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Melanie Brown and Charles Hoag with Signature Bank of Georgia, and Patrick Burns with Arc 3 Communications

April 21, 2014 by kristaberutti

Melanie Brown & Charles Hoag /Â Signature Bank of GeorgiaÂ Â Â

Charles Hoag was a part of the team that opened Signature Bank of Georgia in 2005. He currently serves as the Bankâ€™s Chief Administrative Officer. In this role, he is accountable for portfolio management as well as the disposition of troubled assets. Charles is a graduate of the University of Wyoming, and holds his Series 6 and 63 licenses as well as Life and Health Insurance. He started his career with the predecessor to Wachovia, the First National Bank of Atlanta, in 1988. Charles subsequently served at SouthTrust from 2001 until 2005, just prior to Signatureâ€™s formation. In line with Signatureâ€™s commitment to the community, he has served on the boards of both the Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of Commerce and the Community Assistance Center. Charles is also a graduate of Leadership Sandy Springs. He and his family live in Dacula, and they together attend Passion City Church.

Patrick Burns /Â Arc 3 CommunicationsÂ Â Â

Founder and president of Arc 3 Communications, an agency specializing in emerging media and public affairs. Arc 3 helps trade associations, government agencies and center right parties and candidates evolve into the digital age by providing content marketing, social media and social media analytics services.

22 year veteran in media and public affairs, working in government and academia and in the agency world. Prior to founding Arc 3, oversaw the public affairs practice of the oldest independent public relations agency in the Southeast. Managed integrated public affairs, media and social media campaigns for trade associations, businesses and government agencies. Managed all content production for clients in the public affairs practice including press releases, design collateral, radio and television ads, web design and social media content. Received numerous awards from the Public Relations Society of America in the areas of marketing, media relations, issues management and radio PSAâ€™s.

Prior to agency experience, served as a Research Associate at the A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service at Kennesaw State University. Managed public policy, media and public opinion research projects for clients in the government and non-profit sectors. Also directed programs in campaigns and ethics, training hundreds of political candidates at the local and state levels.

Began career on the staff of Congressman Newt Gingrich, then Minority Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives. Served with Congressman Gingrich during his ascendancy to the Speakership and during his two terms as Speaker. Served as District Aide, interacting with state and local officials and representing the Congressman at district events. Managed district projects and served as policy advisor.

Serves as a resource to media on politics and digital media having appeared in media publications and outlets such as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Marietta Daily Journal and Fox 5 Atlanta.

Sean Christopher Jones with Atlanta Broadcasting Advertising Club, Marc Antony Borrelli with Corporate Finance Associates, Jack Scherer with SALESTALENT, Doug Davidson with New South Construction, and Michele Velcheck with Solid Source Companies

April 17, 2014 by kristaberutti

Sean Christopher Jones / Atlanta Broadcasting Advertising Club

Marc Antony Borrelli / Corporate Finance Associates

Marc Borrelli is a Mergers and Acquisitions and Strategy professional with over 25 years of experience. He has completed over 100+ transactions worth in excess $3bn in over 30 countries. In addition he has had strategy responsibilities for international and national operations.

Marc’s specializes in helping owners of private companies maximize their value on exit. This requires planning, preparing for sale, and managing the sales process to maximize the value received. Perception is key! You need a sustainable competitive advantage, a strategy, engaged management, documented processes, budgets and variances analysis, and reviewed financials. I help companies understand the impact of strategy and financial decisions so that they increase their value.

In addition, I help companies develop strategic plans and then develop the tactical steps and responsibilities to ensure effective execution of the strategy and accountability. The aim is to ensure that the strategic plan is built into the budgeting process and all tactic focus is on the sustainable competitive advantage. Marc works with companies to understand their financial performance and what drives their ROI and ROE. In addition, he uses probabilistic modeling and risk analysis to improve financial decision making and increase corporate ROI.

Marc has worked with both domestic and international companies helping them and their various operations around the world. Having lived in five countries and worked in many, he understand the issues working in foreign markets and help companies navigate them. In addition, Marc also helps foreign companies understand the US market and develop their market entry strategies accordingly.

