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BE STIRRED | BOSS TO BOSS: A CONVERSATION

Kickstart your day and your business with a zestful boss to boss conversation between these two powerhouses. Expect a deep dive into strategy and stories about the ups and downs and sweetness of growing a business post-pandemic.  Leave with ideas, action items, and motivation to apply lessons learned to your own enterprise!

Katrina Markoff, Founder, CEO, and Master Chocolatier, Vosges Haut-Chocolat

Katrina Markoff understands food in a way that goes beyond the usual definition of sustenance--she looks at it as a medium for transformative, visceral experiences. 

 In her role as Founder, CEO, and Master Chocolatier at Vosges Chocolats, Katrina is a 21st-century alchemist: she mixes vibrant cacao with indigenous, energetic plants from all over the globe to create new and extraordinary experiences for her customers.  

And Katrina is building a new kind of business as well--one that invests in the next generation of women entrepreneurs, that values only the finest ingredients, and that strives to always be ahead of the marketplace. 

Katrina has received numerous accolades, including Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, Fortune Magazine's 40 under 40, the Bon Appétit Food Artisan of the Year Award, and being named "THE innovator in chocolate to lead the US through the next 30 years" by Food & Wine Magazine.

Amy Hilliard, Founder and Principal, The Hilliard Group and Founder, ComfortCake Company 

Amy Hilliard is a serial entrepreneur with experience as a senior corporate executive, board member, author, speaker, and educator. Amy is a business thought leader with deep experience in the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds. Known as a reinvention specialist, Pivot for Success - Hone Your Vision, Shift Your Energy, and Make Your Move is her latest book, published just this summer.

The Hilliard Group, her strategic marketing consulting firm, has worked with hundreds of clients to help them penetrate multicultural markets. She also founded The ComfortCake® Company, makers of “Pound Cake so Good it feels like a Hug,” which gained national distribution with United Airlines, Walmart, and Home Shopping Network.

Amy served as president of Fashion Fair Cosmetics, the global legacy cosmetics company focused on women of color, and has also held executive positions with Bloomingdale’s, Gillette, Pillsbury, Burrell Communications, and L’Oréal.