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Leadercast: Travis Dommert with Jackson Healthcare
Travis Dommert is an accomplished talent management leader who has previously served as president of Jackson Health IT, a Jackson Healthcare company. As senior vice president of Talent Development, he works to attract, develop, and retain the nation’s best, brightest, and most capable servant leaders.
He is an endurance athlete/triathlete and previously the cofounder of a performance and accountability platform that helped business leaders implement the best practices of elite soldiers and athletes.
Dommert earned an MBA from Emory University and an engineering degree from Northwestern University. He lives in Peachtree Corners with his wife and five children.
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Pat Hurston is a highly dedicated and resourceful corporate and non-profit executive with over 30 years of experience in all aspects of executive leadership, strategic planning, and fundraising. She has a proven record of fostering organizational efficiency and growth and is adept at the effective leadership of any size staff.
Pat has a passion for women and children issues and providing leadership in the business community as a servant leader, serving as a volunteer, board member and advisor to the board, to help make positive change.
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Usama Muta-Ali with Bukhari Tutoring & Health, Ashley Bella Daramola with ArtyBella and Gynella Ngounou with SELF
Usama Muta-Ali is the founder of Bukhari Tutoring & Health in Stone Mountain Ga. He is Majoring in Chemistry in hopes of becoming a researcher after he graduates college.
Connect with Usama on LinkedIn and follow Bukhari Tutoring & Health on Twitter.
Ashley Bella Daramola was born and raised in Atlanta, GA. Ashley got her first job at 14 and has been working ever since. “At 17, people around me told me college was too expensive and that art and theatre were pointless career options, so I went to college, got confused, dropped out, and went back to work.”
In Ashley’s mid-20’s, she developed a passion for working with children, teen girls, and women whose life struggles paralleled her own, especially those that had experienced trauma or who had difficulty understanding their self-worth. In 2016, Ashley quit her job and became an artist full-time using her last $50. “well, I originally
started ArtzyBella to have a studio to do art therapy in and to fund my personal art career that I hope includes global exhibitions.”
Ashley uses ArtzyBella to create jobs and contribute to the economic development of communities in South Metro Atlanta. “Now I get to give back to the young talented artists in south metro Atlanta and create the opportunities I didn’t get to have” says Ashley.
Ashley wants to help the world learn the power that art has to be a healing tool, and a driver of economic development and an important industry in america’s economy.
Ashley has completed over 40 commissions in three years including 15 murals, 7 canvas portraits and 2 installations. Ashley just opened her second art studio and completed her first solo exhibition.
Connect with Ashley on LinkedIn and follow ArtzyBella on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Gynella Ngounou is a Cameroonian-American fashionpreneur and Creative Director and CEO of Students Expressing Life through Fashion (SELF). SELF is a fashion sewing company and agency based in Atlanta, GA that provides an adequate education in sewing, fashion buying and branding with industry-level bookings.
Her team of Design Instructors consist of passionate and gifted fashion designers and SCAD alumna who share a motive to give back to the community. Today, Students Expressing Life through Fashion is pushing 80 students to produce their best work, exposing them to fashion events, and securing them with fashion internships and opportunities. The courses include womenswear, pattern-making, draping, sketching, fashion business, retail, and manufacturing. Each course is leveled from beginner to master. The sewing studio is a 24/hour space located in the heart of Atlanta.
Gynella is completing her B.I.S. in Social Entrepreneurship at Georgia State University, and was recently accepted with a full-ride scholarship to Parsons School of Design’s certificate program. Her life mantra is: “I am more than what they can see.”
Elizabeth Eichinger and Dr. Zachary Saylor with Institute for Biomedical Sciences and Corey Andrews with SafeStrip
Elizabeth Eichinger is the Undergraduate Program Coordinator in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences. She works with all B.I.S. students to discover and attain their academic and career goals.
Zachary Saylor is a lecturer in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences. He teaches several classes at the Institute including “Careers in Biomedical Sciences” and “Scientific Communication”.
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Corey Andrews is an aspiring biomedical entrepreneur, who will be receiving his Masters in Biochemistry next Spring. He is also a previous alumni of Georgia State, receiving his B.S. in Neuroscience in 2018. His previous business experience has been performing campus customer discovery for Sony Electronics, and managing chain restaurants while earning his Bachelors.
