Patricia LoPresti leads The First Tee of Cleveland (TFTC) as Executive Director. Serving participants ages 6 to 18, the non-profit impacts the lives of local youth by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf. Under Pat’s effective leadership, TFTC delivered its proven Core Values, Life Skills and Healthy Habits curriculum to more than 2,000 local youth in 2019 through activity-based programs.

Elise Warner is the Executive Director of Girls Helping Girls. Period., the non-profit she founded with her teen daughters that offers education and product donations to people who need financial assistance to manage their periods. They never intended to be running an organization, but after they discovered girls were missing school in their own town because of a lack of menstrual items. They have donated more than half a million products and offer a full year of supplies to those in need.

Ivy Slater is a professionally certified business coach, speaker, best-selling author and podcast host. After owning and operating a 7-figure printing business, having been in the industry for 20 years, she started Slater Success which focuses on developing great leaders and facilitating business growth. Ivy holds masterminds and retreats with her private clients and corporate training on communication and strategic planning.

In this episode, Ivy chats about the upcoming non-profit series.

Lara founded Optimum Design & Consulting in 1992, a graphic design firm with specialties in branding and technologically complex websites. Lara has been part of the Board of the New York Chapter of the National Association of Woman Business Owners (NAWBO-NYC) for the past 25 years and is currently National President of the Graphic Artists Guild.

Carrie Kerpen is co-founder and CEO of Likeable Media, a digital agency that was named Crain’s sixth Best Place to Work in NYC. In recognition of her work championing change in the advertising industry, Carrie was honored by the inaugural Campaign US Female Frontier Awards. She is the author of WORK IT: Secrets for Success from the Boldest Women in Business and a columnist for INC and Forbes. Carrie has been featured in the New York Times, ABC World News Tonight, FOX News, and CNBC.

Jordan Daiagi Harary graduated from New York University's Stern School of Business before beginning her career as an Account Executive at Yelp. From there, she entered into the automotive world as President of Leader in Cars Auto Group, then consisting of two Mazda dealerships in Garden City and Huntington on Long Island. During her tenure, the group acquired New Rochelle Hyundai and Genesis. By 25 years old, she was managing a team of 150+ employees and $150M in revenue.

Betsy Atkins is a former three-time CEO and has served on some of the world’s most visible Global public company boards. For 20 years, she has worked behind the scenes at companies like Chico’s, Vonage, Darden Restaurants, NASDAQ, HealthSouth, Wix, and Home Depot Supply.  She has served on over 30 boards and been through 13 IPOs. Betsy started her career as an entrepreneur co-founding several successful digital tech and consumer companies including blockbuster $5.4 billion Ascend Communications.

Deb Boulanger is CEO of The Great Do-Over where she coaches accomplished women leaders in finding the courage and confidence to make bold moves in their lives and careers. She is also Founder of The Launch Lab for Women Entrepreneurs, a 12-week virtual accelerator for new coaches, consultants, trainers, and other services professionals. She has been launching new services in the professional services sector for more than 27 years.

As a business coach, Keren Eldad is a trusted advisor to industry-leading executives and superstar entrepreneurs who are setting records at the top of their fields. Since 2016, these powerhouses have sought Keren out to help them make significant breakthroughs in the profitable growth of their business while revitalizing their energy and defining the meaning of their entire lives. Over the last three years, Keren has developed a measurably impactful and streamlined executive coaching process to do this.

In this episode, Ivy talks about harvesting in your business.

- Setting goals and planting seeds

- What you should be doing with the rest of 2019

- Asking these specific questions each quarter 

- The power of the brainstorm 

- How to set 2020 goals