Lend & Gather 2022 Online Speakers
What We'll Cover
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Intro To Lend & Gather 2022
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Lend & Gather 2022 Recap
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Intro to Lend & Gather 2022 Online
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Lend & Gather 2022 with pics!
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Your CFO Mindset: Don't Leave Money on the Table
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Michelle Loretta's Lend & Gather 2022 Presentation
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Ask a Planner Anything
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Gabby Pinkerton & Jessica Pancake's Lend & Gather 2022 Session facilitated by Morgan Montgomery
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We are so grateful!
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What Just Happened?
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David C. Baker's Lend & Gather 2022 Presentation
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Core by Hyperice at Lend & Gather 2022
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Growing As a Leader
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David C. Baker's Lend & Gather 2022 Breakout Session
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Cash is King: How to Plan for Profits Workshop
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Michelle Loretta's Lend & Gather 2022 Breakout Session
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Tentipi's Lend & Gather 2022 Presentation
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Rental Utilization: Make More Money Without Spending Another Dime
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Allison Howell's Lend & Gather 2022 Presentation
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Instawork's Lend & Gather 2022 Presentation
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Boutique Event Rental Sourcing Panel
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Tamuel Cowart, Anne King, and Taylor McMullen's Lend & Gather 2022 Panel Facilitated by Micaela Scherer
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RhinOPSeros Lend & Gather 2022 Presentation
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From Passion to Profit: Uplevel with Sales Scripts that Convert
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Kelly Ann Peck's Lend & Gather 2022 Presentation
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Streamlining Your Success
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Siera Smith's Lend & Gather 2022 Presentation
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Growth Strategies Q&A
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Anna Crelia & Rhoda Brimberry's Lend & Gather 2022 Q&A Facilitated by Michelle Loretta
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PLATESCRAPE's Lend & Gather 2022 Presentation
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Using Pinterest To Strategically Grow Your Event Rental Business
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Gabby Pinkerton's Lend & Gather 2022 Presentation
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American Rental Association's Lend & Gather 2022 Presentation
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Live Interview For The Trunk Show With RW Elephant
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Pablo Oliviera's Lend & Gather 2022 Interview facilitated by Allison Howell
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What You'll Get
Learn practical ways to develop as a leader, increase profits, source pieces in your collection, and GROW your event rental business. Don't miss your chance to enroll in Lend & Gather 2022 Online!
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12 Full-length Sessions from Lend & Gather 2022
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Downloadable Worksheets, Notes, and Resources
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Industry Expertise & Best Practices
Allison Howell
"Make small changes to make a big difference in your revenue. I want to do that for you because we all have limited resources. We have limited time, limited money, and limited space. And utilization is about getting the most out of what we have."
Pablo Oliveira
“I think the magic really happens when other people believe in your passion. And become as passionate as you are for the business, and they take ownership in everything that they do and every day that they come to work. I think that's when the magic happens.”
David Baker
“Cash is what gives you the courage to do what you want to do anyway.”
Lend & Gather 2022 Speakers
NYT Bestselling Author, Speaker, Consultant
David Baker
David C. Baker is an author, speaker, and advisor to entrepreneurial creatives worldwide. He has written 5 books, advised 900+ firms, and keynoted conferences in 30+ countries. His work has been discussed in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fast Company, Forbes, USA Today, BusinessWeek, and Inc. Magazine. His work has also been featured in the NY Times, where he was referred to as the expert’s expert. He lives in Nashville, TN, but grew up in Guatemala, where he lived with the K’anjobal, a tribe of Mayans in San Miguel Acatán, Huehuetanango, where his parents did medical and literacy work.
David helps entrepreneurial creatives make better business decisions about their positioning and marketing, how they structure their roles in the firm, and how to benchmark their financial performance.
His most recent book is called “The Business of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth.” He co-hosts the most listened to podcast in the creative services field (2bobs).
Director of Operations at Upright Labs
Siera Smith
Since she was 11 years old, business has defined Smith’s life. It’s in her DNA. Following in the footsteps of her father, a life-long entrepreneur that started, scaled, and managed a variety of small businesses, Smith jumped into any role needed to help the businesses succeed, as she continues to do so in her career.
