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Special Edition: Georgia Society of CPAs

July 25, 2013 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Special Edition: Georgia Society of CPAs

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Today’s episode focuses on Not For Profit Taxation and features guests who are members of the Georgia Society of CPAs.

Bill Harshman/Harshman Phillips & Company

Bill Harshman is a 30+ year CPA and co-founder of HPC. Prior to HPC, Bill spent 17 years rising through the ranks of a ‘Big 4’ firm, including 7 years as the Partner-In-Charge of the Atlanta Tax Department of Arthur Young & Company (‘AY’, predecessor to Ernst & Young). During his ‘Big 4’ tenure, he spent 2 years working directly under the AY US National Director of Tax, served on the AY National Tax Policy Group, and was an instructor for the AY Tax Management Training Program.

While at HPC, Bill has specialized in working with entrepreneurial and closely-held companies in the manufacturing, software, distribution, and food services industries. HPC clients have benefited from his expertise in tax planning, IRS representation, small business financing, and complex mergers and acquisition transactions.

Carlye Dooley/Windham Brannon, PC

A principal with Windham Brannon’s tax division, Carlye specializes in complex multi-state service businesses, large not for profit organizations, and high net worth individual income tax planning and preparation. She performs and enjoys extensive projects on various accounting topics that require significant interpretation of tax law.

Specialization includes: Large Not-for-Profit Organizations; Complex Multi-State Tax Services; High Net Worth Individuals with Multi-State Returns.

Prior to joining Windham Brannon in 2002, Carlye gained valuable experience, including work with expatriates and international taxes while employed in the tax departments of the national firms of Arthur Andersen and Deloitte & Touche. She served as Vice Chair of the GSCPA Financial Literacy Committee in 2007 and 2008, and she assisted in the creationof Phi Sigma Pi Foundation, where she served as president, from 2005 to 2011.

Carlye earned a BBA in Accounting from Eastern Michigan University and a Masters in Taxation from Georgia State University.

Marc Azar/Smith & Howard, PC

Marc is a Partner with Smith & Howard, an Atlanta accounting and advisory firm. He joined Smith & Howard 1995 after beginning his career with a Big 6 firm. He heads the tax side of the firm’s nonprofit practice, and spends a significant portion of his time in the nonprofit arena related to technical filing requirements of 990s and various tax matters facing nonprofits. In addition to his nonprofit focus, Marc has diverse experience providing income tax and business advisory services to a wide variety of businesses, individuals and estates.

Marc has been invited to make many presentations on the IRS Form 990 and other related nonprofit tax topics to groups. Marc is a Board and Audit and Compensation Committee member of Goodwill of North Georgia and Goodwill Industries of North Georgia. He serves on the Nonprofit Conference Committee of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants, and was 2012 Chair of the Nonprofit Conference of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Is Your “Global Glass” Half-Empty or Half-Full?

July 25, 2013 by angishields

Global Leader Radio

Is Your "Global Glass" Half-Empty or Half-Full?

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In this edition of Global Leader Radio!™, Alvin C. Miles facilitates a discussion about the correlation between a positive perspective and success in one’s life. Yelena Epova joined as our in-studio guest to discuss her unique story, her global perspective and the importance of taking an interest in people!

Here are seven takeaways from our discussion:

Enjoy what you do!
Being happy overall is more important than any other factor.
The best way to be successful is to help develop others.
Focus on being flexible.
Clients don’t grow on trees – you have to develop them!
To be a leader is a gift!
Take time to recharge.

Listen in as Yelena walks us through her personal and professional story. Add her insights, tips and resources to your leadership toolkit. Leadership IS a conversation!

Yelena Epova/ Partner, Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLP

Yelena is a partner in charge of HA&W’s Tax Group and the International Services Practice. She specializes in advising domestic and international companies on international tax issues and tax planning strategies regarding inbound and outbound operations. She also assists clients with domestic tax issues by providing tax planning and compliance services.

Yelena is an active member in many professional organizations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants where she served on the task force that reviewed Proposed Treasury Regulations on Transfer Pricing; the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants where she participated in the Leadership Development Program; and Baker Tilly International where she chaired the North American International Tax Committee for six consecutive years. Additionally, Ms. Epova is a founding board member of GlobalEXECWomen, vice chair of the Georgia Council for International Visitors’ Board and Chair of the 2013 Consular Ball. She is also Treasurer of the Georgia District Export Council. She is a graduate of the 2011 Leadership Atlanta program and received the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s 2011 Global Impact Award for Service Providers on behalf of HA&W.

Yelena has written for numerous publications. She is a regular contributing writer to Global Atlanta on international tax issues. She is also a frequent speaker at many international and domestic seminars including those pertaining to businesses entering the U.S. market.

