The Power of Authority Spotlight

Sherri Hilton is the National Account Executive at Cepheid, a firm dedicated to improving healthcare by pioneering molecular diagnostics that combine speed, accuracy, and flexibility. She acknowledges that strong moms create stronger daughters. She believes that sharing the wisdom and strength of women will result in stronger generations to come. Sherri is a sales dynamo, influential networker, po...

Mark Lukes is the Founder and CEO of Real Estate Mergers & Acquisitions Co. (REMA), a boutique consulting firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions within the real estate industry. REMA offers various services, including exit strategies for selling real estate brokers, mortgages, and title company owners, allowing them to start a new chapter of their lives. With a proven track record of su...

Scott Ritzheimer, the Founder and CEO of Scale Architects, is passionate about helping founders take their leadership and organization to the next level. He helped start nearly 20,000 new businesses and nonprofits and, with his business partner, led their multimillion-dollar business through an exceptional and extended growth phase, all before he turned 35. Today, Scott helps founders and CEOs ide...

Charley Johnson is a sophomore at Northern High School in Dunkirk, Maryland. She enjoys weightlifting, writing, and sailing while aspiring to pursue an education license from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Charley wrote her book Shine Light on Mental Fights in hopes of helping struggling teenagers relate to and learn about mental illness, which is becoming more prominent in today...

Dr. Joey Jones is a Board-Certified Chiropractic Physician with over 32 years of experience helping patients treat, prevent, and reverse musculoskeletal and degenerative diseases. He utilizes safe, non-toxic, non-invasive treatments that enhance the body’s natural healing ability, concentrating on a physiological approach to health and healing. His program actively teaches you how to connect balan...

Nader Safinya is the Founder and Principal of Blackribbit, a brand strategy design consultancy helping companies nurture their brand with a clear purpose, build lasting relationships with their audience, and stimulate their growth. Leading with care, reliability, and purpose, the team has helped businesses evolve into emotionally resonant brands that invite recognition, loyalty, and scale.  W...

Samantha Jacobson is the Founder and CEO of TenXPR, a brand creating communications and digital strategies for brands to generate high-quality coverage and visibility. She is an industry leader in broadcast public relations who began her career as Vice President of Public Relations and Events for Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, the iconic home furnishing brand. With placements in The Washington Post...

Aleasha Bahr is the Creator of the Matchmaker Sales Method, where she loves giving people a refreshing alternative because if it's a fit, it's a fact, and there is no selling involved. She is a woman in a male-dominated industry, calling out the common lies perpetuated in sales. Primarily, the lie that you have to do things that feel weird to win sales and experience hundreds of reps and rejection...

Dr. Joey Faucette is a positive culture architect, executive coach, and best-selling author of numerous books, including his latest, Small Hinges Swing Big Doors . He empowers individuals and companies to attract top talent, reduce team turnover, and develop people, productivity, and profits. Dr. Faucette hosts the Work Positive Podcast weekly. As a prolific writer of over a thousand articles, his...

Gray MacKenzie is the Co-founder of ZenPilot, a training and consulting company that leads digital agencies through the last project management implementation they'll ever need by eliminating the root causes of chaotic agency operations. He is an operations nerd passionate about helping digital agencies build healthy, productive, and profitable teams. Gray has built ZenPilot into ClickUp's largest...

Christian Ray Flores is the Founder of Xponential Life, a coaching program designed for high achievers seeking lifelong, integrated success. He is an international recording artist, entrepreneur, and life coach with a captivating story that spans four continents and multiple cultures. Christian is the Co-founder of Third Drive Media, an award-winning marketing and venture development company, and...

Jason Mandel is the Founder and CEO of Mandel Family Office, a firm dedicated to providing comprehensive financial services to high-net-worth individuals and families. He is a Wall Street insider and a private financial adviser and has held senior positions at the LeFrak Organization, D.E. Shaw, and Cantor Fitzgerald. Jason has over 25 years of entrepreneurial experience in financial services and...

