BA.X NEW YORK 2026

The World's Greatest Entrepreneur Community

Join an exclusive gathering of Founders, CEOs, Investors, Advisors, and Growth-Minded Leaders for a day of meaningful conversations, strategic connections, and Relationship Capital.

Experience the Board of Advisors community firsthand alongside world-class speakers, entrepreneurs, operators, and connectors who understand that business growth happens through trusted relationships.

July 16th, 2026 | 9AM - 4PM | Drake Studios | Melville, NY
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EXPERIENCE THE BOARD OF ADVISORS COMMUNITY

THE WORLD'S GREATEST Entrepreneurial Community

Board of Advisors brings together founders, CEOs, investors, advisors, and growth-minded leaders who understand that meaningful relationships create meaningful opportunities.

More than a networking group, Board of Advisors is a curated community built around Relationship Capital — the idea that the right introduction, partnership, referral, investor, advisor, or friendship can change the trajectory of a business.

Our members come together to share ideas, solve challenges, create opportunities, and help one another build better companies and better lives.

Join us in New York for a unique opportunity to experience the culture, connections, and conversations that make Board of Advisors one of the most valuable entrepreneurial communities in the world.

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Hosted by: Rhonda KlchBA Member & New York Ambassador
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The Power of Relationship Capital

The most valuable opportunities in business rarely come from advertising.

They come from trusted relationships.

Board of Advisors was built around a simple idea: bring exceptional people together and create an environment where meaningful relationships can develop.

When the right people are in the room, opportunities naturally emerge.

  • Partnerships.
  • Investments.
  • Referrals.
  • Acquisitions.
  • Friendships.

The connections you make in a single day can create opportunities for years to come.

Join us in New York and experience the power of Relationship Capital firsthand.

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Relationship Capital

BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. CREATE OPPORTUNITIES. ACCELERATE GROWTH.

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The greatest business opportunities are often just one conversation away.

At BA.X New York, you'll connect with accomplished founders, investors, advisors, and operators who understand the value of collaboration and strategic relationships.

Whether you're looking for new partnerships, referral opportunities, acquisition targets, investors, advisors, customers, or simply a stronger network, this event is designed to put you in the right room with the right people.

The conversations you have here can create opportunities long after the event ends.

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David Meltzer
Keynote Speaker:
David
Meltzer

David Meltzer is the Chairman of the Napoleon Hill Institute and former CEO of Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment, the agency that inspired Jerry Maguire. A globally recognized entrepreneur, investor, and business coach, he’s been honored as Variety’s Sports Humanitarian of the Year and received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. David is Executive Producer of hit shows like 2 Minute Drill, Office Hours (Apple TV), and Elevator Pitch (Entrepreneur's #1 digital business show). His story has been featured in Think and Grow Rich, World’s Greatest Motivators, and Netflix’s Beyond the Secret. Driven by a mission to empower over 1 billion people to be happy, David delivers one consistent promise across everything he does: unmatched value.

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Keynote Speaker:
Stephen
Scoggins

Stephen Scoggins is a MentorBox Mentor, award-winning serial entrepreneur, transformational national speaker, and the creator of the Integrated Alignment Method™, dedicated to helping high-capacity founders scale their enterprises without multiplying dysfunction. Having overcome homelessness and depression, Stephen famously bootstrapped his first business, Custom Home Exteriors, scaling it over 25 years into a dominant, multi-state operation with hundreds of team members and multi-million dollar annual revenues before orchestrating a successful exit. As the founder of Lion - Lamb Solutions by Scoggins International Inc. and host of the One Part Lion, One Part Lamb podcast, he has successfully exited three world-class brands across real estate, construction, and digital markets. Today, Stephen leverages his hard-won, real-world experience to equip ambitious entrepreneurs and executives with the actionable strategies and human capital systems needed to dominate their markets, multiply profits, and scale deep impact without sacrificing their quality of life.

