CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte

MELANIE WERNER, CEO & Founder MIXELLE Fragrance and MixByMe Customization Technology

Melanie Werner recognized a market gap in the area of fragrance customization and subsequently patented a packaging dispenser designed to proportionally adjust the volumetric ratio of fluids, (kept separated using individual cartridges). Here, the goal's to ‘dial-up’ a uniquely personalized fragrance.

Earlier in her career, she worked in advertising and marketing for consumer products and services. A creative entrepreneur at heart, Melanie's first business was a fine art gallery and she remains active in the art world today. Ms. Werner graduated with a BA from Westminster College in Pennsylvania and currently lives in South Florida (Palm Beach).

Richard Bonte is a Bradenton resident and a native-born New Yorker. He has lived much of his life in Canada, California and Western Europe. He has worn many hats in his life including playwright, bi-coastal actor, teacher, writer, linguist and phonetician. He has advanced degrees from Berkeley, UCLA and the Sorbonne. Richard has written ten novels (including ‘Curmudgeonly Yours’ (2017), been given the FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association) 2018 Silver Award for Humor), several plays and screenplays. His last novel co-written with Hamilton Harcourt Fleming III is set in 1930’s Los Angeles.

“Curmudgeonly Yours” is a show on ‘comparative modern Western life. The title comes from Richard Bonte’s humorous book of the same name, “Curmudgeonly Yours.” In his sometimes-multilingual show, host and author Richard Bonte interviews guests from different countries to get their take on ideas and problems facing the Western world.

Marco Foyot is a French pétanque [akin to bocce ball] legend. He was the world pétanque champion in Aosta, Italy in 1992 playing alongside Fazzino and Monard. He also won the bronze medal four times and the silver medal once in other World Championships. He has won the French Championship seven times and has come in second eight times. He has played pétanque all his life and has his own academy called the Académie Marco Foyot Pétanque in the south of France.

Richard Bonte is a Bradenton resident and a native-born New Yorker. He has lived much of his life in Canada, California and Western Europe. He has worn many hats in his life including playwright, bi-coastal actor, teacher, writer, linguist and phonetician. He has advanced degrees from Berkeley, UCLA and the Sorbonne. Richard has written ten novels (including ‘Curmudgeonly Yours’ (2017), been given the FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association) 2018 Silver Award for Humor), several plays and screenplays. His last novel co-written with Hamilton Harcourt Fleming III is set in 1930’s Los Angeles.

“Curmudgeonly Yours” is a show on ‘comparative modern Western life. The title comes from Richard Bonte’s humorous book of the same name, “Curmudgeonly Yours.” In his sometimes-multilingual show, host and author Richard Bonte interviews guests from different countries to get their take on ideas and problems facing the Western world.

Maggie Rose March is a fourth generation Real Estate Agent. She currently lives in Sarasota, Florida where she relocated from Massachusetts. She is actively involved in the Real Estate Community and often comments that she lives the life of a Realtor®

She co-produced “Belmont Rising,” with Producer Tomi Olsen as part of her volunteer work with the Belmont Media Center, Belmont, Massachusetts. Belmont Rising was in conjunction with One Billion Rising, a Global effort to end violence toward women.

Maggie has a demonstrated history of working in the writing and editing industry, and she is a published author and columnist.

An entrepreneur at the age of 26, Maggie owned both a Manufacturing and a Sales & Marketing company that catered to the Gift and Novelty industry, (Duxbury Dolls). This was a project she started while she was attending Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts, where she studied Early Childhood Education, as well as Art and Psychology. But having grown up in a Real Estate family, above all else, she is a Realtor®.

Maggie’s interest in Real Estate investing was a natural outcome of her upbringing as a Realtor/Broker-Associate with Fine Properties in Sarasota, Florida, and as an Entrepreneur. Real Estate Hot-wired is an extension of what she has learned and observed about a business that has become a commodity and is in desperate need of a new voice.

Her unique background makes her an excellent Broker-Associate with a keen eye to providing an unprecedented level of service for her customers.

Richard Bonte is a Bradenton resident and a native-born New Yorker. He has lived much of his life in Canada, California and Western Europe. He has worn many hats in his life including playwright, bi-coastal actor, teacher, writer, linguist and phonetician. He has advanced degrees from Berkeley, UCLA and the Sorbonne. Richard has written ten novels (including ‘Curmudgeonly Yours’ (2017), been given the FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association) 2018 Silver Award for Humor), several plays and screenplays. His last novel co-written with Hamilton Harcourt Fleming III is set in 1930’s Los Angeles.

“Curmudgeonly Yours” is a show on ‘comparative modern Western life. The title comes from Richard Bonte’s humorous book of the same name, “Curmudgeonly Yours.” In his sometimes-multilingual show, host and author Richard Bonte interviews guests from different countries to get their take on ideas and problems facing the Western world.

Robert Vodnoy is the music director of the Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota which he founded in 2017. During the summer season, he is the conductor and music director of the Whiting Park Festival Orchestra, which performs a huge array of popular and classical favorites on the Chicago Lakefront.

Professor Vodnoy has guest-conducted numerous orchestras throughout the world, including the Symphony Orchestra of the Zhejiang Song and Dance Theatre (China), the Orchestra Sinfonica de San Remo (Italy), the Czech National Symphony and the Seoul Philharmonic, just to name a little of what he’s done. Robert Vodnoy was the long-tenured music director of the Southwest Michigan Symphony and the Northwest Indiana Symphony. He also holds a BM summa cum laude and an MM in composition from the University of Hartford.

Emma is a Gen Z kid like any other, but an entrepreneur on the side. She started recording children's books for a charity project in 2016, and it has turned into a podcast with over 600 episodes in 2019! Now she has co-founded a publishing company, and she wants to teach kids the importance of reading, writing, and building their own brands.

Larry Underwood has been involved with the I.T. World since 2003. He is a Microsoft certified IT professional and an Apple Certified Associate. Larry has done network design and implementation and cross-platform systems integration for several large organizations. Larry is currently a bi-vocational Pastor that helps people learn the ever-changing Apple ecosystem.

Physical Therapist/ Certified Health Coach//Owner of

Healthy Longevity.

“As a Health Coach my primary goal is to empower people to achieve positive changes in their

health!

” I support my clients to create optimal health in order to have a more meaningful and

fulfilling life so that they may have less stress, more balance and energy leading to “Healthy

Longevity”.

Dominique obtained her Masters in Physical Therapy degree at the Catholic University

of Leuven, Belgium in 1991.

In 2010 she pursued her real passion in life for health and nutrition and became a

Certified Health Coach through Villanova University's Center of Obesity Prevention and

Education. This allows her to create more balance in her own life and enables her to

work with the causes that really matter to her and her family.

She truly believes in prevention and education to get America healthy.The fight against

obesity is crucial to her since obesity is the root cause of many preventable diseases

such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease, including stroke.