Joe Vest

Joe heads up sales engineering for Object Computing, Inc. (OCI), a St. Louis-based technology consulting firm with one of the premier blockchain technology practices, recognized by Gartner in 2020 as one of 35 "companies to watch" globally in the blockchain space. Recently, he has been in projects using blockchain in building global carbon markets, supply chain and asset management systems, branding (NFT's), and more. With over 30 years' experience in technology and various business pursuits, he's broadly qualified to help his clients with a broad range of strategic problems and technology initiatives. Joe and his wife, Lucie, are also avid advocates of homeschooling, having homeschooled their children (Calvin, 23, and Katie, 20).

Tiffany Hoeckelman

Starting in 2010 as a virtual assistant and freelance graphic designer, Tiffany witnessed business owners undermining their success with ugly graphic design. Driven to remedy this, Tiffany built Lone Orange, a branding agency, with a virtual team.

She soon recognized that solopreneurs were getting stuck trying to grow their businesses beyond themselves. Tiffany created the Scale Your Brand Method based on her foundational belief that EVERY business MUST have a confident brand identity AND scalable systems to grow. She also founded the Solo Collaborative Community--a vibrant, online support community for solopreneurs banding together to grow powerful businesses that impact the world!

Now as a Branding and Systems Coach and Consultant, Tiffany helps overwhelmed, mission-minded solopreneurs grow their businesses beyond themselves with fewer headaches and more profits!

Greg Starrs

Greg's earliest startup was a newspaper delivery service by bicycle. His promise was to deliver every day--on time, no matter the weather, no excuses. Greg went on to develop two business startups with the same goal of wowing clients, teammates, partners, and others with no excuses service. With extensive experience in the healthcare industry, he has been a leader of multiple sites and business lines with proven abilities managing clinical, customer service, administrative and sales functions. Now he is a volunteer mentor with SCORE, a national nonprofit that helps small businesses get off the ground and grow.

Jean Evans

Jean Evans was elected twice to the Missouri House of Representatives. During her time in office, Rep. Evans expanded on her previous professional and volunteer work and established herself as a successful advocate for children and the business community. Evans resides in St. Louis County, where she runs her own government relations firm, Go Consulting LLC. In 2021 she was named Missouri State Lead for the American Federation for Children.

Darren Jones

Darren Jones sees homeschooling from several distinct vantage points. As Senior Counsel with HSLDA, he has represented families in court all over the country for over 20 years when their homeschool programs have been challenged. In his role as Director of Group Services for HSLDA, he spends a lot of time talking with people who are starting homeschool groups or who have questions about how to operate their current group legally. As a homeschool graduate and now part of a homeschooling team with his wife Sara, he has seen homeschool resources adapt and flourish from the 1980s to the present. Darren is passionate about making homeschooling possible for the widest range of families.