HOPE GAINER, President of Hope International www.ehopeinternational.com is a global imagemaker, marketer and branding expert with 30 years of lifestyle experience with a focus today on the luxury market. She also produces unique, upscale events around the world. Gainer is a founding member of the Florida Luxury Council and a contributor to several luxury magazines including Elite Traveler, Haute Living and Social Affairs. She also represents spectacular ‘trophy’ real estate properties. Gainer is a first generation German American, raised in Chicago, Ivy League educated at Cornell University, Glamour Magazine “Top Ten College Winner”, Barons “2000 Global Achiever for the 21st Century” and nominated to the 2007/2008 “Who’s Who in Real Estate”. Her work has won Andys, Clios and International Film Festival Awards.