Jolie Balido, President and Co-founder, Roar Media, Miami, FL

Jolie is a nationally known marketing-communications professional and media strategist with more than 15 years of experience helping corporate clients worldwide achieve their business goals. She began her career as a reporter with a major daily newspaper, and later worked in top leadership positions in marketing on the client side and the agency side. She established Roar Media because she identified a need for a marketing-communications firm that provides integrated services -- including everything from traditional public relations to advanced Internet marketing and social media programs -- to deliver the measurable results clients need. Her firm focuses on securing highly valued publicity for clients that tells their story within top-tier print, broadcast and online national and global media outlets. Jolie also enjoys personally handling crisis communications and reputation management for clients ranging from publicly traded companies to celebrities.