Taking A Leap

CREE LEFAVOUR Website: www.creelefavour.com Cree LeFavour is the author of “Lights On, Rats Out” as well as several cookbooks, including the James Beard- award-nominated Fish, published by Chronicle Books.  She has a PhD in American studies and taught writing at New York University.  She lives with her husband, Dwight Garner, and their children in New Jersey.

Business Name: Vann Alexandra Website: www.vannalexandra.com Alex Daly is a remarkably successful crowdfunding expert who has raised over $20 million dollars for her client’s crowdfunding campaigns.  She is known as the Industry’s “Crowdsourceress” She has served on panels at top film festivals, universities, and organizations and is in the class of 2016’s Forbes 30 under 30.  She is the author of “The Crowdsourceress – Get Smart, Get Funded and Kickstart Your Next Big Idea”

HUGH ‘TONY’ MOORE Business Name: Moore Financial Service Group, LLC Website: www.mfsmoney.com Email: ham@ifnmoney.com Hugh ‘Tony’ Moore has worked for over 24 years as a financial service professional. Tony is a well-established speaker in the South Florida area and is devoted to educating the community through workshops on topics relating to how financial decisions impact all aspects of their lives and the need to adjust their financial and investment strategy to fit each stage of their life.

CECE ESPEUT Website: ispeakinprisons.com Email: cece@ispeakinprisons.com CeCe Espeut is an inspirational speaker, author and advocate for the civil rights restoration of former inmates. She has spent the past seven years speaking at jails, prisons and drug rehab centers on clemency and recidivism. As a former Sergeant in the United States Marine Corp and former inmate who was granted clemency in 2012, CeCe gives presentations and leads seminars and workshops on topics related to overcoming adversity and personal growth development

ERIC PANNELL Business Name: Startups With No Code Website: startupswithnocode.com Email: eric@startupswithnocode.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ericdpannell Eric is a non-tech business founder who is the founder of Startups With No Code and Zap Style, as well as the co-founder of Delivo Movers. He has an MBA in both Management and Project Management and is very passionate about small-business startups and helping other non-business founders to get past their ideas and build products that will make real-world changes.

SUSAN PILKENTON Business Name: Flipping Success Website: flippingsuccess.com Susan is the founder of Flipping Success School and Destiny Wealth Builders. She is passionate about helping her students learn how to create financial freedom thru investment techniques for a lifetime of time and financial freedom. Susan has impacted the lives of over 6,000 people with her coaching, mentorship and trainings.

CHRISTINE MYERS Business Name: Virtual Assistant Services Website: http://VirtualAssistantServices.net Email: CMyers@VirtualAssistantServices.net Facebook: http://facebook.com/VirtualAssistantServices Christine Myers is the driving force of Virtual Assistant Services, a Virtual Administrative Support and Consulting business which she founded in 2009. She has earned several community leadership awards, is an honored recipient of the Golden Mouse Award for Virtual Assistance and is a contributing author of the book, The Ultimate Success Secret.

MARLENE BRYAN Business Name: Small Biz Evolution Website: www.smallbizevolution.com Email: marlene@smallbize.com Marlene Bryan has presented to audiences at educational institutions, corporations, and nonprofit organizations. She began her career in telecommunications and quickly rose to become one of the few, black female, Sales Engineer Managers, in an area dominated by men. She is an inspirational speaker, author, business coach and the owner of two companies.

MARTHA CAMUS Email: mcm33186@yahoo.com Martha Camus is a wife, a mother of two young adults and of Hispanic descent. Her passion is Education and her work life has revolved around the higher education arena specifically. She educates the community in the hopes of creating the awareness of which institutions are good and how to avoid the "store fronts" that many times not only leave people in financial difficulties but also with credentials that are not valid.

Business Name: Solid Property Inspections Inc. Website: solidpropertyinspections.com Email: gregorygsannejo@aol.com Telephone: 954-290-8670 Facebook: Solid Property Inspections Gregory Johnston was born in Jamaica and has been in the US since 1983. He is a divorced father of 2 girls and his favorite past times are playing tennis and listening to old school music. In the early years of his professional journey, he spent 4 years in construction and 15 years ago began doing home inspections. Today, he is the owner of his own home inspection company, Solid Property Inspections Inc., and is celebrating twelve years.

MELANIE SCOTT Business Name: The All in Mom Website: www.allinmom.com Email: melanie@allinmom.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theallinmom Melanie Scott is the founder of "The All in Mom," a blog and platform committed to equipping parents with new strategies and ideas for developing the whole child. She is an entrepreneur, educator, children's minister, and upcoming author. A former project manager at IBM, turned homeschooling mom of 4, she is challenging the status quo when it comes to our greatest assignment on earth...our children.

