Fujiyama Wealth Management Archives

Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 8

November 20, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Junko's Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 8

00:00 /

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

Randy Kessler is the founding partner of Kessler & Solomiany Family Law Attorneys, a 30 person family law firm in Atlanta and is the author of many family law books including Divorce: Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future, The GA Library of Family Law Forms and How to Mediate a Divorce. He teaches Family Law Litigation at Emory School of Law and is the former Chair of the Family Law Sections of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia. Mr. Kessler has over 30 years of experience in domestic relations and family law matters including divorce, custody, paternity, prenuptial agreements and child support. He has lectured often for groups such as the ABA, AAML, AICPA, NACVA, IAAR, NFLPA, NBPA and many other local and non-local bar associations and groups in over twenty states and six different countries. Mr. Kessler is the Editor Emeritus of the Family Law Review for the State Bar of Georgia. He is a LinkedIn “Influencer” with over 400,000 followers and often appears as a contributor for national media such as Fox News, CNN, NBC and others. He is a graduate of Brandeis University and Emory University School of Law. He most recently Founded Starsona.com, the App and website to get personalized videos from your favorite Star. High profile divorce lawyer in Atlanta for about 30 years. Founding Partner of KS Family Law, a 30 person family law firm in Atlanta. Author: Divorce: Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future.

Follow Randy on Twitter.

Steve Kirson was born in Detroit, Michigan, was raised in Connecticut, and after receiving his Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1986, worked as a Human Resources professional for a major defense contractor in Connecticut with a broad range of responsibilities including employee benefits. He moved south and got out of the cold when he attended Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, where he graduated cum laude in 1992, the year he moved to Atlanta and was admitted to practice law in Georgia. Mr. Kirson practiced law with a national labor and employment firm where he had extensive alternate dispute resolution experience, and applies his experience to the employment and benefits issues affecting domestic relations cases, often involving mediation and as well as trial. Before practicing family law, Mr. Kirson was a series 7 licensed financial advisor with PaineWebber, which was acquired by UBS. He returned to the practice of law in 2003 and has practiced exclusively family law since that time, applying his knowledge gained in the financial services industry to the practice of family law where financial assets are often a significant component of negotiations, settlement, mediation and trial. Mr. Kirson joined Kessler & Solomiany, LLC in 2014. Mr. Kirson enjoys a broad range of family law cases, involving not only divorce but also post-judgment modification and enforcement, custody and support matters, preparation of prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements as well as preparing qualified domestic relations orders (QDRO’s) to divide retirement plan accounts. Mr. Kirson has experience with high net worth cases, using his skills and providing insightful and candid advice to bring his client’s legal issues to satisfactory resolution as efficiently as possible. He often works on cases involving complex financial issues, including the valuation and division of business interests, stock option division, and matters involving doctors, accountants and other professionals in cases involving complex discovery and the use of expert witnesses. He never forgets that as a family law practitioner, his clients are often going through the most difficult period in their lives and guides them through the process to be in as good a position to move forward when the case is concluded as can be achieved under the circumstances of each case. Mr. Kirson and his wife Amy have lived in Buckhead in the city of Atlanta since 1992. Their son Harris graduated from The Westminster Schools, where he played varsity baseball, before enrolling at the University of Georgia. Mr. Kirson enjoys films and is a member of the Evaluation Committee for the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. He was the President of the Tulane Alumni Club of Atlanta from 1997—2007, and is currently a Member of the Board of the Cornell Alumni Association of Atlanta. He was a founding Board Member and Treasurer of the Wesley Bohler Neighborhood Association and volunteers with Atlanta Lab Rescue. Mr. Kirson’s family are avid sports fans and are devoted to their adult adopted shelter and rescue dogs.

Follow KSA Family Law on Facebook.

