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Hugh McTavish is the founder and Executive Director of COVID Sanity (COVID-Sanity.org). He is a Ph.D. biochemist and immunologist and also a patent attorney. He has authored 18 refereed sci-entific journal articles and is the inventor on 21 U.S. patents. He has started two pharmaceutical companies off of his own inventions—IGF Oncology, LLC, for a targeted drug for cancer, and Squarex, LLC, for a treatment that prevents cold sores or oral herpes virus outbreaks. So Hugh has a history of taking personal adversity and turning it into a positive. He did it again with the #COVID lockdowns. When COVID lockdowns started, Hugh says he lost his entire social life because Tim Walz ordered his church and his health club closed. It threw him, like 63 million other Americans, into depression. But it also energized him to fight back—not only for himself but also for everyone else whose lives were deemed unimportant by Tim Walz and Antony Fauci with the lockdowns. He started a nonprofit, COVID-Sanity.org. He started writing against the lockdowns within days of their being implemented, predicting that the harms of the lockdowns, even in deaths caused (due to increased suicides and drug overdoses and increased cancer deaths) versus those prevented, would be vastly greater than the benefits. He has been proven right. Hugh McTavish is running for #Governor of Minnesota to implement the idea of Jury #Democracy and give power to all of us. www.mctavish4mn.org/ Intro music: High Life Richard Smithson

Stephen Willeford represents the Gun Owners of America and is known around the country as the “good guy with the gun” for helping stop the largest Texas mass shooting in the history of the state in 2017. He is available to speak about all 2nd Amendment issues, as well as the importance of the Gun Owners of America. https://thebarefootdefender.com/ Gun Owners of America at https://www.gunowners.org/ Intro music: High Life Richard Smithson

Anastasia Violet Lipske knows what it takes to book speakers. As the founder of Access Speakers, a full-service speaker, and podcast guesting agency, she has booked 1,500+ engagements for her clients. Anastasia speaks the language of speaker chairs, event planners, and podcast hosts who seek great speakers and podcast guests for their meetings and shows. Additionally, her unique skills help business owners brand themselves as speakers, spread their message, and attract clients. As a co-author of the book, Business Success with Ease, Anastasia emphasizes how to use speaker branding to generate influence, awareness, and clients! Her readers learn strategies of public speaking and podcast guesting as effective marketing tools. Anastasia motivates audiences with her energetic personality and passion for the speaking industry. She inspires business owners to use one of the most powerful tools in existence…the voice! AccessSpeakers.biz Anastasia is offering a gift to our Savvy audience, her e-book "Build Your Public Speaking Business with Ease…Generate Influence, Awareness, and Clients!" Get your FREE copy here: https://accessspeakers.biz/Thankyou/

For over 35 years, Tim Redmond has been growing highly successful businesses including his work at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, growing a software company from 2 to 400 employees then selling it to Intuit, Inc., and helping thousands of business owners gain time and financial freedom. Tim is also an author and speaker throughout the world whose leadership maxims have been featured in John Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Tim also runs a non-profit, Redmond Leadership Institute, that trains pastors, business leaders, and government officials in developing countries. Tim works with all kinds of business owners with a variety of beliefs. For those who request it, he provides a Biblical framework around every Growth Principle he implements. Tim is madly in love with his hot wife Sandy and his 4 above average children. He is a wicked harmonica player. Tim also loves reading, playing tennis and chasing his wife around beautiful resorts. www.redmondgrowth.com Check out other amazing Savvy guests at: https://savvybusinessradio.com/

Via her digital-marketing agency, Bianca B. King has served hundreds of entrepreneurs since 2008. She has helped her clients achieve a combined revenue of over $275 million and counting. She is also the founder of Pretty Damn Ambitious, an exclusive collective for premier coaches and course creators. http://seven5seven3marketing.com/ This February 2022 Bianca started an all-new exclusive business community for women, Pretty Damn Ambitious (PDA). Founded by entrepreneur, Bianca B. King, this community matches the best women course creators and coaches with women who want to amplify and honor their ambitions through self-development. PDA’s mission is to help one million women (coaches and clients) by 2030 to go after their wildest dreams with the full support and resources of the PDA community. https://www.prettydamnambitious.com/ Check out other amazing Savvy guests at: https://savvybusinessradio.com/

