Creativity and Aisha go hand in hand. Having worked in creative development and its impacts on digital strategy, she has adopted a special niche for finding the most unique visuals for clients. Aisha is an Arizona State alumni, having a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication and a Juris Doctor from ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Aisha was also a former ASU Spirit Leader, and she still enjoys dancing in her free time.
Meredith Smyth is the founder of Smyth House, a Phoenix based Interior Design firm. After 15 years in Marketing, Meredith decided it was time to chase her passion for Interior Design and embarked on an entirely new journey. After spending more than a decade in Chicago, Meredith returned to her roots in Phoenix to pour back into the quickly growing community.
Today, nearly five years later, the company services clients throughout the Valley and across the country. From luxury new build and home renovations to furnishing and decor, Smyth House recognizes that every client is standing in front of something exciting and complex. They believe when confidence and trust come together with incredible design, people are inspired to push their own boundaries to discover potential beyond their imagination.
Christy Anderson is the Executive Director for the Banner Innovation Group (BIG) at Banner Health. Her team is responsible for innovating the healthcare experience for all consumers by understanding the friction points and unmet needs. Some of their work includes transforming the wait experience in Urgent Cares & Emergency Departments and building loyalty with new parents.
Christy brings to Banner Health almost 2 decades of strategy and innovation experience from the retail industry. She held multiple roles within Target Corporation, from strategy development and buying to supply chain management and innovation, across various channels. Throughout this time, she developed a keen understanding for what consumers want and need, building upon her Economics degree from the University of Illinois.
She is an innovative leader who builds and inspires high performing teams to deliver profitable results that exceed the consumer’s expectations. She values creating a culture where individual strengths are combined to solve problems. Christy is passionate about coaching leaders to be their best, whole self and believes that leaders have a long-term impact on the world. She is a certified leadership coach through the Institute for Integrative Coach Training.
Kendall is coach, speaker, and entrepreneur to activate the light within you. She is a communication powerhouse with advanced skills from 15+ years of coaching, speaking and training experience in the non-profit and for-profit industries. Her experience coaching leaders and executives in brand strategy, corporate culture, sales and leadership development give her a unique perspective and holistic approach.
As a Certified Energy Coach, she helps individuals and organizations identify doorways of opportunity to create more flow, alignment, and impact in their lives. Kendall honors the human experience by helping her clients feel the shifts they want to make and create the action steps to integrate and embody the change they want. She isn’t afraid to challenge people to choose different perspectives that deliver the results they desire. Kendall’s approach is loving, safe, authentic, and unapologetic.
As the founder of Soul Saturations and host of Soul Saturations, The Podcast, Kendall helps you access your power and remember your true presence. As a sex and relationship coach, she gives you permission and a safe container to deeply connect with soul-centered sensuality and sexuality. @soulsaturations www.soulsaturations.com
She also founded a transformational container, Honoring the Power Of Presence, to help leaders and organizations embody a powerful energetic presence through custom consulting and business coaching in a highly engaging and accountable experience. @honoringthepowerofpresence www.honoringthepowerofpresence.com
After working in leadership for large corporate retailers for over 17 years, where Kelly managed large teams within the sourcing and buying space, she decided to start her own company, Cayla Gray, after an experience that almost caused her to lose her life. She realized that life is short and not guaranteed so she decided to start her dream business and launched the company 2020. Cayla Gray is a luxury line of clean fragrances that creates lifestyle scents for home and self.
Jessica got her start making costumes for a small youth theatre in Arizona when she was 16. A few years later, she moved to LA to attend fashion school and has been working steadily in film/tv ever since. Starting out as an assistant costume designer, she quickly progressed to costume designer for films and tv. Projects have taken her to Seattle, New Orleans, New Mexico, Texas and Washington DC.
