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Exploring Community Collaborations E26

November 8, 2022 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

Exploring Community Collaborations E26

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Cox Communications is committed to creating more moments of real human connection. We bring people closer to family and friends through technology that’s inspired by a culture that puts people first, and we’re always working to improve life in the communities we serve.

Our world-class broadband applications and services are helping create smart homes and smart cities that will bring more comfort, convenience, security, entertainment and connectivity to the lives of the people we serve.

Our company is full of dreamers and doers; people who make plans and who make things happen. And, of course, people who have fun doing it.

Jeannine Watanabe is a result driven leader with deep expertise in technical solutions, strategic planning, finance, and project management. Her engaging leadership style is bolstered by exceptional relationship and communication skills.

Joining Cox in 2006, Jeannine Watanabe has held several positions including Director of Network Operations, Director of Infrastructure, Senior Manager of Application Development and Project Manager. Currently Jeannine is responsible for 27 Network Engineering Facilities and a team of 80 people that deliver Cox Business and Residential Services to their customers.

She is adept at leveraging numbers to drive business decisions, while creating a culture of accountability. She won a Synergy Award for her Leadership in 2016. Prior to Cox, Jeannine worked for Sprint as Program Manager working on billing systems and prior to that was an Oracle DBA working on Linux building retail websites.

Jeannine is passionate about community service and serves on the Board of the Children’s Cancer Network, where she leads the Governance Committee. The organization serves children and their families who have been impacted by cancer by providing support services with the intention to ensure each family realizes that they are not alone in their fight against cancer.

She has also joined the board of Junior Achievement to help achieve their mission to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy, as well as the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce DEI Committee.

Connect with Jeannine on LinkedIn.

About Our Sponsor

SciTech Institute™ was established as the Arizona Technology Council Foundation as the conduit for collaboration among STEM industry, academia, civic, and non-profit organizations in Arizona. Now, rebranded and named the SciTech Institute™ the goal centers around aligning assets and resources to motivate individuals to pursue STEM-related educational and career paths or find a passion while engaged in community events during the SciTech Festival.

The Chief Science Officer program highlights the 6th-12th graders that have been selected as leaders in their schools and communities to receive training to build a world-class community of diverse STEM-literate workers and knowledgeable, engaged citizens. Science For All allows for tax credit donations to provide engaging experiences for students while RAIN (Rural Activation Innovation Network) focuses on resources for the rural areas of Arizona.

As a STEM Learning Ecosystem, SciTech Institute™ focuses on collaboration and connecting individuals with opportunities! STEM Professionals are encouraged to engage with the future workforce by serving as a mentor, leadership coach, panelist, keynote and session trainer during a variety of conferences hosted or sponsored by SciTech Institute™ and The Arizona Technology Council.

Teachers and Administrators are invited to connect with the resources available while activating a large network of STEM champions for student projects, judges at events, volunteers, exhibitors and more. SciTech Festival Event Coordinators are supported during the planning and execution of community STEM events around the state by the SciTech STREET Team Members and the growing network of volunteers. The possibilities are endless! SciTech Institute™ looks forward to connecting with you today. Visit SciTechInstitute.org today for more information.

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About Your STEM Unplugged Hosts

After grow up in rural New York and joining the United States Army, Kelly Greene learned quickly to adapt to her surroundings to be successful. She attended Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio to earn her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education.

She also enlisted in the United States Army and after graduating from training, Kelly traveled the world with the military. While stationed in Misawa, Japan, she fell in love with learning about cultures around the world. Even as a deployed Soldier during Operation Iraqi Freedom for two tours, she found opportunities to connect with the local children to form the Victory Base Council Girl Scouts with her fellow servicemen.

In 2013, she was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and traveled the country by air. During this deployment, she had the opportunity to utilize the most advanced technologies available to the tactical HUMINT operations in theater. Upon return from combat, she retired with 21 years of service and began teaching. From 6th grade Math to 7th grade STEM, Kelly used her enthusiastic nature combined with her strong classroom management to design curriculum based on the Engineering Design Process!

Now, as the Chief Operating Officer at SciTech Institute, Kelly is excited to serve the communities in Arizona and beyond to share their interest in STEM!

Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn.

Claire Conway serves as the Arizona STEM Ecosystem Programs Manager at SciTech Institute. In her role, she collaborates with STEM partners in industry, education, nonprofit, government, and community organizations across Arizona to develop regional STEM hubs that connect and align efforts in our local communities.

She also coordinates statewide working groups on the future STEM workforce and STEM programming in Arizona libraries. As a facilitator of the Arizona STEM Ecosystem, she is a connection point between students such as the Chief Science Officers, educators, out-of-school programs, workforce opportunities, and industry experts.

Claire holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California, where she conducted research in biomaterials and nanomedicine and coordinated volunteer programming for the university. An Arizona native and lifelong STEM enthusiast, she is passionate about fostering a STEM community where ALL students are able to chase their passions and access the many
opportunities our state has to offer.

Connect with Claire on LinkedIn.

LIVE from SOAHR 2022: Akilah Charlemagne, Cox Communications and SHRM-Atlanta

August 3, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

LIVE from SOAHR 2022: Akilah Charlemagne, Cox Communications and SHRM-Atlanta

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Akilah Charlemagne, HR Business Partner Director at Cox Communications and President of SHRM-Atlanta, chatted with host John Ray LIVE during the SOAHR 2022 conference for SHRM-Atlanta. She shared that she is celebrating her third anniversary with Cox and talked about her passion for career development and leadership coaching, her career path, her decision to invest in SHRM-Atlanta and her certification, the connections she has cultivated, her tenure as president, and much more.

This show was originally broadcast live from SOAHR 2022, the annual conference of SHRM-Atlanta, held at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia on July 27th and 28th, 2022.

North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Akilah Charlemagne, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, HCS, FPC, President, SHRM-Atlanta

Akilah Charlemagne is an influential Human Resources Business Partner and Relationship Builder with 22 years of experience working with Technology, Higher Education, Healthcare and Non-Profit organizations. Akilah’s passion and purpose is to create remarkable experiences where professionals feel safe, energized, and empowered to take risks and propel their careers!

Akilah founded Career Lemonade in 2019, where she partners with professionals and entrepreneurs who are looking to make a shift while increasing their confidence and supporting them in making better Career & Business decisions.

She earned her BA in International Relations with a minor in Spanish from Mount Holyoke College. Akilah serves as the President for SHRM-Atlanta and is the Co-Founder of ATL HR CREW.

Akilah was born in St. Vincent & the Grenadines, grew up in New York City, and has lived in Atlanta (off and on) since 2001. Her LIFE and WORK principles include “Be Positive. . .Be Authentic. . .Be Resourceful. . .Be BOLD and Pay it Forward!”

Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

SHRM-Atlanta is one of the largest chapters of SHRM and shares its purpose of elevating the HR profession. As a leader in the Atlanta metro business community, SHRM-Atlanta strives to be the premier resource for those working in and supporting the human resource function. SHRM-Atlanta’s predominant goal is to be the voice of HR in metro Atlanta and be the first contact for those seeking information and solutions.

This will be achieved through the growth and diversity of members, education, and delivery of content, and by strengthening partnerships with organizations that share its vision.

Website | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

Akilah’s work at Cox
Her HR Journey
Her experience with SHRM-Atlanta
SOAHR 2022

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Special thanks to A&S Culinary Concepts for their support of this edition of North Fulton Business Radio. A&S Culinary Concepts, based in Johns Creek, is an award-winning culinary studio, celebrated for corporate catering, corporate team building, Big Green Egg Boot Camps, and private group events. They also provide oven-ready, cooked-from-scratch meals to go they call “Let Us Cook for You.” To see their menus and events, go to their website or call 678-336-9196.

Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 2

May 18, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Junko's Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 2

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Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour is brought to you by Fujiyama Wealth Management.

Karen Grinzaid is Executive Director of JScreen, a national online Jewish genetic disease carrier screening program based out of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. Karen has been part of the Emory Genetics team since 1986. She has extensive experience in prenatal, pediatric and adult genetic counseling, newborn screening, and Jewish genetic disease screening. She also serves as Instructor and mentor in Emory’s Masters in Genetic Counseling training program. Karen received her B.A. in Psychology from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL and her M.S. in Human Genetics from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. She is certified in genetic counseling by the American Board of Medical Genetic and in clinical research by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals.