Susan MacKenty Brady is the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Chair for Women and Leadership at Simmons University and the first Chief Executive Officer of The Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership. www.inclusiveleadership.com. The Institute develops the mindset and skills of leaders at all stages of life so they can foster gender parity and cultures of inclusion. As a relationship expert, leadership wellbeing coach, author, and speaker, Susan educates leaders and executives globally on fostering self-awareness for optimal leadership. Susan advises executive teams on how to work together effectively and create inclusion and gender parity in organizations. She is passionate about working with women at all levels of organizational leadership to fully realize—and manifest—their leadership potential. In her upcoming new book, Arrive & Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership, Susan inspires women in leadership who have made the brave choice to go for it to strive for a top job to make an even bigger impact, and to lead by example with courage and purpose. She believes the biggest obstacle to thriving at the top is ignoring your own wellbeing. She encourages you to do the individual work first—self-awareness, self-management, self-leadership—before you can truly inspire others and foster cultures of belonging and inclusion. www.ArriveAndThrive.com Check out other amazing Savvy guests at: https://savvybusinessradio.com/

Nicole Spracale joined the team at Thrivacy as the Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder where she is able to do the work she loves and is most passionate about - creating and implementing processes and programs that will help both the company and its amazing talent grow and be successful while being purposeful and leading from the heart. Nicole completed her MBA at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Over her career, she has led people, operations, and marketing teams and co-founded several ventures with other partners. Her biggest passion is helping to build systems and processes that are people-focused to drive scale and efficiency. Nicole is often sought after as a speaker and facilitator on culture, purpose, and team-building. https://www.thrivacy.io/ Check out other amazing Savvy guests at: savvybroadcasting.com

Sallie Wagner (Intentional Life Coaching) – speaker, author, lawyer, real estate broker, and Life Alchemist! Sallie employs EFT, NLP, and trauma-aware modalities, so her coaching clients launch into action for rapid, concrete results, as they ditch unwanted habits, behaviors, fears, phobias, limiting beliefs, and decisions. Sallie spent the majority of her law career in the corporate world. She currently provides broker and contract compliance services to real estate brokerages throughout Florida. She also owns and operates a real estate school. Sallie also hosts a podcast titled High Frequency Mindset SallieWagner.com

Jackie Reses is the Chief Executive Officer of Luna Financial Group, a fintech building banking-related financial infrastructure for tech and crypto companies and the Chair of the Economic Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Previously, she was the Executive Chairperson of Square Financial Services and Capital Lead and Head of the People Team at Square. She has been named one of Forbes “Self Made Women,” Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business” and American Banker’s “Most Powerful Woman in Finance.” She has held leadership positions at Yahoo! and was a Partner at Apax Partners Worldwide, one of the largest private equity firms in the world. Reses serves on the board of directors of Endeavor, Affirm, and Nubank. Lauren Weinberg is the Chief Marketing Officer of Square, where she leads global Marketing and Communications for the $100B company that provides business solutions for millions of small business owners all over the world. She has been named on Forbes “CMO Next,” Brand Innovators “Top Women in Marketing,” and Fintech Hub’s “30 Most Influential Fintech Marketers.” Weinberg has held leadership roles at Yahoo!, MTV, and AOL. She is an Adweek Executive Mentor and advises early stage startups. For more information, please visit https://www.selfmadeboss.com/

Rob Rawson is a qualified medical doctor who also has significant business experience. He founded and built Time Doctor in 2011. Before Time Doctor, Rob moved from Australia to the Philippines to build a successful digital advertising agency with over 20 employees. Initially, all of his team members were working out of the same office, but he decided to get rid of the office, cut costs, and be able to hire and work remotely from any region rather than just one. Having a fully remote team required him to build software to improve efficiency and transparency. He initially built the software for his own internal use, but then decided to sell it as a SaaS service. Rob is the CEO of Time Doctor which is an 8 figure SaaS business with over 130 full-time team members. Their team is spread out across 31 countries, all working remotely! Rob is also the co-founder of the world’s largest conference about Remote work - Running Remote. Additionally, he has co-authored "Running Remote", a book about remote and asynchronous work that will be released in July 2022. In this revolutionary book, Rob and his co-founder Liam Martin, have unearthed the secrets and lessons discovered by remote work pioneering entrepreneurs and founders who’ve harnessed the async mindset to operate their business remotely in the most seamless hassle-free, and cost-effective manner possible. Rob now lives in Sydney Australia with his wife and two kids. www.timedoctor.com www.runningremote.com Twitter: @RobertRawson LinkedIn: Robert Rawson Check out other amazing Savvy guests at: https://savvybroadcasting.com

Sheri Few is the Founder and has served as President of SC Parents Involved in Education since June 2000. She founded US Parents Involved in Education in 2014 and serves as President. Sheri led the fight against Common Core in SC that ended with her candidacy for SC Superintendent of Education where she narrowly lost. She was endorsed by Phyllis Schlafly, Concerned Women for America, Family Research Council, and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Sheri is known for her expertise on Common Core and education policy, and has been a featured speaker for national and local conferences and radio shows. www.uspie.org Grassroots leaders from around the country are working to expose the lies and government schemes being taught in government schools that harm children and threaten freedom. Specifically, USPIE is working with Great Commission Films to produce the documentary Truth & Lies in American Education to expose these truths. TruthandLiesFilm.US

Dr. Robert M. Hardaway returns to Savvy to share his expertise on understanding the election process. Robert M. Hardaway is a professor of law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law where he teaches evidence and civil procedure and election law. He is the author of numerous law review articles and books on the Electoral College and election law, including The Electoral College and the Constitution: The Case for Preserving Federalism (Praeger, 1994) and Crisis at the Polls (Greenwood, 2008). He has been voted the best professor by his students. He has contributed to public media such as CNN, MSNBC, and numerous public television and radio stations as well as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, AOL News, and local news publications. He has also written amicus legal briefs to district and appellate courts on issues relating to the Electoral College. Professor Hardaway is the author or co-author of 37 law review articles and reviews, as well as over 325 published articles in publications ranging from the New York Times Upfront to the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times.

MITCHE GRAF is a best-selling author, serial entrepreneur, international speaker, nationally syndicated radio host, and former All-American Track & Field athlete Mitche Graf has been a passionate lifestyle entrepreneur for over 25 years, dangling his toes into the ponds of many intriguing industries along the way. From selling used bicycle parts out of his garage in the seventh grade to running 4 companies today, he has prided himself on knowing how to squeeze every drop of potential out of his endeavors. He believes that EVERY DAY IS A SATURDAY, and this perspective inspires him to wake up every day with a sense of excitement and enthusiasm to live his life by design. www.powermarketing101.com

Michelle Boulé is a Transformational Life Coach, Healer, and Dancer who helps compassionate creatives all over the world clarify and manifest their visions with more confidence, impact, and alignment towards their truth. She runs a multi-six figure coaching business, offering online group programs, private coaching, speaking, in-person retreats, and teaching. Her work draws from over 20 years of practice in somatic therapies, energy medicine, mindset psychology, spirituality, and her award-winning, international career in dance. www.michelleboule.com Check out other amazing Savvy guests at: savvybroadcasting.com

Yoichi Utebi is a producer and world lecturer for Happy Science. Born in Japan in 1968, Utebi grew up in Beirut, Lebanon and New York City. Raised in a rare Japanese Christian family, he was deeply touched by Muslim culture and the beauty of Lebanon during his formative years in Beirut. However, the Middle East also exposed Utebi to the horrors of war, as he and his family dodged bullets and bombings before fleeing to London and back to Japan, leaving everything behind in a sudden evacuation. In the 7th grade, Utebi moved to New York for 10 years, where he was exposed to friends from multiple cultures and ethnicities. His rock band produced a popular album and gained quite a following in the city before Utebi decided to forego his musical pursuits and return to Japan. After 12 years of experience in marketing and senior management at various American IT companies in Japan, Utebi joined Happy Science in 2010, where he quickly rose to Director of International Communications. Utebi is currently a minister and world lecturer for Happy Science and a producer on The Cherry Bushido. The Cherry Bushido is a film from Japan about a young Kendo (Japanese swordsmanship) devotee and group of friends who unite to protect Japan from the threat of extinction by its neighboring country. The Cherry Bushido will be released in limited theaters in North America this March. https://cherrybushidomovie.com Check out other amazing Savvy guests at: savvybroadcasting.com

