Pensacola Business Radio: Women In Leadership Series Ep 8. Brought to you by Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast

June 8, 2018 by Keith

Laura Griffin/ Owner
The UPS Store at Milestone

Laura Griffin owns The UPS Store franchise at 2172 W Nine Mile Rd in Pensacola with her husband, Dan. She started out as a Manager of a The UPS Store location 18 years ago and worked for The UPS Store Area Office for 15 years before purchasing her current store in August of 2016. Laura is a proud member of the Junior League of Pensacola where she has chaired the Membership Development Committee and recently was honored with the League Leadership Award. She is currently the co-chair of the Research, Development and Evaluation Committee with the Junior League. In her free time, Laura enjoys spending time with her husband watching movies together and discussing current events.

Michelle Salzman / Salz Studio
Founder
Manager, recognized award winning community volunteer, and proven leader with extensive logistical and marketing experience. Performs well in a variety of roles from sales to project management and customer advocacy. In addition to corporate, educational, and community roles, Michelle Salzman is also a decorated former service member in the U.S. Army.

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 have produced 4 editions of this print magazine. 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. Our goal is for this to be a quarterly publication, however the magazine is currently on hold as we explore graphic designers. Our latest edition can still be found on our website.
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 2018, our conference will be held on Wednesday, October 17^th and Thursday, October 18^th, 2018 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.

Also Happening with Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast

We had the honor to meet with a delegation of business women from Russia last week. It inspired some amazing conversations. I wanted to pass on the news! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out! Thank you for your consideration in running this.

PENSACOLA BUSINESS WOMEN MEET WITH RUSSIAN DELEGATION ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP

June 2018

Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast discussed women entrepreneurship with Congressionally sponsored Open World Program

At the invitation of the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council, Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast met with a group of 6 women entrepreneurs from Russia visiting Pensacola through the Congressional sponsored Open World Program. This program brings emerging leaders from participating countries to the United States in order to give them firsthand exposure to the American system of participatory democracy and free enterprise.

The women from Russia were in their 30s and are business owners or hold positions equivalent to higher-level management and were from various areas of Russia. They were in Pensacola for the week and met with Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast (PWGC) and several other local organizations and businesses for conversations about women in business or entrepreneurship.

Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast’s mission is to promote, advance, and improve women in business and about a third of their membership is entrepreneurs. The conversation included an introduction of PWGC, how they started and how they operate by Founding Director, Kolleen Edwards Chesley. PWGC was able to include several advocates of their organization in the conversation including: Michelle Salzman of Salz Studio (PWGC member), Kaila Barrington of Levin Rinke Realty (PWGC Board Member), and Margie Kalaluhi of Heart Centered Wellness (PWGC member and Board Member). These ladies shared their experience with PWGC, spotlighted their own businesses, their passion for women-helping-women and they talked about their thoughts of women in business.

Margie Kalaluhi, commented, “It’s an honor to have been invited into this conversation. I have been involved with PWGC for 13 years and to be able to discuss what a women’s organization dedicated to business development has done for me and my business with women from Russia who hold such high positions in business in their own country was amazing.” The women from Russia shared their experiences and talked about what is available in Russia for business women. One of the Russian women is alumni from the largest business school in Russia, another is on the board for a large women’s business organization, and they all shared a passion for women’s leadership and women supporting other women.

Michelle Salzman added, “Having a community conversation with the purpose of sharing our views on how we can work better together as women and how to support all women in business is exciting; however to share that with women from across the globe really took it to the next level.” Kolleen Edwards Chesley added, “Conversations like this one help us to be proud of what we have in our community and inspire us all to continue to grow and make our communities even better.”

About Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast

The mission of the Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast is to promote, advance and improve women in business. Based in Pensacola, Florida, this not-for-profit organization advocates a culture of confidence building, lifelong learning, collaboration, empowering others, and a spirit of charitable giving. Through monthly networking meetings, an annual fundraising conference supporting the Gulf Coast Kid’s House, podcasts, and educational series, Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast supports women who are making a positive impact in their business, the lives of others, and the community. Founded in 2004, the organization continues to grow under the leadership of Kolleen Edwards Chelsey, serving as founding director.

