Born in Queens, New York but raised in Houston, Texas Sonja Elise is a proud graduate of Fort Bend Independent School District Willowridge High School and Prairie View A&M University, a part of the Texas A&M University system, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance with a minor in Fashion Merchandising and Design. She continued her studies at Rice University Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies Composition-Music Business. She also received a Leadership Certificate from the 2009 Charter Class Inspire Women Leadership Institute at the Dallas Theological Seminary in Houston.

She wrote the school song for Thurgood Marshall High School in Stafford, Texas in 2001 and is a member of ASCAP and the Recording Academy that issues the Grammy Awards annually. Sonja Elise was selected in 2010 to be a Harvey Star Washington Plus Model, who started the career of Oscar winning Actress/Comedian Mo’Nique of BET’s The Mo’Nique Show, out of 8500 inquires and plus models auditioned as well as inducted in the Who’s Who in Black Houston 2010 Directory.

Sonja Elise is the Executive Director for Divine Voices Media Group LLC, an inspirational production, marketing and career coaching company that specializes in assisting all who would like to pursue their dreams while maintaining peace in their spirit.

An accomplished and award-winning vocalist, songwriter, toastmaster, poet, plus model and inspirational speaker Sonja Elise Freeman has great passion to assist all she meets to strive to become FLAWLESS like diamonds!
She is honored by her recent appointment as the Inaugural 2011 Integrity Beauty Woman of Grace and National Ambassador for Integrity Beauty Woman of Excellence Christian Network-Pageantry, Motivational Speaking and Advocacy in promoting the importance of inspiring, empowering and encouraging women that their BEAUTY truly SHINES from within!

She and her husband, Steve, have been on 10 Top Director Trips all over the world with Mary Kay. They have been to Scotland; Vienna, Austria; Rome, Italy (2 times); Cruise of Greek Islands (2 times); Maui, Hawaii; Cannes, France; Stockholm, Sweden; and Munich, Germany. They just got back September 23, 2010 from another Cruise of the Greek Islands.

Her unit is an eight-time Pink Cadillac unit and she currently drives the 2010 Pink DTS. Her unit’s highest retail has been $950,000 in one year!

She is a proud Mom of two boys; Trevor, age 14 and Brandon, age 4. She loves that she is able to spend lots of time with her family and still have an exciting & fun career!

First, Jimenez served in the U.S. Army. After that, he joined American Airlines as an aircraft mechanic. Three years later, he advanced to the level of supervisor for this global airline. Eventually, he became the Regional Manager of Aircraft Maintenance of Southern California. After spending 14 years with American, he joined a small aviation company in Northern California, as Director of Aircraft Maintenance. Amazingly, this was just the beginning of his transformation!

Jimenez soon wanted to learn more about customer service and servant leadership. His next steps were to join the management teams of The Men’s Wearhouse, Starbucks Coffee Company, and gain a degree in Speech Communications.

Jimenez believes that providing extraordinary customer service is more than just a business practice, it creates the human connection that is woven into every aspect of our daily lives! Seeking an outlet for communicating his ideas and enthusiasm about the societal and business value of creating an environment where extraordinary customer service is the natural state of being for employees, Jimenez founded JBI Seminar Group in the year 2000.

In 1998, Toni and her husband’s combined weight loss of over 150 pounds were featured in Ebony magazine. Her life was great! But a short two years later, life came crashing down as she regained all the weight and more! After numerous attempts to re-lose the weight, Toni took a drastic step and had gastric bypass surgery in 2004.

Utilizing personal and professional experience, Toni has developed programs that help others make marked improvements in their lives. Because of her phenomenal success and ability to teach others, Toni is continually invited to teach and inspire other professionals.

Coach Darla is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and a credentialed Associate Certified Coach (ACC). She was honored as a “Woman of Excellence” in 2002 by the Federation of Houston Professional Women for her community and professional service and in 2010 was honored as Woman of the Year with the ABWA Galleria Network.

Barbara is currently the CEO and owner of KKD Consulting which specializes in Engineering support to fortune 50 companies and career development consulting to colleges and universities.

Barbara is a native of Prairie View, Texas and presently lives in Friendswood with her husband, Thomas and three children. They have daughters who attend college at Rice and University of Texas Austin. Their son attends Friendswood High School. She enjoys cooking, sewing, mentoring children and spending time with her family. She and her husband have also written and published three children’s books.

Lorey has starred on-and-off Broadway, in England and numerous regional theaters throughout the country. A familiar face on television, Lorey has guest starred on several award-winning shows. She has starred in plays with noted performers. She performed in London, England starring in “Miss Ever’s Boys” at the Royal Shakespeare Festival. Some television credits include: “Family Law,“ “Judging Amy,“ “Chicago Hope,“ “Sister, Sister,“ “All My Children,“ “Another World,“ “Ryan’s Hope“ and “The Doctors“.

Ms. Hayes is a 2007 Bill Cosby Screenwriting Fellow and several of her plays have won awards, including The Audelco Award, The 2007 Alabama Shakespeare Festival Southern Playwright’s Award and runner up for The Eugene O’Neill Playwright’s Conference.