At Upright Labs, Smith focuses on the growth of Upright Labs and its clients. As the Director of Operations and Implementation, she is an integral part of Upright’s Services consulting team by implementing, managing, and executing on service contracts and projects. With a focus on e-commerce, operations, and sustainability, Smith develops maximum efficiencies, data-driven insights, and revenue-generating objectives to meet customer needs. For Upright Labs, Smith is responsible for enhancing brand awareness and lead generation, streamlining business operations for scalability, and the overall growth of the company.
Owner of Emerson Reese Creative
Kelly Ann Peck
Kelly Ann Peck, owner of Emerson Reese Creative, is committed to helping event entrepreneurs create their own path in life by translating her experience into actionable strategies that turn ideas into profitable businesses.
Kelly serves her clients with empathy and understanding, having stood in their places once upon a time. She knows what it’s like to feel exhausted and worry about whether a client had a great experience. She’s wondered how she’ll get enough clients to make a profit. She has seen her entrepreneur father worry about mortgage payments. She has ripped her hair out to produce a successful event. She knows the challenges entrepreneurs face and is committed to helping her clients avoid these common pitfalls.
In every way, she is the guide she wished she had when starting out as a new business owner. Her insider perspective allows her to provide foundational business knowledge for every event entrepreneur. For more information about Kelly and her services, visit her at EmersonReeseCreative.com and @emersonreesecreative on social media.
Start Lend & Gather 2022 Now
Take your rental business to the next level with with access to the incredible sessions, panels, and workshops from expert speakers and industry leaders.
Steep yourself in their knowledge and wisdom. Learn the lessons they already have so you can jump-start your growth to the next phase of your rental journey.
Let's elevate the industry together.
More Lend & Gather 2022 Speakers
Owner at Nuage Designs
Pablo Oliveira
With a foundation and education in luxury hospitality, Brazil native Pablo Oliveira drew upon his passion for design and global travels when he established Nüage Designs in 2004. Under Oliveira’s direction, Nüage has grown from the vicinity of Miami’s culture rich Little Haiti to reach an expansive community of creatives nationwide and abroad in its 18 years of success.
The brand is globally regarded as a leader in couture linen and furniture rentals for events, having served top event planners, celebrities, and luxury hotels around the world with unparalleled design offerings that are delivered with the highest standard of service.
A key element to the company’s success has been Oliveira’s commitment to creating a joyful and collaborative working environment that celebrates its employees’ individual talents. His tight-knit team is encouraged to draw upon their passion for design and service to push the company forward both creatively and ethically. In recent years, this has manifested as community support and outreach to local and national non-profit organizations, as well as renewed commitment to sustainable practices that reduce the company’s impact on material waste accumulation in landfills.
Founder at Be Sage Consulting
Michelle Loretta
Michelle Loretta is a strategist for the events industry andcreator of Be Sage Consulting, formerly Sage Wedding Pros. She has been educating, coaching, and consulting event professionals since 2009. With a degree in accounting, roots at the Big 4 firm Deloitte, and experience as a stationery entrepreneur, she dissects numbers to help level-up businesses’ earnings. Michelle wakes up each day excited to create Financial Strategies for Wedding and Event Businesses. She has been asked to speak at a number of industry conferences, including NACE Experience, Biz Bash Live, and The Special Event. She was named one of the TOP 1000 Event Professionals by BizBash in 2019. She is also the winner of the 2021 ILEA ESPRIT best conference award for the Be Sage Conference.
Owner at Cause We Can Events
Gabby Pinkerton
Gabby Pinkerton is an adventurous Wedding Planner, Pinterest Strategist, Youtuber and Wedding industry speaker. Her YouTube channel aims to help wedding pros grow their business by using Pinterest and targeting their ideal clients.
During the Pandemic, she launched a Pinterest Strategy company, Gabby Pinkerton Co. that focuses on helping wedding pros attract their ideal clients on Pinterest. She and her team offer done-for-you Pinterest Management as well as a robust, no-fluff Pinterest course for those who want to tackle it themselves.
