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Karen Backus with AARP and John Knight with Floral Hills Funeral Home

June 12, 2025 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Karen Backus with AARP and John Knight with Floral Hills Funeral Home

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Karen Backus/AARP

AARP offers Driver Safety courses which can earn you a multi-year discount on your auto insurance. The AARP Smart Driver Course is one of many programs offered by AARP Driver Safety. It’s the nation’s largest classroom and online driver safety course and it’s designed especially for drivers age 50 and older.

John Knight/Floral Hills Funeral Home & Memory Gardens

Floral Hills Funeral Home and Cremation Services, along with Floral Hills Memory Gardens, serve families in and around Tucker, GA. They believe that every person deserves a memorial as unique as the life lived. The funeral home and cemetery is easily accessible from metro Atlanta and convenient to Stone Mountain, Doraville, and Lilburn.

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OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Al & Guy Karnitz with Ace Truck and Body Repair, Bill Lampton with Championship Communication, Karen Backus with Avion Energy Group, and Megan Lesko with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

January 23, 2015 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Al & Guy Karnitz with Ace Truck and Body Repair, Bill Lampton with Championship Communication, Karen Backus with Avion Energy Group, and Megan Lesko with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

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Guy Karnitz, Al Karnitz, Megan Lesko, Karen Backus, Bill Lampton, Mike Sammond

Al & Guy Karnitz/Ace Truck & Body Repair

Ace Truck Body & Trailer Repair‘s motto “You had a choice and you chose us” has led them through 32 years of growth and success as a full-service operation specializing in body and engine repair and painting of tractor-trailer and medium-size trucks, as well as mobile units to provide on-site repairs.

Since Al Karnitz opened the doors to his company in August 1981, the company has grown from four employees to 38 employees housed in a 33,000 square-foot custom-built repair facility located just three miles from its original location. Over time, the company has become a seven-figure family-run business. The eldest son Guy Karnitz is the general manager. Another son Allan Karnitz is in charge of outside estimating and public relations. The company continues through the generations as grandson Devon Karnitz works as an estimator.

Bill Lampton/Championship Communication

Founded in 1997, Championship Communication helps companies identify their communication problems and find solutions to them. Dr. Bill Lampton also helps leaders learn to speak with “poise, power, and persuasion.” He teaches clients to produce top-quality, cost-effective videos using their iPads or iPhones.

As a keynote speaker, seminar director, and coach, Bill has worked with top-tier clients including the University of Georgia Athletic Association, Gillette, Ritz-Carlton-Cancun, Celebrity Cruises, and the British Columbia Legal Management Association. He wrote a popular book, “The Complete Communicator: Change Your Communication, Change Your Life!” His motto is “Helping You Finish in First Place!”

Karen Backus/Avion Energy Group

Avion Energy Group gets energy providers licensed in your state to compete with each other to get you the best pricing. Avion provides an apples-to-apples comparison of best pricing by providing you a list of those suppliers on one sheet of paper where you can see how they compete for your business. They will arrange to have the contract documents prepared for your signature the same day and will notify you when your signed agreement has been accepted by the provider. About 90 days before your contract is about to end, they will contact you to start the process again. You can change suppliers each time your contract is up for renewal, yet remain a client of Avion Energy for years to come, and the best part is their service is totally free because they are paid by the providers.

Megan Lesko/Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

The Gwinnett Chamber is the forum where business, government, education, healthcare, arts/culture/entertainment, and philanthropic and public service communities come together to advance the region’s economy and enrich Gwinnett’s quality of life.

Karen Backus with Avion Energy, Teresa Blair with Blair Practice Enhancements, Shelley Margow with Children’s Therapy Works and Academy at North Fulton, and Hugo Zamora with American Family Insurance

March 25, 2014 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Karen Backus with Avion Energy, Teresa Blair with Blair Practice Enhancements, Shelley Margow with Children's Therapy Works and Academy at North Fulton, and Hugo Zamora with American Family Insurance

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Karen Backus, Teresa G. Blair, Hugo A. Zamora, Shelley Margow, Dominick Rainey — Karen Backus, Teresa Blair, Hugo Zamora, Shelley Margow, Dominick Rainey

Karen Backus/Avion Energy Group

Avion Energy represents 51 energy providers that are either licensed in either electric or natural gas in 26 deregulated states. By representing the client, at no cost or obligation, Avion Energy on averages saves clients 5-30% on their bills.

