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Sandra Yancey is the Founder and CEO of eWomenNetwork, the Premier Success System for women entrepreneurs. By the way, men join too. With over 500,000 women connected through 118 chapters spread across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the UK, her company has been helping women for 20 years launch, grow, and scale their businesses. Sandra is the winner of countless awards and is featured in Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneurs Soul, is the Producer of the GLOW Project Movie, heralded as “One of the most inspiring movies ever created for women” by the Orlando Film Festival, and CNN named her an American Hero.

Matt Meister, Meteorologist Matt joined the FOX21 News team as chief meteorologist in January 2018. Matt has a lengthy history of forecasting weather in Colorado Springs and southern Colorado. From the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest fires, to post-fire flooding, the Holly tornado and numerous high plains blizzards – Matt says “it’s really about the impacts weather causes to people, not the how and why. My forecasts focus on what the weather means for the people living in it.” Matt has received numerous awards for his coverage of weather in southern Colorado: Associated Press Best Weathercast: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Colorado Broadcasters Association Best Meteorologist: 2011, 2020 Colorado Broadcasters Association Broadcast Citizen of the Year: 2011 Matt has also won numerous other local "Best of" awards: Colorado Springs Independent Best Local TV News Personality: 2012, 2013, 2019, 2020 Colorado Springs Independent Best Local Twitterer: 2012 Colorado Springs Gazette Best TV News Hottie: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Colorado Springs Gazette Best Weather Anchor: 2019, 2020, 2021 Matt's work history includes time at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder.

He’s a published author of several scientific papers, focused on his research of thunderstorms as part of an automated forecasting and tracking system. The NCAR Thunderstorm AutoNowcaster was deployed to Sydney, Australia and was used to forecast thunderstorms during the Summer Olympic Games in 2000. Components of that system are integrated into thunderstorm analysis tools in local National Weather Service offices across the country today. All of Matt's education and professional experience resides along the Front Range. Matt holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology with a minor in Mathematics from Metro State in Denver. Matt worked as the weekend meteorologist at KGWN-TV, the CBS affiliate in Cheyenne, Wyoming before arriving in Colorado Springs at KRDO NewsChannel 13 in September of 2001 as the weekend meteorologist. In April of 2005 Matt was promoted to the weekday evening meteorologist and later in the year became the chief meteorologist. In October of the same year Matt was the first meteorologist in southern Colorado to be recognized as a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist by the American Meteorological Society.

Matt left television to join School District 49 as the director of communications in 2014. Matt led District 49 marketing, communication, public relations and media relations efforts through a transparent, two-way communication strategy. Matt helped lead the district’s continuous improvement and process development efforts. The District 49 communications department received numerous Colorado School Public Relations Association Awards, including two Medallion Awards for overall excellence under his leadership. Matt is blessed to live in Colorado Springs with his wife Misty and his two children. He enjoys cooking, playing guitar, and a number of outdoor activities including hunting and skiing. Matt donates time as volunteer youth sports coach, at his church, and a number of non-profit organizations. Matt loves personally interacting with viewers, whether its at the grocery store or online.

Jim R. Jacobs, LCSW, CDWF, is an author, professional speaker, counselor, and coach. He is the author of Driving Lessons for Life: Thoughts on Navigating Your Road to Personal Growth. He writes more of his driving lessons for life in his column as a featured contributor for the internationally syndicated Biz Catalyst 360. Jim is a certified Daring Way facilitator presenting the life-changing works of Dr. Brené Brown to individuals, couples, families, and groups. Jim loves to help people dare mighty things, rise strong, and live more authentic (and less perfect), wholehearted lives.

Jim is the founder and owner of Driving Lessons for Life, LLC, which provides professional counseling and coaching, professional speaking, Daring Way workshops, and Driving Lessons for Marriage, Parenting, and Sexual Intimacy workshops. Jim has been an employee of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family Services for more than twenty years providing counseling, consulting, and training across the United States. Jim has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Northern Colorado and a master’s degree in social work from Brigham Young University.

You can learn more about Jim R. Jacobs via his websites www.JimRJacobs.com or www.DrivingLessonsforLife.com. You can also follow him on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Please like the Driving Lessons for Life Facebook page for inspiring articles and posts to improve your drive through life. For a free personal consultation or to engage Jim in a speaking opportunity, please feel free to contact him at [email protected].

Susan Hamilton is a marketing rebel out to destroy the commonalities of traditional content deployment to better satisfy the unique needs of American business owners in today’s political and technical climate.

