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Green Living Magazine Publisher Dorie Morales Ryan Mores and Ashley Weisman with GreenLight Solutions Foundation and Jupiter Rings Buffalo Sauce Owner Jason Higgins

April 12, 2019 by Karen

Green Living Magazine Publisher Dorie Morales Ryan Mores and Ashley Weisman with GreenLight Solutions Foundation and Jupiter Rings Buffalo Sauce Owner Jason Higgins

Green Living Magazine’s mission serves to help our readers understand that eco-consciousness is not a niche concept and that living green is for everyone on this planet. The Green Living magazine community helps you to make eco-conscious decisions in every aspect of your daily life – not just for the benefit of the planet, but also for the benefit of your own vitality, health and well-being. In every issue –and with every article – we aim to educate, inspire and empower each of our conscious readers.

Dorie Morales is the publisher and editor in chief of Green Living magazine, Arizona’s premiere eco-conscious lifestyle publication. The monthly magazine educates, inspires and empowers readers to make eco-conscious choices for a healthy life and healthy planet. The goal of Green Living is to improve our planet today and leave the earth a much better place for future generations.

A magazine veteran, Dorie has been in magazine publishing since 1997. She started in sales at Apartment Guide magazine and was quickly promoted to publisher. She left Apartment Guide in 2004 to embark on a new business venture: partner in the start-up print publication Apartment Showcase. Three years later, at the height of Apartment Showcase’s success, The Apartment Finder purchased the magazine and Dorie continued as publisher.

In 2010, Dorie partnered in her second start-up, Green Living magazine. The publication was a perfect fit for Dorie, who embraces a green lifestyle and is passionate about passing on her knowledge for sustainable living to as many people as she possibly can.

Dorie Morales is deeply rooted in the Phoenix green scene. She is involved in many organizations that focus on sustainability, including the Arizona Green Chamber of Commerce, Arizona Forward, Local First Arizona and USGBC Arizona.

Currently, she sits on the board of the USGBC Arizona chapter and the planning committee of the Arizona Foundation of Women 2018/2019 Annual Luncheon. This year, the luncheon will showcase Ashley Judd as the recipient of the Sandra Day O’Connor award. Dorie is also a former board member for the Arizona Green Chamber and the Phoenix Final Four sustainability committee. In previous years, she served on Arizona Forward’s Environmental Excellence Awards committee, sat on the central branch of the USGBC and was co-chair of the Arizona Multi-housing Association trade show and worked on their membership committee and associate member council.

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GreenLight Solutions Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that connects passionate students with local organizations to collaborate on sustainability projects. GreenLight’s mission is to educate and empower both students and business leaders to create positive social, environmental, and economic change through student-led projects. They envision a world where purpose-driven leaders create a resilient and equitable future for people and planet.

Utilizing their GreenLight GuideLines project process, students receive hands-on, experiential learning opportunities by working directly with local businesses to improve their triple bottom line. GreenLight has engaged over 150 ASU students with more than 40 businesses. Their replicable chapter model will allow GreenLight to branch beyond ASU, bringing their impactful sustainability programs to students, businesses, and communities across the world.

GreenLight Solutions Foundation is currently seeking support to expand their positive impact by way of individual donors, business sponsors, project mentors, and passionate board members. To learn more about these opportunities, reach out to greenlightsolutionsfoundation@gmail.com.

Ryan Mores is a passionate sustainability professional working in environmental nonprofit management. He is the Co-Founder and Operations Director of GreenLight Solutions Foundation, and is actively growing new student-led chapters to mobilize students to work on sustainability projects in their local business community.

Ryan earned degrees in Business Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, and a Certificate in International Business from Arizona State University in 2014. He also serves as Vice Chair on the Tempe Sustainability Commission, is a member of the Maricopa County Food System Coalition, and is an active volunteer and leader in his community.

Ashley Weisman is graduating with her Master of Sustainability Solutions degree from Arizona State University in May 2019. At University Sustainability Practices, she works with faculty and students to support and recognize sustainability transitions at ASU as the Sustainability Certification Program Assistant.

Ashley also serves as the Internal Development Intern at the GreenLight Solutions Foundation, a nonprofit that connects students to local businesses to collaborate on sustainability projects. Her path as an entrepreneur will focus on sustainability consulting and K-12 through professional level sustainability curriculum.

