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Roger Quillen with Fisher Phillips and Cleaven Stargill with United Tax and Business

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Roger Quillen / Fisher Phillips Twitter Linkedin Facebook

Roger Quillen is the full-time Chairman and Managing Partner of Fisher Phillips. He is effectively the CEO of an organization with 350 attorneys and an additional support staff of more than 300 people. Roger has continuously led the firm for 15 years. The firm has tripled in size under Roger’s leadership and is consistently recognized as one of the country’s elite labor and employment law firms. Fisher Phillips has been recognized by U.S. News and World Report – Best Lawyers as the “Law Firm of the Year” for Labor and Employment Litigation in 2015 and as the “Law Firm of the Year” for Labor Law – Management for 2016.

The firm has implemented many innovations, including the development of the award-winning Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Leave Calculator App that has been widely praised in the media. Roger has emphasized client service and personally visits 15 clients a year, to hear first-hand about how the firm is performing and to learn if the clients need anything. Roger also helped to develop internal programs to ensure that attorneys and staff across the firm deliver first-rate services to all of the firm’s clients.

Roger has been named one of “The Nation’s 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys” by Human Resources Executive Magazine every year since 2009.

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Michelle Thompson with Thompson Legacy Law

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Michelle Thompson / Thompson Legacy Law Linkedin Facebook

My desire to work with individuals and families seeking estate planning and asset protection comes from a very personal place. In my last year of law school, my mom passed away unexpectedly. Losing her was the most disorienting experience of my life.

While experiencing an enormous amount of grief and loss, I was also faced with resolving the complicated legal mess created by the person she trusted with her goals and wishes – her estate lawyer. Even though my Mom had taken steps to get an estate plan in place to ensure her wishes would be fulfilled, the lawyer she had trusted hadn’t taken the time, or perhaps didn’t care enough, to create a plan that would accomplish her goals.

 

 

Barry Etra with The RAISE Forum and Darshun Kendrick with Kendrick Law

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Barry Etra / The RAISE Forum Twitter Linkedin

Barry Etra came out of the manufacturing world after 25+ years, the last 15 as a senior executive there and got involved in the consulting and funding world. From the debt funding side he got involved in equity; realizing that that world was chaos, he endeavored to create a structure that would help order it, and the RAISE Forum was born. Barry has a BA and an MBA from Columbia and lives in Atlanta.

Darshun Kendrick / Kendrick Law Twitter Linkedin Facebook

Attorney Dar’shun N. Kendrick was born in Atlanta, Georgia to 2 parents that were Georgia entrepreneurs and small business owners. She was raised in South DeKalb, Georgia and graduated from DeKalb County public schools. She received 2 bachelors’ degrees from Oglethorpe University and her law degree from the University of Georgia. While in law school, she was on a Member and Editor of the International and Comparative Law Journal and started the law school’s first ever Business Law Society which prepares law students to practice transactional business law as opposed to business litigation. In August of 2011, she received her Master’s in Business Administration from Kennesaw State University. She is now the owner of Kendrick Law Practice, a private securities law firm that handles legal compliance and investor agreements and negotiations for private placement offerings. She is also certified FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) non-public arbitrator, arbitrator contact disputes between investors and non-public companies.

 

 

Jenny Levison with Souper Jenny and Kunbi Tinuoye with UrbanGeekz

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Jenny Levison / Souper Jenny Facebook

Jennifer Levison is an actress and entrepreneur who is also known in Atlanta as the original “Soup Diva.”

A native of Atlanta, she opened her first restaurant 17 years ago with only two employees and today has four restaurants and a juice bar/vegan lunch spot and employs a staff of 48.

Jenny spends most of her time re-enforcing her mission of hospitality one bowl of soup at a time. She daily strives to be part of the Atlanta community and for each guest to be treated like friends and family.

When she is not slinging soup, Jenny is still an actress and enjoys performing in local theaters. Most recently she was one of two leads in “Calendar Girls” at Georgia Ensemble Theatre.

Jenny’s next goal is to work on her “Tom’s” One for one model of philanthropy and feed hungry families for every meal sold at Souper Jenny.

Kunbi Tinuoye / UrbanGeekz Twitter Linkedin Facebook

Kunbi Tinuoye is an award-winning British-born journalist and broadcaster based in the United States. She is the Founder and CEO of UrbanGeekz.com, a groundbreaking digital news platform focused on technology, science and business.

Tinuoye is a sought after on-air contributor, speaker, panelist, and moderator at conferences across the country. More recently she has appeared on MSNBC & Arise News and facilitated a panel discussion at the Spelman College Leadership and Women of Color Conference.

