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Nancy Chorpenning, Founder/Managing Director of C-Suite Advisors

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Nancy Chorpenning – Founder and Managing Director of C-Suite Advisors

Nancy Chorpenning [core-PENN-ing] is the Founder and Managing Director of Atlanta-based C-Suite Advisors, a business advisory practice supporting organizations in their quest to grow. She is Founder and Executive Director of the CEO School for Women, a year long business program starting next month, and is working on a book, “Business Whispers”.

From strategic discovery to organization structure and operations, Nancy’s work is informed by her +20-year tenure as an executive in Management, Professional Information and Education with Fortune 100 companies (e.g., Time Warner’s Little, Brown & Company Publishers) as well as high profile start-ups (WebMD), combined with a superb graduate Marketing education from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Included in Who’s Who Among American Women and Who’s Who in America, Nancy is active in local, regional and National business and community organizations. After serving on the Small Business Council and developing a CEO Roundtable program for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Nancy served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Women Business Owners – Atlanta (NAWBO Atlanta) for 6 years, including serving as President of the Atlanta Chapter. She was appointed to the NAWBO Presidents Assembly Steering Committee (PASC) in 2012, inaugurating a Leadership Boot camp for NAWBO, and is responsible for 18 Southern Tier NAWBO Chapters. Nancy will become PASC Chair in 2014. In 2013, she was elected to the Board of Directors for the Washington, DC-based National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) where she serves on the Executive Committee as Chair for Governance.

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Cynthia Frisina, Reaching for the Stars and Jane S. Goldner, Ph.D.,The Goldner Group

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Cynthia Frisina – Reaching for the Stars – A Foundation of Hope for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Shortly after her youngest daughter was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, Cynthia launched “Reaching for the Stars. A Foundation of Hope for Children with Cerebral Palsy” in 2005 www.reachingforthestars.org – the first parent-led nonprofit foundation for children with cerebral palsy and their families focused on the prevention, treatment and cure of cerebral palsy, the most common motor disability in children impacting over 17,000,000 people globally. “Reaching for the Stars” has grown into the largest pediatric cerebral palsy foundation in the world with presence in the U.S., Canada, Asia and Australia.

In the past 25 years Cynthia Frisina has led the creation of award winning national advertising campaigns, built number one brands for Fortune 500 companies, testified before Congress, launched two successful marketing companies, created a global nonprofit foundation, rode elephants in the jungles of Thailand, sea kayaked off the coast of New Zealand, and is raising two wonderful teenage daughters. Cynthia is a global marketer, sought after speaker and senior level business leader consistently recognized for excellence in brand building and creating marketing success.

Cynthia is in the process of launching her newest venture in the spring of 2014, Health Marketing Works, a social media marketing practice focusing on healthcare communication. Cynthia also is active in a variety of other philanthropic and educational organizations. She is on the Executive Board of Blaze Sports America serving Georgia athletes with physical disabilities.

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Jane S. Goldner, Ph.D. – The Goldner Group and Author – Women Driven to Success: You Can Have It YOUR All

Jane S. Goldner, Ph.D. is a speaker, author, role integration coach and consultant. She brings 30 years of internal and external corporate experience as well as advanced degrees in counseling and human resource development to coach and counsel high-potential and women leaders. She has been quoted in The New York Times, CNN Money, AirTran Magazine, and CareerBuilder among many other publications. Dr. Goldner has appeared several times on 11-Alive, ABC Alabama, and is a member of the USA Today CEO Panel. She is a frequent keynote speaker at leadership and women’s conferences.

Her newest book, Women Driven to Success: You Can Have It YOUR All and her chapter in Roadmap to Success with Deepak Chopra & Ken Blanchard, provide women the understanding of how to integrate multiple roles without sacrificing their health, success, or peace of mind. It became a #1 best seller on Amazon for women in leadership.

