Nicole Fisher is the Founder and CEO at HHR Strategies, a health care and human rights focused advising firm. She is a Senior Policy Advisor for federal and state officials and an expert on health reform. Nicole runs a Health Innovation and Policy page at Forbes highlighting and advising companies, ideas and people that are changing the health care landscape. She is currently finishing her PhD at the University of North Carolina in the Health Policy and Management Department. Nicole earned her Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and her undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri.
Kris Batchelder is a chronic seeker with a passion for transformation. Her proclivity for exploration has seen her through extensive worldwide journeys and adventures. Yet her most rewarding travel continues to be into the “final frontier” located within, to integrate the triumphs and tribulations she has experienced along the way. Facilitation is the common thread woven throughout her colorful career, which has primed her with experience and skill in helping others discover and actualize their goals. Her mission is to guide others to reclaim their light, inside and out. To that end, she serves as a Personal Style Consultant for J.HIlburn Men's Clothier, and is certified as an Integrative Life Coach by The Ford Institute for Transformational Training.
Alex Dorfman is a FLM intern and in her third year at Tufts University. She is majoring in English and is an op-ed contributor to the Tufts Daily. Alex is spending her next semester studying abroad in Spain and is documenting her travels and adventures throughout Europe over the next few months. Her favorite pastimes include horseback riding, reading, and eating cupcakes.
Sally Pederson is a travel writer and international house sitter. Having traveled to over twenty countries, she loves to share her experiences about various destinations, cultures, traditions, and history around the world. Born and raised in Canada, she was hit with the travel bug as a young adult. She lived in beautiful Costa Rica for four years and now calls Barcelona, Spain home. When she is not writing about a destination or photographing it, she is most likely making travel plans to her next destination. To find out more about Sally, visit her website at www.SallyPederson.com.
Kamerin Chambers is a Chicago native, the Founder & Editor of Where's She Going? travel blog, a Marketing & Communications professional and iStock photographer. She's a true expat at heart and plans to one day take a leap of faith and live overseas for a few years. Her blog's main intent is to inspire everyday multi-passionate professionals to explore their freedom to begin living the exact life they want to live today.
Nicole Fisher is the Founder and CEO at HHR Strategies, a health care and human rights focused advising firm. She is a Senior Policy Advisor for federal and state officials and an expert on health reform. Nicole runs a Health Innovation and Policy page at Forbes highlighting and advising companies, ideas and people that are changing the health care landscape. She is currently finishing her PhD at the University of North Carolina in the Health Policy and Management Department. Nicole earned her Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and her undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri.
A Chicago native, Jorie Gillis is a creative strategist, visual artist and philanthropist. She spent her career marketing and advertising. Her art includes oil and acrylic painting, pencil, charcoal and cray-pas, print-making and more. Jorie enjoys traveling, crediting her solo travels for some of her biggest moments of growth. While recently living in Milan, Italy, her passion for history, design and textiles heightened, as did her love and knowledge of Italian food and language. After beating cancer nearly six years ago, Jorie founded The Arts of Courage Project, whose mission is to create empowering opportunities for cancer survivors to express themselves artistically through Art Auctions, Yoga, and Cards of Courage. ACP gives back to the tremendous community of survivors. Cards of Courage feature Jorie’s most recent illustrations and are aptly named and dedicated to the inspirational women in her life. Cards of Courage are available at www.jorie.me/shop-cardsofcourage.