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Mark Samuels and Shabbir Bambot of LumaMed, LLC

June 9, 2015 by angishields

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Mark Samuels and Shabbir Bambot of LumaMed, LLC

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Mark Samuels / LumaMed, LLC

Mark Samuels is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of LumaMed, LLC. Mr. Samuels is an experienced public and private company executive and entrepreneur with an extensive background in technology and biomedical product development. Mr. Samuels has founded three companies and has raised over $65 million of investment, including an IPO. Mr. Samuels has led research, development, and commercialization efforts on four medical device products, including three currently on the market. Additionally, he has led research, development and commercialization efforts on a non-invasive replacement for cervical cancer screening currently undergoing Phase III pivotal trials at Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (ticker:GTHP)

Mr. Samuels earned his Master’s degree from Georgia Tech. He is a named inventor on nineteen (19) issued US patents and eight (8) US patent applications.

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Shabbir Bambot / LumaMed, LLC

Shabbir Bambot is co-founder, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of LumaMed, LLC. Dr. Bambot has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and over 20 years of experience in developing innovative medical devices, business development, intellectual property development, regulatory strategy and clinical trials. He is currently co-founder and CTO at LumaMed, LLC, a company focused on developing imaging devices to help surgeons see cancer margins during surgery.

Dr. Bambot previously co-founded Guided Therapeutics, a company developing products for non-invasive and point of care cancer diagnosis. He has been instrumental in the successful launch of multiple medical diagnostic products, the AVL/Roche OPTI 2® blood chemistry analyzer and the SpectRx BiliChek® Non-invasive Bilirubin Analyzer and the Guided Therapeutics LuViva® Advanced Cervical Scan. He is a named inventor on 10 (ten) US patents and several additional applications under prosecution. He has several publications in the areas of clinical monitoring and diagnostics and is the recipient of several NIH SBIR grants totaling in excess of $6.5 million for developing non-invasive diagnostic devices. He frequently serves on review panels for scientific publications and NIH grant applications.

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Pamela Robinson of Financial Voyages and Sharon Macaluso

May 5, 2015 by angishields

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Pamela Robinson of Financial Voyages and Sharon Macaluso

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Pamela Robinson / Financial Voyages, LLC

As CEO of Financial Voyages LLC, Pamela Robinson is responsible for setting strategic direction, objectives, action plans and policy. She negotiates contracts and grants and leads diverse team in all aspects of designing, developing and delivering customized training programs in the international community..

To advance economic development initiatives, Financial Voyages LLC partners with international organizations, government agencies and businesses to help their collective workforce perform better in the international community by achieving mastery in business, finance and project management.

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Sharon Macaluso / The University of GA SBDC

Prior to joining the SBDC in 1994, Ms. Macaluso held management, marketing and customer service roles with IBM and Eastern Airlines. She also worked in a family owned and operated business, a hosiery manufacturing plant. Her areas of expertise include marketing, market research, strategic planning, human resources, personal selling, customer service, and management. Sharon developed a strategic planning instrument specifically for growing small businesses and has utilized this tool in facilitating strategic planning retreats for small businesses throughout the state. Sharon has had various articles published on branding, strategic planning, customer service and women- owned business issues, and has developed guide books on market research and conducting focus group studies. She recently created and presented a program for the National Association of Small Business Development Centers on “Customer Service Excellence in a Techno-World”

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Gina Bleedorn and Scott Hickman with Adrenaline, Tandelyn Daniel with Georgia Restaurant Association, Steph Palermo with Just Steph, LLC – Buckhead Business Radio

April 21, 2015 by angishields

Buckhead Business Radio

Gina Bleedorn and Scott Hickman with Adrenaline, Tandelyn Daniel with Georgia Restaurant Association, Steph Palermo with Just Steph, LLC - Buckhead Business Radio

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Gina Bleedorn/Adrenaline

Executive Director

Gina Bleedorn is Executive Director of Adrenaline, an experience design agency that spans from brand development to digital deployment to implementation in retail and virtual environments, connecting businesses and consumers. Her areas of focus include brand and marketing strategy, retail environments and holistic experience solutions. Adept in both traditional and interactive design, Gina has delivered outstanding brand and environmental solutions for financial institutions and retailers around the country.