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Becky Blalock – Author of DARE and Helene Lollis – President of PATHBUILDERS

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Becky Blalock – Author of DARE: : Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage, and Career for Women in Charge

Becky Blalock (Atlanta, GA) is the former SVP and CIO of Southern Company where she worked for 33 years before retiring in October 2011. Under her leadership, Southern Company delivered over a billion dollars in new technology initiatives and was recognized as one of the “100 Most Innovative Companies” by CIO Magazine and one of the “100 Best Places to Work in IT” by Computerworld Magazine.

Today, Blalock is a partner with Advisory Capital, where she provides strategic consulting, and is on the board of Computers for Youth, Emory Healthcare, the Georgia Health Sciences University, CSI Laboratories, Verdecco, and the business School of Mercer University.

Blalock also speaks regularly before large audiences. She was Women in Technology’s 2011 Legacy Award winner, Energy Biz Magazine’s 2009 CIO of the Year, the 2009 Chairman of the Board of Leadership Atlanta, Computerworld Magazine’s “100 IT Leaders,” and Atlanta Woman’s 2006 Power Woman of the Year.

www.linkedin.com/pub/becky-blalock/5/358/87

https://www.facebook.com/DAREforWomen

www.beckyblalock.com

https://twitter.com/becky_blalock

Helene Lollis – President of PATHBUILDERS

Helene Lollis is president of PATHBUILDERS, and guides strategic direction and program development, provides high-level partnership with clients, and represents Pathbuilders in the community. Trained as a chemical engineer, Helene spent 12 years with Amoco and BP Corporation in plastics process design, product development, marketing, strategic planning and company mergers and acquisitions.

Helene is frequently invited to speak on the topics of mentoring, women in the workplace and career planning. She has been published in HR Magazine, Diversity Executive, and Talent Management. Extremely active in the community, Helene serves on the Board of Directors of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; the Advisory Board of the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Women’s Leadership Forum as well as the Private Bank of Buckhead; and is on the Board of Leadership Atlanta. She also serves as Chairman for the Executive Committee of Junior Achievement of Georgia. She was recognized as a Business to Business Woman of Excellence honoree in 2012, a POW! Purposeful Woman in 2010, and in 2007, received the Guiding Star Award from Emory’s Executive Women of Goizueta.

About PATHBUILDERS

Pathbuilders transforms top talent into high-impact leaders who move business forward. Through customized programming, Pathbuilders leverages a model that effectively combines mentoring, educational workshops, and interactive peer exchange to accelerate the career growth of individuals and directly contribute to the bottom-line success of client organizations. Pathbuilders was founded in 1995 with a unique focus on developing the potential of high-performing women and creating gender-diverse leadership teams. Today, Pathbuilders leverages the corporate experience of its team to develop impactful developmental experiences for high-potential men and women in forward-thinking organizations. Pathbuilders has worked with nearly 4000 professionals from more than 400 client organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, colleges and universities, and government agencies.

www.pathbuilders.com

Dr. Randy Ross – Remarkable!

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Dr. Randy Ross – Remarkable!

Dr. Randy Ross is founder and CEO (Chief Enthusiasm Officer) of Remarkable! Randy is a “craftsman of culture and a catalytic coach,” who inspires elevated performance. A master of cultural transformation, Dr. Ross has a unique understanding of employee engagement and offers practical solutions for increasing both the morale and performance of your teams. If you want to move your organization beyond Great to Remarkable!, where personal initiative and innovation are characteristic, then Dr. Ross can help your team members understand how they can create value in every endeavor.

 Randy is the author of Remarkable!, a leadership parable that illustrates the power of applied axiology to guide organizations toward the creation of a more compelling and collaborative culture, based upon Value Creation. Randy wrote the book with David Salyers, VP of Marketing for Chick-fil-A.

You can reach Randy or David at:

RemarkableMovement.com

Createremarkable.com

 

Scott Geller – CTO Points of Light; Entrepreneur

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Scott Geller – Chief Technology Officer – Points of Light; Entrepreneur

Scott is a social venture and technology entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience. In 2000, he co-founded, served as the first CEO and then chairman of TechBridge, a nonprofit social venture that is helping hundreds of metro Atlanta nonprofits utilize technology to improve their impact on the community. He has also been founder or CEO of four other technology companies, including 2order.com, which was sold to a public company, and Zooz Mobile, a leading mobile music app developer.