In the online environment, we’re force-fed a constant barrage of shiny buttons and strong, inflated opinions that do nothing to actually improve the bottom line. Terrestrial radio and television options have become mere platforms for propaganda and manipulation. Too many people feel the playing field is just too risky to participate, and there are few examples of how to do so tastefully. But ignoring this situation will not change it.

She is the CEO and program director at OffBeat Business Media, LLC, the engine behind the OBBM Network. We're a TV, podcast, radio, and advertising network focused on local business success talk programing.

Amanda Buse will show you how to turn your most natural gift into your strategic business advantage by teaching you to sell, network, and lead like the true “go-giver” you are. After learning that most women entrepreneurs earn just 30% of the revenues that male business owners make, Amanda became intent on making business coaching accessible for women at every stage of growth. The resources inside her Girl Boss Goody Bag will help you recoup the 70% of revenue you’re likely leaving on the table, and you can grab yours for FREE at smalltowngirlboss.com

Sarah Nuse has successfully run a thriving business, Tippi Toes® for over 20 years, is a sought-after speaker and author of Destined for Greatness: Living an inspired life, from head to Tippi Toes. Sarah hosts the Destined for Greatness podcast that centers around a common theme - the source of inspiration, the power of support, dreaming big or entrepreneurial spirit. Sarah speaks straight from heart in an honest and engaging way that makes her readers and listeners alike feel as though they have been friends for years. Sarah is committed to helping women successfully balance life by taking action. Through her Destined for Greatness Accountability Program, Sarah opens the women up to their dreams and offers them motivation and action steps to build out a successful plan. Living outside of Nashville, Tennessee with her family, Sarah is the wife of football executive Adam Nuse, and mother to her three children: Lucy, Lola and Hank.

Tiffany Nguyen is a spiritual life coach who helps busy professionals and sensitive, high-achievers reconnect with their truths and live authentically. She combines practicality and spiritual wisdom to guide people towards clarity and confidence in who they are, leading them to inner peace and happiness. With her analytical brain and her intuitive Tarot reading skill, Tiffany brings a unique approach to one’s self-transformation journey.

Tiffany immigrated to the U.S when she was 16 and quickly learned the harsh reality of being alone in a foreign country. She faced her greatest fear: loneliness. As the years went by, she grew tired of chasing the next thing and feeling lost, and decided to look within. Tiffany created the Happiness Blueprint to illustrate how people can build a fulfilling life for themselves. She holds a Doctor of Pharmacy and is a student of Tibetan Meditation Master, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche.

Kristen is a soul mentor, intuitive business & conscious leadership guide, and the founder of Goddess Brand Co. & Goddess Talk Podcast. She helps feminine beings awaken to their divine nature so they can experience deep soul alignment and live a life that is wildly fulfilling - on every level. Her secondary mission is to assist visionaries, healers, creatives, teachers, & lightworkers in activating their gifts, power, & mission so they can build sacred businesses that contribute to collective healing & ascension.

Jessica Butts is CEO and Founder of Front Seat Life.org where she helps Inspire, Motivate and Educate people to live their life from the front seat using their innate abilities as well as the Author of the popular book, Live Your Life from the Front Seat and soon to be released, Don’t Do Stuff You Suck At”.

She is a retired psychotherapist, life and business coach, and Myers-Briggs expert whose mission is to inspire others to Accomplish Magnificent Things by embracing their innateness. She shares her message around the country in her sassy, no-holds barred entertaining manner. Leaving the corporate world after 15 years to start her own company has been the hardest and most rewarding challenge of her life. As an ENFJ, Jessica thinks outside the box, leads with her heart, and is obsessively organized. She’s passionate about personal development, traveling, deep connections with those in her life, and helping create aha’s for her clients.

Lisa Jimenez helps entrepreneurs harness the power of their mind to bust through hidden barriers, tap their inner wisdom, jump out of bed with renewed purpose, and grow their income and impact.

She believes the single most important characteristic of a successful person is a positive belief system. Her work is centered around mindset— the hidden beliefs that determine behavior—and helping people reprogram those beliefs and create quantum leaps in their productivity and results.

Lisa is best known for her Mastermind Retreats, where she takes her clients to exotic cities around the globe and creates a luxury immersion experience of her Mindset Reset FormulaTM. Graduates of these Retreats have become influencers in their industry, top producers, published best selling books, and taken their companies global. (Her next Retreat is in Maui, Hawaii!)

Her other bestselling books, Conquer Fear, Slay the Dragon, and Mindset Reset have sold more than a quarter million copies and are translated into multiple languages.

Lisa lives in Southern California with her husband Jeff, has three grown children and is passionate about travel, spirituality, and learning how to play the ukulele.