Desiree Adaway is a consultant, strategist, coach, speaker, storyteller and explorer. She uses her superpowers—her voice, sense of adventure and belief in the transformative power of community—to help organizations design programs that create unrestricted revenue, volunteers and advocates. You can find out more about her at www.desireeadaway.com, or follow her on Twitter at @desireeadaway. 

Tracey Clark is a photographer, author, teacher, mom and founder of Shutter Sisters. She has built an entire career on her passion for stalking and framing the beauty of everyday life through her lens. Her latest book, Elevate the Everyday: a Photographic Guide to Picturing Motherhood is due out in Spring of 2012. For more about Tracey visit her website.

A promotional writer with a keen eye for words that woo, Alexandra Franzen helps righteous entrepreneurs, authors & artists break their own sound barriers, with whoa-nelly webcopy, sales page sorcery, and spooky-perfect ghostwriting. She’s been lauded as “Spock, but with a sense of humor. And better hair,” and was once pronounced “a unicorn, in human disguise.” When she’s not throwing neon-green lightning bolts during 1-on-1 VELOCITY sessions, you can find her Twittering away, sippin’ on cranberry kombucha and blogging up a storm.

Ariane Hunter is a photographer, blogger, yogi, and aspiring holistic coach. She firmly believes that everyone is uniquely beautiful and deserves to live their best life. Her motto is See Beauty… Learn more by visiting her blog and joining her on Facebook.

For Heather Plett, a day without some form of creative practice (writing, photography, painting, sewing, or even just doodling) feels like an incomplete day. She teaches workshops in writing, creativity, and leadership, and blogs regularly at www.sophialeadership.com.

Lori Portka is an art creator and love radiator. Her artwork is made with an open heart carrying the intention to spread love and healing. Lori’s designs appear on greeting cards, prints, calendars and magazines internationally, and reach other sweet souls who connect with her genuine and compassionate spirit. loriportka.com 

Cassandra Rae is a certified professional coach and therapist-in-training who loves to connect with people. She sleeps eight hours every night and still has time to exercise and journal. She has gone through some seriously hard times like domestic violence, homelessness, welfare, teenage pregnancy, and single-motherhood. And yet, she glows. How does she do it? Love. Love for herself. Love from her supportive husband. And an abundance of love from her two chihuahuas. She is here to remind you that no matter how crazy life gets there is always love for you too. www.cassandrarae.com

A graduate of California State University Chico, Kimberly has over 10 years of graphic design and illustration experience. Her resume reads like a bestseller—from being published in Logolicious, to creating a logo for the City of South San Francisco, to illustrating a Swatch watch. Her inspiration comes from her love of travel, fashion, children and animals. If one can smile with delight at her work, she feels it’s a job well done! kimberlyschwede.com 

Jessica Swift is an artist and pattern designer who is crazy-obsessed with color. Her aim? To elicit happiness, play and lightheartedness in the world through her work. She believes our childhood dreams and obsessions point directly to the work we’re meant to do as adults. jessicaswift.com 

Danielle Terrazas is a graphic designer through and through. Outside of work she loves to be creative—quilting, card-making, crafting and exploring art festivals. She also has the travel bug and enjoys exploring new places...often planning her next adventure before she’s back from the previous one! danielleterrazas.com

Michelle Ward, aka The When I Grow Up Coach, helps creative people devise the career they think they can’t have—or discover it to begin with! A certified life coach by the International Coach Academy, a musical theater actress with her BFA from NYU/Tisch, and a Corporate America escapee, Michelle has served as an expert source and contributor for such outlets as Newsweek, Forbes, and Psychology Today, as well as leading workshops and seminars at SXSW 2011 and the sold-out Etsy Success Symposium. She encourages everyone to claim their uniquity via The Declaration of You and could be found coachin’, bloggin’ & givin’ away free stuff at whenigrowupcoach.com.

Kate Watson is a professional photographer turned arts advocate. With Art Aligned, Kate has synthesized her combined experience as multi-million dollar fundraiser, nonprofit consultant and award-winning photographer into a supportive education platform for visual artists. Through consulting services, workshops and guides, Kate invites artists and photographers to tap into their true gifts, and align artistry with business savvy. You can find her online @katewatson or on Facebook.