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This week on CEO Exclusive Radio, host Soyini Coke looks at the distance between what you say your cultural, or core, values are as a CEO and what shows up in reality in your business.
Core Values
Biz Radio U Featuring Julie Stein with DermaHealth Science
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Julie Stein, CEO and Founder of DermaHealth Science, is known for her motivation, high-energy, and fearless drive to reach goals both personally and professionally. She excels in innovation (recipient of 4 patents), B2B connecting/relationship building, and problem solving. Her latest invention evolves from a culmination of her knowledge and experience in wound care with extensive research in inflammation and pathophysiology of skin. This topical product is on target to improve the lives of people worldwide, both physiologically and emotionally.
Having no regrets in her life, Julie’s a firm believer that everything happens for a reason and that something positive can be found in every situation. She’s enjoying life’s journey and creating every day, week, month and year to produce the results desired for her and her family. Connect with Julie on Linkedin and Twitter.
Pensacola Business Radio-Consulate General of Japan Liaison/Kumiko Sakurama Curtis
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Consulate General of Japan Liaison/Kumiko Sakurama Curtis
I come from a very diverse background with a lot of Japanese cultural history, religious doctrines, political beliefs, and social ideologies. I was born in Nagasaki, Japan after the atomic bombing took place. Both my parents are survivors of the WWII era. My father served in the Japanese Army/POW returned to Nagasaki after the war. Mom, age 23 at that time, is a direct survivor of the atomic bomb where she was able to shield herself from the blast and thermal radiation in the Nagasaki rugged terrain. I am a cancer survivor from the indirect effects from the atomic fallout.
My families are of the Samurai blood line. Mom’s grandfather family (lived in a Samurai Castle) was second in power during the Kumamoto Samurai period. Father’s families were also Samurai (farmers in surrounding mountains) much like what was illustrated in the movie “The Last Samurai”. (Known as the Japan Civil War Era).
After High School I was trained as a tour guide for City of Nagasaki and the “Glover House & Gardens” which later known as the “Madama Butterfly House” after Puccini wrote what has become one of the best world acclaimed opera’s. I even had to sing parts of this opera while giving these guided tours (Beautiful Day).
I married a U.S. Navy soldier and found myself in the United States where I earned my Accounting Degree from the University of West Florida (Graduated 1998). I have used my degree both working for the Navy Exchange and Sacred Heart Hospital. I have always given back my knowledge and caring nature through working and volunteering in community. I have worked part time with the Japan Center at the University of West Florida (Over 15 years). My volunteerism is numerous: Sacred Heart Children’s Miracle Network, Japanese-American Society, Double Bridge Run, Blue Angel Run, Diabetes Walk, Pensacola Spring Fest, Sister City Hagiwara/Pensacola inter-cultural exchange interpreter, Board Japanese American Society of Northwest Florida and more.
In January 2012, I was asked to develop a PowerPoint presentation for the members/performers/families of the Pensacola Opera as a community diversity educational event for Japan Center at the University of West Florida. The project was such a big success that others have asked to develop my presentation about “Madama Butterfly” story into a diversity training/educational program…..
March 2014, I was asked to serve as Liaison, for the Consulate-General Japan in Miami for the Pensacola/Northwest Florida region.
Pensacola Business Radio: Epic, Inc. -Cut a Thon Benefit, Sponsored By Epic, Inc.
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Epic Inc. Salon will be hosting a Cut-A-Thon for Shaun Holifield Saturday September 16th. Shaun was in an accident on Blue Angels weekend that has left him paralyzed. Our team will be cutting hair for a donation of $15, all proceeds raised will go towards Shaun’s medical expenses. There will also be a raffle and live music by the band “Post Pluto”. So come out September 16th and show your support for a local in need!
~Sponsored by Epic Inc., Paradise Bar and Grill and Waterboyz Surf & Skate Shop~
Shaun also has two different Gofund me accounts if you are not able to make it to the event you can always go online and donate!