Christopher H. Volk, author of THE VALUE EQUATION, has been instrumental in leading and publicly listing three successful companies, two of which he co-founded. The most recent of these is STORE Capital (NYSE: “STOR”) where he served as founding chief executive officer, and then as executive chairman. Volk began writing about corporate finance early in his career, devising the Value Equation concept, which garnered an award upon its 1999 introduction. He eventually created an award-winning video series on the topic while at STORE Capital. A 2019 regional winner of EYs’ Entrepreneur of the Year award, Volk is a frequent university lecturer and serves on multiple non-profit boards. He resides in Paradise Valley, Arizona, and Huntsville, Alabama. www.thevalueequation.com

Emily Reynolds Bergh is a New York native, Nashvillian by choice. Mermaid hair aspirant. Vintage shoe hoarder. Cycling junkie. Mother. Hugger. Boutique Hotel Seeker. Lover of all pink drinks. Emily has garnered more than ten years of marketing and public relations experience through owning her own business, R Public Relations Firm, and also through her previous experience running her award-winning website Defining Delicious and working for the Jason Dady Restaurant Group in San Antonio, Bread & Butter Public Relations in Austin, and Bay Bird Inc in San Diego. While helping businesses and brands flourish is Emily’s passion — with degrees in Psychology and Philosophy and a Master’s in Social Work — empowering her clients and her employees is what drives her. Emily can proudly say that each client she signs is one she admires and knows is helping the world become a better place. Emily’s priority in life is enjoying time with her husband Colter and their five children (no, that was not a typo) whom she calls “her peaches,” while simultaneously exploring the country seeking the next client for R Public Relations. As the helm of R PR, Emily’s philosophy on life and lifestyle are one and the same: words have power, make them move mountains! www.rprfirm.com Instagram: @emilygr8cer LinkedIn/emily-reynolds-bergh-rprfirm

Josh Kramer is the creator of The Unicorn in You, a personal growth and development perspective that empha­sizes five key principles as the founda­tion for peace and joy. He is the Man­ aging Partner of Kramer Chandler, a real estate business founded in 1922, and an active member of YPO (Young Presidents' Organization). www.theunicorninyou.com www.joshkramer.com

Mort Fertel is a serial entrepreneur who started his first business at 18 years old. He has a private equity portfolio that consists of SudShare, 2 other businesses, and real estate holdings. He graduated from the Wharton School of Business, and, during a short time when he thought he might be a corporate guy, worked on Wall Street for Bankers Trust Company. Mort is also an author, creator of the first online relationship renewal system (2004), and the subject of Back from the Brink, a documentary written and directed by Toroes Thomas. Now a grandfather, success for Mort means making a difference. And SudShare makes a difference by allowing customers to enjoy life and Sudsters (washers) to have their own work-from-home business. Mort loves working with his family to revolutionize the laundry business. SudShare's goal is to change how America does laundry (well, doesn't do laundry as they can leave it to the Sudsters), giving people back two to three hours a week away from the washing machines, free to spend time doing things they actually like doing, instead of sorting socks. www.sudshare.com

Abby Marks Beale is America's #1 Speed Reading Expert. She is a published author of 10 Days to Faster Reading (now available also as an ebook and audiobook), The Complete Idiot's Guide to Speed Reading and Success Skills: Strategies for Study and Lifelong Learning (now in its third edition). Additionally she writes articles and blog posts for learning websites. Abby is the creator of the interactive online course Rev It Up Reading: Getting Up To Speed With What You Read. This course is based on her 25 years of teaching speed reading to thousands of people. The online course contains 17 timed reading exercises, a complimentary ebook copy of 10 Days to Faster Reading and direct access to her through the course interface. Abby’s newest ebook coming out in March 2022 called Speed Reading: A Little-Known Time-Saving Superpower Abby received her Bachelors of Arts in Spanish from Boston University and her Masters of Science in Adult Education from Southern Connecticut State University. She is also a nationally certified classical homeopath. She is a longtime member of the National Speaker's Association and founder of the CT Chapter of the National Speaker's Association. www.RevItUpReading.com Check out other amazing Savvy guests at: https://savvybusinessradio.com/

