Alt Design Summit - Speakers SLC 2013

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Danielle Krysa, The Jealous Curator

Danielle Krysa has a BFA, and a post-grad in Design. After years of looking at beautiful contemporary art and thinking "Damn, I wish I thought of that", she decided to say it out loud, and The Jealous Curator was born. She writes daily posts showcasing artwork from around the world, and is currently writing two books. The Jealous Curator has been featured by Sunset Magazine, Frankie Magazine, Apartment Therapy and Glamour Paris.
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Laurie Smithwick, LEAP Design

Laurie Smithwick is a design addict, collector of things, french fry lover, cilantro hater, neglectful writer, wannabe chef, mom of twins, happy wife, and loyal friend. By day, she’s an award-winning graphic designer who founded LEAP Design in 1998. Before that she honed her skills in the music industry where her work was nominated for a Grammy. Laurie is also a co-founder of Kirtsy, and blogs at UpsideUp. She lives in Charlotte, NC with her husband, twin daughters, three cats, and one of those pygmy frogs in a box that is apparently going to live forever.
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Merrilee Liddiard, Mer Mag

Merrilee Liddiard is the founder of Mer Mag. As an illustrator under the pen name Tuesday Mourning, Merrilee has worked for various publishers and has worked with GAP Kids, National Geographic Kids, Parent & Child magazine and Ruby Studio. Her work has been seen in Family Fun Magazine, Daily Candy, Handmade Charlotte, Apartment Therapy, Design Mom, and more. She is currently working on her first kids craft book with STC Craft, due out in 2014.
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Melissa Esplin, ISLY

Becoming the mother of a precocious little girl & cuddly baby boy, has dramatically shifted Melissa's focus. Some things, however, have remained the same: She absolutely loves being creative with graphic design, calligraphy, sewing, bookbinding, painting, decorating and anything that keeps her mind & hands busy. ISLY is Melissa's declaration to all things creative that, “I Still Love You”.
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Brittany Watson Jepsen, The House that Lars Built

Brittany Watson Jepsen is a crafter/designer/blogger/paper flower maker of The House that Lars Built, her blog and Etsy shop. She has contributed to design*sponge, Oh Happy Day, Kinfolk, Martha Stewart Craft Department and currently contributes to Brooklyn Bride and Etsy Weddings. Her work has appeared in various publications including Living, Etc., House Beautiful, Vogue.com. She is thrilled to be back in America after living in Copenhagen, Denmark for the past 2 1/2 years.
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Erica Dublin, Wayfare Magazine

Wayfare Magazine is a brand new online and print publication founded by Erica Dublin. Every element of Wayfare highlights how travel should be: motivating, accessible, and delightful. Erica is a longtime entrepreneur in digital media, a freelance journalist, and a marketing professional specializing in branded content. Erica’s work has been featured in Martha Stewart Weddings, Real Simple, Rachael Ray, Shape, Momfilter, Cookie Magazine, and Fitness Magazine.
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Erin Kennedy, My Thirty Spot

Erin Kennedy is the founder and editor of My Thirty Spot. She is a thirty-something gal sharing tips and advice for women to live the best 30-life they can. Erin took her love of writing and started a blog which has since turned into her profession. Erin currently resides with her husband and two adorable kitties in Phoenix. Her interests include dressing chic on a budget, sharing anti-aging tips, cooking, and capturing life through photography.
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Helen Jane Hearn, Helen Jane

Helen Jane Hearn is the Director of Content Operations at Federated Media. She has spoken about creativity and the Internet at SXSW, Mom 2.0, EVO and the Foodbuzz Festival. She also has contributed to Serious Eats, Amex Open Forum, Women & Co., Style United and Home Made Simple. Writing a personal blog at helenjane.com, her enthusiasm for personal publishing knows no bounds. She lives and plays in Napa Valley with her husband and two toddlers.
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Jessica Turner, The Mom Creative

Jessica Turner is wife, mom, marketing professional and founder of the lifestyle blog The Mom Creative. There she documents her pursuit of cultivating a life well-crafted, through posts mostly on parenting, memory keeping and frugal living. Jessica is also an (in)courage writer, co-host of the Bloom Book Club, a blogger for World Vision and a Big Picture Classes teacher. She and her husband Matthew live in Nashville, Tenn. with their two young children, Elias and Adeline.
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Guinevere de la Mare, Chronicle Books

