Athena Golianis: CEO, Creator PINKK LLC and President, Founder of AGW Idea Group, Inc. She has worked on venerable blue-chip brands like Arthur Andersen, Sears, Kraft Foods, Wal-Mart Sam’s Club, Hillshire Farms, Sara Lee, Midas, Alberto Culver haircare brands,  (Unilever) Beltone, the City of Chicago in addition to name a few for many formative years. In 2005 she became a dedicated entrepreneur and opened her own agency AGW Idea Group and has successfully run her marketing consulting and branding agency for over 15 years and continues to do so. She has launched start-ups and helped to grow and rebrand others like VENeffect, BreatheAmerica, Precision HealthCare, Citadel Healthcare, Kiva Recovery, Diamond Bank (now Wintrust) amongst others.  At this time as she is also taking her understanding of building brands to create PINKK and use her experience and knowledge to empower and inspire coaches and mentors and provide resources for women with this brand experience and platform. 

A U.S. Navy Reserves Public Affairs Officer, a Flight Attendant – United Airlines and Global Project Manager – Conference Direct. Lt. Jill Brown is a Public Affairs Officer assigned to the Navy Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO) in Millington, Tennessee. She is the Social Media and Emerging Trends Department Head. She arrived at NAVCO in 2020, and previously served with United States Fleet Forces Command (USFF). While serving with USFF for five years, she participated in several high-profile exercises worldwide, supported hurricane relief efforts, and oversaw the public affairs desk in the Maritime Operations Center. She prepared daily briefs for the USFF Commander, a 4-Star Admiral that was critical to operational analysis and influencing the decision-making process. Lt. Brown was selected as a Media Relations Officer assigned to Joint Task ForceNational Capital Region supporting both the 58th and 59th Presidential Inaugurations. She facilitated numerous media engagements, a media roundtable event, and a press conference that was nationally televised.

She was selected as a direct commission public affairs officer in August 2013 and completed Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Maryland, in 2014. Brown began her Naval Reserve career in 1992 as an enlisted naval aircrewman assigned to VR-56 at Naval Air Station Dallas, Texas. She continued her flying career for more than 20 years transporting military members and cargo all over the world. She supported humanitarian missions to New Orleans immediately following Hurricane Katrina.

Her personal awards include the Joint Service Commendation Medal (two awards), Joint Service Achievement Medal (two awards), Navy Achievement Medals (six awards), Navy Good Conduct Medal, Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medal Silver Star, National Defense Service Medal, and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

Brown holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Saint Leo University and has earned certifications in event and program management from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. She also holds the Certified Government Meeting Professional (CGMP) certification. She recently completed a Project Management Certification Course in 2021 to help prepare for the PMP certification. As a civilian, Jill Brown is a Flight Attendant for United Airlines based at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia for more than 20 years. She was previously a management employee for United Airlines in Chicago, working in the employee engagement department. She recently affiliated with Conference Direct as a Global Project Manager with the conference management team.

Tita Arroyo is a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach and National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach at LIFE LOVES Health Coaching, Founder of Life Loves Co. a natural products company, and Global Buyer for Intelsat Inflight. 

With a BA in Spanish from the University of Illinois (Urbana), her varied corporate career includes managing customer accounts and exports for Patterson Medical, Emerson Electric, and Mars Incorporated. Her mission and passion are in empowering others to realize they are in control of their health and helping them implement simple, realistic, self-directed changes to lead their healthiest and best lifestyle!

Tita stays active in the community as PINKK Mentoring Assistant Manager and Associate Board Member and Engagement Committee Chair of Facing Forward to End Homelessness.  She lives in Chicago with her energetic Boston Terrier/Boxer mix Moonpie

Ms. Douglas currently serves as the Executive Director for Cyber Engineering & Digital Transformation Directorate (SEA03), at the Naval Sea Systems Command-. She provides Executive Leadership for the execution of a unified effort to ensure afloat and ashore systems are cyber resilient, the execution of a digital transformation, Logistics Information Technology sustainment, and Information Technology services.

Ms. Douglas was selected for appointment to the Senior Executive Service in April 2016. She previously served as the Executive Director for Industrial Operations. She was responsible for policy development, mission direction, program execution, information systems, and corporate leadership of the Naval Shipyards; Supervisors of Shipbuilding Conversion, and Repair; Trident Refit Facility, Bangor; and Ship Repair Facility, Yokosuka, Japan.   She also served as the Executive Director for Navy Regional Maintenance Center from 2016 to 2019 where she oversaw the operations and management of all Regional Maintenance Centers in private sector repair, intermediate level, and fleet technical support for surface ships.

She has six years of civil service experience as Deputy Director for Fleet Maintenance at

U.S. Fleet Forces Command. In this role, she was responsible for fleet maintenance policy and budget in support of two Naval Shipyards; three Regional Maintenance Centers; Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay; and Readiness Support Group, New London, to deliver mission-ready ships to combatant commanders and achieve the expected service life for fleet ships.

