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Keynote Speakers

Jon Lakefish Marketing & Branding Expert, Lakefish Group

An award-winning professional speaker, with a career spanning over 20 years, Jon has led the marketing + branding efforts for countless businesses. From locally owned/nationally recognized restaurants to the largest Garden + Home retailer in the west...from the nation's “hottest new restaurant concept” to a multi-billion dollar community developer, Jon's expertise includes businesses of every size across multiple industries! Throughout it all Jon has seen, and learned from, just about every type of experience you will encounter...

Alexandra N. Cohen Founder, ANC Consult

Alexandra resolves business challenges for small and medium businesses and creates roadmaps for them to thrive. Whether coaching entrepreneur clients1:1 to increase effectiveness and position their business for growth or leading complex consulting projects that require multitasking, precision and production of impeccable deliverables, Alex is invested in the success of each and every client. Through wisdom and insights gleaned in her 15-year legal career, building her own law firm and then working with numerous small businesses to ...

workshop Speakers

Mark WienerCEO, BizCom Global

Mark Wiener, CEO, BizCom Global, has spent 30 years in the digital transformation industry before it was even a term. He has worked with companies of all sizes, from the halls of the Fortune 500 through the local mom and...

Vance MorrisXPerience Strategist

Vance Morris is a Walt Disney World Resort Management Alumni, having spent 10 years as a leader in the Resorts. He runs the only XPerience Systems & Direct Response Marketing business on the planet. Here he coaches c...

Sonja DerFounder & CEO, CoachCruiting by Bridge Performance Coaching

Sonja Der, founder, and CEO at CoachCruiting by Bridge Performance Coaching, has more than 20 years of leadership and coaching experience in various capacities. Sonja pairs her sharp intuition with years of targeted recr...

Steven ChampaExecutive Vice President, J. Galt

Steven (Champ) Champa has been an entrepreneur and business owner for over twenty-five years. He has failed in certain ventures while also having record-breaking success in others! His foundational philosophy has remaine...

Sharna BarnesCEO, Complete Contract Consulting

Sharna Barnes is the CEO of Complete Contract Consulting, a global multi-million-dollar government consulting firm based in South Florida and Atlanta Georgia, with offices in Jamaica, Colombia and Cayman Islands. Her fir...

Abby MalchowManager of Small Business Partnerships, Amazon

Abby Malchow is a Manager of Small Business Partnerships at Amazon where she develops and manages partnerships that help drive success for early-stage entrepreneurs and small businesses through delivering programs and in...

Steven ChampaExecutive Vice President, J. Galt

Steven (Champ) Champa has been an entrepreneur and business owner for over twenty-five years. He has failed in certain ventures while also having record-breaking success in others! His foundational philosophy has remaine...

Daniel CorcoranPublic Communications, Amazon

Daniel Corcoran is a Program Manager at Amazon where his focus is on driving the success of small business owners, and working with teams across the company to deliver programs that support their continued growth. Daniel...

Joseph MeuseFounder & President, Business GPS, LLC

A serial entrepreneur over the past 30 years, Mr. Meuse has started and built over a dozen successful businesses and in the process has also helped thousands of other US companies execute their business plans. Sectors of...

Cory RaymondDiversity & Inclusion Manager, Accelerate Maryland Partners (AM Partners)

Cory Raymond is a key member of the Accelerate Maryland Partners (AM Partners) and Modern Times, Inc. (MTI) teams supporting the American Legion Bridge I-270 Traffic Relief Plan and various other projects on the East Coa...

Randi PenfilFormer Regional Development Director, Constant Contact

Randi Penfil is an experienced public speaking expert with over 20 years of sales and experience in using digital marketing techniques to train and support partners, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations. She is ...

Christine FootitBranch Chief, Tax Outreach

Ms. Christine Footit has been with the IRS for 32 years. She is the Branch Chief for the Tax Outreach, Partnership and Education branch in Communications & Liaison. Prior to her current position, she was a Revenue Of...

Tricia NelsonSenior Regional Executive District Manager, Wells Fargo

Tricia Nelson has been in the financial banking industry for the last 16 years. During this time of tenure, she’s successfully moved through the rankings, transitioning from a branch manager leading teams through trans...

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