Rachana Bhide

Broadcaster, Leadership Psychologist

Rachana Bhide is a 22-year leadership  psychologist and broadcaster, formerly appearing on Bloomberg Radio and Bloomberg Live. 

Rachana uses positive psychology as a consultant and media host, and as founder of The Corner of the Court Project, a platform celebrating successful women’s careers and the positive role of men as allies. Rachana’s pivotal work on empathy and male allies has been featured with brands such as LinkedIn, Google, Oracle, and the Los Angeles Chargers (NFL).

Her media appearances also include interviews with inspirational leaders across the international G7, and with the former Prime Minister of Denmark. Rachana holds a Master’s Degree in organizational psychology from Columbia University and lives in New York City. She is the creator of Fonty Tales, multi-media stories about an elephant in NYC, serving as a global message of creativity, optimism and compassion.

Vanessa Blanco

Vice President and Senior Business Consultant, JPMorgan Chase

Vanessa Blanco is a Vice President and Senior Business Consultant at JPMorgan Chase. In this capacity, her responsibilities include leading a team of specialists focused on understanding each client’s unique needs to deliver strategic financial guidance and solutions. Vanessa’s mission is to help local companies thrive by achieving their business goals, no matter how simple or how complex.

Bringing 15 years of experience, Vanessa began her banking career at JPMorgan Chase Bank. Throughout her banking career, Vanessa has served mid-sized companies throughout the Tri-State area to support their commercial banking needs.

To help create a more sustainable future for the companies and communities she serves, Vanessa volunteers with several not-for-profit organizations focused on ending hunger and homelessness, most recently with Feeding America and local food banks. She also served as a mentor for teammates across her previous financial institution and serving as a mentor in local college's in NYC.

Originally from Orlando, Florida, Vanessa graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in International Trade & Marketing from The State University of New York, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). Vanessa is also working towards her Professional Studies certificate at New York University.

Sandra Campos

Chief Executive Officer, Board Director, and Advisor

Sandra Campos is an internationally recognized retail and technology CEO and entrepreneur. Her  broad experience spans digital and physical retail, international expansion, SaaS software, and  supply chain solutions.  

As the CEO of Project Verte, she steered the development of a high growth global technology  company with tech enabled logistics services. As the CEO of DVF, she worked alongside the iconic  founder to reposition the brand with a strong digital presence, a purpose-led marketing strategy, and  increasing the global footprint through distributor and franchise partnerships. Sandra has also led  Iconic international brands such as Juicy Couture, Bebe, and BCBG, adding hundreds of stores in  Asia, EMEA, Europe, and South America through strategic partnerships.  

As an entrepreneur, she created one of the original celebrity brand management companies that built  brands for exclusive retailers. Her company launched Selena Gomez’s lifestyle collection in the teen  space across fourteen categories in six countries. 

Ms. Campos has been named a 2021 Latina of Influence, a 2021 Female Founders Alliance  Champion, a top 100 Latina Leaders by Latino Leaders Magazine, was one of 2019 Top Líderes in  Business by Hispanic Executive Magazine, DealMakeHERS, named a 2020 Top Woman in Retail  and was honored by Girls Inc. Sandra advises various consumer products startups, has helped take  two SPACs public in 2021 as part of the advisory team for Athena Technology Acquisition Corp, and  on the management team of ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition Corp. Sandra is on the Board of  Directors for Big Lots and is also the founder of Fashion Launchpad, a digital edtech platform.

Sybil Clark-Amuti

Executive Producer and Co-host, The Great Girlfriends Show

Sybil Clark Amuti is an executive brand strategist, podcast producer and host, philanthropist, wife, and mother. She holds a B.S. in urban studies from Dillard University and an M.S.in urban planning from Columbia University. For over 15 years, Sybil has delivered world-class strategy and brand direction to some of the world’s most renown personal, corporate, and philanthropic brands, such as Scholastic, Nike, Sony Entertainment, Target, Nascar, Conde Nast, Tony Robbins, Feeding America, Red Table Talk and more. Her company, Legacy Row, is focused on legacy brand building and creating an alliance of like missioned brands who seek to create an impact on a local to global level.

Sybil also serves as the creator and co-host of The Great Girlfriends Show, a podcast conversation series created to connect women with daily tips and solutions for living a passionate everyday life and building a thriving business. Under her direction, The Great Girlfriends has served over 700,00 women with content and experiences that support their growth journey. She is also the creator and executive producer of The Grace Podcast, which is dedicated to providing practical spiritual development for Christian women.

