

Chuck Teliin with Valpak
Chuck Teliin is a Regional General Manager of Valpak managing 10 markets in six states. Prior to Valpak, Chuck was with AT&T Yellow Pages for over 26 years, first as a sales rep, then sales manager, and General Manager before rising to Regional Vice President. Chuck retired from AT&T in 2017.
You may have come to know Valpak as the “coupon mailer people” and you wouldn’t be wrong. Since 1968, Valpak has been mailing coupons to consumers to save them money and support small, local businesses in communities throughout North America. That’s what they were. Valpak has grown up, just as a teenager develops into a confident adult. Today, Valpak is a full-service marketing agency. We provide industry leading, traditional and digital marketing solutions to local and national businesses. With Valpak, you’ll still find the coupons that they’re known for, only now you’ll find them online and in digital apps as well as in our iconic Blue Envelope®. We mail to 38 million homes and drive over 11 million in daily online traffic. From The Blue Envelope to website design, development and everything in between, Valpak supports small businesses with a full suite of innovative marketing services.
Call Valpak at 1-866-235-0870 or visit them at www.valpak.com/advertise.
Michael Blake with Brady Ware & Company
Michael Blake is a Director of Brady Ware & Company. Mike specializes in the valuation of intellectual property-driven firms, such as software firms, aerospace firms and professional services firms, most frequently in the capacity as a transaction advisor, helping clients obtain great outcomes from complex transaction opportunities. Mike is also a specialist in the appraisal of intellectual properties as stand-alone assets, such as software, trade secrets, and patents.
He has been a full-time business appraiser for 13 years with public accounting firms, boutique business appraisal firms, and an owner of his own firm. Prior to that, he spent 8 years in venture capital and investment banking, including transactions in the U.S., Israel, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.
Brady Ware & Company is a regional full-service accounting and advisory firm which helps businesses and entrepreneurs make visions a reality. Brady Ware services clients nationally from its offices in Alpharetta, GA; Columbus and Dayton, OH; and Richmond, IN. The firm is growth minded, committed to the regions in which they operate, and most importantly, they make significant investments in their people and service offerings to meet the changing financial needs of those they are privileged to serve. The firm is dedicated to providing results that make a difference for its clients.
Mike is the Host of Decision Vision, a podcast series focusing on critical business decisions and brought to you by Brady Ware & Company. Decision Vision is produced and broadcast by Business RadioX®.