Tom Ziglar is the CEO of Ziglar Inc., a motivational and personal/professional development company. The company offers corporate training programs, including sales training and sales management development, leadership, coaching, and effective presentation and communication skills training. As the son of the world's top motivator, Zig Ziglar, he had the rare privilege of spending his entire life su...

Greg Alexander is the Founder of Collective 54, the first mastermind community dedicated exclusively to thriving professional services firms with big aspirations. After selling his own professional services firm, SBI, for $162 million, he founded Collective 54 to help members make more money, work less, and get to an exit bigger and faster. Greg is the author of The Boutique: How to Start, Scale,...

Michael Huber is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant accredited by the Association of Applied Sport Psychology. He is a father, an experienced business advisor, an athlete, and a mentor. The primary focus of Michael’s practice is serving young athletes and their families. He believes that mental performance coaching is about becoming aware of mental and emotional challenges, removing those r...

Julian Hayes II is an author, hybrid athlete, and Founder of Executive Health. It is a boutique concierge service that helps forward-thinking CEOs, executives, and high-achieving individuals live longer and better by leveraging their unique biodata, data-driven analytics, and personalized programming. Julian is also the host of Executive Health & Life , a podcast that helps you become the CEO...

Natasha Hemmingway is the Creator of Heart Not Hustle, a sales coaching firm helping corporations, start-ups, and entrepreneurs find and focus on the deeper meaning behind their business motivation and sales message. She is a sales consultant, coach, and speaker specializing in corporate, start-up, and entrepreneurial-based sales, equipping them to master their authentic sales process and strategy...

Dr. Jeremy Weisz is the Co-founder of Rise25, a done-for-you podcast service that helps B2B business owners connect with their ideal prospects, referral partners, and strategic partners. He has been involved in podcasting for over 11 years and was a senior producer for early business podcasts. He helped put all of their systems in place and helped them add volume, feature, and edify various busine...

Michelle Prince is the Founder and CEO of Performance Publishing Group, which provides top-quality, comprehensive book publishing services for soon-to-be authors. Michelle is a best-selling author and a sought-after motivational speaker who has helped thousands of professionals worldwide become published authors through consulting, courses, seminars, and done-for-you publishing services. She helps...

Ian Garlic is the Co-founder and CEO of authenticWEB, a marketing and coaching company that helps businesses grow by sharing their authentic stories through a combination of amazing videos, animations, websites, and SEO. He is a go-to video marketing and storytelling expert and the best-selling author of three marketing books. Ian's newest book, Video Testimonials That Land The Big Fish, provides...

Scott Goodrich is the host of the Grow Your Damn Business podcast, an entrepreneur, and a business coach. He's had a successful career as a sales and operations executive since college. Driven by his entrepreneurial spirit, Scott and his wife, Jenn, took the plunge and started their own business, where they persevered through the challenges and learned valuable lessons along the way. He is now an...

Matt Treacey is the Founder of Symbios Growth Automation, an email marketing agency for non-fiction authors. He is an expert email marketing consultant for some of the world's leading business authors with an academic background in ecological science who knows what it takes to build systems designed for growth. Matt is the author of Natural Orders , a book that explains how to develop healthy, eng...

Chris Gronkowski is the Owner and CEO of Ice Shaker, a kitchen-grade stainless steel double-walled vacuum-insulated bottle that does not absorb odor and holds ice for over 30 hours without sweating. He is also the Co-owner of Everything Decorated, a brand providing personalized gifts for all events, including weddings, holidays, birthdays, corporate events, and more. Previously, Chris was a profes...

Jane Hanson is the Founder and CEO of HHH Productions, LLC, a well-rounded consultancy helping people improve their communication skills whether they are addressing large crowds, presenting to the board, speaking with clients and colleagues, or across various media platforms. She moved to New York 30 years ago to become an anchor and correspondent for NBC . During her tenure, she co-anchored Today...

Kevin Thompson is the Founder of Impact & Legacy Collective, a community facilitating real, meaningful, and long-term aligned relationships with like-minded entrepreneurs who work together to make a positive impact and leave a lasting legacy. Having sold $16.1 million worth of his products and services through strategic partnerships, he intimately understands the value of relationships. Kevin...