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Jupiter Rings Buffalo Sauce is a sweet, spicy-packed flavorful buffalo sauce that you can use on anything . It has been dubbed as “the best sauce around”. It comes in the original version, and in December 2018, we introduced the worlds first vegan labeled buffalo sauce. It’s currently being sold in various restaurants in Phoenix, on food trucks, and in every all vegan grocery stores in the U.S., Australia, England and Canada. You can also order online for shipment to your business or residence.

Originally from Lexington , Kentucky, Jason Higgins moved to Phoenix in 2018 and brought his business to the West Coast. Having been a single father and working multiple jobs, in 2017 he decided to take a leap of faith and opened Jupiter Rings buffalo sauce for business. The company is run solely by him and his 16 year old son, Rashaad.

Jason went to Sullivan University for culinary arts and worked as a sous chef for 6 years before branching out to be the project manager for a small local company in Kentucky, on top of delivering newspapers and cleaning a pig farm for $20 a week and fresh eggs.

Since he moved to Phoenix he developed the worlds first vegan labeled buffalo sauce to add to his brand which is currently being sold in every all vegan grocery stores and markets in the U.S., Canada, England, as well as Australia.

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OYS Owner Cerila Gailliard Geeked Out Media Founder Megan Good RFP Success Company CEO Lisa Rehurek and Job Exit Strategist Renee Lamb

April 10, 2019 by Karen

OYS Owner Cerila Gailliard Geeked Out Media Founder Megan Good RFP Success Company CEO Lisa Rehurek and Job Exit Strategist Renee Lamb

Orchestrating Your Success (OYS) helps businesses advance their ambitious project goals through project management to maximize business resources and increase project profitability.

Cerila Gailliard is the owner of Orchestrating Your Success (OYS) LLC. Cerila Gailliard holds a Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification from the Project Management Institute, and Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) through Scrum Alliance as well as Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems (University of Phoenix).

Cerila resides in Tempe, AZ. In her free time, she volunteers as a Project Coordinator, City of Phoenix and IRS, for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistant Program. She is a Member Ambassador for the Phoenix Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and a Venture Mentor for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program at Arizona State University.

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Geeked Out Media is a website design agency, specializing in helping companies rebrand and take their businesses to the next level. Geeked Out Media owners have built websites that reach page 1 of Google in highly competitive markets against companies with much bigger marketing budgets. They know that with the proper website setup, keyword research, pre-planning, and an ongoing content marketing plan, your website can do the same.

Geeked Out Media is focused on helping you turn your website into an asset that works for you instead of a time and money pit. If you’re ready to get serious about your online presence, they’re ready to take you to the next level!

Megan Good is the founder of Geeked Out Media. She has been building websites and doing graphic design for over 16 years. She worked for a number of years in the Real Estate Development arena – helping with projects from Freeman Farms to Merchant Square in the Chandler & Queen Creek Area.

For over 10 years she worked for a local multi-million dollar event company as their online marketing manager, helping them to reach page 1 of Google. Her passion has always been to help companies grow and her hard work ethics and drive for what she does helps her own company stand out in the industry.

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The RFP Success™ Company helps businesses win more business through RFPs (requests for proposal). Our motto is — Do Better, Win More. Through consulting, training, and support services, The RFP Success™ Company team has helped organizations win over $25 million in business in 2018 alone.

The fearless (and ridiculously fun) founder & CEO of The RFP Success™ Company, Lisa Rehurek, is a seven-time author, national speaker/trainer, and business builder.

Lisa Rehurek shines with her down-to-earth, “get it done” personality. Obsessed with strategies and simplicity, Lisa transforms the most overwhelming tasks into simple, attainable steps that you will be eager to implement in your own business.

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Renee M Lamb, LLC provides high quality training and coaching to professionals and new entrepreneurs who want to start and grow their online business so they can exit their jobs. Their vision is to disrupt and forever change the employee to employer relationship by economically empowering men & women globally through creating successful business owners.

Their mission is: Move Every Client Toward Their Wildest Dream, Help Take The Labels Off Their Mind And Have Them Step Boldly Into Their Entrepreneurial Greatness!!

Renee Lamb has over 15+ years of experience in the corporate world. She has had management roles in HR, international healthcare and project management. But the role she loves the most is Job Exit Strategist for her own company, Renee M. Lamb, LLC.