Contact

Kolleen Chesley, Executive & Founding Director

Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast

(850) 529-0908

directors@powerfulwomengulfcoast.com

www.powerfulwomengulfcoast.com

www.facebook.com/PowerfulWomenoftheGulfCoast

Instagram @powerfulwomengulfcoast

Pensacola Business Radio: Spotlight Episode-DalrympleSallis Architecture and Building Legacy

June 7, 2018 by Keith

Based out of Pensacola, Florida, principals Scott Sallis and Dean Dalrymple each have more than 20 years experience in architecture, interior design, and master planning. They apply their expertise in an open studio environment to provide a collaborative, hands-on approach to every project. Their ability to interpret the specific vision of each client has resulted in a positive word-of-mouth reputation and growing portfolio of repeat and referred customers. By focusing on elements that are beautiful, useful and necessary, Dalrymple | Sallis Architecture creates the right environment to fit your business or lifestyle. Learn more about what we do

From the initial meeting to the house-warming party or ribbon cutting, every client receives individual attention from a carefully selected project team. Our principal architects work hand-in-hand with all the professionals involved in your project to ensure a seamless transition through each phase into product completion. Listening to each client is the foundation of our process. Combining this with our use of the latest technology creates our competitive advantage to delivering beautifully executed projects. View some of our work

With Dalrymple | Sallis Architecture you can expect:

Passionate experts dedicated to enhancing community and lifestyles.
Innovative designers appreciative of every client’s individual needs.
Skilled professionals focused on architectural quality and integrity.
A flexible team able to accommodate clients and adapt to unforeseen changes.
A Design Team committed to Environmentally (Green) friendly materials and methods.

Pensacola Business Radio: Guests Campfire Boys and Girls

June 7, 2018 by Keith

Camp Fire offers an exciting variety of programs across the country:

SCHOOL-YEAR PROGRAMS

See why teachers, principals, and students can’t stop raving about our high-quality Out-of-School-Time (OST) and in-school programs. It’s way more than homework tutoring and supervision.

Learn more

TEEN SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

Between Teens in Action, Counselor-in-Training (CIT), Wohelo Award, and National Youth Advisory Cabinet (YAC), we not only activate teens but intentionally seek their valuable feedback in all we do.

Check it out

CAMPS & OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Overnight/resident camps, day camps, grief camps, inclusion camps, LGBTQ-friendly camps, environmental education—all are welcome, and there is something for everyone across the country.

Explore

SCHOOL-YEAR PROGRAMS

Schools across the country partner with Camp Fire when they want to offer strong, research-based programs. Schools choose Camp Fire because we are laser-focused on helping their students succeed, and are reputable partners so they can better serve their families and communities.

Afterschool

All of our programs allow for homework mentoring and tutoring, but also teach:

Conflict Resolution
Health and Wellness
Digital Literacy
Bullying/Cyberbullying
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
Creative Arts
Community Service

Every afterschool program is structured in collaboration with schools to ensure that we are supporting their goals and complementing the education that its students are getting during the school day.

Camp Fire’s highly trained, caring staff encourage every child or teen to manage their time in a way that aligns with their passions and talents. Our staff also gather youth input to incorporate in activities so they can better engage them each day.

Camp Fire Wise Kids® / Wise Kids Outdoors ®

Our health and wellness programs use the simple theory of “energy in = energy out” to teach kids of all ages how to eat healthy and live a healthy lifestyle.

InterACTION

Good communication is hard to find but critical to anyone’s success. This program focuses on developing strong communication skills with peer groups and adults as well as learning healthy ways to resolve conflict.

Club Programs

Traditional club programs are offered by some Camp Fire councils and are what most of our alumnae from Camp Fire Girls remember fondly. Club pairs a trained, volunteer leader with a group of youth who work through a Camp Fire curriculum before or after school. Clubs typically go on field trips, undertake service projects, and do other activities to earn badges and learn life skills.

