The 2021 Speakers
JANINE
HERNANDEZ
Founder of PDI|Author|Speaker|Philanthropist
Unlocking the Author Within You
CATHY
MCKINNON
Founder of Warrior Wellness Coaching| Author|Motivational Speaker|Survivor
Elevating Your Legacy
Cathy is a Wellness Transformational Strategist on a mission to help women take back their lives and their magic. Cathy holds an MBA and integrates her passion, education, and experience with cancer, infertility and divorce to help women stop going through the motions and overhaul their habits, routines and mindset to Soar into Success. Cathy is a certified Health and Life Coach & Yoga Personal Trainer, Speaker, Author and Serial Entrepreneur. Cathy is a 3x #1 International Bestselling author with her chapters in "Silent Grief, Healing and Hope", "Joy- Recipes for Abundance" and "Oh My Health there is Hope!" where she bravely shares her journey through infertility, finding her joy and reclaiming her life! The books include stories that will inspire and touch hearts everywhere!
Cathy was most recently named Chicago’s Top Wellness Transformation Strategist by Chicago Entrepreneurs Magazine April 2021
Janine Hernandez is a world-renowned author, mentor, speaker. She is the founder of the Book Publishing Academy.
In 2011, Janine was awarded the Mitch Akin Mentor of the Year award for the New Pathways Program. Janine sits on the Board of Reach Family Services a local nonprofit organization that focuses on assisting families who are raising children with behavioral health and emotional challenges
Janine received her Master of Arts in International Business from Western International University and currently resides in Phoenix AZ. Janine is available for speaking events, keynote presentations, panel discussions, and life/motivational coaching.
ERIN STRAYER
The Female CEO Maker
Transforming Challenges into Opportunities
PAMELA
KURT
Founder of the Best Version of You
Attorney |Author|Coach
Journey to the Best You
Ms. Kurt as an attorney and business owner has won many awards and honors as well as held multiple Leadership Roles in her community. She has found a new passion. Her passion is to support and empower women to be the best they can be!
The most personal enjoyment is when her clients find their own way. Ms. Kurt has also a private professional women's life coaching practice. BE THE BEST VERSION of YOU! This is an opportunity to elevate professional women to be the best version of themselves. Dream Believe and Achieve is her signature coaching program. Her coaching program has allowed her clients on a powerful self-discovery journey. She is currently accepting new private coaching clients. Please contact her at BestVersionYou.com to start your journey to become the BEST YOU.
Erin is The Female CEO Maker and Scaling Strategist, best-selling author, talk show host, producer, and see-er of opportunity. Recovering corporates and entrepreneurs hire Erin to get them deliberate and clear objectives, allowing her clients to show up as the leaders they are scaling their lives and their businesses.
Pushing 35+ years of cross-platform training in a multitude of areas of specialties including medical, manufacturing, start-ups and high-level industry-specific product development and infusing her innate intuitiveness into every consult, Erin’s skills equip her with an amazing toolbox of strategies to assist you in both your personal and business development, quickly moving you to your next level of CEO leadership & performance.
Erin has been honored as a “true champion and inspiration for women entrepreneurs” #52women52weeks, DOTpreneur Movement, 2018 Entrepreneur to Watch - Badassery Magazine, Nominated for 20 On The Rise 2018. She sits on many boards, is a wife, mother, dog lover and gardner-wannabe.
DR. JOY VAUGHAN
CEO|CFG World|Author|Educator
Brain and Business Mindset
SHMEKA GIBSON
Founder|Psychologist|Author
Mind Your Business
Author Dr. Shmeka Gibson is the founder of Innate Success Consulting Firm and founder of Changing the Mindset Inc. Dr. Gibson presents with over 18 years of experience in non-profit management, mental health/counseling, psychology, data analytics, grant writing, project management, business coaching/consulting and organizational development. Dr. Gibson has a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology with a focus in Inferential Statistics. Dr. Gibson is a published author of 2 books and 5 E-books, an international speaker, and a Psychology professor. Dr. Gibson is an experienced grant writer and compliance manager and has assisted with the research, submitting applications, grant management, compliance, and training for organizations and programs with a combined amount of over $25 million in grant funding.
Dr. Joy Vaughan is the Founder of CFG World Institute and President of Dr. Joy Coaching helping mature women executives and entrepreneurs to reinvent themselves and master the art of resiliency through leadership development. A native of Barbados, Dr. Vaughan is passionate about helping mature women and entrepreneurs who feel stuck to reinvent themselves and to master the art of resiliency.
ANGELA
BRAND
CEO|Her FIRE Coach|Speaker
How To Ignite Her F.I.R.E
Angela Brand is the World's #1 Empowerment Speaker. She is a best-selling author, brand specialist, and transformational speaker. She strives to help women take ownership to dominate their lives and businesses without apology.
Angela has been featured on Entrepreu(HER), One Woman, Ladies On Assignment Talk Show, Butterfly Nation Ministries, Making Connections with Ally & Shay Radio Show, and more.
AMY
BRYANT
Chief Copywriting Officer|Corporate Trainer|Communications Expert
How to Win with your Words - 3 Secrets to Assertive Communication
Amy is an author, coach, copywriter, speaker, advocate, and trainer. Amy specializes in corporate communication, public relations, social media, editing, and copywriting. She currently holds a position as the Engineering Technical Writer for Perspecta in addition to pursuing her passion to educate women on assertive communication and coaching women through cultivating healthy relationships after encountering domestic violence.
Amy has an MBA in Strategic Communication from Liberty University.
As an Author and Transformation Coach, Sheri serves as a project manager, hiring manager, and negotiator. Sheri guides new authors to start and finish writing their manuscripts, Guiding individuals with the healing process by providing them with tools and exercises, assisting authors with the publishing process, collaborating with independent contractors to complete client projects, creating content and curriculum for workshops and online courses and hiring independent contractors for various business tasks.
BRANDY WHALEN
Co-Founder
Own Your Narrative
Brandy Whalen is the founder of Kitcaster, a podcast booking agency. Each day, she gets to hear founder stories, entrepreneurial journeys, and ideas that are not fully formed, and that is what drives her to do what she does. Brandy doesn't care whether you started a junk collection service or launched a clothing brand—equally exciting to her. Brandy's passion is creating and sharing compelling stories for companies of all shapes and sizes.
