Purposeful Alignment™ 

Blending her love of fashion with visual storytelling to create memorable moments for you, Felicia Bittle is a preeminent image consultant and entrepreneur based in Charlotte, NC. Known for her unique approach to fashion, Felicia’s 15 years of expertise is engaged for personal and magazine styling, wardrobe consultations, media styling contributions and speaking engagements. Felicia has crafted a styling experience centered around services that inspire her clients to look great and feel comfortable as they step into any room.

For over two decades, Janean has been in the IT Industry for Corporate America as a Senior Technical Manager, leading and motivating teams to reach new heights in supporting commercial collaboration services clients. Amidst the hustle, she discovered her passion for fitness, which she believes is a transformative tool for every woman out there. By night, she swaps her corporate hat for a fitness instructor's cap, guiding and inspiring women to unveil their inner and outer beauty through invigorating workouts.  She hosts community wellness events to inspire women to look at and appreciate their whole selves through a holistic approach.

Astrid Chirinos is a bi-lingual visionary and multicultural trailblazer, over four decades in North Carolina, who brings together diverse communities and engages them for the purposes of connecting their contributions, stimulating transformation and igniting equity, economic mobility and growth opportunities. Astrid is currently the YMCA of Greater Charlotte Community Engagement Executive Director where she is building, managing and optimizing strategic partnerships in the community, in the private and public sectors, as well as stewarding and connecting the YMCA’s social responsibility and public policy advocacy efforts.

LaRita Barber has been involved in community endeavors in the Charlotte area since 1987. In her current role as Chief Advancement Officer, she is responsible for identifying and cultivating relationships and strategies that establish and sustain Goodwill’s relevance and brand in the community and advance the organization’s mission. A native Charlottean, LaRita has served on a number of community boards, including the Arts & Science Council, Central Piedmont Community College Education Foundation, and Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont. 

Robin Bradford Joiner is the Founder CEO of Fonsha Enterprises, a coaching practice featuring program methodologies, frameworks, and strategies designed for midlife women prepared to launch their second act post-parenting. In addition to twenty years as a self-development coach, Robin is a speaker, storyteller, podcast conversationalist, and creative writer. A Maryland native, Robin loves traveling and singing to old-school R&B. Parents of young adults, she and her husband, Terroll, enjoy an empty-nest lifestyle in Central Florida

Bilingual Servant Leader.

Collaborative networker and relationship builder across diverse communities, government entities, and economic and workforce development organizations in the public and private sector.

Kristy is an innovative and mission-driven senior leader adept in building and facilitating strategy from initiation to completion. She is a strong relationship builder and communicator who drives partnerships and ownership of targeted outcomes. With a propensity to thrive in dynamic and fluid environments with a results-driven outlook, Kristy uses learning and development competencies to build organizational culture that aligns mission and strategy with talent development. Most of all, she strives every day to be an energy giver who helps breathe new life into “this is the way we have always done it.”

Tracy is a transformational coach and organizational growth consultant at Dare to Rise™. As the founder and lead story chaser, she specializes in helping individuals thrive and organizations flourish through a foundational lens of inclusion and belonging. By actively listening and asking thought-provoking questions, she facilitates deep self-reflection and insight, enabling clients to gain clarity, foster self-awareness and empathy as they navigate personal and professional challenges, and drive personal and organizational growth. Guided by her passion for creating inclusive spaces, she works with individuals and organizations to cultivate a culture of belonging where voices are heard, honored, and celebrated.

Dr. Katrina Hutchins, affectionately known as, “Dr. K” is the Founder & President of Re-Source Solutions, a company focused on organizational excellence through professional and personal growth and transformation. As a Certified Executive Coach, Consultant, Inspirational Speaker, Author, Professor, and Philanthropist, Dr. K has gained decades of experience in corporate, governmental, higher education, philanthropic, non-profit and faith- based sectors.​ Dr. K’s goal is to position her voice in a way that amplifies the voices of others and to positively impact their lives in a way that leaves them better than before.

Sarah Benken is passionate about supporting women, specifically high-achieving businesswomen who are overworked and lacking community with like-minded women. Why? Because she has been there – in the wrong rooms, stretched thin, and feeling like she was alone on the journey. As an accomplished CEO of 13 years, Sarah has built and scaled her brands internationally. She is an award-winning entrepreneur who knows firsthand what it is like to feel the need to connect with ‘her people’ and have trouble finding them.

Arlena Hawthorne is an accomplished corporate and business leader who provides clients with solutions
and an in-depth perspective that benefits their business direction, culture, technical and non-technical design. She has a strong history of spearheading and leading diverse segments such as non-profits, banking, insurance, global finance, and manufacturing in the financial industry for multi-billion-dollar corporations worldwide for over 30 years. Arlena has been a featured speaker for numerous domestic and international conferences. She has led
training forums and participated on various panels across the country discussing how to develop proven
strategies to get you to the next level.

Carolina Maria McCready has worked in the nonprofit sector organizing in the mountains of Western North Carolina for over two decades. Carolina’s strong Colombian cultural background and Appalachian heritage suit her well to work with Latinx community and develop connections with the broader community. Through her experience as an organizer in WNC, she has witnessed how rural, isolated, and under-resourced communities lead the way in innovation. Believing in leveraging these organizing infrastructures to have real impact in developing model equitable communities, she contributes to this movement by creating inclusive community gathering spaces and recording community stories.

Jen is the Founder & Principal of Becoming Better Together, LLC, a consulting collective focusing on delivering research-based and practical expertise clients need, when they need it. Jen’s work focuses on helping leaders work from their collective wisdom while building the relationships and skills to take action and expand their impact.  She is a Certified Professional Coach, trainer, instructional designer, and facilitator with more than 30 years of experience in culture transformation, change management, liberatory-consciousness, and team effectiveness. Clients include the Aspen Institute, Carnegie Corporation, Children’s Mercy Hospital KC, Google, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and The New York Times.
 

Ruky founded the Firm for the Culture after years of serving as an intellectual property attorney in the Silicon Valley Office of the top litigation firm in the country. Drawing on her experience as an intellectual property attorney in the Silicon Valley office of the top litigation firm in the Country, Ruky provides extensive, detail-oriented and comprehensive trademark education, strategy, and application services to a host of social entrepreneurs and innovative founders at accessible flat-fee prices. Ruky has provided workshops to students, young professionals, and creatives at New York University School of Law, Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and Berkeley Law School.