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Scott Hickman/Adrenaline

Managing and Creative Director

Scott leads the branding group and focuses on agency operations while aligning creative efforts with client goals. With over 20 years of experience in brand strategy and development, print, interactive and motion design, Scott has been a key player in brand communications for clients such as Apple, Yamaha, Nike, Harley Davidson, IBM and AT&T. He attended Vancouver Film School for 3D Animation/VFX, has an MA in Global Politics and has taught at The Academy of Art in San Francisco.

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Tandelyn Daniel/Georgia Restaurant Association

Member Development

The Georgia Restaurant Association represents the restaurant and food service industry at the state, county and city level to fight onerous legislation from materializing into law. Our top-notch government affairs team serves as the watchdog for your interests. Our mission: Advocacy, Education and Awareness Your support through membership shows your level of investment in your business and Georgia’s 16.5+ billion dollar food service industry. The GRA is sanctioned by the National Restaurant Association to operate Georgia’s only not-for-profit representing the state’s nearly 17,000 restaurants and food service locations. We hold educational classes on topics (i.e. tax rulings to food cost to PCI compliance) impacting your operations a minimum of 2x per month. Our core of endorsed services from our allied partners is sure to add money to your bottom line. From credit card processing, a United Health Care Partnership, music licensing and marketing tools, the GRA’s programs has your operational needs covered! But perhaps the most important reason for joining–it’s just the right thing to do if you are in the restaurant and food service business. It’s your fair share contribution to make sure you operate in a favorable business climate. From caterers with a commissary to mom-n-pops, to commissary management companies, to cafeterias to franchises, members enjoy a wide variety of services and benefits.

Steph Palermo/Just Steph, LLC

Author, Talk Show Host, Event Emcee

Steph Palermo is a local author, talk show host and event emcee. After successfully raising four boys and recognizing her own worth and potential, Steph decided to use her experiences to share her message. She has realized that everybody has two lives, and the second one begins when you acknowledge you only have one. Everyone deserves a fresh start and Steph points the way.

Steph’s dream is to share what it truly means to embrace life and live it to the fullest. Whether you are an empty nester, newly single or making new choices for a happier life, Steph’s message is for you, welcoming hope and promise for those over 40; life is just beginning.

Stephs anticipates becoming the very first television talk show host with a limb difference. She supports vast philanthropic endeavors with the message to educate and motivate her audiences to accept themselves and others despite our differences, seen or unseen. Steph promotes treating everybody with dignity and respect.

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Teresa Hargrave of Women Presidents’ Organization and Mary Donne Peters of Gorby Peters & Associates

April 14, 2015 by angishields

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Teresa Hargrave of Women Presidents' Organization and Mary Donne Peters of Gorby Peters & Associates

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Teresa Hargrave / Women Presidents’ Organization

As a Partner of Charter Oak Consulting Group, Teresa’s work is largely concentrated on women and leadership. Women Upfront is Charter Oak’s specialized practice designed to bring forth women’s unique and vital contribution to society. Women Upfront provides education and coaching to women in all levels of organizations, both for and not for profit. Our expertise focuses on: strategic planning, values clarification ,career transitions, successful business practices, goal alignment and execution, powerful presentations, skillful communication and conflict transformation. Teresa is a Chapter Chair in Atlanta for the esteemed Women Presidents’ Organization.

As a sought-after speaker and facilitator, Teresa has served as a senior consultant for the Franklin Covey Company. Traveling throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, Teresa facilitated workshops and presented keynotes on such topics as the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Principle Centered Leadership, and 4 Roles of a Leader. Teresa also served as faculty for Franklin Covey Company’s acclaimed weeklong executive leadership program, Principle-Centered Leadership Week. Teresa’s clients have included AT&T, Accenture, Aetna, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Coca-Cola Company, Hewlett-Packard, Head Start, The Ladders, MCI, Massachusetts General Hospital, Microsoft, McKinsey & Company and The Woodruff Arts.

