Bettina Benson is a creative visionary, intuitive leader, team builder, mother, wife and Founder and Creative Director of Chloe Kristyn.

After spending 10 years in medical sales, Bettina worked with a team of seasoned industry professionals to create a collection that celebrates the multidimensionality of the modern woman and the many roles she plays throughout her day.

Through Bettina's vision and intuitive design, Chloe Kristyn is redefining the contemporary dress code with elevated pieces that stand the test of time through the offering of accessible luxury that’s meant to be lived in.

Bettina proves that strength and sophistication aren’t mutually exclusive.

Bettina’s designs have caught the eyes and won the hearts of executives, prominent news anchors, journalists and publications such as WWD, Modern Retail, The Zoe Report, Essence, InStyle and Southern Living Magazine, who recognizes her as a “Tastemaker of the South”. Bettina has also developed retail partnerships with Stitch Fix, Tuckernuck, Halsbrook, Shopbop and several independent retailers across the country.

Dr. Olivia Cook serves as the President/CEO of Olivia Cook Enterprises LLC, which is a minority woman-owned company founded in July 2020 and based in Birmingham, AL that provides strategic consulting services on topics such as diversity, equity, and inclusion, leadership development, economic development, and entrepreneurship to institutions, nonprofit organizations, and government entities. Over the span of her career, Dr. Cook’s leadership has contributed significantly to the advancement of women in leadership and entrepreneurship through her scholarly publications, public speaking engagements, and premier grant writing skills. As a direct reflection of her impactful work, she led the establishment of the Miles College Women’s Business Center located in Fairfield, AL through a grant made possible by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

To celebrate her commitment to excellence, Dr. Cook has also received a number of fellowships and awards from local to international organizations such as the Auburn University Board of Trustees, Alabama Power, the American Political Science Association (APSA), the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the Women’s Foundation of Alabama, and The PhD Project by way of the KPMG Foundation, to name a few. Most recently, she was inducted into the 2022 Rural Leader’s Magazine Forty Under 40 Class and the Inaugural Thirty Under 30 Class for the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University where she serves as a board member of the Dean’s Advisory Board (DAB), the Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI), and the Harbert College of Business’ Women in Business Advisory Board. She is also a newly appointed Advisory Board Member of the Alabama Business Center Council for Walker’s Legacy, which is a national organization headquartered in Washington, DC that promotes entrepreneurship and honors the life of the first African American female self-made millionaire, Madam CJ Walker.

Dr. Cook, a native of Auburn, AL, and a tri-alumna of Auburn University, holds a B.S. in Polymer and Fiber Engineering, and a minor in Spanish, a MPA (Master of Public Administration), and a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Public Policy. She is also an alumna of Pennsylvania State’s 2022 Anti-Racist Leadership Academy where she developed critical leadership competencies to inform policies and practices for people of color. Beyond her industry and academic accomplishments, Dr. Cook is an adjunct professor at Texas Southern University’s Executive MPA Program, the author of For the Love of Thirty: 30 inspirational life lessons for your journey towards purpose, and a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. These endeavors have assisted her greatly in her work globally, which includes international collaborations in Spanish speaking countries, Canada, Europe, and Africa.

Dr. Jamie Erwin’s approach to caring for women starts with making an authentic connection with her patients, which allows her to help meet their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

A Fort Worth native, after graduating from Paschal High School, Jamie was a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Arkansas followed by medical school at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Dr. Erwin then completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Alabama Birmingham in 2012. She is a life member of Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society and currently serves as the chief of the OB/Gyn Division at Baylor All Saints Medical Center as well as the medical director of Andrews Women’s Hospital.

She is a lifelong athlete: the Junior National Track & Field Champion at age 19 in the women’s heptathlon, an NCAA Division 1 All-American in the heptathlon while at Arkansas, and is currently training for her second marathon. She has been married to her husband, Charlie, for 18 years and has a daughter (Georgia) and a son (Henry) plus two rescue mutts- Lucy and Sage.

Jamie is a member of the following community and philanthropic boards: Mercy Clinic, Davey O’Brien Foundation, Justin’s Place, and Samaritan Medical Outreach Ministries.

When not delivering babies, operating, running or sleeping, she enjoys reading, journaling, watching the Great British Baking Show, traveling, playing board games with her kids and snuggling her pups.

Elena Goodhall currently serves as Republic Services’ Director of Charitable Giving. She leads the operation of the Republic Services’ Charitable Foundation and Employee Relief Fund. She oversees the company’s charitable giving grant process and supports the Company’s volunteer activities. She also serves on the leadership team for the Women of Republic Business Resource Group whose mission is to enhance personal and professional growth for Republic’s top female talent.

