Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY – Lindsay Kirsch is an entrepreneur, marketing automation expert and a certified Personal Brand Strategist with Brand Builders Group. With a master’s degree in Instructional and Performance technology she is internationally recognized for her globally renowned work, creating thousands of online courses in more than 17 languages, helping entrepreneurs, small business owners, and online influencers increase their bottom line through the use of technology.

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX – Chris Gensheer is a certified branding coach, marketing expert and Personal Brand Strategist with Brand Builders Group. He has a Masters in Communications, more than 20 years of professional marketing experience, he has written and delivered over 500 unique talks over the course of his career and is a certified copywriter helping his clients increase profits through the art and science of persuasive copy.

Edmond, OK – Brad Bishop is a StoryBrand Certified Guide and a certified Personal Brand Strategist with Brand Builders Group, the internationally renowned firm that specializes in helping individuals build and monetize their personal brand. With a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration, Brad spent over 10 years helping large hospitals and Physicians build their brands and now he’s turning that expertise into helping entrepreneurs, executives and influencers do the same.

Raleigh-Durham, NC – Stephen Scoggins is a Best Selling Author, the founder of The CHE Companies, The Journey Principle Institute and creator of the Transform U Framework, a successful multi-million-dollar entrepreneur and motivational speaker.
As a well-respected and sought-after business and life mastery expert, he challenges and motivates people to break through the obstacles that stop them in their life to guide them to be who they are born to be. As a part of that endeavor, Stephen has taken over 43 years of setbacks, failures, breakdowns, losses, successes, and comebacks and transparently uses them to provide simple yet effective step by step exercises to help anyone become their own hero.

Pompano Beach, FL – Samuel Phanor is an entrepreneur, marketing consultant and personal brand strategist.
Over the last 15 years Sam has been deployed to Iraq serving in the United States Army, joined law enforcement and was awarded Police Officer of the year, started his own security company, launched an apparel brand and founded his own digital marketing agency where he has been a brand manager for the last 5 years.
As a serial entrepreneur settled in the discipline of a law enforcement and military background Sam takes a diligent and blended approach to both sales and marketing, in combination with great story telling. His focus on personal branding is one that both focuses on growing your awareness but also driving positive cash flow to your business.
He has worked with individuals, business coaches, brand ambassadors, small businesses all the way to government departments to help create new, innovative techniques that show the human side of everyday business.
On a mission to create a case study on the effects that personal branding has on a business he founded a non-profit apparel brand called One Lyfe to raise funds to build wells in Haiti. From conception to reality he went through every step of ideation to design, produce, market and sell hundreds of t-shirts and raise thousands of dollars in 6 short months. Sam now uses his diverse background of knowledge and first-hand experience understanding to help others use their personal brand to improve all aspects of life, especially their earnings.

Niskayuna, NY – Jay Twining is an expert in customer experience, data analysis, and technology with 10 years of game development experience. After leaving the corporate world, he focused on branding and business education companies. He knows that brand stickiness is a combination of personal clarity, compassion for people, and kindness to oneself and others. He also believes that everyone has an amazing story within them. He helps his clients deliver amazing brand experiences by combining his analytics expertise with messaging and story.

Columbus, OH – Rafat Fields is a 7-figure sales producer, branding expert, NASM certified personal trainer, USA Olympic Weightlifter, and passionate health advocate. She has spent over 16 years elevating high performance as a sales and marketing expert for Fortune 100 companies.
As founder of Powered to Rise, she is dedicated to coaching emerging leaders within Corporate America as they build a brand that breaks through the noise of competition. Her approach combines optimizing daily habits with integrating core values to drive results.
As a wife, special needs mom, traveling corporate employee, and active member of her local community Rafat attributes life integration strategies as a critical component to her ongoing success. She passionately believes the growth experienced outside of the job is what creates the ultimate competitive advantage.

Austin, TX – Macy Robison is a marketing consultant and certified personal brand strategist, with the internationally recognized firm Brand Builders Group, who specializes in helping thought leaders and authors grow their business as well as their platform.
With a master’s degree in education, over 20 years as a teacher and branding coach and with hundreds of clients under her belt as a StoryBrand Certified Guide, Macy is widely regarded as an expert in helping her clients craft marketing collateral that both tells a story and converts customers. She’s responsible for helping her clients reach a combined 3.2 million followers across their social media platforms and email lists and produces three podcasts with a combined 1.5 million downloads.
Like many of her clients, Macy is an international speaker and performer and uniquely understands the space they inhabit. She’s been featured on several top podcasts discussing the importance of living a good story and presents regularly at conferences like Alt Summit on the importance of crafting a clear message.
A donut and crushed ice enthusiast, Macy lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, two amazing kids and is also a stepmom and mother in law to some amazing adults and “Mimi” the four most adorable children on the planet.