Prior to her work at Franklin Covey, Teresa spent eight years as a Senior Consultant for an Atlanta-based consulting firm focusing on not-for-profit organizations. Teresa was also a television talk show host on “Women’s Kaleidoscope,” highlighting successful women and their achievements; and she was one of the founders of the Knoxville Rape Crisis Center in 1982.

Teresa did postgraduate work at Stanford University and the University of Connecticut in family systems theory, group process, facilitation, and counseling and earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Tennessee. Teresa developed work with community theorist Dr. M. Scott Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled, is a trained Co-Active Coach providing personal life, relational and executive coaching services and is a mediator in conflict resolution and negotiation. Teresa also facilitates workshops based on Daniel Goldman’s Emotional Intelligence work, Peter Block’s Community Building process, the Team Diagnostic Instrument, the Birkman, Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument and MBTI.

Teresa lives in Atlanta, Georgia and northwest Connecticut with her husband, Tony Daloisio. Teresa and Tony have teamed up countless times to deliver speeches and workshop to their clients. They are also in the process of writing a book entitled The Character of Commitment and have facilitated The Character of Commitment Workshop throughout the United States. Along with tennis, biking, and walking, working together is certainly one of their greatest pleasures.

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Mary Donne Peters / Gorby Peters & Associates, LLC

Mary Donne Peters is the Co-Founder and Managing member of Gorby Peters Law. She has represented clients around the world for more than two decades. Her practice focuses on representing high growth technology companies. Mary Donne is also a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded a privacy training company and a dispute resolution company in recent years. Mary Donne has authored a popular legal textbook, which is published by the world’s largest legal publisher. She is a sought-after speaker for legal, financial and business organizations.

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Reid Hutchinson with Private Bank of Buckhead, Michael Pink and Billy Upchurch with Construx Solutions Advisory Group, Chuck Harris with Harris Medical Associates, Jim Beach with School for Startups and Mary Marshall with Marshall Advisors, LLC – Buckhead Business Radio

March 11, 2014 by angishields

Buckhead Business Radio

Reid Hutchinson with Private Bank of Buckhead, Michael Pink and Billy Upchurch with Construx Solutions Advisory Group, Chuck Harris with Harris Medical Associates, Jim Beach with School for Startups and Mary Marshall with Marshall Advisors, LLC - Buckhead Business Radio

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Reid Hutchinson with Private Bank of Buckhead

Reid Hutchinson is a Vice President aReid Hutchinson is a Vice President and Relationship Manager for Private Bank of Buckhead. He is an experienced banking professional whose work in the industry began while still in college, expanded through a major bank’s “University” lending training program, and ultimately transitioned to community banking. The majority of his career has been in the Atlanta banking market. Reid previously served as co-founder and president of NRG SVRS, LLC, a residential/commercial energy efficiency contractor. In keeping, he is a licensed general contractor. This licensure and experience in residential and light commercial construction dovetails nicely with his work in banking, helping him understand not only the lending needs of clients, but also the general needs of entrepreneurs, small businesses and individuals.nd Relationship Manager for Private Bank of Buckhead.

“I commit to the client that I will provide them with great service,” Reid says, “and understand and have empathy for borrowers and depositors.” He is a graduate of Wake Forest University, has been the captain of a Brookhaven Boys and Girls Club softball team since 2002, and has played club flag football weekly since 2002. Reid enjoys involvement in professional organizations such as the Green Chamber of the South, the Association of Young Real Estate Professionals and the Atlanta Homebuilders Association. Reid and his wife Lawren, who is a pharmacist with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, welcomed their first child, a son, in 2013. They attend Peachtree Presbyterian Church, have two dogs – a Golden Retriever and a Beagle, and live in intown Atlanta.

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Michael Pink and Billy Upchurch with Construx Solutions Advisory Group

Michael Pink – Is the founded Construx Solutions Advisory Group LLC in January 2012. Mike has worked in the construction industry his entire career, providing advisory and consulting services on large scale construction projects all over the world. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and received his Masters in Business Administration from New York University.