Pensacola Business Radio: Guests Bob Bennett Enviromation Incorporated

June 6, 2018 by Keith

Bob Bennett

This blog focuses on the economic future of Northwest Florida by providing insight into little known facts and innovative concepts to stimulate discussion and progress.

The demographics of the counties can be found at the Northwest Florida Forward website.

ROBERT R. BENNETT

Summary

A dynamic global executive with 50 years of experience in establishing a broad range of energy and environmental related projects in over 70 countries. His principal strength is in developing implementable plans to establish new projects and companies in early adopter technologies.

Mr. Bennett is adept at building consensus among diverse groups. Throughout his career he has worked with groups with extremely varied backgrounds and cultural values. He gains public acceptance by working well with government, regulators, the public, and special interest groups to define vision and expectations guided by his personal discipline and integrity. He is adept at achieving conflict resolution and unifying a diversity of goals, views, and objectives. By adapting to local interests and involving the affected community in the decision processes he is able to motivate people to act in a coordinated fashion.

Mr. Bennett has served on 15 Boards of Directors in seven countries. He has hands-on experience in localization, technology transfer, restructuring, project financing, and business practices as they relate developing energy and environmental projects. Mr. Bennett has received six U.S. patents, 13 U.S. provisional and has published four papers.

Professional Experience

Chairman of the Board, Executive Director, and Chief Executive Officer (2016 – Present), Zero Energy Foundation Incorporated, Pensacola, Florida.
President (2003 to Present), Enviromation Incorporated, Pensacola, Florida.
Chairman of the Board (2009 to 2016), United States Green Energy Corporation, Danville, Virginia.
President (2003 to Present), Boathouse Investments Inc., Pensacola, Florida.
Senior Vice President Operations (1997-2003), PCR Holdings Inc., Monroeville, Pennsylvania.
Regional Director – Eastern and Central Europe (1994-1997), Westinghouse Energy Systems, Monroeville, Pennsylvania
President (1992-1994), Broadwell Corporation, Carlsbad, California
Senior Vice President (1989 – 1992), Westinghouse Environmental and Geotechnical Services, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina.
Acquisition Team Leader (1989), Westinghouse Environmental Services Business Unit, Paris, France
Managing Director (1988 – 1989), Westinghouse Electronics and Control Company, Shannon, Ireland
Managing Director (1985 – 1988), Unimation (Europe) Limited, Telford, United Kingdom
Marketing Manager, Nuclear Components Division (1981- 1985), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pensacola, Florida.
Project Manager, Consolidation Activities, Nuclear Components Divisions (1979 – 1981), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Tampa, Florida
Resource Planning Manager, Tampa Division (1978 – 1979), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Tampa, Florida
Projects Manager, Tampa Division (1978), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Tampa, Florida
Product Engineering Manager, Tampa Division (1976 – 1978), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Tampa, Florida
Advanced Development Manager, Tampa Division (1974 – 1976), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Tampa, Florida
Senior Engineer, Tampa Division (1968 – 1974), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Tampa, Florida
Co-Op Student, Missile and Space Division (1965 – 1968), General Electric Company, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

Education

BS., Northwestern University, Mechanical Engineering, 1968
1,200 hours of additional coursework in Environmental Law, Performance Management, Contracts, and Financial Management, 1969 –

ITEN WIRED Radio Ep. 6-2018: 1 Million Cups

May 30, 2018 by Keith

ABOUT 1 MILLION CUPS
Based on the notion that entrepreneurs discover solutions and engage with their communities over a million cups of coffee, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation developed 1 Million Cups in 2012—a free program designed to educate, engage and inspire entrepreneurs around the country. Through the power of volunteers, 1 Million Cups has grown to more than 180 communities.

As a program of the Kauffman Foundation, 1 Million Cups works with entrepreneurs, empowering them with the tools and resources to break down barriers that stand in the way of starting and growing their businesses. Mr. Kauffman believed it was a fundamental right for anyone who had a big idea to be able to bring it to life—and we’re here to fulfill that mission.

