Marcy Fortnow is the founder and owner of Have A Bashery, a children’s party and event company that specializes in helping busy parents throw their children fun and memorable birthdays and celebrations. Have A Bashery successfully provides these same activity based theme parties to other businesses, schools, community organizations, fairs, fundraisers, and charitable events. Marcy founded the company in Chicago in 2005 and currently is building and growing the Atlanta based branch. Prior to her entrepreneurial adventure, Marcy accumulated more than twelve years in the business software world, in development and consulting, in US and in Europe. Marcy is a uniquely qualified entrepreneur; she is an expert in the integrated aspects of business and has a unique and creative approach. Learn more about Marcy at http://engagingplay.com/.
Kim Ellet is a certified professional coach and owner of The Growth Coach of Metro Atlanta. Her mission is to inspire business leaders, teams, and motivated individuals to commit to a higher vision of who they can be and what they can achieve. Kim’s passion is transformation: challenging the status-quo and making a difference on the planet and within her community. Kim’s background is in sales & marketing, public relations, and advocacy, spanning small business, start-up, non-profit, and franchises. She has worked in the hospitality and meetings industries, and has been a partner in a commercial general contracting firm and a multi-unit salon franchise. Kim specializes in coaching executives and sales and management teams to shift their mindset, unlock their potential, and create actionable plans for results and accountability.
Corey Rieck is the President and Founder of The Long Term Care Planning Group, a firm that specializes in delivering Long Term Care education and coverage to companies, high net worth individuals and large organizations. Since 2001, Corey has devoted his career to Long Term Care as a result of multiple personal experiences. A neutral provider of Long Term Care Solutions since 2001, Corey brings a unique and comprehensive consultative perspective to this issue. Since 2003, part of his commitment to the Long Term Care Industry includes his having trained over 3,500 advisors from San Francisco to Wall Street on how to properly position Long Term Care to clients through the CLTC organization. Additionally, he has authored dozens of published industry articles on Long Term Care and has assisted many of the nation’s leading LTC carriers on operational and educational matters.