Jack Scherer / SALESTALENT

Jack Scherer is an entrepreneur, author and speaker who has been featured in USA Today, Success Magazine, Advertising Age, AdWeek, Franchising World, Folio, Business Opportunities and other publications.

Jack is the Founder and President of SALESTALENT, a sales consulting firm that focuses on strategy, sales recruiting, and development of customized sales training programs.

In 2010, Jack was elected to the Georgia Advisory Council for the Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) network for the University of Georgia system. In this position, he and other elected members provided advice and consultation for small businesses in Georgia.

Jack’s community involvement includes being the ministry leader for over 8 years of the Crossroads Network at his church. This group focuses on helping people who may be at a crossroads in their career to find new directions through networking, job fairs, speakers, support and resume development.

Doug Davidson / New South Construction

Doug Davidson is President and CEO of New South Construction Company. He founded the Company in 1990, and for the past 24 years, under his leadership, New South Construction Company has grown into one of Georgia’s most respected construction firms. For many years, New South Construction has performed construction services for several notable client’s including; Delta Air Lines, The Coca-Cola Company, Turner Field, Druid Hills Golf Club, Wesleyan School, Emory University and General Mills to name a few. New South has been on Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Top 25 General Contractors and Top 25 Interior Contractors for the past 14 years and is listed in ENR’s Top 400 Contractors in the nation. Doug is especially proud of New South as a past recipient of the “Top 20 Places to Work in Atlanta.”

Michele Velcheck / Solid Source Companies

Special Edition: ASTD Atlanta Community Relations

April 16, 2014 by kristaberutti

Today’s guests all serve on the board of the ASTD Greater Atlanta Chapter

David Adelman / VP Community Relations

David Adelman is a Relationship Manager with TrainingPros, serving clients in the Southeast region, especially the greater Atlanta and Florida markets, with his unique blend of learning and development expertise. David has a strong background in the hospitality, healthcare/pharmaceutical, and insurance industries. He has honed the skills that make him a seasoned learning and development professional and leader including training vision & strategy, corporate initiatives, training organization development, and curriculum development. He is also a talented instructional designer, facilitator, eLearning designer, and project manager.

Prior to joining TrainingPros, David worked for The Walt Disney Company; Merck; AmerisourceBergen Solutions Group; International BioResources, LLC; and Assurant Specialty Property. He is an active member of the American Society for Training & Development and serves the Atlanta chapter as the VP of Community Relations.

David is also an award winning homebrewer and certified beer judge. Through RentABrewer.com he provides homebrewing lessons, parties, and team building sessions.

David’s passion in life is helping others succeed.

Julie Padgett / Director of Community Relations

Julie has worked in the learning dept. for the last 7 of her 12 yrs. with The Home Depot. Working her way through various positions she now manages a team of trainers who facilitate online classes to store associates across the country, Guam & Puerto Rico. Julie joined ASTD 4 yrs. ago and after a couple of years took the opportunity to share her passion for facilitation and joined the Goodwill of North Georgia project as a facilitator quickly stepping into the role of Instructor Coordinator at the Woodstock location. Last year Julie was appointed Director of the program and oversees the 2 locations, Woodstock & NE Plaza, course revisions and additions, and pursuing the possibility of an additional location. Julie spends her free time relaxing with her husband and 3 boys, reading and partaking of her favorite pastime, shopping.

Tim Schneller / Director Community Relations

Tim Schneller began his professional career as a United States Marine and is a combat veteran of the first Persian Gulf War. After leaving the military and earning his engineering degree at the University of Virginia, Tim began working for GE in their Technical Sales, located in Charlottesville, VA. Subsequent roles found Tim moving his family to Lancaster, PA and Shanghai, China. He relocated to Atlanta in 2011.

Tim holds an MBA degree from Penn State and is currently a Master Instructor for a specialized sales training course at GE. This assignment is part of broader role of working with GE’s sales teams to drive growth through Channel Partners.

Tim and his wife Christine are proud parents of Carolyn (Ohio State Buckeye) and Rachel (Georgia State Panther) and have served as foster parents over the years. Tim and Christine own a small training consulting company, Learn With Intent, which provides customized workforce training services. They are members and volunteers with the local American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) chapter, The Chattahoochee Road Runners and attend Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.

