Don Loewel is the Director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Pasadena City College where he leads a team of experienced business consultants and entrepreneurs who advise businesses owners in areas such as: Raising Capital, Strategic Planning, legal, Sales & Marketing and Financial Analysis. Don has 20+ years of sales, marketing and management experience in the medical device and software industries, and has consulted with small and mid-market companies to build long-term growth. As a trained Lean Launchpad educator, Don has helped countless founders test the feasibility of their startup ideas so they can launch sustainable and scalable companies, and he truly has a passion for helping entrepreneurs achieve their maximum potential. Don has a Bachelor of Science in Biology and MBA from Santa Clara University.

Astrid Galvez is an Accounting/Tax Specialist for SBDC, she assist’s business owners with Tax Planning, Bookkeeping, and Accounting Software Technology. She runs her own bookkeeping practice and her passion is to help business owners run their businesses more efficiently using cloud based technology. But most importantly though, she is an excellent Salsa dancer and love to catch up with SVU episodes.  Who doesn't love Detective Olivia Benson!  

Lindsey Heisser is the Managing Director of TRIBEMINT specializing in campaign ideation and execution, marketing and communication strategy and technology development. Heisser brings her entrepreneurial spirit and innate curiosity of today’s trends to deliver TRIBEMINT’S clients with fully integrated campaigns turning consumers into brand loyalists.

Lawrence Johnson is a generalist business advisor with dual specialties: food & beverage industry consulting and debt & equity counseling.  Active after hours as a Rotarian in his local community, and also an aficionado of classical music and the LA Phil.  His weekend passions include golf, tennis and hiking the local mountains.

Mike Miller is the Principal of Wild Horse Labs®, an International Accelerator that provides customizable education, training, and mentoring programs for start-ups.  His programs are customized according to where the start-up is in its life cycle. At each stage the company is in, he and his high-performance Team will help turn start-ups into a dynamic and successful business, and introduce them to USA and international financing and funding network.  

Albert Napoli has been a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California for the last seven years. He’s domain expertise is in Business for Non-Majors, Feasibility, New Venture Management and Entrepreneurial Family Business. Prior to teaching at USC, Albert worked in the private, public and non-profit sectors including launching, operating and selling his own private ventures. Additionally, Albert has a strong passion for small business advocacy. He has made it his mission in coaching and training small businesses on improving their business acumen so that they could bid on government contracts successfully.

Lori Williams is a business consultant, speaker and writer. She has over 20 years of experience in strategic planning, finance, marketing and operations. Lori has always had a passion for helping small businesses. Her eBooks are distributed through Amazon, ITunes and Barnes and Noble. Lori is a featured writer on Start-Up Nation and other high profile websites. As an adjunct professor in the entrepreneurial department at USC and Pepperdine, she shares her business expertise with young entrepreneurs.