As a philanthropist, Sybil is passionate about youth mentorship, eradicating hunger, and educational equality for girls around the world. She extends financial support, personal time and attention to Covenant House and Feeding America.

Sybil wife of 15yrs, and mother to 13-year-old old Sam and 10-year-old old Dylan. She resides in California.

Michelle Cordeiro Grant

Founder & CEO, LIVELY

Michelle Cordeiro Grant is the Founder and CEO of LIVELY, podcast host of No Makeup Needed, an angel investor and public speaker. Prior to launching LIVELY, Michelle spent the tenure of her career at household names in the lingerie industry including Federated Merchandising Group, VF Corporation, and Victoria’s Secret. Just before beginning her entrepreneurial journey, she spent two years at Thrillist Media Group, where she got her education in “startup,” learning the ins and outs of what it takes to build a fast-growing brand. In 2016, Michelle officially launched LIVELY, a community and brand that inspires women to live life passionately, purposefully, and confidently, by way of products and experiences. Early on, Michelle coined the term “Leisurée,” a new category that blurs the aesthetic lines of lingerie, active, and swim, taking the best elements of high-style and ultimate comfort from each category. Since launch, Michelle has fostered an ambassador network of 155,000+ members, opened four stores, and developed retail partnerships with Nordstrom, Madewell, and Target (launching a diffusion line with Target.com and select stores). She grew LIVELY from its concept stage, raising $15 million in funding to fuel its growth, all the way to a $105M acquisition by intimates leader Wacoal in just three years, beating the odds of POC female-founded companies. Michelle has been featured across top tier outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Forbes, WWD, TechCrunch, CNBC, Teen Vogue, Allure and many others.

Jacquelyn De Jesu

Founder, SHHHOWERCAP

Jacquelyn De Jesu is the Founder and CEO of DEEJAYZOO, a female focused design and innovation company. Her first product launch, flagship brand, and team's current focus is SHHHOWERCAP, a fashion forward reinvention of the shower cap that has been optimized for both form and function. As an advertising creative Jacquelyn spent over a decade building brands at some of the world’s top agencies (BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi, Co: Collective, 360i, HUGE) She has lead the creative work on accounts across a range of categories such as YouTube/Google, VICE, Altoids, 5Gum, Orbit, Midol, Cheerios, Miller Lite, Olay, and Clinique.Throughout her career, Jacquelyn has been driven to create disruptive ideas by finding power in simplicity and a beautiful execution. In 2013, she channeled this same passion and set out on a mission to create a shower cap that wouldn't feel like a sacrifice of aesthetics or functionality. After over a year of meticulous development, SHHHOWERCAP was born. In less than two short years, her patented invention has grown into a multimillion dollar company. The unparalleled growth of SHHHOWERCAP has been fueled by the power of thoughtful design in both the brand and the product itself. She has been featured in VOGUE, FastCompany, The New York Times, FORBES, Co: Design, PSFK, Allure, Wired, Nylon, InStyle, ELLE, TheDieLine, Refinery29 and more.

Beatrice Dixon

Co-Founder & CEO, The Honey Pot Company

When she was younger, Beatrice Dixon suffered with bacterial vaginosis for eight months. One night, an ancestor gave her the ingredients to heal herself in a dream. From that insightful dream, she created the formula for a healthy, clean feminine wash. In 2014, Dixon launched The Honey Pot Company, a plant-based feminine hygiene line created with a goal to provide women with a healthy alternative to feminine care that is free of chemicals, parabens, carcinogens and sulfates. The rest is history.

With experience in pharmaceuticals, retail and natural foods, Dixon has the insight and expertise to bring the innovative concept of a plant-derived feminine care system to the marketplace. Unlike mass market and conventional feminine care brands, consumers are able to get all of their feminine care needs met under one brand as The Honey Pot Company currently offers feminine washes, wipes, tampons, pads, mommy-to-be products, sexual wellness and soon-to-be additional offerings in both the feminine hygiene and feminine care segments.

Today, The Honey Pot Company’s products can be found online and in stores nationwide at Target, Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, Bed Bath and Beyond, Wegmans and other retailers. 

