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Jason Shen
Jason Shen is a former national champion gymnast and an executive coach with a focus on resilience and reinvention for entrepreneurs. As CEO of Refactor Labs, he coaches entrepreneurs and teams through crucial transitions and writes about creative risk-taking in his weekly newsletter Cultivating Resilience. Prior to Refactor Labs, Jason founded Ridejoy, a Y Combinator funded long-distance ridesharing marketplace, Headlight, a technical candidate assessment platform acquired by Woven, and Midgame, an AI gaming tools company acquired by Facebook (Meta).

Rodger Mort
With more than 25 years of experience, the family business was founded by three green packaging professionals and continues to embrace a green future by designing cost-effective, patented, crating solutions like LiftVans and PleatWrap, as well as custom packaging for the aerospace, medical, electronics, tooling, machinery, furniture, fine art and automotive sectors. The company’s newest innovation is Thermo Shield, a sustainable paper-based packaging material that suppresses and controls lithium-ion battery fires by mitigating thermal runaway. PACT is a manufacturer of sustainable packaging products for the Industrial and Moving & Storage Industries.

Nelson McIlveen
Nelson McIlveen is the CEO of Sentry H2O. Sentry H2O is a water wellness system that introduces heavy oxygen into water and manages minerals naturally while removing all toxins and harmful chemicals and poisons. They have EPA lab tests to prove that they clean out the harmful toxins that were dumped in their water. Nelson creates products for Boeing, Raytheon, and several other big companies. They have donated 200+ units to East Palestine Ohio after the train derailment.

Ron Levin
Ron Levin is a socially conscious venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and amplifier of inspiring “double bottom line” enterprises and entrepreneurs through his popular Substack, The Higher Purpose Venture Capital Blog. Currently a managing partner with Alumni Ventures, the most active VC firm in the United States. Levin has been an angel investor and advisor to over a dozen startups. He was co-founder and CEO of TravelPerk, a unicorn enterprise travel management platform with thousands of employees and customers across the globe, and a former McKinsey consultant with degrees from Babson College and Harvard Business School.

Jason Wojo
Jason Wojo, a self-made multi-millionaire with a net worth of $4 million at the age of 26, is the mastermind behind scaling 1,320+ businesses to 6 figures, and 55+ businesses to 7/8 figures. His clients success came down to helping them solve 4 key parts in their business that results in Jason recently surpassing $100M generated online with paid ads: Building an irresistible offer, writing high converting sales/landing pages, having omnipresence targeting with their ad creatives that drive qualified clicks, and tracking the KPIs of the business to drive more profitable behaviors without complicating the sales process leveraging predictable numbers in their ad campaigns.

Ted Moser
Ted Moser is a Senior Partner at Prophet, a growth and transformation consultancy, where he helps leading data-and-software enabled companies to anticipate market evolution, craft distinctive platform growth strategies, and realize their ambitions. A Wharton School MBA with highest honors in Strategy and Marketing, he previously co-authored Profit Patterns with Adrian Slywotzky to identify how profit pools shift with Internet business model innovation. He is a decades-long digital innovator for global financial inclusion.

David Dodson
David Dodson is on the faculty of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where he guides students in tactical execution. He teaches one of the most sought-after courses at Stanford, and in 2023 The Economist listed his course as one of the three “hottest” courses at Stanford. He is a recent recipient of the MSx Teaching Excellence Award and a six-time speaker in the graduation Last Lecture series. He has since served as a board member of more than 40 public and private companies and has been an active investor in over 150 businesses. He is a frequent business commentator on CNBC and Fox News, and he has been published in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Fortune Magazine, Forbes, CNN, Business Insider, The Hill, Denver Post, along with other publications.

Chris Darwin
He is an author, an adventurer, a vegan, a world record holder, and a pioneer in nature conservation. He has shown how the decision making system developed by Charles and his wife Emma Darwin can be applied to any of the roughly 35,000 decisions we as humans make in a day. Chris Darwin has carried on his great great grandfather Charles Darwin' commitment to curiosity and informed thinking and has spent much of his life applying his Charles' famous Thought System to inspiring discussion into issues occupying the zeitgeist in 2024, including the path to happiness, eating a healthy diet, and world affairs.

Salvatore Buscemi
Salvatore M. Buscemi, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Brahmin Partners, brings two decades of successful wealth management expertise spanning real estate, venture capital, and diverse asset classes. His latest book, "Investing Legacy," unveils the investment decisions of the world's wealthiest families. With a respected track record in these areas and special situations, Mr. Buscemi stands as a highly regarded figure in finance.

