Actress and Consultant Pamela DeRitis: The Blonde & Brunette Duo Creators of Scoop OTP, Suzanne Taylor & Michelle Knapp and Mark Slater CEO of The Fountain Laser

April 27, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Actress and Consultant Pamela DeRitis: The Blonde & Brunette Duo Creators of Scoop OTP, Suzanne Taylor & Michelle Knapp and Mark Slater CEO of The Fountain Laser

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Pamela DeRitis / Call Time Atlanta & Mammoth TV

Actress & Consultant

Pamela DeRitis is an actress in Atlanta represented by Salt Model & Talent who is an active content creator on her two YouTube channels. One channel Call Time Atlanta focuses on the entertainment industry in Georgia and features interviews with professional actors, agents, advocacy organizations etc.—anyone who moves and shapes the industry here. The second channel Mammoth TV is a brand new joint venture Pamela has formed with the digital branding agency Mammoth Solutions. Pamela and her co-host Kyle Rollins, owner of Mammoth Solutions, create video content around branding and marketing with practical tips for businesses to go to the next level. In her “other” professional life Pamela has been in consulting as a Business Analyst for the past 6 years, and before that was a PM for 10+ years. Pamela’s consulting experience focuses on web dev, UI and software projects, notably Freestyle dispenser at The Coca-Cola Company as well as developing logistics for a human resources move for 6,000+ employees between Coca-Cola corporate and their largest bottler.

Website @Pamela_D @CallTimeAtlanta

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Michelle Knapp & Suzanne Taylor / Scoop OTP

Founders

Michelle Knapp and Suzanne Taylor started Scoop OTP in 2012 after realizing there wasn’t a meaningful online source about life in the suburbs of Atlanta. Scoop OTP is the insider’s guide to living outside the perimeter with recommendations on restaurants, retail, family fun, a calendar of events, and the scoop on new places coming to town. Knapp and Taylor have both lived in Cherokee County for over 16 years and are involved in their community. Knapp hails from Ohio and Taylor from Florida. They both are married and raise their busy children in public schools. The never-ending carpooling around town, coupled with the desire to learn more about their area, they became the go-to resource for their friends and neighbors, and decided to put that knowledge to use by creating Scoop OTP website, for those living OTP and beyond.

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Mark Slater / The Fountain Laser

CEO

Mark has been in patient care for over 17 years, and started his laser business 13 years ago. Mark has a passion for customer service and results. The Fountain Laser now has 3 locations in the Atlanta market with plans of expansion of more locations. The Fountain has a staff of certified laser technicians with a minimum of 3 years experience to ensure clients get the attention, education, and results at a great value. List 5-8 Topics or Questions for Interview: Why laser hair removal over other means of removing hair? Why choose the Fountain Laser? What is your background/story? Are all lasers the same? What questions should I ask a company before I get laser hair removal? What are costs? Who does the procedure? Is there a guarantee of results? Who can get laser hair removal? Are there side effects? Any contraindications? What else do you perform in the office? Do you have any specials for listeners?

Change Leaders Exclusive Episode 6

April 26, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Change Leaders Exclusive Episode 6

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Change Leaders Exclusive: Showcasing and Learning From World-Class Change Agents

April 26th, 2016

Topic: Bridging the Gap Between Millennials and Maximals

James Dallas, Cherie Dallas, Angela Dallas, Will Gisel

Tune into our final episode of Change Leaders Exclusive as we talk with Bill Gisel, William Gisel, and Angela Dallas on today’s topic of “ Bridging the Gap Between Millennials and Maximals”. Bill, the President and CEO of Rich Products Corporation, will join William Gisel, of Expapp.com, and Angela Dallas, of AGCO, will the biggest misconceptions of Millennials and Maximals in the workplace and how they can work together more effectively.

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Veterans Connect Radio Episode 05

April 25, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Veterans Connect Radio Episode 05

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Veterans Connect Radio

A spotlight episode of Atlanta Business Radio and powered by Business RadioX. Co-Hosted by Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson and Brandon Skolnick with Gathering Of Angels.Featuring veteran entrepreneurs, support organizations, outreach groups and more in the Atlanta area continuing to serve our families, our communities and our country.

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Len Pagano / Safe America Foundation

CEO & Founder

Len Pagano is a social entrepreneur who has spent over 30 years developing communication programs that address key issues across North America. As President, CEO and founder of Safe America, Mr. Pagano launched the 501(c) 3 organization with a $1 million grant from the Travelers Insurance Foundation.

In its early days, Safe America focused on highway safety issues with Operation Baby Buckle, a child protection program that has distributed over 150,000 infant/child car seats to disadvantaged families across the United States.