JapanFest 2018

November 14, 2018 by angishields

The appearance of Business RadioX® at JapanFest 2018 was made possible by our sponsor, Fujiyama Wealth Management. To learn more about Fujiyama Wealth Management, connect with them on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Albert Ikeda, Fukuoka Organization

Andrea Spohn, Personal Banker – SunTrust Bank

Brian Cook, Corporate Trainer for Aflac

Carrie Woodcock, International Charter Academy of Georgia

Chris Harrison, Technology Consultant – Horizon River Tech

Deigratia Daniels, Project Manager – Futurus

Fisher London, Murakami Consulting

Greg Dilaura, Tombow USA

Jessica Cork, YKK Corporation of America

Jessica Darensbourg, IT Manager for Carter’s

Joneh Marhefk, Grad Student

Kimberly McCormick, CDC Intl. Budget Coordinator

Leyan Luke, Operations manager – Novis Creative

Maki Kuraoka, Kuraoka Clinic

Masae Okura, Taylor English Duma LLP

Michael Brookhart, Internal Auditor

Nathanael Porter, ARS Hvac, Media StudiesStudent

Paige Becquet, Flight Attendant for Delta

Quinton Pratt, IT Solutions

Roderick Thornton, Global Project Manager

Ruhani White, Artist

Wanda Smith, former healthcare worker

Yoshiro Yajima, Yajima Chiropractic

Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 7

October 28, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Junko's Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 7

00:00 /

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

Scott Price is the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at UPS.

As attorney licensed in Germany and the U.S., Sebastian Meis advises companies in corporate matters, particularly in the formation and restructuring of corporations and partnerships both in Germany and the U.S. Mr. Meis has represented German investment funds in corporate, tax and bank regulatory matters in connection with real estate, as well as oil and gas investments in the U.S. In addition, he has advised investors on the acquisition of businesses and restructuring of investments. He has extensive experience in advising companies as well as individuals in U.S. and Germany on complex visa issues and related international tax matters.

Follow Baker Donelson on Facebook and Twitter.

Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 6

September 28, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Junko's Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 6

00:00 /

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

Karen Cohen with Omiga, Inc. is a former educator, artist, writer and now, inventor of the Visulyzer™, an ocular scanning device for identifying and documenting signs of cognitive and physical impairment.

Follow Omiga on Facebook and Twitter.

Cara Convery is the Senior Assistant District Attorney with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.

Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 5

August 23, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Junko's Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 5

00:00 /

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

Ali Gellin, JapanFest, Inc. Ali moved to Japan after college in 2003 to work as a JET and learn Japanese language. Ali lived in Japan in Aomori, Mie, and Nagoya for a total of 12 years. She was originally inspired by the by kanji, Buddhism, and the thought that people think differently in Japan. By living in a small village in Aomori for 2 years, she learned the values of belonging to a community, unconditional respect, and cultural traditions. In her years in Japan, Ali was an English teacher, graduate student, interpreter, charity event organizer, intercultural exchange facilitator, fundraiser, yoga teacher, supporter, partner, and community member. Her experiences in Japan taught her volumes about community, culture, respect, and compassion. These experiences live with Ali today as she works to promote Japanese culture and intercultural exchange through JapanFest, and live these values in her daily life as a mother, wife, yoga teacher, and mental health counselor-in-training.

Follow JapanFest on Facebook.

Nausheen Punjani has a sales and biostatistics background and graduated from Emory University. She’s spearheaded large-scale public health projects for the CDC and consulted data governance systems to many healthcare organizations. Working with these organizations, she has collected years of customer development and branding experience and wanted to apply her skills in the event industry. At Stooge, she is in charge of developing customer relationships, culture, and resources. She also hosts a weekly podcast interviewing champions in the event industry.

Follow Stooge on Facebook and Twitter.

Sucheta Rawal is an award-winning food and travel writer, author, cooking instructor and philanthropist. As the founder and executive director of Go Eat Give, Sucheta’s personal mission is to raise awareness of global cultures through meaningful travel, good eating, and community interaction. She founded Go Eat Give as a blog in 2011, through which she wanted to educated readers about sustainable and volunteer traveling, learning about authentic cuisines, and engaging with locals. Go Eat Give is now a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit serving audiences across 120 countries.

Originally from India, Sucheta started discovering the world when she moved to United States at the age of seventeen. By the age of 23, she was teaching international cooking classes and writing restaurant reviews. She graduated from Georgia State University with a Masters in Finance and worked in investment banking, market research and human capital consulting. Her vacations to Russia and Morocco, where she volunteered at an orphanage and women’s empowerment center, inspired her to get out of the cubicle, and uncover facts of life by encountering everyday people around the world. Since then, she transitioned from being a tourist to a meaningful traveler. Her favorite things to do while traveling are – exploring neighborhoods, meeting locals, eating at nondescript eateries, and visiting markets.

