Deborah Liljegren

Name: Deborah Liljegren
Company: Veraqua
Profession: Chief Creative Officer
Power Team: Marketing
Phone: 617.899.9284
Email: deb@veraqua.com
Website: Veraqua.com

Products and/or services offered:

Branding, package design, and general graphic design services

Ideal Referrals:

PR agencies without internal creative teams or those needing to supplement their offerings, businesses just starting out or those looking to increase their awareness (any industry), beverage industry decision-makers (CMO, Sales Directors, Marketing Directors) looking for branding and packaging design systems.

Professional Bio:

Deb is an award-winning creative professional blending imaginative vision with strategic expertise to deliver impactful brand and design solutions. With a rich portfolio spanning branding, packaging, and comprehensive design systems, she draws on extensive experience to support clients of all sizes. Known for guiding start-up and growing businesses alike, Deb excels in crafting standout brands while fostering best practices for long-term success.

Gerrit Vooren

Name: Gerrit Vooren
Company: voorenproductions
Profession: Video editor/producer
Power Team: Marketing
Phone: 917.566.3046
Business Address: Plaza Viquez, Cahuita, Talamanca, Limon, Costa Rica
Email: gerrit@voorenproductions.com
Website: voorenproductions.com

Products and/or services offered:

Edits of all kinds of videos: using anything from Zoom recording, phone footage or highly produced assets. For Instagram a website or a gala event, for a nonprofit a real estate broker or a law firm.

Ideal Referrals:

Marketing and PR Firms, Website designers, People in fundraising and events at nonprofits.

Professional Bio:

Vooren Productions was founded in 2003 by Gerrit Vooren. Initially we worked with the arts community in theatre, film and dance. We then organically evolved from dance companies to working with nonprofits in the health/science, education and human services sector.

We edit and produce videos for galas and events, websites, social media campaigns, newsletters, digital proposals, public service announcements and commercials.

We are thrilled to have wonderful clients who support the most amazing causes: Columbia University Medical Center, Safehorizon, Easterseals, Boys and Girls Harbor, Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, Astor Services, United Church Fund, 92Y, the Lung Cancer Research Foundation, Scholastic Foundation, Lasker Foundation and many, many others.

Michael Muchnij

Name: Michael Muchnij
Company: Home & Hearth Productions
Profession: Photographer
Power Team: Real Estate + Marketing
Phone: (602) 295-0160
Business Address:
Email: michael@homehearthproductions.com
Website: www.homehearthproductions.com

Products and/or services offered:

Listing Photos, Headshots, Floor Plans, Virtual Staging, Lifestyle Photos, 360 Virtual Tours.

Ideal Referrals:

NYC Real Estate Agents, Professionals with a Bad Headshot, RE Development Companies.

Professional Bio:

With over 20 years of award-winning photo experience, Home & Hearth Productions crafts images for real estate agents that tell a story, and inspire buyers to envision their next chapter in a home they’ll cherish for years to come.

Raphi Salem

Name: Raphi Salem
Company: SalemGlobal Digital Marketing
Profession: Digital Marketing
Power Team: Marketing
Phone: 1-917-862-8929
Business Address: 19 West 21st Street, NY, NY 10010
Email: raphis@salemglobal.com
Website: www.salemglobal.com

Products and/or services offered:

SEO, Google Ads, Online Display Advertising, Remarketing, Retargeting.

Ideal Referrals:

Web Developers, Web Programmers, Web Designers.

Professional Bio:

Raphi founded SalemGlobal as an Internet publishing and E-commerce company in 1997. He started his career at BBDO Advertising, NBC Television and Cablevision before moving to the startup space. Raphi has a BA in Industrial/ Organizational Psychology from Queens College in New York and has taught “Internet Marketing Essentials” at Pace University in New York City and Westchester, NY. In his spare time and depending on the season, Raphi can be found spending time on the softball field, on the pickleball court, on his road or mountain bike, on skis or ice skates, or on his phone playing chess.

