Advance Your Art: From Artist to Creative Entrepreneur

MEET CAMILA ARRI-NUDO: Camila Arri-Nudo is a mindset and alignment coach who works with high performers and achievement junkies on making soul-aligned decisions by diving deep into what makes them thrive. A graduate of Linfield College, she holds a B.S. in Psychology and a B.A. in International Relations with a focus on the intersection of romance, technology, and politics. Camila wrote the book “...

MEET CHRISTINA FLACH: Celebrity Makeup and Hair Artist, Christina Flach, is the creator and CEO of Pretty Girl Makeup. Christina is available onsite in Marin, San Francisco, Napa, Sonoma, Carmel, and Cabo San Lucas for Weddings, Photoshoots, E-commerce, Make-overs, Film, Video, and TV. Her work is inspired by her love of beauty, fashion, music, and art. Her goal is always to make her client look a...

MEET CHRIS HERVOCHON: Chris Hervochon, CPA, CVA is the sole proprietor of his own CPA firm, provides outsourced accounting and tax preparation services primarily for marketing and creative agencies. Before founding his firm, Chris spent ten years working in forensic accounting and corporate accounting and finance. He has been featured in numerous publications, including Journal of Accountancy, Sou...

MEET HEATHER CHAUVIN: Heather Chauvin is a leadership coach who helps ambitious, overwhelmed women conquer their fears and become leaders at work and home. Drawing from her professional experience as a social worker and her life experience raising three boys, Heather created a signature approach to help her clients create and enjoy sustainability, profitability, and ease in business and life. She...

MEET AMY OUGHTON: Amy Oughton is the Founder and CEO of UI/UX design and development agency Dream in Color. An award-winning UI/UX designer herself, Amy is passionate about improving user experience in the healthcare and nonprofit sectors. As a type 1 diabetic, she is dedicated to using technology to improve lives. She specializes in humanity-driven technology products, data visualizations and das...

MEET JOSEPH FUNG: Joseph Fung is the CEO of Uvaro, a tech sales career accelerator, and of Kiite, a sales enablement platform purpose-built to provide sales teams with the information they need when they need it. A graduate of the University of Waterloo’s Computer Engineering program, Joseph’s a repeat Founder & CEO, and with multiple successful exits, and speaks frequently on the topics of sa...

MEET TATIANA TSOIR: Tatiana Tsoir [Saw-yer], CPA is a numbers expert with over 15 years of experience helping entrepreneurs and business owners become the boss of their bottom line. So many people dream about being their own boss but hold themselves back because they’re terrified of dealing with money, numbers, and taxes, and Tatiana helps those dreamers get to know their numbers, get taxes under...

MEET NICKI KRAWCZYK: Nicki Krawczyk is a copywriter with 15+ years of experience, writing for multi-billion-dollar companies, solopreneurs, and every size business in between. She also coaches people to become professional copywriters and build thriving careers of their own via her website, www. FilthyRichWriter.com, and her Comprehensive Copywriting Academy. For her, being "filthy rich" means hav...

MEET TALI MANDELZWEIG Tali Mandelzweig was born in Israel but moved to Canada at the age of 7. Tali graduated with a Commerce Degree (Honours) majoring in Finance and Human Resources and started her career as an HR manager at an Indo-European startup in India. That is where the fascination with startups began as she fell in love with the idea of bringing a product into life and working with amazin...

MEET B. JEFFREY MADOFF B. Jeffrey Madoff is the founder of Madoff Productions, based in New York City. His company collaborates with ad agencies, public relations firms, and directly with clients to produce commercials, branded content, and live streaming events. Madoff began his career as a fashion designer. He was chosen as one of the top 10 designers in the U.S. then switched careers to film an...

MEET JANAE CONTAG JANAE CONTAG JaNae Contag is a Chicago-based artist, musician, photographer, and educator. She received her MFA in Visual Art from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Art at Washington University in St. Louis and her BA from Trinity University in San Antonio. Contag’s practice spans photography, video, music, performance, drawing, and interactive installation. NÆ is Contag’...

MEET MICHAEL SANTORO: Born in New York City, Michael Santoro attended the High School of Art & Design where he was a member of the first-ever, industrial design high school program in the United States. After graduating from Pratt Institute with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Mr. Santoro was accepted as the first-ever, post-graduate design intern at Chrysler Corporation where, upon...