Sucheta is author of a series of children’s illustrative books on travel called Beato Goes To. The stories are meant to inspire young readers to learn about different countries and cultures, as well as develop their own wanderlust. Beato Goes To Greenland, Beato Goes To Israel and Beato Goes To Indonesia are available at Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Books-A-Million and through the publisher, Mascot Books.

Sucheta was named “Georgia State University’s 40 Under 40 alumna” in 2018, “40 Under 40 best and the brightest” by Georgia Trend magazine in 2016, one of the five most influential bloggers on culture in the world by the Foundation of Florence, Italy in 2012. She was a finalist for the Atlanta Press Club 2012 Award of Excellence, and nominated for Caribbean Journalism Award 2015.

Sucheta is a member of Association of Food Bloggers, International Association of Culinary Professionals, Atlanta Food Blogger’s Society, Travel Bloggers Association, International Women Associates, Georgia Council for International Visitors, The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, The International Travel Writers Alliance, and the Atlanta Press Club. She resides in the suburbs of Atlanta with her husband and cat, Beato.

Follow Sucheta on Facebook and Twitter.

Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 4

July 30, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Junko's Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 4

00:00 /

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

As Senior Managing Shareholder at Baker Donelson, Ms. Linda Klein’s law practice includes business dispute prevention and resolution, contract law, and risk and crisis management. She also serves as an arbitrator and mediator to help other lawyer’s clients resolve their disputes. She is the Immediate Past President of the American Bar Association, the world’s largest voluntary professional organization. In 1998, following her term as the first woman to serve as president of the State Bar of Georgia, Georgia Trend Magazine named her one of the 100 most powerful and influential Georgians. She was just named Attorney of the Year by the region’s leading legal publication.

Connect with Linda on Twitter.

Lucie Ide is the Founder of Rimidi. Follow Lucie on Twitter.

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

00:00 /

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.

Follow JScreen on Facebook and Twitter.

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.

Follow Claiborne, Fox, and Bradley on Facebook and LinkedIn.

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.

Follow Cox Communications on Facebook and Twitter.

Junko’s Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 1

April 27, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Junko's Health, Wealth, and Happiness Hour Episode 1

00:00 /

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

Jewish Fertility Foundation (JFF) was “birthed” by Elana (Bekerman) Frank, an Atlanta native and current resident. Her story wasn’t unique. She suffered from infertility. It took her two years, rounds of Clomid, intrauterine inseminations (IUIs aka“turkey baster method”) and 4 IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) cycles to make two babies. At the time living in Israel, their socialized medicine and desire to create Jewish babies afforded her the opportunity to inexpensively sort out a solution. When she returned to the States, she realized that others weren’t as lucky as her – in terms of treatment success, community support, and financial aid. She learned for others it takes years, miscarriages, unbearable debt, oceans of tears, and heartache before finally giving birth, if at all. And with the cost of 1 IVF cycle ranging on average from $12,500 – $25,000 in Atlanta, GA, many don’t even have a chance for a chance. Knowing that there this need for funding, support and enhanced awareness of this sometimes “unspoken” issue in the Jewish community, she decided to create JFF. Working for 19 years in the Jewish community (in College Park, MD; NYC; Kfar Hassidim, Israel, and Cherry Hill, NJ, and now Atlanta, GA) is something that chose Elana as much as she chose it. Elana feels armed with the tools and chutzpah to be the Executive Director of her small but mighty non-profit. Elana and her husband Jason live in Atlanta, GA with their two curly haired boys, Levi (6) and Avidan (4 ½).

Follow JFF on Twitter.