Mr. Pagano then organized a ‘Safe Team Coalition’ that was recognized by General Motors (GM) for its work. Innovative safety education programs followed which addressed emerging issues. These included initiatives in teen driver education, water safety, cyber-safety, homeland security, youth safety and disaster readiness.

Through Len’s leadership, the Safe America Foundation has developed educational and practical safety and preparedness programs for businesses and communities. These include safety product distribution, national youth programming, international travel security, and advocating that non-profit organizations screen volunteers (to avoid predatory activities by adults). His accomplishments include raising over $30 million for injury prevention initiatives and engaging organizations including Porsche North America, the Woodruff, Motorola and UPS Foundations along with the National PTA, Allstate, Wal-Mart, Chevrolet, Verizon, State Farm, NBC/Comcast, USA TODAY, Sprint, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a variety of public safety and government agencies at state and national levels.

Tem Frierson / First Data Salutes

VP, Veteran Business Solutions

Ivette Lopez and Andrew Land with Human Rights Campaign and Tenisha Bell Perfect Pitch Media Group

April 25, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Ivette Lopez and Andrew Land with Human Rights Campaign and Tenisha Bell Perfect Pitch Media Group

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Ivette Lopez, Andrew Land, Tenisha Bell and Ryan Redhawk

Ivette Lopez / Human Rights Campaign

Ivette Lopez Sisniega is Atlanta Dinner Co-chair for 2016-2017 galas. Originally from Mexico by way of Texas, her passions meet at the intersection of gay, lesbian and Latino issues. Shes volunteered with various organizations including the Latin American Association, Young Hispanic Professional Austin Association, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Austin, Latinintas, an online magazine written by Latinas for Latinas and ALLGO, a Texas statewide organization for queer people of color, among others. Shes been an LGBT marketing thought leader, blogger and the first female co-chair of the LGBT marketing team for public relations firm, Fleishman-Hillard. Ivette is a seasoned PR and Corporate Communications professional with InterContinental Hotels Group and has worked for companies such as Sony, UPS and AT&T.

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Andrew Land / Human Right Campaign

Andrew C. Land is a Realtor in Atlanta, Georgia. He was twice graduated from Clemson University with degrees both in business management and history. Following a decade in nonprofit development, management, and consulting, Land plunged full-time into real estate brokerage in the metropolitan Atlanta area. He is still active with several nonprofit entities, including the Atlanta Clemson Club, the Atlanta History Center, Emory University, and the Human Rights Campaign, for which he serves on a regional steering committee and on its national Board of Governors. An avid armchair historian, he regularly speaks about and has written extensively on the history of Atlanta and particularly the impacts of Robert W. Woodruff, longtime head of The Coca-Cola Company.

He lives in Atlanta, where he enjoys time with his husband and their dog, Gus, as well as the many cultural and recreational opportunities that city and region have to offer.

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Tenisha Bell / Pitch Perfect Media Group

CEO

Tenisha served as an executive producer for CNN for closely 12 years making critical decisions as major news events unfolded. She is conversant with the changing, fast paced media dynamics and the need to act/respond quickly. She was responsible for the execution of live programming on a daily basis. She served as an executive producer for CNN anchors such as Don Lemon, Wolf Blitzer, TJ Holmes, Fredericka Whitfield and many more.Tenisha has worked across the country at CBS, FOX, NBC and ABC television affiliates. She led one of the countries largest professional chapters of minority journalists, Atlanta Association of Black Journalists. As president, her leadership, vision and marketing expertise were instrumental in program development, event planning and raising the organization’s local and national profile. Tenisha holds a Bachelors Degree in communication from Clark Atlanta University and a Masters of Public Administration from Kennesaw State University where she also serves as an adjunct professor in the journalism department.

A Chicago native, Tenisha is very active in the Atlanta community. She is the chair for the women’s ministry at her church, Destiny World Church. She is a member of LEAD Atlanta, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. And she serves on various boards and organizations.

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Laura Davis-Taylor with MaxMedia and Bryan Rose with The Snug Gastro Pub

April 22, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Laura Davis-Taylor with MaxMedia and Bryan Rose with The Snug Gastro Pub

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Laura Davis-Taylor, Bryan Rose and Ryan Redhawk

Laura Davis-Taylor / MaxMedia

EVP, Customer Experiences

Laura has been focused on creating meaningful brand experiences that bridge home, life, and store for over 20 years. Her experience is multifaceted, ranging across brand planning, digital engagement, store design and, more recently, next generation retail experience design.

She believes passionately that good brands do not make promisesthey deliver them in unique and emotionally-compelling ways. Done right, it is this that builds irrational brand loyalty. With this philosophy, she has worked with retailers such as AT&T, Toyota, Best Buy, Coke, LOréal/Lancôme, Lowes, Office Depot, Foot Locker, 7-Eleven, EJ Gallo and Unilever.

