Keith Green has worked with thousands of individuals who are preparing for retirement.  He responded to critical gaps in the U.S. retirement system by founding the American Retirement Initiative in which he serves as its president.  The American Retirement Initiative is a national conversation that facilitates best practice-sharing among trusted advisors.  ARI provides thought leadership on employer-sponsored retirement plans and the retirement landscape in general in the US.  He brings to this role over 20 years in leadership roles for leading financial services companies offering retirement solutions to individuals and organizations.

In his early career with TIAA-CREF, Keith worked as an Institutional Consultant, collaborating with colleges and universities on their retirement plan designs.  Keith then joined Aetna Financial Services as its Regional Manager in its Michigan office and ultimately became vice president for its Southeastern Region.

After ING’s acquisition of Aetna Financial Services in 2000, Keith held progressively responsible roles, including Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Senior Vice President of Domestic Emerging Markets.  He was then appointed Senior Vice President and executive-on-loan to Hemisphere, Inc., an organization tasked with bringing the headquarters of the Free Trade Area of the Americas to Atlanta.  Much of his time during that period was spent in Latin American and the Caribbean capitols promoting trade and working on economic development issues with diplomats and democratically elected leaders.

In January 2006, Mr. Green was appointed Vice President of Government Relations for ING, responsible for ING’s state government relations in twenty US states.  He held this role until 20ll when he founded the American Retirement Initiative.

Keith received both a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan.

Bob Reid graduated from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, married his sweetheart and went on to get a Master’s in EE from Stanford University. The work at Stanford was paid for by Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ. His time at Bell Labs was by far the happiest time of his life. While starting a family, Bob became an instrument rated pilot. Working at the Labs was heaven for an engineer, where he wrote software for one of the first packet switches that was actually deployed. Bob produced the first computer generated animated video. (16mm movie!)

The department Bob was a part of was the systems engineering department for all data communications of the Bell System, and they never thought that the internet would be the result of the channels and switches that they were working on.

After taking a promotion with AT&T, where they put him through an Executive MBA program at Pace University, Bob decided the next headhunter that called would get his attention.

Bob and his family moved to Atlanta In 1980 to join a startup in satellite communications called Isacomm, where he was in charge of all the advanced data communications applications. The main outgrowth of that group was the first video conferencing network called “The Meeting Channel.” Isacomm was bought by United Telecom and eventually became the national accounts division of US Sprint. Rather than move to Kansas City, Bob joined Scientific Atlanta and began the very early development of the VSAT product line.

Bob left Scientific Atlanta in 1987 and wrote a business plan for AvData Systems, a shared hub satellite service, where he raised $1.4M in initial funding for this new company and booked $3.7M in revenue before we opened the doors for business.

In 2004 Bob Reid joined SDN Global as VP of Business Operations. SDN is an enterprise and military communications company using satellite and other technologies to literally cover the globe.

In more recent years, Bob has been the VP of Business Development at The Kotter Group, a 100% Virtual Desktop Company.

Bob Reid’s greatest mentor and influence was his father who was part of the greatest generation. He returned from the war to start a fine furniture manufacturing company which continues today under one of his grandsons. (reidclassics.com). He taught Bob what it meant to be a real patriot and to start and run a business successfully. He also instilled in him a love for math and physics.

Bill brings a Client focused attention to the Business Development initiatives for Talent Connections and Career Spa. Bill’s career encompasses 20+ years of Leadership, Business Strategy, Sales Process, and Human Resources success. As President at AMPF/AMCI, a consumer products company, Bill has initiated a targeted Sales focus across his national team to increase customer interaction, built sales processes consistent across the organization and increased customer contact to grow the brand. Bill’s background includes start-up experience where he served as Director of Sales for FANMATS, a consumer products company.

From 1997 to 2003 Bill led the recruiting practices and leadership development initiatives as Manager of Staffing and Development at Larson-Juhl, a Berkshire-Hathaway subsidiary. In this role, Bill initiated an entirely new national sales recruiting process and strategy, built the recruiting criteria, identified the key criteria for performance success and worked collaboratively across the organization to drive the process.

Bill is active in career mentoring and business networking as a board member for the St.  Brigid Business Connection Group and he volunteers with the Christ Centered Career Group (C3G) at Northpoint Community Church – both located in Alpharetta, GA. In addition, Bill is active in the Atlanta Catholic Business Conference, the Kettering Executive Network, the Furman Business Breakfast series, Hith Tech Ministries and the Men of St. Brigid.

Earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Furman University in Greenville, SC,   Bill chose to stay in the southeast after growing up in south Florida. Bill, his wife Laura and their daughter Hampton live in Alpharetta where they are active with travel softball, school activities and enjoying the outdoors. They enjoy golf, tennis, tent camping, trips to the beach and their Boxer, Samantha.

Darcy has coached, inspired, and motivated change for individuals and teams at companies including Wachovia, The Home Depot, The Coca-Cola Company, AOL, Biogen Idec, and Verizon. She also has been a featured speaker for the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), the Public Relations Society of American (PRSA), the Credit Insurer’s Association, and Best Buy’s Women’s Leadership Forum (WoLF). Her coaching expertise has been cited in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Modesto Bee, Atlanta Business Chronicle, ABCnews.com, and CareerBuilder.com.

Before founding her company, Darcy was a Principal, Internal Coach, and Senior Communication Consultant at Hewitt Associates, a top human resources consulting firm. She served on Hewitt’s national Communication Leadership team and led the Communication Consulting business in the Southeast US. In that role, she was responsible for developing and retaining successful people and teams, helping clients create better results, and managing a healthy, growing bottom-line. At Hewitt, Darcy also innovated an Associate Coaching program, designed to support associate retention and growth in ways that made a tangible difference to the company and its clients. She coached associates one-on-one, plus coached teams accountable for serving multi-million dollar, complex client relationships.

Darcy holds the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential from the International Coach Federation (ICF). She is the 2010 president-elect of the Georgia Coach Association, and graduated from Northwestern University.

William Crossley was born in Columbus, OH after which he was educated and raised around the world as a military child. After attending several Universities from Sophia University in Tokyo to Georgia Tech, Bill graduated from Mercer University.

During Bill’s 28-year career in the Army, he commanded field artillery units at every level from Lieutenant to Brigadier General.  He retired in 1988 after three years as Chief of Staff – V Corps in Germany, where he was selected by Colin Powell.

 Retirement last a whole 10 days before Bill was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug. He co-founded and successfully ran various entrepreneurial ventures before settling down for retirement.

As a retiree, Bill now writes business books with a twist. His first was H2 which was an espionage thriller set in Europe and more recently Build it! Run it! Sell it! (BIRISI)- a business book disguised as a novel, that comes out in the next couple of weeks.

Short Introduction to Build it! Run it! Sell it!

BIRISI is a business book disguised as a humorous novel, with a plot that makes for an entertaining and informative read.  Set in the disparate worlds of sailing aboard luxury yachts and women’s high fashion, BIRISI is organized around the framework of the entrepreneur’s mantra—Build it! Run it! Sell it!—into which are woven the imperatives of a multi-million dollar entrepreneurial enterprise and the structuring of a deal that investing angels and green card seekers can’t refuse.

A long time resident of Atlanta, Jim moved to Marietta in 1980 while he was working with AT&T. He spent 36 years with AT&T and affiliated AT&T companies progressing through positions of greater responsibility up to Area Vice President. Jim retired from AT&T in 2001 and went on to work for OFS, Conklin Corp., Carbon Motors, Ameriprise Financial and Penn Mutual, before finally settling into a slower paced life.

He has remained active with Georgia Tech teaching financial planning and supporting the alumni organization through the Cobb Georgia Tech Executive Network group as a coach and mentor for senior level graduates in career transition. Jim is also a member of the Kettering Executive Group.

Jim first came to Atlanta to attend Georgia Tech where he received a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration majoring in finance. He is also a graduate of the Executive Program at Penn State.

His has 3 grown children, and 8 grandchildren, and lives with his wife of 44 years in East Cobb. His hobbies include golf, bridge, motorsports and writing. His book “LifeSpan Financial Mapping” is listed with Amazon.com.

Mark is the co-founder and CEO of ExecuThink. ExecuThink helps professionals achieve peak brain performance, as well as reverse the effects of normal age-related cognitive decline, by delivering unique coach-led and scientifically proven programs to both individuals and corporate customers.

Mark brings 20 years of marketing and business development experience from the Telecom and Technology industries, including serving in executive and leadership positions at Redknee Solutions, Glenayre Electronics, Lucent Technologies and AT&T.

