Build A Bigger Life

Ronan Leonard connects small business owners to support groups through the innovative concept of virtual Masterminds. Without a co-founder or a business coach solopreneurs are often overwhelmed with to-do lists. They need impartial advice to get the right support to help them achieve clarity and better results. Ronan believes we’ve lost our connection to a “tribe“ A community that will help you solve your problems and accelerate your learning. He believes that there is more value in making real peer-to-peer connections than paying external contractors who have no vested interest in your success.

Coach Pederson is a speaker and founder of Home Field Advantage. Home Field Advantage mission is to provide schools and parents with a game plan to empower today’s kids for life. As a former AP teacher and head wrestling coach, he saw the damaging impact today’s over emphasis on achievable outcomes was having on today’s kids. 8 years ago he began to develop a program in which emphasizes empowerment and love to propel today’s young to a successful, happy, and low stress life. Coach left the classroom three years ago now and speaks to parents and students across the country. In addition to speaking Coach Pederson has created an online that gives parents the insight and strategies to develop the foundation to create a culture for success.

Andy Hill is the host of the Marriage, Kids and Money podcast focused on helping families build legacy wealth. The podcast was nominated as "Best New Personal Finance Podcast" by Plutus in 2017. Outside of writing for his own weekly blog of the same name, his personal finance focused articles have been featured in STAND Magazine, Business Insider, AOL Finance, NerdWallet and Rockstar Finance. When he's not "talking money", Andy enjoys wrestling with his two kids and singing 80's karaoke with his wife.

Bob Clements is Co-founder, Strategic Marketing Director, and General Counsel for Benchmark Business Group, which provides business coaching, consulting, and business brokerage services. Since 1999, BBG has coached businesses in most of the 50 States and several foreign countries, in addition to aiding business owners in preparing their business for sale, and assisting buyers in successfully transitioning management and operation of their recently acquired business. It is the most unique and successful business brokerage in Iowa. For the past 12 years, BBG has distinguished itself in the insurance and financial services industry as a leader in business development coaching and consulting for both independent and captive agents, as well as field leaders and managers, and has fostered exponential growth and life-altering change in countless agencies through its proprietary Optimal Outcome™ Program. Bob earned his Juris Doctorate in 1973 from Creighton University School of Law and was a practicing attorney for m

Marisa Meddin is a college admissions expert and the founder of Talk College To Me, where she helps hundreds of families navigate the college admissions process. With college admissions becoming more and more competitive each year, Marisa strives to ease parents’ fears by teaching them exactly what they need to know to navigate this process with ease and grace. Marisa’s online course, The 7 Day College Admissions Crash Course For Parents, helps parents understand exactly how to help their high school student become a standout college candidate throughout their four years in high school, choose the right colleges to apply to, and submit the strongest possible applications to each individual school. Prior to founding Talk College To Me, Marisa held positions at PepsiCo, managing marketing campaigns for some of the largest brands in the world and spearheading on-campus college recruiting efforts. Marisa graduated from The Ross School of Business at The University of Michigan with a degree in marketing and a mino

In our increasingly distracted world, we are becoming more disconnected than ever before - and it's taking a toll on our personal and professional relationships. Brian Miller is a corporate keynote speaker, youth motivational speaker, and magician. His TEDx talk, "How to Magically Connect with Anyone," has inspired nearly 3 million people worldwide to make better connections with the people in their lives. It is the most popular TEDx talk ever given by a magician. Brian graduated college with degrees in mathematics and philosophy before turning down a Ph.D. offer in order to pursue his dream of being a professional magician. He has since shared his magic and his message with thousands of audiences in over thirty states and on four continents. Brian first built his reputation as a college campus entertainer, earning two nominations for "America's Best Campus Artist" by Campus Activities Magazine. From there he began accepting invitations to entertain at corporate functions and exclusive pri

Best Selling Author in personal finance and retirement planning, host of the Transformation Nation podcast, owner of 30+ companies and founder of his own martial art - Yokido ®. The only thing Damion really fears is REGRET. His formula for success AND a fulfilled life by making tons of mistakes as quickly as possible. This guy literally plays by a different set of rules, even buying his first rental house on his VISA, a move that snowballed into 150 rental houses in less than 5 years. In 2008 he lost the entire 20 million dollar business but 4 years totally recreated his wealth and reinvented his life. Today he leads 3 global companies with one unified mission: To Free 1 Million People from Financial Bondage.

