Meet Nelson Paredez-Parks, a dynamo renowned for his eclectic skill set and embodying multiple roles. As an acknowledged expert in the entertainment industry, Nelson is known for his leadership of The ESI Network, a premier talent management company with over 30+ years in the entertainment world. He’s an expert in getting your kids into show business as well as navigating the entertainment business with healthy boundaries.

Theresa Rose is a Brand and Business Crystallizer, Strategic Co-Creator, 2x TEDx Speaker, and Certified Speaking Professional who works with experts and their businesses to create one-of-a-kind visual brands they can draw on a cocktail napkin. Using her Crystallization Process, Theresa helps thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives readying for transition to  Clarify, Amplify, and Monetize their Brilliance.

Whitney Stowell, CEO of Cribworks, leads a DC-based strategic management consultancy firm that partners with leaders to transform organizational sales growth. With 15+ years in sales, business development, and partnership development, Whitney integrates strategic insights, data-driven processes, industry expertise, and AI to help businesses overcome their most critical challenges to optimize their avenues for growth.

Zach Colman is the Founder of Creatitive a successful GRIT-Focused Branding Agency and expert in personal and corporate branding. He has helped countless professional athletes personal brands and athletic-driven corporate brands build mindsets and help them build their brands around community.

Erin Andrea Craske, an award-winning strategist, boasts a 20-year career, culminating as Global Head of Consumer Brands. With expertise in strategic development, profitability, leadership, and communication, she's an ICF-certified executive transformation coach. Leveraging 16 years of leadership, she empowers conscious business rebels to succeed and create positive impacts.

Mark Stern journey is a blend of national brand marketing experience and out-of-the-box innovation. After a bold corporate exit into entrepreneurship, Mark Stern is the founder of the Custom Box Agency, an experience design agency that specializes in optimizing the customer journey and enhancing customer experience through direct mail.

Alan Akira, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist and the founder of Mugen Psychiatry, a practice serving patients in the inpatient environments in and around Chicago, IL. His mission is to bridge the disparity in psychiatric care to community psychiatric settings with his passion and skills in clinical decision-making, continuing education, entrepreneurship in medicine, systems-based learning and practice, and healthcare management.

Rhonda Parker Taylor is an American writer, entrepreneur, and academic researcher. Her debut novel “Crossroads” has hit the Amazon Bestseller list as well as gained endorsement from Golden Globe nominated actress and author Mariel Hemingway.

As a mentor and coach to entrepreneurs, serial entrepreneur Jeremy Shapiro has helped small business owners make the transition from “solopreneur” to “business owner” – an important distinction that many entrepreneurs can easily miss when working “in” their business instead of “on” their business.

Shane Perry is a successful entrepreneur and Performance Consultant, he is renowned for his deep understanding of human behavior and his ability to empower individuals to get out of their own way. He takes people from being stuck in their comfort zone to leaving it behind to build their ideal life.