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Making Good Choices (Part 1 of 2)

February 19, 2021 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Making Good Choices (Part 1 of 2)

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Stewardship

Choose to be a steward of your time, talent, treasure, and relationships. Choose to see your life as an opportunity to share what you have been given with others, in a way that improves the quality of their lives. A mindset of stewardship helps release us from the tyranny of ownership.

Trust

Choose to build trust. My friend Dave says trust is built through character, competence, and caring. Character is who we are, competence is what we know, caring is what we do.

Goals

Choose to set goals. Keep the list short. No more than three to five business goals, no more than three to five personal goals. More than that, nothing is a priority because everything is.

Growth

Choose personal growth. While goals are important, the process of personal growth is critical. It is the journey of becoming who we were designed to be by our Creator, in order to maximize our impact during our time here.

Responsibility

Choose to take complete responsibility for yourself and all that comes under your domain. And choose to wear the mantle of responsibility with grace and dignity.

Grace

Choose to extend grace to yourself as well as to others. We are all on a journey. That word of kindness or encouragement could make all the difference.

Rest

Choose to rest. As finite, we must have rest. Our bodies weren’t designed to go non-stop.

Learn

Choose to be a lifetime student. Pick a language you want to learn, a culture you want to study, an author whose books you want to read.

Faithfulness

Choose to be faithful to those to whom we have committed, and to our calling and purpose. The primary mandate is not to success, or glory, or accomplishment. The primary mandate is faithfulness.

Randy Brunson/Centurion Advisory Group

Randy Brunson is the founding shareholder of Centurion Advisory Group. Randy has invested most of his forty-year career in financial services. He spent several years on the institutional side and had the opportunity to start a successful financial planning firm in 1991. Centurion Advisory Group serves individual and corporate clients, both in Georgia and throughout the country, offering personal and business financial planning, retirement plan design and management, and investment management services.

Randy studied engineering and marketing at UT Chattanooga. Randy currently holds the Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®) and CKA designation and makes it a priority to stay on top of his knowledge in the financial industry through continuing professional educational opportunities and reading. In addition, Randy has completed studies in qualified plan design, estate planning and business transition planning and he enjoys speaking and writing regularly on these topics.

Sandy LeRoux/Centurion Advisory Group

Sandy LeRoux, has been with Centurion Advisory Group since early 2015. She serves as co-advisor and team lead and has primary responsibility for a number of client relationships. Sandy is a skilled and dedicated Financial Planner with more than 20 years’ experience in the executive level of business and finance. For 15 years, she served as Controller and Human Resources Administrator for LeRoux Entertainment, a multimillion-dollar company with over 250 employees in six states.

Following her desire to serve the broader community, Sandy served as the Executive Assistant to the lead pastor of The Bridge Church. During her time there, she especially enjoyed developing strategic pathways and action plans based on the priorities, vision, and initiatives of the pastor and congregation. Sandy also worked at the executive level of First Covenant Bank in Roswell, GA. Her talents in the financial and faith-based organizations are what led her to Centurion Advisory Group.

Sandy received her Bachelor’s Degree in Finance with a Minor in Accounting from UGA and her MBA in Corporate Finance from Georgia State University. Currently, Sandy is working towards her Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation.

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Maxwell Wolk with Raymond James and Nancy Herrington & Sarah Senior with Insperity

February 18, 2021 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Maxwell Wolk with Raymond James and Nancy Herrington & Sarah Senior with Insperity

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Sarah Senior, Max Wolk and Nancy Herrington

Maxwell Wolk/Raymond James

When Bob James founded Raymond James, he did so based on a belief that clients deserved more than help with investment decisions. They needed advice that considered their entire financial picture.

Today, that client-focused approach has extended to serve client accounts through 8,200 financial advisors in the United States, Canada and overseas. Further, the company has expanded through the years to serve corporations, institutions and municipalities through significant capital markets, banking and asset management services.

Their deliberate nature and thoughtful approach to financial planning has led to a history of strength and steady, stable growth. The company’s conservative approach began in 1962 when Robert James put the word “Investments” after his name. Since then, Raymond James advisors have been crafting meticulously tailored, holistic financial plans to help ensure their clients can retire and realize their individual financial goals.

