Meet Sammie Ellard-King, Founder – Up the Gains

Meet Sammie Ellard-King, Founder - Up the Gains Kiddie Kredit 23:58

As an entrepreneur, Sammie Ellard-King quickly learned that skills he used every day in his business were not available via school curricula. He then made it his mission to provide financial literacy education in the UK and provide lessons and resources on investing, saving, financial freedom, and financially favorable side hustles.

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Anika Jackson Creative Strategist, Podcaster

Anika is a mother, community volunteer, philanthropist, marketing and communications strategist and podcast host. As a marcom executive, she has done it all including experiential marketing/ event production, launch marketing, public relations, digital, and influencer throughout her multiple decade career.

She is a member of the Quickbooks Small Business Council, as well as on the Advisory Board for the Women in Leadership program for UCSB’s PaCE; advisor for Junior League of Los Angeles’ 2022 – 2023 President; Co-founder and board member of Learn Grow Lead; and Ballona Wetlands Philanthropy Chair for National Charity League’s Pier Chapter.

In Anika’s newest role, she is an adjunct professor at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, teaching graduate students in both the Masters of Public Relations and Advertising as well as the Masters of Digital Media Management programs.