Michelle Rago Destinations have produced and designed events as far-flung as New Delhi and Cote d’Azur and, of course, from coast to coast on the continental United States. Michelle’s greatest strength lies in interpreting her client’s preferences and translating them into a well-planned and well-designed affair.

Danielle Arlowe is a lawyer and lobbyist for the consumer credit industry by day but she is likely best known as the co-host of our hilarious and very important podcast: Hyperbole: The Best Podcast Ever, found wherever you get your podcasts. Her true passions include: voting rights, pop culture, and reality TV. With a heavy emphasis on reality TV.

Sandra Felemovicius, a contemporary abstract artist, is the host of “Tap Into Your Creativity” on Instagram. She stated her IGTV series in March and to date, has raised almost $20,000 to help combat hunger in America through the sale of art by the “army of artists” she interviews on her segment. You can find Sandra’s work online at @sandrafeleart.

An award-winning creative director and designer, Mary Deelsnyder is the new creative force and owner of Printerette Press. A veteran of the retail industry, Mary has designed for some of the world’s most beloved brands, and is thrilled to be back at it in the world of small business ownership.

Randy Ferguson started his side hustle, RandyPie, after his friends and family wouldn’t stop asking him to make pies. Now people can custom order his cheeky-message masterpieces for pickup or delivery around the Twin Cities with just a few days’ notice.

LaToya Jones Burrell, JD, MBA serves as Dean of Graduate Education and Accreditation at North Central University. Her career has included practicing law and teaching and leading in higher education. She is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and Minnesota and her practice areas have focused on bankruptcy, mass torts, complex litigation and business consulting.

At North Central University she has taught several courses including business law and Christian leadership & ethics. She also teaches oral advocacy and serves as the coach for the American Mock Trial Association’s (AMTA) NCU Mock Trial Team. She has a passion for teaching, leading, mentoring, and coaching others and sincerely believes that leadership and success start with truly understanding who we are and who we belong to. She also serves as a Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Peer Reviewer, the NCU’s Higher Learning Commission Academic Liaison Officer (ALO), and has served as a Title IX adjudicator.

She has a passion for social justice and her research and writing interests have included Americans with disability law, leadership, ethics, and higher ed law. She recently wrote a book on racial reconciliation,

Be Bold: How to Prepare Your Heart and Mind for Racial Reconciliation, which was officially released on November 1, 2020. She also launched a series of videos on her YouTube channel called the Listen & Learn series. Both her book and the Listen & Learn series were inspired after the tragic death of George Floyd.

She believes that when true exploration of self and healing begin, we can all boldly walk into our purposes.

Emily Mauter is an Event Planner, a Fundraising Strategy Consultant, a results-oriented change agent, and a spreadsheet whisperer (aka, a data whiz ;-). Emily has over 15 years of nonprofit experience, in both large organizations with national presence and in local grassroots organizations. Emily’s professional passion lies at the nexus of strategic planning, logistics, fundraising, and hospitality. Outside of work, Emily loves the Enneagram, always has a recommendation for a good TV show, and likes to win at trivia.

Judy Herman is a cottage food producer and owner of Totally Twisted.

Made to order handmade baked goods out of her home in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Kate Gorton is a queer activist and writer whom you might know as "The Girl with a Microphone." During the final months of the presidential election cycle, videos of Kate's "microphone drive-by's" at Trump rallies took TikTok by storm. Since reaching her 15 minutes of fame, Kate has used her platform to raise over $20,000 for progressive causes like Black Lives Matter, Black Voters Matter, Swing Left, and When We All Vote. Her most recent fundraiser alone, an online auction for the Georgia Senate runoffs, raised $10,000. When she isn't raising money for good causes, she's a published author of short stories who's working on her first novel.

Aaron Jackendoff is an out-of-the-box, passionate and creative thinker combining his passion for problem solving and innovation as an industrial designer and entrepreneur with my drive to seek out a holistic vision as a photographer. With a background as the founder and conference chair of Thought @ Work, an industrial design conference, and the lead implementer of an international design research center, Jackendoff has become well versed in developing and managing strategic partnerships as well as leading cross functional teams.

Adam Gladue, AIFD, is a second-generation, Minneapolis-based floral designer, most recently noted as a contestant on HBO Max’s new flower design competition series, “Full Bloom”.

Currently designing with Arts & Flowers Design Studio in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, Adam’s creative range encompasses all areas of floral design; including high-end retail and events, editorial, floral couture, professional education and hands-on design classes.

Until 2015, Adam’s creative passions led him to life in the culinary industry, where he became a chef, trained at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley. After reacquainting himself with his roots in floral design, Adam attended floristry school in Minneapolis to continue on in his mother’s footsteps. It was there where Adam realized the many similarities between the culinary and floral arts and traded in his chef’s knife for his florist’s knife.

Though a “classically trained” botanical artist, Adam finds inspiration within the drag/burlesque communities and the use of unconventional materials. It’s his current mission to strike the balance between old school and new age design, while living out his most authentic self as a millennial artist.