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Lynn Goldman is a leader in creating Georgia’s public policies and laws affecting children. She joined Claiborne, Fox, and Bradley in 2014 after building a career as a child welfare lawyer and mediator for the previous 17 years. After experiencing infertility herself in 2002 she was excited to work with other families on their family building journey.

Lynn’s passion for family law began long before attending law school. Upon graduation from the University of Alabama with a degree in Social Work, Lynn worked as a child protection case manager with the Clayton County Department of Family and Children Services. As a case manager, Lynn approved the first same sex adoption in Clayton County in 1994.

Wanting to be a greater advocate for Georgia’s children, Lynn attended law school at the University of Georgia. While at UGA, she published an article on Munchausen by Proxy in the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Journal.

Upon graduation, Lynn began her legal career as an attorney with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, where she handled a variety of cases including domestic violence divorces, child welfare cases, public benefit appeals and landlord tenant issues. During her years at Legal Aid, Ms. Goldman successfully defended a dependency case before the Georgia Court of Appeals.

From 2005 until 2010 Lynn served as the Managing Attorney for the One Child, One Lawyer Program where she trained, mentored, and supervised attorneys who volunteered to serve as child advocates in dependency cases.

Seeing mediation as a useful tool in domestic and juvenile court cases, Lynn became a registered dependency, delinquency and domestic relations mediator with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. She has been mediating for the past 11 years throughout Georgia.

As Lynn’s reputation for being an effective mediator grew, she was given a grant with the Supreme Court Committee on Justice for Children to promote the use of mediation in Georgia’s juvenile courts. Her grant has been renewed for the past five years. With this grant Lynn has drafted Georgia’s laws on juvenile mediation and developed guidelines and training requirements for juvenile mediators. She has testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, helped to develop mediation programs throughout Georgia and has trained countless judges, attorneys and mediators on the use of mediation in juvenile court.

Lynn also recently served as the Program Coordinator for the Fulton Juvenile Court Deprivation Mediation Program, where she supervised mediators who handled deprivation and guardianship termination cases.

On multiple occasions Lynn served as a legal expert and guest commentator for “In Session” television on cases involving child abuse prosecutions. Lynn enjoys spending her free time with her husband and their twins. They are active members at Temple Sinai.

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Robin Sangston is Vice President and Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer for Cox Communications, Inc. She leads the company’s Ethics and Compliance organization, which is responsible for the company’s Ethics and Doing Business Right compliance program. In addition, she has responsibility for privacy, antitrust compliance and employment law. In 2015, Cox was a recipient of a MARCOM award – Platinum Winner – for its Code of Conduct.

Robin is a native of Washington, D.C. where her father was an announcer for NBC and Voice of America. She received her B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania where she was a member of the Mortar Board Honor Society. She received her J.D., with high honors, from George Washington Law School where she graduated Order of the Coif and was a member of the Law Review. She practiced First Amendment law with a D.C. firm before joining Cox in 1995.

Robin is passionate about helping people succeed at Cox, in the legal profession and in the community. She recently served as founding co-Chair of Cox’s Women’s Employee Resource Group, which has over 1,100 members, and is the Executive Sponsor of Cox Enterprises’ 25 year-long mentoring relationship with Chamblee High School in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition, she currently serves on the board of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. She is also board President of Jerusalem House, Atlanta’s oldest and largest provider of free and subsidized housing and wrap around services to HIV/AIDS infected individuals and their families.

Robin has also served on numerous boards that promote diversity, inclusion and equality for everyone, including Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT), Cable Positive, The Atlanta Legal Diversity Consortium, Page Turners Make Great Learners, the Atlanta Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and the Boy Scouts of America, Atlanta Area Council, where she focused on the Scout Reach program to bring scouting to underprivileged youth in Atlanta.

She is also an active mentor and participates in many formal and informal mentoring relationships, including the Pathbuilders Achieva mentoring program, the Georgia Association of Women Lawyer’s Leadership Academy, the J. Mack Robinson College of Business women’s mentoring program, WICT’s mentoring program and various Cox mentoring programs.