Guinevere de la Mare is senior community manager at Chronicle Books. She launched the publisher's social media strategy in early 2009 and has been the online voice of the brand ever since. When she's not in San Francisco crafting visual stories on Tumblr, Pinterest, and Instagram, you can find her on the beach in Hawaii with her husband and young son. She blogs about books and art at Paper is Poetry.
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Mara Kofoed, A BLOG ABOUT LOVE

Mara Kofoed founded A BLOG ABOUT LOVE just over a year ago to help people face their challenges with life, love & relationships. She receives emails daily from all over the world from people saying that she’s helping them change their lives. She learned through her own divorce & 8 years of infertility that it was possible to still be happy, despite undesirable circumstances. She tries to help other people to do the same. She resides in Brooklyn with her husband Danny.
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Cyd Converse, The Sweetest Occasion

Cyd Converse is the founder and creative director of The Sweetest Occasion, a lifestyle and design blog where she shares her passion for all things entertaining, style and DIY with a focus on simple yet beautiful living. The Sweetest Occasion has garnered mentions by prominent publications such as BRIDES, Country Living and New York Magazine. Cyd is also a lifestyle contributor to Babble's The New Home Ec and Family Style.
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Maddie Eisenhart, Hart & Sol Photo

Maddie Eisenhart is the Managing Editor of A Practical Wedding & Reclaiming Wife and the leopard-clad half of the bi-coastal wedding photography studio Hart & Sol Photo. When not immersed in weddings, she spends most of her free time spooning her giant dog and comparing her dreamy husband to a young Paul Newman. She has never been quoted by a major media outlet, but one time she interviewed Hanson, and she's pretty sure that totally counts.
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Jennifer Cooper, Classic Play

Jennifer Cooper is like a one man band, except she doesn't play harmonica. Or kick drum. Or guitar. Actually, maybe she's nothing like a one man band. Instead, she's a blogger and entrepreneur, with a mom title thrown in for good measure. She celebrates a creative family lifestyle on her blog Classic Play and launched the micro toy company ebkrobots.com. Her digital footprint includes Apartment Therapy, Daily Candy, and Babble.
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Mariah Bruehl, Playful Learning

Mariah Bruehl is a parent, educator, and author of the book Playful Learning: Develop Your Child’s Sense of Joy and Wonder. With over 15 years’ experience working in the field of education and a Master of Science degree in Education from Bank Street College, she brought her expertise online, creating the Parents’ Choice Gold Medal award-winning Web site Playful Learning. In 2011 she launched the Playful Learning Ecademy, which takes virtual-learning experiences to a new level.
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Kirsten Grove, Simply Grove

As an Interior Stylist and an Interior Blogger for Simply Grove, Kirsten Grove most loves taking dated designs and transforming them into modern masterpieces. She has a passion for diagnosing clients design styles and giving them the tools to transform their space. Her work has been featured by Anthology Magazine, Lucky Magazine, Design* Sponge and HGTV.com, to name just a few. She also contributes to sites like 2Modern, BHG Style Spotters and Cool Mom Picks.
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Laura Lee Mattingly, Chronicle Books

Laura Lee Mattingly is a lifestyle editor at Chronicle Books, an independent publisher in San Francisco. Her title list includes Decor8blog founder Holly Becker’s Decorate, Nichole Robertson’s Paris in Color, blog-to-book sensation Dads Are the Original Hipsters, and inspiring craft titles including Stitched Gifts and 1, 2, 3 Sew. She is interested in working with first time authors and established bloggers and brands. She blogs about books and publishing at A Tad Bookish.
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Annie Selke, Fresh American

Annie Selke believes your home should make you happy. For nearly 20 years, she's been designing luxurious, livable, lovable bedding, rugs, sleepwear, and home furnishings through Pine Cone Hill, Dash & Albert Rug Company, and Annie Selke Home fabrics. The 2010 Massachusetts Small Business Person of the Year, Annie is the author of Fresh American Spaces, the founder of the popular blog Fresh American, a member of the Domino Style Council, and a media favorite.
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Emily Frame, Small Fry

