About Melanie Parish Melanie Parish is a consultant, workshop leader, facilitator, and Master Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation, from whom she received the Prism Award. An expert in problem-solving, operations, strategic hiring, and brand development, Melanie has consulted and coached organizations ranging from a Fortune 50 company to IT start-ups. Her individual clients…

About Menachem Kaiser Menachem Kaiser is a writer currently living in Brooklyn, NY. He grew up in Toronto, Canada has a BA from Columbia University and an MFA from the University of Michigan, and was a Fulbright Fellow to Lithuania. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, New York, BOMB,…

About Jay Samit From Jay Samit’s website. International bestselling author Jay Samit is a dynamic entrepreneur and intrapreneur who is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on disruption and innovation.  Described by Wired magazine as “having the coolest job in the industry,” he raises hundreds of millions of dollars for startups, advises…

About Shawn Johal From Entrepreneur to Scaling Up & Leadership Coach and Happy Leader Shawn Johal is a Scaling Up Certified Business Growth Coach and TTI certified to complete DISC Assessments. In 2009 he co-founded DALS Lighting, an LED lighting business. He successfully implemented the Scaling Up Growth System and led the company to 3X…

About Tova Sherman Tova Sherman is a thought leader, with over 25 years of expertise in the diversity & inclusion field. As CEO of reachAbility, she has grown a grass-roots agency to an award-winning, nationally recognized model in best practices.

About David Nasaw David Nasaw is an author, biographer, and historian who specializes in the cultural and social history of early 20th Century America. Nasaw is on the faculty of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he is the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Professor of History. In addition to writing…