Robin is a graduate of the Class of 2014 of Leadership Atlanta.

She has been recognized nationally and locally for her leadership and efforts to advance others by various organizations, including WICT, the Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Association of Corporate Counsel, Atlanta Chapter, Counsel on Call, OnBoard, Womenetics, and the Atlanta Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League.

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Continuous Accounting

March 16, 2017 by angishields

Cause And Affect

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UHY Advisors

Matt Cagwin / First Data Corporation
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

Matt began his career at Arthur Andersen and KPMG in Atlanta Georgia providing attest services to public and private clients in the manufacturing and technology industries.

Matt joined Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) in 2004 and held various progressive roles, including from 2010 through 2014 Vice President of Finance Services and Strategic Finance Initiatives, based in London, England. In this role, he is responsible for leading a 200-person accounting team, and overseeing a 200-person outsource contract with Capgemini (based in Krakow, Poland and Chennai, India). Matt also led CCE’s Finance Transition program, which was responsible for transitioning the majority of CCE’s in-country accounting activities to a captive shared service centre in Sofia, Bulgaria.

In 2014, Matt joined First Data as the Vice President, Financial Reporting, Policy and Sarbanes Oxley. In this role, Matt successfully transitioned his team from Denver, Colorado to Atlanta, Georgia. In 2015, Matt assumed the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and played an active role in FDC’s Initial Public Offering.

Matt holds a bachelor and master’s degrees in accounting from Florida State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Tammie Coley / Cox Communications
Executive Director, Enterprise Accounting, Financial Systems & Compliance

For more than 20 years, Tammie Coley has been an innovator and organizational architect in developing enterprise-wide strategies for the implementation of leading practices in the accounting function. Coley joined Cox Communications in 2003 and is currently the Executive Director, Enterprise Accounting and Internal Controls Governance where she oversees the accounting and internal controls governance functions. During her tenure, Ms. Coley provided the vision and leadership that lead to the successful transformation of Cox’s Accounts Payable function, reducing costs by more than 60%. She also successfully transformed the monthly accounting cycle generating more timely financial statements with greater consistency and accuracy while reducing the costs of the accounting function. Furthermore, Ms. Coley led the initiative to shift Cox’s compliance function to an enterprise-wide internal controls governance function incorporating the 2013 updates to the COSO framework.

Brad Baer / UHY Advisors
Managing Director

Brad Baer is a Managing Director in the Management & Technology Consulting group of the firm in the Southeast, which provides high-value consultative services to help clients meet their business, accounting and finance objectives. He is responsible for client service, client management, solution creation and delivering process improvement expertise to help clients enhance and sustain gains in their businesses. Brad has more than 20 years of experience in all facets of finance and accounting, management, client service and operations.

Andrew Borsuk / UHY Advisors
Business Development Director

Andrew Borsuk is a Business Development Director for UHY Advisors in the Southeast, which provides high-value consultative services to help clients meet their business, accounting, and finance objectives. He serves clients nationwide, bringing expertise in business development and relationship building across all the practice areas covered by UHY Advisors. Andrew has more than 20 years of diverse professional experience.

AGLCC Procurement Spotlight

July 22, 2016 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

AGLCC Procurement Spotlight

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On July’s episode of Midtown Business Radio with Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (AGLCC) co-hosts, Emma Foulkes, of Foulkes & Steele Wealth Management, and Bruce Logue, of Corbell Group–Keller Williams, hosted Sandy Mollett, of First Data, Dan Dunlop, of Dunlop Productions, and former AGLCC President, Sheila Merritt.

One of the highlights of the show focused on the recent Procurement Spotlight hosted by Cox Communications. Dan Dunlop talked about participating in the Shark Tank competition featuring 3 area businesses vying for the top spot, selected by Cox Communications executives doing the judging. The entrepreneurs had 5 minutes each to pitch their business solutions before the winner (Dan Dunlop) was selected.

The Procurement Spotlight allowed attendees to meet Cox Communications procurement executives and learn about supplier opportunities and hone their ability to share their businesses with prospective clients.

