LEADERSHIP LOWDOWN Chris Baker with Creative Printing and Packaging and Dan Saban with Anderson Security Agency
Creative Printing and Packaging is a Folding carton manufacturer (think cereal boxes, cosmetics, vitamins and supplements, but we also produce general commercial printing and digital printing services.
Chris Baker graduated from The University of Arizona in 1990. After a short stint as a licensed investment broker he started his business in May of 1994. Creative Printing and Packaging is celebrating their 25th year in business this year.
Kimberly Anderson-Matich founded Anderson Security Agency, Ltd. in 1994 and has set standards for the industry, to include designing and implementing superior, comprehensive, and cost-effective security programs for dynamic and complex environments.
As President and Chief Executive Officer, Matich is dedicated to developing and implementing customized security programs for small, medium, and large scale urban and suburban projects. With our innovative strategies, in-house expertise, and meticulous attention to detail, we continue to set new standards for excellence in security.
In October of 2003, Anderson Security Agency, Ltd. received notification that it had achieved certification as a member of the Women’s Business Enterprise Council – West and the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). The WBENC is the nation’s leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America’s corporations. It is also the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States.
Dan Saban is the former Owner of The Saban Group, LLC, an ASU Graduate (Bachelor Science degree, Cum Laude and Dean’s List), NAU Graduate (Masters Degree, Summa Cum Laude), and an award-winning visionary law enforcement professional with more than 35 years of public, private, and international sector experience in policing and management.
Dan’s solid reputation as a distinguished public safety leader led to his selection by the Town of Buckeye in 2005 to serve as its Police Chief. While in Buckeye, he transformed and reshaped, a growing department, raising the standards of professionalism, trust, respect, and performance, while creating long lasting and very successful public/private partnerships.
Dan is married with four children and five grandchildren. He and his wife, Beth, reside in the Desert Hills area north of Phoenix with their youngest son, two rescue dogs, and various other ‘critters.’
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ABOUT YOUR HOST
Jodi Low is an accomplished corporate trainer, inspirational speaker, and the Founder and CEO of U & Improved. Jodi has trained thousands of entrepreneurs and executives on how to build a booming business, master a mindset for success, and achieve the lifestyle they desire through heart-fueled leadership.
Through U & Improved—an award-winning personal and professional leadership development company based in Scottsdale—Jodi has redefined traditional leadership training by creating a sustainable and actionable model that is personal, challenging and meaningful to each and every individual who enrolls in any of the two-and-a-half-day experiential training classes. She and her elite training team have advanced the charge in heart-based leadership
development and empower U & Improved graduates with knowledge, tools and awareness to immediately be more effective and responsive leaders at work, home and within their communities.
Among her many accomplishments as a Valley leader, Jodi launched a teen leadership program in 2014 to empower young adults to become more confident, motivated and focused stewards of our future. In 2016, she founded a non-profit arm of the company—the U & Improved Leadership Foundation—that makes the program more accessible to deserving teens.
Jodi has been recognized by industry publications and organizations for her work in leadership development and serves as a source of inspiration within the community. In 2015, she was honored as an “Outstanding Women in Business” by the Phoenix Business Journal and by the Phoenix Suns and National Bank of Arizona with the “Amazing Women” award. She has received both the prestigious “Diversity Leader of the Year” and the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce’s “Sterling Award.” She was also awarded a Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 and was a finalist for the Junior League of Phoenix’s Valley Impact Award. Jodi is a devoted single parent who volunteers her time at her daughters’ school programs and with organizations such as Angel Mamas, where she’s served on the board for three years.