Scott holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of California at San Diego and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Ryan Turner – CEO of Unsukay Community of Businesses and Mike Gallagher – Restaurateur/Entrepreneur

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Ryan Turner – Unsukay Community of Businesses

Ryan’s business card title reads “business dude,” but that doesn’t really tell the whole story. Since college he has worked in every role in a restaurant. He is not a chef, but is mistaken for one in the media sometimes. He cut his “business teeth” by opening Muss & Turner’s in February of 2005. It has been a series of real-time stop, drop and roll moments while drinking from a fire hose, adjusting and adapting on the fly and facing financial disaster multiple times. Baptism by fire perhaps? Many of the hard lessons learned were amidst the not-so-gentle cupping of the Great Recession. Luckily he has been able to figure some stuff out but remains eager to grow and understand how ignorant he still stands today.

His primary role is that of providing organizational context with a compelling vision and strategic business map in addition to financial & legal analysis. He is obsessed with understanding and effectively implementing the best practices of world class leaders and organizations. He invests a ton of his time and energy into coaching the operating partners, managers and front line staff within the Life & Leadership Program called The Table.

Ryan is a Founding Board member and Chairman of The Giving Kitchen Initiative and also currently on the Executive Board for the Georgia Restaurant Association and will serve as Chair of the GRA in 2015.

If he’s not working or plotting the companies’ next moves, he’s on the golf course, seeking wisdom and always doing his best to be a great husband and father.

http://unsukaycommunity.com

https://twitter.com/mussandturners

https://www.facebook.com/unsukaycommunity

http://www.thegivingkitchen.org/

Mike Gallagher – Restaurateur/Entrepreneur (Brick Store Pub, Leon’s Full Service, Kimball House)

Mike began his career in the restaurant business at 15 as a server assistant at a restaurant outside of Philadelphia where his two older brothers worked.

While at UGA Mike took a position waiting tables at a restaurant where he would meet his future business partners Tom Moore and Dave Blanchard. He left his position as General Manager in the Fall of 1996 to begin work on a Pub in Decatur, GA. After living on his brother’s couch for a few months and even donating his car to the cause the fellas signed a loan for what would become Brick Store Pub. The three went on to open up JAVAMONKEY in 2001 and subsequently sold it to search for their next venture. The building at the corner of Church St. and Ponce became available and LEON s Full Service was born. It opened in February of 2009. Beer and Wine would eventually take a back seat to cocktails and the food has received much acclaim under the hands of Eric and Robert Lupo as Chef and Sous Chef.

In the fall of 2013 Kimball House opened. Mike, Dave and Tom partnered with longtime employees and friends Bryan Rackley, Miles Macquarrie, Matt Christison and Jesse Smith. Kimball House would have Miles at the helm of the bar, Chefs Jeff Wall and Philip Meeker in the kitchen, Bryan tending to the Oyster/Raw Bar and Matt and Jesse leading the dining room. A great sense of pride for the original BSP guys as they helped achieve this dream while assisting with all the pitfalls that can plague a young start up.

Brick Store Pub has consistently been rated top 10 Beer Bars in the country and even the world. LEONs Full Service has been named top 50 Bars in the country by Food and Wine magazine. The path to provide a high level of hospitality and be a positive force in their chosen community of Decatur through great food and drink has been fruitful and Mike will tell you it’s just the beginning of the journey.

http://www.brickstorepub.com

http://www.leonsfullservice.com

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Bill Bolling – Atlanta Community Food Bank

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Bill Bolling – Atlanta Community Food Bank

