Networking Unleashed: Building Profitable Connections

April Forman april.perga@gmail.com Please share a brief Bio. April Forman Entrepreneur, Global Design Leader & Wellness Advocate April Forman is a founding partner of Perga, a science-backed health and wellness company focused on cellular health, foundational wellness, and longevity. She helps people take a more proactive approach to their health through Perga’s daily wellness system while int...

Jane Rolen jane@janerolen.com 828-507-2563 Please share a brief Bio.* Mary Jane B. Rolen COMMUNITY LEADER/ PUBLIC SERVANT/CULTURAL ADVOCATE PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC SPEAKER/ CONSULTANT CEO, JBR CONSULTING, LLC/ CEO, LAZY BEAR CABINS, LLC Jane Rolen (Mary Jane Basilio-Rolen) is a recently retired Management and Program Analyst for Social Security Administration (SSA). She began her SSA career as a Claim...

Evan Siegel esiegel@egain.com Please share a brief Bio. Evan Siegel is VP of AI Business Solutions at eGain, where he helps Global 2000 enterprises unify content, automate workflows, and achieve measurable AI return on investment. He's focused on building AI systems that solve actual business problems. Over 16 years at Wells Fargo, he led customer experience strategy for the bank's 23 million reta...

SAURABH KAKKAR skresearch81@gmail.com Please share a brief Bio. Saurabh Kakkar is an AI, data, and risk transformation leader with extensive experience in banking and financial services. His work focuses on applying AI/ML, generative AI, data analytics, and intelligent automation to complex credit-risk and regulatory challenges. He is also an author, researcher, inventor, keynote speaker, and tech...

Natalie K. Jackson natalie.jackson@thecrescentconsultancy.com Please share a brief Bio. Natalie K. Jackson is a Customer Experience (CX) strategist and founder of Crescent Consultancy, where she helps organizations design customer and employee experiences that reduce friction, strengthen trust, and drive measurable business outcomes. With more than two decades of cross‑industry experience, she has...

Nelson Brooks nelson@cabanaboyshospitality.com Please share a brief Bio. I'm a hospitality professional who has built a 10-location brand for private events. I've been on Shark Tank, featured in the New York Times, and run the number one batched experience company in the country. What are 2-3 things you would love to talk about? I love to talk about how building a business doesn't need a fully fle...

Marja Fox marja@mfoxconsult.com I am a former Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company with broad strategy, business development and commercial operations expertise across multiple industries. Before turning independent, I was a VP of Marketing and Strategy & Business Development at Ecolab, responsible for growth strategy, innovation, new product launches, sales support and marketing comm...

Lachandra B. Baker lachandra@lbbedutainment.com Please share a brief Bio. Lachandra B. Baker, MBA, CDP, is an award-winning workforce optimization strategist, author, five-time TEDx contributor, and the founder of LBB Edutainment. Known as a powerful "Conduit for Connection," she helps organizations turn corporate complexity and burnout into clarity, confidence, and collective momentum. By alignin...

Lachandra B. Baker lachandra@lbbedutainment.com Please share a brief Bio. Lachandra B. Baker, MBA, CDP, is an award-winning workforce optimization strategist, author, five-time TEDx contributor, and the founder of LBB Edutainment. Known as a powerful "Conduit for Connection," she helps organizations turn corporate complexity and burnout into clarity, confidence, and collective momentum. By alignin...

Kati Peterman kati@yourfrx.com Please share a brief Bio. Blending a strong sales background with a deep obsession for systems, Kati is known for turning chaos into clarity and strategy into action. Kati Peterman founder of Your FRX is an operator and growth strategist known for bringing clarity to complexity. A former Chief of Staff, she has led and scaled multiple 7 and 8 figure companies and hel...

Shadeed Eleazer mr.shadeed@gmail.com Please share a brief Bio. Shadeed Eleazer is a US Navy Veteran and Content Licensing and Intellectual Proeprty Strategist who created a business model that was licensed by 17 US states in a multi-million dollar licensing agreement. Entrepreneurs hire Shadeed to develop their Intellectual Property into a licensing model that is sold to corporations and universit...

Mitchell Wilson mitchell@coachbirds.com Please share a brief Bio. Mitchell Wilson, founder of Coachbirds. I help SME business owners unlock more money and freedom through better Sales, Systems, and Strategy. After my parents went bankrupt when I was 16, I became fascinated by what makes businesses succeed or fail. Since then, I’ve built multiple businesses and now help other business owners grow s...