An empowering African American female entrepreneur, Dixon has been a recipient of the Sundial and Unilever’s multimillion-dollar New Voices fund; was 1 of the first 40 women of color to raise over one million in venture capital; and has been featured in T -Pain's School of Business, BuzzFeed's Ladylike series, Today Show, CNN, The New York Times, Entrepreneur, ELLE, and ESSENCE to name a few. 

Most recently, Dixon was recognized by Goldman Sachs as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2021 at its Builders + Innovators Summit, Worth’s Worthy 100, Forbes Top 100 Female Founders, and one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs ; her company won a CEW (Cosmetic Executive Women’s) Beauty Creator Award in 2021, an ESSENCE Best in Black Beauty Award and a WWD Beauty Inc Wellness Award. Dixon also hosts “Your Next Move”, a Capital One Business and Inc. Magazine interview series in which she interviews other successful founders.  

Through her diverse background and experience, Dixon continues to make a mark in the world of natural health and retail with a truly revolutionary approach to human health and sexual wellness.

Kathy Entwistle

Founder of The Money Date Box

Kathy has been helping women for over 25 years on financial empowerment. There is nobody who is more qualified to create a solution to the decades old issue of lack of financial confidence. Kathy is a Forbes Top Financial Advisor, a frequent guest on CNBC and Bloomberg, has been a guest speaker at Luminary, Worth, HERUSA, Create & Cultivate and has shared insights in The Knot, Covateur, Gotham Magazine, Goop and many others. The Money Date Box is a box, delivered to your door, with content to help you lay the foundation of financial empowerment. The Money Date Box also provides digital support to help you succeed on your money journey.

Erika Hanafin Feldhus

CEO, HeyMama

Erika Hanafin Feldhus is the CEO of HeyMama, a digital community that provides working mothers with connections and resources to advance their careers, connect, and feel supported all while redefining the way working motherhood is both valued and stigmatized. Erika has over 15 years experience working with many small businesses and Fortune 50 Companies. A tri-state area native, Erika holds a BS Marketing with a concentration in Accounting from Fordham University Gabelli School of Business. Erika is an Iridescent Learning/ Technovation Challenge Mentor, Startup Advisor, Chairman on an Arts & Education non-profit board and is a Certified Holistic Health Coach from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. As a leader in business, Erika has been recognized by the National Association of Professional Women VIP Award for ‘Excellence in Business’ and holds “President’s Club” and “Knights of the Roundtable” awards. She is also a working mom! 

Sarah Miyazawa LaFleur

Founder & CEO, M.M.LaFleur

Sarah LaFleur is the Founder & CEO of M.M.LaFleur, a New York-based clothing brand celebrating women through thoughtfully designed pieces, personal styling, and engaging content. Sarah founded M.M.LaFleur in 2013 with a mission to help women take the work out of dressing for work. M.M.LaFleur is named after her mother, whom she calls her biggest inspiration.

Prior to founding M.M.LaFleur, she worked in the luxury goods group of Starwood Capital in New York and Paris, and as a management consultant at Bain & Co in New York.

Outside of M.M. LaFleur, Sarah's passion is in international development issues. She spent time volunteering at a refugee camp in Zambia, and also spent a year in South Africa working with the nonprofit, TechnoServe, where she assessed agribusiness opportunities for the rural poor. Currently, she sits on the board of the International Rescue Committee's Airbel Impact Lab.

Sarah also sits on the Advisory Council of the New York Federal Reserve and is a board member of the Downtown Alliance of New York City. Most recently, she is a Henry Crown Fellow within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute.

Sarah and M.M. LaFleur have been recognized as one of Forbes’ CircleUp25 list of the most innovative brands (2018), WWD’s 40 of Tomorrow list (2018), Crain’s 40 under 40 (2017), Fashion Group International’s Rising Star Award (2017), Inc.'s Design Awards (2017), and Bottomless Closet Fashion Award (2019). Sarah is a member of the Fast Company Impact Council (2019-) and was a presenter at the 2019 US Congressional Future Forum.

Sarah graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Studies. Sarah lives in New York City with her husband, their three babies, and their 85-lb pup, Ruggles.

Surabhi Lal

Adjunct Professor at NYU, Creator and Host of  SIPS & Leadership, and Senior Advisor for Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Surabhi Lal is in the business of the future of work—for individuals, teams, and organizations. A speaker, consultant, and educator, Surabhi is deeply passionate about equity in the workplace and creating cultures where individuals and teams thrive. Using her unique ability to see potential, invest in people, and design for performance, she curates and designs experiences that encourage learning, growth, and community. She has coached thousands of job seekers, entrepreneurs, and small businesses to help them achieve meaningful success.

