09/30/22 – Navigating the Nexus Between Volunteerism and Business Panel Discussion

Brigid Cech Samole is an attorney at Greenberg Traurig where she is the Chair of the Miami Appellate Practice, Co-Chair of the Miami Litigation Practice, and a member of the Firm’s National Appellate Practice. Nikki Weisburd is an attorney at the Child Advocacy Project, at Dade Legal Aid, in partnership with the Guardian ad Litem Program. Tina van der Ven is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at NewStar Media. Tina is currently the co-chair of the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami.

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06/21/22 – Redefining Your Relationship: A Primer on Prenuptual, Postnuptual, and Cohabitation Agreements with Lindsay Gunia

Lindsay is a member of All Before Dinner and a Shareholder in the Marital & Family Law Department of Miami law firm, Stearns Weaver Miller, where she specializes in handling complex cases for high-net-worth individuals and business owners. Lindsay has served on various committees and has held numerous positions within the state and local bar associations.

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04/29/22 – Basics of Interior Design with Coco D’Ascola

Coco is the Owner and Principal Designer at Coco Interior Design where she specializes in space planning and creating innovative solutions for her clients’ homes.
Coco began her career in marketing and public relations, as the Marketing Director for Fortune International, a luxury real estate development firm based in Miami. During her time at Fortune, she found that she enjoyed collaborating with the Interior Design and Architecture teams, and she quickly shifted her career focus to interior design. In 2009 she opened her own interior design firm.

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04/05/22 – Mental Health Check-In with Amy Small

Amy Small is a psychotherapist in private practice in North Miami. She has been a practicing therapist for the past 14 years. Her work as a clinician at Jewish Community Services, school social worker for several Jewish day schools, facilitator for first time parents for the “Shalom Baby” program and extensive work with Holocaust survivors all inform her work today. She specializes in anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, parenting, stress management and family/relationship conflict.

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03/14/22 – A Love Story Beyond Life and Death with Carla Sloan

Carla is a member of All Before Dinner and an Emmy winning writer and television producer with three decades of experience in creating, writing, and developing TV shows, in-studio production and delivery, and helming major television network content in New York and Los Angeles. Carla and her husband Chris are parents to Calder and Caleb Sloan. After a tragic accident that took Calder’s life, Carla and Chris established the Caleb and Calder Sloan’s Awesome Foundation (ccawesomefoundation.org) to help children in need, prioritizing kids who have suffered the loss of a parent or sibling.

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02/01/22 – Fireside Chat with Holly Rowe

Enjoy a fireside chat with Holly Rowe who celebrates over 20 years as one of ESPN’s most versatile commentators. Rowe joined the network full time in August 1998. Rowe is a reporter on a number of high profile events and programming – ABC Saturday Night Football, Big Monday men’s college basketball, Women’s Final Four, Women’s College World Series, NCAA indoor and beach volleyball national championships and the WNBA. Rowe has also provided play-by-play commentary for women’s college basketball, softball, volleyball and gymnastics. Currently in treatment for Stage IV Meta-Statick Melanoma, Rowe has become a tireless advocate for cancer research and prevention.

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10/12/21 – Bankruptcy 101 with Hayley Harrison

Hayley Harrison serves as Of Counsel at Bast Amron LLP in Miami, FL. She concentrates her practice in the areas of bankruptcy, insolvency, and commercial litigation. She represents bankruptcy trustees, debtors, secured and unsecured creditors and interested parties in relation to their rights in Chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings.

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