Laura is an active retail industry speaker and contributor on the subject of digital experience design for outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Time Magazine, the MMA and MediaPost. She’s an ongoing contributor for Digital Signage Magazine and Retail TouchPoints and her book, Lighting up the Aisle: Practices and Principles for In-store Digital Media, is the only existing resource for how retail brands can harness technology to reinvent their in-store experience.

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Bryan Rose / The Snug Gastro Pub

Owner

Bryan Rose has been a chef and restaurant owner with 20 years experience. I have worked with some of the top companies in the US. Currently operating 2 restaurants in Canton GA.

Cross Talk with the guests Laura Davis-Taylor, Bryan Rose and Ryan Redhawk

Spotlight Episode: Doing Good Atlanta

April 14, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Spotlight Episode: Doing Good Atlanta

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This is a spotlight episode of Atlanta Business Radio featuring non profit organizations in metro Atlanta. Highlighting the good work, community involvement and how to operate a succesful not for profit business.

Megan Bowman, Todd Shifflet, Alex Gossett Shifflet, Jim Hamm

Todd Shiflett / Georgia Highlands Medical Services

CEO

For more than 16 years, Todd Shifflet served as a key member of the management team at one of the most successful community health centers in South Carolina, and the nation. In that time, he served as the lead in garnering the funding as well as organizing and implementing the strategies that resulted in increased access to more than 16,000 new patients. He also served as architect of the organization’s corporate compliance; community health worker; communications; and private sector fundraising strategies – among other successes. He earned a Master of Arts degree from Winthrop University and has received several trainings and certificates in community health. He has served on many local and state boards, including the Byerly Foundation, the Butler Heritage Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, SC Rural Health Association, and several others. He has also received numerous accolades and awards for his work improving community health including a legislative resolution from the State of South Carolina for his tireless efforts to improve the health and life care system in the northeast region of the state. He joined Georgia Highlands Medical Services as its new CEO this year and has made some significant accomplishments – including a $1 million dollar grant to renovate and open a new specialty center in Forsyth County – over the past several months. He is married to Alex Gossett Shifflet and is the father of twins, Grace and Whitman.

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Megan Bowman / Angels Among Us Pet Rescue

Development Director

Megan Bowman provides nearly 20 years of progressive nonprofit leadership experience in the fields of executive management, philanthropy, and media relations. She began her career working in marketing and media relations for two trade associations in Washington, DC. In 1999, Bowman accepted the role of Executive Director of the Prince William County Chapter of the American Red Cross in Virginia. During her time there, Bowman transformed the struggling office into a strategic leadership chapter within the country, and was invited to participate in executive leadership and planning sessions at the national Red Cross headquarters office in DC.Bowman received the prestigious Gail B. Kettlewell Leadership Award for her management of the Red Cross response to the 9-11 Attack on the Pentagon, where she helped to orchestrate the organization’s largest disaster response in history. Since that time, Bowman has held other senior management positons for the Red Cross in development and, in 2003, created her own independent nonprofit consulting firm called Bowman Development Solutions. Her clients have included theFoster Care Support Foundation, Mommy’s Light, Angels Among Us Pet Rescue, and West Chester Public Library in Philadelphia. Today, Bowman serves as the Development Director of Angels Among Us Pet Rescue based in Atlanta. Her goal is to expand the organization’s development program beyond social media support alone. Bowman earned both an undergraduate degree in communications and public relations and a master’s degree in nonprofit management with a concentration in Philanthropy from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She has been married to her husband, Andrew, for 17 years, and has three daughters ranging in age from 7-12. In her limited spare time, Bowman enjoys exercise, cooking, travel, and spending time with her family, including their two rescue dogs, Luna and Jake. She resides in Milton, GA

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https://twitter.com/angelsrescue

https://www.linkedin.com/company/angels

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Megan Bowman, Development Director

Angels Among Us Pet Rescue

404/275.8741 (phone)

megan@angelsrescue.org

www.angelsrescue.org

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Jim Hamm / Special Populations Tennis

Executive Director

Married (Jeanie). Graduated from Chamblee High School; attended DeKalb Junior College (now Perimeter College) and Georgia State (before it was a university). Moved to Atlanta in 1959 from Kentucky (pre-date I-285). Selected to the Chamblee High School Hall of Fame.

Business: Executive Director – Special Pops Tennis since 2005 and also employed by Cobb County School District in Transportation Department since 2011 as school bus monitor for the special needs students.