Emily Frame is one-third of the children's lifestyle blog Small Fry, which launched September 2012 to rapid success. She currently works as a stylist and runs the handmade boutique, Bijou Market. She was named one of Alt's up and comers in 2012 for her blog Ruffling Feathers, which chronicles her life and having two boys 16 months apart. Saying “no” is not one of her strengths in work or life.
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Megan Gilger, The Fresh Exchange

Megan is the editor and curator behind the design and lifestyle blog, The Fresh Exchange where she shares current inspiration, recipes, and personal thoughts on her life as a creative entrepreneur in Michigan. Because of her passion for the growth of the blogging community Megan built Blog Brunch with two other partners as a place where bloggers can grow amongst one another. She also works beside her husband running their brand experience studio, Hitch Design.
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Michelle Edgemont, Michelle Edgemont

Michelle Edgemont is a wedding and event designer who specializes in quirky, modern decorations that help couples throw conventionality out the window. Her work has been featured on Brooklyn Bride, Style Me Pretty, Southern Weddings Magazine, Say Yes to Hoboken, and HGTV. She blogs for her business about life behind-the-scenes, snapshots of recent projects, and life in Brooklyn. She loves a good collaboration and has learned that the only thing holding us back is fear.
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Rachel Shingleton, Pencil Shavings Studio

Graphic designer Rachel Shingleton of Pencil Shavings Studio has never met a color she didn't love. Blogging since 2007, she added shopowner to her job description in 2011 with the launch of Pencil Shavings Studio on Etsy. Her colorful & whimsical tech accessories, home decor items, and paper goods have caught the eye of numerous publications and national retailers including The Limited. When she's not designing, she's scheming with her husband about trips to Paris.
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Kaelin Zawilinski & Joanna Linberg, BHG

Kaelin Zawilinski and Joanna Linberg met at Drake University and instantly became friends. After graduating with degrees in magazine journalism, they jumped into editor roles at BHG.com at the time, a burgeoning part of the industry. Together, they've launched Better Homes social media presence and blog initiatives, and have collaborated on countless print and digital efforts. Both are thrilled to attend and speak at Alt for the first time.
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Promise Tangeman, Promise Tangeman Creative

With a passion for marketing, a killer creative process, and even bigger hair, Promise Tangeman develops unique visual identities, websites, and other graphic elements to empower small businesses. Promise is the founder and designer at SiteHouse designs and Promise Tangeman Creative. She also founded the GO LIVE workshop, where attendees build and launch their website in 2 days flat! She resides in Phoenix Arizona with her husband Brian Wurzell and their puppy named Parker.
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Sandra Harris, Raincoast Cottage

Sandra Harris is a "recovering artist" who spent far too many years putting her creative passions on the backburner. After finally figuring out that it didn't have to be one or the other, she blogs at Raincoast Cottage where you'll find inspiration to create your art and live a creative life. Think of it as a place to hang out, get inspired and learn new ways to think about creating, whatever you make.
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Katie Anderson, Modern Eve

Katie Anderson is founder and creative director of Modern Eve, a lifestyle blog about trends in fashion and home décor. In 2012 she co-founded to & from, a holiday gift guide magazine. Katie also offers freelance social media and online marketing consulting to small businesses and lifestyle brands. She lives in Dallas, TX with her husband of five and half years and their two cats, Chloé and Goliath.
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Whitney Johnson, Whitney Johnson

Whitney Johnson is a leading thinker on driving innovation via personal disruption, the co-founder of Clayton Christensen’s investment firm, a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, and an advisor to early stage start-ups. Whitney is also the author of Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream and is listed on Inc Magazine’s 12 People to Follow on Twitter in 2012 and Business Insider’s 54 Smart Thinkers Everyone Should Follow on Twitter.
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Amanda Hill, recycledconsignanddesign.com

Amanda Hill is the owner of the hippest vintage consignment boutique in Southern Utah and the writer behind recycledconsignanddesign.com. She can also be found on the Southern Utah website Aliveutah.com posting about emerging design trends. While a wife and mother to 3 kids, Amanda still finds time to appear on the local TV program Fresh Living to discuss helpful design tips. Amanda lives by the words, good things happen to those that hustle.
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Amy Anderson, Parker Etc