We were also joined by Sandy Mollett of First Data. First Data is a global leader in commerce-enabling technology and solutions, serving approximately six million business locations and 4,000 financial institutions in 118 countries around the world. The company’s 24,000 owner-associates are dedicated to helping companies, from start-ups to the world’s largest corporations, conduct commerce every day by securing and processing more than 2,500 transactions per second and $1.9 trillion per year. Around the world, First Data simplifies institutions and their customers.

Sandy shared how First data is hosting AGLCC University on August 2nd for networking with First Data’s SVP of Strategic Sourcing and members of his team. Stay for a dynamic presentation of small businesses pitching for a Small Business Extreme Makeover and learn how they’re preparing their businesses for the next wave of growth!

Emma and Bruce were also very pleased to re-introduce Sheila Merritt, a former President of AGLCC, who is coming back to the AGLCC leadership team as Corporate Partner Relationship Manager to foster relationships with enterprises in the community and promote engagement with LGBTBE entrepreneurs.

Special Guests:

Sheila Merritt, Corporate Partner Relationship Manager, AGLCC

Sandy Mollett, SVP, Strategy & Programs / Co-Chair, Atlanta Diversity & Cultural Council, First Data

Dan Dunlop, Founder/President, Dunlop Productions

DeKalb Business Today “Lunch Hour” – December 11, 2015

December 11, 2015 by angishields

Dekalb Business Radio

DeKalb Business Today "Lunch Hour" - December 11, 2015

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On this edition of DeKalb Business Today, host Jason Becknell explores a unique investment opportunity: the cannabis industry. Derwin Wallace joins the show to discuss where medical marijuana laws stand here in Georgia and how the changing laws here and across the country could mean big bucks for cannabis investors.

Derwin Wallace/President & CEO of Investor Webcast

Investor relations, financial communications and finance professional at companies which include Canna Investor Relations, First Data, National Association of Investor Corps., ResCare, The Home Depot, Cox Communications, Isle of Capri Casinos and Chatfield Dean Investment Banking.

I am bringing my Fortune 500 Company investor relations experience to the CANNA industry.

Founder

Canna Investor Relations, Funding, Webcast & Conferencing

July 2014 – Present (1 year 6 months)Greater Atlanta Area

•Canna investor relations consulting (e.g. earnings, press releases, investor communications, investor roadshows

•Canna funding via hedge funds, private equity, foreign/domestic family offices, venture capital and public

•Increase canna publicly-traded companies’ liquidity, awareness, and exposure.

•Project management, sales, hosting, coordinating and marketing of the monthly Canna Investor Webcast &

•Connect canna publicly-traded companies with investors, analysts, and financial media.

Please visit:

CANNA INVESTOR WEBCAST (www.cannawebcast.com)

CANNA PUBLICLY-TRADED COMPANIES – INVESTOR CONFERENCE (www.cannainvestorconference.com)

Director of Canna Investor Conference – Independent Contractor

Benzinga

May 2014 – July 2014 (3 months)Greater Denver Area

My responsibilities included hosting, coordinating and sales for Canna Investor Conference in Denver, CO on June

29 – July 1, 2014, where we connected industry privately-held and publicly traded companies with industry investors.

Director of Investor Relations / Financial Communications

First Data Corporation

October 2012 – December 2013 (1 year 3 months)Greater Atlanta Area

•Support the Executive Committee and Head of Investor Relations in all aspects of the Investor Relations program.

•The preparation of official company disclosures (press release, presentations, transcripts, annual reports,etc).

•Track sell-side consensus and compare to internal forecasts, creating a plan of action if necessary to alter external

•Establish and maintain effective relations with sell-side analysts and investors.

•Acting as day to day contact and provide responses to questions and information requests from the financial community including investors and analysts.

•Act as internal consultant for the Company regarding financial markets, as well as industry and competitor

•Prepare Q&A for deals, events, company news, etc.

•Organization and/or management of logistics for earnings and other releases, investor day(s), investor meetings.

•Accompany executive management or other company executives on roadshows and broker conferences.

•Planning for company attendance/presentations/investor meetings at conferences.

•Prepare PowerPoint presentations and related material for investor and media meetings.

