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CREA GLOBAL AWARDS

This award is proudly presented to the honoree by the Brainz Magazine Selection Committee, in recognition for their creative and innovative ideas, adaptability in business, or for their contributions to sustainability and mental health projects.

CREA Global Award presented to

Janet Zaretsky

Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, TEDX Speaker, Author and Cofounder Impact Speaking Lab

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Caroline Winkvist

Editor-In-Chief

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Daniel Ålund

Selection Committee

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Janet Zaretsky

Janet Zaretsky is a master professional executive coach, Co-founder of Impact Speaking Lab, a corporate trainer, author, and speaker that helps people unleash their brilliance, confidence and visibility in the world. Janet has worked with over 32,000 people in the past 27 years.

Janet is a powerful advocate for ending the gender gap, both in pay and influence. Her work with women has led her to be a frequent contributor to Forbes and the author of the book, “Where’d My Confidence Go… and How Do I Get It Back?”. Known as The BS-to-Brilliance Master, Janet has a gift for having you unapologetically and confidently express yourself – and succeed! – as the unique and powerful professional you are.

Janet's passion for having people express themselves led her to cofound a training organization, Impact Speaking Lab, through which she and her co-founder, Andrew Poles, work with companies to train their employees to be reliably influential in presentations, meetings, sales, and internal and external communication using their neuroscience-based proprietary training methodology.

Additionally, Janet is a two-time TEDX and Keynote Speaker, a corporate trainer and expert in communication and leadership, an International Coach Federation member, Certified Conversational Intelligence Coach, Certified in Behavioral Style Instruments, a graduate of Coach U and Corporate Coach U, former senior program leader for Landmark Worldwide and Co-President of the Austin Chapter of Ellevate Network.

Jennifer Flynn

President and Founder of The Balance Maven

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Actor, environmentalist and philanthropist

Hanna Hermansson

Founder and CEO of Done for You Copywriting for Coaches

Richard Branson

Billionaire, entrepreneur, business magnate and founder of Virgin Group

Lotta Spjut

Entrepreneur / CEO / TEDx- & Global Speaker / Inspirational Trainer

Cindy Machles

CEO, Entrepreneur and Co-founder Of Glue Advertising

Sophia Amoruso

Founder of Girlboss Media. Serial entrepreneur and bestselling author

Bill Gates

Developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. Founder of Microsoft

Lily Zheng

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion speaker, strategist, and consultant

Ryan Holmes

Programmer, Entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Hootsuite

Taya Slobodjaniuk

Founder of Expat Psychologist

and Expat Expert

Thomas Helfrich

CEO & Founder of InstantlyRelevant.com. Podcast host of the "Ai Nerd"

Brené Brown

Research professor, lecturer, best-selling author, and podcast host

Marc Randolph

Tech entrepreneur, advisor, speaker and first CEO of Netflix

Bill Simmons

American sports analyst, podcaster and CEO of the website The Ringer

Agnes Chau

Transformational Life Coach and Private Consultant

Samaria Torres

CEO & Founder of The International Breakthrough Academy

Billy Carson

Entrepreneur, TV host, producer, and founder of 4biddenknowledge

Mila Kunis

Actress and fundraiser

Kiara Streater

President and CEO of Extraordinary Headhunters LLC

Victoria Rader

Bestselling Author, Podcast Host, Former Monk & Purpose Coach

Stephanie Shepherd

Environmental advocate, and Co-Founder of Future Earth

Max Moinian

Masters in Urban Planning and Co-Founder of Future Earth

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Broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author

Sallie Krawcheck

CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest

Highlights from the 2022 list

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