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The Women Who Lead In Business Book Launch and Conference will take place on Saturday, March 19, 2022 from 10:00 am - 12:30 pm ET.

Contributing Authors:

Dr. Erika McCormick, Stephanie Bolton, Dawn Marie Bornheimer, Maisha B. Hoye, and Chef Lavinia McCoy

Confirmed Speakers: Sharvette Mitchell, Sharon J. Lawrence, ShaChena Gibbs, Emma Tessler, Latika Vines

Confirmed Panelists: Kerstin N. Driver, Amber Whitehead, Radhika Duggal, Olga Tsimaraki, Tasha Prados, Kaneesha Martin, Phoenix Jackson

Session Topics:?Marketing & Branding, Business Finance, Leadership Wellness, Social Media and Online Presence, Digital Marketing, Website Development and SEO

Three Panel Discussions:?Branding & Marketing , Business Finance and the Women Who Lead In Business Contributing Authors

AUTHOR PANELISTS

Moderators: Becky and Lauren Baldwin

Panelists:

Dr. Erika McCormick, Stephanie Bolton-James, Dawn Marie Bornheimer, Maisha B. Hoye, and Chef Lavinia McCoy

Business Finance Panelists

Moderator: Dr. Roz Gaskins

Panelists: Pamela J. Sams, Kerstin N. Driver, Amber Whitehead, Chanay Robinson and Leslie F. Thomas

Speakers and Presenters

Mrs. Sharon J. Lawrence?is a highly regarded speaker and coach working in the areas of wellness, mental health, career planning, and professional development. She is on a mission to help professionals and corporations establish focus, productivity and success. She is a licensed Therapist for Therapists and Professionals, Certified Life Coach, Adjunct Professor, and Certified Financial Social Worker who is also trained in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Mrs. Lawrence is the CEO of SJL Professional Services, Inc. a coaching and consulting service; and the Founder of Selah Wellness & Therapeutic Services, LLC, a virtual mental health practice. Mrs. Lawrence is known for her signature program, Balance Boldly! I Matter and is a 6x author who has been featured on various media outlets.

In her spare time, Mrs. Lawrence is a volunteer mentor for Envision Lead Grow mentor program for girl entrepreneurs.

She resides in Tampa, Florida with her family.

“Helping women find the Diamond in their Destiny”. Founded May 2003, CEO?ShaChena Gibbs?found her passion by becoming passionate about entrepreneurship. Real Sisters Rising Women Business Association {RSRWBA} is an organization composed of women with the intentional goal of assisting other women with rising up to their fullest potential. RSRWBA’s original purpose was just to help women become entrepreneurs: however, as Ms. Gibbs enhanced her knowledge and expertise in the entrepreneurial industry, so did the vision of RSRWBA.

Today, RSRWBA’s goal is to assist women to become financially literate and empowered; become more involved in their communities as leaders and how to deal with issues of poverty and lack of having to provide for their families. RSRWBA is passionate about shining the light in another direction to let women know that there is more to life than depending on the government to take care of our families. RSRWBA is focused on assisting women through the transition of taking control of their financial challenges.

Having women from man diverse backgrounds, RSRWBA is NOT here to point the finger and say what women should do; RSRWBA is here to say “we’ve been there, done that and even complained about it. However, we made the conscious decision to change the outcome of our destinies by changing our thoughts and actions of our today; now we are here to assist you with doing the same.” RSRWBA is about collective work and efforts. RSRWBA is here for the Career Woman, the Business Woman, as well as, the Unemployed Woman. RSRWBA is here to assist women in whatever field they need a support.

Because RSRWBA is empowering women and children to be successful; motivated; socially and financially literate; confident about who they are and what they can achieve; RSRWBA have put together a number of services and events to cater to the masses. Networking Events, Workshops, Training’s, Newsletters and a host of other platforms are in position to assist with the entrepreneurial development of the members. RSRWBA is persistent on making their mark in a global society.

RSRWBA’s long term goal is to have a world wide professional women business association. That goal is well under way with the New York Regional Chapter. Understanding that all members of a family and all parties of a society need to work in unison.

Radhika Duggal?draws on her experience working in financial services, healthcare, and consumer products to lead the design of innovative brand strategies to drive awareness and consideration for brands through multichannel marketing campaigns. She is currently the Chief Marketing Officer of Snapcommerce.