Surabhi is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service where she teaches courses on management, workplace effectiveness, and career development, sits on the board of the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation, and is a Gallup-Certified CliftonStrengths Coach.

Cate Luzio

Founder & CEO, Luminary

Cate Luzio, is the Founder and CEO of Luminary, a global membership-based career and personal growth platform and collaboration hub created to uplift and upskill women through all phases of their professional journey. Members are comprised of a multigenerational and intersectional community of individuals, intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs, corporations, and organizations including UBS, WW, JPMorgan Chase, Unilever, Verizon, Goldman Sachs, Mastercard, and Heidrick & Struggles.

Before starting Luminary, Cate spent twenty years in financial services leading global multibillion-dollar businesses. Previously, she was Global Head of Multinational Corporate Banking for HSBC, managing more than 2,000 employees worldwide and prior to that, she served as Head of Multinational Corporate Banking at J.P. Morgan EMEA based in London. She spent her early years in Latin America with Bank of America across both consumer and wholesale banking. She started her career working in tech in China. 

Cate is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where she was named its Entrepreneur of the Year in 2020, and in 2021 joined its Board of Governors. She has a master’s degree in International Relations from Georgetown University.

A long-time advocate for empowering women and girls, she serves on the National Board for Girls Inc., as a WE.NYC mentor, and sits on the Boards of Pomp & Whimsy and WaterAid.

Cate was recognized as one of Forbes’ Next 1000 Entrepreneurs in 2021 and a Top 100 Female Founder by Inc. in 2019. She has been featured as an expert in top-tier financial, business and lifestyle media and is currently a contributing writer to Fast Company, Business Insider, and Worth. 

Precious L. Williams

CEO, Perfect Pitches by Precious, LLC

Every time you open your mouth, your prospects will be throwing money at you.  Learn the simple steps to wowing your customer with a perfect pitch with Precious L. Williams the #KillerPitch Master.  

Convert conversations into currency. Get the tools and tenacity to pitch with power, sell with storytelling and develop a masterful mindset for communication. It’s time for you to learn how to #SlayAllCompetition

Precious busts norms and shifts perspectives to help teams own their awesome and bring out their “wow” factor.  Your leaders and teams will up their game — on their terms — in order to develop the cunning, clarity and confidence that’s been inside them all along. 

What’s more, they’ll get unstuck and discover a renewed and refreshed energy to own the mindset of the pitch in a way they never thought possible. If you’re ready to go from milquetoast to memorable, attracting and captivating your prospects while closing the sale in an authentic way, it’s time to #pitchforprofit

And you can bet, you’re going to have fun doing it!

Precious L. Williams is a 13-time national elevator pitch champion. She has also been featured on "Shark Tank," CNN, WSJ, Forbes Magazine, Black Enterprise Magazine, Essence Magazine, the movie "LEAP." Her current clients include Microsoft, LinkedIn, Google, NBCUniversal, Federal Reserve Bank, Intuit Quickbooks, Harvard University, and more. Precious is a dynamic speaker, effective trainer and 3X 1 bestselling author.

Chrisa Zindros Boyce

Chief Strategy Officer & Senior Coach, Handel Group

Chrisa brings over a decade of management and executive level leadership to the Handel Group^®. Throughout her career, she has worked on building brands and creating  business driving initiatives that have positively impacted sales, profit, and employee retention for large and small companies.   

As Chief Strategy Officer for Handel Group, Chrisa works closely with leaders from all divisions to ensure that HG is optimally growing and scaling as a company.  Her responsibilities span  business development  to financial operations and marketing.

In her role as an executive coach Chrisa leads Diversity and Inclusion Workshops, Culture Transformations and High Potential training programs across the globe. She supports both growing companies and industry conglomerates in designing cultures and structures that lead to increased employee retention, engagement and profitability.

Her roster of individual clients include an international group of serial entrepreneurs, perennial corporate executives and established individual contributors that hail from a broad range of sectors including Finance, Entertainment, Fashion, Technology, Non Profit + Government 

In her one on one coaching, Chrisa leans into her innate creativity, intuition and sense of humor to offer a personalized approach to help her clients meet their goals. Through an in-depth process, she helps her clients mitigate bad habits and  re-balance their priorities. 

She believes that authenticity breeds confidence and as such she supports her clients in staying true to their values and apologetically honing their voice.