TRUE ELEVATION Intensive SPEAKERS
Experts in the industries of COMMUNICATION, CONFIDENCE, CONSTRUCTION, and AI. Leaders in the fields of Interior Design, Building, Business and Networking.
Amanda Greaves
Founder of The Amanda Greaves Group, Group Two 29 Coaching and Consulting, and AG&Co Interior Design (former owner). Amanda is an alignment coach, empowerment speaker, published author, and award-winning interior designer. Her approach to communication, collaboration, and leadership is driven by her deep commitment to serving others through soulful understanding, intentional connection, and clarified confidence.
Through her motivating keynotes, impactful workshops, and group coaching experiences, Amanda connects on an intimate and sincere level, bringing even the most elevated or complex concepts down to a grounded, purposeful perspective. By guiding audiences through the radically honest process of recognizing what is holding them back, she shows them how to move past limiting beliefs in real time, leaving them empowered to find new pathways of navigating life’s transitions with clarity in their mindset and heart-set.
Amanda’s leadership and educational style capture the hearts and souls of those who experience her energy, inspiring immediate, strategic action and a renewed sense of clarity and passion on their intentional journey forward.
Jesse DeBenedictis
Founder and owner of WORKS by JD. Jesse has spent most of his life on the North Shore and Cape Ann and is currently raising his family in Gloucester.
Jesse’s attention to detail and drive to always improve earns Jesse and his team at WORKS by JD its impeccable reputation. Dedicated to building long-term relationships with clients and vendors, Jesse continually strives to “build beyond better“, providing the highest-level customer service, the best materials and the latest construction techniques are not always what is needed. “I learned at an early age that it takes hard work and perseverance to be successful, but it’s mostly about relationships. That is why we pride ourselves on exceeding our clients’ expectations, every single time we show up at a job.”
Giving back to the community that he loves is a core value for Jesse. Whether it is heading up pro-bono projects, volunteering at local non-profits or serving on committees, boards and industry associations.
Jesse is a proud NARI Certified Professional, holding the following certificates: CRPM, CR, CKBR, and CLC (demonstrating he is an elite remodeler, held to the highest industry standards). He also received recognition from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulations in 2021. His credentials and passion for this industry set WORKS by JD ahead of the rest.
Jesselynn Barber
As an Energetic and Subconscious Guide, and the founder of Be Well Hypnotherapy & Healing, Jess is a certified hypnotherapist, life coach, NLP practitioner, and Reiki Master.
Jess’s passion lies in helping individuals tap into their inner power and achieve their full potential. With a strong foundation in the healing arts, she blends hypnosis, energetic work, and intuitive guidance to help people explore the patterns influencing how they think, feel, and show up in their lives.
With nearly 20 years of experience as an executive assistant, Jess understands the pressures of professional life. Her work invites leaders to look beneath those pressures, reconnect with their inner knowing, and practice leading with greater clarity, self-trust, and intention.
Jess guides you by helping you become more aware of the space needed to tap into your inner voice, learning to listen to what your body, mind, and spirit want in congruency, and to be present in a grounded, clear state, generating the energy to elevate and empower yourself and others.
Tim Sanborn
Founder, Right Choice Business Solutions. Tim Sanborn brings more than four decades of leadership, acquisition, integration, and entrepreneurial experience to Right Choice Business Solutions.
Tim spent 25 years with Airborne Express and DHL Worldwide Express and was later recruited into the trade acquisition and integration industry, where he worked with national consolidators. During that time, Tim helped facilitate the acquisition of approximately 70 contractor businesses and supported the integration of hundreds more.
Tim’s then moved into renewable energy, serving in leadership roles with two national solar companies before building a successful Boston-based solar business from the ground up, which he later sold to pursue a career in business solutions and coaching.
Today, Tim brings his extensive experience to Right Choice Business Solutions, an online training and support platform created to help small-business owners build stronger companies and better lives. Through proven best practices, employee development, leadership and sales training, and access to trusted third-party resources, Right Choice gives business owners the practical guidance and support they need to overcome challenges, develop their teams, and achieve sustainable growth.
Karen Hanson
Licensed Partner of Engel & Volkers By the Sea, and President of the North Shore Realtors Association, Karen has built a luxury real estate business defined by creativity, innovation, and extraordinary client experiences on Boston’s North Shore.
A Babson College graduate with an entrepreneurial spirit that drives her daily, she is passionate about empowering others to imagine all that is possible, to lead with purpose and build businesses and lives that they truly love.
Real estate has been more of a calling and a journey than a career. Stepping into the role as a Broker and Partner inspires her in ways she never expected and over the past two decades, she’s worked alongside advisors she admires deeply to build a business rooted in excellence, creativity, and fun.
Every client, every transaction, every day feels like a new story waiting to be told. Her boutique firm represents some of the most remarkable homes on the North Shore coastline, and each one is a chance to raise the bar in real estate and in relationships.
She embraces fresh, non-traditional marketing, creates strategies that reflect the uniqueness of every client, and works hard to make each experience personal and memorable.
Richard Bliss
As CEO of BlissPoint Consulting, Richard works with C-suite leaders and sales teams from technology, retail, finance, construction and event planning. They all need to build authority on LinkedIn without sounding like everyone else in an AI-flooded feed. Richard has trained thousands of sales professionals and coached hundreds of senior executives across organizations including NetApp, Zscaler, Rubrik, and Boston Consulting Group.
Richard’s approach blends military strategic discipline (former Army Artillery Captain), Fortune 500 experience, and deep knowledge of how LinkedIn’s AI actually evaluates your professional story.
Richard teaches AI fluency as a leadership and sales competency by using AI as a business partner that helps generate business and build credibility.
By building a team’s digital presence, Richard prepares them to be evaluated by AI before a single human ever sees it.
“Amanda, I can’t thank you enough for pushing and guiding me the way you have over the past few months. I’ve reached milestones I didn’t think I was going to hit this soon and am grateful for the coaching and confidence nudge you gave me back in June. The results from your coaching are clear and sustainable. I really appreciate the kick in the a$$.”
~ G.L. Builder and Remodeler, Gloucester MA
“…I always go back to the words you shared with me on our calls, because you have been so right, and so aware every single time. Since I started working with you my confidence has shot through the roof and my business is taking off. Making the plan to organize not only my business, but my time and my life outside the business was one of the biggest things I think I didn’t realize I needed to do. Thank you. I couldn’t do this without you.”
~ KERI SMITH Interior Design Professional and owner of Studio KSH, Danvers MA
You do NOT want to miss what is going to happen in this room…
YOU NEED TO BE IN THE ROOM.
November 5 and 6, 2026
Wylie Conference Center @ Endicott College, Beverly MA