Tinuoye is a former News Correspondent for NBC’s African American digital news platform theGrio.com. In 2013, she provided commentary as an investigative reporter on the Investigation Discovery hit television series ‘Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall’.

Prior to relocating stateside, Tinuoye was a senior broadcast journalist for the BBC in London. She is an international writer whose work has been published in The Daily Mail, London’s Evening Standard, Ebony.com and The Voice newspaper

For a number of years, Tinuoye served on the Editorial Advisory Board of Cambridge Alumni Magazine (CAM), which is distributed to approximately 150,000 readers globally per edition.

She is one of the original founders of Aspire, a support network for ethnic minority journalists in the United Kingdom. The organization has partnered with and attracted sponsorship from mainstream media outlets, including the BBC, Channel 4, Trinity-Mirror, the Guardian and the Financial Times

Tinuoye graduated from Trinity College, University of Cambridge, with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Social & Political Sciences. She studied a post-graduate in print journalism and is an NCTJ qualified UK professional journalist, with credits in media law and 100 wpm shorthand.

Ovation International Magazine has named Tinuoye one of the 50 most influential Nigerians in the diaspora. She is currently on the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists (AABJ) Development Committee.

 

 

 

Amy Hoover with Talent Zoo and Linecia Gilmore with The Gilmore Law Firm

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Amy Hoover / Talent Zoo Twitter Facebook

Amy Hoover has been with Talent Zoo since 1998. First as Executive Recruiter then Recruiting Director, she orchestrated and oversaw advertising and marketing hiring activity across North America for more than 12 years. Now President of the company and operating the job board on TalentZoo.com, she’s a full-fledged web geek in addition to monitoring hires from hundreds of companies each month.

Considered an expert on hiring trends and staffing issues, Amy is frequently quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Adweek, Advertising Age, and many other notable publications. She’s also been interviewed for CNBC’s “On the Money” speaking about industry salary trends.

Linecia Gilmore / The Gilmore Law Firm Linkedin

Linecia L. Gilmore is the Founder and Managing Partner of The Gilmore Law Firm, LLC, where she is a business attorney. She has represented major corporations and individuals in matters involving business-to-business negotiations, commercial and government contract matters, commercial loan matters, business counseling and formations, and sports and entertainment contractual matters. Linecia is an experienced transactional attorney, having worked with the Global Marketing and Licensing Legal Division of The Coca-Cola Company, a nationally recognized sports agency, and companies doing business with the federal and local governments. Ms. Gilmore created The Gilmore Law Firm, LLC with the purpose of combining her legal expertise with her business experience. As a business attorney, Ms. Gilmore conducts seminars and presentations in order to educate business owners on the importance of understanding basic contractual legal principles.

 

 

High Velocity Reboot: Lee And Stone Back In The Studio

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Lee and Stone will be back in the studio co-hosting the High Velocity Radio show each week starting soon !

“The travel has been fun,and we’ve learned so much.” says Stone.  “. . . but we both really miss that weekly show rhythm — and of course we absolutely love using the BRX platform to celebrate Top Performers Producing Better Results In Less Time.”

“Our Guest Hosts have done a fabulous job in our absence of interviewing passionate business leaders with compelling stories to share.  We’re committed to continuing that tradition, and look forward to getting back in the studio.”  — BRX CEO Lee Kantor

New interviews will be posting soon.  In the meantime, here’s one of our recent favorites.

* Captured in Dallas on our late April road trip for Training Pro’s Learning Insights show.

Enjoy . . .

Tom Allen from Opango discussed how L&D organizations can take their performance to the next level by leveraging technology.

Tom is Founder and CEO of Opango, provider of a Cloud based Learning Management System for the Enterprise and Small Business . It’s primary purpose is to deliver on demand product training, franchise training, certification and continuing education. The platform delivers courses, tracks progress, administers quizzes, final tests, surveys, certificates and maintains student transcripts
Opango also provides full service course development including learning 2.0 instructional design, writing, photography, audio, videography, interactive 2D and Photo Realistic 3D animations.

Special Edition: Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce

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Stephanie Snodgrass / Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce 

Stephanie Snodgrass is the newly named President and CEO of the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce and has been in the position since September 22, 2014. Her immediate objectives are to provide a great return on investment for all Chamber members and to develop a plan of work that will strengthen those returns. Prior to moving to Dunwoody she was President of the Walker County Chamber of Commerce and Regional Visitors Information Center for over five years. During this time she promoted active participation and collaboration through a variety of initiatives to enhance the quality of life for the citizens of Walker County and the surrounding region. In November of 2012, she led the Walker County Chamber in obtaining the Georgia Certified Chamber of Commerce status.