OUR CULTURE
Diversity, equity and inclusion are key to the success of our programs. Nationwide, 1 Million Cups communities aim to present an inclusive and supportive front door to their local entrepreneurial ecosystems. These qualities are essential for 1MC to fulfill its mission to educate, engage and connect entrepreneurs with their communities. And they are too essential to leave to chance as the number of 1MC communities continues to grow.

ABOUT THE KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
Founded by Ewing Marion Kauffman, the Foundation is driven to provide uncommon ways to create opportunities and connect people to the tools they need to achieve success, change their futures and give back to their communities. We believe that if you have an idea, you have a fundamental right to start a business to make it a reality.

We also believe that opportunity lies in the fields of education and entrepreneurship. Our team is based in Kansas City and made up of connectors and doers who dream big, solve problems with the communities we serve and take calculated risks to drive results.

Kelly Reeser

Kelly Reeser serves as the Director of Entrepreneurial Development for FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance. In this role, Kelly is tasked with supporting our region’s high-growth entrepreneurs with both startup and growth strategies. She accomplishes this goal by managing the Gulf Coast Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship- an innovation and technology-based incubator, partnering with local entrepreneurs to host Startup Weekend Pensacola, ITEN Wired and by coordinating entrepreneurial efforts with community partners.

Kelly currently serves on the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement and The Global Corner, and is a member of the International Business Innovation Association. She was a member of the Leadership Pensacola Class of 2013 and also serves as a volunteer with middle school students at Olive Baptist Church.

Kelly holds a Master of Arts degree in Development Management & Public Policy from Georgetown University and bachelor degrees in Spanish & Latin American Studies from Southern Methodist University. She is a native of Pensacola, an avid traveler and loves being a mom—she enjoys spending time with her husband, Chris, daughter, Evangelina, and baby boy, Elliot.

Jim Rhodes

Jim has actively participated in the planning of the annual ITEN Wired Summit since 2012 and is in his 5th year serving as its director.

He is a native of Pensacola and a graduate of Tate High School and the University of West Florida, where he received his degree in finance. He moved to Charlotte, NC in 1997 with a goal of furthering his career in banking, but later developed a passion for information technology. Upon graduating ECPI College of Technology, he officially entered into the world of IT in 2001. After working several years as a network engineer, he and his family relocated back to Pensacola in 2007.

Jim has been employed by AppRiver since 2008 and currently manages the mobile solutions team which provides mobile device support for a global customer base of almost 300,000 users. He also serves as an advisor to the board of directors for IT Gulf Coast and as a board member for Innovation Coast.

He is married and has two sons. He enjoys golfing, kayaking, and fishing.

Pensacola Business Radio-Memorial Day 2018 Spotlight Episode-Guns To Hammers

May 28, 2018 by Keith

OUR MISSION

Guns To Hammers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides our wounded veterans with Americans With Disabilities (ADA)-compliant remodeling and renovation services, making their homes easily accessible, helping them live independent and manageable lives.

After founding H-Towne & Around Remodelers, Inc., a successful remodeling company in Houston, Texas, founder, JR Smith, decided to redirect his time, money and energy toward this mission. As a former U.S. Marine, coupled with some guilt that he was able to leave the USMC unhurt and able-bodied (unlike many), JR feels he has a huge sense of responsibility to his wounded brothers and sisters who are now living at home — many of them in need of various home improvements.

Your donation will help make this happen, sponsoring veterans across the United States, transforming homes — opening doors and possibilities — to our veterans who need it most. Many of our veterans made huge sacrifices to protect our freedoms — it’s our responsibility to ensure they are never left behind. Donate, today.

Pensacola Business Radio; Starfish Project and Good Foundations, inc.

