Steve DiFillippo/Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse
Founder/Owner
“After 25 years I feel that I am just getting started.” says Davio’s Chef/CEO, Steve DiFillippo. At the age of 24, Steve purchased an established restaurant called Davio’s in Boston’s Back Bay. And this was the first in a succession of popular restaurants changing the concept to a Northern Italian Steakhouse. Steve is a graduate of Boston University and the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. He is very involved in the community, serving on several non-profit boards. Steve is the honorary Chef representing the New England Patriots at the Taste of the NFL’s “Party with a Purpose” event at the SuperBowl.
In 2008, he was inducted into the Massachusetts Restaurant Hall of Fame. Steve lives in Wenham, MA, with his wife Pamela and their four children. He runs 4–5 miles a day, “so I can wrongfully delude myself that I can eat anything I want,” he says.
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Sharon Fisher/Sharon Fisher Events
Founder/Owner
With over 25 years of experience planning full service events, Sharon is one of the most respected event planners in the Southeast. Specializing in weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, social and corporate events, Sharon has produced events for many celebrities, major sporting events and every day people looking to make their occasions special. With relationships with many of the respected vendors in town, Sharon is able to negotiate rates and details that are not available to the general public. She has flawless attention to detail and works with each client to make their day the most special! She and her events are regularly featured in major publications and most recently she appeared as the event planner on the TLC Reality show, The Sisterhood.
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Mark Shaver/Buckhead Paws
I had a long career as a corporate executive, working with Coca-Cola, Baskin Robbins, and RJ Reynolds. An interesting twist to that career is that I spent 15 years of it living and working overseas, including general management assignments in Seoul, Korea; Lahore, Pakistan; and Moscow, Russia. I returned to the States in 2004, settling here in Atlanta. The reason I chose Atlanta was pretty much the Chamber of Commerce reasons: cost of living; climate; good people; great airport; opportunity.
In my last corporate role, as General Manager of Country Operations for Reynolds, I was in charge of a business unit doing $500 million in annual revenue and oversaw about 800 people in 22 different offices across Russia. It was a big job, demanding and exciting. And that afforded me the opportunity to travel the breadth of Russia. But what I’m doing now with Buckhead Paws is so much more personally rewarding: we get to take care of critters; we’re able to be of service to our clients; and we help 11 people earn a living. We get to be outdoors and taking care of pets is a great way to meet new people.
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