Phil Calvert was born in Huntsville, AL. His entrepreneurial spirit was evident as a young boy when he saved his allowance to buy a flower seed selling kit from an ad in Boy Scouts magazine. At the age of 8, Phil started his sales career, selling flower seeds door to door. From flower seeds he went to having his own paper route and selling everything from tennis rackets to reptiles, calling cards and cars. Phil cut his teeth in the highly competitive field of direct marketing with Automotive Income Management (AIM) in 1995. AIM was the first company to send credit bureau based pre- approved, bank backed auto loan offers to people via mail. Phil experienced a culture of camaraderie, high energy, and results-based compensation. After 1 1⁄2 years, Phil left AIM when ownership shifted to a less positive work environment by dramatically cutting the pay plan. Determined to create his own vision of direct marketing, Pinnacle Direct Marketing opened its doors on March 1st, 1997. At that time, Pinnacle was solely a sub-prime direct mail shop. It has since grown to have a diverse client base with a strategic, effective and technology based marketing service. Pinnacle Direct offers everything from a simple postcard to Omni-channel marketing programs that create and manage leads from inception to close.
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Jacob Fann is the CEO and Founder of Fanntastic Media, which has elevated over 90 businesses to a greater level of success. Gross revenues from his combined clients total over 32 million and that number continues to grow with his customized marketing strategies. He specializes in social media marketing; creating powerful brand presence, capturing new customers and finding untapped markets by optimizing target marketing and social media algorithms that results in higher conversion rates and increased sales.
Gelie Akhenblit is the CEO/Founder of Networking Phoenix, the largest professional organization in the Valley with over 40K members. She is who you engage with when you understand the value of that “one connection” that can change the trajectory of everything. Gelie consults business owners on strategic business development and relationship marketing, as well as facilitates high-level warm introductions and runs influence marketing campaigns through her own media channels. A seasoned presenter, one of Gelie’s favorite accolades was being invited to share her message on a TEDx stage. As her tagline goes “Who do you want to meet? I’ll introduce you.”
An experienced Real Estate Broker since 2005, Patrick Davis is committed to his clients best interests and to providing a smooth transaction before, during and after the sale of the home. His mission is simple; to provide a world class buying and selling experience to each of his clients, while ensuring the highest level of communication and the most advanced technology in the marketplace.
Howell Cheek joined Sigrist, Cheek, Potter & Huyser, PLLC as managing partner in 1998 after five years as President and CEO of a Tempe-based electronics manufacturing firm. Prior to that, Mr. Cheek was Chief Financial Officer for a major real estate acquisition and development company, as well as Vice- President, Tax Manager for a large financial institution. Mr. Cheek passed the CPA exam in 1983, and holds a Bachelor of Science-Business Administration degree and a Masters of Science degree in Accounting.
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As an author, speaker, coach and workshop facilitator on a mission to let women know they are not alone, Maria Tomas-Keegan knows from experience about life’s upside-down moments, and she’s here to help other women turn right side up again. Her new book, “Upside Down to Right Side Up: Turning Transition into Triumph,” is coming out in October.

Dre Harris, Chief Ideation Executor, with Duolos Consulting, comes from a very common, but challenging upbringing and it’s by the grace of God alone that he is on the mic today in his right mind and all the way turned up. He is a God-fearing husband and father, entrepreneur, meaningful member of Church On Mill, and definitely different than whatever you would consider normal. Dre is relentlessly committed to capital T Truth, with his greatest motivations in life being to glorify Christ, enjoy him forever, and to not waste this life.
Dominique Mattessino, Chief Realization Specialist, with Doulos Consulting, was born and raised in New Jersey and migrated to Arizona with her significant other in 2013. She
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Zach is currently an incoming Freshmen at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California. He will be majoring in Business Management- Entrepreneurship. 

The founders of PSA – Ken Adams and David Bryson met at a networking group and founded the Phoenix Speaking Academy after noticing how many people struggled
when speaking in public. They have been in the entertainment business for over 30 years and now combine their skill, knowledge and expertise into workshops and seminars tailored to helping people become more confident in their public speaking abilities and grow as individuals and professionals. Their mission is to help you overcome stage fright and provide you with the tools and techniques you need to become a dynamic speaker, empowered with confidence and skills to prepare, present and deliver powerful speeches and presentations that educate, inform, and engage audiences of all sizes.


Kristi Henry and her husband, Alan, have explored 6 continents and will be sailing to Antarctica in February 2019. With an extreme passion for travel, they left their careers to help other couples and families experience the exhilaration, personal growth and connectedness they have experienced over the past 30 years. Kristi is an exceptional travel planner who listens, researches and helps you create your masterpiece vacation at a phenomenally affordable price.



It’s often said that entrepreneurs are born and not made, and that certainly holds true for David Hash. Starting when he was a teenager, David has been a visionary, creating customized solutions for businesses to improve efficiencies and increase revenue opportunities. Across his career, he has spearheaded three business ventures covering a range of expertise areas including manufacturing, project management, product development, e-commerce, and staffing and recruiting. His longest-running success story is Continuum Consulting, whose staffing specialists adeptly match IT and finance professionals with leading companies to build win-win relationships.
Kendall Jones is the Community Outreach Manager for Local First Arizona. She is an ASU Alumna, Public Allies Alum, and bridges the two communities of education and social justice through her work everyday. Kendall sees strength in collaboration and is committed to bringing equity to every Arizonan.