Marcy Bass / Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta Linkedin Twitter Facebook

Originally from New York, Marcy Bass moved to Atlanta after graduating from law school and was in-house counsel with BellSouth Corporation for more than 20 years. Following her retirement from BellSouth, she became more  involved in volunteer work with various Jewish and Atlanta nonprofit organizations. Marcy is married to Scott  Fisher, an attorney, and has two grown sons, both of whom live in Atlanta.

Judy Schulman / Mid-South Financial Group 

Judy Schulman, an experienced long-term care specialist, is recognized for her practical approach in the planning for the risk of long-term care. By providing current, factual and objective information, she has helped over 1300 people look forward to retirement without the worry that the cost of extended care will jeopardize their financial security.

Adrienne Duncan / SDOC Publishing Internet Soutions Linkedin Twitter Facebook

Adrienne Duncan, a 15-year veteran of website design and development, is the owner of SDOC Publishing Internet Solutions in Dunwoody. SDOC Publishing was one of the founding sponsors of the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce in 2008. SDOC Publishing has provided complete web design, development and hosting solutions to the Chamber ever since through all of its changes and growth during its first six years.

 

 

 

Special Edition: Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce

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Jennifer Howard / Edward Jones Linkedin

At Edward Jones, I know from experience that it takes hard work, sound planning and an eye on the future to run a successful business. That is why I work with business owners and plan sponsors to utilize a strategic approach to manage their retirement plan. I work with organizations to create and maintain a quality retirement plan by providing tailored service and educational support.

I came to Edward Jones in 2008 because I enjoy assisting investors achieve their financial goals. My background includes graduating from Georgia Tech in engineering and having a career as a consultant for IBM, where I advised numerous Fortune 500 companies.

As a home town gal, I promote local business development. I am a Charter Member of the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce and proudly serve on the board of directors. Recently, I was the recipient of the Outstanding Service Award from the Project Management Institute. Through my involvement in the Technology Association of Georgia and Women in Technology, I support the development of technology in the Atlanta area. I serve on the board of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.

My greatest strength is my family, their love and support means the world to me. During my down time, I enjoy traveling both locally and abroad. Some of my favorite trips include visiting Italy with my sister and my weekends away to the North Georgia mountains.

It is important that I invest my time to understand what you’re working toward. I believe it’s important to extensively review your situation and prepare a retirement plan specific to your business.

Malcolm Aga / The Pet Resorts – Dunwoody Twitter Facebook

After many years of being on the road in sales and management positions working for major corporations in the IT and Healthcare fields, Malcolm’s love for animals and a desire to spend less time away from home sparked an interest in providing a unique service for pet owners in the north Atlanta area. Atlanta Dog Trainer and Pet Resort was developed through a partnership with his sister, a well known dog trainer in Atlanta, over 5 years ago. Since then, Malcolm further expanded his business based on client requests to the Perimeter area with the recent opening of The Pet Resorts – Dunwoody, which is a specially designed all suite and pet condo boutique for dogs 50 pounds or less and all cats. Both locations offer Doggie Daycare, Grooming, and crateless Boarding with a trained Pet First Aid certified staff that can read dog signals providing our furry guest with hours of supervised play time daily for an all inclusive price.

Kenneth Gordon / Private Jeweler

Kenneth Gordon grew up in his family’s jewelry business and has been in the jewelry industry for 35+ years. For the past 20 years, he has been a Private Jeweler, working by appointments and referrals. He is a trained GIA Graduate Gemologist and loves working with people.

Lesley Masisak / Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce

 

 

Desiree Scales Interviews Naomi Salberg about Business Coaching

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Naomi Salberg

 

In 1990, Naomi Salberg began working for internationally-recognized Emory University. For the 12 years she worked there, she worked with faculty and staff, helping them with their department’s goal setting and implementation, recruitment and staffing, training, team building and individual growth and development. After her third child was born, she left the world of routine hours and location to be a full-time mom. Shortly after child number four was born, she found it necessary to return to the work force and decided to follow her entrepreneurial spirit, combined with her previous experience, and began her own consulting and coaching practice.

Naomi has now been consulting and coaching for over 20 years. She has worked with hundreds of for-profits, non-profits and individuals on five continents. Her varied client list includes work with incarceration re-entry programs, Academy Award nominated directors, New York Times Bestselling authors, CEO’s in various industries, executive board members, international food programs, world reknown doctors, real estate gurus, leading life-transformation specialists, aspiring entrepreneurs, and many more. In addition, Naomi has been hired as an Outsourced Mentor for Brand Launcher, Source Point Solutions and The Short Sale Service. Find Naomi at nsccoaching.com.