Kamerin Chambers is a Chicago native always on the prowl to discover new experiences wherever she travels. She's the creator of a global lifestyle blog titled "Where's She Going?" and a proud graduate from DePaul University with a degree in Public Relations & Advertising. She worked for CS Modern Luxury, Leo Burnett and is currently an Associate Program Manager at Google. She was granted acceptance into the 2016 ADCOLOR Futures and joined a group of dedicated young leaders in advertising, marketing, media and public relations industries at this year's ADCOLOR Awards & Industry Conference. Kamerin is a connector as she loves bringing people together and creating unforgettable memories. She aspires to be a self-made entrepreneur, one of her ultimate goals.
Pamela Powell is a Chicago area film critic and member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. Growing up in rural New York State, Pamela rarely saw first-run films until she was unleashed in Chicago as a young adult where she met the Fine Arts Theater and fell in love with independent films. With a master’s degree from Northwestern and a healthcare background, Pamela gravitates toward films that can better our community and world. From teaching radio broadcasting to having her own radio show on an NPR affiliated station, Pamela shares her unique perspectives about films with her audiences. Currently, Pamela writes for The Daily Journal’s Reel Talk, FF2 Media, and www.reelhonestreviews.com
Kristen Russell is a millennial contributor and currently a junior at the University of Alabama majoring in Psychology with a minor in Telecommunications and Film. Prior to her enrollment at the University, she resided in Concord, North Carolina. She is passionate about advocacy as she volunteers at the Women and Gender Resource Center at her school and is a Safe Zone Ally, ensuring that each student can feel safe and supported on campus. In the future, Kristen desires to be in the Communications or film industry, with a keen interest in writing, casting, and production.
Daphne Ortiz is a freelance publicist covering clients in film, TV, sports, lifestyle, fashion, beauty, healthcare, and non-profits. She began her career at a tech PR firm working at some of the industry’s top celebrity PR firms. Ortiz was a member of the publicity team for New Line Cinema film studio and worked on films such as The Notebook and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King that swept the 2003 Academy Awards. In 2007, she decided to pursue a freelance career enabling her to work alongside former colleagues and various companies. Ortiz commutes between Chicago and Los Angeles and has offices in both cities.
Martha Chandran-Dickerson, was born in India, raised in Europe and East Africa, and now resides in America. As a global citizen and Indian Christian, she is an anomaly. Issues pertaining to faith, culture, diaspora and identity have perpetually intrigued her. As an outlier, the innocuous, however haunting question, “where are you from?” still confounds her. Her eclectic background informs her views and she embraces diversity wherever she encounters it. As a daughter to a Statistician and an Economics Instructor, she abandoned the sciences, and embraced the arts, initially pursuing journalism but eventually becoming an educator, as a writing consultant. She is also a freelance writer. When she isn’t tutoring students, or putting pen to paper, she's mothering her boys. She hopes to pursue her PhD in English, with a Postcolonial emphasis and aspires to write a memoir about her meanderings through the peaks, plateaus and valleys of her borderless life.
Samantha Goldberg (AKA - Sassi Sammi) is the industry’s leading Celebrity Wedding Planner
in the New York, Chicago and LA Metro markets. She’s known for her “Trendsetting” and “Carefree” design skill set as well as for being the “Fabulously” famous Party Planner to
the stars” as seen on the Style Networks, “Whose Wedding Is It Anyway”. Samantha has operated Samantha Goldberg & Co-Gold Events LLC for over two decades. She’s considered the maven lifestyle expert for events, fashion trends and one of the top premier party planners in the world. Samantha oversees and directs a diverse staff of 21+ Certified New York and New Jersey wedding planners who coordinate weddings all over the United States and in key destinations like Aruba, Mexico, Bahamas, Italy, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Hawaii.
Heather Reid is a writer, freelance editor, essayist and avid home cook with a particular passion for baking bread. She has a degree in Journalism from Northwestern University and has worked as a newspaper editor and advertising executive with a specialty in digital marketing. Her work has appeared in various parenting magazines and a collection of her essays can be found at www.heatherreidwrites.com. Most importantly, she’s the proud mother of two precocious and hilarious little boys who keep her ninja skills on point.