In these roles, Mark has led efforts to open new markets in Asia, Africa and Europe, has created market-leading and award-winning new customer innovations, forged strategic partnerships with leading companies such as Huawei and Microsoft, while staying focused on rapidly evolving customer and market needs.

Dr. Avner Stern is the co-founder and Chief Science Officer of ExecuThink.

For more than three decades as a psychologist, Avner has served as an educator, clinician and consultant, specializing in the evaluation of attention deficit and learning disorders in children, adolescents and adults. He has consulted in the areas of human resource selection of executives and security personnel. He currently serves as a consultant and reviewer to state professional licensing boards.

Avner helped to pioneer cognitive training in the U.S, and is now one of the nation’s most experienced clinicians in that field. Avner supervises all ExecuThink brain training to ensure that clients receive maximum benefit from the program.

Lynne Saunders is Founder and Executive Director of Papa’s Pantry, The Master’s Training Center, and Christian Community News. She is also the author of the book “21st Century Keys to Employment,” which will be available this spring.

Born in Miami and raised in South Florida. There she met her husband, Bill, of 30 years. They have three grown daughters and 3 grandchildren, which includes a set of twins. Lynne has Sophie- her beloved dog who is glad to go to work with her every day.

She moved to Woodstock 16 years ago from Charlotte, NC where she was in real estate and magazine publishing. She now lives in Towne Lake, attends Mt. Paran Church of God and sings in the choir.

Lynne founded the non-profit organization, Papa’s Pantry, in 1998 at a time when she still held a full time corporate position with The Home Depot. The pantry was located in her basement during the first 5 years. She delivered the much need groceries to families at their home, but found herself digging in deeper to help families with employment losses, budgetary guidance, nutrition ideas, and much more.

Five years later, Lynne left her job to take Papa’s Pantry from a part-time to a full-time ministry. The mission is to help people get out of financial crisis and into stability using a holistic approach. There are two pantry locations; the main office is in Woodstock, and a satellite in Canton.

The formal education division, “The Master’s Training Center” opened Fall of 2009 at the Woodstock location. This made the stability classes available to everyone in the community, not just food recipients.

Lynne has been life coaching for 13 years. One of the most popular workshops she conducts is on employment strategies. Even in a down economy, she has been able to keep up with the many changes within the marketplace to help people continue to find employment.

Lynne also sits on the Board of Directors for Cherokee FOCUS, an organization devoted to at-risk youth. She is a member of the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce and the Cherokee County Ministerial Association.

Lynne is a life coach, writer, trainer, business developer and creator of the Life Balance Organizer, a time management and goal setting tool. She loves to inspire others and to make a lasting impact in their lives.

Tom Murphy (“Murph”) is the President of Murphy Custom Builders (MCB), a custom design and remodeling company located in Alpharetta, Georgia. 

MCB specializes in full turn-key design/build services for Kitchens, Master Bath Suites and Basements.  Tom started the company in 2007 after retiring from a successful 29 year career at United Parcel Service (UPS).

While at UPS, Tom held a variety of  positions in Engineering, Operations and  most recently Regulatory Compliance and Internal Audit where he was Corporate Compliance Coordinator

and Internal Audit Coordinator for all aspects of Regulatory Compliance including the areas of Environmental, OSHA, Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Materials, Transportation and more.

Tom served as United Way Campaign coordinator in the Louisiana District, the Indiana District and West Region (10 States) before coming to Atlanta in 2000.  While at the corporate headquarters, Tom served as the corporate-wide coordinator for the United Way Alexis de Toqueville Society (givers of over $10,000 annually) growing the membership from fifteen to over fifty in three years.  He also has participated in more than fifteen Habitat for Humanity builds in 6 cities.

Tom served in the U.S. Army for three years and used the G.I. Bill to graduate from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in Thermo-Mechanical Engineering . He remains active in the local community, serving  Habitat for Humanity and most importantly Shamrockin’ for a Cure, Atlanta’s premier event for the benefit of  the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. For he last three years Tom has been both on the committee of Shamrockin and also a generous sponsor where where Murphy Custom Builders  proudly contributes remodeling projects as part of the Live Auction.