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Carl Gould
Special Guest:
Carl
Gould

Carl Gould is an accomplished Board of Advisors member, MentorBox Mentor, and a globally recognized authority on business growth, scaling strategy, and hyper-growth entrepreneurship. As the founder of 7 Stage Advisors, Carl has mentored the launch of over 5,000 businesses and served as a strategic advisor to dozens of the Inc. 500/5000 fastest-growing companies. An award-winning executive coach, top-ranked international keynote speaker, and best-selling author of multiple business books, his credibility is rooted in real-world execution, having built and scaled three multi-million dollar enterprises of his own. Carl’s proprietary business growth methodologies are currently deployed in over 35 countries, empowering mid-market and enterprise organizations to scale sustainably, optimize operations, and achieve peak financial performance.

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Special Guest:
Marco
Lopez

Marco Lopez is a Board of Advisors member, MentorBox Mentor, an accomplished International Mindset Coach, and the founder of Mindtune. He is globally renowned for his innovative SONG methodology, a proprietary framework engineered to help individuals and organizations amplify their inner power, eliminate psychological barriers, and unlock peak operational performance. Through Mindtune's ecosystem of private coaching, targeted online courses, and transformative immersive travel experiences, Marco specializes in liberating professionals who feel emotionally or strategically blocked from their true potential. Fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, he deploys high-impact corporate and personal training across the United States and Latin America. His work seamlessly bridges high-stakes professional growth and sustainable self-reliance with a deep, grounded commitment to family values.

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Hugo Jimenez
Special Guest:
Hugo
Jimenez

Hugo Jimenez is an accomplished Board of Advisors member, MentorBox Mentor, and the visionary force behind Performance Advisory Group, where he excels in orchestrating high-value, market-driven M&A transactions by matching sell-side clients with their ideal enterprise partners. Departing from the conventional models of standard investment banks or M&A advisory firms, Hugo commands an innovative, entrepreneur-focused methodology built specifically on successful, real-world execution. Drawing from his extensive personal background as a successful entrepreneur and seasoned investor, he deeply understands the operational realities and motivations of both sellers and buyers to ensure mutually beneficial outcomes. Under Hugo's leadership, Performance Advisory Group specializes in seamlessly integrating financial strategic partners—strategically infusing growth capital and industry best practices without disrupting the foundational company culture established by the original founders.

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Special Guest:
Tanya
Oliver

Tanya Oliver is a MentorBox Mentor, transformational life coach, speaker, and published author who has spent over two decades guiding entrepreneurs, executives, and CEOs toward absolute peak performance. Her profound authority as a self-mastery mentor is rooted in her remarkable personal journey of overcoming addiction, depression, and severe burnout to build a life of purpose. Through her private coaching, signature Mastermind Elite program, and high-impact accountability challenges, Tanya equips high-capacity leaders with the advanced emotional intelligence and sustainable habits required to lead with clarity and conviction. Her driving philosophy centers on a powerful shift in lifestyle design: optimizing your mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health ensures that your business and relationships thrive from the absolute best of you—not what’s left of you.

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Paul Cook
Special Guest:
Paul
Cook

Paul Cook is a MentorBox Mentor, seasoned financial strategist, alternative assets authority, and the General Partner of The Investor Gateway LLC, a premier private investment platform that connects qualified investors with strategic real estate, 1031 exchange solutions, and tax-advantaged alternative market strategies. Backed by over 20 years of intensive market experience, Paul specializes in disciplined capital allocation, wealth structuring, and introducing sophisticated vehicles like self-directed 401(k)s to expand portfolio flexibility. His extensive corporate background includes serving as an Area Sales Manager for Home Savings of America, a Senior Mortgage Banker for Mountain America Credit Union, and nearly eight years as a Sales Manager and National Speaker for Response, where he directed live fulfillment events and built high-performing sales teams for top global entrepreneurs. Today, Paul seamlessly blends his deep expertise in consultative financial planning, multi-state sales operations, and public speaking to help investors successfully navigate complex risk profiles and deploy capital into highly vetted alternative investments.

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Special Guest:
John
Pignetti

John Pignetti is a MentorBox Mentor, visionary technology executive, cybersecurity innovator, and the President of Gold Patrons Data Technology, the pioneering organization behind DeedLock™—the nation's only full-fledged deed fraud prevention agency. Under his leadership, the company has scaled its footprint across all 50 states, establishing strategic partnerships with more than 4,000 mortgage lenders, title companies, and real estate law firms. By developing an innovative, regulatory-compliant protection model that integrates seamlessly directly at closing, John provides a critical safeguard for families and real estate enterprises against the devastating financial, legal, and reputational aftermath of deed fraud. Also serving as the CEO of Pignetti & Co., John leverages his deep expertise in process improvement and new business development to transform complex data protection into a turnkey, automated asset—empowering financial and legal institutions to eliminate severe vulnerabilities while establishing an unmatched competitive advantage.

