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Dr. Rhonda Anderson, Founder and Chief Executive Change Agent at JECO Global

February 25, 2022 by Mike

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Dr. Rhonda Anderson, Founder and Chief Executive Change Agent at JECO Global

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Rhonda Anderson/JECO Global

Rhonda Anderson, Ph.D., CPC, is the author of “The Goal Digger’s Playbook: Eight Strategies for #NextLevel Success” and the co-author of the progressive guide to 21st-century startups “The Quick and Dirty Guide to Entrepreneurship”. She is the Director of Curriculum & Program Planning for Community Sustainability Enterprise and the Founder and Chief Executive Change Agent at JECO Global, LLC, a business/career transition strategy, coaching, professional development, and public speaking firm located in Atlanta, GA.

Dr. Anderson has quickly become the engine for entrepreneurs, employees, and gender equality-conscious companies, educational systems, organizations, and leaders seeking to launch, retool, or level up their operations and workforce. A Certified Professional Coach with over 20 years of experience in business, higher education, and community and economic development, she holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, with a concentration in Higher Education Administration, from historic Mercer University. Equally an engaging and sought-after public speaker and coach, Dr. Anderson’s highly relatable style and status quo-disrupting content have been informing, inspiring, and equipping audiences across industries.

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Soo Hong, Founding Partner at Blevins & Hong, PC

February 20, 2022 by Mike

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Soo Hong, Founding Partner at Blevins & Hong, PC

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Soo Hong/Blevins & Hong, PC

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Soo Hong immigrated to Georgia at 10 years old. She received her B.S. at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2003 and J.D. from Mercer University School of Law in 2008. She was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in November 2008.

Soo is the founding partner at Blevins & Hong, PC since 2011 with offices in Marietta and Duluth, GA. Her main practice areas include Personal Injury, Bankruptcy, and Criminal Defense. She is the incoming President of Cobb County Bar Association and was the recipient of the Ross Adams Younger Lawyer Award.

Soo is also dedicated to serving her community. She serves as a member on the Gwinnett County Library Foundation Board, volunteers with the Cobb Justice Foundation, was a past instructor at Chattahoochee Technical College, and is a current member of Rotary Duluth.

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Linnea Miller, Founder and President of Long Table, LLC

February 11, 2022 by Mike

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Linnea Miller, Founder and President of Long Table, LLC

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Linnea Miller/Long Table, LLC

Linnea is the founder and president of Long Table, LLC, a consultancy which unlocks the potential in people. Long Table’s mission is to empower, equip and elevate the contributions of every Voice at the table, and to extend those tables to include and welcome Voices that need to be heard. They create self-aware, emotionally intelligent individuals and teams who communicate effectively, and achieve greater alignment, expanded capacity, enhanced performance and stronger relationships.

Linnea holds the highest level of consulting and coaching certification with GiANT, the world leader in leadership and team performance for the 21st Century. She draws from her background in teaching to guide her clients on an engaging and transformational journey, along with years of tested leadership experience in the public realm to help clients navigate real-world challenges to experience lasting personal and professional growth. She has served businesses, non-profits, government and Fortune 100 organizations.

Connecting people to people, and people to their place is a passion for Linnea. She is a three-term Councilwoman for the City of Suwanee, GA, serving since 2014. Her vision is that people everywhere would know they have purpose and value and would realize their full potential.

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Cathy Hogan-Smith, Owner of Cachet Corporate Gift Services

January 28, 2022 by Mike

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Cathy Hogan-Smith, Owner of Cachet Corporate Gift Services

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Cathy Hogan-Smith/Cachet Corporate Gift Services

Cachet Corporate Gift Services has been the go-to gift service for major corporations in Atlanta and nationally since Cathy Hogan-Smith started her business in 1997. Cathy is an expert in design and marketing. She has won numerous awards as a gift designer, writer, instructor and trainer in the gift industry. Her clients have included CNN, Cox Media Group, Turner Broadcasting System, Auto Trader, the Atlanta Braves, the Atlanta Falcons, Williams Sonoma and the Marriott Corporation. Cachet’s award-winning design team specializes in unique creations that feature delectable gourmet food and specialty gift items from around the world. Gifts are tailored to specific occasions or events and can include business logos. Cachet has provided gifts that fit with conventions, hotel room amenities, marketing, promotion and branding, grand openings, swag bags, celebrity or professional sporting events and much more.

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Donna Linden, Founder & CEO of Trinity Staffing and Career Resources

January 21, 2022 by Mike

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Donna Linden, Founder & CEO of Trinity Staffing and Career Resources

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Donna Linden/Trinity Staffing and Career Resources

Donna Linden is the Founder & CEO of Trinity Staffing and Career Resources a BBB A+ Rated Accredited Business located in Lawrenceville, GA.