Allyson Eman with Venture Atlanta

April 15, 2014 by kristaberutti

Allyson Eman / Venture Atlanta

Special Edition: PRSA Georgia Chapter

April 14, 2014 by kristaberutti

PRSA’s Georgia Chapter , the second-largest local chapter in the national society, consists of some 850 professionals throughout Georgia. Its mission is to enhance the profession, provide continuing education and offer networking opportunities for its members.

The Chapter has monthly meetings as well as eight Special Interest Groups (Corporate & Employee Communications, Healthcare, Independent Counselors, Leader Board, Nonprofit, Technology, Travel & Tourism, and Young Professionals) that meet at various times.

The Chapter supports nine PRSSA (student society) groups at the following colleges: Berry College, Clark Atlanta University, Georgia College & State University, Georgia State University, Georgia Southern University, Kennesaw State University, Savannah State University, University of Georgia (largest PRSSA chapter in the world), and University of West Georgia.

Elizabeth Salter McMillan / Fiserv

Elizabeth McMillan, APR, is director, Content Strategy at Fiserv, a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions. She is responsible for the creation, publication and governance of useful and usable marketing content.

Prior to joining Fiserv, Elizabeth spent 12 years at William Mills Agency, leaving as vice president of the nation’s largest independent public relations and marketing firm to the financial services industry. During that time, she excelled at developing and leading strategic public relations plans and social media initiatives for a wide variety of companies – startups to multi-billion dollar enterprises – with business goals varying from securing additional funding to attaining market leadership to becoming an attractive acquisition target.

Elizabeth also took an active role within William Mills Agency, spearheading the evolution of PR planning and client training processes as well as the exploration and execution of social media and marketing best practices.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Elizabeth earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism with a concentration in public relations. She is also recognized as Accredited in Public Relations, APR, by the Universal Accreditation Board, which she joined as a board member in 2011 and serves as vice-chair for today.

Elizabeth is an active member of the Georgia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA Georgia), having chaired several committees for the 800+ member organization and currently sitting on the board. She is also a recipient of chapter’s Shining Star Award.

Annette Filliat / Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Annette Filliat is director of public relations at Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), focusing on technology, arts and other specialized initiatives within the organization’s Academic Success outcome area. In this role, she manages public relations campaigns for programs and thought leadership initiatives within arts and innovation.

Annette is an award-winning public relations professional with 10 years of experience in agency, corporate and non-profit environments. Prior to BGCA, she served as press & public relations specialist, North America for Barco, Inc., a global high-tech company providing visualization solutions for the entertainment, healthcare and defense/aerospace industries. Before Barco, she was an account supervisor at Arketi Group, a high-tech business- to-business marketing and communications firm, where she managed integrated communications campaigns for a variety of technology clients, securing national media placements in TIME, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.

Annette’s work has been featured in PR Week, BtoB Magazine and Oz Magazine, and she has earned more than 15 industry awards. She holds an Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and is active in the Georgia Chapter of PRSA, serving as co-chair of the Annual Conference. Annette earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Stetson University where she was named a presidential scholar.

Brandie Miner /Georgia REALTORS®

Brandie Miner is the Director of Communications and Marketing for the Georgia Association of Realtors, a position that she has held for 13 years. In her current role, Brandie manages all aspects of internal communications for the 27,000 member trade association and serves as Editor of Georgia Realtor magazine. Brandie is responsible for the Association’s media relations as well. Prior to her current position, Brandie served as Public Relations Manager for the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens.

In addition to PRSA, Brandie is also a member of the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE), and she is a charter member of the Shepherd Center Society. Brandie is a graduate of the University of Georgia, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Journalism.

Special Edition: Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce

April 14, 2014 by kristaberutti

Holly Monaghan / The Waters Organization Â Â Â

Since beginning her career as a Recruiter in 2003, Holly Monaghan’s success has been founded on honesty and integrity. She is committed to working with Atlanta’s top talent, and brings value by matching top talent with top organizations. She does this by carefully listening to and evaluating both candidates and clients – their desires and expectations – to ensure a perfect match.