Bill Bolling has served as Executive Director of the Atlanta Community Food Bank since founding the organization in 1979. In this capacity, he oversees the distribution of more than 45 million pounds of food and grocery products each year through a network of 600 local and regional partner nonprofit organizations that feed the hungry across 29 Georgia counties. As a charter member of Feeding America, the national network of food banks, Bill was instrumental in the start-up of food banks across the country. He is a frequent speaker on topics related to hunger, poverty, regionalism, affordable housing and public policy reform. His skills in bridging various public sectors have made him a leader in strengthening the community to serve those most in need. Prior to his association with ACFB, he served as director of community ministries for St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta. In January of 2012, Bill was named Georgia Trend Magazine’s 2012 Georgian of the Year. Bill earned his Master of Arts in Psychology and Counseling from West Georgia College and degrees in Business and Education from Central Piedmont College and Appalachian State University.

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Linda Brenner – Designs on Talent, Moira Vetter – Modo Modo Agency, John Masters – John Masters CPA

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Linda Brenner – Designs on Talent and Skillsify, Inc.

Linda Brenner is Founder and CEO of both Designs on Talent – an HR consulting firm – and Skillsify, Inc. – and HR technology firm. The firms leverage proprietary process improvement approaches and tools to help organizations improve hiring and retention results. Designs on Talent was started in 2004 and today boasts a client roster that includes Coca-Cola, L’Oreal, Linkedin, Chick-fil-A, Raytheon and Turner Broadcasting.

Prior to starting Designs on Talent and Skillsify, Linda Brenner spent her professional career in talent acquisition and talent management leadership roles with Gap, Pepsi and Home Depot. She attended undergrad and grad school at the University of Cincinnati and lives near downtown Atlanta with her family.

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Moira Vetter – Modo Modo Agency

Moira Vetter is the founder and CEO of Modo Modo Agency, a strategic business-to-business marketing firm that has won over 125 awards in its first 5 years. Modo Modo, Moira’s second entrepreneurial venture, was Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2010 Second Fastest Growing Women-Owned Business. The firm, which has since grown another 130%, has offices in Atlanta and Los Angeles.

Moira began her career 25 years ago in technology and healthcare before moving to the agency world. In that time she has helped more than 170 businesses with well over 200 products and services define, launch, grow and even divest of their ventures.

She serves on the Executive Advisory Board and is Past President of the Atlanta Chapter of the America Marketing Association. She is a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2013 and serves on the Georgia Department of Education’s Marketing Cluster to help develop marketing curriculum for Georgia High School students. She was a featured Entrepreneur in the 30th Annual Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, was a featured speaker at the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance and is a guest entrepreneurship blogger for Frazier & Deeter. Moira published her first book: AdVenture, An Outsider’s Inside View of Getting an Entrepreneur to Market in May 2013.

Personal Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/moiravetter/

Email: moira@modomodoagency.com

Company Twitter: https://twitter.com/modomodoagency

Company Website: www.modomodoagency.com

Book Page on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1iyjcy4

John Masters – John Masters CPA

John Masters is a CPA, Attorney at Law and Registered Investment Advisor practicing in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (now known as Booth Graduate School of Business) where he received his Master of Business Administration degree. He also earned his Juris Doctor Degree and became a member of the Georgia Bar. He previously earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was employed by Lockheed Martin in the Structural Fatigue Test Group while a student at Georgia Tech, then became a Field Engineer with Hewlett Packard selling computer systems to the educational community in the mid-western United States. After returning to north Atlanta he began his practice in accounting, law and portfolio management. His business activity includes accounting, tax and investment centric work. He represents taxpayers and businesses with respect to tax planning and preparation, gift and estate planning, tax controversies, portfolio management, and handling a variety of business problems for clients. John is an active member of the Civil Air Patrol, the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accounts, the Atlanta and Georgia Bar Associations, and other organizations. John is currently a member of the Audit Committee of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants and a serves as a Member at Large of the Society’s Council.

www.JohnMastersCPA.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/john-masters/12/917/ba6/

Email: jmasters@jmasters.com

 