Connect with Corey on LinkedIn.
GSU Executive MBA Program: Robin Mladinich, Jan Heybroek, Amanda Stanzione and Dwayne Roache
Robin Mladinich is a director of the Executive MBA program at Georgia State University and founder/leadership coach for Inspire 2 Impact (I2I) Leadership Group LLC. She has 20 years of experience in global leadership and program development. Her expertise is in coaching and growing high potential executives; creating leadership development programs and curriculum to evoke transformation; and facilitating and managing international programs.
Robin’s professional highlights include establishing and managing the Executive MBA leadership and coaching program, creating a 12-month Executive Leadership Academy for Women, and launching a global MBA program. She has a track record of success in building strong teams, leading programs and leading others. Robin completed her coaching training through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC). Robin is certified in The Leadership Circle Profile, EQI 2.0, and the Personal DISCernment Inventory.
Robin holds a master’s degree in higher education administration with a specialty in Career Counseling from Florida State University and a master’s degree in international business from Georgia State University. She earned her bachelor’s degree is in Journalism from the University of Georgia.
Robin has had leadership roles in 5 institutions of higher education to include Georgia Tech and University of Georgia. Robin spent 4 years abroad living and working in Belfast with the Northern Ireland Peace Process. She is an avid international traveler having been to over 50 countries.
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With 25 years of senior leadership experience in life sciences, Jan Heybroek brings MDoutlook clients extensive expertise in healthcare business and strategic marketing, ThoughtLeader identification and engagement, business consulting, organizational partnerships and medical education.
Jan is a recognized leader, an innovative and strategic thinker who intimately appreciates clients’ strategic needs and opportunities, and understands how to best serve these with effective and efficient tactical solutions. He has managed and overseen hundreds of client projects in his career, and to continued client praise.
Jan leads the team of MDoutlook to deliver actionable disease intelligence with ThoughtLeader insight. Prior to establishing MDoutlook, Jan spent 5 years in increasing leadership positions at Imedex, an accredited medical education company. In his most recent role as President, Jan drove the integration of The American School of Oncology and Imedex into one organization focused on producing global continuing education in oncology, hematology, psychiatry, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, cardiology, and urology.
Previously, Jan led a team of consultants at Cambridge Pharma Consultancy, a subsidiary of IMS Health. As Engagement Director, Jan provided international strategic consulting to pharmaceutical and biotech companies in the areas of M&A, licensing, and marketing strategy. He was Consultant for Robert Pino & Company in the Netherlands, a subsidiary of Berenschot, focused on product strategy and responsible for establishing its healthcare practice.
Jan started his career as Project Manager with Altana in the sales of cardiovascular products before joining Organon as International Product Manager. At Organon, Jan was responsible for the commercialization of psychiatry products, and directed the global launch of Remeron leading to $1b+ in annual sales.
Jan holds a Masters degree in Medicine from University of Amsterdam, and MBA / MBI degrees from Rotterdam School of Management / University of Michigan. He resides in Atlanta, GA.
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Amanda Stanzione is an executive within the FinTech industry and most recently led one of First Data’s product organizations focused on fraud within digital payments. Amanda is pursuing her EMBA from Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business and is a member of WIT (Women in Technology) and Wnet (Women’s Network in Electronic Transactions).
Outside of professional life, Amanda is married with three teenagers and enjoys watching any sport they play, sleeping, binge watching Netflix, and horseback riding.
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Dwayne Roache is the Vice President of Finance and Controller at Jackson Physician Search formerly Jackson & Coker Permanent (a subsidiary of Jackson Healthcare). Dwayne manages the company’s finances and has played a key role in the company’s growth for the last ten years.
Before joining Jackson, Dwayne served at AGCO Corporation, a publicly-traded global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of agricultural equipment with over $10B in annual revenue. During his career, Dwayne has held many key positions with various leading sectors such as manufacturing, retail, food & beverage, energy, and technology.
Outside of work, Dwayne enjoys attending his daughter’s various dance, piano, and orchestra performances. Dwayne holds degrees in Accounting and Finance from Georgia State University, and his currently pursuing his Executive MBA at Georgia State University with an aspiration for the Executive Doctorate Program here at Georgia State.
