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MEET THE ROUNDTABLE HOSTS

Every great conversation starts with someone brave enough to open the room. Meet the hosts guiding our Rotating Roundtable Conversations.

Echo Muhammad

The Echo Effect
Self-Love Advocate


Echo is the founder of The Echo Effect and creator of The Favor Factor, a transformational coaching experience designed to help high-achieving Black women return to self-love, confidence, and embodied living. She works with women who are outwardly successful but internally depleted, guiding them to release burnout patterns, rebuild self-trust, and realign with who they are beyond roles and expectations.

Her approach blends mindset work, spiritual alignment, and embodiment practices to support lasting internal transformation. Echo helps her clients move from self-abandonment to self-prioritization by strengthening boundaries, deepening self-worth, and reconnecting with their bodies and feminine energy.

Through this process, women begin to experience greater clarity, emotional stability, and alignment in their personal lives, relationships, and overall well-being.

Through coaching, digital resources, and immersive retreat experiences, Echo creates supportive environments where women can slow down, be honest with themselves, and do the deeper inner work required for sustainable change. Her work is rooted in personal empowerment and practical application, guiding women to stop performing, start living in alignment, and embody a more confident, grounded, and self-led version of themselves.

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Charise Bennett

Best Me Ever Movement
Founder


Charise Bennett is the founder of Best Me Ever Movement, a personal development brand dedicated to helping women rebuild their self-worth, self-love, and confidence. Through transformative coaching programs, courses, and community experiences, she equips women with the tools to strengthen their relationship with themselves, set healthier standards, and show up more fully in their lives personally and professionally.

With a background in psychology and a passion for empowering women, Charise brings both insight and relatability to her work. Her approach blends evidence-based concepts with real-life application, delivered with a signature style of humor, honesty, and heart that resonates deeply with the women she serves.

She is the author of The Self-Love Makeover, which earned her the Distinguished Authors Guild Award, recognizing her impact and contribution to personal development literature. Through her writing, speaking, and facilitation, Charise creates spaces where women feel seen, challenged, and empowered to redefine how they see themselves.

As a facilitator, Charise is known for creating engaging, reflective, and transformative experiences that inspire lasting change helping women step into the belief that they are, and have always been, the best thing that ever happened to them.

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Eilynn Dixon

Honey Yogatry LLC
Yoga Meditation Breathwork Guide (Wellness Coach), Poet, Author, Financial Professional


Ms. Lynn, known in the wellness and creative world as The Poetic Yogi, is a transformative guide who weaves yoga, breathwork, meditation, and spoken word poetry into powerful experiences of self-discovery. With over 25 years in the retirement industry and extensive training in emotional alchemy, she bridges the practical and the spiritual, helping people reconnect to their truth and remember who they are beneath the noise of life.

As a 200-hour certified yoga and meditation instructor, Soul Therapy facilitator, and performing spoken word poet, she invites audiences into spaces where movement, breath, and language meet. Her work centers on emotional, spiritual, and creative liberation, offering tools to shift mindsets, release outdated stories, and return to inner harmony.

Ms. Lynn is the author of Words of Honey: Raw Honey and the visionary behind Honey Yogatry, a sacred wellness space created to guide people toward answering the call of their soul. Through retreats, classes, writing, and her signature wellness program, she empowers individuals to listen inward, speak honestly, and live with intention.

Her message is simple yet profound: you are your own home, you are not broken, and you are your own permission slip.

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Alexis Cameron

BeWell Therapy & Wellness PLLC
Founder and Owner


Alexis Cameron is the founder of BeWell Therapy & Wellness, a Chicagoland-based private practice dedicated to helping individuals and families heal, grow, and thrive through compassionate, evidence-based care. She is a trauma-informed therapist, EMDR-trained clinician, and yoga teacher specializing in attachment wounds, generational trauma, high-functioning depression, stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and relationship concerns.

