The people behind the work.

Belle is a Marketing & Events Coordinator at Piedmont Avenue Consulting. She earned a B.S. in Management Accounting from Xavier University — Ateneo de Cagayan. With expertise in marketing, event coordination, administrative operations, and email outreach, Belle drives brand awareness, generates business opportunities, and fosters meaningful professional connections — managing targeted outreach campaigns, coordinating networking events, and supporting client engagement initiatives.

Riva is a Marketing and Event Coordinator at Piedmont Avenue Consulting, Inc., supporting daily business operations, client communications, and administrative coordination. She works directly with founder David Mitroff, Ph.D., assisting with SBDC client management, lead tracking, calendar management, and event coordination across both consulting and Small Business Development Center programs.

Moréa is a Consultant with Piedmont Avenue Consulting. She develops creative systems and marketing strategies and sees them through to implementation. Moréa earned a B.S. in International Business from both San Francisco State University and SKEMA Business School (France), and studied Product Management and Product Marketing at UC Berkeley Extension.

Laura is a Business Development Manager at Piedmont Avenue Consulting. She finds keynote speaking opportunities for David, grows clients' networks, and develops technology and social media strategies. With a Bachelor's in Business Administration, postgraduate Project Management training, and 10 years working with national and multinational companies in Colombia, Canada, and the U.S.

Ruby is a Marketing Executive Assistant with Piedmont Avenue Consulting. With over 13 years of professional experience across administration, marketing, sales, customer service, and project management — she tailors her skills to meet and exceed client expectations.

Jackee is a UC Berkeley graduate and Marketing & Events Coordinator with Piedmont Avenue Consulting. With expertise in international relations, she helps connect businesses and individuals across multiple countries and seeks innovative ways to help clients achieve their business goals.

Shannon is a Marketing & Events Coordinator at Piedmont Avenue Consulting. She is pursuing a B.S. at Bentley University majoring in Marketing with a minor in Management, and plays on the Women's Varsity Volleyball team.

Jamir is pursuing a B.A. in Marketing with a minor in Communications at Holy Names University, and works at Piedmont Avenue Consulting as a Marketing and Events Coordinator. With a passion for analytics, he helps clients see correlations between dollars spent and top-line growth.

Valentina is a Graphic Designer at Piedmont Avenue Consulting. She provides visual solutions using expertise in digital illustration, video, and photo editing software. Born in Bogotá, she has lived in and traveled to many countries — multicultural experiences that contribute to her creative mind.

Anne is a designer and illustrator with a passion for creating experiences. With over ten years of freelance art experience, her clients have included General Motors Shanghai, San Francisco SPCA, and Panda Global Gaming. She often volunteers as an artist for wildlife community projects throughout the U.S.

Baba is a passionate, experienced business advisor with extensive multi-industry experience and an MBA in Business Administration. As a business development strategist, he's started and run a clothing company, developed Kickstarter campaigns, and owned a food tech company delivering African food.

Steven is a Digital Marketing, Scaling, & SEO Consultant with Piedmont Avenue Consulting. He took 12 companies public via reverse mergers and previously led a digital marketing company serving 8,000+ clients. A Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and author of The Ultimate Guide to Digital Marketing, he builds large-scale content engines that turn search visibility into measurable client growth.

Anand is a Hospitality Consultant with Piedmont Avenue Consulting and a working Bay Area hotelier. He has served on the advisory board of several hotel organizations and owned and managed properties in markets including Orlando, Florida. He is familiar with expansion and growth trends for hotel businesses.

Bruce is a versatile HR executive with extensive experience covering all aspects of human resources. He has led HR functions throughout the U.S., Asia, and Europe with organizations including The Coca-Cola Company and VWR International. SPHR-certified through the HR Certification Institute.

Brenda's extensive background includes owning and running a construction company plus providing finance and real estate business services. She helps clients set up QuickBooks accounts, audit their books, conduct weekly and monthly bookkeeping, payroll, and methods to track sales, purchases, income, receipts and payments.

Ronald is a Dental Consultant with Piedmont Avenue Consulting. For over 25 years, he has assisted dentists in managing their practices in the SF Bay Area — guiding better dental practice, reigniting passion for dentistry, and increasing dental profits through efficient management, clinical, and financial systems.

Drew was a paramedic/firefighter who found success in business as an entrepreneur, SBE & FORTUNE 500 management leader. He provides strategic counsel to C-level executives, program development, and organizational systems. Drew also taught college for ten years and is a registered yoga teacher and mindfulness practitioner.

Michele is a Restaurant Consultant with Piedmont Avenue Consulting and a Chef and Restaurateur in the Bay Area. In 2009 she founded Eleve Restaurant and Bar, a Vietnamese fusion restaurant in downtown Walnut Creek. In 2015, she rebranded the business into Library on Main, keeping the popular handcrafted cocktail program.

Dylan is a 15-year veteran of the restaurant industry. In 2009 he founded Beast and the Hare, a full-service California meat-forward restaurant in the Mission District of San Francisco. After selling in 2015, Dylan joined Piedmont Avenue Consulting as a restaurant consultant. He works in his wood and metal shop in his spare time.

Cuong has a background in owning and managing restaurants and bars where he created bar programs and oversaw front-of-house operations. He has worked at Bar Agricole, Eleve, Pho 84, Library on Main, and Bourbon Highway across the SF Bay Area, and hosts educational cocktail and wine tasting events.

Gera is a strategic, visionary business leader who creates and executes strategies achieving aggressive revenue and profit goals. He founded and led 6 Pack Fitness as CEO — innovative, patented meal management gear for athletes. Prior roles include Director of Brand Marketing for Zoom Eyeworks and Brand Manager at Lowepro.

Antoine is a Luxury Goods and Distributor Consultant with years of experience building brands and relationships in the wine, spirits, and luxury goods industries. He promotes products at some of the most prestigious events and award shows in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and San Francisco.

Greg is an entrepreneurial Senior Executive with over 20 years leading emerging consumer technology companies on brand and sales strategies as CEO, President or SVP. Track record across consumer products, computing, console and PC gaming, display technologies, smartphone accessories, and 3D printing.