Kellie Gardner is an adjunct instructor at North Carolina Central University where she teaches prospective early childhood education teachers, full-time, online. She has been a certified educator since 1994 and has held such positions as first/second grade teacher, reading specialist, curriculum facilitator, and most recently college instructor.

In the past year, she has found a new way to educate others. As the owner of Kellie Gardner International Marketing Group, it is her desire to teach other educators, facilitators, trainers, coaches, and pastors how to expand their brand, by marketing their message on the internet.

As creator of www.kelliegardner.com, a blog about internet marketing, network marketing, and personal development, she is able to satisfy her love of research and writing, while teaching others what she has learned. She also works diligently to provide that same content in video on her YouTube channel, www.mlmmetamorphosis.info.

Her strongest passion at this time is video marketing and as a result she has partnered with My Video Talk, an international network marketing company that specializes in providing 5 affordable HD-quality video tools for its customers.

In this interview, she will share tips on overcoming the fear of creating videos, the importance of including video marketing in your marketing plan, as well as various video technology tools you can use to connect with your prospects, clients/customers, and business partners. http://www.kelliegardner.com

Amy Applebaum is the prominent Success Coach behind Amy Applebaum Inc. and The Release Your Inner Millionairess coaching program designed to create life changing breakthroughs in her clients.

Amy's groundbreaking Six Step process has helped hundreds of thousands of female entrepreneurs, across the globe; break through barriers inhibiting their success and happiness allowing them to accomplish goals they never imagined possible.

In addition to being an author, consultant, speaker and success coach, Amy's credentials include a BA in Speech and Organizational Communications, Certifications as a Life Coach, Hypnotherapist, Timeline Therapist, and she is a trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Amy's first book, "Solve Your Business Problems…In 6 Simple Steps" is now available - www.AmyApplebaum.com. She is currently working on her second book, due in bookstores 2011. In 2009, Amy launched Totally Fabulous Females (TFF), a dynamic community of women that come together to support one another in the growth and development of their business and personal lives. www.AmyApplebaum.com

Kerry Heaps is the Founder and President of Kerry’s Network, Inc. which includes divisions such as Kerry’s Network for Women (Free Business Networking Groups for Women in Business), The Business Review Quarterly Magazine and Kerry’s Network Talk Radio, a weekly talk show featuring successful business owners. http://kerrysnetworkforwomen.com/home.html

Crave Cupcakes is owned and operated by sisters Carolyne McIntyre Jackson and Jodi Willoughby. In the Fall of 2004 Crave opened their doors to Calgary baking cupcakes, cookies and cakes from scratch. Calgary is now home to four Crave locations with a fifth in the works.

Carolyne McIntyre Jackson has a degree in Food Business Management and with the opening of Crave she has realized her dream of bringing something special to the people of Calgary. Still striving for the dream, Carolyne is balancing her career with raising a family and training for a half Ironman this summer.

Jodi Willoughby has a degree in Community Rehabilitation and has worked hard to build a brand that is truly a part of the community. Jodi has infused the business with a small town philosophy of creative simplicity, providing an honest product and remembering to give back to the community that supports Crave. Jodi and her husband, Chris, put their hearts into building Crave and raising their two boys.

As a gifted international motivational and inspirational speaker, facilitator, and published author, Sue Falcone uses her unique presentation of humor and energy to touch lives and change hearts.
Skilled as a former AT&T and Lucent Technologies Executive, and Direct Sales Business Owner, Sue is a Dale Carnegie Speaker and Trainer graduate, certified from the Zig Ziglar Leadership Training Group, and a Bob Pike Creative Training Techniques graduate.

As a speaker for more than forty years with a vast background in communications, sales and marketing, customer service, financial counseling, time management, writing, and personal spiritual growth; Sue is available for Business Workshops/Seminars, as a Keynote Speaker, Women's Groups, Retreats, and Large Church Groups.

Sue is married to Carmen, and together they have a blended family of 4 awesome children, and 6 fabulous grandchildren. She loves the beach, walking, music, climbing lighthouses, reading, and helping others. http://www.suefalcone.authorweblog.com

Brad Szollose, author of "Liquid Leadership: Multigenerational Management Ideas That Are Changing The Way We Run Things" is a much sought after speaker on the subject of new leadership styles – mainly how to get Generation Y and Baby Boomers working together. As former cofounder and C-Suite Executive of several successful companies during the Dot Com era, Brad brings his award winning management model to your organization.

