formulas can be too heavy, irritating, and heavily perfumed for young girls. Willa wants the world to know: you can own your own business—even before you can drive or vote. From acne products to lip gloss, Willa, the girl, has helped develop every product in the willa collection with the assistance of top labs, green chemists, and a celebrity make-up artist.
She’s also traveled the country talking to girls about protecting their skin and jumpstarting their futures. When she’s not painting with watercolors (she’s a leftie) or writing pals back on Instagram (a challenge because… see previous), Willa is trying to live up to her name which actually means “protector” by offering cleaner, safer skin care products to the market. Did we mention her favorite willa product is her Face the Day sunscreen?
For the past two years, while this mini-mogul has been running a business, she has also been pulling straight As and achieving distinguished academic achievements at her high school. Willa is also an avid sports enthusiast and is on the track team.
Tara LaMagna is a National Sales Leader and Executive Director with Lemongrass Spa Products. She is passionate about educating others in regards to chemical free skin care. Among her many accomplishments she also has a team of over 300 consultants nationwide and it is her mission to help them reach their dreams!
Gregory Jbara currently stars as “DCPI Garrett Moore” on the hit CBS police drama BLUE BLOODS. He won the 2009 Tony Award©, the Drama Desk Award©, and the Outer Critics Circle Award© for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as “Jackie Elliot” in the Broadway production BILLY ELLIOT the musical. A University of Michigan Alumnus, he Co-Founded IMPACT Dance Company under the University Activities Center in 1980 (Still in existence today). He's also a founding member (1981) of the internationally renowned University of Michigan Musical Theatre Training Program within the University of Michigan School of Music. He then graduated with a BFA in Acting in 1986 from The Juilliard School. He currently resides in his Happy Place of Los Angeles with his wife Julie and sons Zachary and Aidan.
Karan is a senior executive director with The Pampered Chef and has had a successful career with them for the past 24 years. What started out as a passion for cooking and wanting to have a little extra fun has turned into a multi-million dollar business with close to 800 consultants on her team. She lives in beautiful Traverse City Michigan with her husband Steve and her 4 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.
Sandi Krakowski is an angel investor and a radical ‘new generation’ author who built a $20 MILLION dollar empire with her self-taught skills.
She is known in the business world for her teachings on Faith At Work, empowering women and is famous for talking about what everyone sweeps under the rug! As a Facebook Marketing Expert, she was noted by Forbes as a Top 20 Online Marketing Influencers of 2014, Top 20 Women Social Media Influencer and a Top 50 Social Media Power Influencer.
https://www.facebook.com/SandiKrakowskiBiz
https://twitter.com/sandikrakowski
Jessalyn Pito comes to us today from Middletown, Ct. She hasbeen in direct sales for 24 years and with her present company thelast 13.
She was working full time when she started her direct salesbusiness, however, she was looking for a flexible way to make extramoney to pay down credit card debt she had acquired from being asingle mom with no child support. One year later she was able toquit her job as she had an intentional plan in place to make thathappen.
In addition to being able to quit, she earned many rewards alongthe way:
First Consultant to reach One Million Dollars in PersonalSales
Top National Salesperson 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013
Top National Recruiter 2006, 2009
Top National Leader Developer 2010
Top 10 National Sales and Recruiting 2003-2013
Gold Leaf Executive Club 2004-2013, 2015
Leader of a Million Dollar Team 2005-2015
Top National Building Leaders Award at Leadership Conference2005,2008
Ari Weinzweig is CEO and co-founding partner of Zingerman's Community of Businesses, which includes Zingerman's Delicatessen, Bakehouse, Creamery, Catering, Mail Order, ZingTrain, Coffee Company, Roadhouse, Candy Manufactory and the newest business—Cornman Farms. Zingerman’s produces and sells all sorts of full flavored, traditional foods in its home of Ann Arbor, Michigan to the tune of $60,000,000 a year in annual sales. Ari was recognized as one of the “Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America” by the 2006 James Beard Foundation and has awarded a Bon Appetit Lifetime Achievement Award among many recognitions. Ari is the author of a number of articles and books, including Zingerman’s Guide to Better Bacon (Zingerman’s Press), Zingerman’s
Guide to Giving Great Service, Zingerman’s Guide to Good Eating (Houghton Mifflin), Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading, Part 1: A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Building a Great Business, and Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading, Part 2: A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Being a Better Leader. Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading, Part 3; A Lapsed Anarchist's Approach to Managing Ourselves, was released in December of 2013. Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading, Part 4; A Lapsed Anarchist's Approach to the Power of Beliefs in Business is scheduled for release in the first part of 2016.