Prior to founding Construx Solutions, Michael worked for some of the most prestigious consulting firms like KPMG, Deloitte and FTI, performing capital project and construction consulting. Ever the innovator and entrepreneur, Michael saw an opportunity in his industry to better serve the client by focusing on minimizing costs and maximizing results.

Billy Upchurch – Mr. Upchurch is an experienced construction consultant who regularly provides clients with data analysis and management services. He has consulted on construction projects on a global scale and has experience in project controls, project scheduling, contract review, program assessment, cost, productivity, earned value management, delay and disruption, program management and dispute resolution concerns. His main sub-field of expertise lies in project document controls and organization.

Billy received his BS in the field of Building Construction in the College of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology and also received a BS Minor as part of a Public Policy curriculum focusing in Law, Science, and Technology.

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Chuck Harris/Harris Medical Associates

Chuck is a founding Partner with Harris Medical Assocites and is a native of the Atlanta, Georgia area. He graduated with honors from the University of Georgia where he attended on a full four year track scholarship. Chuck has over 30 years of healthcare staffing experience focused primarily on physicians and midlevel providers. He is formerly co-founder and President of Harris, Kovacs & Alderman, one of the nations largest permanent placement firms. Under his leadership, HKA Locum Tenens was established and provided locum tenens services for all physician specialties for both commercial and government entities across the US. The companies overall successes and growth resulted in their designation as an Inc. Magazine 500 fastest growing privately held companies.

The current Harris Group of companies include: 1. Harris Medical Associates ( which provides locum tenens staffing to commercial hospitals and medical groups throughout the United States:; a government division which provides locum tenens to DOD, VA and Indian Health Service facilities; and, a Psychiatry division), 2. Harris Medical Search ( which provides permanent physician and midlevel placement throughout the U.S, 3. Harris Medical Hospitalists ( which provides Hospitalists physicians to hospitals throughout the U.S.- both government and commercial) and 4. www.PhysicianEmployment.org – an industry leading job board for physicians and midlevels to apply for positions.

Chuck was a founding member of the National Council of Medicine at Emory University and a board member of Atlanta Leukemia Research, Inc. He began and oversees a 34 -year-old philanthropy with the Charles Harris Run, a 10k road race in honor of Chuck’s father, Dr. Charles E. Harris, who succumbed to leukemia at age 49, in 1981. The race has raised over $1 million for leukemia research at Emory University.

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Jim Beach/School for Startups

Jim is known for this belief that entrepreneurship is not about creativity, risk, or passion. Jim’s first book, School for Startups, was published by McGraw-Hill in June 2011 and reached as high as number 9 on Amazon’s business section. Promoting the book, he has done over 100 radio interviews, was featured in a UPS commercial, was referred to as the Simon Cowell of venture capital by CNN, and was excerpted by Entrepreneur magazine and the Wall Street Journal India. Author of “School for Startups,” Jim argues that entrepreneurship is not about creativity, risk, or passion. Featured in a UPS commercial, published by McGraw Hill, hired by SunTrust, Wells Fargo, and Toshiba, and featured speaker around the US and in Egypt, Dubai, Japan, Brazil, and India, he is a recognized leader in entrepreneurship.

At the age of 25, Jim founded American Computer Experience. From 1993 to 2000, Jim grew the company with no capital infusion to $12 million in annual revenue and to over 60 permanent and 700 temporary employees, operating in 39 states and in three countries. The company was the world’s largest technology training company for children, and enjoyed corporate tie-ins with Microsoft, Intel, Lego, NASA, and many others. In 2000, Jim closed two rounds of venture funding, one for $2.4 million and another for $6.4 million. Jim was selected as one of the “Forty under Forty” most influential citizens by Georgia Trend magazine, and he appeared on NPR, MBNBC, CNN, and in the New York Times, Wired, and Entrepreneur Magazine as an expert on technology and education.