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Riana Malia
Special Guest:
Riana
Malia

Riana Malia is a MentorBox Mentor, elite behavioral strategist, Board-Certified Neurosomatic Practitioner, and the Founder and CEO of her namesake transformation firm, where she specializes in rewriting the underlying relational blueprints of high-achieving women. Operating at the cutting edge of neuroscience and identity architecture, Riana developed the Clear to Create™ method, a proprietary framework designed to shift a person's subconscious neurological wiring around intimacy and attraction—moving clients past mere psychological insight and directly into lasting identity evolution. Riana’s sophisticated understanding of elite client psychology and market dynamics is backed by over two decades of corporate and entrepreneurial experience, including a six-year tenure as a top-tier Sales Executive for Fidelity National Title, a high-end Realtor for Coldwell Banker, and 13 years running a luxury event production agency serving corporate and couture brands. Today, she leverages this extensive background to serve an exclusive demographic of high-impact women leaders through an application-only private practice, while anchoring a thriving intellectual community as the author of The Last Piece on Substack and host of the prestigious Brilliance Brunch in Marin County.

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Special Guest:
Benny
Salas

Benny Salas is a dynamic, globally sought-after TEDx speaker, MentorBox Mentor and ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) who blends advanced storytelling with elite leadership communication to drive organizational development. As the Founder and CEO of That Coaching Guy Inc., Benny leverages over 25 years of communication mastery to optimize the leadership capabilities and human capital strategies of major corporations, executives, and high-growth business teams. Throughout his career, he has commanded more than 500 stages and virtual platforms, delivering over 10,000 hours of keynotes to an audience of over 200,000 people worldwide, while logging 20,000 hours of proprietary content creation and coaching over 3,000 clients. Holding a degree in Organizational Leadership alongside advanced credentials from the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), Benny is also the author of The 3 Core Essentials to Speaking with Confidence and the creator of the "SPEAK MORE" initiative and CENTERSTAGE mastermind—elite training ecosystems designed to equip high-capacity founders and executives with the performance tools required to master public messaging and command true industry authority.

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Dr. Kiran Dintyala
Special Guest:
Dr. Kiran
Dintyala

Dr. Kiran Dintyala, widely known as Dr. Calm, is an accomplished Board of Advisors member, MentorBox Mentor, internal medicine physician, author, and corporate stress management consultant with over 15 years of experience specializing in helping healthcare professionals and enterprises overcome burnout. As the founder of Dr. Calm’s Happy Well Tribe, he spearheads high-leverage organizational initiatives engineered to create stress-free workplaces, cultivate employee resilience, and elevate workplace performance. Drawing from his extensive background as a former hospitalist and clinical physician leader at major medical institutions, Dr. Calm seamlessly blends diagnostic medical insight with advanced, proven stress prevention frameworks. Through dynamic international keynotes, executive seminars, and transformative leadership retreats, he equips organizations with the precise toolsets required to boost employee engagement, prevent professional fatigue, and optimize organizational success.

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Your Investment Options

Boardroom Experience

$97

Sit at the Board from 9 AM to 4 PM for a powerful full-day experience designed for CEOs and Business Operators ready to scale. This event is your chance to make profound connections, profile your business, and receive guidance as if you had your Board of Advisors. We’re bringing together investors, strategic partners, and seasoned entrepreneurs who understand that the value you give is the value you receive to grow and scale.

🎯 Here’s what your ticket includes:

✅ Full access to the exclusive event on July 16th from 9AM to 4PM

✅ All Speaker Sessions

✅ High-impact networking with top entrepreneurs, investors, and strategic partners

✅ Boardroom Experience Programming

🔥 Special discounted rate available now — reserve your seat and thrive!

➕Add a Guest for only $47

VIP Experience

$147

Includes Exclusive VIP Evening, plus the Board Experience from 9 AM to 4 PM for a powerful full-day experience designed for CEOs and Business Operators ready to scale. This event is your chance to make profound connections, profile your business, and receive guidance as if you had your Board of Advisors. We’re bringing together investors, strategic partners, and seasoned entrepreneurs who understand that the value you give is the value you receive to grow and scale.