Jesse Giunta Rafeh is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and certified success coach, who has spent 15 years working over 15,000 hours treating clients—primarily young adults. Giunta is a TEDx speaker and international best-selling author of Life Launch: A Roadmap to an Extraordinary Adulthood. The book combines powerful lessons from her psychotherapy clients as well as her experiences growing up. Life Launch includes profound yet practical strategies for coping with anxiety and depression, creating an ideal career, and sustaining healthy relationships. Website: https://www.jesse-giunta-rafeh.com/Fa... https://www.facebook.com/JesseGiuntaM... https://twitter.com/JesseRafehInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesse.giunt... https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-giu... Check out other amazing Savvy guests at: https://savvybusinessradio.com/

With a purposeful career in the education space spanning over more than 20 years, Dr. Shauli Mukherjee has dedicated her life towards promotion of child-centric and activity-oriented education. A passionate educationist and a global thought leader with a background of setting up and leading new age K- 12 schools, Dr. Mukherjee had been the Founder Principal of Adamas World School and STEM World School, the first STEM school in West Bengal. Under her inspiring leadership, STEM World School had been ranked and awarded as the 2nd best International Day School in West Bengal by Education World. Dr. Mukherjee ardently believes that the purpose of meaningful education is to develop lifelong learners, creative thinkers and responsible global citizens who are confidently equipped to face the challenges of an uncertain and constantly unfolding future. All through her career in education, Dr. Mukherjee had actively contributed to and spearheaded the process of creating a personalized, engaging and stress-free curriculum for children of all age groups. Dr. Mukherjee has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including NATIONAL QUALITY EXCELLENCE AWARD, GEM OF INDIA AWARD, SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN AWARD, GURUPNISHAD SAMMAN, GURUVARYA SAMMAN, NATIONAL EDUCATION LEADERSHIP AWARD in the category of commitment to excellence in education, WORLD PEACE AWARD (to name a few). She has also been awarded for being among India's Top 50 Women Leaders in the Education Industry and Top 20 Revolutionary Education Leaders by the Academic Council of ULektz. She is associated with premiere educational organizations across India as well as globally in senior advisory capacity. She is also recognized among 99 Women Achievers of India for the year 2021. As an internationally acclaimed inspirational speaker, she is regularly invited to numerous national and international conferences, universities, summits, conclaves and events to share her insights on the futuristic and transformative role of education. She is currently working as the Director of School of Education at Adamas University, India LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shauli-mukherjee-2b1a4b89 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/misti.banerjee.1806 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.shaulimukherjee

Donna Burke saw a need for women to be seen in the sports nutrition arena and brought to market an entire line of fitness supplements for women, made by her and a team made up of 90% women. Many women are living with the awful bloating and nausea that comes with their protein powder...not realizing that the bloat they are experiencing can be alleviated by switching to a protein powder made specifically for women. PRTCL Products reformulated protein powder, so women no longer felt bloated or sick after taking it. Women are loving the protein powder made FOR and BY women, recently named the official brand sponsor of professional women's soccer team, the North Carolina Courage. Today Donna will share how PRTCL Products broke into the male-dominated industry and have thrived, and Donna will share best tips for women looking to find the perfect protein power product for them. https://www.prtclproducts.com/

Chris Tuff was one of the first advertisers to work directly with Mark Zuckerberg in 2006 and filmed one of the first “viral” videos, which landed him on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. Tuff’s natural ability to connect with his nearly 80% millennial and Gen Z workforce led him to publish the national bestselling The Millennial Whisperer in 2019. A global movement soon followed as the Atlanta resident shared lessons on empathy and genuine connection at work on some of the largest stages in the world including such Fortune 100 companies as Nike. Check out his website @ www.christuff.me and get social with Chris on IG | FaceBook | Twitter | Linkedin!

Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels founded OPSisters, a training, consulting and coaching organization in 2020. They work with companies, teams and individuals interested in improving business performance results through proven lean principles and inclusive cultures. Their new book: STEEL TOES AND STILETTOS: A True Story of Women Manufacturing Leaders and Lean Transformation Success is written from each of their perspectives—from an executive position with P&L responsibility and from the Lean leader responsible for the transformation. Readers of their book will learn techniques for improving results and engagement at any organization. Advocating that lean transformation and an inclusive culture improves key performance metrics, the authors also show how it enables a work environment that is safe and drives value for the customer.