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Abe Malla / Westside Foundry

Sig Mosley / Mosley Ventures Linkedin Twitter

Sigmund Mosley, Jr., the unwitting godfather of early-stage technology investing in Atlanta. More officially he is the President of Imlay Investments, Inc., the personal investment company of John P. Imlay, Jr.

Jim Jubelirer / Jubelirer Results Group Linkedin Twitter

Jim Jubelirer is a Certified Gazelles Coach, a certified “WHY Guy” and is affiliated with the Duke Leadership Program at the Fuqua School of Business. His mission is to help companies grow and prosper by using the best practices in business and personal development.

 

 

Spotlight on NAWBO

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Nancy Chorpenning / C-Suite Advisors Linkedin Twitter 

Nancy Chorpenning is Founder & Managing Director of Atlantabased C-Suite Advisors, a business advisory practice. C-Suite Advisors specialty is advising women entrepreneurs whose businesses have emerged successfully from the startup phase and who are growing their firms into profitable, professionally managed businesses prepared for selling in the future.

Nancy also leads peer-mentoring for women business owners, and offers webinars on planning, leadership, and building business value among other business topics. This January, she is starting three programs for Business Owners to support their business growth: CEO School for Women is a year-long business growth program; the Value Builder System is a 1:1 advisor-led process leading to increased business worth; and a hands-on Business Planning Workshop called Vision & Clarity Workshop. Registration for all of these events is on Eventbrite.

From strategic discovery to organization structure and operations, Nancy’s mentoring of business owners is informed by her +20- year tenure as an executive in Professional Information and Education with Fortune 500 companies (such as Time Warner’s Little, Brown & Company, Publishers) as well as high profile startups (WebMD), combined with a superb graduate Marketing education from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Chorpenning participates actively in local and national business organizations. After serving on the Small Business Council for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Nancy served on the Board of Directors for the Atlanta Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) for 6 years, including as Chapter President. She was appointed to the NAWBO Presidents Assembly Steering Committee (PASC) in 2012 with responsibility for 18 Southern Tier NAWBO Chapters, inaugurating the Leadership Bootcamp for NAWBO, and in 2014, became its Chair. Additionally, she was elected to the National Board of Directors of NAWBO in 2013 where she presently serves. She was recently added to the Advisory Boards of the international company, “The Sellability Score” and Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) in Atlanta.

Darla Beggs / Abba Staffing

Darla Beggs is the President and CEO of Abba Staffing and Consulting, Abba Parking Services and MGD Management Group. Her broad business experience includes consulting with HR, insurance and oil and gas professionals to evaluate and establish effective programs with a focus on cost effectiveness coupled with employee satisfaction and retention. Prior to acquiring Abba Staffing and Consulting, Beggs held leadership positions with, Travelers Insurance and The Principle Group in account management services, marketing, and benefits administration. Ms. Beggs is active in various women-owned and minority owned business groups and is a devoted leader in in both professional and philanthropic organizations. In 2011 Ms. Beggs was appointed to the National Board of Directors of National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), where she serves on the Executive Committee as Chair. Ms. Beggs’ commitment to other women business owners succeed has gained her recognition by her peers and Abba Staffing was named the 2011 Overall Business Enterprise of the Year by the North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency, “Benefactor” and “Star” Awards by NAWBO® Dallas/Ft Worth and 2012 Done Deals Women Working Together Award by WBENC Southwest.

Additionally, Abba Staffing and Consulting was recognized in 2013 and 2014 as one of the fast growing private companies by Inc Magazine.

Ms. Beggs is active in many philanthropic organizations and devotes considerable time to these endeavors. She is the driving force behind Abba’s commitment to the community through volunteerism and financial support. Previous Board appointments include YMCA of Metropolitan Ft Worth and Mid-Cities Pacesetters Rotary Club. She is also active in many associations such as the Women’s Business Council Southwest, Society for Human Resource Management, Women’s President Organization and various Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Beggs resides in Colleyville with her husband of 30 years-Gary. They are the proud parents of Valerie and Matthew and 2 “crazy” Yorkies.

Jill Peck / Henderson Shapiro Peck

Jill serves as Vice President & COO for Henderson Shapiro Peck, a relationship driven, award winning marketing and business support company with 23 employees. Over the past 18 years, Jill and her partner, founder of the company, Debbi Shapiro have been instrumental in supporting women driven initiatives both personally and professionally.

She is the President of the National Association of Women’s Business Owners (NAWBO Atlanta), a member of the Certified Women’s Business Enterprise Council (WBENC) and the Metro Atlanta Chamber.

Jill has volunteered for Scottish Rite known as Children’s Healthcare of America, The Girl Scouts of America, The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, The Atlanta Food Bank, The Tolerance Education Program and was the marketing chair for Emerge Scholarships for three years.

Jill graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Advertising and a minor in marketing from the College of Journalism and Communications.

Joy Lutes / NAWBO

 

 

Lan Bercu with Lead Across Cultures International

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Lan Bercu is the founder and president of Lead Across Cultures Intl, an Atlanta- based company with a focus on business competitiveness and global leadership. As an international speaker and expert in her field, Lan has nearly two decades of experience working with international corporations and small businesses in Asia and North America. In her earlier years, Lan was an entrepreneur and executive at British Petroleum Vietnam. She travels from Atlanta to Beijing, and Ho Chi Mnh City to Washington DC to assist her clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies including Intel, Bayer and Morgan Stanley to a variety of small businesses.

