Growing up in rural Queensland, Janelle’s strength and resilience stemming from her years on the land applied just as naturally to the business landscape. She carved out a career in private, public and not-for-profit sectors, before becoming CEO of Women’s Network Australia. Her experience with membership organisations included a decade with the Australian Institute of […]

Samantha Wills has been in the spotlight as one of Australia’s most dynamic speakers and creative personalities since launching her self-titled jewellery brand at Australian Fashion Week in 2004, at just 21 years of age. Samantha quickly gained a high profile, drawing the attention of Forbes, The Huffington Post, The New York Post, The Sydney […]

Kylie is an Account Manager who has a broad set of skills in marketing, including; project management, social media, content creation and copywriting. With a passion for entrepreneurship and working with varying scaled businesses every day, Kylie aspires to run her own business within the near future. She has a degree in Communications (Majoring in […]

Anne is a well-known and respected business professional and corporate adviser with broad experience in business, government, politics, management, tourism, international relations, events and the community. Anne managed the Tourism, Events and Marketing portfolio as a member of the Fraser Coast Council from 2004 to 2012, and brings years of experience running successful organisations to […]

Kellie Harriden is an author, speaker and infertility advocate. She is fast becoming the face of infertility and hope to many in the fertility field, or for those struggling with their own infertility. In 2019, the 2nd edition of her book, Long-Awaited Child, was published under Ocean Reeve Publishing. In her book Kellie shares her […]

Jo Prothero has extensive experience in the tourism industry, and is the current Head of Marketing at Visit Sunshine Coast, having relocated early this year from her position as Director of Marketing and Communications at Falls Creek Resort in Victoria; the state’s largest all-season alpine resort. Jo’s career has focused on new product development, including […]

Kate Christie is a time management specialist, best selling author of 4 books, global speaker and consultant, and the CEO and Founder of Time Stylers. Kate is the single mum of three amazing young adults who are pretty much her guinea pigs for all of her home based time investment strategies, and for some of her work based strategies […]

Sally has led a very interesting life, she grew up on a farm in Toowoomba but a career in entertainment took her to live and work all over the world.  Sally has lived in London, New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Vancouver, Sydney, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast for the past 7 years. Being a “Carnie” and producing […]

In the past 30 years Kym has dedicated her career to the hospitality industry, including running a highly successful convention centre, owning her own café and currently heading up the Food/Beverage & Events Department with the award winning restaurant Wildflower, at Mercure Sunshine Coast Kawana Waters (formerly Best Western Plus Lake Kawana Hotel). In the […]