Meet Our 2024 Speakers

Founder & Speaker, Tangled Silver Magazine

Robin Salls

Meet Robin, the unstoppable Founder and Speaker on a mission to help women redefine aging and beauty on their own terms! She's not here to spoon-feed you society's standards, but to cheer you on as you become the superhero of your own life. Whether you're in your 20s or 80s, Robin believes you're always relevant, and your wisdom is your ultimate superpower. So, own your midlife like a boss and live your best life with a giant smile on your face!

Podcast Host & Speaker

Kim Duff Selby

Meet Kim, an Inspirational Speaker & Creativity Coach with a mission to help women discover their inner spark for a more fulfilling life. Her core message is simple: "YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD." She walks the talk by starting a modeling and acting career and becoming a certified yoga instructor - all since 2020. She's the host of the podcast "Ignite Your Spark" and brings her fashion and traveling editor experience for GLAMOUR magazine to the table as well with a surprise for the beautiful women of our Sisterhood Experience. 

Founder of Silvering

Alexis Eizinas

Meet Alexis, whose applying a lifetime of beauty experience into building a beauty start-up that helps women look as great as they feel in their silvering hair. Having worked for over 20 years as a Creative Director and Designer in beauty marketing she brings her expertise and understanding of the industry to her innovative approach to embracing silver hair despite social challenges. Alexis believes Wisdom. Is. Beautiful. She believes so strongly that she made the bold decision to leave the comfort of her high-paying job and self-funded the creation of Silvering!

Founder, Speaker & Author

Viveka Von Rosen

Meet Viveka, who achieved everything she'd put on her dream board. She became a Thought Leader on—and Influencer in—LinkedIn, Branding and Visibility. She's spoken all over the world, written 4 books, and has been on hundreds of podcasts and interviews. She's written for Forbes, Fast Company, Money Magazine, Simple Life, The Social Media Examiner, and more.  Personal milestones have included hang gliding, paragliding, and scuba diving. But, she found herself wondering if there's more. More purpose. More creativity and fulfillment. More impact. More well-being. More freedom. Now she's helping women to reclaim their Joy, Purpose and Gifts through creating their own Lifestyle Legacy business in their next chapters.

The Midlife Whisperer

Dr. Ellen Albertson, Ph.D., RDN, NBC-HWC

Dr. Ellen is a psychologist, registered dietitian, wellbeing coach, Reiki master, and self-compassion teacher. Known as The Midlife Whisperer™, she helps women get unstuck and have the energy, confidence, and clarity to make their next chapter their best chapter. 

A bestselling, award winning author, inspirational speaker, Dr. Ellen is an expert on women’s well-being and sits on the medical board of The National Menopause Foundation. Dr. Ellen has appeared on Extra, the Food Network and NBC World News and has been quoted in Psychology Today, Forbes, and Eating Well. She has written for SELF, Better Homes & Gardens and Good Housekeeping. Her latest book is Rock Your Midlife: 7 Steps to Transform Yourself and Make Your Next Chapter Your Best Chapter!

She brings over 30 years of counseling, coaching, and healing experience to her holistic practice and transformational work. She lives in Costa Rica and on the Champlain Islands of Vermont with her high-tech, raw-food loving partner Ken and their tree-climbing Border Collie Rosie.

Your Roots Are Showing

Ilise Harris

Meet Ilise, the woman behind Your Roots Are Showing, a film set for release in 2024. She believes the silver hair acceptance movement  and the influence of the silver sister community is part of a cultural shift that is redefining what makes a woman beautiful and relevant.  The pandemic put a distinct marker on the timeline of fashion/beauty history and allowed/forced many women to ditch the dye. She made this documentary to explore this defining time that often has deep roots for the individual as well as the collective. They've assembled a patchwork of voices to form a chorus. This film is an ode to her own evolution, and a footnote to a long career as a makeup/hair artist.  

Founder & President of SummitView Advisors

Holly Stewart, AAMS

Meet Holly, a registered representative with Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. a Broker/Dealer and Member FINRA/SPIC. Holly began her career as a financial Advisor in 1993 with Bank of America Investments. After a very successful fourteen years at Bank of America investments, she had an opportunity to move to Colorado. In early 2008, Holly decided to go independent and start her own firm.

Today, her mission is to eliminate the “intimidation factor” around money and investments. She believes using gobbledygook “jargon” with people about their money just adds to their feeling that they don’t know what they’re doing. She is lit up by helping people change their quality of life. People have expressed they never understood investments until they met Holly. This comes from her ability to teach and find the right way to explain the complexities of investing to make them understandable to anyone. 

Founder & Chef, The Flavor Remedy

Sherry Hess

Immersed in the regenerative food space, Sherry has donned many hats within the industry. Her local and organic culinary arts expertise and healing food journey has carried her through the roles of spice blend manufacturing, restaurant management, Executive Chef and product development for Oncobitez nutrition bites for cancer patients. Her most recent work within the ReNourish community has fueled her desire to elevate conversations about creating a more regenerative food industry through the language of flavor. Her on stage talks (including Tedx) and presentations evoke personal curiosity and self empowerment by revealing the connections between flavor and the vitality of food. She sees this simple connection as a powerful way for consumers to shift our food system while improving and somatically understanding their individual health. She strives to bring collaborative expertise to light for conscious consumers seeking to heal themselves and the planet through more flavorful regeneratively grown and raised food.

