Crush Movement
Crush Movement started in 2022 as a Talk Show, and then came the annual events. Our mission is to make Finland the first country in the world where gender gap is closed, and we do it by supporting women and non-binary people in business. Our focus is on growing people and growing businesses.
Katja Presnal
Marketing and business strategist. A recipient of multiple American Advertising Awards, and a digital marketing pioneer who built her career as a digital nomad living around the world.
Katja has helped Fortune 100 companies, startups, and solopreneurs to launch, grow, and make sales records. Her former clients include Colgate, ConAgra, Philips, CoverGirl, Abbott, and Hershey.
Her blog Skimbaco Lifestyle has inspired millions of people to live life to the fullest since 2007, and worked with global brands like Disney, Volvo, Mercedes Benz, Starwood Preferred Guest, tourism boards around the world, and numerous more.
Katja might be the only Finnish person whose product has been promoted by Tom Cruise on Oprah Show, whose marketing campaign went viral already in 2008 in the USA, and who has met George Clooney on the Oscars red carpet as an influencer.
Katja has worked as an influencer in several events, for example, the Inaugural Christening Cruise of Disney Dream, Academy Awards® Red Carpet with Kodak, U.S. Tennis Open, New York Fashion Week, US. Snowboarding Grand Prix, and interviewed several celebrities. She has spoken even in more events, around the world.
Katja has written content for Huffington Post, Better Homes & Gardens, and Redbook magazine.
She has been featured in magazines like The New York Times, Forbes, The Washington Post, Glamour, ELLE Asia, and in Finland in media like Kauppalehti, Anna, Huomenta Suomi among others.
Katja Presnal, together with Candice Kilpatrick Brathwaite wrote an Amazon-bestselling book Big Rich Money: How To Turn Your Business Intentions Into A Profitable Company in 2021.


Isabella Presnal
Head of Production
A filmmaker, event producer, and marketing professional.
Isabella has worked in video production for over a decade. She shines at bringing a production together as a producer and brings her skilled editing techniques to create captivating content.
She’s just about done it all - filming, editing, directing, setting up lights and audio, and even being an on-camera personality. She’s comfortable working on a two-person crew or large-scale productions of 30+.
Isabella strives to share the meaningful stories of others through video.
She has created short films and commercial video work capturing moments ranging from interviews with a NASA astronaut to documenting behind-the-scenes of Jussi Gaala.
Her latest documentary short film, From The Ground Up, features helicopter pilots and operations in multiple countries. She is a marketing manager at the largest helicopter pilot training center in the world, at Coptersafety, and does Crush as a side project.
Isabella has a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts from Tampere University of Applied Sciences. She also developed and produced over 20 virtual and hybrid events in her university’s Virtual Event Services. She also has volunteering experience from events like Slush and Arctic15.
She is no stranger to other creative forms. Her artwork has been exhibited across Finland, and her films have been screened globally.
She can also be seen in promotional material as a model for sustainable fashion brands.