My Son Shaun, had a traumatic diving accident over the weekend on Pensacola Beach, which left him paralyzed from the chest down due to his neck…
GOFUNDME.COM
Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 4
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Supply Chain Now Radio brought to you by APICS Atlanta
Scott Luton serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream and is a member of the ownership group. He brings more than 15 years of general management and business development experience to TalentStream. After graduating from the University of South Carolina in 2000, he began his career as a database analyst in the United States Air Force. Luton later joined EmployBridge – a national specialty staffing provider based in Atlanta – where he was named to the President’s Club in 2007 and 2008. He has held leadership roles including Vice President of Business Development for Definity Partners and Director of Sales for Clairon Metals Corporation. More recently, Luton founded Riverwood Associates in 2013, a leading process improvement consulting and training firm in the Southeast. He formerly served as President of APICS Atlanta and currently is a member of APICS Southeast District Staff. A certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and an APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional, Luton also maintains active membership in the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance, the Transportation Club of Atlanta and SHRM Greenville. Follow TalentStream on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Chris Barnes is a supply chain thought leader for HighJump, a supply chain network solutions firm, and founder of Lean Atlanta Consortium (LeanATL). Barnes has served in many roles on the Board (VP Education, Past President, VP Marketing) and is a Past President of Atlanta WERCouncil. Connect with Chris on Twitter and Facebook.
Jaime Reints is the Director, Demand Planning Intelligence Consortium at Chainalytics and APICS Atlanta EAB member. Ms. Reints and her passion for strategic planning, efficiency and data-driven results, has forged a career for herself by thinking out-of-the-box to expose and guide end-to-end improvement opportunities for maximum return on investment at every venture.
From implementing supply chain intelligence solutions, to building comprehensive sales campaigns and social media strategies, to managing and growing supply chain communities, Ms. Reints has a big-picture focus to meet large scale objectives and the attention to detail to provide follow-through on the smallest projects. Connect with Jaime on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Elba Pareja-Gallagher is a bilingual finance and strategy professional and leader with more than 15 years of broad experiences including Finance & Accounting, Investor Relations and Marketing. She has lived as an expat in Singapore and Hong Kong and is an APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional. Elba holds a Master of Science degree in Supply Chain Management. Find out more about ShowMe50.org by visiting their website, and connect with them on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Mike McCurdy is the Executive Director at Georgia Employers Association. Mike spent over 35 years in Human Resources leadership in the Manufacturing sector. He served the Blue Bird Corporation as Vice-President of Human Resources and External Affairs beginning in 1998 until his retirement in January 2017.
His career in Human Resources included the design of employee benefit programs, effective management of EHS and implementation of workers compensation cost control programs and union avoidance. His experience also includes multi-facility responsibilities at locations in both the U.S. and Canada. Mike’s efforts with the recruitment of veterans, those with disabilities, and candidates from correctional institutions have resulted in recognition from the State. Mike has shown the importance of developing relationships with local and State officials to support the growth initiatives of the organization. Connect with Mike on LinkedIn.
Pensacola Business Radio: Guests-Michael J. Larkin, CEO/Local Partnership Joint Market Solutions, LLC
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Michael J. Larkin is the Founder, President & CEO of Local Partnership Joint Market Solutions, LLC or LPJM Solutions. The Digital Display and Retargeting agency’s current mission is to tap as many companies into the $37 Billion Dollar industry as possible by education on the stats, problems and their innovative solution. Mr. Larkin is active on webinars and on LinkedIN. His profile is:
http://linkedin.com/lpjmsolutionsllc
To learn more about our Limited Time Beta Program, we invite everyone listening to take the first step and claim our $500 Digital Banner Ad Summer Giveaway by going to :
http://TalkingAboutMy.GeniusBanners.com/Invitation
For those that wish to learn about tapping into the $37 Billion Dollar Digital Display and Re-Targeting industry, they can spend 35 minutes with me on our “Like LIVE” webinar where I reveal the stats, problems and our unique solution. Here’s that link:
The Question Box in the webinar room is LIVE.
Pensacola Business Radio-FoodieLife Radio Series: Chef Challenge to End Hunger
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Cathy Pope/Feeding The Gulf Coast
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KYLE SCHOOLAR | External Relations & Volunteer Manager
Chef Challenge is Feeding the Gulf Coast’s fundraiser that brings together some of our area’s most celebrated chefs and restaurants for an evening of superb food and drink while they compete to win best dish of the night in their respective category. Guests also will enjoy live entertainment by Roman Street and a vast silent auction, all in the name of ending hunger.