Mary Guiney is the Founder and Executive Chairman of ShamRockin’ for a Cure, an annual fundraiser to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Under her stewardship, ShamRockin’ has raised over $270,000 in just 3 years, and expects to exceed more than $250,000 in 2012.

Mary and her husband, Chris, founded ShamRockin’ in 2009 to raise money to fund research for a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. Mary’s vision has driven ShamRockin’ to realize the venture philanthropy platform that the CF Foundation pioneered.  Mary leads all aspects of the event, including Sales, Marketing, Accounting and Finance, Operations, Press & Media, Social Media, Logistics, and Sponsor Relations.  Mary & Chris were recognized by the CF Foundation in 2011 for their Leadership, being named Volunteers of the Year.

Prior to ShamRockin’ for a Cure, Mary worked as an executive for Kemper Insurance and American International Group (AIG), in both Atlanta, GA and Washington, DC, where she led marketing, pricing and negotiation of complex insurance contracts and financial instruments. 

Mary graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a degree in Economics. She is active in the local community, serving as VP of the Birmingham Falls Foundation, benefiting Birmingham Falls Elementary School; Grade Level Chair for Science Lab at Birmingham Falls Elementary School; Director of Nursery Ministries at Stonecreek Church; and Booster Club member for the Alpharetta Youth Football Association and Alpharetta Youth Lacrosse.  Mary is a licensed real estate agent and enjoys competing in triathlons and marathons, tennis, downhill skiing and waterskiing.

Mary and her husband Chris have three boys and live in Milton, Georgia.

For more information on Shamrockin’ For a cure, please visit www.shamrockinforacure.com

Craig Belnap is an energetic business executive with extensive broad-based experience leading businesses in the US, Asia and Europe.  Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, with shameful French, Craig has an extensive background in global operations, business management, and human resources. He is deeply experienced with Joint Ventures, well versed in Mergers & Acquisitions and enthusiastic about enhancing the competitiveness of global enterprises by developing long-term organizational, operational, and financial capabilities.

Craig joined Alcoa in 1995 and has run global operations with assignments in the US, China and Switzerland. In the late 90’s, Craig held the position of Operations Director for Alcoa’s Equipment Manufacturing division with sales throughout the world. In 2000 he transferred and moved his family to Shanghai, China where he was General Manager of the Foil Manufacturing business and then Managing Director of Operations for Rolled-Products in China. In 2003, he was asked to establish a Human Resource function for Alcoa in Beijing, China, which now serves 24 locations in 9 countries in Asia Pacific. For the past 5 years, Craig was the President of Alcoa Architectural Products (AAP)—a $350M business with operations in the US and France.  Early in his career, Craig worked in the US aerospace industry in roles such as engineering and new product design.

Craig is a “Leaders for Manufacturing” Fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he obtained two Masters Degrees, one in Management and another in Materials Science and Engineering. He attended Brigham Young University for his Undergraduate Studies.  Additional notable events include being interviewed by Forbes Magazine on the development and launch of EcoClean™ and featured in CHO World (A Chinese Publication) in Feb 2007 on the topic: “Alcoa: Building Diversity, Developing Women Leaders”

Kris Wustrow is the Managing Director of Our Team In China, an action-oriented consultancy helping American firms with their China strategy, specifically market entry, marketing, sales, sourcing and production assurance. With offices in Atlanta and Shanghai, and a soon-to-be-opened office in Beijing,

Kris holds an M.B.A. in finance from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, a business school ranked in the world’s top 100 programs by The Economist magazine’s Intelligence Unit. He also earned his B.A. in both political science and history from the University of South Carolina. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Kris graduated from Wade Hampton High School.

For nearly four years, Kris has been living and working in China, first studying both Chinese language and Chinese consumer behavior and now with Our Team In China, LLC. He is conversational and functionally literate in Mandarin Chinese and passed a national Chinese written examination. Prior to his living abroad, Kris served in various management, consultant and specialist positions for multi-national corporations such as Siemens, P&O Nedlloyd, Merrill Lynch, as well as for other smaller, start-up enterprises. At the age of 35, his vast industry experience ranges from political campaign management and governmental lobbying to publishing to finance to supply-chain optimization.

John has more than 30 years of experience in sales, marketing and engineering. That includes executive experience with leading-edge Fortune 500 high-technology companies, and pre-IPO companies where he was an officer of the company and member of the senior management team. He has held P&L responsibility and managed direct and indirect sales channels in North America, Europe and Asia. His teams have consistently enabled profitable revenues, improved customer satisfaction, and increased market share.