Nancy Herrington & Sarah Senior/Insperity

Insperity is a full-service HR Company that helps clients strengthen and streamline their business. Their proven approach helps better manage costs and minimize risk, helping businesses get ready-to-use HR infrastructure that they need to be more efficient and profitable, while showing them how to maximize their performance and productivity.

Gwinnett Business Radio is presented by

Kate Awtrey-King with Gwinnett Event Photography & Glorious Glow Candle Co.

February 12, 2021 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Kate Awtrey-King with Gwinnett Event Photography & Glorious Glow Candle Co.

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Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.

Kate Awtrey-King/Gwinnett Event Photography & Glorious Glow Candle Co.

Gwinnett Event Photography offers a full menu of services documenting everything from corporate events, to sports, to private parties. Other services include: headshots, environmental portraits, marketing and promotional photography, conferences, conventions, ribbon cuttings, lectures, concerts, and more. Gwinnett Event Photography can also provide photo entertainment for parties such as photo booths, flipbooks, and green screen photo booths

Glorious Glow Candle Co. offers premium soy blend artisan candles, with coreless, cotton flat braid wicks, dye free and are hand-poured. Classic scents are available year-round, and seasonal blends rotate quarterly. They also accommodate custom orders and can put your logo on a candle to send to your client as a thank you gift (perfect for a realtor), or used as a wedding favor.

Patricia J. Royak, CEO of Royak Consulting

December 18, 2020 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Patricia J. Royak, CEO of Royak Consulting

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Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.

This series is presented by C-A-B Incorporated. Since 1982, C-A-B Incorporated has been a pre-eminent leader in manufacturing and global sourcing of precision machined iron and steel products serving infrastructure, hydraulics, automotive, rail, and a variety of other industries. As a woman-owned company, C-A-B is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the “Celebrating Powerhouse Women” series, bringing focus to the many incredible women in our community making things happen.

Patricia J. Royak/Royak Consulting

Royak Consulting helps build international omnichannel strategies to guide companies out of the pandemic. They develop strategies to reimagine the way they communicate, collaborate and compete seamless across all channels. With a sharp focus on telling a differentiated and authentic brand story, Royak Consulting helps clients tap into the emotional motivators of consumers who are purchasing products and services very differently post pandemic.

Blog: Authority Magazine August 2020 Female Disruptors

Press Release : Marquis Who’s Who Award June 2020

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Casey Clark & Rich Dobbs with Capital Restoration and Eric Alimena with Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation

December 17, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Casey Clark & Rich Dobbs with Capital Restoration and Eric Alimena with Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation

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Casey Clark, Rich Dobbs and Eric Alimena

Casey Clark & Rich Dobbs/Capital Restoration

Capital Restoration, headquartered in Marietta, GA is a General Contractor that specializes in commercial emergency restoration services such as fire, smoke, water, storm damage and Covid disinfecting for Atlanta and the entire Southeastern U.S. Their motto is “Problem Solved!”

Eric Alimena/Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation

Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation is an elite provider of professional, reliable, luxury transportation services worldwide, whose mission is to make a difference one person at a time by making life easier, creating peace of mind and generating unforgettable experiences.

Gwinnett Business Radio is presented by

Dawn Kirk with BestU4Life and Zachary Bennett with Reformation Productions

December 10, 2020 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Dawn Kirk with BestU4Life and Zachary Bennett with Reformation Productions

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Dawn Kirk/BestU4Life

Thump-thump. How healthy is your leadership? Thump-thump. How engaged is your team? Thump-thump. Is your organization thriving? Not sure? It’s time for a heart check-up. Dawn S. Kirk, owner and founder of BestU4Life, reveals her unique, people-first approach that has help countless leader build real-world influence and impact. No matter the problem, it can be solved through people. Let the Six Pulses of Heartbeat Leadership position you to empower yourself, engage your team, and impact your organization starting right now!

Zachary Bennett/Reformation Productions

Reformation Productions is a full-service marketing agency located in the North Atlanta metro area of Gwinnett County. They use a more scientific, proven approach to business communications and marketing. Partnering with companies to help them accomplish effective and efficient marketing by providing fresh ideas, creative design, and effective strategies that are designed to work against a backdrop of proven success in the traditions of business. No winging it. No guessing. No trying things out.

