Our Team

Alison Miller | Founder

Alison is a passionate advocate for women and a dedicated environmentalist. A lifelong planned parenthood supporter, Alison has marched on Washington three times (including in 2017) and volunteered for myriad political campaigns where women’s issues were pivotal. She is on the board of the Outdoor Discovery Network, a non-profit focusing on outdoor education and environmental conservation in Western Michigan.

She started her career as a restructuring attorney at Kirkland & Ellis, transitioning to business development in 2011. She has held various BD roles in bankruptcy administration, private equity, and law. Since 2018, she has been a business development strategist at Omni Agent Solutions, where she focuses on sourcing opportunities, developing strategic initiatives aimed at growing market share, and supporting the firm’s relationships within the restructuring and investing communities.

Alison is also the founder of Pink Water Events, which gives her a unique perspective on her role in business development and ultimately contributes to the innovative approach she uses in planning the experiential events for which she has become known.

When she’s not working, you can find Alison in her flower and vegetable gardens, where she focuses on invertebrate conservation, wildlife gardening, pollinator habitat creation and organic cannabis cultivation. If she’s not in her garden, you’ll probably find her hiking with her White German Shepherd Dog, Keegan, running around after her chickens, crafting, reading, or cooking. Alison lives in Holland, Michigan.

Katya Chernyak | Co- Founder

Katya started out her career as a corporate bankruptcy attorney, advising clients in some of the largest, most complex in- and out-of-court restructurings, while devoting her limited free time to representing pro-bono clients in asylum proceedings. After fifteen years of law practice, Katya pivoted to becoming a tech startup founder. She’s channeled her frustrations from online dating into a business that helps other professional millennials like herself to have better experience with dating apps. She now proudly runs an all-female LGBTQ+ run team in a male dominated tech industry.

She is a passionate advocate for women’s and animal rights. She’s part of a number of female entrepreneurial organizations and mentors women to help them thrive in a corporate and business environment. Katya is an avid lover of good food and a voracious consumer of good tequila.

Monica Blacker | Co- Founder

Monica Blacker is a world-traveller, independent director, investor, lawyer, advisor and international speaker who has extensive experience assisting clients in high stakes litigation and restructurings. Her varied experience leads to an innovative approach to solving complex business issues and effectively managing risk. In 2017, she started a consulting firm focused on diversity and inclusion that has led to opportunities to act as in-house counsel, advisor to public boards and ultimately situated her to serve as a director on public and non-public company boards. In addition, she has been hired by public companies to report to their board of directors on diversity and inclusion matters. She is also a founding member of Girls Just Want to Have Funds, member of the Fourth Floor and an investor in various companies. All this experience makes her a unique professional with the ability to address not only board issues and restructuring, but also focus on diversity and inclusion. During her little bit of free time, she loves to travel, bake and drink champagne!

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