TAWNICIA FERGUSON ROWAN Business Name: Well-Written Words, LLC Website: http://WomanWordsmith.com Email: help@womanwordsmith.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWomanWordsmith Tawnicia Ferguson Rowan is the founder of Well-Written Words, LLC, a writing, editing, and publishing consulting company. She is known as The Woman Wordsmith. She is also an assistant professor of English at Florida Memorial University, a second-year seminary student at the Interdenominational Theological Center and a licensed teacher in the Universal Foundation for Better Living, Inc. Her research interests lie mainly with womanist literature and theology.

MARIA ALEJANDRA CELIS Business Name: ATREVI2 ONLINE Website: marialejandracelis.com Email: macy@atrevi2online.com Facebook: Maria Alejandra Celis Maria Alejandra Celis is a professional speaker, radio host and the founder of MYP Productions, an organization oriented to the development of human potential and to maximize the capacities and qualities of anyone who is committed to their growth and transformation. She has discovered that her true mission and purpose in life is to serve and support anyone who needs a dose of inspiration, hope and faith to move forward with their lives, no matter what their circumstances are.

LINDA BAILEY-McWEENEY Business Name: Reggae Math Foundation, Inc. Website: https://www.reggaemathfoundation.org Email: info@reggaemath.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reggaemathfoundation Dr. Linda Bailey-McWeeney is an economist, an educator and the Executive Director of the Reggae Math Foundation. She obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University in 2004 and since then, she has been working in the City of New York college system. Her life goal is to address poverty through educating people and her personal belief is that life is short and you have to go after what you want now.

Katrina Sawa Business Name: Jumpstart Your Biz Coach Website: www.katrinasawa.com Email: katrina@JumpstartYourMarketing.com Katrina is a Business Coach, Author and Speaker. She is known as the JumpStart Your Biz Coach because she literally kicks her clients and their businesses into high gear and fast. She is the creator of The JumpStart Your Marketing® System, The Jumpstart Your Business in 90 Days System™ and author of Love Yourself Successful. Katrina loves helping other entrepreneurs create a strategy to develop, market and monetize a business that they are passionate about and one that fits their lifestyle.

PATRICK ALEXANDER Business Name: Balambico Website: www. balambico.co Email: patrick@balambico.com Patrick Alexander is the CEO and founder of Balambico, a professional website and online solutions firm specializing in making companies look good online with a stunning professional website. Patrick has devoted himself to the tech industry for over 15 years gaining extensive experience in Programming, Web Development, and System Administration. His personal motto “Living To Not Be Ordinary” fuels him daily to be the motivated & driven individual that he is.

TANISHA AKINLOYE Business Name: Empowering Through Beauty Foundation Website: www.etbfoundation.org Email: TanishaAkinloye@gmail.com Tanisha Akinloye is a TEDX Speaker, entrepreneur, philanthropist, motivational and mindset coach, and beauty expert. She is best known for empowering women through her nonprofit, Empowering Through Beauty, which provides education, outreach and cosmetology services to under-served communities throughout the United States. She has been featured by Fox Business Network, Modern Salon, Essence and several other media outlets.

Business Name: My Reputation Ninja Website: http://myreputationninja.com Email: tim@myreputationninja.com Tim Pfeiffer is an entrepreneur in the Charlotte NC area. He has spent over 16 years in the IT Support function and in 2010 started his own marketing business called My Reputation Ninja that helps small and medium size businesses come up with a comprehensive strategy to Build, Manage and Market a 5 Star Reputation online

SHAMONIA WIMBERLY Business Name: Success Strategist Website: www.shamoniawimberly.com Email: monawimberly@gmail.com As a dynamic leader, motivational speaker, life coach, and financial guru, Shamonia Wimberly’s passion for inspiring people to make money, save money and maximize their full potential is evident in the many lives she has helped to transform. She has assisted thousands of individuals achieve financial freedom and homeownership. Shamonia calls herself “A Money Coach”, and God also revealed to her the title “Faith Agent”.

MARLENE HARVEY-THOMPSON Business Name: Elegance MSC Email: mha9896@me.com Marlene Harvey-Thompson is a Fashion & Beauty Consultant with Elegance MSC. She takes pride in assisting the ordinary woman in looking and feeling extraordinary on a daily basis by teaching proper skin care and focusing on protecting and preserving the beautiful canvas they were born with. She also makes available to her clients the perfect fashion jewelry and accessories so that they are able to put their best foot forward for any occasion.