John was the Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Enpirion, Inc. and led a successful turn-around in achieving profitability.  As the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Galvantech, his strategy and management led the company to record sales and a successful acquisition by Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Prior to Galvantech, he was the Vice President of Sales at Equator Technologies Inc, where he captured the company’s first publicly announced design-win with Tektronix, and also managed the due diligence activities for private equity placement from Sony, Canon, Hitachi and others. Previous management positions include Director of Worldwide Strategic Sales at AMD and similar positions at Sharp Microelectronics and Avex Electronics.

Mr. Corbitt holds a BSEE from Florida International University and began his career in biomedical engineering, working with implantable pacemakers at Cordis Corporation in Miami FL. Then he followed his interest in radio communications and designed digital pagers with Motorola in Plantation FL, before making a career change to sales, and joining Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Mr. Corbitt has been a frequent author and been published in Electronic News, PC Magazine, Upside, Business Geographics, Electronic Business, TechLINKS, and EDN.  He is a volunteer  with the High Tech Ministry, and active with the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), Executive Sales and Marketing Association (ESMA), The Indus Engineers (TiE), and the Kettering Executive Network (KEN).

Rob Tamburri, CPA, PFS, MBA  is the Managing Partner for the Atlanta, GA office of the Certified Public Accounting Firm of Balog + Tamburri, LLC. He has been a CPA since 1993.

Mr. Tamburri manages the conduct of the Firms tax and financial consulting engagements. He specializes in Taxation, Accounting, and Virtual CFO consulting.  He also has extensive experience working with chiropractors and personal service companies.

More recently, Mr. Tamburri from 1999 to 2009 was responsible for the finance and investment operations of a leading wealth management firm in Atlanta where he functioned as the CFO and led their investment committee.

Mr. Tamburri holds a Bachelors of Science degree in accounting from the State University of New York at Albany and a MBA from the esteemed Thunderbird School of Global Management in International Finance.    Mr. Tamburri also holds FINRA licenses 4, 7,24,66 and is a Personal Financial Specialist (PFS).

Gareth Young has extensive experience in business and corporate development, finance, and the nuts and bolts of running a small business.

In 2006, Mr. Young founded finanSight LLC, a professional services providing financial and operational services to start-ups and small businesses, including services such as training, organizational consulting, and assistance with state tax credits.

Prior to his experience with finanSight, Mr. Young was Executive Director of Corporate Development for BellSouth Corporation, a role in which he served in Atlanta for over ten years. In that position, he was responsible for developing and executing business expansion strategies for BellSouth through mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, and other transactions. Working closely with BellSouth business units, Mr. Young identified strategic needs and alternative courses of action, and he helped business-unit executives establish priorities and execute on them in efficient, effective ways. Where alliances, acquisitions, or divestitures were required, he selected appropriate targeted candidates; staffed and led teams to negotiate, execute and close transactions that realized immediate improvement in operational and financial performance; and laid the foundation for financially responsible, sustainable growth. He previously worked in a BellSouth special-projects finance group, where he designed, staffed, and managed due diligence for acquisition and divestiture candidates; assisted with transaction strategy; and built operations models.

Mr. Young began his career at Deloitte, where he spent seven years serving diverse clients in industries including banking, retail, paper and printing, and light engineering. Other Deloitte duties included serving as a facilitator in Deloittes United Kingdom national training group before becoming regional training director in the United States. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the UK and worked as an audit manager in the UK and the US. He has received a number of awards, including the Elijah Watt Sells Award for the C.P.A. exam.

A graduate of Jesus College, Oxford, in the UK, with an M.A. in mathematics, Mr. Young is married and lives in Atlanta with his wife and two teenage children. His is also an author, and his first novel was published in 2009.

Mr. Walter, CFA, ASA, is a Managing Director at HH Advisors LLC, a boutique financial advisory firm

specializing in preparing business appraisals for a variety of purposes, in addition to providing commercial

real estate appraisals and related services through a division called Meridian Advisors.

Mr. Walter, CFA, ASA, is a Managing Director at HH Advisors LLC, a boutique financial advisory firm specializing in preparing business appraisals for a variety of purposes, in addition to providing commercial real estate appraisals and related services through a division called Meridian Advisors.

