PINK POWERHOUSE

Donulae’ T. Knuckles-Copeland BSN, RN is a graduate from the University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor and currently works at Wayne State University College of Nursing (CON) as a PhD student, Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), Clinical Instructor, and Clinical Nurse Researcher. With over 20 combined years as a Registered nurse in the areas of Labor and Delivery, Cardiology, ICU, Home Care, Nursing Education, Public Health Nursing, and Adult and Pediatric Case Management, she continues to exude compassion, excellency within nursing, and the passion to empower others.
She has a very strong research interest for culturally specific factors that affect African American women in relation to the prevention and control of high blood pressure, cardiovascular health, and stroke prevention. She is a coauthor on a publication in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine and is working on a diversity supplement on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded hypertension and telehealth study, MI-BP: mHealth to Improve Blood Pressure Control in African Americans (MI-BP). When she is outside of the classroom and the research lab, she enjoys working with her family as a nurse entrepreneur in the community.
In addition to being the union steward for the WSU CON Graduate Employees Organizing Committee, Donulae’ is the owner of Knuckles Health Education Services, LLC where she fights to “educate, empower, serve, and save lives in the community and beyond. Nurse Knuckles is an American Heart Association Instructor and an American Red Cross Licensed Training Provider (LTP) and has trained thousands in CPR, First Aid, and other health, wellness, and safety courses since 2008, when her business began.
After having a stroke in November 2014 from an unknown congenital heart defect, PFO-a hole in her heart, that left her unable to see, walk, talk, or smile, Donulae’s tenacity, firmness of purpose, and divine resilience allowed her to fully recover and return to work in less than 4 months. She is truly a miracle! She is also the founder of the annual Heart Health and Stroke Camp Fundraiser event entitled, “Love Yourself for Life, (LY4L)” where she has raised funds to send stroke survivors, their family members, and caregivers to stroke camp. She emphasizes the need to guard our hearts, love ourselves, network, inspire, and empower the world with our testimony. She promotes the fact that “self-care isn’t selfish, it’s necessary.”

Francine Hollaway is a native Floridian and a graduate of FSU with a degree in Finance and an MBA from Nova University. She is a Certified Public Accountant, an Enrolled Agent, and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst. She also has her Series 6, 63 Securities License, as well as the 2-15 Insurance License which includes Variable Annuities and Health. In addition to all of these amazing titles, she is also the owner and operator of Francina M Hollaway CPA LLC which is a full service accounting and financial wellness firm. Her firm specializes with working with small businesses and individuals with tax planning and achieving financial wellness.

On a personal note, Francina has been married to her husband Mikel for 35 years and from that union they have 3 amazing adult children.

Amy Fleece is the owner and operator of Pink & Navy Boutique which is located on Florida’s beautiful Anna Maria Island. Amy Fleece has a unique and inspiring journey and interesting story that led her to becoming the owner of one of the trendiest boutiques in SW Florida. With Amy’s three kids approaching college age, she decided to make a radical change in her career. Having had lost her mom in high school and a child at 30 weeks of pregnancy, Amy knows the value of time and the value of now! She realizes the importance of Grasping every moment and enjoying it and also Chasing new dreams. Even if in her case it seems crazy to most to decide own a boutique while possessing no prior retaill experience. But to this end,but after working in the corporate and academia worlds for many years, Amy acted on her dream and purchased Pink & Navy in 2017. Amy was excited to return to her lifelong love of fashion and retail that started young with her visits to her grandfather’s leather company in Tampa, Florida.



Pink & Navy Boutique is a special place where customers receive individual service while being inspired by local brands, beach vibes and current trends. The boutique features hip and trendy clothing and accessories for women, men and children of all ages and sizes. With a focus on buying brands that give back and do good, Amy says that you can feel good about your purchases and find clothes that make you feel beautiful. Additionally, Pink & Navy has a focus on buying brands that protect the environment or give back to those less fortunate. Pink & Navy strives to carry fashion lines that are produced through fair trade and are environmentally friendly, including clothes and accessories that are made locally made.

Janice Leigh Shelton has worn many hats in her lifetime. Her current and most cherished position is mother to two beautiful daughters. Before becoming a mother, she graduated from Emerson College and pursued a career as a news producer. As someone who lives with Lupus, Janice was forced to chart a new course mid career—one that would provide a more flexible work schedule than live television. She found her home at the grassroots planning organization SCOPE, where she was Director of Communications and Development. Fast forward a few years later and a law degree from Stetson University College of Law, and Janice began volunteering her time in the legal aid world and as an intake liaison for the ACLU. Today she is a full time stay at home mom. Janice continues to pursue a career as a freelancer writer. Her topics include speeches, human interest stories about her hometown Sarasota, and a daily Instagram blog called Carline Picks (@carlinepicks) in which she reviews her favorite children's books for raising conscious kids. Recently, Janice published her first children's book, "Firu's Forest." On most days, she can be found in a minivan loaded with snacks, afterschool activity gear, a basket full of picture books, and the laptop on which she writes book reviews while waiting in the school car line for the kids.

Tracy has been successfully managing businesses for 25 + years. Her passion and determi-nation as well as her ability to coach & develop her teams contributes to her success.

Tracy started out in jewelry sales in the early 90’s in Daytona Beach, Florida. She quickly outgrew the position, was accepted into a Store Manager Training Program and began run-ning her own store for Gordon’s Jewelers.