•Share internal responsibility for the regular update and maintenance of the Investor Relations website.

•Maintain databases of investors, analysts and media.

Director of Corporate Development & Investor Relations

BetterInvesting

February 2010 – October 2012 (2 years 9 months)Detroit, MI

•Responsible for corporate investor relations for one of the largest retail investor organizations in the U.S.

•Main point of contact for retail investors who collectively invest $75M monthly with a portfolio value of $70B.

•Create specialized programs that help corporations meet their retail investor targeting goals.

•Work closely with publicly traded companies CEO, CFO, V.P of IR, V.P. of Marketing and V.P. of Public Relations to expand retail investor targeting efforts.

•Coordinate investor conferences (physical and virtual).

•Identify opportunities for corporations to gain retail investor exposure via conferences, website, virtual presentations and webinars, magazine, direct mail and e-mail.

•Keep publicly traded companies apprised of new product and service offerings to reach the retail investor

•Assist corporations with event coordination to present investor presentation to large retail investor audience.

•Expand client base of publicly traded companies.

•Develop marketing collateral and presentation materials to attract publicly traded companies.

•Produce weekly closed and forecasted revenue reports and annual departmental budget reports.

•Create specific reports for corporation’s senior management team to gauge exposure impact.

Director of Investor Relations / Financial Communications

ResCare

June 2007 – January 2010 (2 years 8 months)Louisville, KY

•Develop, or support the development of various communication materials, such as quarterly earnings announcements and releases, conference call scripts, Q&A, investor presentations.

•Provide ongoing, direct interface with institutional and retail investors, and research analysts.

•Company, peer and industry performance, research and analysis.

•Keeping senior management and Board of Directors informed regarding capital / debt market issues and trends.

•Company presentations at investor conferences, road-shows, one-on-ones and analyst day.

•Annual Meeting coordination.

•Main point of contact for buy-side and industry sell-side.

•Institutional, retail investor targeting and shareholder identification.

•Oversee Investor Relations and Corporate Governance website content.

•Communicate regarding the company’s current events, strategic objectives and investment community perceptions; present appropriate guidance (within the confines of Regulation Fair Disclosure) to the investment community regarding the company’s operating results, business strategies and effects of special developments.

•Act as an internal consultant by bringing industry and competitor information and perspectives from the investment community to management.

•Direct and execute the collection, analysis, and presentation of feedback to the company of investors perceptions and opinion’s, analyst’s positions and summaries, relative stock price movements, and periodic ownership analysis.

•Identify the core messages, appropriate information content and optimal positioning to obtain an accurate valuation of the company in the market.

•Analyze quarterly results and compile relevant information for use at the quarterly conference call with analysts/investors and throughout the quarter during regular discussions with investors.

•Review and analyze external research reports and earnings models.

Director of Financial Planning & Analysis / Financial Controller

Isle of Capri Casino

October 2004 – September 2006 (2 years)Biloxi, MS

•Manage the planning and analysis function (e.g. gaming analysis, strategic planning, budgeting, marketing)

•Preparing, updating and improving financial models for monthly and quarterly P&L forecasting.

•Budget vs. Actual variance analysis.

•Financial statement review.

•Management reporting at each monthly and quarterly-end.

•Create quarterly forecasts, annual budget and 5 year strategic plan.

•Generate reports, graphs, and financial metrics.

•Calculation of DCF, NPV, IRR, ROI, ROA etc.

•Review and edit UK section of the 10Q, 10K / Annual Report.

•Create Board of Directors quarterly meeting presentation materials.

•Monitor debt and debt compliance at United Kingdom subsidiaries.

•Generate CAPEX reports and monitor actual to plan variances for new casino development projects.

•Development of measurable objectives or Key Performing Indicators (KPI’s).

•Perform sensitivity, regression, customer and profitability analysis.

Investor Relations/ Financial Communications – Senior Analyst

Cox Communications

April 2003 – October 2004 (1 year 7 months)Greater Atlanta Area

•Support the corporate goal of ensuring that market valuations for company debt and equity accurately reflect the value of its future earnings.

•Company, peer and industry performance, research and analysis.

