Meet the Speakers
Ashlee Sang
Ashlee Sang Consulting LLC
Ashlee Sang consults conscious and caring business owners so they can grow their impact and their revenue. Through Ashlee Sang Consulting, she equips entrepreneurs to take confident, meaningful action in alignment with their values. She believes that business can feel and do good when it’s rooted in values and propelled by purpose. Before doing brand messaging strategy and marketing consulting, she worked with a variety of nonprofit organizations, including a human rights education NGO in Senegal and a local branch of Habitat for Humanity. The common thread has been sharing messages that matter. Based in Central Illinois, Ashlee has a background in anthropology and a penchant for travel. She’s a fan of one-liners, happy surprises, and taking walks in the sunshine. Learn more at ashleesang.com.
Chelsey Newmyer
Chelsey Newmyer LLC.
Chelsey Newmyer is a nerd for all things time management and productivity. After years of reading frustrating productivity advice that didn’t match her life, she started her coaching business to help small solopreneurs, nonprofit leaders, and Military Spouses maximize their time by getting the personalized productivity they need to reach their goals. She’s a Navy spouse and currently live on Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba with my husband and their dog, Leia. Learn more at chelseynewmyer.com.
David Wachs
Handwrytten
David’s latest venture, Handwrytten, provides scalable, robotic solutions that write your notes in pen. Used by businesses in all industries and nonprofits, Handwrytten changes the way brands and people connect. Prior to Handwrytten, David founded Cellit, a leading mobile marketing platform. With clients including Abercrombie and Fitch, Walmart and more, Cellit was sold in January of 2012. Both Handwrytten and Cellit were on Inc. Magazine’s Inc 500 list of fastest growing companies. David is a speaker on marketing technology, has been featured in the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, and is a contributor to Inc. Magazine. Learn more at handwrytten.com.
Jen Corcoran
My Super Connector
Hi, my name is Jen Corcoran. I’m known as the Super Connector and I help introverted, empathic and highly sensitive female coaches, consultants and solopreneurs attract their ideal client to reach that next level of revenue without having to pay for ads or do awkward cold outreach. I take them on a journey from being invisible and hiding on LinkedIn to helping them confidently toot their horn resulting in their ideal clients knocking on their door. I help them super boost their LinkedIn profiles and attract clients using my 4-stage PACT Framework. Through me, they can create a LinkedIn profile which truly represents them and a holistic approach to networking. They will be left feeling reinvigorated, confident and raring to go and excited to tap into all the opportunities this amazing platform offers them. Learn more at mysuperconnector.co.uk
Jenna Ross
Nonprofit Megaphone
I have been working in Sales & Marketing at Nonprofit Megaphone for the last 2.5 years. I am passionate about creating positive change in a wide variety of fields, and NPM gives me the unique ability to be involved in making a difference for so many great organizations all at once. Our mission is equipping nonprofits to thrive through expert Google Grant management. Learn more at nonprofitmegaphone.com.
Jordana Merkin
Voice for Good
For over a decade, I’ve worked with both local and national organizations with varied missions, budgets, and resources. I have developed and executed marketing plans for multichannel fundraising campaigns, public awareness projects, programmatic initiatives, and volunteer recruitment. I love dreaming big for my partner organizations while creating practical plans for them to identify and achieve their goals.
When we work together, I get to know your organization from the inside out. I provide done-with-you services that benefit your nonprofit long after our partnership. Learn more at voiceforgoodmarketing.com.
Karin Anne Davis
Pink Pigs Fly
Karin helps leaders infuse creativity throughout their organizations to sustain innovation, stay competitive, increase profits and change the world. She has a background in the science of creativity, adult education, and leadership development, and is a skilled facilitator. And she’s always looking for new ways to make pigs fly! Learn more at pinkpigsfly.com.
Kevin Kepple
Kepple Coaching LLC
Kevin loves to be outside in nature, is an ironman athlete, top ranked podcast host and has the most fun (aside from being in the mountains with his dog Frank) when he is helping successful but stressed business owners and executives unlock their freedom by stepping into their uniqueness, so that they can truly maximize their genius and find more access to happiness and aliveness. Learn more at kevinkepple.us.
Matt Bitzegaio
DonorDock
Matt has a deep-seated passion for working with nonprofit organizations. He believes strongly that technology should enable nonprofits to further their mission and drive more impact. Instead, many nonprofits see technology as a burden. Matt’s goal is to help nonprofits unlock the potential that technology can play within their organization. Prior to founding DonorDock, Matt gained broad experience in the technology industry, serving in various positions, including leading a Microsoft Dynamics consulting business, IT leadership positions, and software architecture and development roles. Matt holds an MBA from the University of Mary, and a bachelor’s degree from North Dakota State University. Matt and his family live in West Fargo, ND. Learn more at donordock.com.
Mickey Anderson
Mickey Anderson, Marketing Strategist & Educator
Mickey Anderson is a marketing strategist, speaker and educator. She helps organizations identify the 20% of their marketing that drives 80% of their results and connects the dots between business objectives, marketing strategy and execution. With over ten years of experience as a strategist and conversion copywriter, Mickey brings a wealth of experience and knowledge. Learn more at heymickeyanderson.com.
Patrick Kirby
Founder, Do Good Better Consulting
Patrick Kirby is the Founder of Do Good Better Consulting, author of the Amazon best seller Fundraise Awesomer! A Practical Guide to Staying Sane While Doing Good, host of The Official Do Good Better Podcast, and a believer that “we’ve always done it this way” is the most dangerous phrase in the English language.