Amy Anderson is the voice behind Parker Etc where she highlights her fashion escapades, design inspiration and junior varsity DIY projects. She co-founded Blog Brunch as a place for bloggers to learn and grow together. Parker Etc has been featured on Refinery 29, Vh1, Kmart Fashion, Apartment Therapy + Krrb and worked with brands like Old Navy, Brahmin, Ernest Alexander and Nordstrom. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with her darling husband.
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Jill Nystul, One Good Thing by Jillee

Jill Nystul is the creative force behind the blog One Good Thing by Jillee. She launched her site in 2011 on a simple premise – to sort through the clutter of life and share one good thing with her readers each day. She has been featured on the Huffington Post, Apartment Therapy, Bon Appetit and is a regular contributor to Do It Yourself, Viewpoints, and BonBon Break. Jill and "the hubster" have 4 kids and live outside of Park City, Utah.
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Janette Crawford, Storenvy

Janette Crawford is a writer and curator who loves good design with a good backstory. That's why she joined the founding team of Storenvy, the free store builder and marketplace for the world's most creative businesses, and why she started the ethical fashion blog Fashion Loves People in 2007. She has operated in e-commerce since then as a retailer, wholesaler and merchandiser, most recently with the online pop-up Fashion Loves Babies, inspired by her 1-year-old.
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Jenean Morrison, jeneanmorrison.net

Jenean Morrison is an artist and surface designer based in Memphis, Tennessee. Her vibrant, joyful artwork has been licensed for a wide range of products including wallpaper, rugs, scrapbook kits, and fabric. Clients include Gelaskins, Free Spirit Fabric, The Rug Market, and C.R.Gibson. She recently designed and published the Pattern and Design Coloring Book, which features 50 of her original designs for coloring.
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Jess Lively, JessLively.com

Jess Lively hails from Chicago and is on a mission to help people design lives, homes, and businesses with intention. You can find her daily on her blog, JessLively.com, writing about living authentically, being proactive, and her favorite thing of all time: decorating her home. You can also find out more about her consulting and traveling workshops on BusinessWithIntention.com.
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Tiffanie Turner, Corner Blog

Tiffanie Turner is a licensed California architect who is currently specializing in motherhood and housewifery. She writes at Corner Blog, a clearinghouse for all of the things she makes and does, hoping to provide envy-free inspiration. Projects from her blog have been featured on Design Mom, the Martha Stewart Living blog, and Apartment Therapy, among others. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.
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Lindsey Johnson, Cafe Johnsonia

Lindsey Johnson has always loved photography and food. The two successfully come together on her blog, Cafe Johnsonia where she documents all of the deliciousness that comes out of her kitchen. Lindsey has been a regular contributor on numerous websites and blogs, including Design Mom, where she writes the Secrets To Living Well column. Her recipes and photography have also been featured on television, newspapers and magazines in Utah where Lindsey lives with her husband and three children.
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Michelle Hunt, Twig

Michelle Hunt is a mom to Shirley Temple's twin by day and a small business owner, alongside her husband Steve, by night. Steve & Michelle run Twig, a creative online boutique that specializes in childrens' toys and furniture design. They are best known for their wooden toys that mimic many of today's popular tech devices. This year they were named one of Babble's Top 50 Etsy Parents and are passionate about the handmade community.
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Miya Hirabayashi & Elisabeth Thurston Fraser, YOU + ME

Miya Hirabayashi and Elisabeth Thurston Fraser are the co-founders of The Equals Project. We encourage people to connect to the varied and interesting things women of different backgrounds, in different circumstances, and living different lifestyles think about, do, make, and discuss. Our online project, The Equals Record, is a collection of narrative nonfiction, essays, stories, and photography from women across the world. We live 2,911 miles apart but try to live like we're right next door.
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Morgan Shanahan, The818.com

Morgan Shanahan is a professional lifestyle blogger and screenwriter living in Los Angeles‚ San Fernando Valley (aka The818) with her toddler daughter, dashing hubby, and farting trio of dogs. In addition to over-sharing her personal life (complete with curse words) on The818.com, Morgan is BlogHer's Entertainment Editor and a Babble Voices columnist. She also tweets, pins and instagrams like a boss.
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Piper Toth, One Sydney Road

