growing list - Skirting The Rules

“The Art of Being”
Salon
GUEST COMMUNITY
JUNE 28, 2016
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Name: Jocelyn Greenky Herz
Title: Office Politics & Culture Expert. Global Brand
Architect. Innovator.
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Description about what she does:
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Her first book, The Big Sister's Guide to the World of
Work is an international seller and published by
Simon & Schuster. She speaks regularly around the
country on the topic of Office Politics.
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As an accomplished office culture and politics
expert, she has a deep understanding of issues
that cause anxiety for organizations and
employees alike. From generational dynamics,
politics and culture to leadership, productivity
and coaching, her expertise was developed
through real-life, practical, trial and error
experiences through interactions with global CSuite leaders, business executives and those in
the creative field.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jocelyngreenky
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Name: Tanya Pushkine
Company: Nestlé Skin Health SHIELD (formerly)
Description of Company: SHIELD is a global network
of innovation and education hubs that gathers
today's most creative visionary thinkers from diverse
disciplines to generate, develop and incubate ideas
to advance skin health for tomorrow.
Title: Head of Communications
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-pushkine-480860
tanyapushkine@yahoo.com
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Name: Summer Rayne Oakes
Company: Foodstand
Description of Company:
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Foodstand is the good food community of eaters,
makers, and growers that lives in your pocket. Use
your good food photos to share, find, and stand up
for better food. We're making food photos
meaningful to help and inspire each other to be
better eaters.
Title: Head of Marketing, Acquisition & Growth
Description about what she does:
– She has co-foundedSource4Style (now called Le
Souk), an award-winning venture-backed
marketplace that connects thousands of designers
to sustainable material suppliers around the world;
authored the best-selling book Style,
Naturally; served as a correspondent on Discovery
Networks; designed environmentally-preferable
lines with Payless, Portico and Modo eyewear.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/summer-rayne-oakes-53551520
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Name: Olga Vidisheva
Company: Shoptiques.com
Title: Founder and CEO
Description of Company:
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Shoptiques.com is an online fashion
marketplace that aggregates inventory of
participating local boutiques from across the
United States, allowing users to shop their
favorite shops in one place. We provide one of
a kind fashion curated by boutique owners and
personal style recommendations that allows
users to always look different. Ever dreamt of
shopping your favorite local boutiques online?
Now you can with Shoptiques.com.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/olga-vidisheva-56a8363
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Name: Veronica Guzman
Company: WAM Ventures
Description of Company:
– WAMVentures is a catalyst for business
development that targets & partners with
promising companies & leaders. WAMVentures
helps you "color outside the lines".
WAMVentures serves primarily women &
diverse business leaders seeking to move their
businesses up-market & reach higher levels of
excellence.
Title: Founder & Innovation Catalyst
https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronicaguzman
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Name: Johanna (Jose) Zeilstra
Company: The Women’s Debate
Description of Company:
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A nonpartisan campaign to urge our presidential
candidates to commit to a live presidential debate
on women’s economic, health, and safety policies.
These are issues that when addressed have the
potential to benefit society as a whole. The
Women’s Debate is collecting signatures via a
petition on change.org to build support for the
debate. It is also collecting questions via
womensdebate.org that will be presented to the
presidential candidates with the aim of securing
their participation in a live debate this fall.
Title: CoFounder
Description about what she does:
– Over the past two decades, has helped launch
several consumer-facing businesses as well as
worked as a senior executive at
PricewaterhouseCoopers and JPMorgan, and with
over a dozen client corporations, including Delta Air
Lines, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Philips, Lucent,
Bank of America, Chase Manhattan, and Occidental
Petroleum.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanna-jose-zeilstra2289551?trk=extra_biz_connect_hb_upphoto
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Name: Maria Dreyer
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Company: Sony Pictures
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Title: Senior Vice President, Advertiser Sales &
Branded Entertainment
Description about what she does:
– Interact with various business stakeholders in
order to ascertain needs and develop solutions
to produce successful marketing integrations
– Negotiate multi-platform branded
entertainment partnerships on behalf of Sony
Pictures Television
– Create branded entertainment proposals for
The Dr. Oz Show, Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy!