With over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience Brad is no stranger to the Boardroom—during the Dot Com Era of the early 90's, Brad co-founded K2 Design, Inc. which later raised over $7 million through private placement and an IPO on NASDAQ.

His tenure at K2 was explosive—the company experienced 425% growth for 5 straight years expanded from 2 business partners to 4 with 60+ employees, offices worldwide and valuated at over $26 million. As a C-Suite Executive, Brad applied his unique management style to a young, tech-savvy Generation X & Y Workforce producing great results. Brad’s management model won K2 the Arthur Andersen NY Enterprise Award for Best Practices in Fostering Innovation Among Employees.

"Liquid Leadership" recently won a silver medal in the Axiom Business Book Awards competition.

www.liquidleadership.com

Kellee Maize is a Pittsburgh-based rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and dancer. In Kellee's own words...
I moved to Pittsburgh in my teens with the dream of making an impact on the world. I learned more about the negative sides of our society through study at the University of Pittsburgh. At that time, Hip Hop was solidified as my passion and outlet for activism. I began singing and rapping on stage in 2000 and have not stopped since.

I founded a female owned and operated, socially conscious company, Nakturnal. I founded Nakturnal in hopes of helping woman work together in pursuit of their dreams and because I learned through spiritual study that when women gather, the world will heal. For over two years now, Nakturnal has been considered a leading marketing and events organization in the the area. We work daily to inspire women, help independent artists and raise awareness for worthy causes.

While Nak was growing, I found more time to record and perform, and released my first album, Age of Feminine with the help of DJ Huggy. I released my second album, Aligned Archetype, nationally on January 29th, 2010. This album highlights my mystical side and brings together my other musical passions including dubstep, house, reggae, Bmore club, R&B and of course Hip Hop. I consider myself a spiritual person and now see activism on an energetic level that starts within so I work on my SELF daily. I feel my outer purpose in life is to make music that sends out good energy that speaks to the soul of the listener.

I believe massive global change is coming and that it starts with the individual. I feels Pittsburgh, my home, is a focal point in this planetary change and that women and female energy in men and women will help us enter a new stage.

I feel that our inner world is a mirror of our outer reality. We have the power to help positively affect the world by "being the change we wish to see", as Ghandi puts it. While this can be incredibly challenging given our human tendencies and emotions, I believe we are entering a new stage of evolution in human consciousness and hope that in the same way I am affected daily by artists and musicians that my music inspires change and awareness in the listener.
http://www.nakturnal.net http://www.kelleemaize.com

Melinda Emerson “SmallBizLady,” is an author, speaker and small business coach whose areas of expertise include small business start-up, business development and social media marketing. Melinda‘s mission is to End Small Business Failure. She publishes a resource blog, www.succeedasyourownboss.com. She hosts a weekly talk show on Twitter called #Smallbizchat for emerging entrepreneurs. As one on the nation’s leading small business experts, Melinda has been featured on NBC Nightly News and in the Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report and Black Enterprise. Her first book “Become Your Own Boss in 12 months; A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business That Works” was released in March 2010 by Adams Media. Melinda also founded Quintessence Multimedia, a full service strategic communications firm where her clients include Johnson & Johnson, Verizon, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Comcast and IKEA.

Fey Ugokwe, Esq. is the pioneering founder of Pink Purse International http://www.pinkpurseinternational.com, a growing, high-tech multimedia and marketing networking group dedicated to the career, business, and personal interests of all women, and the dynamic host of its tandem, highly popular radio show, "The PPI Women of Power Hours", on BlogTalkRadio, ever the fave haunt of influential women Guests from around the globe.

Ms. Ugokwe is also an Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator, and Coach who specializes in Divorce, Domestic Partnerships, and Family disputes. She received her B.A. in Political Science, with a concentration in Pre-Law, from the prestigious Wellesley College, in Wellesley, MA, a Seven Sister school for women, and received her J.D., with a designation as an Edward F. Hennessey Scholar, from the renowned Boston University School of Law, in Boston, MA. Ms. Ugokwe also notes her matriculation from Mount St. Joseph Preparatory School for Girls in Flourtown, PA as a guiding force in her rich academic experience.

A first-generationer on both sides, with a pioneering mother from global South America, and a father from West Africa, Ms. Ugokwe is personally influenced by the intersection of gender, race, and culture, and thereby remains ever dedicated in her mission to assist the aims of women in their daily lives.

Chris-Tia Donaldson is a Harvard graduate with a true passion for hair. By day, Chris-Tia is a successful lawyer for a software company. By night, she is a freelance writer and entrepreneur looking to launch her own natural lifestyle and wellness brand featuring an array of products from cosmetics to personal care items and household essentials.