MEET DANA RAY: Dana Ray is an expert in identifying and articulating the ideas and values that underpin great work. She believes that words are action: what we cannot say, we cannot do. As a communications consultant, she defines internal messaging for the leaders in arts and culture who lead our world into new possibilities. Dana Ray Consulting helps artists and organizations identify the compelli...

MEET AALIA LANIUS: Aalia Lanius is the Founder and President of Unsugarcoated Media, a 501(c)(3) media organization. Dedicated to helping survivors of trauma lead mentally healthier lives, Aalia’s focus is creating media and events that empower, educate, heal, and inspire others the way it has for her.  A multiple award-winning American novelist, social entrepreneur, and advocate with ov...

MEET TRACI REUTER: Traci Reuter, founder/CEO of Divine Social, believes that entrepreneurs and businesses can change the world, and her mission is to support them along the way. She’s passionate about helping these business owners build/grow their brands so they can better focus on providing value to their customers and positively impacting the world. Along with 25 years of sales and marketing exp...

MEET JAMES MIILLE: CO-FOUNDER | MANAGING PARTNER James Miille brings a profound aesthetic sense and a keen eye to all things Superfine!, both physical and digital. Responsible for a broad range of assets from web development and materials design to managing the Superfine! sales team, James is a multi-faceted personality who adds a detailed visual narrative to an organization rooted in the visual....

MEET RAMEISH BUDHOO: Rameish, the founder of Black Nation, always had a desire to be an entrepreneur. “I’ve always believed in creating opportunities for yourself. I decided at a young age that someone else having control over my future and destiny just wasn’t for me.” Not only has Rameish worked to propel himself and his team members forward, but with his innovative new app, he is propelling all...

MEET EDUARDO PLACER: As a global facilitator, Eduardo has led workshops and spoken with groups at HBO, Google, Bank of America- Merrill Lynch, Yale, The Juilliard School, and the Wharton School of Business. Private clients include Industry Leaders, CEOs of start-up companies, UN Diplomats, and social activists. Prior to focusing all his energy on Fearless Communicators, he was a professional actor...

MEET RACHEL MYERS: Rachel has been creating work in front and behind the camera for over 20 years in the entertainment industry as a director, designer, and actor. She has collaborated in the creation of over 150 films, theatre, and television productions. From a pool of over 5,000 submissions, her film “Wendy’s Shabbat” premiered at both the 2018 Tribeca International and Palm Springs Internation...

MEET JAS TAKHAR: Toronto native, Jas Takhar, has been in the sales and service industry for over 25 years. Soon after deciding to try his hand in real estate, he co-founded the REC, and in the course of 15 years, has successfully propelled his team to the 1 st place position in Canada under Royal LePage. With 25 realtors and 10 support staff, the team advises and assists over 700 buyers, sell...

MEET HENRY DAAS: I started my first biz in 1991 selling, installing, servicing, and financing computers to large corporations. Since then I have founded a succession of firms in e-commerce, finance, real estate, and consumer product spaces. For much of the past decade, I have taken my experience as an entrepreneur and used it as a platform to coach other business owners and founders.  In addi...

MEET MICAH GROENEVELT: Three words can summarize why I do what I do. [CREATE: verb- to bring into existence.] All of what seems to exist in life is procuring something out of nothing. If I can be a part of that process for you then I'd be honored. [MESSAGE: noun- communication sent to or left with a recipient] What knowledge or information do you want to leave with the viewer? And lastly, [EMOTION...

MEET EUGENIA ZUKERMAN: EUGENIA ZUKERMAN is an internationally renowned flutist and writer. She was the artistic director of the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival in Colorado for 13 years and the arts correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning for more than 25 years. She is the author of two novels, two works of nonfiction, and numerous screenplays, articles, and book reviews. Born in Cambridge, Massachus...

MEET BARB GARRISON: Barb Garrison is a Career & Money Breakthrough Coach and “Job-You-Love” expert at Internal Groove, the company she founded 14 years ago. She helps burned out, success-driven professionals who are just going through the motions design a career, based on their TRUTH, that makes them leap out of bed even on Monday mornings. The creator of The Job I Love Revolution, Barb suppor...

MEET JABRIL MACK: Jabril Mack is an award-winning animator and writer. Since winning the Nickelodeon Greater Creator Award at the age of 16, he has produced comedic animated shorts for kids all over the world. In summer of 2019, he launched his latest series “The Weeklings,” a comedy series starring the days of the week, on YouTube and TikTok. Mack aims to use his clever comedy and fun characters...