Deborah Garry, CEO & President of BBG&G Advertising & Public Relations. She leads a full-service marketing communications team of designers, content and social media strategists, programmers, digital specialists, videographers, copywriters and other professionals to develop award-winning and effective integrated branding and marketing programs for clients in a broad range of industries. Garry founded BBG&G in 1997. A Certified Acc...

Cristina Vicini is President of The International Alliance for Women. She is an international senior executive and board member with innovative companies and charities in Europe and North America, with a special focus on International Business Strategy and Sustainable Development, Cross-Sector Digital Innovation and New Ventures, Global Diversity and Economic Empowerment, Ethics and CSR. On top of her business engagements, Cristina Vicini served ...

A Harvard Co-Owner, Nathalie spearheads Harvard’s company-wide strategy efforts. She is the Owner and CEO of Harvard Services Group (Janitorial Services) and Harvard Enterprise Risk Solutions (Strategic Consultative Security Services). Before becoming an entrepreneur, Nathalie spent her career building brands globally for Fortune 500 companies. She holds an Executive MBA and is a Private Detective. Harvard Services Group is the only Diversity Cer...

Tina Y. Young started QCM with the goal of “Inspiring Excellence through Training”. QCM has served as a management and technical assistance supplier for the U.S. Small Business Administration. As a learning and development professional, Young is a highly-sought trainer/certified facilitator and strategic business leadership coach and she has held various executive and technical positions. Young is a member of the Project Management Institute, Ass...

Profit coach, speaker and SC Consulting Founder Susie Carder has worked with thousands of businesses to help them create radical business strategies and achieve exponential growth. Susie started her own business trajectory with one salon and health spa that she took nationally, and then founded and sold three profitable companies, the last of which sold for eight figures to Cengage. Carder became passionate about helping other business owners ach...

Gia Machlin is President & CEO of EcoPlum, Inc. A successful entrepreneur, she founded her company in 2007 with the goal of inspiring and motivating people to live a more sustainable lifestyle and practice conscious consumerism. As a for-profit company, EcoPlum has a strong social mission to help combat environmental issues and is committed to a triple-bottom line strategy focused on people, planet, and profit.EcoPlum Business Gifts is the co...

Wendy Coulter, President of Hummingbird Creative Group in Cary, N.C., a full-service agency that builds businesses through better branding. This includes defining brand strategy, developing sustainable brand messaging and implementing marketing tactics through effective advertising, graphic design, sales enablement, public relations and online marketing services. Coulter enables businesses to more effectively communicate the positioning of their ...

Jennie McNeill Campbell, CMP, CMM, PMP, is CEO/President of Stewart Steelwood Investments, LLC dba “The Stewart Lodges”. She has also founded and owned other companies to include Jennie McNeill Enterprises, LLC (Meeting Planning Company) and Meet Your Market, LLC (An Innovative Marketing Company). With over 30 years of professional marketing, public relations, event planning, project management and portfolio management experience supporting widel...

 Michelle DeClerck, Certified Meeting Planner (CMP), founded Conference Event Management in 2003.  As the premier provider of unique, world-class event, conference, incentive travel and meeting experiences, including gifting experiences, Conference Event Management has experienced significant growth—primarily through referrals—since its inception.   A proven industry leader and innovator, Michelle has been awarded many industr...

Laurie DeJong is the founder and CEO of LDJ Productions, a multi-million-dollar event management, creative and production company based in New York City. A former Calvin Klein executive, Laurie brings over 25 years of event and business operations experience to oversee the vision, strategic direction, and structure of the company. Laurie has quickly become sought after as a global business leader in a variety of fields including fashion, tech, be...

Cynthia Hetherington, MLS, MSM, CFE, CII is Founder and President of Hetherington Group, a consulting, publishing, and training firm that leads in due diligence, corporate intelligence, and cyber investigations by keeping pace with the latest security threats and assessments. She has authored three books on how to conduct investigations and annually trains over 7,200 investigators, security professionals, attorneys, accountants, auditors, mi...

Marilyn J. Magett is the CEO and Founder of CRS Financial Management Solutions, which provides virtual CFO services to established 7-figure companies. By creating financial order out of chaos, she helps business owners maximize profits, manage cash flow, attract funding, and increase their companies’ value. Outside of the office, she enjoys reading, watching movies, and spending time with family in the two places they call home, San Diego and Jam...