Chris-Tia graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard College and earned her juris doctorate from Harvard Law School. At this juncture, she is balancing the full time demands of her job as a corporate lawyer at the world’s largest global software/database company with the daily rigors of running a start up in one of the toughest economies since the Great Depression. Chris-Tia is also the author of the highly acclaimed and best selling publication, Thank God I’m Natural: The Ultimate Guide to Caring for and Maintaining Natural Hair, which chronicles her experiences working in corporate America with a kinky mane. Thank God I’m Natural has reached the status as #1 hair book on Amazon.com and is changing black women’s lives from Chicago, Illinois to Pretoria, South Africa.

Ms. Donaldson has been featured in USA Today, Essence Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun Times, the Detroit News, the Boston Bay State Banner, as well as many other national publications for her views on black women, beauty standards in the workplace, health and self-esteem. She has also been featured as a commentator on ABCNews Chicago, WGN-9 Chicago News and Fox Chicago News. http://thankgodimnatural.com/

Christine Gallagher is a relationship marketing specialist and social media business coach. She graduated Cum Laude from Temple University in 2000 with a Bachelors in Communications and Mass Media and received a double Masters in Information Systems and Information Science from Drexel University in 2003.

Through her consulting, coaching and training business, Christine helps entrepreneurs and small business owners maximize their business profits using an integrated social media and online marketing strategy with a particular focus on blogging, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube. Christine also has a strong background in the world of Internet technology and is passionate about showing solopreneurs how to create powerful relationships using social media as well as teaching them how to stop trading dollars for hours by using online information marketing techniques. Christine currently has over 15,000 people in her social media community and on her email list and was recently featured as a social media marketing expert in the book Get Scrappy: A Small Business Owner's Guide to Marketing On Less. Her blog, CommunicateValue.com was also just chosen as one of the top 50 small business blogs by Konector.com

After applying Christine’s proven online marketing methods, her clients typically experience a significant increase in traffic, subscribers, clients, affiliates and lucrative joint venture opportunities. Christine is an in-demand speaker both locally and virtually and regularly delivers social media and online marketing presentations and in-depth training. Christine lives in Southern New Jersey with her husband Sean and their 2 crazy cats.

Dr. Donna was born and raised in Detroit Michigan. As a child Dr. Donna did not talk very much in her early years. She used that time to take it all in. She knew that one day she would speak and she wanted to have something great to say.

Dr. Donna attended Detroit Public Schools and was awarded a ROTC scholarship to attend college. After Graduating from College, Dr. Donna served in the U.S. Army as a Military Police Officer. It was during this time that Dr. Donna discovered her passion for leadership and changing the lives of those that she led. She realized then that she said had a great impact on those within her influence.

Dr. Donna served five and half years as a commissioned officer and then decided to change course and venture into Corporate America. She took a position with Frito-Lay in Orlando, Florida. During her time with Frito-Lay Dr. Donna has worked in every capacity of the Operations Function of the business. She has received several promotions during her career.

Dr. Donna has over 14 years of leadership experience. She is an expert in soldier, personal, leader, employee and team development. She has lead over 1,000 soldiers and 500 employees. Dr. Donna has conducted years of research and understands the components to achieving success in any industry.

Dr. Donna has the ability to transform people and organizations. She has a realistic approach to every situation. Her style is different than most. Her methods though unconventional are very effective.

Her vision is simple: Meet your potential!

Dr. Donna has a B.S. Public Law and Government, an M.S. Criminal Justice and a Ed.D Organizational Leadership. She's affiliated with Toastmasters International, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Women of Color Alliance. Her certifications and training include Level III Inclusion and Diversity Training, Continuous Improvement Master Trainer, Region Performance Based Trainer and a Air Assault Badge.

gilli moon is a Hollywood based Australian artist, who delivers conscious music, art and a brave sense of self-expression in her energetic, sensual and expressive performances and recordings. gilli (pronounced as with a "J") is an illustrious poly-media artist, with multifaceted albums and dynamic live shows that have touched music lovers worldwide garnering high praise from the most jaded of critics. She is the quintessential renaissance woman, with a ceaseless contribution to the creative and artist communities at large. She creates music that is fresh, rebellious, passionate and unique. ITunes has been unable to classify her. She stands alone. Her restless creativity and rebellious nature continually urge the artist to push the envelope when writing a song, recording in the studio, on stage, painting a canvas, or with whatever she touches.

