Gabe Orthous, CIO executive at Central Georgia Health Network (CGHN), offering 20+ years of progressive experience as a value-based care strategic thinker and executor with a history of scaling and driving return on investment of complex healthcare IT solutions.
Jim Foster is a results-driven Senior Executive with over thirty years of progressive experience and success in the technology sector. Successfully led organizations in the enterprise, SMB, SOHO, and consumer markets. A highly diverse background that includes technology, product development, sales, marketing, and general management. Twenty-five years of P&L responsibility achieving double-digit revenue growth with consistent positive operating margins. Launched multiple highly successful product lines with operational management of companies or divisions from 20 to 3,000 employees.
Scott Sullivan is a Regional Sales Manager with Ultria and has extensive experience in Start-ups, High-Growth, Mature Companies & Acquisitions. Selling and operational expertise in the following enterprise application markets: ERP, Document Management & Workflow, Operational Systems Management, Knowledge Management, Internet Infrastructure, Enterprise Content Management, Enterprise CRM, E-commerce Infrastructure, Enterprise GRC, Transactional Analytics, Multi-dimensional enterprise deployment models, SaaS, SaaS Hybrid, Hosted and Premised based solutions.
Steve Maul is the founder and managing principal at The Semantics Group. He brings nearly 40 years of successful marketing, sales, performance improvement and management experience to the clients with whom he works. Having a career in direct and channel sales, sales management, marketing, finance and as an executive in companies both large and small, Steve grasps quickly the challenges faced by his clients and works to clear the hurdles that prevent revenue growth and predictability.
His passion is not only helping his clients GET customers, but also ensuring that they can deliver the expected value so those customers will establish loyalty and repeat buying. Steve has authored dozens of performance improvement programs for sales, marketing, consulting and customer service professionals and worked extensively with world-class companies such as SAS Institute, CenturyLink, Cisco, FinListics, Fiserv, Mansfield Energy, Oracle, SAP, and others.
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Dr. Karen Jacobson is an author, speaker, and high-performance strategist. She specializes in working with organizations that want to develop leaders and high-performance teams to be more efficient, effective and engaged. Her services include speaking, team development, behavior assessment tools, and executive coaching.
Dr. Jacobson is the author of Power Conversations, a business communication guide, and the creator of the High-Performance Triad, an effective strategy for creating your performance advantage. Audiences leave her presentations energized and armed with an arsenal of new skill sets and tools to provide lasting transformation.
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The Law Offices of Jeffrey D. Lynch helps families develop a plan in case one of their family members is unable to make financial and health care decisions for themselves, or passes away. These plans typically consist of Wills, Trusts and Powers of Attorney Documents. Each family has different issues that need to be addressed therefore the provisions in the documents can differ significantly from one family to the next. Having a candid and confidential conversation with Jeffrey will allow for him to identify any issues which need to be addressed in your families documents.
Jeff Lynch began his career in estate planning as a life insurance agent with his step father martin Schuchat at Farm Bureau Financial Services. They traveled the state of Arizona, working with farmers, ranchers and small business owners who needed to protect their families. During the recession, Jeff fulfilled a lifelong goal of becoming an attorney by graduating from law school in two years and passing the bar on his first attempt.
During and after law school, Jeff worked for a well known estate planning firm until he opened the Law offices of Jeffrey D. Lynch in 2017. He continues to practice in the areas of Estate Planning and probate law, and has recently begun representing personal injury clients injured in an accident.
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Barney Davey is an artist advocate, business coach, author, blogger, online course creator, and digital marketing tools and techniques junkie. He is also the publisher of Art Marketing News. The blog, published weekly since 2005, provides visual artists and creative entrepreneurs with professional art career development tools, training, and advice. The company publishes insightful business and marketing information and produces online training courses, all with the goal of helping artists to find buyers, sell art and create prosperous careers.
Barney has been a soldier, firefighter, steelworker, Teamster, advertising agency owner, sales rep, sales manager, trade magazine and trade show marketing executive, and internet marketing entrepreneur. He has an extensive 30-year history working on marketing and advertising campaigns and strategies with small businesses, top tier ad agencies, and Fortune 500 companies. He worked closely with the many business sectors, including insurance, (life, health, and property-casualty), financial planning, hospitality, home furnishings, fine art, and picture framing retailers, and private clubs.
Barney splits his time between publishing books and blogs, creating and marketing online courses, and providing private coaching for creative entrepreneurs. He also is working on a launch for a new venture aimed at helping Baby Boomers transition to an entrepreneurial life after retirement.