Special Pops Tennis: Founding member of Special Pops Tennis; elected to the Board of Directors in 2005. Chairman of the United States Tennis Association – Southern section Special Populations sub-committee; Member of the Special Olympics North America Tennis Development Committee; Tennis Coach of Team USA – Southeast Region at the 2003 Special Olympics Summer World Games in Dublin, Ireland; Head Coach of Team USA – 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece; recipient of the USTA Southern Section Adaptive Tennis Community Service Award; Tommy Nobis Foundation Philanthropy Award; Atlanta Alliance on Developmental Disabilities Vital Service Award; and Cobb County and Cherokee County Volunteer of the Year; Atlanta Falcon Community Service award.

website – www.specialpopstennis.org

e-mail – serve@specialpopstennis.com

telephone – (770) 998-7826

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Jim Farmer Festival Director of Out On Film, Atlanta’s LGBT Film Festival

April 13, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Jim Farmer Festival Director of Out On Film, Atlanta's LGBT Film Festival

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Jim Farmer / Out on Film

Festival Director

Jim Farmer has been coordinating Out On Film, Atlanta’s LGBT film festival, since 2008. A graduate of the University of Georgia, he has served as a juror for other film festivals and is also an area arts and entertainment writer.

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Twitter URL: @OutonFilm

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Veterans Connect Radio Episode 04

April 11, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Veterans Connect Radio Episode 04

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Veterans Connect Radio

A spotlight episode of Atlanta Business Radio and powered by Business RadioX. Co-Hosted by Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson and Brandon Skolnick with Gathering Of Angels. Featuring veteran entrepreneurs, support organizations, outreach groups and more in the Atlanta area continuing to serve our families, our communities and our country.

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VCR_04.11.16 — Tanya D. Bryant, John Phillips, Ryan Redhawk, Garrett Cathcart, Brandon Skolnick

Tanya D Bryant / Just Lovely Lipstick LLC

Personal Branding Expression Artist

Tanya Bryant is a retired twenty-one-year veteran who has been in two war campaigns. While the fatigues and combat boots are as close as the closet door, Tanya’s entrepreneurship journey led her right into the beauty industry. Today Tanya is the owner of Imagine Makeup Artistry, LLC and founder of Just Lovely® Lipstick, she markets herself as the Personal Branding Expression Artist. She helps business women to enhance their personal brand image so they can express who they are in their industry by using the power of color so they look and feel confident when presenting their business.

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Garrett Cathcart / Team Red White and Blue

Southeast Regional Director

Team RWB’s mission is to enrich the lives of America’s veterans by connecting them to people in their community through physical and social activity. Join!

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John Philips LTC, U.S. Army Retired / Boots To Loafers

Author, Speaker, Leader / Vice Chairman VETLANTA

John has had a distinguished career in both military and civilian service. John is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the US Army where he served in the Field Artillery as well as a Financial Comptroller. With more than 20 years of service, he served in Corps Artillery, Division Artillery, Army Headquarters and Forces Command, the largest command and the generating force provider for combatant commanders – at home and abroad. He has served in Europe, throughout the Middle East and the United States. Among his awards and decorations are the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, and the Air Assault Badge.

John is the Author of Boots to Loafers, Finding Your New True North which outlines a proven process of transitioning out of the military and into the private sector. He is also a contributing author to Paddling Guide to the Sunshine State and An American Crisis, Veteran Unemployment, Stand by Them/How You can Help/Solution. He has been featured on The Mike Huckabee Show, the Dennis Miller Show as well as a number of radio appearances across the country.

John is a finance executive at The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia. In his spare time, John spends his time travelling with his wife, Sailing in the British Virgin Islands, remote wilderness trips in the western United States, and helping our nation’s military and veterans make the transition into society and finding a job in the private sector.

John holds a BS in Finance from University of Central Florida and an MBA from Syracuse University. He lives in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Georgia with his wife, the former Melissa K. Smith and their Australian Shepherd, Bear.

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Freeman Fields with iVault Home Protection

April 11, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Freeman Fields with iVault Home Protection

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Freeman Fields is CEO of iVault Home Protection — Freeman Fields CEO of iVault Home Protection is a decorated Navy Veteran.

Freeman Fields / iVault Home Protection

Owner and CEO

A successful entrepreneur, Freeman Fields I has many years of experience with start-ups. He developed his leadership skills while serving in the Armed Forces as the youngest person on his command to ever lead an entire division to oversee multi-million dollar operations. Since medically retiring from the Navy in 1997 due to an injury suffered during Desert Storm, he has diligently pursued his passion for entrepreneurship. Some of his many achievements include successfully becoming a real estate investor, twenty plus in construction, publishing two books, acquiring multiple patents and his latest endeavor, iVault Home Protection.

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iVault Home Protection does more than simply deter burglars as traditional home security companies and home alarms, it is one of the first home protection company to essentially turn your existing doors into security doors to actually STOP BURGLARS FROM ENTERING YOUR HOME IN THE FIRST PLACE. This is done by seamlessly reinforcing the door jambs to make the doors kick proof.