Gabby is a recurring speaker at the Wedding Summit Series, Book More Weddings Summit and participates in several wedding bundles offering Pinterest mini courses. She has taken the stage at the National Association of Catering and Events, The Rising Tide Society and virtual gatherings over the last few years.
Additional Lend & Gather 2022 Speakers
President & Founder of RW Events
Tamuel Cowart
Forensic accounting was oh, so, appealing throughout college. Upon graduation, not so much! In 2004, Tamuel left her corporate job and began the journey of designing weddings and events. Her creative nature, forward-thinking, and determination branded her as a savvy entrepreneur. She is the President + Founder of RW Events, RW Style, Co-Owner of Luxmore Grande Estate, and Strategic Partner of Cypress Grove Estate House. The most recent addition under her brands is a curated gift shop owned with her daughters, Miscellaneous.
The brands under Tamuel’s leadership have blossomed and become some of the most sought after when planning events throughout Central Florida.
By day, she’s an entrepreneur, super boss, mentor and event designer. She has also perfected being a mommy to two daughters and wife to her high school sweetheart. In her spare time, Tamuel can be found traveling, cooking, volunteering her time, spoiling her fur baby, reading, and planning her next venture!
Owner of Borrow Curated
Ann King
Ann started Borrow Curated back in 2012 in the back of her husband’s business’ garage. I started with the belief that people need local art and design in their lives! And that can start with modern, made + antique furniture in their events and homes.
Every person is an artist and when your environment reflects your personal self or story, it is an unshakeable feeling. With her BA from Miami University in Creative Writing and a childhood history in the theatre, art and writing; events and design have been in her blood from a very early age. She truly loves what she does and the people she does it for.
When you can’t find her doing something Borrow Curated you’ll find her at home with the people she loves.
Owner at Folklore Rentals
Taylor McMullen
Even More Lend & Gather 2022 Speakers
Owners of Loot Rentals
Anna Crelia & Rhoda Brimberry
Loot Rentals was founded in 2011 in Austin, TX, by sisters-in-law Rhoda Brimberry and Anna Crelia, after Anna enlisted Rhoda’s help to find unique tabletop and décor items to complete her vision for her upcoming wedding. Recognizing the opportunity to serve a niche design-focused market also longing to infuse their own one-of-a-kind style into their special events, Rhoda and Anna joined forces to fill the gap and create one of the first boutique rental companies in the country. From vintage to new, marrying form with function, and capturing the down-to-earth, yet free spirit of modern design, the “Loot Look” was born.
Since then, Loot – thanks to its specially curated collection of furniture and décor rental pieces – has created inspiring spaces at everything from high-profile events like SXSW and the Austin City Limits Music Fest, to both intimate and lavish weddings, social, and corporate events, to television pilots and magazine shoots, to families’ holiday tables and most memorable gatherings.
With locations in both Austin and Ft. Worth, Loot is an esteemed member of the events industry, having been awarded a number of prestigious accolades from peers, press, and professional organizations alike, along with being featured in some of the most respected blogs, magazines, and books the wedding and event community has to offer.
Founder & CEO at RW Elephant
Allison Howell
Allison is the sales & marketing brain of RW Elephant. She spends a lot of her time interacting with users, plotting about how to improve the software, and consulting with niche rental businesses about how to get better at what they do. With her background of over a dozen years in the special events industry, she’s seen many business owners rise and fall. Now, at RW Elephant, in addition helping rental pros reclaim their creativity with mighty rental software, Allison consults with rental owners to build the best businesses they can to reach their goals.

Combining her analytical skills and aesthetic sensibility allows her to provide a unique perspective to niche rental businesses facing a variety of challenges and experiences. Whether one-on-one, in mastermind groups, on The Trunk Show Podcast, or on her blog, Allison seeks to provide specialty event rental businesses with the best tools possible to create more success, profitability, and enjoyment in their rental businesses.
When she’s not RWing, she enjoys dreaming of new business ideas, cooking Barefoot Contessa recipes, and hanging out with her better half, Tim, and their sons Elliot, Oliver, & Jude.