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-dreyer-8b466512
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Name: Joanna L. Krotz
Company (Books): Being Equal Doesn’t Mean Being
the Same; The Woman's Playbook: A Guide to
Business in the She Economy
Title: Entrepreneur, Author
Description about what she does:
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Joanna L. Krotz is the author of "Being Equal
Doesn't Mean Being the Same," a call to action
to women to launch their own businesses to
achieve parity, purpose, passion and
prosperity. Krotz has been investigating the
payoffs and challenges of small business
owners, particularly women-led firms, for
years. She’s interviewed hundreds of male and
female entrepreneurs as a national magazine
editor, author and journalist, online small
business columnist and host of a Web radio
show.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannakrotz
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Name: Pam Henning
Company: Pamalot Entertainment
Title: Principal
Description about what she does:
– Creative catalyst and strategist partnering brands
to ignite transformational thinking and
collaboration, accelerating revenue
opportunities through technology innovation,
content development and cross-platform
integrated marketing initiatives.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamhenning
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Name: Kim Ann Curtin
Company: The Wall Street Coach
Description of Company: As the Founder of The Wall
Street Coach, my team and I facilitate conscious
leadership and enable our clients to develop
attributes and strategies that uplift profit and people.
We work with presidents, CEO’s, managing partners,
investment bankers, traders and beyond.
Title: Founder, Author Transforming Wall Street:
Conscious Capitalism
Description about what she does:
– I work with successful conscious executives to
accelerate their personal and professional
development by expanding their self awareness
through executive coaching. My "Five Practices"
assist leaders in becoming as successful on the
inside as they are on the outside with tools that
facilitate mindfulness, self awareness, clarity,
confidence, power and peace of mind.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimanncurtin
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Name: Wendi Berger
Company: Pour le Monde Parfums
Description of Company:
– Pour le Monde®, (for the world) is the only
certified 100% natural fine fragrances in the US
market. Our eau de parfums are vegan, animal
cruelty free and approved by the Natural
Products Association. Each fragrance benefits a
special charity. Naturally elegant, sincerely
altruistic, Pour le Monde.
Title: President
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Name: Margaux Caniato
Company: VP+C
Description of Company: Veeder, Perman + Caniato is
a marketing communications, public relations and
corporate event marketing agency that specializes in
luxury brands and the designs that surround us.
Title: Principal/ Chief Brand Officer
Description about what she does:
– Design advocate and brand raiser with over 20
years of executive experience in luxury and
mass retail brand development and evolution.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaux-caniato-6953682
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendi-berger-7345b15
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Name: Romina DeNicola
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Company: The Economist
Title: Head of Client Delivery, Global
Client Services
Description about what she does:
– Innovative, analytical, and
strategic Mid-level Marketing
Manager skilled at developing
compelling value propositions for
B2B clients that guide business
strategy; creatively and efficiently
bring them to market. Strong
background in the energy,
financial, technology, automotive,
shelter, beauty, fashion, retail,
pharmaceutical, and packaged
goods industries.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/rominadenicola
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Name: Michelle Byrd
Company: Run It By Byrd, Inc.
Description of Company: Consulting practice and
advisory services assisting non-profits, foundations
and social enterprises in achieving their mission
through strategic planning, program and partnership
development, effective storytelling and technology
solutions.
Title: Strategist and Relationship Accelerator,
Producer of Good Things
Description about what she does:
– Michelle is passionate about the potential of
media and technology to educate, entertain,
engage and elevate communities. She is the
principal of Run It By Byrd, a consulting practice
providing advisory services to assist nonprofits, foundations and social enterprises in
achieving their mission through strategic
planning, program and partnership
development, effective storytelling and
technology solutions.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellebyrd1
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Name: Leslie Stevens
Company: LaForce + Stevens (formerly)
Description of Company:
– Leslie is a PR-world visionary and was
the co-owner and President of PR
powerhouse firm, LaForce + Stevens for
20 years., working with clients such as
Banana Republic, Mara
Hoffman, Marissa Webb, Target,
Aberombie & Fitch, and Pamella Roland.
The firm was dissolved in 2015.
Title: President
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-stevens-051b444
Name: Sonja Winther
Company: Chantelle Lingerie
Description of Company:
For more than 130 years, The
Chantelle Group offers on the
international scale, lingerie brands
that develop close ties with their
customers.
The Group makes the most of its
expertise, highlighting the beauty of
the female body, and its know-how in
all facets of the trade, ranging from
design to distribution.
Title: President of Chantelle, USA
Description about what she does:
Head of North America/ UK zone
Member of the Executive Board for
The Chantelle Group
LinkedIn
swinther@chantelle.com
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Name: Deborah Burns
Company: Skirting the Rules, DJB Ventures, LLC
Description of Company:
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Skirting the Rules is a cultural brand
platform empowering and connecting
women to the intuitive, feminine genius
required by 21st Century business,
innovation and transformation.
Title: Founder/ Author of Skirting the Rules,
President of DJB Ventures
Description about what she does:
– As founder and President of DJB
Ventures, change-agent Deborah Burns is
a strategic global marketing, sales and
brand development leader.
LinkedIn
deborah@skirtingtherules.com
Name: Francis Cholle
Company: The Human Company
Description of Company:
The Human Company uses the power of intuition and
instinct to unleash innovative capacity in people and
companies.
We design, teach, and implement unique ways to innovate,
outperform competitors, and achieve accelerated growth.
Title: Founder & CEO
Description about what he does:
International Business Consultant, best-selling author,
engaging speaker, and founder of The Human Company.
Helps companies rethink business in ways conventional
strategic management cannot. Clients include major, midsize, and emerging firms across multiple industries such as
beauty, luxury, pharmaceuticals, communications, media,
and information technology.
LinkedIn
francis@thehumancompany.com
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Name: Holly Corbett
Company: Skirting the Rules
Description of Company: Skirting the Rules is a cultural
brand platform empowering and connecting women to
the intuitive, feminine genius required by 21st Century
business, innovation and transformation.
Title: Chief Content Creator
Description about what she does:
-Previous editor at national outlets
such as SELF, Woman's Day, Prevention,
MensFitness.com, Parents, and more.
- Co-Author of “The Lost Girls”
-Brainstorms overall content strategy; develops
and maintain partnerships; and creates online
content.
LinkedIn
hollycassandra@gmail.com
Name: Eileen McMaster
Title: Senior Level Communications Expert
Description about what she does:
-Seasoned marketing, public relations and
communications expert with proven track record
of developing and implementing marketing
programs, public relations campaigns, corporate
positioning, high profile events and strategic
partnerships. Exemplary leadership record
complemented by over 20 years experience in
fashion, retail, publishing and health and
wellness.
Founer of “Dance with your Soul”
Previously the VP of Public Relations and Internal
Communications at UNIQLO,; Corporate
Communications for Anne Klein; and Director of
Business Integration and PR at Direct Brands, Inc.
LinkedIn
eileenmcmaster@gmail.com
Appendix
May Salon Attendees
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Name: Susan Nethero
Company: Goldenseeds, Intimacy Specialty Stores
(former)
Description of Company: Angel Investor Fund,
Premium Lingerie Retail Chain
Title: Entrepreneur & Investor, Founder and former
CEO of Intimacy
Description about what she does:
– Mentor, Business Coach and Angel Investor for
Women’s Owned Businesses. Susan is
managing director for Golden Seeds, angel
investment firm, the largest angel firm in the
country dedicated to funding women’s owned
and managed businesses in the USA.
– Previously built a specialty lingerie chain of 18
stores in major markets across the USA and
grew revenues to 38 million in Sales.
LinkedIn
susan.nethero@gmail.com
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Name: Kat Vorotova
Company: Try the World
Description of Company: Try The World is an online
discovery platform for international products. As the
first company of its kind, Try The World works with
local experts to curate premium gourmet boxes from
around the world.
Title: Founder, CEO
Description about what she does:
– Entrepreneur; Previous background in strategy
consulting, corporate finance, and business
development in consumer, technology, and
media companies.
LinkedIn
kat@trytheworld.com
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Name: Katharine Zaleski
Company: Power to Fly
Description of Company: Matches businesses with
women who can work from anywhere. Focus on
screening women in tech.
Title: Co-Founder & CEO
Description about what she does:
– Before my work improving gender diversity on
tech teams, I was in media, where I started my
career as the sixth employee of the Huffington
Post. I ended up leading and building the site's
news team - and writing all the crazy headlines
on the front page.
– Loves Chantelle!
LinkedIn
kz@powertofly.com
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Name: Kristin Gracie
Company: Renaissance Woman
Description of Company:
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The Renaissance Woman Project brings women
together in a unique blend of what you would
experience at a fun event, a rejuvenating retreat,
and a transformational workshop. We focus on
feminine energy because that is where our power
is and community because that is where our
strength is. The mission of The RW Project is to
spark curiosity and creativity for discovering
passion; to revive the power of feminine energy,
and to cultivate a community of women who feel
alive in their purpose.
Title: Founder, Blogger & Personal Coach
Description about what she does:
– Former Big-Four Accountant turned SerialEntrepreneur. Change-Maker. Community Leader.
Dream-Chaser. Dot-Connector. Wanderlust.
– I curate events, retreats, and workshops to bring
humans together for the purpose of walking away
from it feeling fulfilled with purpose, excited to
make dreams happen and grateful they showed up.
LinkedIn
kristin@kristingracie.com
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Name: Jenifer Willig
Company: Motive, Whole World Water
Description of Company:
– motive - a social impact consultancy working
with organizations to help prove, position and
scale their social impact investments.
– WHOLE WORLD Water a social enterprise
designed to raise money for clean & safe water
initiatives around the world.
Title: Founder
Description about what she does:
– Formerly, led (RED), the organization founded by
Bono and Bobby Shriver to fight AIDS in Africa.
– In 2013 she was named one of the 10 Most
Generous Marketing Geniuses by Catch a Fire’s
Generosity Series featured on Fast Company and
recognized as one of the 40 women over 40 to
watch.
LinkedIn
jenifer@the-motive.com
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Name: Laurie Meadoff
Company: City Kids Foundation, Laurie Inc & Team
Description of Company:
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CityKids Foundation engages and develops
diverse young people to positively impact their
lives, their communities and the world by
making sure their voices are heard . CityKids
has pioneered, maintained and innovated
cutting edge youth development programs for
three decades training tens of thousands of
young people to be leaders and motivated
agents of social change.
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Laurie Inc. and Team, a company designed to
innovate, connect and, activate brands and
media from around the world.
Title: Founder
Description about what she does:
– Various experiences building social charities
focused on a variety of causes from cancer, to
helping the planet to empowering city kids.
LinkedIn
laurieandteam@gmail.com
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Name: Tracy A. Dennis-Tiwary, Ph.D.
Company: Personal Zen
Description of Company: We at Personal Zen are
passionate about addressing this failure of the health
industry by using cutting-edge science to fuel the
development of eHealth tools to empower people to
self-curate their personal wellness, as well as to give
health professionals and corporations powerful, lowfriction tools to prevent and treat psychological
conditions.
Title: Founder
Description about what she does:
– Neuroscientist, musician, professor and wife of
author, playwright and producer Vivek Tiwary.
LinkedIn
tracy@personalzen.com
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Name: Kacy Duke
Company: Duke Fitness & Wellness
Description of Company:
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Trains A-list of celebrities and often
featured in online media (R29) for health
and wellness stories
Title: Celebrity Trainer, Co-founder Equinox
Description about what she does:
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Trainer to the stars
LinkedIn
kacyduke@mac.com
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Name: Kerry Twibell
Company: MediaLink
Description of Company:
– A completely new kind of strategic advisory firm
linking the worlds of media, entertainment,
finance, and technology. Founded by Michael
Kassan—an internationally recognized business
strategist.
– MediaLink creates competitive advantage and
growth strategies by connecting Silicon Valley,
Madison Avenue, Hollywood and Wall Street.
Title: VP
Description about what she does:
– Proven track record in growing media businesses
across multiple distribution channels (traditional,
digital, mobile). Broad background in business
development, strategic planning, new ventures
and product development for global media
brands Hearst Digital, Newsweek, Conde Nast.
LinkedIn
kerry@medialink.com
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Name: Caroline Hirsch
Company: Caroline's on Broadway
Description of Company: The place to see live standup comedy since the 1980s. Many comedy legends
started out here like Jerry Seinfeld, Rosie O’Donnel,
Billy Crystal, Tim Allen, Jay Leno
Title: Owner
Description about what she does:
– Skilled at discovering new comedy talent
LinkedIn
chirsch@carolines.com
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Name: Elisa Goodkind
Title: Co-Founder & Editor in Chief
Company: Style Like U
Description of Company:
– StyleLikeU is a media platform that empowers
self-expression and self-acceptance.
– With a viral video series, a book, TV show and a
Kickstarter-funded documentary in the works,
the time to change the conversation on beauty
and style is now!
Description about what she does:
– Mother to Lily
– Former fashion editor at Self and Glamour
magazines and a veteran fashion stylist with
work published in Interview, InStyle, Vanity Fair,
Tatler, L’Uomo Vogue, Italian Vanity Fair, New
York Times Magazine and Gotham magazines,
among others. Took a break to raise her kids and
when she returned, became disillusioned about
what the industry had become and inspired to
start SLU
LinkedIn
liles1212@gmail.com
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Name: Ellen Abramowitz
Company: EFA Global Connect
Description of Company: A boutique
marketing and consulting company that
specializes in strategic brand development,
helping established and up and coming talent/
influencers monetize their equity through
commercial opportunities.
Title: Founder/ Principal
Description about what she does:
– An expert at positioning talent and
brands at the crossroads of their growth
for future success
– Successful at architecting strategies and
unique partnerships that connect brands
with clients across multiple platforms
including television, print and digital
extensions, and cause related marketing.
LinkedIn
ellen@efaglobalconnect.com