Thank You From Impact!
Dianne Kelley
Dianne Kelley, CEO Sandbrook Group
www.sandbrookgroup.com
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Dianne recently lost her husband of 20 years after a short illness, which has greatly impacted your life. Yet she still manages to head a very successful business, The Sandbrook Group.
Fortunate Dianne has children, grandchildren and even one great-grandson along with siblings and an 89-year-old Mom, most of whom live here in Tucson. She is also active in my church and community as well as running her business with 2 employees and 2 sales reps.
She spent several years on the Eastside of town in elementary school into Junior high and then moved and returned two more times. Our company, Sandbrook Group, LLC, was established on June 1, 2005. She had been working for the benefit of another firm in Tucson and decided to break off on my own. It is never an easy decision but she has never looked back and totally enjoy running my own company.
Dianne says, I found over the years that business owners are so busy running their businesses and taking care of the day to day issues, they overlook the legal and financial structure of their business. I tell them, “Someday you will exit your business—voluntarily or involuntarily–either way, you need a plan!” I help them prepare for the “what ifs” of life by providing planning and proper insurance to make sure their businesses and loved ones are taken care of, as well as planning for the “what’s next” when they retire.
Dallerie Riesland
Dallarie Reisland, Authentic Garage Door
520-740-1050
www.tucsongaragedoorservice.com
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Dallarie and her husband were raised on ranches in the Tri-State area of Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Up until 2008 they raised sheep, cattle, and farmed. They then decided to venture into other businesses. They moved here in 2017 from South Dakota and bought A-Authentic Garage Doors, the Tucson division, that has been here since 2007. We love the desert southwest and enjoy our new business. They have grown children and three grandchildren, who also live here in Tucson around.
Dallarie and her husband, Raymond own and manage the business operation, Raymond works in the office and as a technician as needed. Our son is a technician and former Marine, our daughter is the assistant office manager, our son-in-law is a technician and a former Airman. Our other daughter helps with marketing and the website.
SHOW HOST:
Barbara McClure, Executive Director
IMPACT of Southern Arizona
3535 E Hawser Street
Tucson, AZ 85739
520-825-0009 / Mobile Phone: 206-915-0919
barbara@impactsoaz.org
www.impactsoaz.org
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Barbara McClure wakes up each morning passionate about going to work at a place that improves lives and inspires futures every day! She has been the Executive Director of a Tucson social service nonprofit called IMPACT of Southern Arizona, for ten years. What is it that keeps you passionate about your role Barbara?
Barbara has been a visionary and planner with decades of experience as a small business owner and in nonprofit leadership; her innovative ideas and strategic thinking, along with a talent for bringing the community together, has helped grow IMPACT five-fold in a very short time. Her talents and interests are diverse but all center around helping people, improving the community, bolstering education, building capacity and sustainability, being vocal about the rights and conditions of others, experiencing art, nurturing all inhabitants of your garden, and enjoying life to the fullest.
And now Barbara is about to experience another exciting chapter in her life with hosting a brand-new Radio Show Podcast here on the Tucson Business RadioX Network starting in November.
IMPACT of Southern Arizona is a 20 – year old social service nonprofit stabilizing families and seniors, and moving people out of poverty. IMPACT’s programs are designed to stretch household budgets so earned income can be spent on necessities such as improved housing conditions, fuel to get to work, utilizes, and needed medical attention and prescriptions. Its clients are your neighbors! People come to IMPACT because it is a welcoming place where they are always treated with dignity and respect, and where they find resources, referrals, coaching, and help to attain the skills that can move them forward into self-sufficiency.
Barbara grew up in Pasadena CA, moved to Long Beach for college, got married and started our family then moved to Seattle area ten years later. Took our youngest son on an 11-month motorhome trip to get to Tucson – Homeschooled for 10th grade.
We vacationed at a rustic cabin when I was growing up, where we had no phone or television; and spent all our time outside fishing, hiking, horseback riding, listening to old radio shows, playing pool, reading comic books from the local small grocer, and using our imaginations all day long. I always admired the superheroes who defended people and cities like Gotham and Metropolis, so when our three boys were born, we named them after familiar character: Colin (Bryce for an overlay of Bruce Wayne, Kent, and Parker. Our first grandchild was born last year, and as in the family tradition, named Logan, after the Wolverine. I used to always tell them they were my superheroes – and they still are today!
Barbara loves working with numbers and has always loved math and the organization of things, so accounting seemed perfect, but I soon realized that I if I became a CPA I would have to spend many months inside doing tax returns, and that did not appeal to me as a long–term career! I have a great imagination and enjoy creating things, so thought I should find a better path that might nurture that side of my personality. I was working in the shipping industry in SoCal at the time and fell in love with import and export, so shifted my majors to Marketing and International Business. Those were wonderful fits, and I imagined graduating and moving to the largest port on the planet, in Germany; then, I met my future husband and things took a different turn.
A little bit about how Barbara got into Nonprofit work:
All along with my husband and I were always involved in nonprofits and community volunteer opportunities, and often said it was too bad we could not make a living doing those things we loved so much. Leadership roles in PTO, Boy Scouts, Historical Societies, Junior League, Elks, Rotary and more. Then when we moved to Tucson I looked for a local opportunity to impact my community. A Board position was about to open at IMPACT, and my local bank branch manager, Peggy Smoot, suggested I would be very passionate about getting involved in the mission work there. I worked in the Food Bank.
There are thousands of nonprofits in Tucson. What makes IMPACT Unique is that they bring the community together to stabilize families and move people out of poverty. Our true success lies in partnering with a large number of businesses, agencies, social clubs and other nonprofits. We invest $2.5 million in the community each year, and we do it all with a lean staff of amazing professionals supported by more than 170 volunteer shifts each week! We have put great systems in place to run efficiently, effectively and with a commitment to sustainability and integrity, protecting the community’s investment in our work, striving for perfect audits, being innovative, building capacity and most importantly – treating everyone with dignity and respect. We are an award-winning nonprofit with numerous nods to incredible customer service. Our clients are your neighbors… We improve lives and inspire futures of people living in Southern AZ.
So, IMPACT is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and you have been at the helm half that time. Share with me the things IMPACT has accomplished over the years, and the things you have planned for this celebratory year.