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Angela Raub is CEO of Leadercast, a global pioneer in leadership development. Raub has served Leadercast and its audiences for nearly two years as Chief Sales Officer, where she oversaw all aspects of Leadercast’s business development, executed strategic growth initiatives, and managed a growing team of enthusiastic sales professionals.
Prior to joining the team at Leadercast, Raub held leadership positions at Pathbuilders Inc., Wellspring Living, Hotel Equities and J. Mack Robinson
College of Business at Georgia State University. She holds an Executive MBA in International Business from Georgia State University and received her undergraduate degree in Communications and Business from University of Toledo.
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Angie Ahrens, CMP, is the Vice President, Operations at Leadercast. Meetings and events are her profession and passion, as Angie oversees the production of Leadercast Live, Leadercast Women, and the events growing at the company. Driven by passion, purpose and fulfillment, she strives to provide attendees with an unforgettable experience and the tools to walk away inspired to be a better leader. Outside of work, Angie resides in the Atlanta area with her husband, Tim, and two Shiba Inu dogs, Nala and Remy. Travel, cooking, dining and entertaining are all passions she indulges in when living life to the fullest.
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Leadercast is dedicated to building leaders others will follow by providing solutions, events and resources for individuals, teams, organizations and corporations across all industries. Whether you need tools to lead yourself, your team or your company, Leadercast will guide you on your journey to being a leader worth following.
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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LT Ladino Bryson is CEO and founder of vCandidates.com, a recruiting tool and platform that provides an alternative to job search board options for candidates and recruiting professionals. Launching in Q3 2019, vCandidates.com expedites the search, screening, interviewing, and presentation processes saving valuable time and allowing recruiters to increase their candidate submissions. The subscription career platform gets candidates past gatekeepers and directly connects them with independent recruiting professionals who provide a more human touch to recruiting. Through the use of the platform recruiters are able to track the hiring process and submit directly from vCandidates.com’s portal; giving individual and SMB recruiting firms the ability to compete within the marketplace. vCandidates.com will also offer employers a low-cost offboarding solution to help move their transitioning workforce forward. And it provides a suite of tools that will assist with screening candidates without bias.
LT is known as the “Employment Therapist. She is an experienced C-Level Executive and Entrepreneur who is a former senior level record executive. LT has helped shape the careers of Will Smith, Aretha Franklin, Usher and so many more. She has been recruiting since 2012 and has placed more than 600 candidates.
As the owner of Clique Hiring Solutions, LT worked permanent, contract, and labor searches for C-Level to general labor positions for clients such as MSC Direct, Red Ventures, Tesla, Sharp Business Systems and others in the IT, healthcare, engineering, accounting, creative services, and hospitality industries. LT is passionate about building people up and providing sound advice.
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Lisa Glenn Nobles is Executive Director of CO+HOOTS Foundation, an Arizona 501(c)3 organization that connects people through entrepreneurship, collaboration, and innovation to build an equitable future. Their vision is that by 2030, the face of entrepreneurship in Arizona will mirror the face of the state itself. The sister nonprofit to the CO+HOOTS coworking space, CO+HOOTS Foundation was founded on the belief that businesses succeed when they collaborate with and support other businesses.
Lisa Glenn Nobles believes that small business will save the world. Since becoming the Executive Director for CO+HOOTS Foundation in June 2017, she has worked to establish new programs that drive Equity through Entrepreneurship across Arizona and through this work has developed an even deeper focus on building legacies in the community through small business ownership.
Before joining CO+HOOTS Foundation, Lisa worked as Assistant Director for Lifelong Learning Initiatives at Arizona State University where she managed the content team in creating learning content for Sub-Saharan African and Emirati student populations, with a special focus on supporting student entrepreneurs. Lisa also served as Director of Programs for New Global Citizens, where she founded the weekly Twitter chat #globaledchat to provide a worldwide platform for educators to collaborate on methods for teaching global education. Outside of CO+HOOTS Foundation, Lisa has worked hard to actively develop the Phoenix community through her work as President of the Manifesto Project and board member for St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance.
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Robin Reed is President & CEO of the Black Chamber of Arizona (BCAZ), a community non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the economic development of our business entrepreneurs and the communities we serve. The BCAZ serves as the cornerstone for educational training, resource programs, resources and economic growth opportunities with a specific emphasis on “Business in Action.” Working closely with an outstanding board of directors, Robin has transformed the 20-year old Chamber into an inclusive and forward thinking community organization that pride’s itself on collaboration and delivering quality tools and information to its member businesses in order to foster growth and development of their companies.