Renee is not only passionate for (well maybe obsessed) being an advocate for helping professionals to gain freedom and wealth via entrepreneurship. She believes her role is to give them wings so they can soar to greater heights on their entrepreneurship journey. She does this by her coaching programs and courses.

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Nathan Knight with BAMBOX Produce Nrysh Owner Angela Carter and KLM Consulting CEO Kelly Lorenzen

April 9, 2019 by Karen

Nathan Knight with BAMBOX Produce Nrysh Owner Angela Carter and KLM Consulting CEO Kelly Lorenzen

BAMBOX Produce is your local indoor urban farm. They strive to become your personal farmer and grow the most nutritionally dense, better than organic produce FOR YOU. Not only does BAMBOX Produce deliver, but they also provide non-gmo, non-herbecide/pesticide food that is affordable and lasts significantly longer than store bought produce.

By providing nutraceutical grade foods, BAMBOX can begin to bring the role of medicine back to the food systems, and allow you to practice preventative healthcare (starting with what you eat!) In addition, BAMBOX is an advocate for sustainability, using 98% less water than traditional agriculture (Saves 22 gallons per lb of produce), as well as a reduced carbon footprint.

Nathan Knight is the General Manager and co- owner of BAMBOX Produce. He’s always had a passion for building communities and the more involved he became the more he realized how important sustainability was to implement into that personal vision. He studied communications with a minor in biology at ASU, and was a preferred walk-on for the football team.

Nathan as worked numerous serving jobs, while bartending on the side and has even managed a traveling door to door sales team. He began his career at BAMBOX as an intern, handling day to day operations as well as managing their social media platform. After a few months of hard work he was invited to be on the management team, and shortly after was brought on as a partner of the business.

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Nrysh is a yoga studio and coaching company that focuses on enhancing energy, clarity, and balance in each of their clients. They use real food, along with customized meal and movement plans to bring holistic and sustainable life practices to everyone.

They focus on bio-individuality because nourishing ones’ self first enhances everything around them, making the world a healthier and happier place for all.

Angela Carter is a yoga teacher and holistic nutrition/lifestyle coach focusing on real food and mindful habits to bring you more energy, clarity, and balance. Angela has been a nutrition junkie for as far back as she can remember and always intended on pursuing a career in a health related field. After receiving her B.S. in Health and Human Development she was eager for personal growth and diverse experience; she began moving around the US and exploring a variety of employment opportunities.

Finally she found an amazing personal care company with a wellness focus. Her love for people, health, and beauty was bundled into one exciting package. A decade into this team driven work she pursued a holistic nutrition and health coaching certification to enhance her knowledge and grow her business. These studies really opened her eyes to the lack of true knowledge about the food we consume. Even though she thought she was a healthy eater and did a reasonable amount of exercise she constantly suffered from low energy, brain fog, and overall life imbalance; surrounded by friends and colleagues who felt the same.

After reassessing and focusing on real, home cooked food she felt a remarkable difference in overall health and knew she had to share this passion. Nrysh was born, a play on the word nourish and a company that focuses on bio-individuality with real food and sustainable life practices. Angela pursued her yoga, meditation, and life coaching certifications to further expand what Nrysh had to offer. Today she makes healthy food, exercise, and mindful habits an easy way of life for you.

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KLM Consulting helps fast-growing companies and startups build, brand, and brag about their businesses, so they have more time to do what they do best!

Kelly Lorenzen is a CEO, Certified Project Management Professional, business development strategist, social media trainer, award-winning entrepreneur, marketing specialist, mentor, organic content creator, and philanthropist.

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RHINO NATION Leadership Consultant Jeff Orr with InDemand Leadership

April 9, 2019 by Karen

RHINO NATION Leadership Consultant Jeff Orr with InDemand Leadership

This episode of Rhino Nation hosted by Michelle Faust and Jacob Fann focused on Millennial leadership, culture, skill sets, and how they fit in with the other 3 generations in the workplace. An enlightening hour of discussion with Jeff Orr of InDemand Leadership and his vision for our future generations.

If you work with millennials you won’t want to miss this. Jeff gives great insight into how to set your business up for generational success.

InDemand Leadership helps leaders become the kind of leader they would want to follow. Utilizing cutting edge assessment and tools, IDL works one-on-one with leaders from the C-suite to mid- level managers to give insights and perspective to best practices in leading teams and developing the next generation of leaders.