Dennis Riley

Name: Dennis Riley
Company: Goals To Results
Profession: CRM Strategist
Power Team: Marketing
Phone: 781-254-0469
Business Address: 197 Palmer Ave, Unit 194 Falmouth, MA 02540 
Email: dennis@goalstoresults.com
Website: www.goalstoresults.com

Products and/or services offered:

Business Strategy, CRM Strategy, Data Strategy, Data Systems, Email Marketing, CRM Implementation with "Do It For You" Plans.

Ideal Referrals:

Growing Small Businesses (under 10 people), Health & Wellness Business Owners, Professional Service business owners.

Professional Bio: 

For 30 straight years, Dennis has been a small business owner helping other small business owners with strategy. He is a self proclaimed Data Geek and loves to solve problems with Data. He believes in order to take control of your business, you need to have your data under control and have your services, goals, data, CRM, systems and strategy be connected. His goal before he retires (at least 20 years from now!) is to help 1,000 business owners.

Claudia Hernandez

Company: Innovate Online Marketing Group, Inc.
Profession: Web Design/Development and Online Marketing  
Power Team: Marketing
Phone: 347-320-0846
Business Address: P.O. Box 4157, Sunnyside, NY 11104 
Email: claudia@innovateonlinemarketing.com
Website: www.innovateonlinemarketing.com

Products and/or services offered:

Ideal Referrals:

Small to mid-sized biz (3+ years old),solo and small law firms, e-commerce/online retailers, women business owners (WBEs)

Professional Bio: 

Robert T. Weinberg

Company: DM Pros, Inc
Profession: Printing & Direct Mail Marketing
Power Team: Marketing
Phone: 646-872-3930
Business Address: 225 West 37th Street, 16th Floor
Email: RobertW@DMPros.net
Website: www.DMPros.net

Products and/or services offered:

Printing, Direct Mail (Commercial & Fundraising), Mailing Lists, Signage (Posters, Banners, Step & Repeat ...)

Ideal Referrals:

Marketing manager, nonprofit organizations, event producers

Professional Bio:

Specialist in printing, mailing, database management and fulfillment services for commercial and nonprofit organizations. My operations and marketing background will help you design a program to target your audience, get more attention, generate more leads, drive more traffic to your door or website, raise more funds for your organization and make your events more successful.

Keith Emmer

Company: Startegix
Profession: Public Relations
Power Team: Marketing
Phone: 212-920-9205
Email: keith@startegix.com

Keith is looking to meet:
Clients:
- HIGH-GROWTH BUSINESSES
CEOs, Start-Up Founders, Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Marketing Directors, General Counsels
- LAW FIRMS
Partners and Chief Marketing Officers
- MARKETING / CREATIVE AGENCIES
Brand Consultants, Advertising Directors and Buyers, Digital Marketing Managers
- NON-PROFIT
Executive Directors, Board Members, Sponsorship Directors, Development Officers

 Industries:
- TECHNOLOGY
Startups, Software, Mobile Apps
- FINANCIAL SERVICES
Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Financial Planners, Accounting Firms - MEDICAL
- MEDICAL
Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical Companies, Inventors
- ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS
Producers, Sports Management Agencies
- REAL ESTATE
Developers, Commercial Leasing Agencies

About Keith:
Keith Emmer creates and implements public relations, media and marketing communications strategies for a wide range of companies, with specialties in law, public affairs and new venture development.

Keith uses targeted communications to help his clients attain critical business outcomes such as investments, customer acquisition, and strategic partnerships. An entrepreneur himself, Keith was a founding team member of a leading niche social network featured in The New York Times, social media blog Mashable and Entrepreneur magazine.  

A licensed attorney, Keith frequently serves as a media liaison for other attorneys and their clients, and helps non-profit organizations and high-profile individuals successfully advocate for their causes. He regularly speaks to lawyers groups about engaging media in their matters.

His awards include “Outstanding Media Exposure: Business Development” from PR News (for work with a large law firm client); an American Bar Association “Award of Excellence” (for writing); and “Official Honoree” of the Webby Awards (for content creation on a website).  He has been quoted on venture development by media outlets such as Inc. magazine and Yahoo! Small Business, and was a speaker at Ideas City.

Keith holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law, and a B.A. in Psychology from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.