May 25, 2018 by Keith

Keith Branch

GREAT HOMES START WITH

GOOD FOUNDATIONS

From initial concept through final delivery, Good Foundations, Inc. works with you to produce beautiful, functional home plans that address your custom home wants and needs. We’ve created a “one-stop shop” environment to produce custom floor plans based upon your vision and local requirements to get your project permitted. This holistic approach to creating home designs eliminates common communication gaps that can cause project delays, construction errors and feature omissions. Good Foundations, Inc. provides multiple touch points throughout the process of designing your home to ensure you have the information you need to make critical decisions about your new home plans.

Our experienced team composes original floor plan solutions designed around your lifestyle. The professional custom home designers at Good Foundations, Inc. live and work in the Pensacola area and create original blueprints and construction documents for our communities. We explain the process of designing modern house plans that meet construction and permitting requirements in Northwest Florida. Our team provides answers to your questions and concerns about building a custom home, proactively addressing design, engineering, and permitting issues before they become problems. Give us a call when you’re ready to start talking about designing your dream home.

Mission

Improving the lives of special needs children and their families by integrating the highest quality knowledge, services, and technology.

About Us

We are parents, therapists, and community members dedicated to providing advanced treatment and family resources to improve the lives of special needs children in our area. Our vision is to provide funding for expanded services, including occupational, behavior, physical, and speech therapies, as well as audiology related services and resources. We currently provide parent education and support in addition to providing opportunities for families to connect during fun seasonal events. These resources are available to a myriad of children and families with a wide variety of exceptional needs.

OUR DIRECTORS

Brandi Hook, Emily Homan, Kerry Anne Shultz, Katreena Berletich, Erica Kinnebrew, Rebecca Pullum

Pensacola Business Radio: Spotlight Episode, Stacy Martino with Relationship Development

May 25, 2018 by Keith

STACEY MARTINO has proven that it only takes ONE partner to transform a relationship…ANY relationship!
Stacey, and her husband Paul are on a mission to empower people to get the Unshakable Love and Unleashed Passion they want in their relationship…even if their partner REFUSES to change!
Stacey and Paul, are the founders of RelationshipDevelopment.org and creators of RelationshipU®. Through their revolutionary Relationship Development® methodology, they are changing the way relationship is done!
Today, through their strategic coaching, online programs and sold-out live events, Stacey and Paul have helped save thousands of marriages around the world (by working with only one spouse)
Stacey and Paul have awakened people to see that the old broken paradigm of demand-relationship no longer works in today’s world.
Through the elevated strategies of the Relationship Development paradigm, real people are reclaiming their happiness and creating transformations, even in relationships that looked hopeless.
Hope has been found. And it’s called, Relationship Development.
Trained and certified by Tony Robbins, Stacey is a certified marriage educator, divorce preventionist and strategic interventionist. As a six time best-selling author, Stacey is a sought-after relationship expert, and is the Relationship Expert for Aspire Magazine.
After over 20 years together, raising two amazing children, spreading their mission around the world and running a charity feeding families, Paul and Stacey Martino live in their unshakable love and unleashed passion every day.

Pensacola Business Radio: FoodieLife Radio Series-Culinary Fight Club, Pensacola, FL. at Brew HaHa may 30th 2018

May 21, 2018 by Keith

60 minutes. one winner.

Culinary Fight Club brings the passion of a high-energy kitchen and the thrill of a timed competition for you to enjoy. No two events are the same, with new teams and themes every month, we promise you’ll come back for seconds.

cooking up some good

Culinary Fight Club is a national organization that hosts live cooking competitions. At each event, attendees watch as contestants from home cooks to executive chefs race for their pantry in 45 seconds. Contestants get to choose from 15 provided ingredients. From there, contestants have 60 minutes to create the most gourmet dish that represents their take on our monthly theme. The audience and judges vote and decide on a winning dish.

Aside from being an incredibly fun event, Culinary Fight Club events exclusively give back to the 501(c) (3) non profit organization Fight2Feed, an organization that partners top restaurants with food trucks to provide service and support to hungry men, women and children in our communities.

WE CAN’T DO IT ALONE

We wouldn’t be where we are today without our amazing partners. These organizations have not only provided an amazing cooking experience for everyone to enjoy, but they’ve helped our cause and our partnership with Fight2Feed.

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.”