InDemand Leadership works with Fortune 500 companies such as Google, Benchmark, GE Financial, and Verizon Wireless as well as the individual entrepreneur.

Jeff Orr is an expert in leadership holding two masters degrees in Business and Leadership (MBA, MSL) from Grand Canyon University. He speaks to thousands in the private sector as well as on University campuses about leadership, discovering and leveraging purpose, and the critical importance for developing the next generation of leaders. Jeff’s passion for helping leaders grow comes through in his engaging and energizing keynotes using humor and story as a catalyst for professional and personal growth. His most recent TEDx keynote, Millennial Leadership: The Key to Your Organization’s Success, has challenged thousands of leaders nationwide to rethink how to engage and develop the Millennial leaders in their organizations.

Jeff engages his audiences with practical take- aways that help them implement what they learn into their work. This has increased retention of the material as well as success with increased performance, productivity, and organizational effectiveness. His client list includes Google, GE, NBC, Chase, Verizon Wireless, Paypal, Merrill Lynch, Edward Jones, Grand Canyon University, Ottawa University, Huntington University, and many others.

Jeff is also an accomplished musician and recording artist with three CDs released and has performed on stages across the country. His passion for the arts is a unique part of his speaking delivery as Jeff uses many different art forms – from video to music to lighting and staging – to communicate his message and help audiences internalize what they are learning.

Jeff is the author of Succeed In The New Normal: Winning Strategies in an Unfamiliar World and is currently working on his latest book, Inside the Mind of a Millennial Leader. He resides in the Phoenix, Arizona area with his wife of 29 years and has one daughter. In his free time, Jeff enjoys writing fiction, creating music, mountain biking, and kayaking.

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ABOUT RHINO NATION

Rhino Nation is a growing community of influential entrepreneurs and small business owners that share a common trait, they don’t walk, they don’t run, they CHARGE to their destiny. We acknowledge and celebrate their business expertise, leadership and fearless attitude to be victorious in their goals. Rhino Nation is committed to making powerful connections and providing enhanced exposure to broaden the reach and promote the extraordinary talents of our community members.

ABOUT YOUR SPONSOR

Rhino Online Strategies & eCreativity helps you free up your precious and limited time as a business owner, to do what you do best….running and growing your business. Michelle Faust and her partner, Jacob Fann, work with you to identify your content and marketing needs and provide you with fresh, innovative, dynamic copy that will effectively reach your target market, leading to increased customer engagement, a higher conversion rate, and increased sales.

Great content becomes the seeds of a bountiful business harvest, so you can cultivate and grow your business. We take the time to personally understand you and your company’s purpose, so your marketing message reflects who you are and speaks directly to your target market. For good content to be truly effective you need it to reach your ideal audience. A great strategic marketing plan includes the ability to target selectively and capture those targets for increased engagement which results in greater revenue generation. We’ll partner with you to develop powerful messaging strategies that work.

Michelle has an extensive background in sales, marketing and public speaking, primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. When she left her corporate career, she shifted into the entrepreneurial world, combining her experience, talents and passions to reinvent herself. As a marketer and content writer, Michelle thrives on discovering what motivates people into action and what their key emotional triggers are. Michelle and her team create powerful and targeted messaging that improve conversion rates and increase sales. Michelle loves to connect people through the power and beauty of the written word. Her passion is helping people create a road-map to success, so they can fulfill their dreams and live their destiny.

For more about Rhino Online Strategies & eCreativity find them at www.rhinostrategy.com, on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Jacob Fann is the CEO and Founder of Fanntastic Media, which has elevated over 90 businesses to a greater level of success. Gross revenues from his combined clients total over 32 million and that number continues to grow with his customized marketing strategies. He specializes in social media marketing; creating powerful brand presence, capturing new customers and finding untapped markets by optimizing target marketing and social media algorithms that results in higher conversion rates and increased sales.

Jacob first spread his entrepreneurial wings when he set up a lemonade stand in front of his home close to a popular hiking trail. Location, demand and an inherent business savviness netted him enough money to solidify his desire to be a future business owner and master of his own destiny. In 1963 Jacob’s grandfather Floyd and uncle Don founded Fann Toyota. The Fann legacy holds tradition for respected ethical practice, trust, and valued work. As a 22-year-old college graduate from Northern Arizona University, Jacob founded Fanntastic Media based on those same principles, which he learned first-hand by working in the family business.