Jessica has been in both the Costume Designers Guild and the Costumers Union for over a decade. Her work can also be seen on screens, in print, as well as digitally and she considers herself extremely lucky to be a part of the House Of Cards team that has received an Emmy Nomination and back to back Costume Designers Guild Award Nominations. Jessicas tenure in the film industry opened her eyes to just how terribly exclusive the fashion industry was. She was appalled at lack of representation of all women in products, advertisements, choices- so she new she could do better. With the help of a local fashion incubator in Arizona, Jessica was able to launch Naked Rebellion in six short months. Naked Rebellion is an inclusive lingerie line with 9 shades of nude- a nude shade for EVERY woman on earth.
Whitney Kroneberger is a Life Coach for Entrepreneurs. She helps her clients manage their minds around essentialism and their own limits in order to architect a life and business rooted in joy. After a career in Talent Acquisition, helping non-profit Executives find the right fit for their team, and while finding massive success in the social selling industry, she discovered her purpose as a Speaker and Life Coach. She’s a proud Jesus-lovin’ momma to three and wife to her soulmate, Adam. She’s also a Colorado native, closet minimalist, silver lining enthusiast and adventure seeker.
Tara Hainsworth is a Hair Designer and owner of Hainsworth & Company Salon. After 10 years in the beauty industry creating a space where Hair Designers alike could professionally be apart of a family experience became her calling.
Opening Hainsworth & Company became the focus of her career over the last 3 years with many years ahead as growth is always on the horizon.
Creating beauty is their mission and spreading beauty is their reward. Education is a passion of Tara’s and has become apart of the mission to create confidence in women all over the globe. Education platforms such as online and in person are all apart of Tara’s daily career.
Tara is a mother of a 2 year old daughter named Olive Jay, and is a wife to her husband Eric who happens to be the Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Hainsworth & Company. Being partners in business and in life attributes to the success of H&Co.
In Tara’s free time connecting with friends and entrepreneurs is a priority and running her podcast Basically Beauty is an enjoyable project.
Karen Mitchell is a business owner and photographer of Élan Photographie Studio. Since 2008, it’s helped to shape who she is through the nuances of business. Karen’s work has been featured in publications such as DWELL and InStyle Magazine. She works with small companies, large corporations, and celebrities, all along the way wrestling through the learning of insuring a great experience, reliable services as she’s produced thousands of photos along the way for company’s marketing needs. She’s excited to incorporate some of her experience of being an extroverted sole business owner, and efficiencies learned to encourage a smoother juggle of personal and business life.
As a marketing arm of the photography company in 2017 Karen launched her lifestyle blog, Fortitude and Finn. This has expanded her reach to companies vastly and scaled her business in refreshing ways.
Karen’s work has been featured on/in: Vail Mag + Mountain Living Magazine + Hygge Life’s book Dwell, Gather, Be. She has worked in partnership with Parachute Home, The BROADMOOR Resort, BHLDN, Formulary 55, NUNA Stroller Company, and more.
Samantha Harper is an executive leadership coach and sound healer who helps high-performance leaders increase their efficiency and impact through her creative approach to deep coaching.
Samantha holds a Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling with over twenty thousand hours experience in a clinical setting. Her areas of expertise include expressive art therapy and trauma. Her experience working with some of the most challenging populations allowed her to develop transformative solutions even for those with immense barriers to success.
Her unique process for uncovering obstacles allows her to pull from several modalities and apply her diverse knowledge to create individualized solutions for each of her clients.
She has walked with hundreds of people in their transformational journey towards developing their awareness,honing their interpersonal skills, building deeper emotional intelligence, and enhancing their leadership capacity –all yielding measurable results and sustainable change. Samantha’s passion for human potential is evident in her commitment to her clients and their success. Learn more at Sharperadvising.com
Lauren is the owner and photographer behind Be Peachie, a brand photography studio specializing in helping womxn led brands confidently market their businesses with fun, strategic images. She has taken her marketing degree and years of ad agency experience and brought them to the world of entrepreneurship, helping her clients create compelling content that builds trust and connection with their customers. When she’s not behind-the-camera you can find Lauren bounding around Disneyland (yes, she’s an annual pass holder #whatup). If you want to be her new BFF, try offering her chocolate chip cookies or bring her a Diet Coke (fountain, obviously.)