Dr. Marline C. Duroseau, known as “Dr. Mar,” is a financial leadership executive, fertility health advocate, and resilience expert. As Managing Director of HR & Leadership Development at Brandon Hall Group, she gained national attention for her TEDx Raleigh talk, “The Secret Battle Behind Powerful Women Leaders,” highlighting the hidden struggles of women in leadership and the power of vulnerability.

A dynamic speaker and author, Dr. Mar has been featured at the Women in Leadership Shaping Tomorrow event and was a finalist for Author of the Year at the International Impact Book Awards. Her memoir, It'll Happen By 30, chronicles her infertility journey, the loss of her daughter Angel, and her path to healing. She also authored two children’s books and co‑authored The Impact Leaders with Kevin Harrington.

Dr. Mar hosts the annual You Are My Angel Maternal Wellness Event and continues to share her expertise through podcasts, media features, and national speaking engagements.

Meet Brittany Rogars—speaker, author, entrepreneur, and creator of the Pivot With Purpose Playbook. Her mission? To help women and professionals break free from burnout, rewrite their stories, and build lives rooted in purpose.

Raised in a family impacted by addiction, Brittany learned early how powerful cycles can be—and how transformational it is to break them. In 2019, the sudden loss of her best friend to addiction became a defining moment. In her friend’s memory, Brittany launched a handcrafted soap company that donated to addiction recovery efforts.

Brittany’s story is one of grit and growth: from gas station clerk to CEO, from soap maker to dental consultant, from surviving to thriving. When she lost her sense of smell, she didn’t crumble—she pivoted, launching SKF Practice Solutions to help dental teams operate with more clarity and ease. Today, she empowers others to transform pain into purpose with humor, heart, and no-BS strategies that make real change inevitable.

Roberta Ravella is a speaker, strategist, and founder of The Joy Experiment™, a framework designed to help women align their energy, values, and business growth without sacrificing themselves in the process. With a background in trust-based marketing and energetic alignment, Roberta brings two decades of experience helping entrepreneurs shift from hustle and overwhelm into clarity, ease, and resonance. Her workshops and writing invite ambitious women to build joyful, values-driven businesses that feel as good as they look.

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Open for Business: How To Build A Business You Love Without The Hustle And Grind

Anne Butler Montgomery has worked as a television sportscaster, newspaper and magazine
writer, teacher, author, and amateur sports official. She worked for five TV stations, including
ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut, where she anchored the Emmy and ACE award-winning
SportsCenter. She finished her on-camera broadcasting career with a two-year stint as the
studio host for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns. Montgomery was a freelance and/or staff reporter for
six publications, writing sports, features, movie reviews, and archeological pieces. Her novels
include Your Forgotten Sons, The Castle, A Light in the Desert, Wild Horses on the Salt, The
Scent of Rain, and Wolf Catcher. Montgomery taught journalism and communications skills in a
Title I high school for 20 years and was an amateur sports official for four decades, a time
during which she called baseball, ice hockey, soccer, and basketball games and served as a high
school football referee and crew chief. Montgomery is a foster mom to three sons and a
daughter. When she can, she indulges in her passions: rock collecting, scuba diving, and playing
her guitar. She splits her time between Phoenix, Arizona and St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Josh Case is an energy consultant, entrepreneur, and former executive at ENGIE, a Global Fortune 500 company. After years of high performance and nonstop pressure, he burned out and fell into addiction—an experience that ultimately sent him to rehab three times. Through that journey, Josh confronted deep-rooted issues including codependency, past trauma, and the difference between genuine self-esteem and external attention seeking. Armed with those lessons and a renewed commitment to living life on life’s terms—not his own—Josh was able to stop drinking and begin rebuilding his life with clarity, purpose, and humility. Josh is now the creator of Sober.Buzz, a platform dedicated to “Spreading the Good BUZZ” by raising awareness and helping destigmatize addiction and recovery. Through Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube, Sober.Buzz reaches more than 90,000 followers across at least 43 countries, connecting people to hope, support, and honest conversations about sobriety. Today, Josh continues to share his story openly as he helps others navigate their own paths to recovery—proving that resilience, vulnerability, and community can change everything.

Ann Dowsett Johnston is the bestselling author of Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol, which broke the story on the pinking of the alcohol market and the closing gender gap on risky drinking. An award-winning journalist, Ann spent close to 30 years at Maclean’s magazine, moving on to her role as Vice-Principal of McGill University. In her sixties, Ann enrolled at Smith College, and became a psychotherapist. As well, she teaches her popular online memoir course called Writing Your Recovery. A prominent advocate for mental health and addiction services, she has won many awards, including an honorary doctorate of laws from Queen’s University.

Anthony Lindsay is a seasoned business consultant, author, and thought leader dedicated to
empowering startups and side hustlers to build profitable, scalable businesses without
sacrificing quality of life. With more than 30 years of experience in business and finance,
he’s worked in senior leadership roles at major financial institutions across both the US and
UK, developing deep expertise in mortgages, property investment, and small business
growth.
Anthony’s journey is one of resilience and reinvention. Becoming a father at 17 taught him
the power of responsibility, discipline, and faith values that shaped his approach to both
business and life. His grandmother, the most influential person in his life, instilled in him an
unshakable belief that mindset determines outcome. That lesson continues to guide his
mission: to help others rise above circumstances and build lasting success through focus,
adaptability, and determination.
His books on business, finance, and leadership provide practical, actionable advice for
entrepreneurs who want to create systems that support sustainable growth. Titles such as A
Mortgage Is a Really Big Loan and I’m Kind of a Big Deal blend decades of financial insight
with modern strategies on branding, mindset, and social media presence.
As the founder of multiple business ventures and the host of several podcasts, Anthony
connects with a diverse global audience of professionals. Each year, he brings this network
together in London for the East London Business & Property Expo an event he founded to
foster collaboration, innovation, and community among business owners and investors.
Today, as a father of two daughters, Anthony continues to live by the principle that true
success is measured not just by what you build, but by who you become in the process. His
work inspires entrepreneurs to build businesses that are not only scalable and profitable but
deeply purposeful and resilient.