Nashville, TN – Hilary Billings is an on-camera host, celebrity interviewer, online influencer and host of the forthcoming podcast Red Carpet Confidence. As a former Miss Nevada, producer for E! News and travel host for Norwegian Cruise Line, Hilary has been a featured contributor for USA Today, Thrive Global and Huffington Post as well as being featured on Extra! Entertainment TV. As a burn survivor with humorous viral videos reaching an online audience of millions, Hilary is focused on everything but the superficial. She is a sought after speaker and coach that helps people overcome inadequacy through finding, interpreting and affirming their self-worth.

Nashville, TN – Thomas Dodson is a founding member and Personal Brand Strategist at Brand Builders Group and is Co-founder of Above The Fray. As personal brand strategist, Thomas teaches people how to build and monetize their personal brands. In addition, Thomas is a family internet safety expert. He’s spoken at schools, churches, and community centers across the country – educating and engaging parents to get involved in their children’s’ digital lives.

Nashville, TN – Rory Vaden is the New York Times bestselling author of Take the Stairs. His insights have been featured in the Wall St. Journal, Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur, Inc, and several other major media outlets. As a world-renowned speaker, his Tedx talk has been viewed over 2 million times. He is the Co-Founder of Brand Builders Group and the host of the Influential Personal Brand podcast. Visit RoryVaden.com for more.

Atlanta, GA – Elyse Archer is a founding team member and Personal Brand Strategist with Brand Builders Group whose insights have been featured major media including Forbes and Inc. She is a keynote speaker and host of the upcoming Instant Impact podcast, where she shares best practices from top business leaders who have created extraordinary relationships and results in less time. With a degree in Journalism from UNC-Chapel Hill and over 10 years’ experience in the digital marketing industry, Elyse leverages her background to help people position themselves as thought leaders in their space. Visit ElyseArcher.com for more.

Nashville, TN – AJ Vaden is the Co-founder of Brand Builders Group, international speaker, million-dollar producer and host of the Rich, Famous and Influential Podcast. As a personal brand strategist she challenges and inspires people to reinvent themselves as part of building and monetizing their personal brand. She has worked with thousands of individuals to help them focus their expertise, expand their reach, build their reputation and brand the one thing no one else has, their name. As part of that endeavor, AJ has taken 25 years of setbacks, successes, tragedies and happiness and distilled them into simple yet powerful lessons that will help anyone become better than ever. Visit AJVaden.com for more.

Birmingham, MI – Kristen Cullen “KC” is a founding member and Personal Brand Strategist with Brand Builders Group, working with NYT bestselling authors, health and wellness experts, award winning and internationally recognized attorneys, physicians, lifestyle mentors and 7-figure influencers. She speaks and writes on resilience and the power of never giving up, on yourself or others. As a part of that effort KC founded a cancer advocacy program that focuses on facilitating patient centered care in centers around the country. As a certified personal coach KC has a specialty in helping entrepreneurs and startups uncover their brand identity and excel in their marketing journey. She has a listening heart, is free of judgement and is dedicated to helping people live a life they truly love.

Nashville, TN – Elle is the Host of the Unfiltered Life Podcast where she challenges people to stop pretending and own who they are. From New York to Montana, Disney Cast member to Door to Door Sales, Partner at 23 to fired at 31, Elle is unapologetically flawed. She is a founding member and Personal Brand Strategist with Brand Builders Group, where she delivers the honest truth about what it takes to turn your personality into profit.

Grand Rapids, MI – Kristen Hartnagel is the creator of the Peace Purpose and Power podcast dedicated to helping people free their imagination and ignite their souls. She has a dual degree in psychology and journalism. She is a speaker and a certified Infinite Possibilities trainer. As a Professional Singer, songwriter and recording artist, her favorite way to deliver her message is with keynote concerts. Throughout her career, Kristen has been part of 4 startups and is a founding member and Personal Brand Strategist of Brand Builders Group working with NYT bestselling authors, award winning talent management agents and 7-figure influencers. She is leading a movement to help people release the past, live in the present, and take charge of their future.

Nashville, TN Jayne Weber is a founding team member and the resident Brand Builders Group ninja at making all things look pretty, feel special and catered to each individual client. With many years under her belt in the professional services industry, she is a specialist in client first customer service and detail management. Jayne’s natural ability for creative design, unique packaging and commitment to customization makes everyone feel like they are the only one that matters.

Nashville, TN – Jeremy Weber is a founding member and Personal Brand Strategist with Brand Builders Group who has founded, sold and helped grow multiple companies over the last 10 years. As a true expert in digital marketing, GIS and branding he specializes in helping individuals clarify their brand positioning, grow their audience and increase their revenues.

Fullerton, CA – As a founding member and Director of Speaker and Event Management, Lisa works with corporations, associations and event promoters all over the world. Lisa’s goal is to engage, understand and support her clients in planning their most successful meetings. As a 21 year veteran in the speaking business, Lisa will help connect these inspiring, empowering, and entertaining speakers who all deliver content rich presentations and will transform your audience.

Nashville, TN – Jennifer Kerr is a founding team member with Brand Builders Group. As the Facebook group manager, stats and tracking guru as well as catchall for operations she makes response time her mission and helping others her passion. Jennifer works behind the scenes so our front team can best serve you as we find the rarity of you on your personal brand journey.