Derek Brainard is a U.S. Navy Veteran, an Accredited Financial Counselor® through the AFCPE®, and Manager of Education Services at the Center for Education and Financial Capability at AccessLex Institute. Since separating from military service, Derek has also worked in both the private financial services sector as a licensed Financial Advisor, and in higher education as financial literacy coordinator at Syracuse University. His financial commentary has been featured on NerdWallet, USA Today, MSN Money, and U.S. News and World Report.

“Ordinary to Extraordinary” is something Erik Seversen (SEE-ver-sin) lives by, and he’s been pretty successful at it. Born into an average, lower-middle-class family in a suburb of Tacoma, Washington, Erik received no (or even negative) support from school counselors and others, but Erik didn’t let them crush his desire to accomplish amazing things. Erik also took life experiences. like rejection from his dream school UCLA, and turned them into challenges to overcome. He excelled in a community college and got into UCLA two years later. Erik studied Anthropology (often voted the least-likely-tosucceed major), and used anthropology in business, helping a company grow from $7M to over $100,000,000 in ten years as VP of International Business Development. He also taught English as a Second Language for 10 years in Japan, France, Thailand, and universities within the USA. Erik uses entrepreneurial success formulas and motivational materials in business, but he’s also pioneering their use in the field of education

Greg is the Founder of Chief Maker and an Executive Coach who specializes in accelerating the careers of senior managers into C-suite roles. He is the author of Chief Maker – The 5-step blueprint to get a seat on the executive team and host of iTunes top podcast– The Inner Chief. Coaching CEOs, executives and professionals across the globe, Greg has recognized the struggle that many senior managers face in breaking out of their operational roles and advancing to executive level. With his knowledge of business and understanding of personal excellence, he has made it his mission to help senior leaders rise above the overload and politics of modern business and leave a big impact. Greg draws on his many life experiences to help shape his work. He has lived and trained with the Shaolin Monks in China, tackled ultra marathons in the Gobi and Atacama Deserts, consulted as a high performance coach for elite level tennis legends like Martina Navratilova, Super Rugby and golf, and previously sat on the National Board

Melissa is a is a wife, mom, dog rescuer, and entrepreneur. She has the distinction of being the only person in her family to attend Catholic School from Kindergarten all the way through College. Melissa has spent more years of her life WITH a dream than without one and is passionate about helping others overcome the financial obstacles to pursuing their dreams. In late 2009, Melissa and her husband decided to “get better with money” by getting out of debt. Melissa decided that her #1 reason to become debt free was to have money to go to Elton John concerts and fulfill her dream of meeting him in person. On her 40th birthday, the last payment to Sallie Mae was made and in total, $43,544 of consumer debt was GONE in less than 4 years! Money no longer stands in the way of pursuing her dream! Turns out, Melissa is pretty good at this budgeting stuff and in 2012 she became the owner/founder of Melissa the Coach where she helps people overcome the financial obstacles to pursuing a dream through personal finance co

iKE ALLEN is the Spiritual Director of Enlightenment Village & Founder of AVAIYA Media. Enlightenment Village & AVAIYA create positive films, books & courses such as A Course in Miracles The Movie, The Tao of Quantum Physics, Leap! A Quantum Awakening, The Truth About Prosperity, and more. Within the Enlightenment Village Membership Community, iKE uses his intuitive ability to rapidly uncover what people truly want, and the core story that’s limiting them in any area of their life. Using his laser-like ability, iKE holds a clearing to help people step into who they really are and what their most natural expression in this world isi

Jordan Goodman is known as America's Money Answers Man because he has been answering Americans' personal financial questions for about 40 years. He is the host of moneyanswers.com and the weekly Money Answers Radio Show. He has written 13 books on financial topics including the Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms, Fast Profits in Hard Times and Master Your Debt. He was the Wall Street correspondent at MONEY Magazine for 18 years and is a frequent guest on radio and TV shows across America.