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Erica Bracey and Cameron Geer with LaunchGSU, Tia Forbes with The Knack Brand and Todd Campbell with Alpha Phi Alpha
Erica Wright Bracey currently manages the new student business incubator on campus, LaunchGSU. Erica stepped into this role at LaunchGSU in September 2017 but her GSU roots are much deeper. Prior to working at LaunchGSU, Erica worked as a business consultant for the Small Business Development Center at Georgia State University for eleven years assisting local Atlanta entrepreneurs start and grow small businesses. In addition to serving as a dedicated employee for over a decade, Bracey is a proud alum and graduate of the Robinson College of Business. However, the title she is most proud of is that of Panther Parent which was earned in Fall 2015 when the toddler who was in arms during her 2001 MBA commencement ceremony stepped on the Georgia State campus as a new freshman.
As manager of LaunchGSU, Bracey is responsible for supporting, nurturing and developing the dozens of members that utilize the incubator on a daily and weekly basis. This support is accomplished through coaching, consulting and implementation of entrepreneurship themed programming throughout the semester. Erica uses her background which spans across retail, academia, banking and the government to expose bright-eyed Panther-preneurs to as many areas of small business ownership as possible.
When Erica is not at LaunchGSU, she can often be found… or rather heard in the stands alongside her husband… supporting their youngest son, Steven under the Friday Night Lights of Lovett Lion Football or cheering her oldest son Brandon and his history making Panther Football team-mates to victory at Georgia State Stadium. Erica loves to lead by example and demonstrate what it means to be a part of this wonderful #PantherFamily and literally has the blue blood to prove it.
Cameron Geer is a Junior Global Studies major at GSU. She is expected to graduate in 2021. She is a marketing coordinator student assistant at LaunchGSU as well as a member of the Executive board for GSU’s Collegiate Entrepreneurs’’ Organization.
She is here with us to talk about LaunchGSU, and her own experience at GSU as a student and Panther-prenuer.
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Tia Forbes is a PhD student at Georgia State University in the Learning Sciences Department. She is a former media development and teacher that started a boutique firm after working in film and television education industries for 15 years.
Her company, The Knack Brand, focuses on professional development for entrepreneurs. Tia uses research-based techniques to help build a more media ready entrepreneur.
Connect with Tia on LinkedIn and follow The Knack Brand on Twitter and Facebook.
Todd Campbell is the Treasurer and Financial Literacy Program Chair of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. – Pi Gamma Lambda Chapter. He delivers the programming primarily through financial seminars and by playing the CashFlow 101 board game from Robert Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad Poor Dad” book.
Todd attended Morehouse College with a BA in Economics and obtained an MBA in Personal Financial Planning from GSU. Todd is currently a Financial Coach for SmartPath and a part-time real estate investor in the metro Atlanta area as well.
Connect with Todd on LinkedIn and follow Pi Gamma Lambda on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
BRX Pro Tip: The 10k Rule
This Just In Summer HITs
Justin Barnes and This Just In Live from Atlanta for his Summer HITs, discussing trends in healthcare, health IT, strategies and best practices.
BRX Pro Tip: Partnering with Other Media
BRX Pro Tip: Partnering with Other Media Transcript
Stone Payton: [00:00:01] And we are back with Business RadioX Pro Tip. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, let’s talk about this idea of supporting and celebrating, actually, partnering with other media in your community.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:13] Right. This is something that you shouldn’t be afraid to partner with what some people might can consider competitors. Other podcasters, newspapers, blogs, radio stations, TV stations, magazines, newspapers, all those people are out there. You can look at them, on one hand, as competitors because you’re kind of vying for maybe some of the same advertising dollar, but they’re really not because they’re all doing something a little different, and you’re doing something in a way that none of them are doing the work that you do. So, I say invite them on a show. Bring on a podcaster, a business blogger, a magazine, or a newspaper, and let them talk about their work. Bring in a columnist, or an editor, or somebody like that and give them a chance to tell their story. Maybe they have a conference. Maybe they’re working on an event that you can partner up with.
Stone Payton: [00:01:05] Well, and look at the positioning that that provides for you when you are the person, you are the gracious person that has brought them into your house. You’re supporting, and celebrating them, and giving them that platform. As I’ve said for years, Lee, serve your competitors, and you won’t have any.