Chef Challenge is held to help advocate Hunger Action Month (September). Hunger Action Month is a nationwide awareness campaign set forth by our corporate affiliate, Feeding America, that educates the public about the issue of hunger and helps raise awareness about our hunger-relief efforts along the Central Gulf Coast.
Tickets can be purchased for $60 prior to the event, $75 at the door.
Guests must be 21 and over.
Cathy Pope has served as the President and CEO of Feeding the Gulf Coast since September of 2016. Formerly the executive director of Meals on Wheels of Central Georgia, Cathy has spent years combating hunger in communities. In her 25 years of work experience, Pope has worked at the Susan G. Komen Foundation, managed her own business, taught high school math, worked as an adjunct college instructor in microeconomics, and as a network engineer for Bell Atlantic. Pope has an undergraduate degree in mathematics, a Master’s in Business Administration and a Master’s in Political Science. Cathy has four children, two in college and two recent college graduates, all living in Georgia.
Mission
Working through member organizations and special programs, we provide nutritious food to meet the challenge of feeding people who are hungry as a result of personal crisis or disaster. We work to educate the public regarding domestic hunger, proper nutrition and related issues.
Feeding the Gulf Coast, formerly Bay Area Food Bank, serves a 24-county area spanning south Alabama, south Mississippi, and the panhandle of Florida. In 2016, the food bank distributed over 22 million pounds of food to nearly 400 church pantries, soup kitchens and other nonprofit organizations throughout its service area. The food bank also operates multiple nutrition programs, including Summer Food Service, Afterschool Snack, Backpack, Disaster Relief, Community Garden, Mobile Pantry, Produce Drop, Cooking Matters, and SNAP Outreach. Feeding the Gulf Coast is a United Way agency and a member of Feeding America. For more information, visit www.feedingthegulfcoast.org.
FoodieLife is a foodie based network, website and streaming TV site, that connects viewers to the back of the house stories and life style and the passion of Chefs and Foodies. Foodielife.TV strives to be your best behind the scenes inside scoop when it comes to food, hospitality and the lifestyles of those who live it. We are commited to telling the stories and sharing the traditions. Foodielife is inspiring and empowering locals by embracing history, storytelling, and culture through food. Foodielife.TV is distributed to more than 12,000 unique web users monthly, since launching in 2014. Based in Pensacola, FL, Foodielife.TV has a growing international presence with its concept “You Say Tomato.”
Pensacola Business Radio: Women in Leadership Series brought to you by Powerful Women Gulf Coast
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Lynne G Virant/Doctor of Physical Therapy, Personal Trainer, Coach
I am a movement specialist! I help people stay active and mobile without medications or surgery. I believe we are all athletes in the game of “life” and we each have the power to become better and stronger regardless of our age. I use my skills as a doctor of physical therapy, personal trainer, and coach to teach you how.
It is my goal to educate and empower you to live a transformed life as you understand your body and its needs. I work closely with my clients to understand their personal goals and ensure their success.
Alyssa Warren/Licensed Psychotherapist
Alyssa Warren is the owner and practicing psychotherapist at Innovative Direction. Innovative Direction offers therapy services for sadness, depression, worry, anxiety, stress, bi-polar disorder, PTSD, dual diagnosis, issues stemming from relationships, and much more for children, adolescents, and adults. Call and make an appointment with us today 850-583-1342.
Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast
Kolleen Edwards Chesley has 25 years of experience in the financial services industry and spent the majority of her career as a financial advisor. In that role, Kolleen was responsible for finding her own clients and quickly learned the value of networking, networking, and even more networking. It was in 2004 and during her sales career that she, along with two other professional business women met for lunch with the purpose of helping to motivate each other after Hurricane Ivan had blown through our area and changed not only the physical landscape of the area, but also impacted the business landscape as well. Out of that lunch was born what is now a thriving not-for-profit organization for business women.
Kolleen currently serves full-time as the Founding Director of what was originally called Women’s Business Lunch and is now known as Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast. The organization advocates a culture of confidence building, lifelong learning, collaboration, empowering others and a spirit of charitable giving.
The mission of Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast is to promote, advance and improve women in business and the organization accomplishes these in a number of different ways.