Later in her career Tracy was drawn into the banking industry and spent 15 years managing branches with up to 13 employees and over 10,000 client transactions a month in the Tampa Bay area. She excelled in turning unprofitable locations into top performing ones. Tracy’s expertise also included delivering an exceptional client experience.

Tracy’s passion for coaching and developing employees as well as growing businesses has led her to launch her own business Ferguson Consulting Agency. With a focus on coaching business owners as well as managing their events Tracy looks forward to contributing to the success of their business.

Aspiring to create a restaurant that would bring authentic Louisiana cuisine to the rest of the world, relatives, Former NBA star Tyrus Thomas and restauranteur Jermaine Davis created the concept of Louisiana in a Box: the restaurant’s four walls being the box! Louisiana in a Box serves traditional Louisiana cuisine such as Gumbo, Étouffée, Jambalaya, Po’boys, mouth-watering boiled Crawfish and many other favorites. With a variety of delicious entree’s to choose from, we’re sure you’ll be satisfied. Louisiana in a Box is a family oriented restaurant striving to offer an excellent quality of service to our community. “Laissez les bons temps rou-ler, Let the good times roll!

John Reed was born in Arcadia, FL and has always been an outdoorsman with a great love for hunting and fishing! His love for fitness started while he was serving in the U.S. Army. John learned that with elite training and the proper nutrition, you can accomplish any physical chal-lenge. When John returned home from the military, he decided that he wanted to become a body building competitor. John’s first show was the Europa Games, and although he enjoyed all that he learned from the competition preparation, he found that he had no desire to con-tinue competing. He is grateful for the experience and realized that it taught him a lot about that the business aspect of the fitness community. He had always wanted to own a fitness gym to have the opportunity to teach people about being healthy and help defeat the ongoing issue of obesity in America. John opened his first Anytime Fitness Franchise a month ago, and he is super excited to pass on his passion for health and nutrition to others!!!

Natalie Johnson is an expert in individual and organizational performance. She has over 30 years’
experience working with employers, healthcare systems and carriers on creating strategy that
improves company productivity and individual performance. Natalie’s background in Exercise
Physiology, Performance Nutrition & Performance Psychology sets the foundation for how behavior
changes can have a significant impact on individual performance as long as there is connection to a
meaningful purpose. She is an award-winning Health Coach, Performance Coach, Sports Nutritionist,
and Performance Trainer. She has received a variety of awards including Healthcare Hero, Champion
of Healthcare, Health Program Innovation Award, Corporate Wellness Leadership Award and
Business Leader Woman Extraordinaire. In today’s fast-paced environment, Natalie helps individuals
and organizations identify ways to sustain high performance while maintaining balance, health and
happiness.
Natalie is described as highly energetic with a contagious positive vibe! Personally, she manages a
high demanding schedule of being married to a Law Enforcement Officer and raising two active boys!

Angela Palermo was born in Port Charlotte Florida, and at just 23 years old the dreams and goals are endless for her. Her passion from early on was always helping others in the commu-nity in anyway she could. At just 10 years old she set up shop at her family’s garage sale with a lemonade stand and donated $252 dollars to the Animal Welfare league in Port Charlotte mak-ing the front cover of the news paper. The people should have known then, that this future star was the gift that kept on giving. By day she is the director of marketing at her families moving company. C&F Movers has been moving families and commercial office all across the country for over 26 years. This family owned and operated moving relocation service is li-censed and insured right here in southwest Florida. Angela hopes to carry on the family busi-ness that provides a stress free experiences that continues to move families all around the country. It doesn’t stop there for Angela though, she competes in the IFBB Pro league federa-tion of bodybuilding and just earned her pro card in November of 2018 in Miami Florida at the NPC Nationals. Her goals are to help and give back to as many families as possible, change lives, and spread positivity one soul at a time. She plans to compete next year with a goal to qualify for the Olympia in 2020.

Taryn Morgan is the Director of Athletic and Personal Development at IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL where she over-sees a staff of 60+ specialists in athletic training, physical conditioning, mental conditioning, leadership, nutrition, sport science and vision training. Daily, the APD staff she oversees utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to work with over 1,200 athletes of varying sports, cultures, ages and levels.
Taryn was a highly competitive tennis player, reaching rankings as high as #1 in Florida and #9 in the USA. She played four varsity sports in high school (tennis, volleyball, basketball and softball) and was a two-sport Division I collegiate athlete at Stetson University in tennis and volleyball, while also receiving degrees in Exercise Science and Psychology. She was inducted into the Stetson University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Atlantic Sun Conference Hall of Fame in 2018. She pursued her passion of training athletes to be mentally tough and obtained her master’s degree in sport psychology from the University of Florida and her doctorate degree in sport psychology from the University of Tennessee. She is an Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Certified Mental Performance Consultant and is listed in the USOC Sport Psychology Registry. She was the Vice Chair of the AASP Certification Committee and served on the Interim Certification Council. She has co-authored book chapters and journal articles, and has spoken nationally and internationally on the High Performance Mindset.
Since being at IMG, she has been instrumental in managing and organizing the day-to-day programming and schedul-ing of eight sports, as well as leading the NFL Combine training program. Her work spans across many domains includ-ing the 8 sports at IMG, but also international and Olympic figure skaters, collegiate teams, bull riders, esports ath-letes, and corporate groups. Her passion is to make a difference to people’s lives and to help them to find the simplest way to reach their potential both in and out of sport.