Prior to joining HH Advisors LLC, Mr. Walter was a Senior Consultant and Business Plan expert for inCode Telecom (2007-2009), a strategy and management consulting firm focused on providing advisory and consulting services for telecommunications and technology companies, as well as Private Equity firms. Mr.Walter founded Digital Media Investigations (2005-2006), a computer forensics firm focused on civil litigation and financial fraud cases.

Mr. Walter was also one of four co-founders and CFO of WireFree Connect LLC, a venture-funded wireless Internet service company. Previously, as a general partner at Valiant Ventures (2001-2005), a venture consulting company, he helped early-stage technology companies develop their business and strategic plans, build-out their senior teams, and raise various rounds of capital. Mr. Walter served as Senior Telecom Analyst with The Robinson-Humphrey Company (1996-2001) (a division of Smith Barney) and he held a similar position with Raymond James Financial (1993-1996) in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Jeremy Porter is a Partner at WMI, a business strategy, organizational development and human capital firm. This is Jeremy’s second stint with this firm, having been recruited back to the firm by the CEO and Chairman. WMI has been recognized in Inc. Magazine’s 500 lists as one of The Fastest Growing Companies in America and is also listed by Kennedy Publications as one of the top 50 firms in the nation. Jeremy is the leading Client Development Executive in the company, achieving 198% of goal for 2007. His primary focus is working with top executives in Fortune 50 and smaller companies in the nation, within various industries. His forte is analyzing businesses, creating structure and efficiencies, and building strong teams. Jeremy manages the Atlanta team, as well as a virtual team in the Greensboro office.

Prior to WMI, Jeremy was the Vice President of Operations for The Corban Group (TCG) for five and half years, a firm that was similar to WMI. At its peak, Jeremy successfully ran the Georgia operation, directly managing 22 employees and reporting to the CEO in Florida. While being promoted through the ranks at TCG, Jeremy was known for growing client relationships at a much higher rate than anyone in the company’s history. While managing and solving client’s challenges, he also worked diligently to improve TCG’s corporate and operational structure.

Prior to TCG, Jeremy was a senior executive consultant at WMI during his first tenure with the firm, reporting to the CEO. He was recruited to WMI by one of the managing partners. During this two and a half year tenure, Jeremy was known for his ability to penetrate practice areas previously untapped by the firm. His base of knowledge spans six industries, including technology, industrial, energy, financial, EPC firms, retail and e- commerce. Jeremy was recognized as a problem solver and troubleshooter for all difficult clients. He exceeded all previously set records for first year employees and surpassed all goals for the second year at the firm.

Previous to WWC, Jeremy was a co-owner of Auto Accents (AA) for three years. AA was a high-end/exotic auto performance/customization facility for street cars. Jeremy approached the owner of this failing company and offered to take it over and turn it around. Within nine months the shop was in the black and repaying old debt.

A consistent theme while at the above companies has been Jeremy’s ability to drive profits, trouble-shoot and improve operations reduce unnecessary headcount, drive teams to their best abilities, and renegotiate contracts with vendors to retain greater profitability and resolve complex challenges. Jeremy is known for his high ethical standards; In addition, he is highly technical with computers, networks, and software. Jeremy also made the “List Makers” two years in a row in the Atlanta Business Chronicle

Jennie leads innovative, strategic change.  She has been described as one who ‘excels in future reality’.   Jennie specializes in partnering with leaders across the organization to translate growth strategies into disciplined execution programs.

Jennie’s love for change began early:

– Moved around frequently while growing up, which whetted her appetite for change and how people are influenced by change

– Exchange student in India at 17, which showed her the world is a collection of diverse ideas, talents, and philosophies

– Educated at small colleges, which taught her about communities

– Early career:  COO for small, family-owned business – learned about work groups becoming families

– Mid career:   Corporate America – Consulting with small manufacturers, a dive into Lean Six Sigma at GE, and building the Business Transformation group at Coca-Cola Enterprises that created a culture of visible, profitable strategy execution.

Jennie has spent the last 20 months on sabbatical:  travel in a very small trailer (blue highways and small town America), tourist volunteer (India) and LOTS of family time (hubby, kids, parents, siblings).  She is now in active transition, seeking her next opportunity to engage leaders across an organization to make change happen.