Rick Bernardo
Spirit Road Co-founder/Artistic Director/Travel Host:
Rick grew up in a media family. His mother was Connecticut’s “Sealy Weather Girl” on Ch. 30, CBS; his father pioneered FM radio through WTYD in Southeastern CT. After earning degrees in science and religion, Rick devoted years to a combined career in community health… and entertainment. Besides his years as a musician and actor, Rick has done stand-up on ABC’s “America’s Funniest People” and in venues across the U.S. His non-profit work includes designing and directing statewide public health programs through the CA Medical Association and MN Dept. of Health that helped protect millions of lives. Rick teaches organizational leadership, business ethics, and cyber-tech ethics at Saint Mary’s University of MN, oversees communications and development for nonprofit causes, and presents multi-media educational programs on communications, ethics, and well-being for diverse audiences around the country.
Gina Soleil Spirit Road Business Manager/Travel Host:
Cultural change leader and CEO of Monarch Leadership, Gina is author of Fuel Your Business: How to energize people, ignite action, and drive profits. At 22, for Caribou Coffee she set in motion innovative business practices that are a multi-million dollar generator today. Recruited by Best Buy at 25, Gina took a $52M store from bottom- to a top-performer in under 5 months—when she was promoted to launch Best Buy's business venture, eq-life. Since then, Gina has consulted with some of the nation’s largest corporations, including UnitedHealth, Best Buy, Wipro Technology-Global Retail, McQuay International, besides mid-sized and not-for-profits. In 2012, she launched Booya!, a global joy movement that in months grew online to nearly 100,000 followers. Recently in CEO Magazine, Minneapolis Star Tribune, MinnPost and IT Business Edge, Gina is sought by some of the world’s most high-profile companies—not only for her business acumen, but also her expertise in lighting up work cultures and driving prosperity.
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