Born and raised in Vietnam, as a young girl, Lan was inspired by the Chinese classics, Sun Tzu’s Art of War and the Thirty Six Chinese Strategies. The principals and strategies in the books helped her overcome the tremendous hardships she and her family faced due to the ramifications of the Vietnam War. These messages carried her through, enabling her to not only survive, but to thrive in academia as well as on the corporate battlefields and compete in entrepreneurial competitive races.

Lan received her MBA degree from Kennesaw State University. She is a member of the National Speakers Association and Global Speakers Federation. Lan- the author of the book, The 36 Ancient Chinese Strategies for Modern Business has been featured on Finance Business News Channel, in Vietnam Investment Review, Entrepreneur magazine and other media channels.

 

 

 

Josh Webb and Joe Garcia with Root Radius and Constance Dierickx with CD Consulting Group

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Josh Webb and Joe Garcia / Root Radius Twitter Facebook

We equip cause to tell their story. Our organizational story is made true by the experience we give our supporters. It can be easy to become impersonal the busier we get. Automating your cause is a great way to ensure your story gets told to everyone in the way they need to hear it. With a decade of large brand advertising experience, like UPS, Universal Studios and more, Josh now uses that knowledge to help causes to tell their story and create the infrastructure needed to make it true.

Josh Webb is the Founder and a partner at Root Radius. He started the company in 2011 after a 12 year career as a Creative Director at marketing and advertising agencies here in Atlanta. He has worked for large brands such as UPS, Under Armour and Universal Studios and now loves helping causes tell their story. Josh is married to his high school sweetheart Kristy and has three boys Ethan, Garrett and Emery.

Joe Garcia is the President of Root Radius. Prior to that he served as the Director of Client Experience for Root Radius. He has a background in nonprofit leadership and development and is the former President of SERV International, an Atlanta-based nonprofit. Joe is the chairman of the board of The Kula Project (a friend of Business RadioX) and is married to his bride Kristin and is a father to his daughter Piper.

Constance Dierickx / CD Consulting Group

Dr. Constance Dierickx-Is unique among consultants who call her The Decision Doctor. She has consulted with over 500 executives, more than 20 boards in the US, Mexico, South America, Europe and the Middle East. Her results fly in the face of the 80% failure rate of acquisitions and mergers. Early in her career at a major Wall Street firm, she saw firsthand the impact of poor management, pay without performance, irrational beliefs, and extreme overconfidence. The behavior of neither her colleagues nor clients made sense, but her curiosity about it propelled her to earn a Ph.D. in psychology. She marries academic insight with pragmatic approaches to create a novel consulting relationship with her clients.

 

 

 

Tami McQueen with SalesLoft and Nancy Chorpenning with C-Suite Advisors

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Tami McQueen / SalesLoft Linkedin Twitter Facebook

As a marketing and communications strategist with over nine years of strategic experience in B2B and B2C markets, Tami joined SalesLoft to scale the marketing team and lead digital, content marketing, and inbound lead generation initiatives across multiple platforms.

Tami delivers branding insights and channels collaborative discussion among internal and external audiences. A champion for guerilla marketing and taking big risks to gain traction in a dynamic market, Tami was named the 2014 B2B Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Marketing Innovator of the Year.

A former NCAA Division 1 collegiate tennis player, Tami believes in the strength of collaboration and exudes passion for career and teammates. Rooted firmly in South African soil where she grew up, Tami now calls Atlanta home, a city she believes holds exponential potential and a distinct flavor of home.

Nancy Chorpenning / C-Suite Advisors Linkedin Twitter Facebook

Nancy Chorpenning is Founder & Managing Director of Atlantabased C-Suite Advisors, a business advisory practice. C-Suite Advisors specialty is advising women entrepreneurs whose businesses have emerged successfully from the startup phase and who are growing their firms into profitable, professionally managed businesses prepared for selling in the future.

Nancy also leads peer-mentoring for women business owners, and offers webinars on planning, leadership, and building business value among other business topics. This January, she is starting three programs for Business Owners to support their business growth: CEO School for Women is a year-long business growth program; the Value Builder System is a 1:1 advisor-led process leading to increased business worth; and a hands-on Business Planning Workshop called Vision & Clarity Workshop. Registration for all of these events is on Eventbrite.

From strategic discovery to organization structure and operations, Nancy’s mentoring of business owners is informed by her +20- year tenure as an executive in Professional Information and Education with Fortune 500 companies (such as Time Warner’s Little, Brown & Company, Publishers) as well as high profile startups (WebMD), combined with a superb graduate Marketing education from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Chorpenning participates actively in local and national business organizations. After serving on the Small Business Council for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Nancy served on the Board of Directors for the Atlanta Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) for 6 years, including as Chapter President. She was appointed to the NAWBO Presidents Assembly Steering Committee (PASC) in 2012 with responsibility for 18 Southern Tier NAWBO Chapters, inaugurating the Leadership Bootcamp for NAWBO, and in 2014, became its Chair. Additionally, she was elected to the National Board of Directors of NAWBO in 2013 where she presently serves. She was recently added to the Advisory Boards of the international company, “The Sellability Score” and Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) in Atlanta.