An entrepreneur at heart, Robin has started, acquired, operated and sold several companies over his 35-year career. He is Founder and President of Occam Sustainability Partners, an international sustainability solutions consulting firm that provides energy saving strategies. Prior to starting Occam Sustainability, Robin was a financial advisor with two major wire houses. During his time in the financial services industry Robin specialized in restricted and estate stock transactions. His extensive experience in business ownership and business consulting has created a foundation in understanding the needs of business owners and individuals to help them define, execute and meet their financial and professional goals. Robin is a member of the board of directors of the Silent Witness, a member of the Blue Business Council and Chair of the President’s Advisory Council for Phoenix College.
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Gabe Orthous, CIO executive at Central Georgia Health Network (CGHN), offering 20+ years of progressive experience as a value-based care strategic thinker and executor with a history of scaling and driving return on investment of complex healthcare IT solutions.
Michael Starling is the director of economic development for the City of Dunwoody. Katie Williams is the executive director for Discover Dunwoody, Dunwoody’s destination marketing organization. The two work alongside each other to help position the Perimeter Dunwoody Market as an ideal place to live, work and play.
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Seven Chan is co owner of Poke Burri ,and Lifting Noodles Ramen and a developer of PH’EAST food hall. Mitch Jaffe owns Prep Kitchen and is an owner of PH’EAST food hall.
The work of Women in Technology has an incredible impact.
Since 1992, Women in Technology has had a mission dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in Georgia’s technology community. Through the WIT COMMUNITY, WIT also educates and encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in STEAM.
Robyn Lloyd is a Technology Manager in the Data Analytics space at State Farm. She started out 18 years ago as a Cobol Developer and through the years her strength in driving work, need for challenges, and ease of adaptability has taken her on a very diverse journey through the Enterprise Technology department. A highlight of her career was relocating from Illinois to Georgia five years ago to build the brand of IT and recruit new talent to State Farm’s Atlanta Hub. Her first assignment on arrival was to build a relationship with WIT. Robyn also has a passion for Diversity & Inclusion and actively participates in numerous Employee Resource Groups which ties easily into her love of travel and experiencing all the cultures and people the world has to offer. Robyn also serves as the Director of Operations of the Lloyd household along with her partner, Ken (CFO). Together they empower their CEOs, Paige (12) and Hope (25) to pursue all of their hopes and dreams.
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Penny Collins joins WIT from First Data Corporation, where she served as Chief Technology Control Officer, Global Lead for Disaster Recovery Application Development, and Head of Global Cyber Security and Controls PMO. In addition to leading the company’s technology compliance and controls, she was also the global leader for First Data’s Women’s Leadership Council, and a solid champion for the organization’s support of WIT as a strategic partner.
Prior to First Data, Penny spent time as a business owner and entrepreneur, was Chief Process and Usability Officer for British Telecom (BT), and has spent her career leading global technology teams. She was awarded Women in Payments’ award for Education in 2019 and is an active member of the Atlanta non-profit community.
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Talaya Parker, Executive Director of HomeStretch, Inc., is an entrepreneur and business leader with 30 years of success for leading people and managing operations. Talaya started volunteering at the age of 13 as a candy striper at the VA Medical Center (her mother was Lt. Col. in US Army). Talaya is a motivational speaker and mentor. She has spearheaded Business Resource Groups within Diversity/Inclusion, negotiated over $100M in corporate contracts, and has been a volunteer for over 30 years. She believes in inspiring people, innovating big idea and is an internal optimist. She is a change thought leader!
Aspiring Author and National Financial Educator, Sandra Weston, has over 20 years in the finance industry with a diverse background in accounting, investment analysis, commercial real estate lending and underwriting for secondary markets. Now serving as a co-creator of Credit Agent Plus Academy, an online platform that affords open access to wealth building principles and socially conscious programs that will help people create financial freedom online.
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Christopher Seabrook is the host of Trusted Advisor Radio and serves as a Financial Representative at Country Financial. He prides himself on working hard to provide the best possible service to his clients. Being able to help people is a central part of his life, and is happy to be of service to his clients and community.
Christopher also enjoys meeting new people and building one-on-one relationships. Open and honest discussions are an easy way for him to connect with clients and ultimately help them secure their financial security goals.
Linda Welter, CEO/Principal – Caliber Group
4007 E. Paradise Falls Drive, Tucson AZ, 85712
Email: lwelter@calibergroup.com
Phone: 520-795-4500
https://www.calibergroup.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Linda Welter’s LinkedIn | Twitter // Caliber Group’s Facebook |LinkedIn | Twitter |
Linda Welter is an entrepreneur and veteran brand marketing and reputation management strategist based in Tucson, Arizona with more than 20 years of experience creating, repositioning and protecting brand reputations.
As CEO and principal of the Caliber Group, Linda is responsible for managing and growing Caliber’s business through product and service innovations, leadership recruitment and development, customer relations, and sales and marketing campaigns. Previously, Linda served as vice president of marketing and public relations for a financial institution and account executive for an advertising and public relations agency.
She is a board member of the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, an advisory board member of the UA’s College of Science, and a member of the Women’s President Organization (WPO), American Advertising Federation Tucson (AAFT), the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Counselor’s Academy, and the Tucson Breakfast Club.
About Caliber:
Caliber is an innovative brand marketing, public relations, and digital firm based in Tucson, representing clients who engage with audiences across the state, U.S. and internationally. For more than two decades, the firm has served as a strategic business partner for organizations repositioning mature brands, starting new brands, or facing a challenge that requires breakthrough thinking, strategy and relationships with key influencers to achieve successful outcomes.
Brent Aleksich, Tucson Project Manager for Burns & McDonnell
baleksich@burnsmcd.com Phone: 520-448-9635
https://www.burnsmcd.com/
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Brent was chosen by the company to lead the Burns & McDonnell Tucson office based on his natural leadership, sincere interest in the success of those who work for him and his ability to create cohesive teams. He recruits, develops, trains and mentors staff members that serve clients in Tucson and throughout Southern Arizona).
Passionate about providing opportunities for team members to grow and thrive, Brent’s team performs engineering and architectural services for clients including Tucson Electric Power and the University of Arizona.
About Burns & McDonnell
Burns & McDonnell is a full-service engineering, architecture, construction, environmental and consulting solutions firm, based in Kansas City, Missouri. Our staff of over 7,000 includes engineers, architects, construction professionals, planners, estimators, economists, technicians, and scientists, representing virtually all design disciplines. We plan, design, permit, construct and manage facilities all over the world, with one mission in mind: “Making Our Clients Succesful”.
Jennifer Chenault, Vice President Lovitt and Touche
7202 East Rosewood, Suite 200, Tucson AZ, 85710
jchenault@lovitt-touche.com
520-722-7174
https://www.lovitt-touche.com/
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Jennifer comes to Lovitt & Touche with more than 15 years of successful organizational management experience within the Higher Education Industry. She is passionate about helping businesses succeed through problem-solving, navigating risk management and organizational strategy. She has extensive experience in training, development, human resources, and operations.
Jennifer is focused on community development and has a strong belief in supporting the local community. She currently serves the President of Greater Tucson Leadership and is an Ambassador for the Arizona Tech Council.
Past Board involvement includes Casa de la Luz Board Member, YWCA Pop Event Chair, Oro Valley Community Foundation as Board Member, The Idea School as Board Member, Secretary and Treasurer, American Heart Association Circle of Red and Committee member and Boys and Girls Club of Southern Arizona as Associate Board Member.
She is dually licensed in property and casualty as well as life and health insurance. A lifelong learner, she holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Management and loves to help businesses solve their problems with a specialized team approach. Jennifer establishes long-term relationships built on trust. She partners with her clients to provide the best programs that specifically address each company’s unique requirements.
On a personal note, Jennifer is a former Bostonian, a food and wine aficionado, “Mama Bear” to two “cubs,” and a blackjack table warmer!
About Lovitt & Touché
Collaborative. Committed. Client-Centric.
Headquartered in Arizona, Lovitt & Touché is a part of the Marsh & McLennan Agency serving Arizona and the Western region. A
subsidiary of Marsh LLC, a leading global insurance broker, and risk management advisor, we offer world-class business insurance and risk management solutions, personal insurance, bonds and surety, and employee benefits.
Despite our size, we retain the close-knit, collaborative atmosphere we were founded in 1911. Our leaders are mainstays in the Phoenix-area and Tucson communities, actively contributing their time, talent and resources for the betterment of all neighbors. We are proud to foster a culture that places community stewardship on par with performance.