Holly has a Bachelors of Arts in English from Georgia State University. Before she started her career as a recruiter, Holly taught High School English in Gwinnett County. She was able to enhance the reading, writing, and communication skills of more than 150 students.

Holly acquired The Waters Organization July 1, 2009. Under her leadership as President & CEO, the firm continues to post exceptional results and has experienced a 300% sales growth over the past 2 years.

Kaitlin Fox / Dress Up Â Â Â

A graduate from the University of North Georgia, I have been with Dress Up for almost 2 years. I previously worked as the store manager for our Downtown Woodstock location and seven months later opened the Perimeter location as the store manager.

Frances Schube / Splash Festivals

Beth Summers/Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce

Reggie Walker with PwC, Celeste Jonson with Celeste Jonson International for Wind Enterprises, Angel Luis Rivera, Jr with Sixes Pit Bicycle Shop, and Steve Roy Schroeder with IntelaText

April 10, 2014 by kristaberutti

Reggie Walker / PwC

Reggie is a Partner in PwC who specializes in management consulting in the Retail and Consumer Products industry. Reggie brings over 20 years of experience in working with various retail and consumer products companies, advising them on strategic and operational issues, including new market entry, finance, accounting and internal controls, global business risks, organizational change and the use of technology to enable business operations and customer interaction.

Reggie was recently appointed to Managing Partner of the PwC’s Greater Atlanta market. In Walker’s previous role as the market leader for the Advisory Services practice in Atlanta, he served as the central point of contact for all advisory engagement teams serving the firm’s clients throughout the region. Under Walker’s leadership, PwC’s Atlanta Advisory Services practice achieved double-digit annualized growth over the last five years.

Reggie is also active in the Atlanta community. He currently serves on the boards of the Atlanta Area Council of The Boy Scouts of America, where he has also served as the fundraising chairman for the Peach of an Athlete Banquet and the annual Camp Card campaign, and TechBridge. He has served as the chairman for the annual campaign for The Georgia Center for Nonprofits. He is also an active supporter of The United Way and the Woodruff Arts Center.

Walker received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Alabama.

Celeste Jonson / Celeste Jonson International for Wind Enterprises

Angel Luis Rivera, Jr / Sixes Pit Bicycle Shop

Sixes Pit is a “One Stop, Pit Stop” mobile bicycle shop that offers everything needed to get out and ride. Whether you have a bike or not, Sixes Pit has you covered from head to toe.

Steve Roy Schroeder / IntelaText

Justin Sacks with StartupPoint and Timothy C. Gaines with Mitel

April 10, 2014 by kristaberutti

Justin Sacks / StartupPoint

StartupPoint’s founder, Justin Sacks, has been a passionate advocate for local entrepreneurship and asset based community development for more than a decade. He has consulted to a range of organizations, from large institutions like the US Agency for International Development to myriad grassroots community groups, in an ongoing mission to support communities to grow their economy based on the resources they already possess. Justin is a serial entrepreneur, patent-holding inventor, and internationally published author on sustainable local economic development. For this work, Justin was named one of the UK’s top 100 social entrepreneurs under 35 in 2008. Justin holds a B.A. in Architecture magna cum laude from Yale University and a M.Sc. in Economic History with merit from the London School of Economics. And, Justin has always loved maps.

Timothy C. Gaines / Mitel

Vice President of Channel Sales, US

With more than 20 years of sales and general management experience in the telecommunications industry Tim is a VoIP and UC pioneer. A proven leader in building high-powered sales teams with a strong track record of developing successful channel organizations with premier partners.

Prior to Mitel Mr. Gaines spent 6 years at ShoreTel where he served as VP of Sales for North America. Other assignments include leadership positions as Senior Vice President of Sales at Covad (now MegaPath), a leading provider of Broadband and VoIP solutions for commercial and government business segments, and as WW VP of Sales at StarVox.

Previously, Mr. Gaines also served as Regional Director and General Manager for a U.S. subsidiary of Fujitsu, and as Regional Director at PictureTel where he was one of the architects of a high-growth distribution strategy that led PictureTel to be recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the 100 fastest growing companies in the U.S. (1992 to 1996).

Mr. Gaines received a BS in Business Administration from California State University, Sacramento.