Cheryl Procter-Rogers is a high-energy, dynamic consultant with a track record of success working with senior executives in a variety of business, government and nonprofit sectors around the world. She draws on her 39 years of experience leading accelerated change and proactive communications efforts for global, complex organizations as well as local, regional and national entities. As a trusted advisor and executive coach, she helps leaders navigate ambiguous and volatile environments to achieve their professional and organizational goals. She has worked with and consulted for some of the world’s most recognized brands. She served in executive positions for DePaul University, HBO, Nielsen Marketing Research and Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company. As a consultant, she has designed and implemented business and communications strategies for Coca-Cola, Nissan, Allstate, McDonald’s, Sears, Magellan Corporation, Academy of General Dentistry, and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, to name a few. Cheryl was the 2006 national president and CEO of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). In 2000, she was the youngest member ever to be inducted into PRSA’s College of Fellows. She is the 2011 PRSA Gold Anvil recipient, the society’s highest individual award. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Bradley University (78), an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management and Master of Arts in leadership and change management from DePaul University. She holds credentials with PRSA and the International Coach Federation. For more info: www.AStepAheadPR.com or 847-454-7400.
Lisa Duke with Lisa Duke Financial Coaching
Lisa Duke is the Financial Coach at Lisa Duke Financial Coaching. Lisa and her husband, Darren Duke, became self-made millionaires while leaving the corporate world and starting their own IT consulting business, Simplified Technology Solutions. They acknowledge, though, that they would not have reached that goal had they not had a financial mentor to help lead them there. Now Lisa is working to help others follow the same path toward financial freedom. Ms. Duke has passed the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education® (AFCPE®)’s exam to become an Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC®) and is also pursuing that organization’s designation to become a Financial Fitness Coach (FFC®).
Malaika Dowdell with DNA Marketing, Garrett Riley with Splunk and Dave Tompkins with Hawque, LLC
Malaika Dowdell is an experienced Marketing professional and is the Principal at DNA Marketing.
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Garrett Riley is the Regional Sales Manager at Splunk.
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Dave Tompkins is the President and Co-Founder at Hawque, LLC.
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George Black with Intigro and Live Truly Free
George Black has been described as ‘The Entrepreneur Guide’. He is an Author, business Strategist, and outsourced Chief Financial Officer. He founded Intigro in 1992 and has been guiding entrepreneurs to grow their companies through his business “know-how”, ever since. www.intigro.com In 2001 he created The Next Level Navigator(TM), a strategic process which he has used at numerous companies. Most notably, he guided the corporate strategy at Rackspace Hosting for 4 years, where he applied The Navigator until they went public in 2008 (NYSE: RAX). During that time their revenues rose from $100m to $500m. The Next Level Navigator is included in his book: “Dear Mr. A ~ letters revealing the secrets of an entrepreneur,” now available on Amazon. Now, George is launching LiveTrulyFree.com, so that he and his team can reach many entrepreneurs. Currently, they offer a free excerpt from “Dear Mr. A” at that site called: “The Dreams to Success Guide”. George resides in San Antonio, Texas, loves the outdoors and travel.
Anthony Eaton with Leadership and More
Anthony Eaton is a Human Resource Professional with more than 20 years of experience spanning a wide range of industries. He is the Writer, Author, HR Professional at Leadership and More. He is also a writer, author and regularly posts interviews, articles and more on his leadership website www.leadershipandmore.com
Sue Ryan with Creative Business Coaches
Susan Ryan emphasizes a whole-organization approach to success that is as effective as it is exceedingly uncommon. As she has proven with more than 500 organizations of all sizes, in a multitude of industries and in locations around the world, meaningful change is possible only through an authentic partnering relationship with every contributor. From the frontlines to the C-Suite, all personnel must be aligned to the overall objective, with leaders prepared to be their very best, in order for organizations to succeed with the tremendous challenges facing businesses today. Your success is my success is Sue’s motto and her passion is always contagious, whether she’s speaking at an event, coaching current and future leaders, or training individuals to create success with their clients. By partnering with Sue, customers have collectively recognized hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue gains and operational efficiency improvements. Sue wields her organizational acumen, technological expertise, business experience, and trademark sense of humor, to effect lasting, positive change for clients. As an Intelligent Leadership Certified Executive Coach (IL), and as a dynamic speaker with Creative Business Coaches, Sue brings more than 30 years of business experience, and a special focus on intergenerational dynamics, to leaders who are committed to unlocking and unleashing their uniquely greatest potential and to organizations that have identified an area in need of improvement, experienced change, seek to develop future leaders, desire greater employee engagement, and are working to attract, train, and retain high-performing employees. Sue has led sales teams to consistently deliver results-driven and record-breaking performance for more than 15 years. As an IL Executive Coaching Master Trainer, she brings her unique 360º organizational perspective to develop talented coaches so they too can partner effectively with all levels of an organization to deliver successful results-driven performance. Sue joined John Mattone Global in June of 2017. She is certified by the International Coaching Federation and is certified in neuro-linguistic programming. Committed to continuing education, Sue recently earned her Master of Arts degree in communications, with concentrations in new media and marketing, from Southern New Hampshire University, where she graduated at the top of her class.
Jasmine Ford with HerWebDesign and Peter Antonets with Sellsay
Jasmine Ford is with HerWebDesign.
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Tim Visconti with PeopleLift, Christeene Alcosiba with InfoTycoon and J.R. McNair with The Container Box, Inc.
Tim Visconti is the Founder at PeopleLift. Follow Tim on LinkedIn.
Christeene Alcosiba is the UX Researcher and Engineer at InfoTycoon. Follow Christeene on LinkedIn.
J.R. McNair is with The Container Box, Inc. Follow J.R. on LinkedIn.
Irene Borum with Abacus CPA LLC
Irene Borum with Abacus CPA LLC
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