What Is the Unstoppable Series?

UPCOMING EVENTS

Laurel Kashinn is a Professional Resume Writer and Certified Ghostwriter with 16+ years of experience helping people write their stories of success. She’s served 1,000+ clients crafting interview-winning resumes, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles using a unique collaborative writing process in which clients participate as subject matter experts in their own lives and careers. Incorporating principles of mindfulness, strengths-based psychology, and law of attraction, clients find the process clarifying, empowering, and sometimes even therapeutic.

Laurel is a member of the National Resume Writers Association where she’s presented on her unique resume ghostwriting process. She has ghostwritten, edited, and published books as an indie publisher in real estate, self-help, business, and memoir, as well as written and edited numerous magazines and newsletters. Also a graphic designer with a BA in Journalism, she owned and operated a successful graphic design firm that served an international niche market for 12 years.

An Orthodox Christian and student of A Course In Miracles, Laurel lives in Wisconsin, with her best friend and artist husband of 34 years, Anthony, and their talented musician daughter, Elizabeth. They have a Decker Terrier named Rocket and two rescue cats, Louie and Boo, they adopted during the pandemic.

Alicia Drucker spent 15+ years in software consulting, in roles including Chief Employee Experience Officer, Project Manager, Program Manager, Consultant, DEIB Facilitator, Leadership Coach and Analyst. She recently transitioned to nonprofit work as an Interim Volunteer Coordinator role at Lambert House, an LGBTQ organization supporting youth. Alicia moved to Spain in August 2021, and is focused on social impact, change and adventure. #AdventureAwaits

Kristen Plocinik – Give her an ombre orange bundt pan from the 1960s and she’s happy! Kristen Plocinik loves exploring the story behind things. Before hitting upon her dream job as a vintage reseller in the Chicago area, she worked in healthcare, technology recruiting, self-help, foodservice and retail. Taking the road less traveled is nothing new for Kristen. Armed with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Yale, she has learned how to navigate a winding career path that included hospital quality, regulatory requirements, software support to store management and even large-scale catering. After enjoying a 17-year healthcare career helping others in need, she stepped bravely into her dream career of collecting, posting, reselling, shipping and refurbishing vintage goods. #NoRegrets

Robin Sloan is an entrepreneur and creator.  In 2005 she started photographing her friends’ weddings and built that passion into a successful wedding photography business. Riverbend Photo Studio’s work has been featured in all of the national wedding magazines and recognized as one of the best wedding photography studios by The Knot. At age 40, Robin decided she was ready for a new challenge and began thinking about what was missing in the wedding industry- and in 2021 launched The Uncorked Project. With the help of a little liquid courage, The Uncorked Project set out to capture what no one else will tell you about planning a wedding. The Uncorked Project. Follow along to find out what they are up to!

Judith Sol-Dyess is a strategy consultant who works with software development consultancies to improve delivery and operations. She also works with code academies and individuals on a variety of Agile workshops and services.

With 20+ years of project management experience, Judith has facilitated design thinking workshops such as Google Design Sprints and Agile LEGO games. In projects, she manages the entire lifecycle of a project, bringing her leadership and people skills to healthcare, nonprofits, FinTech, manufacturing, digital marketing, higher education, events management and the food industry. Judith has been an instructor for Black Diamond Charities and Code Platoon in Chicago (both organizations serve veterans).

Judith volunteers as a guest instructor for CodeOp in Barcelona, and as a mentor for CodeBase in the UK. 

Christine Stone is a strategist, connector and coach. Her career began with technical project management – quickly evolving into project recovery, developing top performing IT teams, building business technical strategies and financial plans, then changing and building IT organizations to execute.

Currently leading Groupon’s OKR and Agile transformation, Christine is a sought-after speaker in the areas of strategic planning in tech, transformation, work-life balance, and tech talent diversity. She honed her skills at VW/Audi, EMC2 Dell, McDonald’s and consulting firms.

Leading technical change and developing people is a natural part of Christine’s approach, formalized in her graduate work in Organizational Behavior. She mentors with Chicago Innovation, is active with the Chicago Women in Tech community including ARA, i.c.Stars, Chicago Executive Women’s network and others. She is an organic connector of technology and people and an author of articles and a book on work-life balance. www.christinesandmanstone.com