🎯 Here’s what your ticket includes:

✅ Exclusive VIP Evening July 16th

✅ Everything included in the Boardroom Experience

✅ High-impact networking with top entrepreneurs, investors, and strategic partners

✅ Opportunities to network your business and seek real-time support

🔥 Special discounted rate available now — reserve your seat and thrive!

➕Add a Guest for only $97

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Why This Event Matters
Why This Event
Matters?
  • Build meaningful relationships with growth-minded founders, CEOs, investors, and advisors
  • Expand your strategic network and sphere of influence
  • Discover opportunities for partnerships, investments, acquisitions, and referrals
  • Learn from successful entrepreneurs actively building and scaling companies
  • Experience the culture and community behind Board of Advisors
  • Gain access to conversations and relationships that can accelerate business growth
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Who Should Attend?

This event is designed for professionals who believe relationships accelerate results.

Ideal attendees include:

  • Founders and Entrepreneurs
  • CEOs and Business Owners
  • Investors and Family Offices
  • Strategic Advisors and Consultants
  • Operators and Growth Leaders
  • Professionals Seeking Meaningful Business Relationships
  • Leaders Looking to Expand Their Network and Influence

If you are committed to building your business, expanding your network, and surrounding yourself with exceptional people, BA.X New York was built for you.

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Venue and Time

Drake Media Studios

Location: 270 S Service Rd #55, Melville, NY

Date: July 16th, 2026

Time: 9AM to 4PM

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Rhonda Klch
Event Host:
Rhonda
Klch

Rhonda Klch is a nationally recognized expert in business credit, real estate investing, and financial consulting, with over two decades of experience guiding businesses through funding, contract negotiations, and strategic growth. As Managing Partner at Equity First Consultants, she has helped countless companies across New York and Florida build strong financial foundations and access the capital needed to scale.

In addition to her work in finance and real estate, Rhonda serves as a Member Advisor at Board of Advisors, the premier private network for top-performing entrepreneurs and industry leaders. As the official New York Ambassador for Board of Advisors, she is now spearheading the BA Experience in the New York Metropolitan area—delivering strategic insights and powerful connections to Founders, CEOs, Investors, Family Offices, and elite Service Providers. Her mission is to bring the full value of the BA community to one of the most dynamic business regions in the world.

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FAQs

What is this one day event about?

This event offers a hands-on introduction to the Board of Advisors, showcasing strategies, connections, and methodologies to grow and scale your business. You’ll experience the value of the community and, if interested, you may qualify for an opportunity to join year-round engagements. Membership is entirely optional and subject to qualifications.

Who will I meet at this event?

This event is a gathering of elite leaders, including CEOs, top executives, and decision-makers from businesses generating over one million dollars annually. You can expect to network with like-minded professionals and industry trailblazers

Where is the event located?

The Board of Advisors New York, Long Island X Event, July 16th event will be held at the Drake Media Studios, 270 S Service Rd #55, Melville, NY 11747.

What does the schedule on the 16th look like?

Registration: 8:45AM
Event Start: 9:00 AM
Event End: 4:00 PM+
VIP Evening: 5PM - 8PM

Will food and refreshments be provided?

Yes, we've got you covered.

Breakfast and lunch will be served. Others are encouraged to network and celebrate afterwards at one of the many restaurants or hotels nearby.

What are the perks of the VIP Experience?

VIP attendees gain access to an exclusive evening with:
Rhonda Klch (Event Host), Board of Advisors Founding Members and other guests

This private setting allows for deep connections and tailored business insights.

Are there any recommended hotels nearby?

Yes, Two great options are:

  • Marriott Melville
    1350 Walt Whitman Rd, Melville, NY 11747
  • Hilton
    598 Broad Hollow Rd, Melville, NY 11747
What should I bring?

To make the most of the event, consider bringing:

  • A notebook and pen for jotting down insights
  • Your laptop for digital note-taking (optional)
  • A positive and open-minded attitude
  • A light sweater or jacket, as the event room may be cool
Got More Questions?

Email team@boardofadvisors.com