About the Team
NADIA POLICARD
CEO & FOUNDER
Nadia has over 12 years of experience in influencer marketing. She’s been named an “innovator” and “game-changer” by her peers for leading the way in how brands connect to diverse influencers and creators. Nadia practiced law and was a law professor before she took the leap and transitioned her career full-time into marketing and communications. Since then, Nadia served as the Director of MarCom at a law school, in-house for a Global Fortune 500 company, and with two award-winning ad agencies.
Nadia’s passion for social media began almost 15 years ago as a blogger herself. An award-winning blogger, Nadia connects with and understands the blogging community and the various niches in which they represent. Nadia’s cross-cultural background also allows her to easily connect with influencers from many different backgrounds.
Nadia has spoken on social media and blogging at BlogHer, LATISM, Hispanicize, and Blogging While Brown, and presented for small businesses and large brands to develop their social media and content marketing strategies. She’s been featured in Forbes, Southern Living Magazine, Miami Herald, was named one of the top People of Color Impacting the Social Web and more. On the weekends you’ll find her enjoying time with her family or traveling.
JOYCE BREWER
COMMUNITY MANAGER
Emmy award-winning TV journalist Joyce Brewer is The Network Niche Community Manager. She uses her journalism skills to get answers to many of our members’ questions about photography, social sharing, and branding on the community’s blog.
After more than 10 years as a TV news reporter/anchor in Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi – Joyce launched her parenting talk show in Atlanta, MommyTalkShow.com. She creates videos for national brands and family-friendly Atlanta businesses. Joyce’s opinions on parenting have been featured on CNN, HLN, CBS and Huffington Post Live. She moderated the panel for our 2014 conference on how to master a media interview.
In 2011, she wrote an e-book, Use What You Know: A Business Idea Guide for Moms, that encourages women to use their skills to create a business. It features informative Q&As with successful mompreneurs in academics, marketing, health, and HR.
Joyce lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her son and husband (who also has an Emmy award).