Dr Mel Colon drs4drs@gmail.com Bio I would say, conservatively that 20% to 40% of all the people you have on your contact list (even though most won’t mention it) have some type of foot, ankle or lower leg (below the knee) chronic problem. So many people can’t work at all or can’t work full time due to foot problems, as well as can’t do sports or exercise or can’t dance. It’s truly amazing how man...

Alison Silbert alisonsilbert@gmail.com Please share a brief Bio. Author Alison Silbert is a marketing professional with a background in website development, online marketing, and technical writing. She has over a decade of experience managing marketing efforts for her family business and previously ran her own business in marketing and PR. Alison also worked at the University of Toronto, supportin...

Brendan Brown brownstay100@gmail.com Please share a brief Bio. Brendan Brown is a young author, podcast host, motivational speaker, and creative entrepreneur passionate about personal growth, storytelling, leadership, and helping the next generation believe that their story is not over. He is the author of four books: "Trials, Tribulations and Trauma A Story Built Through Adversity", and his child...

Priya-Marie Robert priya@pmenrich.com.au Please share a brief Bio. Priya-Marie Robert is an award-winning referral marketing strategist and the founder of PM Enrich. She helps business owners build structured referral networks that generate consistent, high-quality opportunities. Through her program, The Referral Team Playbook, Priya has supported business owners to clearly articulate their value,...

Sébastien Night sebastien@onetake.ai Please share a brief Bio. I am an IT engineer from the French Caribbean islands, I never imagined becoming an entrepreneur. But my passion for salsa dancing and my love of helping people led me to quit the "perfect job" and start 2 successful businesses: a latin dance school which grew from 1 to 150 students in record time, and my coaching business for single m...

Elias Curtis elias@transformeddesign.com Please share a brief Bio. Elias Curtis is the founder of Transformed Design, a digital marketing and web development agency with nearly two decades of experience helping businesses grow through technology, branding, and lead generation. In addition to entrepreneurship, Elias serves in church leadership and biblical counseling, where he is passionate about m...

Elizabeth Fried elizabeth@nefried.com Please share a brief Bio. For more than four decades, I’ve partnered with senior leaders, business owners, and influential professionals seeking clarity, confidence, and strategic presence. My approach blends direct insight with grounded warmth — a combination shaped by years of executive coaching, corporate advisory roles, and human development research. I’ve...

Kelly Lorenzen kelly@duplicatemyself.com Please share a brief Bio. Kelly Lorenzen, PMP, is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and CEO of KLM Consulting, Marketing, and Management. With 20+ years of business ownership experience, she’s built and scaled multiple companies, including KLM, which has grown between 25% and 200% year-over-year. Kelly and her team of “business owner duplicates” provide...

Paul J Salter pauljsalter07@gmail.com Please share a brief Bio. Paul Salter is a high-performance hypnotherapist, mindset and performance coach, keynote speaker, author, and host of The Unstuck High Performer Podcast. With over 16 years of coaching experience and nearly 4,000 clients served, Paul helps high-performers—especially entrepreneurs, executives, and athletes—unlearn the destructive patte...

Tyrus Shivers tyrus@legacywcg.com Please share a brief Bio. Tyrus Shivers is the Founder of Legacy Wealth Capital Group and the architect behind Legacy BOS™, a 170-point operating system designed to eliminate founder dependence and build acquisition-ready companies. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Tyrus has helped raise over $300 million in capital across multiple businesses while scaling and exiting 6...

John Elbing john@standpoint.ch Please share a brief Bio. John Elbing is a business storytelling consultant and the creator of the Storybuilding method. He helps organizations flip the script by building their brand story from the customer’s standpoint rather than from inside the organization. He works with leadership and marketing teams to align messaging, sharpen positioning, and make marketing d...

Neal Foard neal@storyfire.net Please share a brief Bio. Neal Foard is a master storyteller and branding expert who spent 25 years shaping award-winning ad campaigns for global icons like Budweiser, Lexus, and Sony. For his international work on Toyota, he was listed among the top ten most decorated creative directors in the world. As Worldwide Director of Creative Learning for advertising giant Sa...

Liam Edward Golder songheroesmusic@gmail.com Please share a brief Bio. Liam Edward Golder is an Award Winning Music Executive and No 1 Chart Singer/Songwriter/Musician of unique rock, love, dance, and hip hop songs having worked with more than 80 celebrity music artists. This includes songwriting and music promoting with Linkin Park, Wu-Tang Clan, Candi Staton/The Source/Florence And The Machine "...