Program 650 David Somerfleck is a newly-retired digital marketing executive with over 20 years’ experience working for marketing and advertising agencies where he served as project manager, helping guide multi-million dollar brands toward increased profitability. David also was a Certified Small Business Mentor off and on for 10 years through the U.S. Small Business Administration…
Program 648 Kara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint water, the leading unsweetened flavored water. She has received numerous accolades, including being named EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 Northern California and one of InStyle’s 2019 Badass 50. Previously, Kara was VP of Shopping Partnerships at…
Program 643 Beth Gibbs, MA, is a certified yoga therapist. She is ‘free-tired’ and pursuing her passions of writing, teaching yoga, and leading workshops on personal growth and healthy aging. Her published writing includes newsletters, short stories, and magazine articles on the benefits of yoga, meditation and self-awareness. She uses her energy and sense of…
Program 642 Natasha Davis is a Branding Strategist and Corporate Trainer. As a certified expert in email and social media marketing, branding, speaker and trainer, she thrives on fixing problems and eliminating frustrations for companies and their executives. Over the past 13 years, Natasha has worked with several companies, government agencies and small business owners…
Program 640 Kymberli Speight is an author, speaker, executive coach, and professional speaker/trainer. Currently, she serves as the president-elect for NSA-Austin and teaches executive transition courses for the USAF. Kymberli is an Air Force Academy graduate. She has jumped out of planes, soloed in a plane, and purchased 36 F-15E fighter jets–a $954 million buy–when…
Program 639 Marie Ruggles, RD, CN, CDE is the author of Optimize Your Immune System: Create Health and Resilience with a Kitchen Pharmacy. She started her career in research at Columbia University where she earned a degree in nutrition and public health. Marie drills down the research into simple actions steps to help busy entrepreneurs…
Program 621 Sean Castrina is a bestselling author having written 3 books including 8 Unbreakable Rules for Business Startup Success, The Greatest Entrepreneur in the World, and his most recent book The World’s Greatest Business Plan – That Actually Works! He has contributed articles to Forbes, Money Magazine, Inc. Yahoo Finance and countless others.…
Program 613 Steve Rodgers, is the author of Amazon #1 Best-selling book Lead to Gold, and the recently launched book, The IGI Principles, and creator of Alchemy Advisors coaching and consulting firm. Steve is a former Warren Buffett CEO who experienced a radical spiritual transformation that has evolved into a new mission as a…
Program 611 In 2010, Tommy Mello became the sole owner and operator of a single Phoenix-based garage door service business, which came with $50,000 in debt. Today, A1 Garage generates more than $40 million dollars in annual revenue, with over 200 employees in several states. Tommy is on a quest to share his experience and…
Program 609 Laura Gale got her start as a publicist for Hachette, a global publishing house, and worked on projects like the Twilight phenomenon, JK Rowling’s post-Harry Potter publications, and the personal memoirs of Michael Palin, Nelson Mandela and Tina Fey. She started Laura Is Writing to help entrepreneurs to write, publish and market…