Baha Zeidan – Azalea Health and Stuart Bracken – Bioscape Digital

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Baha Zeidan – Azalea Health

Baha Zeidan, co-founder and CEO, provides the strategic direction for Azalea Health. Mr. Zeidan’s leadership ensures goals are both achieved and surpassed in the areas of customer service and experience, sales, profitability, and the overall company objectives. As the leading force behind new technology development, Mr. Zeidan acts as an ambassador; enabling the Azalea Team to forge ahead of industry standards and exceed expectations. He is also a strong proponent of Health IT, cloud computing, mobile development, device computing, and big data analytics. Additionally, Mr. Zeidan cultivates quality relationships with partners and shareholders that aid in the further advancement of Azalea Health. Though fostering external relationships is important, Mr. Zeidan also works to provide an upbeat work atmosphere where team members are empowered, enthusiastic, and driven to deliver top-notch results in their respective fields. He received his BS in Computer Science from Valdosta State University, and is currently pursuing his Masters degree in Information Technology Management with a focus in healthcare.

 Website:  www.AzaleaHealth.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/azaleahealth

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/azalea-health

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/azaleahealth

 

Stuart Bracken – Bioscape Digital

Stuart Bracken guides the strategic vision of Bioscape Digital, a next generation healthcare company fixing healthcare through cutting-edge tablet technology.

A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Bracken’s career to date includes co-founding four separate successful companies. With experience in Mobile, SAAS, and License models, Bracken previously co-founded CallMe!, a built for purpose human capital management company. Previously, Bracken was an early employee at Firethorn, a startup in the mobile commerce space, which was acquired by Qualcomm (QCOM). Bracken holds a Bachelors Degree in Business and Information Systems and a Masters in Accounting from Wake Forest University as well as an MBA from The Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Mr. Bracken is currently President of Goizueta’s Alumni Entrepreneurship Network and serves on the Goizueta Alumni board at Emory.

Website: www.bioscapedigital.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shbracken/

 

 

Belinda Stubblefield – Year Up Atlanta and Chris Morocco – KidsLink

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Belinda Stubblefield/Year Up Atlanta

Belinda Stubblefield was appointed Executive Director of Year Up Atlanta in July 2013. With more than 20 years of leadership experience in large corporations as well as in entrepreneurial firms, Ms. Stubblefield is the founder of Stubblefield Ventures, LLC, a partner of Paradies-Atlanta, LCC, which operates 20 retail stores at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The Atlanta Business League has recognized Ms. Stubblefield as one of “Atlanta’s Top 100 Black Women of Influence.” She received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Mathematics Applied Science from University of California at Los Angeles.

Facebook.com/yearupatlanta

Twitter.com/yearupatlanta

Website: www.yearup.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/yearup

LinkedIn: http://http://www.linkedin.com/in/stubblefield

Twitter: www.twitter.com/yearup

Chris Morocco/KidsLink

KidsLink CEO Chris Morocco brings nearly two decades of early stage and start-up experience and leadership to KidsLink. Chris has broad experience in developing and successfully launching companies in various industries during his career: retail & consumer product, Internet, and healthcare software & services.

Prior to KidsLink, he was CEO and board member of Petrus Brands, the owner and operator of two national franchise concepts: Planet Smoothie and Shane’s Rib Shack. Chris led the management buyout of the $80 MM franchise-based brand portfolio in the fast-casual dining and healthy lifestyle categories from Raving Brands. Three years later he orchestrated the sale of two of the brands to a strategic buyer.

Before his role as CEO of Petrus, Morocco was President of Innovative Brands, which was integrated into Raving Brands and where he served as Chief Development Officer and oversaw the Emerging Brands Division of the company. Chris previously cut his teeth with various technology and early stage companies in the mid-90s, including Nextron, a SafeGuard Scientifics partnership company that provided internet software and services for small to mid-size organizations.

Website: www.mykidslink.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/KidsLink/294945547301107

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/chris-morocco/12/4a7/975

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KidsLinkApp