Jane Martino is a mother and published author with her series of six Thank You books, a book entitled Mindfulness Made Easy, and a five-book picture book series in partnership with Smiling Mind. Martino is also chair and co-founder of the globally recognized tech-based not-for-profit Smiling Mind, that delivers freely accessible preventative mental health tools. Smiling Mind has over 5.4 million people using its free mindfulness app. Their award winning education tools are also utilized by over 194,000 teachers across Australia each day. Jane Martino has built multiple organizations to successful exit across the marketing, media, and digital sectors. As well as delivering strong outcomes for shareholders, she focuses on building high performing teams, knowing that the key to growing successful businesses is growing their people.
Annie White illustrates for children from her studio in Melbourne, Australia. Back in the day, she worked in Advertising, but for many years she has been involved in the children’s book industry. Annie has illustrated over 60 books for children with some on the CBCA Notable list, a couple on the Speech Pathology Awards short list and one on the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards short list. Watercolor, pencil, and oils are some of the materials she uses in her illustration and recently she has ventured into the digital realm.