Off The Chain

Alexander Lowry is a professor of finance at Gordon College and Director of the school's Master of Science in Financial Analysis program.  He's also a Board of Directors Member for fintech and financial services companies. Which means he's transforming, accelerating, and advising businesses that students he's educating want to work for. As a professor, he help students understand how the financial services industry works. And the master's in financial analysis program helps students bridge their liberal arts background to a focused career in finance.    As a Board member, he works with fintech and financial services companies that want to transform traditional industry business models to unleash exponential growth and value. Alexander is currently working with 20+ early stage and middle market businesses to turn strategy into action.

After retiring from a career in elementary education, midlife restlessness prompted Eva to rekindle her passion for storytelling by composing fiction that taps into significant issues affecting the lives of women over forty. Her novels in the genre of Contemporary Women's Fiction are distinguished for their character-driven plots which feature protagonists who plunge the depths of despair and suffer the consequences in their darkest hours prior to seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.  In addition to having merited a Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Seal and ATAI Finalist Badge—An Enlightening Quiche is a 2017 SIBA Nominee for “Best Contemporary”. In addition to having written two novels, Ms. Pasco has composed over one hundred Memoirs, as well as numerous essays pertaining to the Sixties, and feature articles about her native state of Rhode Island, prefaced with "Rhode Read".  She also writes a weekly blog related to writing and social marketing.  All of her literary works can be viewed on her web page at Authors Den: http://www.authorsden.com/evapasco

Time Travel and Paranormal Romance author. Her Destiny series takes you on a roller coaster ride through time with sexy Highlanders and sassy female heroines. If shifters are your kryptonite then check out her Black Mountain Pack series which throws a twist on the traditional shifter lore. Miranda is a mother to two teenage boys who are sure they know it all, a 75lb lapdog, and a 15lb foot warmer. She is thankful her husband doesn't mind the extra voices in her head.  Miranda is an only child who grew up on a dairy farm in Illinois which left her plenty of time to make up stories in her head for entertainment. She currently resides in Tennessee where she wonder if Mother Nature will ever stop with the hormonal mood swings. She fuels herself with coffee, chocolate, and wine.

Clifton Pettyjohn has served as an essential factor in both the religious and education cultures for well over sixteen years and recently he has added influence in the culture of business to his summation. With guided passion, he meshes personal life lessons with practical and biblical principles to teach, train, and transform groups of divergent individuals. His unique skills, personality, delivery and articulation serve at the foundation of the creation of a welcoming environment to those who are viewed as ne’er-do-wells. Clifton’s view of purpose, life and ministry far exceeds the norm, this is expressed through his execution of ministering equity to the total man. It is also comprehensible in his teachings, coaching & consultation sessions, as well as his day to day conversations. He strongly stands on his conviction of urging people to live symmetrically through “wholeness” in all core areas of life.

Terri is a former English teacher and librarian. She taught middle and high school and college. Now she works from home homeschooling her two daughters and living out her dreams via her stories. She began escaping into books a little later than most but was hooked after the first book. It has been her dream to give back to the book world since second grade.When she's not writing or reading, she enjoys binging on Netflix and painting. Due to her crunchy lifestyle and free spirit, she considers herself a recycled hippie. Her most important goal is to help others jump and learn to fly. To find out more about her characters and the lives they live, check out her website,http://www.terriluvsbooks.com. Follow her on Amazon and Goodreads, or connect through Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Amanda Sterczyk is an author, ACSM Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Essentrics® Instructor, and Creator of The Move More Institute™, an initiative to promote healthy active living by adding more movement/activity/motion to individuals' daily lives. Her first book, Move More, Your Life Depends On It: Practical Tips to Add More Movement to Your Day, is available for sale on Amazon. She has been teaching group fitness classes since 2010. Amanda has taught men, women and children of all ages, as well as elite athletes. She offers in-home and/or in-office personal training, Essentrics group and private sessions, and movement coaching and workshops in central Ottawa, Canada, as well as online personal training via Skype or FaceTime. Amanda specializes in helping retired older adults and sedentary office workers maintain strength, flexibility, and mobility. Her slogan is: Move more, feel better.  Amanda holds a Master's degree in social psychology from Carleton University (1993). Before her career in fitness, she worked for over 10 years in health promotion research and human resources.

David L. Hoof is a critically praised, international best-selling fiction author and writing teacher who lives in Washington, DC. His goodreads rating for his nine novels is 4.70. Critical appraisal, including citation for skill in enchanting and evocative language is given on the home page, and copied below:  Honorable Mention 2009 Beach Book Festival 2009 readers circle choice Nominated for Booksense Pick five stars, amazon.com

Kenny Weiss is a Coach, Speaker, Author of ‘Your Journey To Success,” host of a weekly Podcast by the same name and Founder of The Greatness Movement. Through his own personal journey and nearly 30 years of studying about the role emotions play in our lives and decision making, Kenny discovered something he calls, “the Worst Day Cycle’ which affects us all. Kenny’s journey included multiple addictions, two divorces, a bankruptcy, playing two professional sports he never wanted to play and contemplating suicide. In other words, he has not only studied the process, he has lived it and overcome it.

Mystery and children’s book author, Saralyn Richard, is a writer who teaches on the side. Some of her poems and essays have won awards and contests from the time she was in high school. Her children’s picture book, Naughty Nana, has reached thousands of children worldwide. Murder in the One Percent, ©2018 Black Opal Books, pulls back the curtain on the privileged and powerful rich. Set on a gentleman’s farm in Pennsylvania and in the tony areas of New York, the book shows what happens when someone comes to a party with murder in his heart and poison in his pocket. A member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America, Saralyn is revising her second mystery. Her website is www.saralynrichard.com.

Paul Thaler is a professor at Adelphi University and New York University. He is a former journalist and the author of the critically acclaimed The Spectacle: Media and the Making of the OJ Simpson Story, and The Watchful Eye: American Justice in the Age of the Television Trial. Bronxland is his debut novel published by Black Opal Books. In addition to his writing, Paul has also been an on-air media commentator for numerous television cable news programs and documentaries including those on CNN and HBO.