Liz Della Croce is the creator and author of The Lemon Bowl®, a healthy food and travel blog. Since 2010, Liz has grown a loyal following of health-conscious readers from all over the world. Focusing on seasonal ingredients and whole foods, her collection of recipes is inspired by ethnic flavors from around the globe and the Lebanese dishes of her childhood.

Liz has appeared live on the TODAY Show and tapes regular cooking segments on her local NBC affiliate station.  Liz appeared on the cover of Woman’s World and has been featured in various national publications including Good Housekeeping Magazine, Real Simple Magazine, Shape Magazine, Food Network blog, Fitness Magazine, The Cooking Channel, TODAY Food and more. 

Through healthy eating and regular exercise, Liz achieved long term weight loss success and has a passion for helping others reach similar goals. In 2013, Liz launched Healthy Habits, a feature on The Lemon Bowl where her loyal readers and growing audience can find practical advice, resources and information on creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Liz graduated from Boston University with a degree in Hospitality Administration and a minor in Marketing Management. She and her husband reside in East Grand Rapids, MI along with their two young boys ages 5 and 7.

Connect with Liz directly on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest or via email: Liz@thelemonbowl.com

Shishir Malani is a Web Ecosystem Consultant at Google where he works on technologies that help modernize the web. He has most recently been involved in the Web Stories project where he collaborates closely with publishers and creators. Shishir, using modern tools, enables his partners to craft visually compelling and narrative driven stories.

 Shishir has over 13 years of experience in the technology industry and holds a Masters in Science from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from UC Berkeley.

Dr. Marie Haynes is known as a leader in the field of SEO, especially when it comes to understanding Google penalties, Google algorithm updates, Google’s Quality Raters’ Guidelines and E-A-T (Expertise, Authoritativeness and Trustworthiness). Her company, MHC is a group of intelligent and inquisitive SEO’s who work hard to determine what Google values and translate that into actionable advice for their clients.

Aleka is the founder of the food blog ‘Aleka’s Get-Together’. She has a Master’s Degree in Teaching, Learning and Curriculum from Drexel University and has been teaching for 10+ years. After researching keywords ineffectively for over two years, she finally figured out how to find the right keywords that allowed her to rank on the first page of Google tripling her organic search traffic in under four months. Aleka then took her expertise as both a food blogger and teacher to create ‘Cooking With Keywords’, a keyword research course dedicated to food blogging. Since then, she has recently retired from teaching to run her blog and keyword coaching businesses full-time.

Arsen Rabinovich is a Digital Marketer, SEO, Internationa Speaker, and the founder and managing partner of TopHatRank, an award-winning SEO agency that specializes in delivering measurable results without all the unnecessary fluff.

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Andrew Wilder is the founder of NerdPress, a digital agency that provides WordPress maintenance and support services for publishers and small businesses, placing an emphasis on site speed, stability, and security. He has been building, fixing, and maintaining websites since 1998, and has spoken on a wide variety of technical topics (in plain English!) at conferences such as WordCamp LAX, the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Food & Wine, Techmunch, BlogHer, BlogHer Food, and Mediavine.

Skylar brings a decade of marketing and web development for food and beverage brands to Feast – helping food bloggers implement best practices and focus on blogging rather than the technical aspects of running a food blog.

Keila Hill-Trawick is the Founder + Principal of Little Fish Accounting, a boutique CPA firm dedicated to the accounting and tax needs of service providers and small online business owners. Little Fish Accounting was born out of the desire to create a safe space for entrepreneurs that are often overlooked by larger accounting firms. After over a decade of experience in the government and private sector, she decided to apply her accounting expertise to advise small businesses in reaching their financial goals.

Little Fish believes in partnership, and the power of using financials to help entrepreneurs create the business of their dreams. Her firm aims to guide business owners who want hands-on assistance with visioning and mapping, beginning with the accurate foundational numbers to determine next steps.

In addition to her full-time work with Little Fish, she is co-founder of Accountants of Color, a safe space for Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) accountants to engage, grow, and build their firms. Keila also donates time and support to various charitable organizations, including service on the boards of Brown Girls Do, Inc and All-Options.

Abbey Rodriguez is the founder of Tastemaker Conference, and The Butter Half, a food blog that combines gluten-free recipes, herbal cooking, and holistic nutrition and wellness education for the whole family. After three years of growing her community online, she was inspired to create a real-life community where other creators could come together. Tastemaker Conference was born in 2017 out of this mission to empower bloggers and influencers to build sustainable businesses and relationships through food.

Abbey has worked with dozens of brands and organizations, providing recipe development, food photography, and influencer marketing consulting. She has also been published in The Huffington Post, eHow, and Shape Magazine, to name a few. A graduate of the Green Comfort School of Herbal Medicine, Abbey is a certified herbalist and holistic nutritionist, and is the coauthor of a forthcoming cookbook on herbal wellness, Root & Nourish.

Abbey resides in the D.C. metropolitan area, with her husband and three boys.

Chandice Probst is the bubbly personality behind This Vivacious Life. She is a food and entertaining blogger and the co-author of Gluten-Free on a Budget. Chandice’s work has been featured in print and online industry publications, most notably Mingle Magazine, Women’s World, and Kara’s Party Ideas. As someone with celiac disease and a degree in health science, she has led the charge in hosting celiac awareness nights with MLB and NBA teams around the nation raising money for research. While she loves to cook and entertain, Chandice loves being a wife and mother most.

