HEATHER POWERS “GRATEFUL GIRL”

Heather is an award winning, internationally acknowledged, recording artist, writer and speaker. She has recorded two albums and is currently working on a third release set to come out in the Summer of 2015, as well as writing songs for licensing for feature films, TV and web corporate advertising campaigns. ​ ​Heather’s music has been featured on national television and in motion pictures for Warner Brothers and Universal Pictures. She was a breakout voiceover talent in the movie version of the Broadway smash hit, “Rent”. 

Her music has also garnered widespread radio play on stations around the world. Heather has recorded, toured and performed with many Hall of Fame and Grammy Award winning artists such as Huey Lewis and the News, Broadway Musical Director Tim Weil, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Bryan Duncan, John Schlitt (Petra/ 40 East), Bob Carlisle (Butterfly Kisses), Kurt Carr, Martha Munizzi, Rachael Lampa, Kevin Max (Lead singer of DC TALK/ Virgin Records) Wynonna Judd, and many others. ​

As both an artist and speaker, Heather has traveled the world entertaining and encouraging audiences through her music and her dramatic life story of young adult trauma, chronic illness, eating disorder, drugs and eventually finding complete life transition and learning to live day to day on a new path. ​ Heather has represented various humanitarian organizations including World Vision, Convoy of Hope (Heather Powers “Undone Disaster Relief “Tour Support), Food For The Hungry, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, EmancipateME (Human Trafficking), Compassion International and the Global Federation of Eating Disorders.

Robert Norberciak 

"When your whole career has been an uphill journey, you learn to rise to the occasion." Robert was "forced" into sales at 17, when his father told him to go sell swimming pools for the families swimming pool company. By the age of 19, Robert had reached over $1M in annual sales. He had destroyed every sales record in the entire company along the way. At 22, he left the pool industry and went in to Advertising Sales, selling in the daily deal space, prior to "Groupon" becoming a household name or had any type of brand recognition. Consistently, Robert held the top 3 position, in a sales force of 150 people. Robert was quickly moved in to a management position and there he took a team that was in the gutter and moved that entire team to become the best in the nation for the company. 

Unfortunately, Life happens and Robert and his wife both lost their managerial positions in 2012, one week apart. This is where the real journey of trials and tribulations began, Robert is truly my personal 90/10 rule.  This is the self taught marketing genius every entrepreneur truly aspires to become.His talent in the digital marketing arena leaves me in awe. He has the ability to title himself a true overcomer. I know that this journey of losing managerial positions may look like losses, but his story will inspire and motivate with the desire to believe in the American dream. 

After losing his job, he started with a housecleaning company, then moving back to an advertising company, and finally settling with a Day Spa in Scottsdale Arizona that was losing over 10k per month, they revamped, rebuilt and started completely over, he and his wife got to market and promote everything from the ground up. Today we will discuss how they have taken all of the techniques, strategic approaches, marketing ideas, and entire journey the embarked upon. As they took a Scottsdale Day Spa that was losing 10k per month to now generating over $300k in Revenue in just 15 months.....

Jessica joined NBC Right Now and SWX in 2014 and now serves as Sports Director and Weekday Sports Anchor.

Jessica Benson serves as the Sports Director and Weekday Sports Anchor for KNDU and SWX in the Tri-Cities. Jessica grew up in Denver, CO, but she has family in Gig Harbor, Seattle, Moses Lake, Lake Chelan, Spokane, Lewiston (ID), and even right down the street in Kennewick.



Before joining KNDU, Jessica could be seen on the sidelines as a reporter for the Sun Belt Network.  She also served as a reporter for 247sports (a Rival's property) at all home and away football games for the USC Trojans.  



Jessica graduated Summa Cum Laude from USC in May 2014 with a degree in Broadcast and Digital Journalism.  While at USC, Jessica served as an Executive Producer for Annenberg TV News, the school's student-run nightly news program.  She has also worked for ESPN's "SportsNation," NBC's production of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the Rose Bowl (2012-14), the 2014 BCS National Championship Game and NBC Nightly News.



Once upon a time, Jessica worked as a ball-girl for the 2002, '03 and '04 NCAA Finals Fours and had the privilege of wiping up sweat off the court from future hall of fame coaches Roy Williams, Jim Calhoun and Billy Donovan.  She is not opposed to someday becoming the first adult ball-girl so that she can live a long and happy life underneath the basket during March Madness.

Carmel Glenane B.A. Dip Ed. Owner/Director of Atlantis Rising Healing Centre™ and Mystery School.  Founder of the philosophy of The Divine Feminine in 2002 and Senju Kannon™ Reiki in 2008, teaches The Divine Feminine Mysteries through her Mystery School Ascension Training program.   A powerful interactive and dynamic motivational speaker; Channeled writer, esoteric teacher and sought after healer.  Carmel is known for her transformative tours to Sacred Destinations such as Hawaii, North, Central and South America, Turkey, India, Bali, Japan 3 Tours, Egypt 12 Tours and the great central heart of Australia, Uluru. With over 20 years in business in Personal Development, Carmel’s intent is to allow people to receive through the Heart’s Intelligence through The Mother’s wisdom.

Carmel is the Australian Ambassador for HappyCharity.org as Director of Happy Spirits and is currently writing training programs for all her books to take her courses On Line.

Christina brings training and support through her consulting, writing, classes, and her live radio show.  She brings more than 20 years of experience in alternative health, publishing, and corporate sales management. 

Christina offers her clients and listeners a unique perspective of the wellness industry from her vast experience as an Alternative Health Business Consultant, Marketing Professional, and Teacher. She has worked with international organizations specializing in wellness products and services as well as the small business .



