Redefining Success Beyond the Grind Summit

Monica Pierre

Monica Pierre is a keynote speaker, a 3-time Emmy Award-winning reporter and producer, author, and transformational storyteller who ignites audiences through the power of character-driven monologues.

She is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Mass Communication department at Xavier University, of Louisiana in New Orleans. She is the founder of the Story Maker Academy. Monica specializes in helping leaders and entrepreneurs move beyond fear to embrace authentic transformation. Her signature presentation style combines theatrical storytelling with practical leadership insights, creating memorable experiences that inspire change.

Tiffany Jamile McKinney

Tiffany McKinney is a business strategist and the founder of Pabloon Balloon Company, LLC. With 20 years of entrepreneurial success and more than a decade teaching profitable pricing strategies, Tiffany helps business owners shift from fear and self-doubt to clarity and confidence. Her Pricing for Profit programs blend smart strategy with real-world mindset shifts, empowering entrepreneurs to charge what they're worth — and enjoy the process. Known for bringing light to the dark corners of business growth, Tiffany believes building a profitable business should feel energizing, not overwhelming. When she’s not mentoring, she’s spending time playing in makeup, writing, and on her never-ending quest for a palm tree and turquoise water (AKA a vacation).

Ty Rhea Salvant

Ty Salvant is an author, speaker, and founder of Time With Ty, where she helps families, couples, and communities grow through intentional connection. With over two decades of experience—from homeschooling her six children to leading parent-leadership initiatives—she blends empathy, clarity, and practical strategies to support purposeful growth. She creates family-centered tools, leads workshops and retreats, and partners with schools, nonprofits, and organizations to elevate parent voices, strengthen relationships, and build healthier communities. 

Stephanie Mbelu

Stephanie N. Mbelu is an operations consultant, real estate investor, and Army veteran who helps women entrepreneurs build businesses that create both wealth and breathing room. Her career began in a domestic violence shelter, where she saw firsthand how financial independence changes lives, and continued for more than two decades of military and federal service, which taught her resilience, leadership, and the power of systems. Today, she uses those lessons to help women build businesses anchored in systems, stability, and freedom so that they can live lives defined by ease rather than exhaustion.

Shelia Fluker

Sheila Fluker is a retired Army veteran turned powerhouse entrepreneur, known nationwide as The Business Drill Sergeant for her no-excuses, high-impact approach and luxury retreats, helping women secure the bag. As COO of The Balloon Squad and CEO of Business Success Squad, she teaches entrepreneurs how to build real businesses—using strategy, systems, and business credit—to create freedom using other people's money. Sheila is a force on stage, blending military discipline with entrepreneurial grit to help women mind their own D.A.M.N business and win.

Dr. Nicole Monteiro

Dr. Nicole Monteiro is a licensed psychologist, coach, and founder of The Boundaries to Bliss Society, where she helps ambitious women trade burnout for balance and reconnect with their feminine power. A global traveler, professor, and storyteller at heart, Dr. Nicole guides women to redefine success beyond the hustle and build lives anchored in peace, purpose, and presence. Through her private practice, The Center for Healing and Development (CHAD), signature programs, and podcast, The Secret Formula of Femininity, she inspires women to stop surviving and start thriving, showing that true success is soft, steady, and sustainable.