CEO & Founder of Mindful Patterns, LLC

Dr. Minette Riordan

Award-Winning Entrepreneur and Best-Selling Author, Dr. Minette Riordan is a creative mentor and artist with close to 20 years experience guiding others to live their best lives. She loves supporting midlife women to reclaim their creative brilliance and design a meaningful and purposeful vision for their lives. Her mission is to empower women to share their creative light with the world. She believes that when we are all working in our creative genius, we can solve all the world’s problems. She is an artist, author of 3 books and creative spirit who is a wee bit obsessed with coffee and dragons. Learn more about Minette’s work at www.minetteriordan.com. 

Content Creator & Model

Tracy Reed

Tray’s Going Gray is a fashion and lifestyle vlog created in June of 2021. The Instagram vlog focuses on Tracy's gray hair transformation as she fashionably navigates life as an empty nester, traveler, and educator. In addition to sharing her hair care routine and daily life activities, she demonstrate how to mix vintage, trendy, and capsule pieces to create stunning looks. But
the core of her story is her signature silver tresses, both a gift from her late mother and a statement on the freedom of embracing beauty at any age. Her Instagram account has quickly become an empowering space for women who want to welcome the next chapters of their lives in

Founder & Designer Taylor Jay Collection

Taylor Jay

Taylor Jay is the fearless founder and designer of the Taylor Jay Collection. She is the vision and pulse behind the namesake collection and always strives to empower women to be their best selves. Taylor was born and raised in the Bay Area and has been in the fashion industry for
over 14 years. She was already an entrepreneur by the time she was 23 years old! She moved to Los Angeles to work as a stylist and pursue a fashion merchandising degree at the California School of Design. She opened her first boutique shortly after school which became a big
success in just a few short years. When the time came to open a second location to debut her signature collection, Taylor knew it had to be back in her native Bay Area! The collection was inspired by her client’s enthusiasm and continues to serve as a celebration of women of all
shapes, sizes, and colors. She continues to design amazing clothing that will last a lifetime and make every woman look and feel her absolute best. Taylor is a proud mom who also uses her passion for art & design to help mentor other aspiring BIPOC, female, entrepreneurs.

Founder & CEO of AdviceFromL.com and excerpts from the Diaries of an Aging Hippie

Lynne DeLozier

Meet Lynne, a Certified Life Coach, Professional Weight Loss Coach, and Author. She began her career by hitchhiking thru life in the 70’s and capturing the turbulence and rebellion of the love generation, during the Vietnam war. A common thread throughout her life has been journaling and writing. Lynne has always had a career in the health industry, first as a personal trainer, and last as a successful weight loss coach with Metabolic Research Center. 2 years ago Lynne experienced a significant physiological shift and as it unfolded she developed a step by step plan for helping healthy adults prepare for and recover from life altering health changes.

Through Advice From L, Lynne published her first book, and currently teaches Journaling Techniques in small group session or  offers one on one coaching for vital adults making health transitions. (ie: total joint replacement, parkinsons diagnosis, managing essential tremors, and ProAging with Joy.) Lynne’s  motivations are to help those who are managing the new experiences that arise with aging to find encouragement, hope, healing and joy, through self exploration and discovering new ways of Being. A native Coloradoan, she's a fan of healthy beautiful food and a good Cabernet. 

Investment Advisor

Karen Patel, CLTC

Karen is a financial consultant/advisor with North Star Resource Group, an independent financial services firm with 42 offices throughout the nation. She has advocated for professionals in construction, manufacturing, professional services, and technology for several decades, and her Midwest roots in a family-owned business are the foundation of her “it’s not how much you make, but how much you keep” mindset. Being a “women business owner specialist,” Karen focuses on relationship-based, comprehensive financial planning for women business owners aged 45 and older. However, while she focuses on
this specific group, she welcomes anyone interested in learning more about their finances. Women business owners have similar needs for risk management, investment management, tax-efficient strategies, and employee benefits but unique needs for long-term care and estate planning. This necessitates a tailored approach to financial planning, which Karen provides. Outside her practice, Karen enjoys working with numerous communiyty organizations as well as various hobbies and recreations, including gardening,  golfing, rooting for her favorite NFL Teams, crafts, softball, and traveling internationally. She has been married for over 30 years and has three marvelous daughters who keep her family laughing together and active.
 

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Radio Personality, Pirate Radio 93.5 & Media Coach

Sue Sutton

Meet Sue Sutton, https://www.master-the-mic.com/

In 1986, She started her radio career at a classic rock station in Oceanside, CA doing overnights (midnight to 6a) She moved to Colorado in 1988 and has been up and down the radio dial in Northern Colorado, on many different stations, day parts and formats for the past 38  years. She's worked in commercial radio the majority of her career and currently runs a morning show on Pirate Radio 93.5 FM, a local community radio station in Fort Collins.

She's spoken on stages, introduced bands, hosted live broadcasts at events, written, edited, voiced and produced commercials. In her current position, she also does sales, and a lot of networking! Over the years, she's learned how to be comfortable and confident in any setting and wants to share what she's  learned to help others feel confident too. Let's master your message!

Founder Details of Style & Founder Celebrate The Gray

Jacqui Getz & Stephanie O'Dell

These  two amazing ladies are taking on embracing midlife and encouraging women to be their best!

Jacqui went back to school  proving that age doesn't define what you can accomplish to follow a dream and now runs her business The Details of Style helping women feel good in their bodies.

Stephanie is the Founder of Celebrate the Gray, a modeling agency offering both models and clients a market to show midlife women as they are today. She's a trailblazer in the aging community holding brands accountable in their marketing efforts towards women and aging.