With advanced training in Gottman Couples interventions, mindfulness, and mind-body healing, Alexis takes a holistic and culturally responsive approach to therapy. Her work integrates nervous system regulation, emotional wellness, and practical tools that empower clients to create lasting change while staying connected to their identity, values, and relationships.

Alexis is passionate about supporting high-achieving adults, deep feelers, and those navigating the invisible weight of always being “the strong one.” Through BeWell Therapy & Wellness, she creates a warm, affirming space where clients feel seen, understood, and supported in breaking unhealthy cycles and building healthier, more fulfilling lives.

Her approach to self-care centers around intentional pauses, emotional honesty, and learning to protect your peace without guilt. Alexis believes healing, softness, and honesty can exist alongside strength, and her work encourages people to reconnect with themselves in ways that feel grounding, sustainable, and real.

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Dr. Chakika Williams, NP

SkyRose Rejuvenation Clinic & Spa, PLLC
Aesthetic & Wellness Nurse Practitioner


Dr. Chakika “Dr. Keke” Williams, DNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, is the founder and CEO of SkyRose Rejuvenation Clinic & Spa and SkyRose RCS Medical Aesthetics Academy. A nationally recognized aesthetic provider, speaker, and entrepreneur, she is known for helping medical professionals transition into the aesthetics industry with confidence, strategy, and purpose.

Dr. Williams’ journey is a testament to resilience and determination. She began her career as a CNA and Medical Assistant before earning her Associate in Applied Science, BSN, MSN, MBA, Post-Master’s certifications as a Family and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, and ultimately her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.

As a passionate advocate for diversity and representation in aesthetics, she has mentored aspiring providers across the country while building a brand centered on wellness, leadership, and empowerment. Her businesses have been recognized for excellence, including SkyRose Rejuvenation Clinic & Spa being named Best Medical Spa in the Region for multiple consecutive years.

Through education, entrepreneurship, and mentorship, Dr. Williams continues to open doors for the next generation of aesthetic leaders while encouraging women to prioritize confidence, wellness, and self-care from the inside out.

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Tameka Walton

Restored Hope
Executive Director / Somatic Therapist


Tameka Walton is a community advocate and nonprofit leader dedicated to advancing healing, resilience, and social change through mindfulness and somatic practices across Chicago communities. She holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) from DePaul University and is the Founder and Executive Director of Restored Hope, which empowers Black and Brown women and girls through trauma-informed mindfulness, somatic healing, self-agency, and self-advocacy practices.

Tameka has served as a delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and, in 2024, was appointed by Governor JB Pritzker to the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission. She also serves on the boards of nonprofit organizations focused on equity and community healing.

Following a public health mission to Ghana in 2019, she founded the Selah Center for Healing in Elmina, a future wellness space supporting healing for members of the Black diaspora.

Through her work, Tameka creates spaces where people feel seen, supported, and empowered to prioritize their well-being while continuing to care for their families and communities. Above all, she is proud to be a wife and mother of four.

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Jill Foos

Jill Foos Wellness
National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach


Jill Foos is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach based in Chicago who is skilled in evidence-based strategies for behavior change and is a member of MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers). She holds certifications from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy and has specialized training in menopause, mindfulness, supplements, and gut health.

She uses science-backed strategies for behavior change, including Motivational Interviewing, Positive Psychology, and the Stages of Change Model to support and inspire her clients to find their motivation for change. Her specialty is helping midlife women find their longevity and disease prevention equation through lifestyle interventions that support sleep optimization, nutrition, stress management, exercise, and community.

Jill founded Jill Foos Wellness, a virtual health coaching business, and hosts the Health Trip Podcast. She speaks regularly at corporate women’s events and is one of Respin Health’s Head Coaches, Halle Berry’s app-based platform for menopausal women, which features live group coaching.

She is also the co-founder of the Chicago Menopause Collective, a nonprofit organization devoted to connecting midlife women with trusted menopause care resources, education, and community support. Through her work, Jill empowers women to trust their bodies, advocate for their health, and navigate midlife with confidence and clarity.

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