Bill Zahner is the CEO of Zahner, a fourth generation company in Kansas City that was created in the late 1800s by Bill’s great-grandfather in Joplin, MO. Zahner provides unrivaled expertise and experience in architectural metals and engineering, combined with a signature stakeholder engagement process – the Zahner Method –
Rachel Ngom is a business mentor helping entrepreneurs, bloggers, and creatives make a great living online while making a greater impact on the world. She’s the creator of She’s Making an Impact, Pin with Purpose, and The Impact Blogging Academy. Rachel has lived all over the world. At one
Kevin Youkilis is the owner of Loma Brewing Company in Los Gatos, CA and Loma Coffee Company in Portland, OR. The former Major League Baseball player won two World Championships, made three all-star teams and won a Gold Glove during a ten year career. He always loved trying local craft
Chris Yeh is an investor, writer, mentor and entrepreneur. He co-authored the book “Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path To Building Massively Valuable Companies” with Reid Hoffman, one of the founders of LinkedIn. Chris is the founder of Blitzscaling Ventures, an organization that helps rapidly-growing companies in winner-take-most markets become global leaders
Rich Smith is the president and CEO of Henderson Engineers, a 50-year old company with more than 800 employees across the United States. Henderson focuses on an employee-centric culture and a client-first mentality. Smith has spent more than a quarter century at Henderson and is responsible for setting the company’s
Tiffani Bova is is the Global Growth Evangelist for Salesforce where she has worked since 2016. Her focus is to help drive customer success within Salesforce’s customer and partner ecosystem. She helps companies grow with innovative business models and technology. She is the Wall Street Journal Bestselling author of the
Dr. Kimberly Beatty is the Chancellor at Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City. She was named the school’s eighth chancellor in 2017 and is the first African-American leader in the one hundred plus year history of MCC. Dr. Beatty came to MCC from Houston Community College where she
Chris Schembra returned home to New York City in 2015 after producing a Broadway play in Italy. Feeling disconnected from his work, he started experimenting with some dishes in his kitchen and accidentally created a pasta sauce recipe. Chris invited 15 of his friends over for dinner and served them
Tabitha Scott is the CEO of Powering Potential, a company that helps individuals and companies discover and ignite their untapped potential. Tabitha is an international advisor and speaker, known as The Energist for her groundbreaking expertise in leveraging the principles of modern and ancient energy to accelerate innovation, productivity and