Marketing core competencies include:

? Multi-disciplinary team management including brand managers, agency professionals, and in-house communications, content, and analytics professionals

? Customer market research, value proposition design, and experience development

? Brand positioning and messaging development based on data-driven insights

? Strategic and tactical planning and execution

? Digital strategy, execution, operating model development and capability building

Radhika earned an M.B.A. in marketing from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in marketing and international business from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

She also teaches Consumer Behavior at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

Sharvette Mitchell,?referred to as The Platform Builder?, works with small businesses to enable them to build their online platform so that they generate more revenue with an amazing personal brand. She does this in a couple of ways by focusing on their visibility, marketing, and branding through one-on-one consulting, group coaching programs, speaking, and events.

Sharvette is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. She brings to the table, 25 years past experience in corporate America in the field of training & development and Consumer Compliance for a global bank.

Sharvette has been featured in publications such as Huffington Post, HOPE for Women Magazine, CEO Magazine, Rescue A CEO Blog & Sista Sense Magazine. Sharvette has also been seen on CBS 6 Monday Motivation, CBS 6 Virginia This Morning, The CW Network, and Comcast Cable.

In addition, she is a Professional Certified Leadership Coach, a past member of the Board of Directors of James River Writers, and a former recipient of the ACHI Magazine’s – Radio Personality of The Year Award.

For over 14 years, she has hosted a weekly talk radio show, The Sharvette Mitchell Radio Show, that airs on Blog Talk Radio, Apple Podcast, iHeart Radio, and on her five LIVE STREAMING platforms.

Lastly, Sharvette is the visionary author of three book collaborations, PROPEL, POUR and PURSUE.

Find out more about Sharvette at www.Mitchell-Productions.com.

Emma Tessler?is the founder and CEO of Ninety Five Media; a female-run digital marketing agency that helps scaling brands begin to monetize their digital marketing using the Ninety Five Media Method.

They help their clients connect with ideal clients, build community, and convert audience members into paying clients.

Olga Tsimaraki?is a self-taught Digital Marketing Consultant specializing in SEO. She comes from Greece, but currently lives with her husband and their dog in a small beautiful city in the Netherlands.

A life-long learner and creative at heart, after getting her Master of Engineering she set out to get a job in Marketing; and she did just that. She works full time as a marketing consultant and the COO of Zima Media, a fully remote digital marketing agency, and has worked with over 200 clients on SEO projects.

Currently, and having just completed an MBA, she is also working on the side to build The Budding Marketer - a place where new, junior, and self-taught marketers can find everything they need to become exactly the marketers they want to be.

Tasha Prados?is a branding and marketing strategy consultant and the founder of Duraca Strategic, where she helps aspiring social impact entrepreneurs build their dream businesses. Tasha is a bilingual and multicultural strategist with ten years of international project management, communications, and marketing experience with the world’s leading agencies, brands, and nonprofits. Tasha has over a dozen industry awards, including from the Shorty Social Good Awards, the Public Relations Society of America, and the American Advertising Federation.

After four years at a top-three global advertising agency working on multimillion-dollar projects for Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government clients, Tasha started her own business and became a digital nomad in 2019. She still works with big agencies and government organizations and has helped hundreds of small businesses and entrepreneurs all over the world.

Professor. Strategist. Hugger. Creator. Podcaster. Holder of Secrets. Dreamer. Exploratory Chef. Inquisitive. Encourager.

These are of the many words to describe this Louisville, KY native and Nashville transplant.?Kaneesha D. Martin?is making a name for herself by encouraging individuals and organizations to discover and achieve greatness. She has gained extensive experience and respect in leadership, motivation, and communications from previous appointments and current responsibilities at IGNITE! IMC, a boutique communications agency, based in Nashville.

Kaneesha has many years of teaching and creating results-driven communication strategies in music & film, book publishing, non-profit organizations, education, and sports sectors. Her passion for marketing began in the ’90s while working for WGZB 96.5 FM and WLOU/WLLV 1350 AM radio stations. Although her passion for all things communications- Training, Marketing, & Public Relations- was not discovered until later, Kaneesha found that teaching and talking were a natural fit.

All while balancing the agency life, Kaneesha is a professor of Business Communications at the historic Tennessee State University. She truly enjoys motivating and inspiring her students to become better communicators regardless of the career path they choose.

She has obtained both her undergraduate (B.S) and graduate (M.Ed.) degrees from Middle Tennessee State University, respectively in 2004 and 2009.