After graduation he expanded his business knowledge and experience by getting his real estate license and working as a day trader. Since then he has built up an
impressive list of clients, connections, and relationships doing what he loves; helping people thrive in life and in business.

E27 Judy Umlas from IIL and Jason Kwolek from meltmedia

April 9, 2019 by Karen

E27 Judy Umlas from IIL and Jason Kwolek from meltmedia

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Joe Pusz, PMO Joe, talks with guests Judy Umlas from IIL and Jason Kwolek from meltmedia. The show takes a deep dive into the topic of Grateful Leadership and Project Management in a leading digital agency.

We learn from Judy the story behind her book, “Grateful Leadership, Using the Power of Acknowledgment” and the start of her career as an author, speaker and leader of the Center of Grateful Leadership. Judy walks us through several stories of the impact of acknowledgment and the travels that ensued sharing this message across the globe. Listen to hear Judy discuss the emotions with acknowledgment, vulnerability and the immediate impact one can experience when giving the gift of acknowledgment.

Like many leaders, Jason shares his story to Project Management leadership as an Accidental Project Manager working his way up the career ladder leading to his current role. Jason shares the important elements clients should consider when selecting a digital partner. We also hear how meltmedia holds many of the beliefs expressed within Judy’s book including communication from the Executive level of the organization. Listen in to get this behind the scenes access to how a leading digital agency operates and ways to ensure you are optimizing your benefits with your digital partners.

Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders and also Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Stitcher, Spreaker or your favorite podcast platform! Our next show will be April 18th with Todd Williams and Dustin Thompson.

Judith W. Umlas is Sr. Vice President, author and trainer at International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL), a global corporate training company. She is the publisher of IIL Publishing, New York. She is also the author of the ground-breaking book, The Power of Acknowledgment ©2006, IIL Publishing, New York, which has been credited with changing workplaces and lives by making use of the 7 Principles of Acknowledgment she developed. Her book on Grateful Leadership, Using the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All Your People and Achieve Superior Results was published by McGraw-Hill Professional in association with IIL in early 2013 and You’re Totally Awesome! The Power of Acknowledgment for Kids was published in late 2013 by IIL Publishing.

Judith delivers inspiring, motivational and transformational keynote addresses on Grateful Leadership and The Power of Acknowledgment all over the world. She also leads webinars and teaches full day virtual and traditional courses to organizations such as Volvo, the U.S. Army, Prudential, JMP Engineering, the World Bank, Fannie Mae, IBM, AT&T, Google, Amway, the New York Police Department and many others. She has trained over 50,000 people through her leading edge, highly interactive and engaging courses and keynotes – with outstanding and longlasting results.

In 2016 she founded the Center for Grateful Leadership whose members from around the world are committed to practicing and implementing the Grateful Leadership initiative in their organizations. Grateful Leadership and The Power of Acknowledgment are Judith’s passion, mission and purpose!

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meltmedia is a digital transformation partner specializing in pharmaceutical, biotech & life sciences marketing. They help you orchestrate a better customer journey through websites, apps, and other digital touch points.

The company was founded in 2000, and has no outside debt/equity. All employees are “in house” (They do not outsource) and operate with over 50% female staff. meltmedia employs expert UX and Visual Designers, has a dedicated Quality Assurance team, and has developers with the deep and diverse skill sets essential for problem solving.

Starting as an interactive developer over a decade ago, Jason Kwolek now operates as a key executive at Phoenix’s highest rated web design and mobile application development firm in the Phoenix area (#1 web design rm, #1 mobile application developer, #4 interactive marketing rm, #4 software rm, and #12 best small places to work in the Phoenix Business Journal’s 2018 Book of Lists, the leading business ranking directory in Arizona).

Over the course of his career, he has accumulated a wealth of project management, leadership, and operational experience in the internet and software industries. From highly regulated verticals such as healthcare or government, to more leisurely professions like entertainment and hospitality, he’s worked with a large spectrum of varying personality types, cultures and environments.

Jason has successfully managed projects for clients such as Disney, The Weather Channel, Tyson Foods, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Genentech, The Queensland State Government (Australia), and many more. He enjoy’s traveling the globe whether it’s for business or pleasure, and takes each of those experiences as an opportunity to grow both personally and professionally.