Zingerman's Community of Businesses
Marcella Kvick has been in the industry for 23 years and is currently with Nerium International. She started as a stay at home who was looking for a way to stay home with her kids while earning a little bit of money. She grew it alongside her family and now her children don't need her time but they are in college so still need her money! Direct sales has given her both the time and money to grow her family. She lives in Northern California with her husband and their 16-year-old. Her oldest son just graduated dental hygiene and is working full time and her middle son attends UCSD and is working toward a degree in computer engineering.
Great pop vocal music, quick witted humor and overall likeability give Three Men and a Tenor a unique style of engaging performance that cannot be matched. The group has performed on stages with Jay Leno, The Beach Boys, Lee Greenwood, Chuck Berry, and Dionne Warwick, and was featured in a national PBS-TV special "Three Men and a Tenor- In Concert" broadcast in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Boston, Miami, Las Vegas and Nashville. The group was honored as Michigan's Best Entertainment twice and have headlined national stages, festivals and fairs for over 24 years with a powerful blend of vocal harmonies and feel-good music for all ages.
https://www.facebook.com/THREE-MEN-and-a-TENOR-68657701426
https://twitter.com/3menandatenor
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIdu-VF9w8mArtDkdwPy0lA
With over 1,400 people in her organization, the largest organization in Premier Designs Jewlery, she has over 200 "Leaders" in her downline. Melissa has personally held over 1,300 Jewelry Shows! She has been a National Speaker and Trainer for Premier Designs over the past 28 years!
She and her husband Greg have 3 Amazing Children ... 2 married daughters and a son who recently graduated from college, along with 5 grandchildren all under 5 years old.
Find them at http://howmayiserveyou.com/
John Lee Dumas is the Founder and Host of EOFire, a top-ranked, daily podcast featuring interviews with today's most inspiring and successful entrepreneurs. John & EOFire have been featured in Forbes, TIME and Inc. Magazine.
He can be found at www.eofire.com
Gina has come from a varied background, growing up working with her parents on the family farm and then later working in their family business which they had for 25years.
So owning her own business has always been ‘normal’ to Gina. It is of no surprise coming from that background that she has been part of many ‘adventures’ that have led her on the path to being where she is today.
Gina’s past successes include building a substantial Amway business and becoming one of Australia’s top Sales Managers for the Bessemer Cookware company.
Her biggest success she says though, has been marrying her amazing partner in life, Karl Moore and their 3 most gorgeous children, Julia – 12yrs, James - 9 yrs & Emily 6yrs.
Gina is a big believer in family life and loves being able to spend the time she wants to as a Mum & Wife. Supporting, nurturing and encouraging her children to always ‘Think Big’ because creating the ideal lifestyle you want with an abundance of time, and money to enjoy it is something we all strive for in life but do not always succeed in getting unless we have the right foundations!
Gina’s journey in YIAH began fast and has been a fast and wild ride ever since! And she wouldn’t have it any other way!
To Gina, being able to share the “Your Inspiration At Home” Gift with others and to see them also succeed is the greatest reward there is in her eyes. She has helped many people within her Organisation during her 4 years with YIAH and she beams with pride when speaking about the current 100 Leaders and 11 Directors in her success line and is so proud to have such an amazingly talented group of equally-minded women to work alongside with.
Gina is working towards creating more of her “happy place” to be in daily and although the journey is challenging at times, she has come to learn from some amazing mentors, that without a ‘stretch, there is no growth’ and that ‘Anything is possible if you have an UNSTOPPABLE attitude’!!
Kristine is a Direct to Corporate Senior Director that helped to launch Origami Owl, a customizable jewelry company that tells stories with lockets + charms. She has grown a team to almost 10,000 Designers across the US + Canada. She has been in direct sales for over 17 years and has risen to top Leadership positions and driven many company cars. She is married to Brandon for 18 years and has a daughter, Sydney (13) and a son Tanner (11).
You can contact Kristine at yourlocketstory@gmail.com or find her at https://kstevens.origamiowl.com/