Melissa Llarena
Melissa is an author, imagination coach, consultant, speaker, and contributor to Forbes Women articles that have garnered 4 million + views. She is also the host of Unimaginable Wellness, the podcast for entrepreneurs, founders, and creators who are also moms. Featured guests include GaryVee and Beth Comstock. Melissa holds a psychology degree from New York University, an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and a Transformational Coaching Academy certificate.

John Cronin and Mark X. Cronin
John and Mark is a father-son team that created John’s Crazy Socks, a social enterprise with a mission to spread happiness. Bootstrapped their business into the world’s largest sock store with multi-million dollar revenues. John is not only a business owner, but he has Down syndrome. John and Mark show what people with differing abilities can do, more than half of their colleagues have differing abilities. They are fierce advocates for inclusion, having testified twice before the U.S. Congress and spoken at the United Nations. They are sought after keynote speakers, have recorded two TEDx Talks and are frequent guests on network television.

Joseph Willhite
Last August 2023, Joe Willhite joined as Ardmore Roderick’s new Chief Operating Officer to bring this goal to fruition and beyond. Willhite has begun the execution of his tactical plan and has already shown ROI. Throughout his 20+ year professional career, Joe has consistently shown exceptional leadership capabilities, steering teams located across diverse locations within the United States. His expertise encompasses a wide spectrum of strategic business planning, KPI monitoring, and insightful analysis of staffing requisites and billability trends. Leveraging his profound understanding of the infrastructure domain, Joe has cultivated enduring client and contractor relationships that extend deep into the market.

Dr. Greg Hammer
A member of the Stanford WellMD initiative, Dr. Hammer is the former Chair of the Physician Wellness Task Force for the California Society of Anesthesiologists. He has been a visiting professor and lecturer on wellness at institutions worldwide and teaches GAIN (Gratitude, Acceptance, Intention, and Non-judgment) to medical students, residents, and fellows at Stanford.

Cassandra Gucwa
Cassandra Gucwa is an accomplished entrepreneur and leader in the search engine optimization (SEO) industry. Driven by a desire to provide exceptional service without restrictive big agency bureaucracy, Gucwa built Menerva Digital into an agile team of 30+ SEO experts. With decades of combined experience optimizing enterprise websites, the Menerva Digital team lives and breathes SEO, working passionately to help clients achieve their goals.

Brian Burke
A former executive, founder, and investor in education and sport,. Brian is also the Managing Partner of BurkeCapital, which invests in high growth, innovative startups and later stage companies. He was a strategic advisor of ParentSquare and a seed investor and strategic advisor of Thuzio (acquired by TrillerNet). Brian embarked on a new journey with his wife Angela fueled by their love of both food and travel. He is the co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Food First Travel, a members-only, luxury travel concierge for food and beverage tourism.

Randy and Nicole McKillop
Randy was a seasoned Government and Business Consultant in Pennsylvania in his previous life. But now, his focus has shifted to a cause that transcends all else: ensuring that we NEVER FORGET the tragic events of September 11th. In his pursuit to honor the memory of that fateful day, Randy is driven by a deeply personal mission—to bring recognition to his teammate, Mike Horrocks, the co-pilot of United Airlines Flight #175. Mike, along with countless others, tragically lost their lives on that infamous day. Nicole has also been instrumental in teaching her father how to master new skills, particularly in the realms of social media and public relations.

Deevo Tindall
Deevo Tindall is the Founder / CEO of Fusion Creative Branding. He is an entrepreneur reshaping the landscape of branding and marketing strategy. With over 15 years of corporate experience under his belt, Deevo ventured into entrepreneurship to redefine brand narratives with innovation and authenticity. As the founder of Fusion Creative, Deevo has curated a portfolio of successful brands, each distinguished by its authentic message and immersive experience.

Adele Gambardella and Chip Massey
Adele Gambardella and Chip Massey are two accomplished professionals with diverse backgrounds and a shared mission. Adele is recognized as a prominent figure in the PR world, brings over 20 years of expertise, serving as a spokesperson for Fortune 100 companies and teaching at prestigious universities. Chip is an Ex-FBI hostage negotiator and special agent for 22 years. He investigated 9/11 terrorist attacks and led the New York FBI Office’s Crisis Negotiations Team. Together, as co-founders of The Convincing Company, they bridge the worlds of PR and Crisis Negotiation, providing global consulting and training services to a wide range of clients, from tech startups to Fortune 500 giants.