Her hobbies include culinary exploration, spending time with friends & family, and reading great books. Married 17 years to her college sweetheart, Jason, they left one musical city, Nashville, for another city, Memphis.

Emma Tessler is the founder and CEO of Ninety Five Media; a female-run digital marketing agency that helps scaling brands begin to monetize their digital marketing using the Ninety Five Media Method. They help their clients connect with ideal clients, build community, and convert audience members into paying clients.

Phoenix Jackson?is an award-winning impact entrepreneur, communications strategist, fintech investor, author, and speaker. Phoenix’s calling has been to empower women and men alike concerning their abilities to influence and impact others through entrepreneurship.

Phoenix is the Founder of Phoenix Affect, a 16-year-old global public relations, communications and marketing firm. She has worked with many small business owners, non-profits, professional athletes, entertainers, authors, speakers, politicians, NGOs, government entities and more helping them to manifest their desired outcomes within business. Phoenix takes pride in working with forward thinking, private and public entities ensuring a positive and impactful outcome for the people that they serve. “Moving the human collective forward” is her aim with every project and idea that her firms embark on. Her clients have included Oprah's "All Time Favorite Guest" International Humanitarian Dr. Tererai Trent and the Tererai Trent International Foundation, Working Minds - Carson J Spencer Foundation, Children's Hospital, Dr. Vincent Harding (Martin Luther King Jr's speech writer and humanitarian), Denver Housing Authority, NFL Legend Champ Bailey, and more.

She has won many awards for her work including Barack Obama's Top 25 My Brother's Keeper Leaders, Denver's 40 Under 40, Denver's Ones to Watch, Entrepreneur of the Year from the coveted Daniels College of Business and more.

Phoenix and her family reside in Houston, TX by way of Denver, CO. She speaks nationally on varying topics including experiential branding, spiritual focus within entrepreneurship and more.

To learn more about Phoenix please visit www.PhoenixJackson.com.

Lori Blatt?works with decision-makers and their team who understand the need for a cohesive personal/firm brand, but are struggling to find their voice, overwhelmed by content creation, and are missing an executable marketing plan to keep create and maintain momentum. She helps clients weave their passion and energy into their brand and marketing, so they lead with what makes them different and stand out in a noisy world.

Lori is a creative soul living in an analytical mind, resulting in a holistic balance of marketing principles, provocative questions, engaging design, well-crafted words. She has the ability to see the BIG picture and the design prowess and a bullpen of talent to execute the details.

Creative Mind, Brand Builder, Marketing Maven, Medium.com Writer, Mom of three Boys, Reiki Practitioner, Dog Lover, Tiny House Enthusiast, VRBO Host, Margarita Connoisseur, and Old Soul (the order varies daily).

www.blattcom.net www.the-meraki-blueprint.com https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/loriblatt https://medium.com/@LoriBlatt

Latika Vines?is the founder of Visionary Initiatives; where she is the Principal Consultant and Boss Mom Coach, providing career and organizational development training, coaching and consulting for Working Mothers, Government Agencies, and Small Businesses. Latika is the President of the International Association of Women (IAW) Waldorf Chapter.

She is also an author, Podcast Host, and Mom of four on a mission to lead other working moms to grow their career and balance life.

Latika has fourteen years of experience in coaching, mentoring, and training individuals to advance their career from Team Member to Senior Executive Service; and has designed, managed, facilitated/instructed, and evaluated Career Development Workshops and Technical Training for the private and public sectors. She has a strong passion for Organizational Development, in which, she has developed and implemented a Career Roadmap Tool (a Microsoft SharePoint Tool for personnel to know how to get from Academy/Entry Level to SES in the Agency) for Law Enforcement Agents, Officers, and Civilians, and a Talent Pool for Succession Planning.

Latika is the author of "Getting the Career You Want - A Self-Guided Career Planning Journal to assist you in Discovering the Career You Want and How to Achieve it;" where she gives you step-by-step direction on how to create your own Career Plan to Success. Available on Amazon.

The Women's Business League is a community where women connect, grow and prosper. Founded by two Northshore moms and corporate refugees, Amy Pocsik and Melissa Gilbo, the Women's Business League has reignited the power of networking. The core of their mission is kindness and community, values that drive the connections created amongst its members. Together, Pocsik and Gilbo, have created a community for female entrepreneurs and business women to come together, share resources, and promote their businesses.

We would love for you to be our guest. Register HERE.

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