The 2021 Vacation Rental Women’s Summit opened with a wonderful keynote by Amber Hurdle, Author of The Bombshell Business Woman in the Grand Ballroom: Velvet Machete Leadership, The Confident, Compassionate Path to Personal Power.

Amber Hurdle, Author & Speaker, Amber Hurdle Consulting

As the CEO of Amber Hurdle Consulting, Amber uses both science and marketing principles to strengthen customers’ brands from the inside out. By uniting the power of unified personal, employer, and business brands she helps overcome business problems like ineffective marketing and recruiting, losing market share, underperformance, and leadership gaps. Amber understands how to accelerate success as a teen mom turned powerhouse businesswoman, having worked with celebrities, executives, and Fortune 100 companies. She was recognized among the “Top 40 Under 40” by the Nashville Business Journal, the Nashville Area Chamber’s Emerging Leader Awards, and by Global Gurus in the top 30 brand professionals for both 2020 and 2021. Her clients include large brands such as FedEx Ground, Marriott Hotels, and Stella & Dot, as well as small businesses who want to play big. Her book, The Bombshell Business Woman: How to Become a Bold, Brave, Female Entrepreneur is the perfect complement to her weekly podcast, Velvet Machete Leadership Podcast with Amber Hurdle, both of which were designed to serve driven, professional women.