Teresa Blair/Blair Practice Enhancements

Teresa Blair with Blair Practice Enhancements shares her experiences of 35 years in dentistry to help dentists build the best practice with the best team and environment possible. She realizes that every practice is different and has individualized needs. Let Teresa help you make your practice dreams come true today!

Hugo Zamora/American Family Insurance

As your American Family Insurance agent, the Hugo Zamora Agency believes there is more to insurance than the policy itself. It’s about providing dependable protection and service. That’s why earning your trust is their policy.

Shelley Margow/Children’s Therapy Works and Academy at North Fulton

Children’s Therapy Works has been a leader in therapeutic interventions since 1998. They provide occupational, physical and speech therapy for children with special needs as well as a number of progressive neurological programs to help children and their families .

The Academy at North Fulton is a non-profit school for children with special needs that incorporates therapeutic and neurological interventions. Their mission is to empower your child to reach his or her full potential – socially, emotionally, behaviorally, physically AND functionally by providing a robust, therapeutic learning environment for grades K-12 that incorporates an individualized school experience.

Silver Lining in the Cloud is presented by Computer Design and Integration. Silver Lining in the Cloud is an open forum show that highlights and promotes many of Atlanta’s top businesses and business leaders. The show airs on Wednesdays at 10:00am EST and is co-hosted by Nikole Toptas and Dominick Rainey.

Mani Krishnaswamy with Synergy America, Lisa Meeks with SeniorCare Options, Jamie Dempsey with Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce and Karen Backus with Avion Energy

August 6, 2013 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Mani Krishnaswamy with Synergy America, Lisa Meeks with SeniorCare Options, Jamie Dempsey with Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce and Karen Backus with Avion Energy

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Mani Krishnaswamy/Synergy America

Synergy America, Inc. is a full service staffing company located in Atlanta, GA. They have 20 years of experience in the staffing industry and specialize in the fields of IT, Engineering, Finance and Accounting, Healthcare, Administrative Areas and all Professional Staffing Services. Synergy America can help fill any position, whether it’s Contract, Contract to Permanent or a Permanent Position. They have highly trained recruiters and staffing experts getting superior results by focusing within one area of expertise. Their passion at Synergy America is finding the right person for the right job.

Lisa Meeks/SeniorCare Options

Lisa Meeks is the CEO and Geriatric Care Manager with SeniorCare Options. Part clinical case manager and part “daughter for hire”, Geriatric Care Managers impart advocacy, quality of life and independence for an aging loved one. Call it the “golden rule”, “karma” or “paying it forward”, they care and champion for older adults and their families in a way we would all want to be treated as we age. With changes in the family dynamics, increasing caregiver responsibilities, fragmented healthcare and a desire for cost containment, as well as the need for generalized person-centered support for all involved, they create a specific plan, tasks and a focus to reduce the chaos surrounding senior care needs. Ask how they can help!

Jamie Dempsey/Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce

The Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce (GECC) has a slogan of “Where Business and Community Meet”… and that is something they take very seriously. When the business community of an area is healthy, it spreads health into the community at large, creating jobs, raising housing prices, strengthening the local economy and creating a better place for people to live, work and play. GECC is very involved in continuing business education and philanthropy throughout the cities of Loganville, Snellville and Grayson, and has been a binding force for the three cities since 2004.

Karen Backus/Avion Energy

Avion Energy seeks commercial consumers to offer them savings from 46 energy providers that are licensed either in electric or natural gas as determined by how their state is deregulated. General savings range from 5 – 30% and in some cases over 50% simply because people do not read their contracts. They offer this service at no cost or obligation and they retain a 98% renewal rate once they land prospects as clients. They are paid by the provider once the contracts are in place.