Prior to moving to Atlanta, Ms. Epova received her Masters degree in Engineering from the Technological College of Leningrad. Upon her arrival in the United States, she continued her education in Accountancy at Georgia State University. Ms. Epova has received the Golden Key Award for the highest score on the CPA exam in Georgia and the Elijah Watt Sells Award for being in the top 100 scores on the CPA exam in the nation. She was recently selected by Atlanta-based GlobalEXECWomen as one of three finalists for the International Women of Influence Awards™ in the category of Service Providing Businesses. Ms. Epova was also selected by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the city’s “up and comers” for 2006. Each year, the paper selects and presents awards to 40 business professionals under the age of 40 who have made significant contributions to their communities and are leaders in their companies. Ms. Epova was most recently recognized by Atlanta Magazine as one of the fifty-five most influential foreign-born Atlantans.

Contact Yelena: (404) 898-7431, yelena.epova@hawcpa.com

Hospice and Palliative Care

July 25, 2013 by angishields

The Doctors Roundtable

Hospice and Palliative Care

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End of life completion and closure is an experience each of us will need to deal with at some point in our life journey. Hospice and palliative care provides a program of support that includes medical, social, emotional and spiritual support through a multidisciplinary team of nurses, physicians, volunteers and social services. Hospice and palliative are often considered when there is a shift from usual medical treatment for a cure to end of life pain relief and support.

Hospice services are provided in hospice facilities, the patient’s home, long term care facilities and sometimes even hospitals. Twice as many people die in hospice care as in hospitals or nursing homes compared to 10 years ago. This type of care used to be thought of mostly for cancer patients. However , in recent years, services have been expanded to a wide range of diagnoses that qualify for care including Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Medicare is the primary payor of hospice services in the United States and hospice has become one of the fastest growing Medicare programs. It is also one of the program’s that has proven to be of value cost/ benefit wise as the Medicare saves approximately $2300 per patient, over the course of their end of life care. This segment of The Doctor’s Roundtable focuses on an overview of hospice services, how to qualify for these services, the benefits and principals of palliative care management.

Dr. Lisa Rosa Re’

MD at University of Seville, Spain
Family Medicine residency at St. Mary’s Hospital in Hoboken, NJ
Completed fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City
Private practice at Family and Integrative Medicine in Roswell, GA
Specializing in integration of holistic and traditional medicine, a multi-linguistic practice

Ms. Mary Triplett

Program Director, Compassion Care Hospice

Dr. Lisa Rose Re and Mary Triplett on The Doctors Roundtable — The Doctors Roundtable Topic: Hospice and Palliative Care

Craig Ridley - Dr. Rosa Re - Mary Triplett - Tanya Mack — The Doctors Roundtable with Dr. Lisa Rosa Re and Mary Triplett on Hospice and Palliative Care

An ounce of of Prevention – Kristy Gillmann of Legalshield

July 25, 2013 by angishields

Eugeria

An ounce of of Prevention - Kristy Gillmann of Legalshield

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Did you know that more than 70% of identity theft is “non-financial” identity theft? For more than 20 years, Kristy Gillmann was in the healthcare software industry. In 2009, she became acquainted with what was then known as Prepaid Legal (now LegalShield). She had a few minor legal questions and issues, and thought it sounded like a reasonably priced way to have access to an attorney. In the last 4 years, she has contacted Legal Shield 72 times for advice! She was so impressed with the service, that when she found herself looking for another job, she sought out Legal Shield. Listen in as Kristy describes how this affordable service can be invaluable to senior services providers, seniors and their families!

For more information about LegalShield, view a video here. To contact Kristy directly, call her at (404) 281-2571, or email her at kgillmann@legalshield.com.

We want to thank Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for more than 20 years.

Winners of Atlanta’s 101 Best & Brightest Places to Work

July 24, 2013 by angishields

Good Morning Atlanta

Winners of Atlanta's 101 Best & Brightest Places to Work

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Today’s episode featured some of this year’s winners from the Atlanta’s 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For event.

Andrew Wells and Brent Collins from Daugherty Business Solutions, Tim Gordon with InfoMart, Nathan Feather from PrimeRevenue and Rashid Brown with Kingdom Fortunes Development Group joined in a panel discussion in and around what it takes to be a great place to work.

The group covered everything from resumes and hiring practices to salary negotiation, and retention and the conversation was both frank and forward thinking. Whether you’re an employee frustrated by your experiences, or an employer who wants to improve your HR practices, this episode is not to be missed!

Trellis Usher with Greater Atlanta Chapter of ASTD

July 24, 2013 by angishields

Learning Insights

Trellis Usher with Greater Atlanta Chapter of ASTD

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Trellis Usher/T.R. Ellis Group

Trellis Usher is an Atlanta learning professional who has worked in the field for over 17 years. She has been involved with ASTD for over a decade, both as a volunteer and volunteer leader. She is the current Director of Chapter Programs for Greater Atlanta ASTD which is the largest local chapter in the nation. In that role, she and a team of volunteers are responsible for planning and executing chapter meetings and the annual ACE Conference. After a corporate career working for companies like Georgia-Pacific, McKesson, and The Coca-Cola Company, Trellis founded T.R. Ellis Group which is a human capital development consultancy. In her role as Managing Consultant, she still gets to work with great organizations to help build individual and organizational capabilities.