In 2001, Jim joined the Institute of International Business at Georgia State University. He taught international entrepreneurship, with a focus on risk avoidance, creativity, and internet marketing skills, and was lectured at universities in Colorado, Texas, Utah, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, India, Dubai, and Egypt. In 2002, Jim started his first import/export firm, called TimelessChair.com. The firm was the result of a bet he made with a class. In 2009, Jim founded the School for Startups, a web resource devoted to teaching his philosophy of low risk entrepreneurship. He is Executive Director of a non-profit source on entrepreneurship for over 100 countries calledInternationalEntrepreneurship.com. Jim has presented for or on behalf of Wells Fargo, Toshiba, UPS, SunTrust and others on topics as diverse as the “Future of Oil Scarcity,” “How to Export in a Down Economy,” and “Getting to Number One on Google.”

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Mary Marshall/Marshall Advisors, LLC

Mary E. Marshall is the author of Putting Together The Entrepreneurial Puzzle: The Ten Pieces Every Business Needs to Succeed (2014). She has spent her career helping entrepreneurs turn their small businesses into successful ventures. In January of 2014, Mary was nominated by the SBA for their Small Business Award. Follow Marshall Advisors on LinkedIn, and subscribe to Mary’s blog at www.mary-marshall.com

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Is Your “Global Glass” Half-Empty or Half-Full?

July 25, 2013 by angishields

Global Leader Radio

Is Your "Global Glass" Half-Empty or Half-Full?

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In this edition of Global Leader Radio!™, Alvin C. Miles facilitates a discussion about the correlation between a positive perspective and success in one’s life. Yelena Epova joined as our in-studio guest to discuss her unique story, her global perspective and the importance of taking an interest in people!

Here are seven takeaways from our discussion:

Enjoy what you do!
Being happy overall is more important than any other factor.
The best way to be successful is to help develop others.
Focus on being flexible.
Clients don’t grow on trees – you have to develop them!
To be a leader is a gift!
Take time to recharge.

Listen in as Yelena walks us through her personal and professional story. Add her insights, tips and resources to your leadership toolkit. Leadership IS a conversation!

Yelena Epova/ Partner, Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLP

Yelena is a partner in charge of HA&W’s Tax Group and the International Services Practice. She specializes in advising domestic and international companies on international tax issues and tax planning strategies regarding inbound and outbound operations. She also assists clients with domestic tax issues by providing tax planning and compliance services.

Yelena is an active member in many professional organizations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants where she served on the task force that reviewed Proposed Treasury Regulations on Transfer Pricing; the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants where she participated in the Leadership Development Program; and Baker Tilly International where she chaired the North American International Tax Committee for six consecutive years. Additionally, Ms. Epova is a founding board member of GlobalEXECWomen, vice chair of the Georgia Council for International Visitors’ Board and Chair of the 2013 Consular Ball. She is also Treasurer of the Georgia District Export Council. She is a graduate of the 2011 Leadership Atlanta program and received the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s 2011 Global Impact Award for Service Providers on behalf of HA&W.

Yelena has written for numerous publications. She is a regular contributing writer to Global Atlanta on international tax issues. She is also a frequent speaker at many international and domestic seminars including those pertaining to businesses entering the U.S. market.

Prior to moving to Atlanta, Ms. Epova received her Masters degree in Engineering from the Technological College of Leningrad. Upon her arrival in the United States, she continued her education in Accountancy at Georgia State University. Ms. Epova has received the Golden Key Award for the highest score on the CPA exam in Georgia and the Elijah Watt Sells Award for being in the top 100 scores on the CPA exam in the nation. She was recently selected by Atlanta-based GlobalEXECWomen as one of three finalists for the International Women of Influence Awards™ in the category of Service Providing Businesses. Ms. Epova was also selected by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the city’s “up and comers” for 2006. Each year, the paper selects and presents awards to 40 business professionals under the age of 40 who have made significant contributions to their communities and are leaders in their companies. Ms. Epova was most recently recognized by Atlanta Magazine as one of the fifty-five most influential foreign-born Atlantans.

Contact Yelena: (404) 898-7431, yelena.epova@hawcpa.com

Leadership Tips for Micro & Small Business Success!

