Authors

ANDY PHILLIPS is a contributing writer at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is also a motivational speaker who speaks to a variety of audiences about the importance of character, perseverance, going after your goals, and the ability to view losses as lessons. He is a former 2x Division-1 Football Captain and played as

RINA PLAPLER is a Partner at MBLM and has built brands for over 20 years. She leads strategy at MBLM in New York and has held executive positions at FutureBrand and Gormley & Partners. Rina has worked with B2B, B2C and B2G companies and has extensive strategy experience across a variety of industries including financial

PAMELA POST-FERRANTE, MED, MFA, CAGS, is a writer, teacher and workshop leader. She teaches in the Graduate School of Expressive Therapies at Lesley University and currently leads sessions privately and in Boston area hospitals for cancer survivors. She was published in Living on the Margins: Women Writers on Breast Cancer. Her work has been heard

CHEF HARI PULAPAKA is a Worldchefs Certified Master Chef (WCMC), a Certified Executive Chef (CEC) and an inductee into the American Academy of Chefs (AAC) of the American Culinary Federation with four James Beard Award semifinalist nods as Best Chef-South and multiple Food & Wine People’s Best Chef recognitions. Born and raised in Mumbai, India,

JENNEFFER PULAPAKA, DPM, is a Board-Certified Podiatric Physician Diplomate from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. A trained podiatric surgeon who specializes in diabetic limb salvage, she is the founder of DeLand Foot and Leg Center. She focuses on Peripheral Vascular Disease, holds a Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate, and is a Culinary Health Education Fundamentals (CHEF)

TOM RAWLINGS is an attorney board-certified in child welfare and juvenile justice law. He has served as a juvenile court judge, as the child protection ombudsman for the State of Georgia, as the Director of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, and as leader of a child abuse prosecution and treatment team in

SHARON RICARDI has over 30 years of experience in the field of health care and senior care, specializing in Alzheimer’s disease. She was the Executive Director of Middlesex Visiting Nurse Association followed by a stint as Executive Director of an assisted living community in Framingham, MA. She was also the Regional Director of Operations for

SOL RIVERA is a student, poet, and activist who uses her poetry to share her emotions honestly and hopefully in a relatable way. She aims to empower those struggling with eating disorders and other challenges facing teenagers. Although Restrict: A Poetic Narrative is a work of fiction, it is inspired by real life. Sol is

PETER ROONEY has more than a decade’s experience working as an award-winning journalist for newspapers in Illinois and for the Associated Press in Berlin. Peter also worked alongside Gehrung Associates to help academic institutions tell their stories through the publication of research breakthroughs, unconventional wisdom from the social sciences, and other insights from academia. He