Heather Chauvin BSW has been named the next generation’s thought leader in parenting and women’s leadership. Her mission is to crack women open to their deep potential and help them create the life their soul craves. Heather is the creator of the New & Noteworthy Podcast, the Mom Is In Control Podcast, and has been featured on the OWN network, Huffington Post, TedX, TV outlets and others. Through her Courageous Rewrite Initiative, Heather gives voice to many humans who courageously took inspired action to create lives they’re proud of. With wit and wisdom, Heather inspires a global community of women to take back control of their lives and evolve how they lead, work, play, and parent.

As a young boy, Scott grew up in a broken home. His father left at a young age, he and his siblings were homeless, and his family was short of hope. But because of a determined and loving mother, they were able to pull themselves out of debt, bankruptcy, and poverty. Scott knows what it’s like growing up with nothing and has turned his life around and committed to helping others find and pursue their passion by living a financially independent life.  Scott is the creator of Simplify Financial Coaching. He coaches, speaks and writes on topics of personal finance helping people in the Salt Lake City area. Scott also works as a Financial Counselor at the University of Utah where he also helps college students get the most out of their finances and create the right money habits that will help them for the rest of their lives. Scott graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Business Administration and is an Accredited Financial Counselor® through the Association of Financial Counselors and Planning Ed

Andrew Thomas is a high school business and personal finance teacher in Connecticut A graduate of the University of New Haven in 2005 he amassed, at the time of graduation, $140,000 in student loan debt. When he finally obtained my dream job of being a high school teacher, he received a bill from his student loan company for $1,080. After a little research he realized that that he had a broken payment plan and discovered a total debt load of over $180,000! He decided to take a stand against his debt payer with legal action. Listen to see where Andrew is now.

Bob Mantell is the Director of the TS Institute and has served in his role since the 2009. Bob is responsible for the oversight of Institute activities and provides direction for the organization’s programming initiatives. Prior to joining the TS Institute Bob worked in Procurement leadership roles for three Fortune 500 companies. Bob holds certifications by the Institute for Supply Management as a Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) and an Accredited Purchasing Practitioner (A.P.P.) and has bachelor’s degree in Economics from Creighton University. In addition to his role with the TS Institute, Bob is the Director of the Iowa Council on Economic Education and is on the board of directors for the Iowa Jump$tart Coalition.

Nick True is a married twenty-something from Tennessee and father to three fur-children. He writes and speaks about personal finance and budgeting for young professionals at Mapped Out Money. Nick was able to cover more than 100% of his college costs via scholarships and by 24 he and his wife had made enough money to start traveling around the country full time in an Airstream. Today, Nick works remotely as a freelancer and specializes in helping people budget their money, based on their own tendencies and emotions.

Shauna VanBogart is a coach, speaker, and founder of the Studio for Image Professionals (SIP), the leading online educational portal for aspiring and growing image consultants. Spending the bulk of her professional time running SIP, Shauna and her co-owner have certified image consultants in more than 25 countries through their one-stop-shop model for this niche career industry. SIP currently houses four certification programs, a seven-day QuickStart course, a suite of digital marketing products for image professionals, and quarterly virtual workshops. In her remaining professional time, Shauna works one-on-one with select clients in the consulting and coaching industries on their personal brand, content strategy, and online presence to help them increase revenue, refine their business model, and scale their expertise. Shauna is regularly hired as a keynote and workshop speaker, speaking on topics like lifestyle management, personal branding, and other relevant business topics for the self-employed community.