– Monthly networking meetings in Pensacola and Gulf Breeze. These are open to all women and are free to attend. We run a structured meeting with open networking, an educational segment, a sponsor presentation, an opportunity to hear about the businesses of all attendees, and a whole lot of fun. We frequently hear from attendees that these meeting are chock full of value and a great way to build new relationships to help support their businesses. The Pensacola meetings include lunch paid for by our sponsors.
– Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast Magazine. We are in our third year of production of the magazine and our goal is for this to be a quarterly publication. For 2017, we will only produce one edition. Each edition features interviewees of local successful leaders in business who share their honest thoughts on leadership, success, obstacles, and inspiration as it relates to women in business. We also include other articles on leadership, networking, and other skill development. It is geared for anyone in business or looking for business motivation and tips.
– Annual Pursue Your Passion Women’s conference. To help celebrate National Business Women’s Week, we hold a full day conference during the third week of October along with several other events leading up to the conference. We feature a national keynote speaker, several local successful leaders in business, along with Speed Networking, an Experience Hall, structured and unstructured networking exercises and plenty of laughter, relationship building and excitement. Our attendees are not only motivated by the conference but they leave with tangible tips they can take back and implement in their businesses to lead them to success. For 2017, our conference will be held on Thursday, October 19th at Sanders Beach.
– Power Up Challenge is a 12 week educational series where we hold classes once a week for two hours. Classes focused around four main areas of business: Networking, Marketing, Business Efficiency, and Sales Skills. Open to men and women and all classmates receive the full audio recording of each class along with class notes, expanded notes, and extra resources. Remote classes also available. Classes are affordable and attendees are elated with the amount and quality of the information that is shared.
– Women in Leadership radio podcast show – sponsored by Pensacola Business Radio X. We hold monthly shows featuring local community leaders and other men and women in business. We engage our guests in conversational style in-depth interviews. They share their advice on topics such as mentoring, keys to success, time management tools, personal mantras and favorite inspirations, and what men can do to help support women in business.
– Membership in Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast is also available.
Contact kolleen@powerfulwomengulfcoast.com for more information or visit our website at www.powerfulwomengulfcoast.com or Facebook at “Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast” for all of our meeting information.
Kris Vaughn with GeorgiaForward and Karen Hatchett with Hatchett PR
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Since August of 2015 Kris Vaughn has served as the Executive Director of GeorgiaForward, a statewide nonprofit working to strengthen communities, unite our State and create a talent pipeline within Georgia. Under her leadership GeorgiaForward has expanded its programming to include two Young Gamechangers programs each year as well as resume its annual Forums that convene statewide thought leaders to discuss the future of Georgia.
Prior to joining GeorgiaForward, Kris served Senior Executive Assistant of Strategic Planning at the Macon Water Authority, an award-winning water and sewer utility in Macon, Georgia. For five and half years before that she was the Director of Place for NewTown Macon as a leading member of the development team transforming downtown Macon. Kris is an active volunteer with the Junior League of Macon and the Macon Rotary Club.
Kris is a 2008 graduate of the University of Georgia’s Grady School of Journalism. She is a 2010 graduate of Leadership Macon as well as the Georgia Academy of Regional Economic and Leadership Development and a 2015 graduate of the Middle Georgia Regional Leadership Champions. Kris and her husband are currently in the 2017 class of Leadership Georgia.
Kris is married to Forsyth attorney Ben Vaughn and they live in Monroe County with their daughter Hattie and two dogs, Chunk and Gunner. They are active members of Mulberry Street United Methodist Church in Macon.
GeorgiaForward is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working to improve the state of Georgia by engaging business, political, academic and civil leaders to collaboratively shape a statewide policy agenda. For more information on their programs, and to find out how you can get involved, visit their web site: http://www.georgiaforward.org.
Follow GeorgiaForward on Twitter and Facebook.
Karen Hatchett, PR Director at Hatchett PR, is a Marketing and PR Professional with 25+ years of experience. Currently Karen is working on PR projects focused on arts, entertainment, culture and community outreach. She is the PR and Media Relations person for GeorgiaForward.
Karen is an avid arts and music lover, jewelry designer, sci-fi fan and casual gardener. She’s fascinated by social media and the many ways we can share and connect, both personally and professionally.
