SPEAKERS DIRECTORY

Dr. Anita K. Smith is America’s #1 Life After Divorce Therapist. She empowers clients to become relentless, courageous, and fearless as they recover, reignite, and rebuild their life after divorce. Dr. Anita K. Smith is the Founder and CEO of Dr. AKS Enterprises, a coaching, consulting, training and development company.

Keirsten Greggs is Talent Acquisition Consultant and Career Coach. In 2017 she founded TRAP Recruiter, LLC to do her part to bring trust, relationship building, accountability, and a proactive approach back into the recruiting lifecycle. She engages with a broader audience via her blog, as a guest speaker, as a guest on various podcasts, facilitating workshops and training, and as creator of the #RecruiterProblems meme series.

Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell is a Supreme Performance Personal and Professional Development Coach whose clients experience maximum Life ROI by leveraging her skills and expertise as an Attorney, CPA, Certified Christian Life Coach and Emotional Intelligence Practitioner, and an ordained New Thought Christian minister. She is a masterful international keynote speaker, #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of four books on leadership and business, and has been featured in Forbes®, ABC, NBC, CBS, and Yahoo! Finance.

Inspirational speaker, minister, visioneer, and administrative professional for over two decades Garry Ratliff Jr has been at the helm of encouraging people through tough moments in their life, career or spiritual journey.

Dr. Christie Chamblis Murray, is a national speaker, published author, and the Chief Operating Officer at Invest N Others LLC. She has over 27 years of expertise in business, leadership, engineering, education, college planning, career and professional development, strategic communications, and more. She is also an executive in the oil and gas industry. She is the Director of Stakeholder Engagement at the ROSEN Group, providing strategic engagement direction and facilitates industry-wide collaboration and information sharing.

Award-winning author, national speaker & student success strategist--- Linnita Hosten coaches students to identify and go-after their DREAM career. The high-energy edutainer provides content-packed and research-based programing for organizations, universities and community groups; and group coaching to students. Linnita has been honored with various awards including: Excellence in Education; Youth Speaker of the Year; 40 Under 40 in Education; Education Book of the Year; and Alumni of the Year.

Veronica is the published author of six books focusing on: Communication, Education, Depression, and Relationships in the African American community. Veronica has a Bachelors Degree in Speech Communication, a Masters Degree in Management, and an Education Specialist Degree in Education Leadership. She is also a Host/Emcee, Voice Over Talent, Speaker, and she facilitates workshops as a consultant on: Public Speaking, Career Development, Urban Communication, Entrepreneurship, and Basic Education skills.

With over ten years of experience, Ayisha Thompson, founder of Envision Creative A.R.T (ECA), has helped businesses discover and develop innovative brand identities. Beginning her career in the Fashion Industry as a Marketing Associate for a luxury fashion designer on NY’s famous Fashion Ave, Ayisha, a quick learner who thrived for challenges, became the firm’s youngest executive at age 22, obtaining the title of Chief Marketing Executive officer.

Vakassia “VJ” Niles is a Strategist that helps midcareer professionals develop their careers with essential tools and strategies. With 20+ years of experience across 4 industries, she is able to help professionals pivot in their careers, exit corporate into entrepreneurship, build professional brands, and network effectively. She’s a contributing author in "Just Me: The Business Woman's Personal Branding Guide" and frequently speaks on career and professional development, pivots, career support systems, sponsorship, and networking.

Dr. Dee Stokes, the former Division women's basketball player, and coach, now utilizes her gifts as an author, speaker, preacher, life coach, and consultant. She is President/CEO of Dee Stokes Ministries, Inc. as well as the owner of Stokes Consulting, LLC. Dr. Stokes consults and speaks in a variety of settings including churches, universities, corporations, and conferences. Her research and topics include Cultural Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Burnout, and Transformational Leadership.

Angela Lewis is a Motivational Dream Consultant with AJE Dreamland Productions. Her passion is seeking to help women and men across the globe get empowered, inspired, and motivated to pursue their dreams and their purpose. Angela has spent over a decade helping people to use their gifts in ministry and in the marketplace to make a difference.

She has served countless patients, taught resident doctors and medical students for 13 years as Clinical Faculty at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor in Michigan, following Emergency Medicine Residency training at Duke University Medical Center. She has been honored as a nominee for the Golden Apple teaching award by the resident doctors she teaches several years in a row.