Sherrell Valdezloqui, is a speaker, best-selling author, philanthropist, and the founder of Promoting Purpose Media, the publishing company for print and online magazine Today's purpose Woman.  As the visionary of Today’s Purpose Woman, the publication has received several online recognitions including being recognized as #12 in the top 30 Christian Lifestyle Blog/Websites for influence and inspiration by Feedspot.com) in 2018.
Sherrell is best known for providing strategies and encouragement for others to live their best life on purpose-spiritually, personally and professionally. 

She is passionate about encouraging and empowering others in faith & business. Sherrell also enjoys speaking on “The Power of Showing Up” as well as teaching others the power of media.

To learn more about Sherrell’s company Promoting Purpose Media and publications Today’s Purpose Woman visit: www.promotingpurpose.com

Sybil Clark Amuti is an executive brand strategist, podcaster, speaker, mentor, philanthropist, wife and mother. She holds a B.S. in urban studies from Dillard University and a M.S. in urban planning from Columbia University. For over 15 years, Sybil has delivered world-class strategy and brand direction to some of the world’s most renown personal, corporate, and philanthropic brands, such as Scholastic, Nike, Sony Entertainment, Target, Nascar, Disney, HBO, Conde Nast, Tony Robbins, Feeding America, and more. As the former Chief Strategy Officer for an
emerging start-up, her strategic brand management and infrastructure development led to the growth of the company from $0 to $12m in under two years. Sybil coaches many companies, entrepreneurs, marketers, and organizations on strategic brand development, facilitates workshops on brand intelligence, and speaks on panels around branding and market integration.

Sybil also serves as co-creator and co-host of The Great Girlfriends Show, a conversation series providing women with tips and solutions for living a passionate everyday life. Reaching an audience of over 370,000 downloaders from 87 countries each Wednesday, the podcast has grown into a full movement and events such as The Great Girlfriends Conference hosted annually in NYC. Her latest podcast, The Grace Podcast, is dedicated to providing spiritual resources for women to grow in their relationship with God. Grace reaches over 10,000 listeners each Monday from approximately 15 countries and growing. Both shows are available on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and other popular podcasting services. As a mentor, Sybil works with young women personally to help them elevate to their next level. In January 2018, she introduced BRAVE, a private growth circle for women and introduces mentoring to a broader audience of women around the nation. 

As a philanthropist, Sybil is passionate around youth mentorship, eradicating hunger, and educational equality for girls around the world. She extends financial support, personal time and attention to Covenant House and Feeding America, while also personally mentoring youth and young women in her private time. Sybil is a happily married wife of Kwaku for 12yrs, and mother to nine yr old son Samuel and six yr old daughter Dylan. She resides in Northern NJ but spends the majority of her personal and professional time in Manhattan. 

Melanie is the Founder of an online and events platform called The Next Collective - curating events and experiences that help women answer the question ‘What’s Next?’.

Her career started in advertising and it has had many pivots - including working and living abroad, self-employment and taking time off to be with children.  As she approached her next chapter, she felt a growing restlessness and desire to pursue something different, with greater intention and purpose. And realized she wasn’t alone - so many women were asking themselves these questions - Is this it? Is there more? What’s next for me?

So she launched The Next Collective to create opportunities for women with some experience under their belt, and a desire to create a new career path. For the woman who wants to return to work, the woman who wants to explore something different, or the woman looking for a new purpose. It was founded on the idea that it’s never too late for a new beginning!

The Next Collective connects women with inspiration, resources and a like-minded community to fuel the path to their NEXT opportunity. The next chapter could be the best yet!

As I embark on Season 2 of the newly launched "A Purpose Driven Woman Podcast" the first action to fulfill your purpose is you must first up. Let's talk about it! In the midst of COVID 19, It is critical to focus on understanding your "why" everything else will begin to fall in place. Join me back on this journey to ultimate fulfillment in what seems to be one of our darkest times. 

In this MiniMoto (mini motivational) episode I discuss The Power of Belief!. Believing or having faith is one of the most powerful weapons we will ever possess. Belief allows us to transition from one stage of a thing to another. It's the rope over the water. If you possess ambition, goals, dreams then its important to lay a hold of these character traits. If you don't believe that your dreams will come to pass no one else ever will. 

MasterSode w/ Felicia Shakespeare: "Focus!"
F.O.C.U.S. is critical to get you to the next level and critical for you to meet your 2019 goals. You must work on being intentional, being consistent and you MUST guard your time. Listen to my talk that provides you 3 MASTER TIPS and tools to MAKE IT HAPPEN through the power of F.O.C.U.S.!

