RiseUp Wealth Summit Main Stage Coaches

La’Shondra Johnson, a Miami native, former educator, award-winning orator, and upcoming TEDx speaker, is revolutionizing the world of public speaking and leadership development through her company, Pitch It LLC. With a mission to promote excellence and client success, Johnson’s passion lies in helping leaders across all ages and careers discover their voice, build confidence, and master the art of public speaking. passionate about helping leaders across all ages and careers discover their voice through confidence training, leadership development and public speaking coaching. 

She founded Pitch It LLC  where she coaches business leaders on how to cultivate the voice of their brand through coaching on speaking engagements, training for pitch competitions (including creating her own branded/sponsored competitions), and more. As a previous secondary educator with a passion for youth, she also has a nonprofit, EXTRAordinary Youth Inc. where she helps teenagers develop confidence in public speaking and overall self-esteem as well through oratory and theater techniques.

As a young girl, she was able to develop her talents for speaking after her grandmother introduced her to theater and oratory competitions. She had no idea that public speaking was something most people feared until college when she began hosting events across her college campus, running into peers who would often ask for help and guidance when they had a speech to deliver or needed her to deliver one. It wasn't until she started teaching that she realized how much public speaking techniques had helped her develop transferable skills in her adult life and how many of her students seemed to lack confidence in themselves, as well as how many adults twice her age still feared and struggled on stage. 

Many did not understand their voice, and after careful consideration and a few years of coaching during summers, La’Shondra left teaching secondary schools and began coaching and teaching teens as well as adults on public speaking and owning their brand, message, and overall confidence to be who they need to be while speaking with pride!

Genevieve Carvil-Harris is an author, philanthropist, community developer, the U.S. United Queen of Queens (2021), Assistant Pastor at The Living Word Family Enrichment Center and proud wife of Brian C Harris.  A graduate of the University of Miami with a prelaw degree,  Genevieve developed a passion for community development and decided to pursue business development coaching. Genevieve reached back into her community to create classes and training events to empower others to create generational wealth through her Built By Gen brand.  Genevieve has been able to coach hundreds of entrepreneurs using capacity-building strategies to help guide her clients to their fortunes and increase their revenue to over $5 million. She has also implemented programs in low-income areas through grants and fundraising initiatives. She is the Co-Founder of Crowd Wallstreet Rewards along with LaShondra Johnson, Shanta Hereford, Tavaris Williams and Jamsky French, which is a rewards based crowdfunding platform that helps Founders raise capital for their businesses.

The company is proudly affiliated with Crowd Wallstreet Inc. Crowd Wallstreet was just named as the 3rd Black Owned Equity Crowdfunding Platform in the Nation.

Genevieve’s passion infused with her dedication to the business is why she was chosen as one of the 40 under 40 Black leaders of Excellence in South Florida and recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Ministry. She hopes to inspire other leaders to use their ideas and platforms to influence change within their communities and the world.

Wayne Thompson is a thought leader, innovation trailblazer, mentor, and problem-solving entrepreneur. He has launched and currently manages companies such as: 

• Albion Ventures - a System Integration deployment and management company
• Conspectus - a dynamic and collaborative Career Management platform
• AV Staffing Solutions - a staffing and recruiting agency
• 7P – a platform for entrepreneurs to share, learn and grow their business 
• Mandeville Properties – a real estate holding company
• Strategic Opportunities Achieving Results (S.O.A.R!) - a nonprofit organization focused on mentorship, scholarship, and educational assistance. 

Wayne stands at the forefront of innovation, by finding the harmonies between product development and service delivery. Wayne focuses efforts towards continued success through cutting-edge technology solutions and the optimization of existing network products and deployments.