Jodi Wittenberg is an a native Atlantan. Her family has been in Georgia for generations. In her (almost) 50 years, she attended Hebrew Academy of Atlanta, Henderson High School, and UGA. She dropped out of college her junior year (every parents nightmare back then) and went to work in the family business, Herschel’s Fabrics down on Spring Street. From there, her parents and her shifted gears and opened Return To Eden Natural Foods Store on Cheshire Bridge. She sold that operation in 2008 and created an online kosher cheese business, The Chosen Knish, with a friend. We operated a cottage business out of my garage. As it grew, she knew she needed an actual retail location. Along with two other girlfriends, in January of 2014, The Chosen Knish evolved into The Spicy Peach located in Toco Hills. They have been there for years now selling kosher specialty items, soup, salads, paninis, and they do light catering. They are currently working on expanding our physical space, as well as their web presence. She has been married to the same good guy, Josh, for 20 years, and they have 3 lively teenagers. For fun, she loves to read girlie books and cookbooks, do arts n crafts, go to the beach, and get involved in community volunteer projects.

Follow The Spicy Peach on Facebook.

Nana Asantewaa Queen Mother of Konongo in Ashanti Akim in Ghana West Africa. Nana was one of the first to operate a Tropical Grocery Store in Atlanta and one of the first to introduce the sale of shea butter at her shop Cecilbee’s Afro Mart. Nana is also into missions to Ghana ie Konongo.

Holly Read and Gina Miller with Bennett Thrasher, Amanda Trice Lucey with The Green Chamber of the South, and Junko Horvath with Fujiyama Wealth Management

March 14, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Holly Read and Gina Miller with Bennett Thrasher, Amanda Trice Lucey with The Green Chamber of the South, and Junko Horvath with Fujiyama Wealth Management

00:00 /

Holly Read is a Project Manager in the Technology Services department where she plans and manages projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains for an industry-wide range of clients. Prior to joining Bennett Thrasher, Holly worked at Graves Technology Group, LLC where she learned the information technology practice and client relations. Holly graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor’s degree. She is a member of the Project Management Institute and is currently in school to obtain a Professional Education in Project Management from Georgia Tech. Holly is a certified facilitator in All In Engagement Training and What Motivates Me, as well as a chair of the Women’s Leadership and Development Committee at Bennett Thrasher.

Gina Miller is a Director in our Dispute, Valuation and Forensics department. She is Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with the American Society of Appraisers. Gina has approximately twenty years of experience consulting on the valuation of equity interests in closely-held companies. She has performed valuations for a variety of purposes including estate and gift tax reporting requirements, domestic litigation, financial reporting, acquisitions, buy-sell agreements, and employee stock ownership plans and prepared valuation analyses in a many industries including: construction, healthcare, energy, banking, distribution, technology, and business services. Gina has also advised management of publicly-traded companies regarding the value of its intangible assets for purchase price allocations and impairment testing. In addition to valuation analysis, she also has provided litigation support for cases involving economic damages. Gina earned her Bachelor of Science (Accounting) from Truman State University and her Master of Business Administration from Southern Illinois University. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the state of Georgia and is Certified in Financial Forensics. She is a member of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants (GSCPA), a board member of the GSCPA’s Educational Foundation and a member of the Leadership Council of the GSCPA. In addition, she sits on the board, as Treasurer, of the Sandy Springs Tennis Association, a non-profit that brings tennis to underserved youth.

Follow Bennett Thrasher on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Connect with Holly and Gina on LinkedIn.

Amanda Trice Lucey is the 2018 Green Chamber of the South Board Chair. Amanda is the Founder and CEO of Moxie, Media and Marketing and has served as the Green Chamber of the South’s marketing chair since 2015. During her time on the marketing committee, Amanda led the development of a chapter program for universities to get involved in sustainability issues on campus and for students to have access to networking opportunities with businesses in the Southeast who observe sustainable practices.

Follow Green Chamber of the South on Facebook and Twitter. Connect with Amanda on LinkedIn.

The mission at Fujiyama Wealth Management is to help guide you in scaling the mountain of obstacles towards your financial goals. They realize that no two clients’ financial situations are the same. They strive to completely understand each client’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks more than anyone outside of their families, and they use that understanding to tailor each client’s approach to their financial lives. Junko Horvath personally handles the financial plans of CEO’s, physicians, small business owners, and Fortune 500 executives among other professionals. She has 16 years of experience and a staff of three people to serve her client’s every financial question and need.

Connect with Junko on LinkedIn.