Creative Team

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Tia Meyers

Tia works as a Social Media consultant and is the Founder of Freelancing Females, a vibrant community powered by over 8,000 women of all backgrounds and experiences providing mentorship, support, and opportunities.

Laura Laperche

Laura is a content creator and producer with extensive experience in market research and content delivery. She works closely with clients to strategize, write, produce and edit print, digital and video content that tell meaningful stories, which resonate with the intended audience.

Caitie McCabe

Caitie is a commercial kids and lifestyle photographer, whose clients have included Disney, Microsoft, ABC and Yahoo, among others.

Allie Clouspy

Allie is a Graphic Designer & Illustrator permanently ping-ponging back and forth between Pennsylvania and New York

Hilary Giorgi

Hilary Giorgi is a New York-based writer and editor. Her work ranges from branded copywriting to investigative

Alexandra Ostebo

Creative Picnic's founder and Alaskan Native, Alex Ostebo, has worked with hundreds of commercial artists to establish, revive and grow their businesses over the last six years.

Emily Ladyman

Marketing & Creative Services Consultant developing brands that are innovative, newsworthy and influential.

Foundation Team

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Warren Hance

Warren is the founder and President of the Hance Family Foundation, an organization that was started in the summer of 2009 after his three daughters (Emma, Alyson & Katie) were killed in a tragic car accident.

Kate Tuffy

Kate is the creator of the Self-Esteem Rising programs; Beautiful Me, Empower Me & Raising a Beautiful Child. She proudly serves as the Director of Education and, most importantly, as mom to 3 awesome teenagers.

Racquel Chariah

Racquel is the Self-Esteem Rising Program Coordinator. She’s a mom to three amazing boys and couldn't be happier to love the life she lives.

David Hance

David is a retired Msgt of the U.S. Air Force. After 21 years of service, he continues to serve the government as Sr. Property Manager for GSA.

Maggie Speck

Maggie is the Marketing and Media Manager of Self-Esteem Rising. She is a recent college graduate who uses her talents to make a difference in the world.

Katie Geraghty

Katie is a special education teacher, runner, proud daughter, sister, aunt and Beautiful Me instructor.

Joe Pelletiere

Joe is a husband, a father to a beautiful young lady and a proud volunteer.

Production Team

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Katie Poletti

Katie is a videographer/ photographer and 1st assistant to Caitie McCabe since the day McCabe made her banana bread in her dorm room as a trade for spanish tutoring.

Andrew Scerbo

I’m a Massachusetts transplant living on Long Island, been working in production for 14 years in NYC. I’m passionate about fatherhood, music and cooking for my beautiful wife ;)

Eloise Cheung

New York based freelance hair stylist

Beth Mosner

Photo Producer with 15 years of seamless, total project and creative management of photography and video shoots from initial concept and preproduction through to completion.

Caitlyn Dailey

Caitlyn believes in dreaming big, working hard & finding adventures in the every day. Caitlyn also believes she's fully capable of surviving a zombie apocalypse.

Susan Carolonza Chanin

Susan is a photo director and photo mentor with a deep commitment to helping people and companies tell their stories visually.

Christie Berges

Christine Berges is an agent at Kate Ryan Inc. She represents Wardrobe stylists,

Ryan Donohue

Ryan is a young Public Relations professional and the Imaging Manager at Kate Ryan Inc., he has a passion for marketing as well as helping others.

Louissa Chanin

Louissa is a high school student who believes self esteem matters for all woman and loves helping women and girls feel powerful and beautiful. She is interested in Latin America studies, Spanish, fashion, cosmetics, and volunteering- she is a tutor for her high school English program and is a woman’s rights activist.