Connect with Jason on LinkedIn and follow meltmedia on Facebook and Twitter.

ABOUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE HOURS SERIES

Project Management Office Hours is intended to provide Project Management professionals a place to drop in and discuss Success Stories, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned. Project Management Consultant Joy Gumz has shared with us, “Operations keep the lights on, strategy provides the light at the end of the tunnel, but project management is the train engine that moves the organization forward.”

Each of us has a unique story to tell, but collectively we share a message that organizations who embrace Project Management Best Practices perform better than those which don’t. Organizations which align Projects to Strategy perform better. Organizations with Engage Executive Sponsors deliver better results. Organizations which measure Project Management performance outperform those which don’t.

During our Project Management Office Hours, we hear directly from Industry leaders how to make an impact in our profession. How we, collectively, will Advance Project Management Best Practices, One Listener at a time!

Project Management Office Hours is powered by The PMO SQUAD

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Joe Pusz started THE PMO SQUAD to bring real world PMO Leadership experience to the consulting space and to advocate for Project Management through his blog PMOJOE.com. The old saying is “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Following this mindset Joe left Corporate America in 2013 to start THE PMO SQUAD and work with fellow Natural Born Project Managers to advance Project Management Best Practices.

THE PMO SQUAD focuses exclusively on PMO and Project Management consulting. Corporate America is full of Accidental Project Managers running projects who haven’t been trained to be PMs. To help solve this problem THE PMO SQUAD is on the Leading Edge with PMO As a Service. PMO As a Service allows our clients to focus on their respective core competencies while THE PMO SQUAD delivers Project Management expertise. Contact Joe at 678-591-7868. Follow The PMO Squad on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Spiritual Life Coach Pastor Chon Pugh Your Computer Lady Pamela Bir and Karen Camblin with Guild Mortgage

April 9, 2019 by Karen

Spiritual Life Coach Pastor Chon Pugh Your Computer Lady Pamela Bir and Karen Camblin with Guild Mortgage

Spirit Led Life Coach is owned and operated by Chon (Shawn) Pugh M. Div.. Pastor Pugh specializes in relationships and grief. Through the use of a Myers Briggs personality inventory she can assist client’s in identifying their unique personality and how they interact in the world.

The client’s unique personality presents to the world through their relationships. At Spirit Led Life Coach each client is treated as an individual and their relationships with their significant other, friends, family, work and God are processed as needed creating a safe environment for the client to process and ask questions.

Pastor Pugh’s office is often referred to as the Kleenex Vortex. It is a safe place for all emotions. It is a place to be who you were created to be. It is a place where you can seek, search, soar and succeed.

Pastor Chon (Shawn) Pugh is a spiritual life coach (10 years) and pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Mesa, AZ. ( 9 years). She attended Wake Tech as a undergrad and directed and taught preschools for ten years. She attended University of Houston Continuing Education in Substance Abuse Counseling (1989). She was consecrated a Lutheran Deaconess by the Lutheran Deaconess Association (1998).

She completed her Associate in Ministry though the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1998). She received her Masters of Divinity from Trinity Lutheran Seminary (2004) and her life coaching certification from Southwest Institute of the Healing Arts (2008).

For over twenty years she has been spiritually assisting people in becoming the unique persons they are. Pastor Pugh has been married to her high school sweetheart, Danny Pugh, for 42 years. They have four grown married children and seventeen grandchildren. They have resided in the Phoenix area for 17 years.

Prior to that they have lived in Raleigh, NC, Houston, TX., and Little Rock, AR. She loves people, is creative, nurturing and an exceptional preacher. She helps people becoming the best they can be.

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Pamela Bir is President of Your Computer Lady, which provides marketing support for small businesses. We do the jobs you don’t have the time or know-how to do or we can train you to do the job more effectively if you want to do it yourself.

We minimize frustration and headaches to give you time to do what you do best. In other words, we “Create Marketing Solutions From Chaos!”

Connect with Pamela on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Guild Mortgage Company is a Residential Mortgage Banker offering Conventional, FHA, VA, Down Payment Assistant Grant Programs, Doctor Programs, Bank Statement Programs, 5% down Jumbo, first time homebuyer programs and many others.

Our current spotlight / portfolio program is our Guild 3-2-1 for first time homebuyers – 3% down payment, $2000 home depot gift card at closing and a $1500 lender credit from Guild toward your closing costs.

Guild Mortgage is a mortgage banker that has been in business for almost 60 years. Guild Mortgage services approximately 90% of their loans providing them a high level of customer retention and customer service.

The number one focus for Guild Mortgage is High Tech High Touch and never losing sight of their high level and commitment to Customer Service! As an employer Guild Mortgage strives for their employees to work as a team, continue to grow and do what they can to ensure all their employees have work / life balance.

Karen Camblin is a Senior Loan Officer with Guild Mortgage Company. Karen has been in the mortgage business as a loan officer for 16 years, spending her last 3 1/2 years at Guild. Karen is the wife of a City of Phoenix Police Officer and the mother of 2 beautiful daughters Samantha (19) and Grace (17).

Networking and referral marketing are a huge part of Karen’s career and how she builds her business by building relationships. Karen works with all buyers to set up their home buying plan, educating her borrowers and putting together the puzzle that best fits their situation now and in the future.

Being your lender for life and doing what’s in the best interest of her clients is always at the forefront of Karen’s business.

Connect with Karen on LinkedIn and Facebook.

THINK-FIT GET-FIT STAY-Fit Anne Lorimor with Creating Exciting Futures

April 8, 2019 by Karen

THINK-FIT GET-FIT STAY-Fit Anne Lorimor with Creating Exciting Futures

Anne Lorimor is not your typical great-grandmother, sitting in her rocking chair. At 85, she climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa as the oldest woman. This climb was to benefit her cause of empowering disadvantaged children and youth.

In July of this year, she plans to climb again to set a World Record as the oldest PERSON, to climb the highest free-standing mountain in the world. While this is a monumental achievement in itself, Anne is not doing it for herself. Again, the purpose is to gain attention and funds for her cause.

In 2016, Anne founded Lorimor ChildEmpowerment Foundation dba Creating Exciting Futures to show children their options, give them the tools to reach their full potential and then pay it forward.

Each child is encouraged to give back by, in turn, helping others. Anne says, “My life is about helping kids in every way possible. To empower kids can create a ripple effect that benefits all of us.” Her motto is, A hand up, not a handout.

Anne’s record-breaking climb and creating exciting futures for children and youth is made possible only through donor support. For more information, to book Anne as a speaker, or to contribute, go to CreatingExcitingFutures.org.

Connect with Anne on LinkedIn and follow Creating Exciting Futures on Facebook.

ABOUT THINK FIT-GET FIT-STAY FIT and SCOTT MARSH

Scott Marsh is the Founder and Owner of Mind and Body Strengthening which is the culmination of working in the Physical Therapy and Fitness Industry for 26 years. Scott is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (C.S.C.S.) through the NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association), a Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach and a Professional Member of the Medical Fitness Network. Scott also donates his time to the New Warrior Program, which he started to help recruits with their nutrition and physical training before they leave for Boot-camp.

Two of Scott’s favorite sayings are “Change doesn’t come from just knowing what to do, it comes from consistent daily practice” and “You need to align the way you think with the results you want”. These sayings are the basis for Scott’s THINK FIT-GET FIT-STAY FIT radio show; and, the solid foundation and wisdom that Scott uses to help people achieve their goals and maintain a healthy lifestyle over the course of their life.

Doug Gallacher with Talk Timeshares

April 8, 2019 by Karen

Doug Gallacher with Talk Timeshares

Douglas Gallacher has been dealing with timeshares for more than 30 years. He has learned all of the ins and outs of what timeshares can and cannot do and how to make them work best for you. He tells you what you need to know in order to make the best decision if purchasing, and when to know if owning a timeshare is not for you. He can also offer you rentals as an alternative at extremely low costs.

Before Doug retired, he was Regional Vice President of the National Chamber of Commerce. Since his retirement, he has dedicated his time to helping people make the best decisions on their timeshares, whether it’s getting rid of one, buying one, or wanting to rent a timeshare vacation economically. Doug has always loved timeshares, but never liked the way they were sold. He wants to keep the public aware as much as possible, to avoid making expensive mistakes.

