Spring 2021 Residency Speakers
Lina Bartuseviciute
Founder & Managing Director
LITAO
Madia Cooper-Ashirifi
Chair, Assistant Professor of Dance
Brenau University Department of Dance
Wendy Diamond
Founder & CEO
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day
Madelyn George
Owner
Valle Crucis Lavender House
Paula Ghilardotti
Founder & Director
UChoose
Gay Hammond
Artistic Director of WonderQuest, Resident Director and Playwright with The Gainesville Theatre Alliance, and Associate Professor of Theatre at Brenau University
Jeya Ibrahim-Lecomte
Co-Founder
M-Concepts
Rose J. Jones
Partner / Dir. E-Discovery PM & Tech
Trial and Global Disputes
Avo Lee
Sales Representative
Pan Million Famous Enterprise Co., Ltd
Ivanna Molina Peña
Human Rights Lawyer, Associate Protection Officer
UNHCR Somalia
Iben Nielsen
Ph D candidate at LUT University
Studying circular economy, business models, and entrepreneurship.
Catherine Scantlin, MS, LPC, RYT
Chair, Assistant Professor of Dance
Nurturing the Connection
Daniela Sena
Founder
SheUp
Dr. Anne A. Skleder
President
Brenau University
Kelly Springer
Owner
Kelly’s Choice, LLC
Katrina Too
Founder
Open Door Policy
Jenni Weaver
Senior Lawyer
King & Spalding
Anna Wong
Co-Founder & CEO
Female Entrepreneurs Worldwide
Ranmu Maggie Xue
CEO
USTWOTEA
Spring 2021 Speakers/Authors
Diana Caplinger
SVP, Head of Digital Discovery and MarTech
Truist
Jennifer Jones
President-Nominee
Rotary International
Cheryl Nilsson
Owner & CEO
First Nation Group, LLC
Marnie Schneider
Author, Founder
Keep on Playing Foundation
Fall 2020 Speakers/Authors
Kim Powell
Author
The CEO Next Door
Annette Logan
President, CEO & Co-Founder
Cure 4 The Kids Foundation
Angela Rowles
COO & CFO
Troika Entertainment
Emily Ramshaw
CEO & Co-Founder
The 19th
Abby Johnson
Deputy Editor
The 19th
Ko Bragg
General Assignment Reporter
The 19th
Dr. Margie Gill
Associate Professor,
Assistant Clinic Director
Brenau University, Brenau Center for Counseling and Psychological Services
Chabeli Carrazana
Economy Reporter
The 19th
Summer 2020 Speakers/Authors
Penny Collins
President
Women In Technology
Amanda Slavin
Founder & CEO
CatalystCreativ
Author
The Seventh Level
Maria Ebrahimji
Partner
C5 Collective
Spring 2020 Speakers/Authors
Kristen Hadeed
Founder
Student Maid
Author
Permission to Screw Up
New York City Residency Speakers
Sarah H. Youngwood
Chief Financial Officer, Consumer & Community Banking
JP Morgan Chase
Cate Luzio
Founder & CEO
Luminary
Kay Y. Wallace
Former President & CEO
National Black MBA Association
Pamela Pekerman
Founder
Hustle Like a Mom
Randi Zinn
Author
Sue Frost
Junkyard Dog Productions
Tony Award Recipient
Alessa Caridi
Owner
JobuFIT
Nicole Woodard
Career Strategist
Executives & Emerging Leaders
Kelly Springer
Owner
Kelly’s Choice, LLC