July 12, 2013 by angishields

Global Leader Radio

Leadership Tips for Micro & Small Business Success!

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In this edition of Global Leader Radio!™, we discuss the skills & leadership acumen necessary for success as a micro or small business owner. Laura Ann Hart and Veronica Maldonado joined Alvin C. Miles as in-studio guests to discuss the resources available for business owners, the importance of education to success, and the personal fulfillment of serving others!

Here are seven takeaways from our discussion:

What small businesses need is a helping hand!
When everyone takes care of their own backyard, the outcome is a great community.
Surround yourself with people that aid in your development.
Always seek more!
We are designed to be of service to others.
To be a leader is a gift!
Don’t be afraid to do the right thing, even when it’s not popular.

Listen in as Laura Ann and Veronica describe how they’ve gotten to a successful point in their careers. Add their insights, tips and resources to your leadership toolkit. Leadership IS a conversation!

Laura Ann Hart/ President, Quickie Coupons, LLC

Laura Ann Hart is a true “Georgia Girl!” Having been born and raised in the South, Laura has taken “southern hospitality and customer service” to a whole new level in her young and vibrant sales & marketing company Quickie Coupons! “First Class is Free” has been her philosophy and building blocks that she hangs her pearls on every day! Over the past 8 years Laura has sold over 40 million dollars in goods and services and continues her “Pursuit of Excellence” Vision in everything that she does.

Laura Ann created a company in a downturn market that is helping businesses survive and thrive with the simple introduction of coupons into their marketing plan. Since the beginning of Quickie Coupons Laura Ann has increased overall sales by 55% in year two and another 35% in years three and four. Quickie Coupons has consistently maintained a 94% customer retention level – all without long term contracts. In February of 2011, Quickie Coupons became an official Franchisor, with a federally registered trademark and the ability to sell franchises throughout the country. Laura is currently in the process of opening up Quickie Coupons Roswell in September of this year. Quickie Coupons was a finalist for business of the year in 2010 and 2011.

Before starting Quickie Coupons, Laura spent five years as a Top Producer with RE/MAX Unlimited where she learned the true value of helping and serving others. Under the mentoring of Pam and Gerry Rogers, Laura was able to make the transition from stay at home mom to an award winning Top Producing Agent. During her real estate career Laura helped hundreds of clients buy and sell property. Laura received the “Rookie of the Year” Award in 2005, earned the #1 Top Producing Individual Agent in 2006 & 2008, #3 Top Producing Individual Agent in 2007 and was also honored with the RE/MAX 100% Club Award four years in a row. Laura also had the privilege of writing a monthly real estate column in the local paper sharing her experiences and best “tips & tricks” on how to navigate the real estate world.

In 2012, Laura was the President of the Kennesaw Business Association (the largest non-chamber business association in the state of Georgia), a board member for the Acworth Business Association and a character education teacher at Kennesaw Mountain High School. In 2013 Laura graduated from the esteemed Leadership Cobb Program. Currently Laura serves as a director/ past president for the Kennesaw Business Association and participates in several committees dedicated to improving our local community and helping businesses grow.

Giving back and taking care of their community is a must for Laura and her family. The Hart’s have actively participated and contributed to several charity and service organizations ranging from “Shop with a Hero Programs”, Carrabba’s Culinary Cook-off, Must Ministries, Calvary Children’s Home, Hayes Elementary Food Pantry, Kilometer Kids, Northstar Church Volunteers, NJROTC, Boy scouts, One Call Foundation, Susan G Komen Breast Cancer, Northstar Couples Group Leaders, ARC (Atlanta Recovery Center / Homeless Shelter) and MDA. Teaching their children to “give back” has been a priority for both Laura and her husband Eric. Laura and Eric recently celebrated their 21^st wedding anniversary. They have three children, Joshua, Alexandria and Jeffrey and live in Acworth, Ga.

Laura received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Shorter College in 1997 and her Associates of Arts Degree in Fashion Merchandising from Bauder College in 1990. Laura holds and maintains a Georgia Real Estate Sales Person License and is certified in several areas of scuba diving.