Talk Timeshares was created to:

Educate people on the truth about timeshares, the good, the bad and the ugly. Help them determine whether timeshares are right for them, and to be informed on how to make the right choice if they choose to own one.
Help people get out of their timeshare if they find it necessary, with no money paid to talktimeshares.com.
Help people rent timeshares at a very low cost without any strings, presentations, or future commitments.
Help people who would like to own a timeshare, with no costs for that purchase.

Talk Timeshares is the one place you can go for honest, candid answers to questions you may have about timeshares with no obligation.

FirstBank Phoenix Market President Bryce Lloyd and Jennifer Purcell with Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits E17

April 8, 2019 by Karen

FirstBank Phoenix Market President Bryce Lloyd and Jennifer Purcell with Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits E17

FirstBank began providing banking services in Colorado in 1963. Today, the bank maintains more than $18 billion in assets and operates more than 115 branch locations across Colorado, Arizona and California. FirstBank offers a variety of checking accounts, savings accounts, home equity loans, mortgages, and a full range of commercial banking services, including financing, treasury management and deposit accounts.

Since 2000, FirstBank has been recognized as a leader in corporate philanthropy, contributing more than $65 million and thousands of volunteer hours to charitable organizations. The company is also unique in that a large portion of its stock is owned by management and employees, giving all employees a financial stake in the bank’s success through its Employee Stock Ownership Program.

Bryce Lloyd is the Phoenix Market President at FirstBank, one of the nation’s largest privately held banks with more than $18 billion in assets and 115 locations across Arizona, Colorado and California. As Market President, Bryce oversees more than 9 locations and 100 employees throughout the Phoenix Metro area.

He started his banking career in 1989 and has held several leadership roles within the organization before being appointed Market President. Bryce currently serves on the board for several nonprofits and committees, including the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale, and LISC Phoenix.

Connect with Bryce on LinkedIn and follow FirstBank on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Founded in 2004, the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits is a trusted resource and advocate for Arizona’s 20,000 nonprofit organizations. It is comprised of more than 1,000 members across the state, both nonprofits and those in the community who support them. The Alliance is dedicated to furthering the common interests of Arizona’s nonprofit community.

Their work is aimed at strengthening Arizona’s nonprofit community as a whole, while also providing services and programs that directly help individual organizations succeed. They do this through advocacy, education, information, connection and resources, which are tailored specifically for nonprofits, their staff, their board and their volunteers.

The Alliance’s mission is to unite, strengthen and advance Arizona’s nonprofit sector. They envision an Arizona where all nonprofits are valued, empowered and thriving. By working with government to advocate for nonprofits, providing resources to help nonprofits save money, and creating opportunities for nonprofits to connect and grow, the Alliance strives to promote healthy, vibrant communities.

Jennifer Purcell oversees the Alliance’s community outreach efforts including capacity building workshops, educational webinars, annual conference, partnership agreements and fundraising for the organization. She is also responsible for managing the Arizona Gives program and Arizona Gives Day, a 24-hour online statewide giving campaign held in April each year.

Prior to joining the Alliance, Jennifer was the Community Affairs Manager at BMO Harris Bank where she developed the annual philanthropic strategy and corporate giving program within Arizona, assisted executives with board engagement and built relationships with the nonprofit community. Prior to her Community Affairs position, she held the position of Assistant Vice President – Marketing/Communications. During her 16 years with the bank, Jennifer also organized annual employee volunteer programs, was Chair of its local diversity council and President of the bank’s young professionals group nationwide.

Jennifer is a graduate of the Valley Leadership Institute Class 36 and served as Marketing Chair for the Chandler Coalition on Youth Substance Abuse (ICAN) during its inaugural years. Most recently, she was an active member of the Monarch Council at the Desert Botanical Garden.

Connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn and follow Arizona Gives on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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About Jacqueline Destremps

Jacqueline Destremps is a creative marketing strategist and founded Another Hand Advantage, LLC in 2014 to help community minded small business owners and nonprofit professionals move forward more confidently with their marketing strategy. After graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in Psychology, she has spent her professional career working in both the nonprofit and for-profit sector.

She now enjoys being self-employed and the flexibility it provides to allow more time to volunteer, serve on nonprofit boards, choose pro-bono projects, run 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun (which she co-founded in 2014) and travel the world. Jacqueline believes in creating connections between businesses and nonprofits in the community to stimulate growth and collaboration.

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