Dan Kerns served as chief lighting technician (“gaffer”) for the final three seasons of “Angel” after serving as the assistant chief lighting technician (“best boy”) for seasons one and two. He is native of Port Carbon, Pa., and currently lives in Burbank, Calif.
Phil Kerpen is vice president for policy at Americans for Prosperity, a free-market grassroots organization. For the past five years, Phil has been AFP’s principal policy and legislative strategist.
Phil is also an opinion columnist on FoxNews.com, chairman of the Internet Freedom Coalition, and a frequent radio and television commentator on economic growth issues. He previously worked at the Cato Institute, the Club for Growth, and the Free Enterprise Fund.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Phil currently resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Joanna, and their daughter, Lilly.
Dave Kerpen is a serial entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, and global keynote speaker. He is the cofounder and co-CEO of Apprentice, a platform connecting entrepreneurs with top college students, and is the author of several bestselling books, including The Art of People, Likeable Social Media, and Likeable Business.
He is a popular contributor to Inc.com and a LinkedIn Influencer, and has been featured in many media outlets, including the New York Times, the TODAY show, CBS Early Show, BBC, Financial Times, and more. Additionally, Kerpen is the executive chairman of The Nursing Beat and the cofounder and CEO of Remembering Live. He was previously the founder and chairman of Likeable Local, and was the cofounder and CEO of Likeable Media, which was sold to 10Pearls in April 2021.
Carrie Kerpen is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, investor, and keynote speaker. Carrie and her husband Dave Kerpen cofounded Likeable Media, one of the very first social media agencies in existence. In 2013, she became the CEO and led the company to triple digit growth. In 2021, she sold to technology firm 10Pearls, where she now leads the global digital division. Carrie is a champion of women everywhere, launching her podcast, All the Social Ladies, in 2014. Her book, Work It: Secrets For Success From The Boldest Women In Business, became a bestseller in 2019, and her Facebook Watch show of the same name has featured some of the most successful women in marketing. Her 2023 Ted Talk ‘’How to Change the Whispers in Your Head” speaks to how to overcome self-doubt to achieve your deepest desires. Recently, Carrie co-launched Kerpen Ventures with Dave, investing in early-stage women and BIPOC-owned early-stage startups.
Diana Keuilian is passionate about creating wholesome versions of your favorite foods. She removes the gluten, soy, grains and cane sugar from traditional comfort food recipes like cake, tacos, cookies, waffles, enchiladas and more. This hobby propelled her to start the popular blog, RealHealthyRecipes.com, where she shares hundreds of delicious recipes and mouthwatering photos. She lives in Southern California with her husband and two children.
Bedros Keuilian is a serial entrepreneur with multi-million dollar generating businesses in franchising, software, digital marketing, and business consulting. He’s known as the hidden genius that the entrepreneurs and business experts turn to when they want to quickly scale their business, boost sales and and increase profits.
Bedros is best known for his ability to help his clients quickly establish expert and authority positioning and become the predominant brand in their field. His sales, marketing, business systems are the secret weapon used by thousands of successful businesses, bestselling authors, and entrepreneurs who want to grow their businesses to it’s fullest potential without the stress, frustration, or uncertainty that most entrepreneurs experience.
Kerim Antoine Kfuri, MBA, is the acting president and CEO of The Atlas Network, LLC. (TheAtlasNetwork.com). This global organization serves as a supply chain resource with end-to-end services that include consulting, development, factory selection, mass production oversight and management, quality control, documentation, logistics, shipping, and storage. A natural entrepreneur and dealmaker, Kfuri has been significantly involved in over thirty independent ventures in the past two decades, in industries ranging from technology and entertainment to real estate and banking industries. Through such ventures he has served as a founder, CEO, president, CFO, chief controller, legal advisor, and senior consultant.
Beyond entrepreneurship, Kfuri also maintains a significant corporate career. Having been employed by organizations including the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD/FINRA), Accenture, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Friedman Billings Ramsey, and 24/7 Media, to name a few. He is also the author of Supply Chain Seesaw, an essential guide to navigating the field of supply chain management (SupplyChainSeesaw.com).
Kfuri received his bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis in finance, international business, and marketing. He also received an MBA from the American University in business law and finance and MIT executive business education in the realm of artificial intelligence and business strategy.
Kristen Kidder is a writer, cultural scholar and recovering academic who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. In the last seven years, she has only missed one episode of “Gilmore Girls.”
Karena Kilcoyne is a former trial lawyer who specialized in criminal defense, including complex white-collar criminal and civil litigation in federal and state courts. Later in her practice, she worked as in-house counsel for a publicly traded worldwide manufacturing company.
Karena now passionately shares her own personal story of trauma and healing. Through vivid, evocative, and transparent storytelling, she teaches others how to rise above their own stories and find true peace and emotional freedom. She shares these powerful ideas through video and personal posts on Facebook and Instagram. Karena also corresponds regularly with the subscribers of her email newsletter.
When she’s not helping others rise above their stories, she’s curating a colorful life full of books and art from far-flung places. Karena lives in Florida with her husband David and their furry son Irwin.
Award-winning author Nancy Kilpatrick has published 14 novels, 150-plus short stories, five collections of stories and has edited seven anthologies. She has also penned three comic books, co-scripted a bilingual stage play and written a slew of nonfiction. Much of her work involves vampires; for example, her popular Power of the Blood series, which will be reprinted this year (Mosaic Press), and her newest title Eternal City (Five Star Books/ Gale Publishing). In 2004 she will publish The Goth Bible, a nonfiction profile of the modern gothic culture (St. Martin’s Press), and Goth Gurrls & Boi, an anthology she is co-editing with Nancy Holder (Roc/NAL). Nancy is currently writing the screenplay for one of her books, Near Death, being produced by C3 Productions. Check her Web site for the latest news: nancykilpatrick.com.