Piper Toth happily took the leap, left the corporate world and hasn't looked back! She founded one sydney road, first as a blog, turned it into an online boutique, then added in her wanderlust to create city-based online pop-up shops. She has now turned her efforts over to helping creative entrepreneurs, artists & aspiring shop owners, do the same. Piper's work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Martha Stewart online, DailyCandy, Anthology & Rue magazine.
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Ruth Harding, A House in Holland

Ruth Harding is a freelance writer and virtual assistant who works behind the scenes of several blogs creating graphics, researching, ghostwriting, and anything else her clients need. She blogs for fun at A House in Holland and for hire at Windmill Words. Ruth loves having a job that lets her look at pretty houses all day in her pajamas. She lives in Northern California with a husband, three children, and a very happy dog.
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Amy Turn Sharp

Amy's a poet working on a 365 Poetry project and trying to bring poetry back to the people. She's been featured on NPR and writes for publications like Ladies' Home Journal and numerous blogs. She and her husband started the popular toy line, Little Alouette. The brand has been featured on The Today Show, in Martha Stewart magazine and Apartment Therapy, among others. She likes martinis, radishes and being the queen mother of her little boys.
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Carrie Kiefer, Ampersand Design Studio

Carrie Kiefer of Ampersand Design Studio creates patterns and graphic design along with biz partner, Morgan Georgie in Kansas City. After a decade designing for Hallmark Cards, Carrie left her corporate job to live her dream of running a creative business. Ampersand's signature style, lifestyle blog, and colorful shop have earned recognition by numerous sites and publications including AIGA, Design*Sponge, HGTV and Real Simple. Their work has been produced on everything from textiles to stationery.
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Morgan Georgie, Ampersand Design Studio

Morgan Georgie of Ampersand Design Studio is one half of the duo behind Ampersand, a pattern & graphic design studio, etsy shop and lifestyle blog, After holding varying positions at Hallmark Cards including Designer, Art Director and Creative Strategist, Morgan joined forces with Carrie Kiefer to launch Ampersand DesignStudio in 2009. Ampersand's signature bold designs have appeared on textiles, paper goods, home decor, and fashion and been recognized by HGTV, Real Simple, Apartment Therapy, Design*Sponge and Print Magazine.
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Melanie Biehle, Inward Facing Girl

Melanie Biehle is the creator of Inward Facing Girl, where she blogs about contemporary art, design, photography, and life in Seattle with her husband and son. She offers social media and branding consultations, graphic design services, and coaching at genuineMIX. Melanie has a Masters degree in psychology and 15 years of marketing, project management, and research experience. She's worked with major motion picture studios including Paramount and Warner Bros., and technology leaders like Microsoft.
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Lauren McGrath,

Lauren McGrath is the Development Coordinator for Scripps Networks Interactive. Within her role, Lauren is responsible for identifying and developing new talent for Scripps' upcoming lifestyle video portal site as well as working with top production companies to develop entertaining and innovative show concepts for the site. Previously, Lauren spent two years in the Alternative Television department at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), where she specialized in news and lifestyle clients and honed her eye for spotting promising talent.
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Vivian Mansour, ish and chi

Vivian Mansour lives in Sydney and is the founder of ish and chi, a design blog about sharing the creative journey of turning a house into a home. She is studying her final year of Interior Design and Decoration and shares her personal and client design projects with her readers. Vivian's work has been featured both locally and internationally including Real Living magazine, Adore Home and Apartment Therapy and she was names as one of Kidspot's Top 50 Bloggers in 2012.
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Angelin Borsics, Potter Style

Angelin Borsics is an Associate Editor at Potter Style, an imprint of the Crown division at Random House, where she focuses on decorating/design, gardening, personal style, beauty, and gift books. Her authors include DwellStudio founder Christiane Lemieux; actor and designer Bryan Batt; stylist, photographer, and creator of the acclaimed Sunday Suppers classes Karen Mordechai; Peak of Chic blogger and House Beautiful contributor Jennifer Boles; and AphroChic blogger and innovative textile designer Jeanine Hayes; among others.
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Christine Castro Hughes, Darling Studio

