Impact Elevated! Community Celebrates Flywheel Accelerator Graduates

Elevate Impact Demo Day was a tremendous success —bringing together 100+ investors, community leaders, and supporters on June 26 at 1819 Innovation Hub. The event opened with comments from Mark Davis, CEO of Presenting Sponsor Tablesense, followed by an inspiring presentation from Megan Milstead, Founder of Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank. Attendees then heard pitches from our five bold founders that truly inspired: 

  • Early Affirmation Dolls – Founder: Kia Davis | Coaches: Sandra Hughes & Hugh Ralston

  • Prtty Pkup, LLC – Founder: Marissa Dumas | Coaches: Paul Szydlowski & Kelly Dehan

  • The Great Adventures and Park Clinic – Founder: Dwylett Chambers Montgomery | Coaches: De’Marco Kidd & Moulay Essakalli

  • Fearless Beauty – Founder: Candice Crear | Coaches: Mishawn Styles & Fred Hilkowitz

  • Cindependent – Founder: Allyson West | Coaches: Melisse May & Jon DiMichele

“For 14 years Flywheel has been the region’s hub for social impact. Now is the time to allocate time, treasure and talent somewhere where it will make a difference.” — Mark Davis, CEO Tablesense

A heartfelt thank you to all of our coaches, sponsors and volunteers who made this event possible! 

Presenting Sponsors: Tablesense and The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile Jr. Foundation.

Partners: Ernst & Young, the Zaring Family Foundation and First Financial

Additional Support: Barnes Dennig and E.W. Scripps

To wrap up the evening, we debuted our brand-new podcast, "On The Fly!", sponsored by First Financial — 22 episodes now available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Special thanks to Producers Joan Kaup and Joey Scarillo, and Flywheel Programming Chair Melisse May for your tremendous efforts to produce this show! Be sure to tune in!

Donna Zaring