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Lil Roberts / Founder & CEO of Xendoo
A South Florida native, Lillian Roberts prides herself on building customer-centric companies that are built on teamwork, technology, and integrity. A serial entrepreneur with a passion for small business, she is known as an innovator with an enviable ability to foresee market trends. After a successful exit from the manufacturing industry, Lillian serves as CEO and Founder of Xendoo, a cloud-based Fintech company based in Greater Miami Region.
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Tony Zaccario / President and CEO of Stretch Zone
Tony Zaccario is President and CEO of Stretch Zone – the leading practitioner-assisted stretching model in the U.S. Established in Miami Beach in 2004, Stretch Zone utilizes a patented strapping system to expertly position, stabilize and isolate muscles, to offer a full range of motion and improved quality of life for guests. read more…
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Sofia Loren / Founder of Sofia Loren Salon
Sofia Loren began her journey in 2000 going to beauty school and at the same time working numerous jobs to pay for school and to help support her family. After completing her education, Sofia attended beauty school, immersed herself in the beauty community, and started working in one of the best salons in Boca Raton, FL read more…
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Cindy Metzler / President of Omm Media
Omm Media is located in North Palm Beach, Florida. With more than 20-years of national industry experience and media relationships, Omm Media is your business partner for marketing, public relations, branding and events. For more than two decades, Omm Media has garnered media attention for clients in countless national media outlets, including: Wall Street Journal, Forbes, US News & World Report, Entrepreneur, Inc., USA Today, Fox News, GMA and many more. read more…
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Pat Deshong / President of Furry Friends Adoption, Clinic & Ranch
Pat Deshong is the President of Furry Friends Adoption, Clinic & Ranch. She has been honored to lead an organization that touches the lives of animals and people every single day. As The Humane Society of Greater Jupiter/Tequesta, Inc. (dba Furry Friends Adoption, Clinic & Ranch) Deshong has been helping Furry Friends rescue animals and providing a safe harbor for abused and abandoned animals in their charge since she joined in 2014. read more…
Don’t Take No For An Answer!
Ricky Lavina / Co-Founder & CEO of Taxfyle
Ricky Lavina is the co-founder and CEO of on-demand accounting platform Taxfyle. Born and raised in Miami, Ricky launched Taxfyle in Coral Gables in 2015 with the goal of modernizing tax prep and the accounting industry both for people and practitioners. read more…
Go With Your Gut
Emily Pantelides / President of Pantelides PR & Consulting
For more than 10 years, Emily Pantelides worked as a news anchor and reporter in three cities in Florida—Tampa, Jacksonville, and West Palm Beach— as well as Augusta, Georgia, and Roanoke, Virginia. During her tenure in news, she won numerous awards for her reporting from the Associated Press and won a first place award for general reporting by The Society of Professional Journalists. Emily was also awarded a spot in Georgia Trends magazine’s “Who’s Who in Broadcasting” and received the Georgia Association of Broadcasters prestigious GABBY award. read more…
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Maureen Mascaro / Founder & Chief Project Officer of The Common Area
An Uncommon Approach to Common Real Estate Problems
Maureen Mascaro launched The Common Area based on the core value of providing hands-on, boutique-level project management services for clients. Maureen’s attentive and results-oriented style offers a distinct level of expertise to each assignment. With a focus on elevating workspaces in existing building environments, Maureen is a proactive problem-solver who excels at developing successful relationships with all stakeholders in a project. read more…
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Jennifer Tomko / Owner of Clarity Health Solutions
Psychotherapist Jennifer Tomko, LCSW owns Clarity Health Solutions in Jupiter, Fla. She graduated from University of Maryland Baltimore with a Masters Degree in Social Work in 2006 and has been counseling patients ever since. She worked in the hospital and school settings before opening her own concierge practice in Feb. 2015. read more…
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John Rourke / Owner of Blue Line Moving & Storage
My name is John Rourke and i am a retired U.S. Army combat Veteran of 16 years. I have served overseas in Mosul, Iraq and Bosnia. I have been married to my beautiful wife Erica for 13 years and we have four children together Lola, Delilah, John, and Ford. read more…
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Jessica Merrell / Founder of One Degree Impact
Jessica is the Founder of One Degree Impact, a leading national grant funding firm. ODI’s nation-wide team of grant funding experts work with our clients to develop and execute a consistent and long-term grant strategy from research and writing to reporting. One Degree Impact exists to impact our world by providing amazing organizations with the freedom and resources to do the great work they do. read more…