After a 25-year corporate career in the insurance industry, Donna Linden founded Trinity Staffing and Career Resources after hearing a story of a friend registering with a staffing agency. Getting a job was the most important thing in her friend’s life as her family needed the money. Yet, the staffing agency treated her like a number, did not follow up with phone calls, and she felt her messages were ignored. Trinity Staffing and Career Resources was birthed out of wanting to show the love of God to people who are in a job transition, and to provide them with career opportunities. Her company provides direct hire placement for various industries including insurance, business professional services, financial services/banking, and IT.

Volunteerism and serving the community are essential to Donna. She not only wants to make an impact in the lives of others through job placement, but she also wants to make an indelible impact in her community through volunteerism. Donna was born in Jamaica, but was raised in Mount Vernon, New York. She graduated from the Howard University School of Business. She is a licensed property & casualty agent in Georgia and has earned four prestigious insurance designations: CIC, AINS, CSRM, and CISR. She is a licensed minister and the coordinator of the Career Ministry at Berean Christian Church in Gwinnett. Donna serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Peachtree Corners Business Association, and is an active member of the Gwinnett Chamber.

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Danielle Cheung, Vice President & Market Executive with Bank of America

January 14, 2022 by Mike

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Danielle Cheung, Vice President & Market Executive with Bank of America

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Danielle Cheung/Bank of America

Danielle Cheung is Senior Vice President and Market Executive for Metro Atlanta Business Banking at Bank of America, which focuses on delivering financial solutions to middle market companies. She is accountable for business strategy/execution, sales performance, and revenue growth. Danielle was recognized as a national Pinnacle Club winner in 2019 for market sales performance.

With over two decades of experience in commercial banking at JPMorgan Chase Bank, Danielle joined Bank of America in 2016. After completing a formal management training program in credit, she spent sixteen years as a senior relationship manager focused on the non-profit healthcare industry. Danielle also managed new hire training and campus recruiting nationally, after which she relocated from New York to Atlanta to run middle market business development in Georgia and Alabama.

Danielle is a member of Bank of America’s Atlanta Market Leadership team, which focuses on setting business and community engagement strategies across metro Atlanta. In that capacity, she co-leads efforts around cross line of business client acquisition strategies. Danielle is Executive Sponsor for LEAD for Women, a network dedicated to promoting professional women’s development and has maintained a leadership role in the Business Banking Diversity & Inclusion Council.

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Linda Schoepf, Franchise Owner and Community Coordinator with Little Caesars

December 17, 2021 by Mike

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Linda Schoepf, Franchise Owner and Community Coordinator with Little Caesars

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Linda Schoepf/Little Caesar’s Pizza

Little Caesars was founded by Mike and Marian Ilitch in 1959 as a single, family-owned restaurant. Today, Little Caesars is the third largest pizza chain in the world, with stores in each of the 50 U.S. states and 27 countries and territories.

Little Caesars recently introduced contactless options for both delivery and carry-out through the Little Caesars app. Pizzas are baked in 475-degree ovens to ensure food safety and never touched after baking. The chain has also reinforced cleanliness and sanitization procedures, increasing the frequency of cleaning commonly touched surfaces including door handles, glass, countertops, Pizza Portal surfaces, phones, and cash registers.

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Renée Byrd-Lewis, President and CEO of Gwinnett Coalition

December 3, 2021 by Mike

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Renée Byrd-Lewis, President and CEO of Gwinnett Coalition

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Renne Byrd-Lewis/Gwinnett Coalition

Renée Byrd-Lewis serves as the President and CEO of the Gwinnett Coalition, an organization dedicated to leading systems change to address Gwinnett County’s most complex social issues. Her nearly three decades of private and public sector experience fuels a diverse portfolio of capabilities in community development, social responsibility, and communications. Her previous roles include serving as the Vice President of Advancement and Strategic Communications at Georgia Gwinnett College; Director of Community Relations at Cisco Systems and Scientific Atlanta; and senior consultant for nonprofits seeking to increase organizational effectiveness. She is adept at transcending industry and functional boundaries, and leveraging an extensive network to achieve her desired outcomes.

Renee has been a Gwinnett County resident since 1995 and is an engaged leader with deep community knowledge. She currently serves as Board Chair of the Leadership Gwinnett Foundation, and is a Board member of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and the Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation. She earned a master’s degree from Georgia State University, with a dual bachelor’s degrees in psychology and sociology from Emory University, and she resides in Buford with her husband and two sons.

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Jessica Rantamaki, Business Development Specialist at Geo-Hydro Engineers

November 19, 2021 by Mike

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Jessica Rantamaki, Business Development Specialist at Geo-Hydro Engineers

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Jessica Rantamaki/Geo-Hydro Engineers

Jessica Rantamaki serves as the Business Development Specialist for Geo-Hydro Engineers. She resides in Gwinnett County and is a 2020 graduate of Leadership Gwinnett. She is currently pursuing a degree in Public Administration at Georgia Gwinnett College and hopes to enroll in law school. She is active in several organizations including Associated Builders and Contractors of Georgia, CREW (Commercial Real Estate for Women), Urban Land Institute, and is a Chairman’s Club member with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. She serves on numerous Boards of Directors including the Aurora Theatre, Water Tower Gwinnett, while also volunteering at Annandale Village.

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