Melinda Emerson, Executive Business Advisor
Melinda Emerson, is the Author of Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business That Works and was recently voted by FORTUNE as the #1 small business expert to follow on Twitter. Melinda has lectured on small business at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and for clients including: IKEA, Verizon, GlaxoSmithKline and her expertise has also been featured on the NBC Nightly News, in the Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report and in Black Enterprise Magazine. As Executive Business Advisor, Melinda provides one-on-one business coaching and counsel to optimize processes, disciplines, and strategies necessary for enabling the sustained growth and operational excellence of the company.
Terri Holley, Advisor, Social Media & Marketing
Terri Holley is the CEO and principal of Creative Blog Solutions, a boutique social marketing firm that works with small businesses who understand the value of leveraging emerging technology to build deeper relationships with prospects, customers and constituents. A thought leader and expert in her field, Terri is a contributor to Women Grow Business, recently recognized by Forbes magazine as one the best marketing and social media blogs written by women and host of the Social Media Voices Project. Terri personally instructed Christopher in his first (of many) social media classes, supported the launch of the company, and continues to play a leading role in managing the company’s integrated social media business capabilities.
Professor Gilbert A. Holmes, Personal Advisor
Gilbert A. Holmes is a Professor of Law on the faculty of the University of Baltimore School of Law and served as Dean until 2007. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association, and the Association of American Law Schools. He is admitted to practice in New York and before the United States District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Gil has been a personal advisor to Christopher Bell, III for several years and remains a trusted, confidential, personal friend and source of wise counsel.