•Point of contact for all prospective investor’s, proactively build relationships with investment community, including buy/sell side analysts and institutional/retail investors.

•Assist in the development of key messages and communication materials for earnings releases, earnings conference calls, annual reports, investor meetings/presentations, BOD meetings and industry events.

•Develop and coordinate company outreach to target list of institutional investors.

•Review analyst’s reports on company, peers and competitors and report findings to senior management.

•Monitor peers and competitor’s earnings conference calls and relay key messages to senior management.

•Monitor ratings and earnings estimates from sell-side analysts and stock market activity.

•Determine which institutions, were buying and selling company stock.

•Manage investor relations section of company web-site and planning of annual shareholder meeting and analyst

•Assist in ensuring compliance with disclosure requirements through adherence to Regulation FD, Sarbanes-Oxley, and SEC requirements (10-Qs, 10-Ks, proxies).

•Keeping senior management and Board of Directors informed regarding capital / debt market issues and trends.

•Company presentations at investor conferences, road-shows one-on-ones and analyst day.

Investor Relations / Financial Communications – Analyst

Home Depot

July 1995 – April 2003 (7 years 10 months)Greater Atlanta Area

•Evaluate and critique twenty-four Wall Street analyst’s financial models and relay key assumptions to senior

•Analyzing and summarizing research on an extensive list of customers, suppliers, and peers as well as the industry

•Maintaining industry competitor analysis to track the trading performance of industry peers, key suppliers and customers, and track analyst consensus estimates.

•Assisting in the quarterly earnings process which includes creating and/or editing scripts, earnings releases and

•Maintaining the online investor database and assist with investor targeting analyses.

•Assisting the team with participation in analyst conferences and investor meetings which involves preparing investor summaries, press releases, slide presentations, and coordinating the details for our participation with

•Managing investor relations website and respond to email requests.

•Assisting in the coordination of our major annual investor and analyst event.

•Development of quarterly presentations for Board of Directors meetings.

•Development of investor kit and investor fact sheet materials for investors and analyst.

Equity Capital Markets Analyst

Chatfield Dean Investment Banking

January 1992 – July 1995 (3 years 7 months)Greater Atlanta Area

•Assist in structuring, marketing and distribution of all public equity offerings (initial public offerings, secondary transactions and convertible equity offerings).

•Compiling industry and company information and conducting detailed financial and public offering data analysis.

•Development of presentations for road-shows to Corporate Investment Banking clients.

•Summarization of broader market conditions and compilation of institutional investor feedback and historical transaction pricing metrics.

•Assist in the use and building of financial models (depicting a company’s historical and future results).

•Analyze companies’ financial performance (ratio analysis) and operational performance.

•Assist with financial valuation (M&A valuation, comps, LBO, DCF, projections).

•Assisting with preparation of marketing materials (pitch book, prospectus, brochures, newsletters, fact sheets, etc.

•Organize and prepare presentations and participate in deal pitches (which explain industry trends, discuss client options, and recommend strategies to meet client goals).

Atlanta Corporate In House Counsel Winner

October 9, 2012 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Atlanta Corporate In House Counsel Winner

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Teresa Kennedy, Winner from the Atlanta Business Chronicle | Association of Corporate Counsel “ACC-GA” Atlanta Corporate In House Counsel Awards, joined us as a guest in the studio.

Teresa Kennedy/Cox Communications, Inc.

Teresa T. Kennedy is Assistant General Counsel for Cox Communications, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. Her responsibilities include providing legal counsel to Cox’s Content Acquisition Department and to Cox Media (Cox’s advertising sales subsidiary). Teresa received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” for the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Counsel Awards in recognition of contributions to the legal profession.

Teresa currently serves as a board member of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) National Board of Directors. She is past-president of ACC’s Georgia Chapter. Teresa has published numerous articles in the award-winning ACC Docket and in Corporate Counsel magazine on topics ranging from establishing work-life balance, building trust between inside and outside counsel, to evaluating and creating effective compliance programs.

Teresa received a Bachelors of Science Degree, with highest honors, from Auburn University. She is a 1981 graduate of the Vanderbilt University School of Law, where she served as Executive Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review and received awards in Moot Court and American Jurisprudence.