Christine Castro Hughes delights in color, simplicity, and a good cup of coffee. The designer and writer founded Darling Studio in 2005 to bring smart, beautiful design to small businesses and boutiques. Christine has chronicled her life online for over 12 years, first on Webby-nominated maganda.org and now on Brunch. She works and plays in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.
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Helena Swyter, SweeterCPA

A licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with her Masters in Taxation from the University of Illinois, Helena Swyter helps people turn their passions into careers. After seven years with Deloitte, Helena formed SweeterCPA - a company dedicated to providing tax, accounting, and business advisory services to creative entrepreneurs and independent small businesses. Helena handles the finances, allowing her clients to focus on following their dreams. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two cats.
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Emily Meyer, Tea Collection

Emily Meyer is co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Tea Collection, a globally-inspired children's apparel company based in San Francisco that has been on Inc's list of the fastest growing companies in the US for 5 straight years. She loves traveling abroad with her team to discover inspiration for the next collection, and is animated by the thought of little citizens exploring the world through Tea's fashions. In her spare time, she adores laughing with her two children, daydreams about interiors and landscaping, and indulges in a Pinterest addiction on her iPhone.
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Katy Carrier, Law for Creatives

Katy Carrier is an attorney specializing in services for creative professionals. Formerly a professional wedding planner and graphic designer, Katy has parlayed her knowledge of creative business entrepreneurship into a number of law-related ventures aiming to educate creative people about building sound businesses. Katy is the founder of Law for Creatives, a website offering contract templates and educational information, as well as Carrier & Associates, a law practice catering to creative businesses.
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Ashley Rose, Sugar & Cloth

Ashley Rose is the writer and creator of Sugar & Cloth, a blog full of DIY's, desserts, and all of the pretty things in between. She began blogging in 2011 after a cross-country move to the busy city of Houston as a newlywed, and has since been featured on sites such as Martha Stewart Living, The Huffington Post, and WIRED to name a few. When she's not crafting, she's scouring town for macrons and coffee.
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Marigold Haske, Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky!

Marigold Haske is the designer, sewist, and author behind the craft blog Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky! where she offers practical creations for the domestic lifestyle that always carry a quirky and fun twist. Chock-full of tutorials, inspiration, sew-alongs and irreverent humor for the DIY mama, Marigold writes for an ever-growing community of artful souls who embrace the handmade life. She lives the good life in Southern California with her charming husband and their two sons.
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Mark Clark,

Mark is an internet attorney with over 23 years of experience and works in areas of copyright and online defamation at Traverse Legal PLC. Mark enjoys the futile effort at attempting to keep pace with his three teenage boys, 18,17, and 15 and their energetic mother. They all enjoy sailing, snowboarding, kiteboarding and fun outdoors in general.
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Amanda Schreyer, Fierst, Kane & Bloomberg LLP

Amanda Schreyer is an intellectual property and media attorney representing bloggers and other creative people and their businesses. She provides a wide range of legal services related to online and offline endeavors, including contract negotiations, copyright and trademark protection, and general business advice. When she’s not working or reading blogs, Amanda spends time playing with her 2-year-old daughter or trying to recreate craft projects from Pinterest.
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Dan M Brown, Proven Strategies Consulting

Dan earned his accounting degree at Texas and his MBA at Colorado. He has extensive business experience both in the corporate world and as an entrepreneur, founding Proven Strategies Consulting in 2003. Dan considers himself a client’s silent partner, providing accounting, tax and consulting services needed to run their business successfully. Dan lives in Colorado with his wife and has 6 daughters.
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Doug Solstad, HintonBurdick CPAs & Advisors

Doug Solstad, CPA has been the tax preparer and advisor for Altitude Summit since inception. He is a Senior Manager who has specialized in tax and business consulting for over ten years at HintonBurdick CPAs & Advisors, the largest Utah-based CPA firm. He serves as Chairman of the Board for the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce and is on the board of directors for the Washington County School District Foundation.
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Naoise McNally, One Fab Day

Naoise is the co-founder and managing editor of One Fab Day. She started her career at Ireland's best known website, Daft.ie, when it was just a start-up. Over the course of one year she helped build it to become one of the most successful online companies in Ireland. Since then as Digital Project Manager, she has led on a number of high-profile projects including an online system for volunteer management and a national campaign to educate the Irish people about economic information.

Alt SLC 2013 Speakers