In addition to her alternative health business experience; Christina holds a BA in Journalism/Mass Communications from UNC which led her to create Big Country Publishing, an international multi-media publisher of print books, audio, video and electronic products. This company is a traditional publisher who offers a new energy to the publishing industry.

Through combining her experience with marketing and her knowledge of publishing, Christina offers a unique skill set to her clients and authors. She understands how to custom tailor their unique business offerings through her consulting creating a valuable branding and product development plan for their business.



Christina has learned how to successfully merge her vast experience in the alternative health field with her top performance track record in the corporate world. As an owner of several small businesses and recognized nationally as a multi-million dollar top sales producer in the high tech industry; Christina offers a fresh approach to the new era of business.

Sam Pressler is the President and Executive Director of the Armed Services Arts Partnership and an Echoing Green Global Fellow. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from the College of William & Mary in 2015, where he received the Ewell Award, McGlennon Scholarship, and recognition as a TEDx Innovative Thinker. While in college, he founded the W&M Center for Veterans Engagement, W&M Military & Veterans Council, and Student Veterans of W&M. Pressler is largely credited with establishing the robust veteran’s arts community in Southern Virginia, and for leading the transformation of W&M's policies toward its student veterans.

The Armed Services Arts Partnership strives to build and sustain communities around the expressive arts at no cost to veterans and military families by partnering with respected nonprofits and colleges located in areas with high military populations. We focus on developing the literary, musical, and comedic skills of our veterans in sustained, community-based environments. In the process, we also hope to foster resiliency and improve well-being among our participants, and bridge divides by connecting veterans, students, and local communities through the arts.

Sam is also the Founder and President of The William & Mary Center for Veterans Engagement (WMCVE) enables William & Mary students and faculty to create, plan, and execute community-creating, expressive arts initiatives for service members, veterans, and military families throughout Virginia. The WMCVE provides three therapeutic outlets - community, expression, and learning - without the stigma associated with seeking traditional therapy.



Current offerings include:



- Writing: Veterans Writing Project (veteranswriting.org) & Hampton Roads Veterans Writing Group

- Music: Musicorps (musicorps.net)

- Comedy: Comedy Bootcamp (ComedyBootcamp.org)

Comedy Bootcamp is an eight-week comedy writing and performing class exclusively for veterans and service members. Each course, which is led by a professional comedy instructor, covers the basics of writing and delivering jokes, stage presence, and developing and organizing material. Throughout the class, aspiring comics receive constructive feedback from their instructors and fellow classmates. By the end of the eight weekly sessions, participating veterans deliver a five-minute stand-up set to a public audience, and are then inducted into alumni meet-up groups. We've been featured in Soldiers Magazine, Military Times, Stars & Stripes, and on NPR, and our class is being covered by the Washington Post and ABC News this fall.

Zen Cryar-DeBrücke is an internationally renowned inspirational teacher, speaker, author and coach. Her passion is teaching people to tap into their innate inner guidance to generate consistent, successful results in life. The result is replacing exhaustion, anxiety, fear and dread with ease, joy, flow and fulfillment.

Zen's programs have helped thousands of people all over the world transform their lives for the better, with sustained positive changes in their business and personal lives. Her compassion radiates through her work, and her style is down to earth, practical, humorous and wise.

She was a founder and CEO of one of the first Internet design companies in the world. The company, in a four-year period, quickly grew from $250,000 to $4,000,000. She is known for creating innovative online strategies that are simple and work for fortune 500 companies, including Applied Materials, IBM, Electronic Arts, BP and VISA.

Ella, born Melanie Louise Stringer, grew up on the impoverished streets of Manchester, New Hampshire. Born to a single mother, who barely escaped her kidnapping while carrying the child. Ella would later find life turn adventurous…

By age 12, Ella was subjected to helping her mother raise her younger brother and taking care of her drunken grandfather after splitting because of the infidelity of her father. Ella found herself in a hopeless sea of reality, writing lyrics on herwalls, and singing to gun shot streets to cope with the pain of a household filled with mental and physical abuse.

By her high school graduation, Ella was approached by a spiteful source who revealed that the father she’d known growing up was not her biological parent. Feeling even more betrayed, after remaining loyal to a mother who had emptied her childhood bank savings and piled her and her brother in debt, Ella saved some money, bought a beat-up Honda and took off to find her biological father.

Zip-tying her bumper onto her Honda for the 3,000 mile ride, Ella made it to the West Coast and found herself submerged in the trudges of the Hollywood Music scene. There, Ella was discovered by manager and visionary Lika Tatsushima, who saw the potential and heart of a young girl’s tragedy. She found Ella singing demo's at Kevin Irving, of Club Nouveau, studios. Kevin committed suicide later that year, ending production for Ella.

But Ella and Lika did not give up. Instead they decided to stay strong and work harder. Lika spread the word of the girl's struggle and strife, attracting the attention of world renowned Japanese director Masashi Muto. Muto then created Ella’s first music video sponsored by Cutters Studio in collaboration with the Fantasia International Film Festival's "best animation and audience” award winning series “Tamala," sponsored by WWF.

In the short amount of time the two began campaigning, Ella’s strong, sexy, and fun attitude in what they liked to call “ELLATUDE.” This was a fierce new beginning for Ella, leaving her past in the dust of her travels. Her reality is stranger than fiction could dream.

In 2016, Audio Technica will be featuring Ella and her music in their world-wide advertising campaign promoting their new production line. This commercial campaign will serve as a platform for her discovery, Ella’s story and her music will soon spread throughout the world.