Born in Milano Italy, and raised in Australia, gilli moon was brought up in a pioneering lifestyle on an isolated mountain property on the edge of wilderness. Now living in Los Angeles, CA for the last 10 years, Gilli has been one of Australia's most influential and iconic figures forging an independent path before anyone knew what "indie" was. Through her own record label, Warrior Girl Music, gilli took on the music industry on her own terms and successfully produced and released 6 studio music albums, to critical acclaim, launched several artists' careers, placed an abundance of songs in film, TV and with other artists, and has performed around the world many times over. She has traversed the "wilderness" of the Indie world, where only the brave dare to go, and has conquered with unparalleled drive.

Her albums include "Girl In The Moon" (1998), "temperamental angel" (2001), "Woman" (2003), "extraOrdinary life" (2005) and "Skillz" (2009), the latter empowering at-risk youth (released with hip hop artist J.Walker). Just out of the studio with her brand new (6th) album, "the stillness", (2010), gilli plans to focus on performing, touring and marketing her new record. www.gillimoon.com

NATALIE JOBITY, CEO ÉLAN IMAGE MANAGEMENT, A WARDROBE CONSULTING FIRM

Natalie Jobity, President of Élan Image Management, an image consulting company, is a premiere image consultant in the DC metro area. She works individually with woman, men and groups as an image consultant, fashion consultant, personal shopper, branding/style coach and more. She conducts Seminars & Workshops for a variety of organizations, companies, women’s groups, teens, and college students. Natalie has recently been interviewed on NewsChannel 8 on a Dress for Success segment, has been interviewed for IONMedia Network TV and has been a featured fashion and wardrobe expert in a variety of publications. She also has a column on Examiner.com titled, ‘Women’s Image & Wardrobe and her own blog on her website: ElanImageManagement.com.

Natalie’s business tagline, ‘Presence with a Purpose’ TM encompasses her belief that our visual presentation should be a reflection of our internal beliefs and values, our tastes and preferences, and our innate personality and essence and help us move forward to achieve our life’s goals. With this foundation, image becomes a facilitator for inward change and growth and vice versa. Her approach incorporates all these components in her work with women and men so the end result is a unique visual presentation that is effective, authentic, sustainable and original.

With over 15 years of experience in marketing, most recently working as a VP of research in the financial services sector for a marketing research company, Natalie has often counseled corporate clients on understanding the drivers of their company brand reputation and corporate image and she leverages this experience at Élan Image Management.

Natalie is certified by the prestigious Association of Image Consultants International (AICI). She has also received styling and image training from the Image Resource Center of NY, an internationally recognizable training group in the image consulting field. Natalie’s formal education includes a B.S. (magna cum laude) in Accounting and Economics from Rutgers University, a Masters in Finance from Cambridge University and an MBA in Marketing from Baruch College, CUNY.

Selena Cuffe is the President and CEO of Heritage Link Brands, LLC, the first and largest U.S. company dedicated to importing and distributing wine produced by indigenous Africans and those of African descent. The wines have been featured by media outlets including TIME, O Magazine, PBS and the Today Show and have won industry accolades from the International Wine Challenge, Decanter Magazine and Wine Spectator, among others. Customers include household names such as Whole Foods, Disney, Sam’s Club and United Airlines, and the wine can be found in stores in 41 states.

The true birth of Heritage Link Brands occurred on an unrelated business trip to South Africa in 2005, when Selena discovered that out of South Africa’s $3 billion wine industry, less than two percent was owned by blacks. Seeing the inequality – blacks make up over 80 percent of the country’s population – she founded Heritage Link Brands shortly thereafter.

Prior to starting her own business, Selena worked as an Account Executive for United Airlines and as a Business Development Manager for United.com. During her tenures at the airline and its website, her main responsibilities were the promotion and launch of new routes and negotiating strategic online initiatives with Microsoft, Starwood and Orbitz. She received her marketing training from the Procter & Gamble Company in Cincinnati, OH, where she served as Assistant Brand Manager for the Pringles brand and was a key figure in the development and execution of marketing plans in the Latin American countries of Brazil and Mexico. In her last job before founding Heritage Link Brands, Selena served as the Director of Marketing for the Council on International Educational Exchange, overseeing the promotion of student and work exchanges for over 50,000 people worldwide.

Selena graduated with an AB in International Relations from Stanford University and holds a Master of Business Administration, with honors, from the Harvard Business School. She is also certified, with merit, by the UK-based Wine and Spirits Educational Trust (WSET) and is a Diamond Life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. A mother of two, she works alongside her husband, Khary, the CFO of Heritage Link Brands.