Elizabeth Lopez is the CEO and founder of Brite Cleaning Industries (BCI), a California-based commercial cleaning and facilities management company she built from a single office client in 2005 into an operation serving over 50 million square feet weekly. A women-owned, GBAC-certified enterprise headquartered in Fremont with reach across Northern and Southern California, BCI serves corporate offices, manufacturers, healthcare facilities, aviation, and government organizations. Lopez is known for her community engagement and for maintaining a 90% employee retention rate and 85% customer retention rate in a demanding service industry.
Codie Sanchez is the founder and CEO of Contrarian Thinking, a financial media company with over 8 million followers, and author of the NYT bestselling book 'Main Street Millionaire.' A former Wall Street executive and award-winning journalist, she built a portfolio of 26-30 'boring businesses' - think laundromats, car washes, and handyman services - and teaches her audience how ordinary businesses can create extraordinary wealth. Her weekly newsletter reaches over 1 million readers, and her mission is to create 1 million financially free humans through business ownership.