Elena joined the company in 2004 as an Environmental Manager in Central Ohio. She has advanced through the organization, taking engineering and environmental compliance roles of increasing responsibility. Prior to her current role, she was the Director of Engineering, Field Operations, leading a team providing engineering and environmental compliance expertise to sites across the country.

Before joining Republic, Elena spent 11 years working in the environmental industry, focused on evaluating and cleaning up former hazardous waste sites for the U.S. Army, the State of Michigan, and industrial clients across the country.

Elena holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan, a Master of Hazardous Waste Management from Wayne State University, and a Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University.

Angelina (she/her/hers) is a Product Leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s largest cloud provider. She works on the Industry Products team where she leads the team’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure strategy. Angelina is an advocate for inclusive product management and inclusive technology. In 2021, she was the opening speaker for University of Washington’s inaugural Inclusive Product Summit. She is an advisory board member of the University’s Product Management Center.

In addition to her product role, she is the former president and current advisor for Amazon’s Black Employee Network (BEN), an affinity group at Amazon. Angelina has played a critical role in partnering with Amazon’s senior leadership as the company navigates the racial reckoning the United States is facing. She serves as a key partner in working with leadership on how Amazon can help shift the culture to continue to support Black employees and the community – from participating in senior leadership listening circles to facilitating the Courageous Conversations series in the weeks that followed George Floyd’s murder. She led the team of Black employees who guided the company on where to direct $10M in funding for organizations supporting social justice and racial equity, in addition to the subsequent $17M resulting from a highly successful employee match program. Additionally, she led an Amazon Town Hall with Andy Jassy, CEO and President of Amazon, and the former Amazon WW Consumer CEO, Jeff Wilke, to discuss the company’s response to the Black lives matter movement and Amazon’s ongoing commitment to Black employees and communities. Her contributions and initiatives have resulted in grants for Black-owned businesses during COVID-19 as well as a Black Excellence Gala, which provided scholarships to organizations that are dedicated to STEM education. She also is a co-founder of BEN Startup Week – a week-long series of events promoting Black entrepreneurship and innovation. Angelina led the launch of the BEN Scholarship Program which provided students with a $25K scholarship over four years and a BEN mentor, as well as the launch of Rise, an 8-month program that leverages the power of connection, coaching, and informal sponsorship to accelerate the success of future Black leaders at Amazon. In 2020, she was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 honoree and in 2021 she was named a Black Enterprise 40 Under 40 honoree for her work.

Angelina is also a blogger, instructor, speaker, corporate diversity consultant, and co-founder of Spektrem31, a platform and apparel brand launching in 2022 that enables Black in tech professionals to share their unique stories and skills.

When Melissa is not at her day job as Founder & Executive Director of The Net, you can find her walking from her house to have dinner off Magnolia Avenue with her family. Melissa has been married to her husband Jamey for 15 years and is mom to 7 year old Rosie and 5 year old Justice, who joined their family through adoption.

After getting a degree in social work from DBU, and traveling overseas on mission trips over a dozen times to places like China, Nepal, Morocco and Ghana, Melissa gained a heart for serving people in poverty. She founded her non-profit, The Net, where they’ve now served over 1300 sex trafficking survivors since 2012. In 2018, The Net launched a social enterprise called Worthy Co, where Melissa serves as Co-Founder & Chief Vision Officer. Worthy Co employs survivors to make beautiful products as a way to provide them with dignified employment and economic freedom.

Outside of The Net, Melissa and her husband are involved in various ventures including being original Co-Founders of a restaurant called BREWED on the Southside of Fort Worth. They also co-owned a mixed-use warehouse and event space called The 4 Eleven with other partners. They launched Casa De Ice in 2020, which is a string of luxury Airbnb’s in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Melissa was named Fort Worth Business Press 40 Under 40, Fort Worth Inc's 400 Most Influential People, and she is also Fort Worth Magazine's Editor's Choice for Best Philanthropist in 2018.

Kelly provides ongoing financial planning and investment management to busy professional women and dual-career families in their early to mid-career, particularly those working in the finance and tech industries or receiving equity compensation.

Before starting her financial planning practice, Kelly spent 11 years in investment management at Dimensional Fund Advisors, most recently as a Vice President on the sales team.

She enjoys helping clients navigate their high-income years and learn how to live a great life using money as a tool. She lives in Austin with her husband and two children.

