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Spotlight Episode with Justin Barnes from iHealth

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Justin Barnes, Health IT Industry Leader, Joins iHealth drawn by opportunity to help providers navigate new payment models.

 

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Ryan “Redhawk” McPherson and Justin Barnes

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Justin Barnes, one of the best-known thought leaders in health IT, has joined iHealth as Partner and Chief Growth Officer. iHealth was formed recently when iHealth Solutions, LLC acquired DNA Healthcare Inc.(DNAH); the new company is operating under the name of iHealth.

“Healthcare organizations and providers are being challenged with new payment models, and iHealth helps to address that,” Barnes said. “Through a robust technology platform combined with high-touch support, we are navigating healthcare providers through the future of healthcare and helping them to thrive. “I truly believe that all care providers that intentionally and deliberately engage with these new payment and care delivery models, and create the right partnerships,will have more opportunity in the future than they have today,”

Barnes added. “Justin Barnes has a deep passion for helping providers succeed in these turbulent times for the healthcare industry,” said Venkat Sharma, iHealth Chief Executive Officer. “His extensive healthcare experience and expertise in new care models, such as value-based care, will greatly benefit the company as well as the customers we serve.”

Barnes was a member of Greenway Health’s senior leadership team for11 years, directing Greenway’s marketing, corporate development, strategy, government relations and international affairs. He has pulled several members of the original Greenway team into iHealth.After leaving Greenway in 2014, he has served as a corporate, board and policy advisor focused on assisting companies, associations and entrepreneurs with growth and acquisition strategies.

Prior to Greenway, Barnes was a member of the founding team and Vice President of the patient-provider communications and engagement company, Healinx. Today, Healinx is known as RelayHealth. Before Healinx, Barnes held several positions with HBO & Company/McKesson.Barnesserves as Chairman Emeritus of the HIMSS EHR Association as well as Co-Chairman of the Accountable Care Community of Practice where he assists these organizations with industry strategy and leadership. Barnes is also the host of the weekly syndicated radio show “This Just In” on Healthcare Radio and Business Radio X. Barnes has formally addressed or testified before Congress as well as the last two Presidential Administrations on more than 20 occasions with statements relating to value-based medicine, accountable care, interoperability, EHR meaningful use, consumerism, innovation, patient engagement, quality, HIPAA, the globalization of healthcare and much more.

Barnes is a public speaker on these issues and has appeared in more than a 1,200 journals, magazines and broadcast media. In addition, Barnes has advised several U.S. Presidential campaigns on healthcare public policy.

 

About iHealth– iHealth helps healthcare providers navigate to value-based care and thrive under new payment models. iHealth offers Revenue Cycle Performance™, which includes comprehensive revenue cycle services, and supports population health and care coordination through a robust, innovative technology suite and high touch professional services.

www.iHealthInnovations.com
Media contact:  Lynn Hood, Press@iHealthInnovations.com, 678-974-2623

 

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Andy Wickman and Andrew Hurst with Warrior Outdoors Inc.

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Andy Wickman and Andrew Hurst

 

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Andy Wickman is one of the founding members of Warrior Outdoors. He has owned and operated several business’, including a transmission shop, a full motorcycle shop and a dating service. Andy has always had a service heart. He has worked with Habitat for Humanity, the Lions Club and is very accomplished in the Masonic fraternity.

 

 

Andrew Hurst- 12 year army veteran, served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, father, husband, and avid outdoorsman when at all possible. He got into helping other veterans with the VFW and found that Warrior Outdoors would allow him the ability to help even more by taking the State Director position.

 

 

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Nancy Whatley with IgniteHQ and Andrew McConnell, CEO of Rented

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Nancy Whatley, Andrew McConnell, Kelly Payton and Alex Gossett Shifflet

 

 

 

Nancy   Whatley / IgniteHQ
Executive Director

 Nancy Wright Whatley serves as executive director of IgniteHQ where she is charged with providing strategic planning, recruiting entrepreneurs, budget management, fundraising, and facility oversight. Overall, her focus is supporting the economic growth of Cobb County, the Northern Arc region and the state of Georgia by promoting entrepreneurship and business growth through IgniteHQ’s partnership with Kennesaw State University. Prior to IgniteHQ, Nancy established and ran VantagePoint Staffing Solutions, a certified Women’s Business Enterprise, which she successfully sold in 2010. In addition, she spent more than two decades working for Georgia-Pacific Corporation where she was the architect in creating Encadria Staffing Solutions – a wholly owned subsidiary and in-house staffing company. Most recently, Nancy interacted with hundreds of the state’s entrepreneurs as vice president of entrepreneurial development and business growth at the Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC). An Atlanta native, Nancy earned a B.B.A. in management from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. In addition to IgniteHQ, she serves on the executive committee of Terry’s Alumni Relations Board, is a part of the Atlanta Regional Commission, Innovation Committee, and is a member of Vistage International.

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Andrew  McConnell / rented.com

CEO

Andrew came up with the idea for rented.com after hearing two vacation homeowners tell horror stories of the time and hassle involved in their self-management of the properties. With degrees from Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and Cambridge University, and experience working with some of the largest companies in the world during his time at McKinsey & Co. and Axiom, Andrew is excited to apply all he has learned to the sharing economy in order to create a better experience for all.

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ABR Spotlight Episode Minority Business Radio with Host Kunbi Tinuoye

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Justin McLeod, Mary H. Parker, Dr. Kelly Burton and Kunbi Tinuoye

 

 

 

Mary H. Parker / ALL (n) 1 Security Services, Inc.
Founder/ President & CEO

” If it is to be it is up to me”

Ms. Mary H. Parker is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of ALL(n)1 Security Services, Inc. With more than 25 years of management and experience in the security industry, she has held management at General Motors Corporations; Airborne Express; Georgia Dome; and Roger Penske’s Diesel Technology Division. She holds a BS Degree in Criminology and a Masters Degree in Security Management. Mary Parker has extensive training on various security systems and software integration packages and is a graduate of the Tuck Executive Leadership Program at Dartmouth. She is very actively involved in the growth and development of her employees, educating clients and consumers on security awareness and new products and trends within the industry. As President, she is responsible for developing new business relationships for strategic alliance and joint venture opportunities and increasing company’s visibility in national and global markets.

In 2011, Mary Parker founded, The Mary Parker Foundation with a mission of “Raising Other Generations.”   Her plan to achieve this mission is through three initiatives: Education, Entrepreneurship and Re-Entry Programs.   She also partners with Carver Bible College by offering annual support to its base of Haitian students.  Because of her overwhelming heart for the youth, she hosts an annual Back to School Bash. Contributions from friends, colleagues and corporations, The Mary Parker Foundation provided over $30,000 in scholarships to 11 college-bound students and over 300 book bags and school supplies for the 2013-2014 school year.  Her annual Christmas Toy Drive is always a success, providing many families with much needed toys, food and clothing .

As the President and CEO of ALL(n)1 Security Services, Inc., Mary Parker provides annual support and security service for the Hosea Williams Feed the Hungry  and Homeless  and The Trumpet Awards.   She serves as Chair of the Atlanta Business League.  She also is a member of Georgia Women Business Council, National Minority Supplier Development Council, and Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

As an entrepreneur, mentor and philanthropist, Mary Parker has mentored many women, new business owners, and aspiring security professionals.  Her motivation is faith, commitment to change, and the responsibility to give back. As an ordained minister, she truly understands that to whom much is given, much is required.

 

 

 

 

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Justin McLeod and Kunbi Tinuoye

Justin McLeod / