Elisabeth Galperin is a speaker, productivity coach, and sought-after trainer who is passionate about helping professionals perform at their peak & reach their potential in all facets of life. A recovering perfectionist, she works collaboratively with clients to improve personal habits, define & implement business systems, increase productivity & consistently perform at their peak - while avoiding burn-out and overcoming overwhelm. Her mission is to help clients feel in control of their lives, so they can achieve maximum productivity, profitability, and, most importantly, peace of mind.

As a keynote speaker, corporate trainer, and executive business coach, Elisabeth empowers professionals at all levels of their career to define productivity for themselves and provides accountability & partnership to her clients. Her relatability, accessibility and energy are unmatched. Through the use of her signature system,,The ASCEND Method™, Elisabeth teaches the fundamental, foundational systems and structures all professionals need for sustainable growth and success.

You can connect with Elisabeth on LinkedIn: ​​https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabethgalperin

Her website is: www.PeakProductivityCoaching.com

Rita Ernst is an organizational effectiveness consultant, executive coach, and author of Show Up Positive

(2022). As the owner of Ignite Your Extraordinary, she consults and helps privately-owned companies and

corporations restore teamwork and positive culture. Through her work, employers have reported improved

employee morale, the reduction of operating costs, and an increase in profit margins. Mrs. Ernst has served

clients such as Gap Inc., Humana and Surgical Care Affiliates, just to name a few. She has been a speaker,

trainer, and article contributor for the Women in Insurance and Financial Services (WIFS) national organization

and a recurring guest on iHeart Radio's Ask The Experts radio show on WHAS AM 840. Rita holds a Master's

degree in Organizational Psychology from Clemson University. She is a former adjunct professor of

undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology and business. She currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

Angie Redmon has invested more than two decades learning what makes good companies great, and it always comes back to the same thing: Companies who care about their people as much as they care about their bottom line are more likely to recruit and retain outstanding employees. Through her dedication to workplace culture and employee engagement, Angie has developed and led HR teams with multiple companies in diverse industries.

Now, Angie is the President and Founder of striveHR, LLC, an organization focused on guiding aspirational companies through the process of pursuing a best workplace distinction. She channels her work into helping organizations develop their people strategies and guiding HR professionals to develop in their career through her coaching and mentorship. Angie has an impressive track record of helping organizations uncover employee engagement challenges and guiding organizations to achieving an award-winning workplace culture.

Angie’s passion is in helping HR professionals and business leaders to create workplaces their employees are proud of, and to empower them to contribute to the success of their organization. She believes through trust and honesty, a strong workplace culture is achievable.

Angie is a speaker and blogger, and podcast guest discussing topics such as:

What it takes to be an award-winning workplace

Why you should care about being an award-winning workplace

You applied for an award, but now what?

Why HR departments need a business coach

Angie earned a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership from IUPUI and holds a Certificate in Human Resources Management. She is proud of her SHRM-SCP and PHR, as well as her certification as an Employee Engagement Specialist from Top Workplaces. Angie lives near Indianapolis, IN with her husband and two children.

Connect with Angie:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/angieredmonawardwinningworkplaceadvisorandhrcoach

https://strivehr.net

https://www.facebook.com/striveHR

angie@strivehr.net

Tosca DiMatteo is a leadership and career coach, a speaker and founder of TOSCA Coaching and Consulting LLC. Tosca supports individuals and organizations in achieving their transformation goals by unearthing deep insights and supporting them in co-creating their authentic path forward. In this breakthrough journey, Tosca helps her clients feel empowered, confident, and more at ease in new growth trajectories.

Tosca has worked as a brand marketing executive for companies including Unilever, Kimberly Clark, Univision, Pernod Ricard (Absolut Vodka) and Wegmans Food Markets. Tosca received her MBA from Michigan State University and is ICF certified.

Melanie Booher builds great workplace cultures. With more than 20 years of business experience, Human Resource expertise, and 2 Culture Coach certifications, MB helps organizations THRIVE! She is the President & Chief Creative Officer of PEOPLEfirst (a Culture, Recruitment, & HR Consultancy) and President of Influence Network Media (a Hybrid-Publishing Company helping business leaders become authors). MB is the creator of the THRIVE Model© and Cards for Culture©, and the Conscious Culture Certified© Coach program.

MB has a proven track record as a Culture Coach helping organizations become a "Best Place to Work” by instilling big-company best practices within an entrepreneurial environment. Rooted in her experiences as a people connector, change agent, and business coach - she drives organizations to truly live their values, not just post them on the conference room walls.

MB lives outside of Cincinnati, OH, with her husband and three children.

Best Selling Author in these catagories:

- Organizational Change

- Entreprenurial Management

- Strategic Management

- HR and Personnel

- Knowledge Capital

- Marketing for Small Business

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Tiersa is a World Class Master Trainer, Forbes HR & Culture Expert who believes in the extraordinary power that organizations and leaders possess to positively impact their cultures. She helps professionals and organizations and bridge the gap between where they are and where they want to be by maximizing leadership, increasing engagement and fostering healthy work cultures.

As Certified Senior Human Resources Professional and Master Trainer, Leadership and Engagement Coach and proven Culture Consultant, Tiersa uses world class strategies and insight to educate and empower leaders to do the work that leads to extraordinary cultural transformations.

Culture Impact, comprises of tools leaders need to create greater connection and influence drive the culture within their organizations.

How can Tiersa add value to your organization?

♦ Workshops & Training

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To find out more about her service go to www.tiersahall.com

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Doug Whitney is the Vice President of Marketing at Finit - a Fintech company who takes pride in prioritizing people over profit. With a focus on brand strategy and digital marketing, Doug is passionate about helping brands tell their story and find their tribes.

Doug is passionate about building teams where everyone thrives and enjoys their working environment, and helping individuals wake up feeling inspired to become the best version of themselves. As a culture leader, Doug has a proven track record of boosting team performance and transforming department culture to make them desirable locations for top talent.

With over a decade of experience in digital marketing and leadership roles, Doug has had many accomplishments, including his role as COO of Model B, a company he helped transform by implementing culture-related initiatives and career path opportunities, while doubling revenue per client. Prior to his time at Model B, he received high marks for taking over a struggling media planning team at Quotient, boosting key metrics within six months, and growing the team from six members to sixteen members. He also started a new office for PEP in Minneapolis, MN, servicing General Mills.

Doug is a graduate of UC and in his free time enjoys music, basketball, and spending time exploring with his family, including his wife Stefanie and their two amazing sons, Isaac and Lucas.

Kristie believes the Future of Work is now an important part of a Company's overall strategy for success, and is committed to bringing it to life in all places we work. She started Ever Spark, LLC, a boutique consulting company, to inspire and support Company leaders (C-Suite and HR) as they pivot and evolve their engagement and retention practices in the face of workplace change, and to do so with the most impactful and practical ways while accelerating business growth.

Services Offered:

- On-Trend Package Offerings (Hybrid Work, Employee Experience, HR Service Delivery)

- Fractional CHRO Services

- Assessment & Root Cause Analysis

- Hands-on Workshops and Design Thinking Solutions

- Change Management

- Immersive Training & OnDemand Training

- Inspirational Key Notes

Specialty Areas:

- Organizational Effectiveness and Culture

- HR Program and Process Transformation

- HR Team Structure, Outsourcing, and Up-skilling

- Employee Experience Design

- Hybrid Work

Lina Clavijo is a global citizen, seasoned marketer, and author. She was born and raised in Colombia South America and has lived in different cities in the United States, the Caribbean and Europe. Lina leverages her powerful storytelling skills in both her work as global brand marketer and in her most recent work as an author.

Exploring spiritual growth and personal development has been part of Lina’s journey for the past 10 years. In her book The Christmas Cactus, she explores storytelling as a channel for ancestral healing in an honest account of her life experiences. And in her contribution to the book Culture Impact, she offers a blend of research, insights, personal experiences and tips to leverage curiosity as a tool to drive corporate culture shaping and help underrepresented communities speak up and be heard.

Lina has over 20 years of experience working as a marketing executive for global brands and currently resides in Philadelphia.

Susan LePlae Miller is a business consultant, coach, speaker and poet who helps you realize your vision by recognizing and releasing your team’s potential. As Founder of Pieces of I, LLC, Susan integrates the mission, vision, and values within your team to help maximize your impact. By embracing diversity, she helps utilize team members’ unique passions and abilities to help overcome challenges and accomplish objectives.

With a strong background in Operations (Partnerships, Product, and Supply Chain Management), Susan understands the inner workings of business and how teamwork and collaboration fuels results.

Susan developed the mantra “Know your value, live your values” as a way to inspire authenticity and impact with individuals and teams. She is an avid content creator and is co-author of 2 books:

* Mission Hope: Thriving Through Seasons of the Soul

* Culture Impact: Strategies to Create World-changing Workplaces

Karen Hewitt, M. Ed. (Ze/She/They)

Culture Creator. Community Builder. Leader. Author. Poet. Artist. Voice.

Karen is an invitation.Her work and presence compels others to journey inward, and encourages them to see the world in more expansive and hopeful ways.

Karen earned her MS in Mathematics at St. Francis University (PA) and her Master of Arts in Educational Policy and Leadership at The Ohio State University. Ze has been speaking, facilitating, and coaching since 2005. Her career began as a collegiate Women’s Basketball Coach and evolved into a Workforce Development focus. Karen is an Executive DEI Director, co-founder of The Ohio REST Collective and Founder of the podcast and platform the Culture of You. Her areas of expertise are: Culture and Diversity Management, Leadership Development, Intersectionality and Gender and Sexuality. Through hir lived experience, Karen exudes atypical wisdom and lived experience. She is seen as a necessary contribution at various community tables and conversations and is both celebrated and respected for her ability to be strategic in navigating difficult and nuanced conversations and barriers in a brave and productive way.

Karen is a creative. She is an improv comedian and improv poet and singer. Ze is a 2020 recipient of the Create Columbus Visionary Award, a 2022 CEO Columbus Future 50 fellow, a 2023 African-American Leadership Academy (AALA) fellow, a 2021 Cohort Poet in Scott Woods’ Rhapsody and Refrain, and an ensemble member in Counterfeit Madison’s Aretha Franklin Tribute; which performed in front of a sold out Lincoln Theatre (Columbus, Ohio) in February 2020. In 2019, Karen published hir first book of poetry, Grounded: A Collection of Healing Spoken Word Poetry; and released: Fire: Poetic Memoirs of a Movement in August of 2021. They are also a contributing author with their top five lessons in love and business chapters in the April 2021 released anthology, The Black Woman’s Guide To Love and Business: A Blueprint To Self-Mastery. Their latest release of a chapter in Culture Impact: Strategies to Create World-changing Workplaces is available as of 6.9.23. Find out how to move from Vision to Implementation in her chapter: Intentional Culture Creation.

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