Contact Laura: (678) 918-6961, laura@quickiecouponbook.com

Veronica Maldonado/ Program Director, Ga. Mentor Protégé Connection

Ms. Maldonado is a dynamic and versatile Latina community business leader whose voice, passion and purpose are focused on building up the human spirit, creating synergy amongst communities, and fighting for the “inalienable right” for all to progress and excel in any environment.

She is an expert in fostering strategic alliances, creating win-win negotiations and implementing effective marketing strategies that increase any brand value throughout the pipeline. She is ready to meet and exceed any challenge set before her, a quality most recently demonstrated as director of the Georgia Mentor Protégé Connection, which is a mentor protégé program—the first of its kind in the nation.

The product of hard work, determination and perseverance as well as an entrepreneurial family tree that spans generations in the U.S & Latin America, Ms. Maldonado is uniquely qualified to lead the MPC program and thereby to help provide a path to sustainability, progression, and economic growth for small business owners in Georgia.

Contact Veronica: (404) 589-4929, veronicam@georgiamentorprotegeconnection.org

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Peter Pasternack’s Real Estate Connections Special Edition with Shane Jarmin, Glynn Lockaby, and Thomas Cardone

May 23, 2012 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Peter Pasternack's Real Estate Connections Special Edition with Shane Jarmin, Glynn Lockaby, and Thomas Cardone

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The Real Estate Connections event for this month will be on Thursday, June 7, and it will be held at Aja, a modern Asian kitchen, located in the Alliance Center on Lenox Road. If you are in Real Estate in Atlanta this is a must go to networking event.

Peter Pasternack/Foundations Designs

Peter Pasternack, from Foundation Designs, is one of our hosts and is also one of the stars of Flip This House, on one of television’s most recognized real estate investment and home renovation. His company designs, builds, and renovates residential and commercial property.

Peter is in charge of the largest real estate networking event, Real Estate Connections, in town that is held every month.

Shane Jarmin/Jarmin & Jones Real Estate Group @ Ian Marshall Realty

Shane has been consulting buyers and sellers in the Atlanta real estate market since graduating from the University of Central Florida in 2008. His expertise includes but is not limited to, helping both buyers and sellers in the condo, loft, and townhome markets. He personally invests in residential single family homes and helps other investors purchase income producing properties as a source of residual income. Shane began his career at Coldwell Banker The Condo Store while attending graduate school at Georgia Tech. He made the switch to Ian Marshall REALTY in August of 2010 after interviewing with several top real estate companies in the Atlanta area. He is the youngest brother of an Atlanta business attorney and United States Marine.

Thomas Cardone/Winter Capriola Zenner, LLC

Tom Cardone is an attorney with the firm Winter Capriola Zenner, LLC, which is located in Atlanta, Georgia. He focuses his law practice in the areas of construction, real estate, and business law. Within these practice areas, Tom assists clients with a variety of deals and disputes.

As a litigator, Tom has experience handling disputes involving, among other matters, breach of contract, property rights, construction liens & construction defects, residential landlord-tenant & commercial leasing issues, homeowners’ & condominium association covenant enforcement and assessment collections, business collections, and general business and commercial disputes. Although disputes often result in litigation, Tom recognizes the value of alternative dispute resolution and assists his clients with pre-trial negotiation, mediation, and arbitration when appropriate.

Tom counsels his clients through a variety of transactions. He has experience assisting clients with choosing the appropriate corporate form and setting up companies, as well as negotiating and drafting business agreements. Tom also assists clients with construction agreements, real estate purchase and sale agreements, residential & commercial leasing, and drafting subdivision & condominium covenants.

Tom received his Juris Doctor, with honors, from Emory University School of Law and is admitted to practice law throughout the state of Georgia. Tom attended Auburn University for his undergraduate education.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Tom served honorably as a United States Marine.

Glynn Lockaby/Lockaby State Farm Agency

The Lockaby State Farm Agency’s mission is to assist their clients with their insurance and financial service needs including auto, home, renters, life, health, and even retirement planning. Their team is dedicated to offering the finest products while providing personal service that is unsurpassed.