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Month: August 2013

Mark Wilson with eVerifile and Kim Anderson with Families First

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Mark Wilson/eVerifile

Entrepreneur Mark A. Wilson is the President and CEO of Atlanta-based eVerifile Inc., a privately held company specializing in delivering fast, web-powered workforce screening solutions and support systems for organizations across the globe. Founded in 1999, the company serves organizations in a number of industries, including healthcare, gaming, pharmaceuticals, transportation and utilities. Mr. Wilson acquired eVerifile in early 2012 along with an impressive team of investors.

Wilson has over 25 years of experience in the business information services industry, and has held senior level sales and operations management positions with companies such as D&B, ABF Freight Systems and Whirlpool Corporation.

In 2001, Wilson founded RYLA Teleservices Inc. a true start-up, launched in his basement and named after his two children Ryan and Lauren. As President and Chief Executive Officer, he established RYLA as a nationally-recognized customer support and contact center with more than 3,000 employees and revenues in excess of $100 million. Over the years, Wilson continued to grow the business, serving Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and nonprofit organizations while adding call center locations around the country and creating thousands of full-time and seasonal jobs. The company’s many accolades include Wall Street Journal’s top workplaces, Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2009 fastest-growing company, and the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies for four consecutive years. RYLA was acquired in 2010.

Wilson’s vision and leadership has earned a number of prestigious honors, including Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award ® for 2010 and TiE Atlanta’s 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year.

A native of Arkansas, he earned his degree in Business Administration and Management at Wilberforce University. Wilson and his family now live in Atlanta, Georgia.

Kim Anderson/Families First

Kim Anderson is Chief Executive Officer with Families First. Kim is responsible for the implementation and success of the Families First mission while guiding a staff of over 100 employees in 10 locations with an annual budget of $10 million.

Prior to joining Families First, Kim was Senior Director for BoardWalk Consulting providing strategic planning, board enhancement, organizational management and executive leadership for numerous non-profit organizations. Kim previously served as Executive Director of AID Atlanta, the southeast’s largest AIDS services organization.  Before that, Kim enjoyed an extensive legal career in the healthcare arena.  After service with the law firm of Alston & Bird, she became the first General Counsel of Grady Health System, and subsequently served as Vice President & Assistant General Counsel for Magellan Health Systems, a publicly traded behavioral healthcare company, and senior legal counsel for the Atlanta Housing Authority.

Kim is a graduate of Oberlin College and Columbia University School of Law.

 

 

Michael Grindell with 22squared, Meridith Rentz with MedShare International and Tanya Lewis with Equifax

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Michael Grindell/22squared

Mike joined 22squared six years ago and currently serves as the Chief Administrative Officer. He had a 16-year career as an Executive for The Coca-Cola Company, where he held senior roles for their largest global business unit. Prior to Coca-Cola, he served in various leadership positions at Citigroup and Federated Department Stores, respectively.

Mike ensures 22squared operates smoothly and delivers results. He is deeply involved in digital, social and 22squareds proprietary analytics and dashboard platforms. He brings a unique combination of business savvy and commitment to 22squared’s people and culture.

In addition to spending time with his family, Mike is an avid Kansas Basketball fan and lifelong runner completing over fifteen half-marathons and two marathons. He serves as board chair for Quality Care of Children, an Atlanta-based organization that serves almost 150,000 children in Georgia each year; Mike has been active in the Atlanta community for many years.

Meridith Rentz/MedShare International

Meridith Rentz is CEO & President of MedShare, an innovative nonprofit with a dual mission to deliver surplus medical supplies to underserved populations around the world while lessening the impact of medical waste across the United States. The organization bridges the gap between surplus and need to improve healthcare and the environment through the efficient recovery and redistribution of surplus medical supplies and equipment to those most in need.

Meridith currently serves on the board of Atlanta-based Quality Care for Children and is a member of the Advisory Council for the Georgia Center for Nonprofits’ CEO Peerspectives Program and the Medical Surplus Recovery Advisory Group. She is a 2010 graduate of Leadership Atlanta and a recipient of Goizueta Business School’s “Guiding Star” Award.

Meridith is an alum of both the Rollins School of Public Health and the Goizueta Business School at Emory University where she received her MPH and MBA degrees as a Woodruff Fellow. She received her BA in Economics from the University of North Carolina as a Morehead Scholar. She is married to Dean Baker and enjoys trying to keep up with three very active and extremely inquisitive sons, ages 11, 9 and 6.

Tanya Lewis/Equifax

Tanya Lewis is a 30 year veteran in global corporate sales and marketing with work experiences spanning 3 distinct industries – Oil and Gas, Beverage/Consumer Goods, and Consumer and Commercial information services. She is currently a Senior Leader with Equifax Inc. in the capacity of VP, Sales Governance & Planning – Mortgage Services, US Consumer Information Solutions. Throughout her career, she served in a variety of leadership roles with accountabilities in sales, marketing, strategic planning, franchise leadership, operations and global customer management.

 

 

Growth Matters launches on Friday, September 13, 2013, at 10am EST!

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Michelle Matthews, President of Matthews Consulting Group and an authority on strategic change, hosts Growth Matters. Join our dialogue to learn about ideas and strategies to spark your creativity and increase your ability to create growth for your company in today’s competitive environment. Learn valuable insights from executives and entrepreneurs who have faced the challenges and risks associated with business growth and succeeded. Learn how they have opened doors that have led to professional and personal success.

We’ll look for you on Friday, September 13, 2013, at 10am EST!