Ms. Douglas served as a naval officer from 1981 to 2010, retiring as a Captain with 29 years of service. She was an Engineering Duty Officer and served on USS Emory S Land (AS-39) as Electrical Repair Officer and at numerous maintenance activities. Her tours included Charleston Naval Shipyard as nuclear and non-nuclear ship superintendent for submarines; Portsmouth Naval Shipyard; Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair, Portsmouth (now a portion of Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center); and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility as Production Resources Officer. During this tour, she led the damage removal efforts in Guam for USS San Francisco (SSN 711) following the ship’s collision with an undersea mountain. She served two tours at Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center, Japan; her second tour as Commanding Officer, where she made all preparations for the arrival of USS George Washington (CVN 73), the first nuclear-powered warship to be home-ported overseas and which made its first forward-deployed Naval Forces availability at the facility. Her staff assignments include Commander, Navy Surface Forces, Atlantic, as Surface Type Desk Coordinator, and at Naval Sea Systems Command, as the Deputy Director of the Shipyard Management Group. Her final active-duty tour was as Surface Ship Program Director in the Fleet Maintenance Directorate of U.S. Fleet Forces Command.

Ms. Douglas graduated from Auburn University where she earned a bachelor’s of science in Chemical Engineering and her commission from the NROTC program in 1981. She earned a Naval Engineers Degree, a master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering, and a master’s of science in Ocean Systems Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992.

Judith M.Myers with JMMyers Marketing is an Ally for Equality and Warrior for Social Justice. Throughout an accomplished career in marketing that gave voice to prominent commercial brands, Judith Myers always kept a foothold in serving those without one.

As a communications expert, Judith transforms corporate storytelling and content into shared experiences that engage “consumers with merchandisers;” “buyers with sellers;” and most importantly “advocates with causes.” Her craft results in resilient customer loyalty, strong bottom-line gains, and passionate allyship for charitable and civic service. For the last decade, Judith works with a variety of clients through her private consultancy, JMMyers Marketing.

Judith is a dynamic leader in areas of marketing, branding, nonprofit and organizational change management. She has strategically guided Fortune 500s, national and global nonprofits, and associations to succeed with their customers, clients, and constituents. She is skilled in writing and design production across multi-channel formats and a variety of industries, including healthcare, professional services, technology, manufacturing, education, and humanitarian aid. Keeping her professional trade sharp, Judith had a long tenure with American Marketing Association Chicago as a Board Director, where she provided leadership and mentorship.

Most recently, Judith has shifted her focus from big business to allyship in support of public service, social justice, and diversity-inclusion-equity advocacy to give voice to under-represented, vulnerable, and at-risk populations. She is a Deputy Registrar and has registered hundreds of high school student voters in the greater Chicago area. She has been involved in political campaigns for local, state and federal candidates and also served as an Election Judge in the 2020 General Election. She served on a citywide community service project developing a database of resources to provide wellness aid to the elderly during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Judith is active in organizations addressing racial bias.

Judith is a practitioner of mindfulness and compassionate healing.

Maggie Bahler Rizzio has been a marketing and communications professional for close to 30 years, cutting her teeth at small agencies after she graduated from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!) She quickly realized customer service was her forte and she worked hard for her clients in banking, auto parts, and eventually healthcare/pharma. Helping those clients craft messages and finding the right way to reach their key customers provided the challenge that has kept Maggie motivated for most of her career. She also spent time in retail marketing, working on well-known brands like Home Depot and Whole Foods Market.

About eight years ago, she veered off the corporate path and joined a small non-profit organization that focuses on providing support to anyone impacted by cancer. Gilda’s Club Chicago is part of a larger organization called the “Cancer Support Community,” which includes a network of 50 affiliates across the US and Canada. Named for comedienne Gilda Radner, the organization supports anyone diagnosed with or caring for someone with cancer – men, women, teens, and children – through a variety of activities, support groups, and events. In early 2020, Maggie brought her marketing and communications expertise to the Archdiocese of Chicago. She leads communication efforts for the structural and spiritual renewal of the Catholic church in Chicago, a movement known as “Renew My Church.”

Maggie got the travel bug early when she lived in Australia as a young girl. Trips back to the U.S. to visit family included stops in places like Tokyo, Moscow, and Manila. Since then, she has traveled extensively and also lived in Toronto, Canada for 11 years prior to her move to Chicago in 2004. On summer weekends you will usually find her on her bike and year-round you will likely find her with her nose in a good book.

She belongs to a few networking groups which keep her connected with strong women and strong marketers in Chicago. PINKK is one of those groups and she is grateful for the friendships that have developed there, as well as all the interesting events that are offered like cooking demos and self-care webinars. She is an active member who inspires us all with all her contributions and involvement.

Maggie is also on the Board of Directors of the Chicago chapter of the American Marketing Association and focuses on member engagement – from New Member Orientation to attendance at events to recruiting volunteers.