Colin Hirdman started his first company a week after graduating from college, and has been an entrepreneur ever since. He's building businesses through Monkey Island Ventures a company he co-founded with two of his best friends. Monkey Island Ventures is named after a park they played at since they were 5 years old. Over the… Read more

Michael Villari is the Co-Founder, Secure Virtual Solutions (SVS) Born and raised in Holland, PA, Michael Villari is a proud graduate of LaSalle College High School and a lifelong athlete who played baseball through college and beyond. After college, he began his professional journey with the Faulkner Organization — a role he still looks back… Read more

Bullied almost every day as a shy, small-built expat kid in London, Ash quickly realized that survival wasn’t about being the loudest in the room, it was about finding your people. The lack of connection in those early years made one thing painfully clear: community isn’t a luxury, it’s oxygen. Ash powered through adversity, earning… Read more

Kristen spent 13 beautiful years as a social worker before moving on to establish her photography studio. For the past eight years she has built a six figure business, authored several books that have raised over $50,000 for nonprofit organizations. Her combined experiences over nearly 20 years has fostered an uncanny skill in authentic relationship… Read more

Shane Hicks graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Early in his military career, he took a blow to the head in hand-to-hand combat training that resulted in two torn retinas, a concussion, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). After three surgeries, Shane was unexpectedly medically separated and had… Read more