They are led by author and marketing executive B. Zachary Bennett (bzacharybennett.com) who also offers fractional chief marketing officer services, one-on-one consulting, and business coaching in addition to the services of the agency. He is also a partner with SCORE and the SBDC, providing for speaking engagements and workshops around the Southeast.

Gwinnett Business Radio is presented by

Sarah Appleton, Principal at Wallace Engineering

December 4, 2020 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Sarah Appleton, Principal at Wallace Engineering

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Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.

Sarah Appleton/Wallace Engineering

Wallace Engineering is a national engineering firm offering structural engineering, civil engineering, roofing inspections and landscape architecture – here in Atlanta we focus on Structural engineering. Our core focus is to Make Lives Better – we believe that everything we do should improve the lives of our employees, our clients, our firm, our profession and our communities.

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Sharon Cook, Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer with Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

November 13, 2020 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Sharon Cook, Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer with Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

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Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.

Sharon Cook/Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

Sharon Cook oversees the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta’s external affairs including, Corporate Communications, Marketing, and Government Relations functions. In her role, Cook directs Marketing and Brand Cultivation, External Communications, Internal Communications, Media Relations, Investor Relations, Reputational Risk, and Government and Industry Relations for the regional banker’s bank.

Cook joined FHLBank Atlanta in 2008 as Senior Marketing Communications Manager and earned promotions to Vice President and Director of Corporate Communications in 2011; First Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in 2015; and assumed her current role as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in 2020.

As an active volunteer in the community, Cook serves on the board of directors for the Partnership Against Domestic Violence; is a mentor for the WomenLead program at Georgia State University; is on the Georgia Bankers Association Women in Banking Committee; and has served on the Georgia Leadership Council Board for the Arthritis Foundation, chaired the marketing and publicity committee for the 25th Annual Hearts with Hope Gala, and co-chaired the Jingle Bell 5K Run in Atlanta.

Cook is a frequent speaker and thought leader on reputation risk management, including crisis communications specializing in cybersecurity response planning. She speaks to audiences about important considerations when preparing a crisis plan such as a crisis team, community relationships, and social and traditional media presence. She also speaks frequently at women in finance events on issues important to women in leadership, as well as issues facing emerging leaders. Cook is well-regarded throughout the banking industry for her strategic communications and marketing expertise. She delivers her presentations with warmth, wit, and candor and is frequently invited to speak at banking trade association meetings and other industry events.

Cook earned a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Mass Communications and Marketing from Georgia State University, and a Master of Business Administration in Organizational Leadership.

About Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

Federal Home Bank of Atlanta is a cooperative financial services organization that provides funding, community development grants, and other banking services to member financial institutions in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The Bank is one of 11 district banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System. Since 1990, the FHLBanks have awarded approximately $5.8 billion in Affordable Housing Program funds, assisting more than 865,000 households.

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Gale Higginbotham with the Gwinnett County Police Department

November 6, 2020 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Gale Higginbotham with the Gwinnett County Police Department

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Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.

Gale Higginbotham/Gwinnett County Police Department

Assistant Chief Gale Higginbotham commands the the Criminal Investigation Division for the Gwinnett County Police Department. This division includes criminal investigations, special investigations and the Crime Scene Unit.

She grew up in Gwinnett County and graduated from Meadowcreek High School. She went on to earn her Bachelors of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of North Georgia, and her Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Columbus State University in 2011. In 2014, she graduated from the 258^th Session of the FBI National Academy.

Assistant Chief Higginbotham began her career in 1996 and graduated from the 37^th Gwinnett County Police Academy. During her career, she worked in the Uniform Division at every rank to include Major. She worked as a DUI Task Force officer, a detective, and later a sergeant in the Criminal Investigation Division. She also worked as the Assistant Commander of the Special Operations Section where she oversaw operations for the Motor Unit, Accident Investigation Unit, Red Light Camera Unit, School Crossing Guards, and the Crime Prevention Unit.

Assistant Chief Higginbotham served as a Major for over seven years. She served as the precinct commander of both the Gwinnett County West and East Precincts. She also served as the Police Academy Director for two years.

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