Each year, the Greater Atlanta Chapter of ASTD holds a large conference with national speakers to provide Atlanta learning professionals with the opportunity to network, gain new skills, and meet thought leaders without the expense of travel to national conferences. This year’s event, scheduled for Tuesday, August 13, 2013, is focused on Learning and Development as a Value Creator. In addition to 12 smaller sessions, the chapter has brought in Dr. Jack Phillips and Dr. Jim Kirkpatrick to speak.

Today’s show is brought to you by TrainingPros.

Spotlight on Digital Atlanta Conference

July 23, 2013 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Spotlight on Digital Atlanta Conference

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Now in its fourth year, Digital Atlanta is a week long series of workshops, lectures, networking, and social events that brings together entrepreneurs, innovators, business leaders, solution providers and executives to discuss digital innovations, explore opportunities in the digital space and highlight how Atlanta is leading the charge in many of these areas.

Through October 7-11, 2013, register for a week of exciting topics spanning everything from social media, entertainment, startups, nonprofits, gaming, culture, mobile, sports, and marketing.

Kashi Sehgal/Gigabark

Kashi Sehgal is Co-Founder and CEO of Gigabark, a mobile messaging company specializing in phone, text, and survey broadcasts and custom solutions. She serves as a Board Member of Georgia’s WIN List, and as a member of the Fulton County Career & Technical Education Advisory Council. A co-founder of two non-profits , Music For Tomorrow and Mentor Walk, Kashi serves as Executive Vice President of the Campus Community Partnership Foundation and CEO of KTrain, her consulting company. She earned her undergraduate degree from The George Washington University and a graduate degree from Georgia Tech.

Kashi is also this year’s Program Director for the Digital Atlanta Conference.

Diane Bloodworth/Competitive Sports Analysis

In 2010, Diane Bloodworth founded Competitive Sports Analysis (CSA), a cutting-edge sports analytics company, and subsequently launched leading fantasy sports tool, scoutPROTM. Diane is a serial entrepreneur and previous founder of an IT process improvement consulting firm that was acquired in 2003. She has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry with experience at Fortune 500 companies, government and small businesses. Through CSA she is able to combine her love of sports and expert knowledge of technology to make the sports industry more competitive and efficient into the future.

Pablo Henderson/W Hotels

Kara Tarantino and Amanda Helmey with Vericom Corporation and Demi Tanner with Axia Payments

July 22, 2013 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Kara Tarantino and Amanda Helmey with Vericom Corporation and Demi Tanner with Axia Payments

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Kara Tarantino/Vericom CorporationÂ

A results-driven strategic marketer with 25 years in the healthcare industry, Kara is intuitively passionate about bringing health literacy messaging mainstream and developing content for healthcare audiences that can be acted upon in order to positively impact patient behavior. Kara has led marketing at Vericom Corporation for more than 18 years, diligently working to help clients improve the patient and employee experience with more effective internal communications. Her unique expertise lies in strategic healthcare content development for hospital communications. Kara holds a B.A. in Business Administration and French from Gettysburg College.

Amanda Helmey/Vericom CorporationÂ

Amanda joined Vericom in April, 2010 as an account manager, bringing with her eight years of experience as the marketing manager for an Atlanta-based general contractor. In her current role as director, customer engagement, she is responsible for mentoring and coaching the client relations and account management staff as they build relationships with clients and provide extraordinary customer service. She is accountable for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the department. Amanda holds a B.A. in journalism from the University of Georgia with a concentration in public relations.

Demi Tanner/Axia PaymentsÂ

Sunday July 21st, 2013

July 21, 2013 by angishields

Week In Review

Sunday July 21st, 2013

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If you didn’t hear the live show on Sunday at Noon on Biz1190AM in Atlanta, you can catch the podcast version here:

After some technical difficulties at the beginning, Host Dana Barrett and Producer Mike Roy were off and running. The first show featured the following clips:

Tom Brown, Senior VP Financial Services at LexisNexis® interviewed on the Atlanta Business Radio Show talking about Risk Management Compliance and how Lexis/Nexis help banks manage risk and prevent identity theft.
Raymond King, President and CEO of Zoo Atlanta and Dan Williams, Membership Manager of Central Atlanta Progress on the Good Morning Atlanta Show talking about the call for development around the King Memorial MARTA station.
Rebecca Harrell, Regional Vice President of Randstad (Staffing) on the Burr + Forman Results Matter radio show talking about the jobs outlook in Atlanta.

Dana also shared her experience taking a Belly Dancing Class at Dance 101, called out Falcon Roddy White for not thinking before tweeting and talked about the new SkyView Ferris Wheel in Atlanta. Other topics discussed included: