CTWJ E3: Beauty Pageants, Business Owner, and Medicine

November 21, 2018 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

CTWJ E3: Beauty Pageants, Business Owner, and Medicine

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Natasha Johnson
Heels with Heart
Phone#: 520-904-6326
tashacassandrajohnson@gmail.com

I began competing in pageants at the age of 12 as a hobby, but it quickly grew into a much bigger purpose. The pageant system, unlike the silly Toddlers and Tiaras concept, helps promote confidence, stage presence, awareness of culture and life and open my world to many new lifelong friends. The pageant systems in which I participated, involved young girls and women of every background, culture, size, shape and culture, to develop skills that will grow and develop them into amazing young adults and set the foundation for their educational and career futures.

The focus is on developing the inside of a person.  The outside is just incidental.  True beauty is felt, not seen.

My mom, Pam Henley Johnson Knox, owned and operated a woman-owned business for over 35 years, employing up to 45 people. Her focus was to help individuals with life challenges, those plagued by alcohol and drug abuse, criminal activities, behavioral issues, to get on their feet so they became contributors to society, not victims.

Together, we are working to ensure our organization, Heels with Heart, can be a bridge for young women into a fuller and more productive life. We offer pageant coaching, makeup and wardrobe advise and are directing a state-wide pageant in December in Tempe for ages 4-24.  

Volunteering and helping others are a big part of what we do in the pageant systems and promote in our business.  You can never truly know where some else has walked until you spend some time working with those less fortunate or individuals with life challenges.  In small ways, like blessing bags where we give the homeless food, supplies and small gifts to serving meals at shelters, supporting other nonprofits, walking or running for a cause, all of these events help me to see the world from a broader perspective, not just from my point of view.

Dr. Casey Boysel
Desert Physiatry
Musculoskeletal Medicine
2560 E. Fort Lowell
Tucson AZ  85716
(520) 795-6412

As an osteopathic physiatrist, I am often asked “What is that?”  Despite my cryptic job title, I feel fortunate to have found a career about which I am passionate.   The next question I get is how I got into the field.   After graduating with a degree in Biology from University of Colorado, Boulder, I secured a job in sales, but I felt like something was missing.  I returned to school, and at the age of 30 I began my journey in medicine.  When researching my options, I found Osteopathic Medicine’s philosophy and holistic approach to be a perfect fit.  I graduated from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2001 and went on to specialize in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, or “Physiatry” (pronounced fizz-eye-uh-tree). Physiatry is a medical specialty that is not as well known.  However, after doing several medical school rotations in the field, I realized how important the field of rehabilitation medicine was in helping people regain mobility and function following an illness or injury.  I moved to Chicago where I did my Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.  

In 2006, I moved to Tucson, which I found to be a wonderful community that I wanted to contribute to.  I worked as a physiatrist in the inpatient rehabilitation hospital setting for a number of years where I treated patients with stroke, orthopedic injuries, brain injury and spinal cord injury.  In January of 2018, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to take over an outpatient physiatry practice for a very talented local physiatrist who was retiring.  Her philosophy and treatment style were unique and quite similar to mine.  We both felt “the stars aligned” just so.

Brian Latta
Owner of Chuy’s Mesquite Broiler
7101 E 22nd St
Tucson, AZ 85710
520-722-5117
Chuyskolb@gmail.com

Brian moved to Tucson in 1992 from Southern California to open the first Chuy’s with two partners in June of 1992.

Our first location was at Wilmot and Speedway which became quite successful relatively swiftly, so I set down roots. I bought out one of my partners in 1995 and took over his interest in our 22nd and Kolb where I have been ever since. He went on to open the Jerry Bob’s restaurants here locally.

I met my wife Diane in May of 1994 and we married three years later. She too has a background in the service industry, which is important as she understands much of what I go through. 

I started in the industry back in the early 80’s as a server working my way through college in  Northern California. After leaving California to attend college at the University of Houston, I joined the management team of Jeremiah’s Prime Rib and Seafood Restaurants who were seeking qualified personnel. While working for Jeremiah’s, I transferred from Houston, to Huntington Beach, CA. to Reno, NV. and then Palm Springs, CA. Along my journey, I worked with one of the originators of Chuy’s and he eventually asked if I cared to come on board which I did in the summer of ’89.

Caitlyn Kramer
2018 National American Miss Arizona -
Founder of Project Happiness Arizona
projecthappinessarizona@gmail.com

I’m 20 years old and a Junior at the University of Arizona. I’m originally from Douglas, AZ and moved to Tucson for school. I’m currently the 2018 National American Miss Arizona. I have started my own organization called Project Happiness which promotes happiness through student leadership, community service, and volunteerism.

My goal is to help students identify a need in their community and give them the tools and resources they need in order to develop and execute a plan to help their community through a service project. Personally, Project Happiness puts on a back to school drive. Last school year 1,000 supplies were donated to schools in Douglas AZ. This year project happiness donated more supplies. We collected and donated 2,802 school supplies, backpacks, and reading books to all 5 elementary schools in the Douglas Unified School District and to the Douglas Public Library.

I also take a passion to be a motivational speaker, and plan on speaking at serval school assemblies about project happiness and have the students participate in a service project themselves.

About Your Host

Jaime Overturf
Farmers Agent, Entrepreneur
2555 N Campbell Ave
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 293-2900
joverturf@farmersagent.com

As a local Farmers® agent in Tucson, AZ, Jaime Overturf helps customers identify the insurance coverage that best fits their needs. This process is straightforward and personalized to help make them more informed about their insurance options.

Jaime has the knowledge and experience to help customers better understand their coverage options–whether that’s auto, home, life, business insurance and more. You can connect with Jaime on Facebook.

BRX Studio Partner Office Hours Episode 3

November 20, 2018 by angishields

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Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 8

November 20, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Junko's Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 8

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Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour is brought to you by Fujiyama Wealth Management.

Randy Kessler is the founding partner of Kessler & Solomiany Family Law Attorneys, a 30 person family law firm in Atlanta and is the author of many family law books including Divorce: Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future, The GA Library of Family Law Forms and How to Mediate a Divorce. He teaches Family Law Litigation at Emory School of Law and is the former Chair of the Family Law Sections of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia. Mr. Kessler has over 30 years of experience in domestic relations and family law matters including divorce, custody, paternity, prenuptial agreements and child support. He has lectured often for groups such as the ABA, AAML, AICPA, NACVA, IAAR, NFLPA, NBPA and many other local and non-local bar associations and groups in over twenty states and six different countries. Mr. Kessler is the Editor Emeritus of the Family Law Review for the State Bar of Georgia. He is a LinkedIn “Influencer” with over 400,000 followers and often appears as a contributor for national media such as Fox News, CNN, NBC and others. He is a graduate of Brandeis University and Emory University School of Law. He most recently Founded Starsona.com, the App and website to get personalized videos from your favorite Star. High profile divorce lawyer in Atlanta for about 30 years. Founding Partner of KS Family Law, a 30 person family law firm in Atlanta. Author: Divorce: Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future.

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Steve Kirson was born in Detroit, Michigan, was raised in Connecticut, and after receiving his Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1986, worked as a Human Resources professional for a major defense contractor in Connecticut with a broad range of responsibilities including employee benefits. He moved south and got out of the cold when he attended Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, where he graduated cum laude in 1992, the year he moved to Atlanta and was admitted to practice law in Georgia. Mr. Kirson practiced law with a national labor and employment firm where he had extensive alternate dispute resolution experience, and applies his experience to the employment and benefits issues affecting domestic relations cases, often involving mediation and as well as trial. Before practicing family law, Mr. Kirson was a series 7 licensed financial advisor with PaineWebber, which was acquired by UBS. He returned to the practice of law in 2003 and has practiced exclusively family law since that time, applying his knowledge gained in the financial services industry to the practice of family law where financial assets are often a significant component of negotiations, settlement, mediation and trial. Mr. Kirson joined Kessler & Solomiany, LLC in 2014. Mr. Kirson enjoys a broad range of family law cases, involving not only divorce but also post-judgment modification and enforcement, custody and support matters, preparation of prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements as well as preparing qualified domestic relations orders (QDRO’s) to divide retirement plan accounts. Mr. Kirson has experience with high net worth cases, using his skills and providing insightful and candid advice to bring his client’s legal issues to satisfactory resolution as efficiently as possible. He often works on cases involving complex financial issues, including the valuation and division of business interests, stock option division, and matters involving doctors, accountants and other professionals in cases involving complex discovery and the use of expert witnesses. He never forgets that as a family law practitioner, his clients are often going through the most difficult period in their lives and guides them through the process to be in as good a position to move forward when the case is concluded as can be achieved under the circumstances of each case. Mr. Kirson and his wife Amy have lived in Buckhead in the city of Atlanta since 1992. Their son Harris graduated from The Westminster Schools, where he played varsity baseball, before enrolling at the University of Georgia. Mr. Kirson enjoys films and is a member of the Evaluation Committee for the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. He was the President of the Tulane Alumni Club of Atlanta from 1997—2007, and is currently a Member of the Board of the Cornell Alumni Association of Atlanta. He was a founding Board Member and Treasurer of the Wesley Bohler Neighborhood Association and volunteers with Atlanta Lab Rescue. Mr. Kirson’s family are avid sports fans and are devoted to their adult adopted shelter and rescue dogs.

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David Henriksen with Giving Company and Adrion Porter with AP and Company

November 20, 2018 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

David Henriksen with Giving Company and Adrion Porter with AP and Company

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On this CEO Exclusive we discuss faith based media with David Henriksen from Giving Company and Adrion Porter from AP & Company.

David Henriksen joined Giving Company in March of 2015 as President and CEO. Giving Company is a global faith and family media network serving millions of people around the world. As a non-profit, Giving Company is committed to supporting vulnerable children in some of the world’s toughest places. Prior to joining Giving Company, he was the President and CEO of Nextech Systems in Tampa, FL – a private equity backed software company providing clinical and mobile solutions for elective healthcare.

Prior to NexTech, he spent nearly fifteen years as a senior executive in Healthcare Information Technology – including President of the Healthcare Information Solutions business at Carestream Health, Senior Vice President/General Manager at McKesson Corporation, and VP/GM at General Electric Healthcare.

David earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and holds an MBA from the J.L.Kellogg School of Management with concentrations in Marketing, Finance, and International Business. David also served for 16 years on the Board of Directors at the Willow Creek Association. He has also held Board positions at the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Technology Association of Georgia, and NexTech Systems.

David has been married to his wife Rhonda for 25 years and has two children – Caroline (20) and Andrew (17). They live in Milton, GA and attend North Point Church. David enjoys golf, tennis, watersports, and rooting for the Georgia Bulldogs!

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With 20+ years’ experience working for some of the world’s preeminent brands, Adrion Porter is a brand strategist, speaker, podcaster, former tech/media CMO, and mid-career mentor.

Adrion is the Founder and CEO of AP & Company, a modern-day brand development and personal growth advisory firm that helps leaders, professionals, and organizations build POWERFUL brands, so they can create massive value in the marketplace..

As the leading voice and champion for Generation X, Adrion is also the founder and host of the popular podcast Gen X Amplified.

Recently, Adrion served as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for Giving Company, a global faith and family media network. Giving Company is the parent company for a family of brands including: iDisciple, Christian Cinema, Family Christian, and Dove.org.

At Giving Company, Adrion oversaw brand development, marketing, and product management initiatives. Upon joining the tech andmedia startup, Adrion and his team were instrumental in leading several major milestones for the company, including helping theiDisciple app reach over 1 million users, leading a brand and UX/UI refresh, and launching the company’s first ever podcast.

Adrion holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University, and a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from the University of Memphis. He currently lives in Atlanta with his wife Tracy, their son Kameron, and daughter Kaelyn.

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Tucson Business Radio: Conscious Capitalism Ep 2

November 19, 2018 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

Tucson Business Radio: Conscious Capitalism Ep 2

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Megan Everett is Director of Marketing for Mister Car Wash and began her career with the company in 2014. In her current role, she oversees all aspects of the marketing team and is responsible for the customer brand experience team, customer insights, and community relations.

She began her career with Mister Car Wash as the Social Media Manager and was later promoted to Brand Manager.

Before joining Mister Car Wash, Megan worked in a variety of roles in retail. Prior to MCW she was a member of the purchasing team at Meijer, a Brand Management Intern at Henkel, and an Assistant store manager at Maurice’s.

Megan graduated from Southern Utah University with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Marketing and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Arizona.

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Pamela Crim has extensive experience in non-profit work and has also owned her own businesses which has given her a unique edge in preparation for her position of CEO of BBB Serving Southern Arizona. Her most well-known business is the regional internet service provider Dakotacom.net, which she owned and operated for over eight years. During her time there, she orchestrated the acquisition of the DSL segment of a large local internet service provider, AZStarnet. She also secured long-term contracts with big names such as University of Arizona, Canyon Ranch, Krebs Engineers, and Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum. Before selling Dakotacom.net she earned two Copper Cactus Awards for Best Place to Work and the Business Growth Award.

Before joining BBB, Crim was the Director of Sales for Southern Arizona at Cox Business Arizona, in this role she developed and maintained strategic relationships with community outreach partners, set strategy of capital investment for Cox Business network’s downtown expansion, and led the sales team in the Southern Arizona marketplace.

Crim has lived all over the country while working for Baxter Healthcare for 15 plus years but has been in Tucson for 25 years. She loves the Southern Arizona community and has served on several different non-profit boards. Currently she serves as Chair of La Frontera Behavior Health and as Chair of “Woman at the Top” one of the largest Tucson’s Women’s Business Groups. Throughout the years Crim has also served on the boards of Make A Wish AZ, Junior Achievement, Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and served as a Small Business Commissioner for the city of Tucson.

During the last three years at BBB, her leadership has grown the BBB’s Accredited Business base and focused extensive efforts for outreach to our rural and border communities. Additionally, the BBB now plays an active role educating and safe guarding our military population from being victims of fraud and scams. The recent re-launch of BBB’s Charity Review to the So AZ non-profit community on March 1, 2018, has been well embraced by our community and a critical resource for wise giving!

‘My continued vision for the BBB of Southern Arizona is to ensure that we are reaching the entire community not just our current members. We want the new entrepreneurs and young consumers to better get to know us and truly understand all we have to offer Southern Arizona. We take our mission very seriously and we need to be creative in finding ways to reach all businesses and consumers.” Pam Crim

Crim has a 25-year-old son attending the University of AZ who keeps her on her toes. He is a real-life resource of insight into the generation she aims to reach for future BBB initiatives.

Connect with Pam on LinkedIn, and follow BBB Serving Southern Arizona on Facebook.

About Your Hosts

McCraren Compliance
sarah@mccrarencompliance.com

Sarah McCraren is CEO and President of McCraren Compliance and is a Tucson native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community. She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Board for the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Conscious Capitalism Arizona and are active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association and Arizona Transportation Builders.

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Retirement Evolutions
jneis@retevo.com
www.retevobiz.com

Jeremy Neis is an Investment Advisor with Retirement Evolutions and a small business operator fueled by the desire to enrich the life experience. He grew up in the Chicago area and chased the sun to get a degree at the University of Arizona in human and organizational communications. After doing so, he returned to Illinois where over the next 15 years he would find joy in co-launching and growing a technology solutions company and establishing a family. In 2014 he returned to the desert to join his current venture, Retirement Evolutions, where his focuses are: (1) Conduct planning with individuals and families so that they can maximize the likelihood of leading secure and comfortable retirements. (2) Through the business services arm, Resourceful, empower business leaders to care for the people that they will rely upon to be thriving, sustainable organizations.

Jeremy is a proud contributor to the Conscious Capitalism movement as he views it as a powerful vehicle to bring about greater prosperity and reduced suffering for our human family. Over his career he has had the privilege to work closely with hundreds of different enterprises across many markets and industries. A common theme emerges among those firms that he’s seen excel and that is to be great not just with what they are bringing to market, but also with the manner in which they are doing so.

Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn and follow Retirement Evolutions on Facebook.

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 30

November 19, 2018 by angishields

Sandy Springs Studio

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 30

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Supply Chain Now Radio brought to you by APICS Atlanta and TalentStream.

Jon Slangerup serves as Executive Chairman and CEO of American Global Logistics (AGL). He joined AGL as chairman in April 2017 and was appointed Executive Chairman and chief executive officer in July 2017. He has 36 years of executive leadership experience, including the past 22 years as a corporate director, president or CEO of both public and private companies that range from the Port of Long Beach to a billion-dollar subsidiary of FedEx Corporation. With domain expertise in multi-modal logistics, enterprise software and environmental technologies, Jon has built businesses throughout North America, Europe and Asia, serving customers in more than 100 countries. Prior to joining AGL, Jon was chairman and CEO of Mxi Technologies, a leading aviation maintenance management enterprise software company, until its sale in 2017. Previously, Jon was CEO of the Port of Long Beach, a primary U.S. gateway moving $200 billion a year in trans-Pacific trade. As CEO, he delivered record levels of cargo volume and revenue growth and successfully managed a $4 billion capital infrastructure expansion program. Jon’s career began in military and commercial aviation, leading to a distinguished 20-year career with FedEx, where he advanced to become President of FedEx Canada. During his seven-year tenure in Toronto, he increased annual sales from $50 million to $1 billion, establishing FedEx as Canada’s leading international express logistics enterprise. Jon also serves as a trustee of his alma mater, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and holds a bachelor of science in aeronautics and a master of science degree in business administration. Connect with Jon on LinkedIn and follow AGL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AGLsupplychain

Bill Huber serves as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for VELUX Group USA, a Danish, privately held, global leader in Skylights and Roof Window Systems. In addition to leading all finance, tax, risk management, M&A and statutory reporting for VELUX in North and South America and the Asia Pacific, Bill collaborates with a lean global finance leadership group in setting and executing strategic priorities for the VELUX Financial Performance Management. VELUX has gone Beyond Budgeting and has implemented common target setting, forecasting and KPI reporting via an integrated “One Truth” data source providing transparent executive dashboards in record time across the entire VELUX Supply Chain. Bill is an accomplished financial leader & CPA with extensive experience in emerging markets, public and private enterprises with experience in FMCG, marketing & advertising and manufacturing operations, and M&A operations. Bill has held a wide variety of global assignments in Germany, The Netherlands, Malaysia and South America. Prior to VELUX, Bill served in various finance roles with The Coca-Cola Company and within the Omnicom Group. He has also held a variety of community service leadership roles, including Chairman of the Board of Directors for Special Olympics Georgia, Board of Trustees for the Atlanta Ballet, Board member of American Friends of Nyenrode University and a leader in the Boy Scouts of America. Connect with Bill on LinkedIn and learn more about VELUX Group USA here: https://www.veluxusa.com/

Yovany Jerez serves as National President of HACEMOS, one of the leading B/ERGs with AT&T. Yovany was raised in Havana, Cuba for the first 12-years of his life. His family endured a 9-month migration trajectory that took them through Panama, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. Yovany made it to Boston, MA on July 3, 1993 just in time to celebrate his family’s freedom along with this great nation’s Independence Day. He attended Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) and East Boston High School, graduating as Valedictorian, President of the Honor Society, Captain of the baseball & swimming team, Boston Athlete of the Year & Senior Class President. He continued his community involvement & held several leadership positions at Dartmouth College. Yovany is a sustainable change-agent & collaborative leader/enabler w/ 13-years of demonstrated mastery in leadership, sales, business development, marketing, negotiation & general management. Yovany is a world explorer & has yet to meet a stranger. He has participated in purpose-driven treks, raising funds for orphans & local non-profits while visiting some of the world’s most remote and iconic locations (eg. 2011 Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina, 2010 Mt. Everest in Nepal, and 2009 Mt. Cotopaxi in Ecuador). He is also heavily involved in his home Church leading Bible studies, spiritual reflection events & retreats. He & his wife reside in Decatur, GA. Connect with Yovany Jerez on LinkedIn and learn more about HACEMOS here: https://ebiznet.att.com/hacemos/index.cfm?page=home

Will Haraway is Founder & Lead Evangelist at Backbeat Marketing. Will has 20 years of executive experience in B2B Technology Marketing. Will is a certified analyst relations practitioner by the Knowledge Capital Group and has helped companies including Manhattan Associates, Aptos, Atlantix Global Systems, American Software and Rubicon Global improve their brand reputations with marketing results that help increase sales. Will also serves as a member of the APICS Atlanta Executive Advisory Board. The Backbeat team includes lead generation, digital marketing, media relations and content marketing specialists with a combined 50 years of experience in their chosen disciplines. Connect with Will on LinkedIn and learn more about Backbeat Marketing here: www.backbeatmarketing.com

Scott W. Luton is founder of Supply Chain Now Radio and also serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream. He has worked extensively in the end-to-end Supply Chain industry for more than 15 years, appearing in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Dice and Quality Progress Magazine. Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta and was named to the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive Committee. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and holds the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) credential. As a Veteran of the United States Air Force, Scott also volunteers on the Business Pillar for VETLANTA, and maintains active membership in the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance & CSCMP Atlanta Roundtable. Connect with Scott Luton on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter at @ScottWLuton. He can also be reached by email. Learn more about WBENC-certified TalentStream here, a leading recruiting & staffing firm that helps companies find top talent in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain space.: www.talentstreamstaffing.com

Tucson Business Radio: EMPOWER U Episode 1

November 18, 2018 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

Tucson Business Radio: EMPOWER U Episode 1

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The Rising Effect
3561 E Sunrise Dr Suite 131
520-271-7918
stephanie@therisingeffect.com

A business coach,author, and owner of The Rising Effect , Stephanie Rising has helped over 100 small business owners achieve greater leadership proficiency, profitability, and sanity. She specializes in the complexities of partnerships and family-owned companies, including personnel dynamics, strategic planning, operations, and marketing. Her book, DISC: Leverage Your Nature, Increase Your Sales, is available on Amazon.

Connect with Stephanie on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Arbonne International
3520 N Prescott Pl
Tucson, AZ 85750
520-370-3177
kyuska@comcast.net

Kasia Yuska is an independent consultant with Arbonne International, the number one global brand for healthy living inside and out. She is a global entrepreneur and marketing professional who is dedicated to showing others how to live a pure, healthy lifestyle. She has been happily married to her husband Howard Kessler for 25 years.

Connect with Kasia on Facebook and LinkedIn, and follow Arbonne on Facebook.

The Divine Sophia, LLC
520-409-2988
tabitha@thedivinesophia.com

Tabitha Danloe is a Professional Certified Coach and a Certified Professional Integrative Coach. She specializes in Business & Life Coaching and loves helping entrepreneurs to make more money and to help everyone to be more authentically courageous! While her friends say that she’s always been a Coach, she has been a Professional Coach now for over 3 years. She has over 13 years of experience in the world of entrepreneurship, business strategy, leadership, and sales. She works with a wide range of clients including startups to multimillion dollar brands and 15 year olds to 75.

She lives in Tucson Arizona with her husband Jared and her two fur babies Shadow and Scooby. She has written one book called Business Launch: How to build a business in 13 weeks and is working on her second book titled Serendipity where she takes us with her through her life changing adventures in Africa. When she isn’t busy helping entrepreneurs and empowering others, she can be found cooking, baking, hiking, napping, net-flixing, and African dancing.

Connect with Tabitha on LinkedIn and Facebook.

About Your Host

The Hopman Group, LLC
3561 E. Sunrise Drive
#131
Tucson, AZ 85718
(520) 326-1625

As a financial advisor with more than 20 years of experience, Pam Hopman, Founder and President of The Hopman Group, LLC, creates and grows wealth for her clients throughout the United States. On the personal financial planning side, she had created The Money Profile, a financial behavior analysis tool. With it and her planning process called “The Natural Financial Solution”, she creates conscious personalized financial solutions for every personality.

For businesses, she has a process called Take Flight that addresses the financial missteps made by a business that can, if not addressed and corrected, kill a business. She says “My team and I can’t help ourselves when we see something that can be made better, we have to speak.”

Connect with Pam on LinkedIn and Facebook.

NFTC: The Growing Aerospace and Defense Industry Ep 1

November 18, 2018 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

NFTC: The Growing Aerospace and Defense Industry Ep 1

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Tucson Metro Chamber
465 W. St. Mary’s Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85701
520-792-1212

A native Tucsonan, Michael Guymon’s twenty-one-year professional career has primarily centered on political strategy, business development and advocacy, and organizational management. As Vice President for the Tucson Metro Chamber, Michael is responsible for developing and implementing the Chamber’s local public policy and workforce development/attraction programs and initiatives.

Michael’s previous positions include: Vice President of Regional Partnerships for Sun Corridor Inc.; Executive Director of Metropolitan Pima Alliance; Chief-of-Staff to Tucson City Council Member Fred Ronstadt; Asst. Vice President for Governmental Affairs for the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce; and political consultant to The Bridges, a 360-acre mixed-use, infill development that will include Tech Parks Arizona, GEICO’s regional headquarters, housing, and an 111-acre commercial development.

Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Arizona.

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AGM Container Controls
3526 E. Fort Lowell Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85716

Howard Stewart is President/CEO of AGM Container Controls (AGM), a Tucson manufacturing company with 115 employees. AGM manufactures environmental control hardware for missiles and other sensitive equipment. AGM also manufactures world’s premier vertical wheelchair lift, which provides access to elevation changes in public facilities and residences for individuals with disabilities.

Howard serves as the 2019 Co-Chair of the Heart and Stroke Ball, American Heart Association – Tucson Chapter, as well as on the board for the Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce (2012-2020). He currently serves as a member of the President’s Council for San Miguel High School (2017-2018).

In addition, Howard continues to serve as the Tocqueville Society Chair (2015-2018) for the United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona (UWTSA), and as a board member (2015-2018). In 2014/2015, Howard served as UWTSA’s Campaign Chair for Southern Arizona. In 2015/2016, he served as UWTSA’s Board Chair. AGM has run 21 consecutive UWSTA fund raising campaigns at the Gold award level. Since 1970, AGM has raised close to $2 million for the Greater Tucson community through UWTSA alone.

In 2017, Howard proposed a new initiative, “FlyTucsonFirst”. The initiative’s purpose is to get Tucsonans to understand the vital economic impact that will occur if we fly in and out of our own Tucson International Airport. In 2018, he helped launch this initiative at the Governor’s State of the State event, with the full support of the Tucson Metro Chamber.

In 2009, AGM was recognized as “America’s Small Business of the Year” by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In 2002, Howard was recognized as Tucson’s Small Business Leader of the Year.

Connect with Mark on LinkedIn and Facebook.

University of Arizona
PO Box 210066
Administration Building, Room 601
Tucson, AZ 85721-0066

Stephen Fleming is a highly successful senior executive with leadership experience in startups, multinationals, private equity, and university-based economic development. Recognized as thought leader for innovation and entrepreneurship (including selection as one of the first Principal Investigators for the NSF I-Corps program). Most recently, led economic development and entrepreneurship initiatives at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Former general partner of $260 million early-stage venture capital firm; responsible for 18 investments, 16 board seats, and thirteen successful exits. Previously, led introduction of residential broadband products (ADSL and cable modems) at Nortel Networks. Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at LICOM (venture-funded startup). Started career as bench scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Active angel investor, community leader, and mentor to local entrepreneurs.

Currently the Vice President of Strategic Business Initiatives for the University of Arizona. With activities ranging from convening senior corporate visits, to jointly developing proposals with industry, to ensuring that more UA graduates can find challenging jobs without leaving the state of Arizona, Stephen’s focus is to connect, coordinate, and communicate with units across campus to customize meaningful collaborative relationships with corporate partners.

Connect with Stephen on LinkedIn and Twitter.

About Your Host

Tucson Metro Chamber
465 W. St. Mary’s Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85701
520-792-1212

Amber Smith is the president and CEO of the Tucson Metro Chamber. In her role, she leads the Tucson Metro Chamber in implementing the goals and visions of the Chamber’s Board of Directors to champion an environment where business thrives and the Tucson community prospers. Focusing on growing business through workforce development, talent attraction, and public policy, the Tucson Metro Chamber is a strong community partner focused on making Tucson the ideal destination for business success. Amber’s goal is to lower the amount of poverty in Tucson by growing businesses.

A government relations professional by trade, Amber’s strength is building relationships between the public and private sector, while identifying ways to collaborate and partner to achieve mutually beneficial goals. Amber began her career working for Senator McCain where she became adept at retaining professionalism and decorum while navigating difficult and controversial policy matters.

Amber represented the real estate and land use industry on policy matters first as a lobbyist for homebuilders and developers and then for Metropolitan Pima Alliance (MPA). MPA’s foundation is creating balanced land use policies that stimulate economic development and reasonably preserves our natural environment. Amber has continued that philosophy of finding common ground through her work at the Tucson Metro Chamber.

A Texas native, Amber moved to Tucson to attend the University of Arizona and graduated with a degree in Political Science and a Master’s in Public Administration from Eller College. Married to a second-generation Tucsonan, Amber’s husband Robert is a Tucson Fire Department Captain, who also owns a small business. Amber and Robert have three young sons, 11 goats, four dogs, three donkeys and some chickens and they enjoy the quiet life on their small ranch.

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ITEN WIRED RADIO- 2018 ITEN WIRED SUMMIT Wrap Up Show

November 16, 2018 by angishields

ITEN Wired Radio

ITEN WIRED RADIO- 2018 ITEN WIRED SUMMIT Wrap Up Show

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Jim Rhodes/Michelle Gadson/Jay Smith
Planning Committee Memebers

The ITEN WIRED Team

ITEN WIRED is a conference hosted by IT Gulf Coast and Florida West Economic Development Alliance. The annual summit provides networking and learning opportunities for executives, entrepreneurs, technology professionals and academia to foster local economic development efforts surrounding innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship.

The ITEN WIRED planning team is composed of volunteers from IT Gulf Coast, Florida West Economic Development Alliance, and other members of our local IT community.