Chef Evelyn Williams is a Culinary Consultant who is on a mission to help women live, cook, and work on their own terms! Through her career, Evelyn has worked as a personal chef, caterer, cooking school manager, culinary instructor, executive chef, pastry chef, food blogger, and brand ambassador. She has assisted various celebrity chefs such as Oprah’s private chef Art Smith, Martin Yan of Yan Can Cook, and Food Network’s Guy Fieri. Evelyn has also cooked for Grammy Award winner Sheryl Crow, Food Network’s Giada DeLaurentis, author & pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts, and NYT best-selling author, producer, and mega-church pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes.

Evelyn is a cookbook author, host of the Eat Out at Home podcast, and creator of several web-based video series. She currently spends her time conducting online cooking classes and workshops, and consults with corporate professionals who are transitioning into culinary entrepreneurship through her Chef’s Table Academy Consulting Program. Evelyn is also the founder of FunFoodShirts.com, an eCommerce site that offers Apparel for Every Appetite.

Chef Evelyn is a graduate of the International Culinary Schools at the Art Institute of Dallas, where she graduated with honors in Baking & Pastry as well as Culinary Arts. She also holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical & Environmental Engineering from Tuskegee University. When Evelyn is not cooking or consulting, she spends her time teaching entrepreneurs, creatives, and influencers how to prioritize their self-care.

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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.

Charity is an author, speaker, and mediocre golfer.  Canadian by birth, German by work ethic, American by citizenship, and French by her love of pastries, Charity has shared her messages with thousands of people all over the globe. She has a passion for life, wellness, business, and of course food! She is eager to share the lessons she has learned as a mother, entrepreneur, CEO, widow, and recent newlywed. Charity combines a business degree, a graduate degree and over 15 years of experience engaging audiences across every sector.  Charity is an expert on fortitude and her obsession is teaching others to embrace change, create growth, and live a life of passion and purpose. 

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.

Megan Porta is the content creator behind the decade-old food blog Pip and Ebby. A serious love for food bloggers combined with a strong desire to watch entrepreneurs succeed and an obsession with time management, productivity and self care prompted her to start Eat Blog Talk (a podcast and community for food bloggers). In every area of her business, she loves bringing people together, helping them achieve big dreams and also making lasting connections and friendships.

Britney Breaks Bread began with a passion for food and travel! After taking a cooking class in Bali, I realized that I could bring a piece of my travels home with me. So, I began developing recipes, allowing my adventures to guide my inspiration and my work in the kitchen. My recipes are a fun mix of just about everything. From quick recipes including sweet and savory dishes. Then all the way to decadent desserts, you’ll be sure to find something that piques your fancy!

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.

Kimberly Holland is a senior editor for Allrecipes.com. Previously, she was the editor of CookingLight.com and a writer for Southern Living, Real Simple, EatingWell, MyRecipes, and many more. Beyond her passion for food and kitchen appliances, Kimberly enjoys being years behind on all the Netflix hits, and she spends entirely too much time sorting the books she’ll buy next in her Amazon Wish List.

Nichole Aksamit (AX-uh-mitt) is the editor in chief of Allrecipes magazine. She has been
with Allrecipes since the magazine launched in 2013, serving as senior editor and
executive editor before taking the helm in February. Prior to that, she developed and
edited cookbooks for Southern Living and other brands at Time Inc.’s Oxmoor House
book division in Birmingham, Alabama, and worked as a newspaper reporter for more
than a decade, including four years as the restaurant critic and food writer
for The Omaha World-Herald. 

A native of Minnesota and a lifelong cook, Nichole grew up on a farm in west-central
Minnesota, earned a dual degree in English and Mass Communications from Minnesota
State University Moorhead, and studied and taught culinary arts at the Institute for the
Culinary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska.

These days, she lives in Des Moines, Iowa, where she has been working remotely from
home since last March, along with her husband and their precocious cats, Lucy and Joey.
She loves rhubarb more than most and cheese more than a person probably ought
to. 

Nichole also serves as president of the Greater Des Moines chapter of Les Dames
d’Escoffier International (LDEI)—a nonprofit that uplifts women in the food, beverage,
and hospitality industries and supports sustainable food systems and nutritious food for
all.

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.

Madi attendee Utah Valley University and got her Bachelor’s degree in Communications with an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism. During college she interned on a local morning show, Good Things Utah. After college she decided to take a different career path than what she originally planned and was a clerk in the Juvenile Court. She loved seeing how the justice system can help troubled youth and children in need.

Madi is obsessed with food, good TV, Her husband, and most of all, her baby Indy. You can follow Madi on Instagram, @madichris_

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.