It's short and straight to the points, also please rate this EPISODE and provide any feedback. CLICK and LISTEN

Award-Winning Business & Leadership Coach, Adjunct Professor, Forbes Contributor and Doctoral Candidate, Jason William Johnson is the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Chicago Urban League. In his role, he develops programming and provides strategic direction for an award-winning program that serves over 500 businesses annually. In FY 2017 the Center’s clients obtained 121 contracts worth $55,991,000 and created 80 new jobs. The Center also provided clients with over 750 hours of one on one counseling and 3943 hours of entrepreneurship training. 

Jason is a doctoral candidate in Organizational Leadership and holds a Masters in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. He is a subject matter expert in personality psychology and the CEO and Co-Founder of Konveau, an app that uses personality type and personal interests to help people connect at social gatherings. Publications such as Chicago Tribune Blue Sky Innovation, Chicago Inno, Technori and South Florida Business Journal have featured Konveau. Jason is also an alum of PowerMoves, the country’s largest accelerator for technology startup founders of color. Before Konveau, Jason founded Identity Engineers, a boutique branding and business strategy firm that operated in the Chicago Loop from 2010-2013.

Jason is a Forbes.com contributor, was selected as one of Chicago Inno’s 50 on Fire for 2017, and a presenter at 2017 New Orleans Entrepreneurship Week. He also served as Educational Advisory Board Secretary for IAEOU, an online entrepreneurship incubator for small business owners in Chicago and Amman, Jordan. Jason was Central Regional Vice President for National Urban League Young Professionals’ (NULYP) from 2015 to 2017 and President of the Metropolitan Board of the Chicago Urban League from 2013 to 2015. In his spare time, Jason meditates twice a day, is an avid reader, and a YouTube junkie. He also enjoys dining, arts and culture, and travel. 

Xavier Ramey is the CEO of Justice Informed, LLC, a social impact consulting firm based in Chicago, IL. He is an award-winning social strategist, noted public speaker, & conflict mediator. Combining his background in economics, extensive management & social impact experience, & direct action campaigning in the Black Lives Matter movement, Xavier leads a company that brings a wealth of experience & network to clients seeking catalyzed strategies for inclusion, philanthropy, CSR, & community engagement. A native Chicagoan, he is a recognizable voice on the topics of community and economic development, policing & policy violence, & connecting the Christian faith to our lived experience.

Xavier served as the lead of the Social Innovation and Philanthropy strategy in the University of Chicago's Office of Civic Engagement, managed multi-million dollar philanthropic portfolios to stimulate employment, & worked as a nonprofit Director of Development in Chicago’s North Lawndale community. Xavier is a founding member of the #LetUsBreathe Collective, an artist-activist organization committed to addressing State violence against people of color. He is a Board member of Young Chicago Authors, & the newly opened Chicago Center for Arts and Technology.

Vondale Eugene Singleton Sr. was born on the Southside of Chicago. After overcoming the death of his mother who struggled with crack-cocaine throughout her life, an incarcerated father throughout high-school, and the negative influences of the Ida B. Wells Housing projects, he beat the odds, becoming a first-generation college student earning his Bachelors of Science Degree in Elementary Education and his Master’s Degree in Marital and Family Therapy from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK. He credits his mentor, Steven Robertson as the person who invested in him sacrificially to help him  become the man he is today.

The last 16 years he has worked as an advocate in primary, secondary, and higher education, as both a teacher and administrator. He believes that “salvation plus education is an unbeatable combination.” He started C.H.A.M.P.S. for young men in an effort to mentor young men with similar circumstances.  He helped organize the Award Winning Music Video at the White House Film Festival, which landed the C.H.A.M.P.S. a visit to the White House with President Obama.

Vondale has won numerous awards and received many recognitions for his work with C.H.A.M.P.S. He was recently named the MLK Community Champion, "Father of the Year" for the State of Illinois by the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative, and most recently a Walmart Community Playmaker through the coveted Chicago Blackhawks. He is married to his College sweetheart, Dr. Patrina Singleton.  They reside in Chicago, Il with their two beautiful children, Promise Singleton (10), and Vondale E. Singleton, Jr, (5).

Born on the Southside of Chicago, Steven Burres Jr now attends the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor as a junior studying Sound Engineering. He is the 4th of 5 children, raised by single mother Lisa Cunningham. Steven received his first ever job at the Gary Comer Youth Center working at the outdoor farm with the youth employment program Green Teens. This opportunity gave his 

Kelly Fair, Founder and Executive Director of Polished Pebbles Girls Mentoring Program is a passionate advocate for girls and young women. She’s an author, public speaker, training specialist, mentor, and expert on community engagement. Kelly is a sought-after speaker for mentoring, communication skills, girls’ development and job readiness, professional leadership development, and social entrepreneurship. She’s a dynamic storyteller and communications expert with the keen ability to penetrate the hearts of many with her honesty and expertise.