Learn more about Chandice at This Vivacious Life.

LaKita Anderson is the chief content creator of Simply LaKita (simplylakita.com), a food blog that shares simple weekly recipes with a modern twist on comfort food. She began blogging as a way to share her family recipes and love of food photography. What began as a creative hobby, developed into a small business and she was able to grow her creative passion into a six-figure business and leave her corporate career in 2016. Since then she has partnered with major brands such as Target, Instant Home, and Colgate.

Chelsea Cole is the blogger behind A Duck’s Oven, founder of the Cookbook Lab, and a former marketing director turned full time food blogger from Portland, Oregon. She self-published her first cookbook all about sous vide cooking in 2018 and is working on her second to come out later this year. You can find her at aducksoven.com and @aducksoven.

Liz Marek is an award-winning cake decorator, author, founder, and CEO of Sugar Geek Show. Liz is well-known for teaching the science behind baking, cake decorating, and creating gravity-defying 3D cakes. 

Dan Marek is the Chief Architect and co-founder of Sugar Geek Show. Dan was one of the first people to create an online membership site centered around unlimited cake decorating tutorials combined with free YouTube content and blog content. Dan is also passionate about coding, SEO, UX, and data analytics. 

Barbara Hobart is a television writer/producer and has invented a wide range of products through her company HomePlates Worldwide. From the first UK decorative light switchcover which required no rewiring to the lightweight, waterproof, and stain resistant brand known as Best Ever Backdrops. Her specialty is working with businesses to identify, create, source, and manufacture custom products to build brand awareness and generate revenue.

Eva Kosmas Flores is an educator, author, blogger, and photographer based in Portland, Oregon. She’s helped thousands of creatives grow their visual skillsets + creative businesses through her online courses, in-person workshops, and signature Creative Business School program. She’s also an avid gardener, beekeeper, and is currently rehabilitating 29 acres of clear-cut forest in the Columbia River Gorge. You can learn more about Eva + her upcoming classes at evakosmasflores.com.

Jason Logsdon is a best selling author, public speaker and passionate home cook who loves to try new things, exploring everything from sous vide and whipping siphons to blow torches, foams, spheres and infusions. He has published 15 cookbooks which have sold more than 60,000 copies. He runs AmazingFoodMadeEasy.com, one of the largest sous vide and modernist cooking websites, MakeThatBacon.com, a website dedicated to helping bloggers succeed, and is the president of the International Sous Vide Association. He has been blogging for over a decade and making his living full time as a blogger for the last 6 years.

Rose attended Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, before deciding to pursue a less traditional path. She started her own blog in 2012 and became a Mediavine publisher in 2017. She immediately fell in love with the company and decided to join the Mediavine team as a Support Specialist in early 2018. Rose lives in Minnesota (by way of New York and a brief detour in Oregon) with her husband Andrew, their rescue pittie Thomas, and cats Charlie and Hela.

Abbey Rodriguez is the founder of Tastemaker Conference, and The Butter Half, a food blog that combines gluten-free recipes, herbal cooking, and holistic nutrition and wellness education for the whole family. After three years of growing her community online, she was inspired to create a real-life community where other creators could come together. Tastemaker Conference was born in 2017 out of this mission to empower bloggers and influencers to build sustainable businesses and relationships through food.

Abbey has worked with dozens of brands and organizations, providing recipe development, food photography, and influencer marketing consulting. She has also been published in The Huffington Post, eHow, and Shape Magazine, to name a few. A graduate of the Green Comfort School of Herbal Medicine, Abbey is a certified herbalist and holistic nutritionist, and is the coauthor of a forthcoming cookbook on herbal wellness, Root & Nourish.

Abbey resides in the D.C. metropolitan area, with her husband and three boys.

Chandice Probst is the bubbly personality behind This Vivacious Life. She is a food and entertaining blogger and the co-author of Gluten-Free on a Budget. Chandice’s work has been featured in print and online industry publications, most notably Mingle Magazine, Women’s World, and Kara’s Party Ideas. As someone with celiac disease and a degree in health science, she has led the charge in hosting celiac awareness nights with MLB and NBA teams around the nation raising money for research. While she loves to cook and entertain, Chandice loves being a wife and mother most.

Learn more about Chandice at This Vivacious Life.

Leslie Jackson is the Operations Manager at Tastemaker Conference. She has over 6 years experience in planning and organizing dozens of community, corporate, and influencer events.  In 2018, she successfully managed a campaign for a seat in the Utah House of Representatives. She’s happily married to her husband of 10 years and a mom to three. During her free time she enjoys cooking and experimenting with new flavors in the kitchen.

Learn more about Susie at Hey Grill Hey.

Erin is the author and photographer behind the blog Meaningful Eats. Erin is passionate about creating and sharing healthy, family-friendly gluten-free recipes. Erin holds a bachelor’s degree in food science from BYU and a master’s degree in nutrition from University of Utah. She resides in in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband and three children.

Learn more about Erin at Meaningful Eats.