Amelia McBride is a Cuban-American journalist and editor based in New York City with over 8 years of digital writing experience. Amelia currently writes for Well+Good, a trendsetting digital publication that focuses on all aspects of health and wellness. There, she researches and writes stories revolving around topics like travel, beauty, mental health, and relationships.

Prior to her role at Well+Good, Amelia wrote engaging copy for Chicks N’ Kicks Daily, a WOC-owned digital publication centered on sneaker culture, fashion, and women’s empowerment. There, she worked closely with brands like Jordan and adidas to cover new product releases and campaign launches.

Amelia earned her bachelor’s degree in print and digital news from the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas. Outside of the newsroom, she enjoys weight lifting, thrifting, and going to concerts.

Tonia Misvaer was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Erin Condren in late 2019. As CEO, Tonia spearheads the strategic direction of the company while upholding the brand’s core values including a culture of innovation, community, and philanthropy. She is focused on accelerating business growth, driving product and category innovation, and positioning the brand for long-term success.

Under Tonia’s leadership, the brand was propelled successfully through a global pandemic and re-accelerated year-over-year company growth. She also repositioned the brand’s business model and accelerated the company’s vertical integration expansion to continue the brand’s vision of creating thoughtful, intentional products that make room for joy and capture the power of organization.

Tonia is committed to fostering a human-centric organization that puts people first while continuing the company’s emphasis on philanthropy that has long been intertwined within the brand’s DNA and purpose.

Tonia previously served as Chief of Product & Brand Strategy at Erin Condren and has over two decades of experience as a product developer and creative strategist. Prior to joining Erin Condren, Tonia served as Head of New Product Design for Minted and Founder & Managing Partner of a creative agency focusing on on-demand stationery product development. She has a B.S. in English Education from North Dakota State University and a J.D. from Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

Dr. Sanford works from the belief that authentically vulnerable self-reflective relationships with ourselves and others cultivates whole-person wellness. Trained as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Sanford partners with clients to increase insight, attunement, and self-compassion as they seek understanding and transformation that deepens relational connection. Dr. Sanford has extensive experience providing therapy, psychological assessment and consultation for children, adolescents, couples, and families. Her training in interpersonal and cognitive-behavioral theories, complex trauma, complicated familial systems and emotionally focused couples therapy has allowed her to work efficiently with diverse clients. In addition to her role as a licensed psychologist, Dr. Sanford provides executive coaching to powerful, high-achieving leaders committed to impacting community and social change. As an executive coach, Dr. Sanford creates space for clients to explore personal, professional and organizational development as they journey to embody integral and whole-person leadership. Collaboration, self-reflection, and continuous learning are foundational aspects of her practice as a leader, licensed psychologist, and executive coach.

Ally Sloway is a social media savant, currently based in Charleston, South Carolina, as the social media editor at Garden & Gun Magazine. With 10+ years of experience in broadcast journalism and video production, she's found solace in the chaotic world that is the Metaverse.

In addition to overseeing all of the magazine's social channels, she runs their Back Porch Sessions, which entail concerts in the G&G offices that are broadcast out for their followers.

Most recently, Ally founded a group called Charleston Creatives, which links the creative community in Charleston, from photographers to PR teams to marketing professionals, for both online discussions and in-person happy hours.

Veronica Torres Hazley is the CEO of Torres Hazley Enterprise. A collective bringing community and well-being to life. Her portfolio includes V12 Yoga Studio, Workplace Fit Co, RedBird Rising and self Care brand, Healthy Latina Lifestyle. Veronica has expanded her reach with her consultant practice that ties her last 25 years of experience in several capacities that include: community development, customer service, event production, content curation, cause marketing and wellness.

Prior to leading Torres Hazley Enterprise full time, Veronica served as the Chief Impact Officer with ISP Creative, an Irving based Creative House. Veronica also spent 17 years with VisitDallas that include working in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Digital Marketing and Branding and most recently as the Director of Experience. Her role with VisitDallas had a strong focus on developing partnerships in the local Dallas community. She oversaw membership programs and customized corporate partnerships. Veronica also spent her early career with Interncontinental Hotel Group in several leadership roles that included, event curation, sales, and human resources.

Veronica is a graduate of Johnson and Wales University with a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. She also pursued her degree in Business Administration at the University of Texas at Dallas. She currently serves on the ForOakcliff board, Grant Halliburton and is an active member of Hispanic 100.

Veronica is also the founder of Hey Chica! By Healthy Latina Lifestyle- a Latina Leadership Collective. A movement for chicas looking to collaborate with their fellow community leaders, advocates, and influencers to curate their dream goals with passion and gusto!