Patrick has spent nearly fifteen years working as a fundraiser in the nonprofit industry, for organizations of all shapes and sizes, and strives to ‘Do Good Better’ every day. From organizing $10,000 cure walks to $1 million galas, Patrick’s passion lies in creating creative solutions to make fundraising less boring.
He cut his donor relations/fundraising teeth as the Alumni Coordinator at the Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, MN, before trying his hand as a manufacturing sales rep to companies such as Target and Best Buy. Tired of being yelled at for uncontrollable international shipping issues in both English and Chinese, Patrick re-joined the world of nonprofit work as the Sr. Development Director at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation MN/Dakotas Chapter before taking the Chief Development Officer position at the Anne Carlsen Center.
He earned his B.A. in “B.S.” (politics) at Loras College in Dubuque, IA, and is hopelessly addicted to super nerdy Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels and old school SquareSoft ® RPG Nintendo games. Patrick married out of his league to his wife Shannon, has three ridiculously adorable children named Spencer, Preston and Willow, and lives in West Fargo, ND. Learn more at dogoodbetterconsulting.com
Peter Shafer
Everest Communications
Peter Shafer is Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Prosper Group and Everest, Communications, both digital marketing firms based in Indianapolis. Peter has extensive experience in digital marketing, sales leadership, corporate communications, and market research. He has held senior leadership roles in global organizations and consultancies such as Brunswick Group (London), The Gallup Organization (Gallup Poll), Harris Poll (Stagwell Corporation) and KRC Research/InterPublic Group as well as owning RSSL Advisory LLC, a marketing communications consultancy. In addition, Shafer has published two books and has written extensively on public affairs and communications topics for numerous journals and publications. Peter’s a frequent guest on podcasts, discussing data analytics, consumer behavior, polling and research and other marketing and sales topics. He is an NFL Instant Replay official, and he resides in Baltimore. Learn more at everestcomms.com.
Rebekah Grmela
Right + Good
Rebekah Grmela is a communications activist supporting justice, equity and sustainability through access to excellent strategies for women, queer and/or BIPOC founders and nonprofits. She is the founder of Right + Good and co-founder of The P2Club – both mission-driven organizations working to build authentic community between businesses and the people they serve. Learn more at rightandgood.co.
Rob Krecak
Humans First
Rob Krecak is a thrill-seeker, self-professed nerd, question asker, voracious reader, competitor, keynote speaker, and business builder.
When he first got his Wall Street job as a sell-side equity analyst out of college, he thought he’d made it. After buying everything he wanted on his wishlist, he realized that he still wasn’t happy. He listened to his deep-down desire to help more people by leaving finance to eventually own three Anytime Fitness health clubs, four uBreakiFix cell phone repair stores, and a tech startup.
As someone vulnerable to technology’s addictive hold from a young age—video games and Facebook in particular—Rob is on a mission to help individuals and companies reduce stress and get back time to master their careers and lives. He founded Humans First to provide a one-of-a-kind consulting experience that analyzes people’s efficiency and energy by paying attention to their technology mindfulness.
Rob thinks there is always something to be learned from everyone, and he lets his curiosity guide conversations. In his spare time, he likes to do CrossFit, better himself through reading, travel, and spend time with his wife Niki. Learn more at humansfirst.us.
Roxanne Fry
RoxStar Solutions
Roxanne Fry is the founder and CEO of RoxStar Solutions LLC. As a process improvement solutionist, she helps nonprofits leverage technology tools to streamline their day-to-day business operations and maximize the use of their CRM. Roxanne is a certified Salesforce Administrator with extensive nonprofit C-Suite experience. Learn more at roxstarsolutions.com.
Sabrina Walker Hernandez
Supporting World Hope
Sabrina is a certified consultant, coach, facilitator, & bestselling author that helps nonprofits and small businesses build relationships that increase revenue. She has over 25 years of experience in nonprofit management, fundraising, and leadership. Among Sabrina’s successes is that she increased operation revenue from $750K to $2.5M and completed a $12M comprehensive capital campaign in the 3rd poorest county in the United States. She has facilitated numerous workshops with hundreds of nonprofit and business professionals. Sabrina is certified in Nonprofit Management by Harvard Business School. She is an active community leader and volunteer in Edinburg, Texas where she is based. Learn more at supportingworldhope.com.
Sami Bedell - Mulhern
The First Click
In 2017, I started my freelance business, H & E Marketing Solutions, helping small business owners, entrepreneurs and non-profits create and execute their digital strategies in Bend, OR. My background was is in non-profit work and fundraising. I have seen first hand the struggles in an ever-evolving landscape and the pressures that Development professionals feel to keep the funds coming in. I wanted to create ways to support non-profits where they are and make non-profit fundraising, online, easier. I believe in the organization you’re trying to build, and the impact you can make in your community – so let’s do this! Learn more at thefirstclick.net
Vanessa Chase Lockshin
The Storytelling Non-Profit
Vanessa Chase Lockshin is a consultant specializing in non-profit storytelling and fundraising, author of The Storytelling Non-Profit: A practical guide to telling stories that raise money and awareness, and the creator of immersive online training programs for non-profit professionals. Vanessa’s approach goes beyond strategies and tactics to empower non-profit professionals to be the expert their organization needs. Vanessa has helped clients raise millions of dollars, including Variety BC who raised over $1.2 million in 15 months using their email list. Learn more at thestorytellingnonprofit.com.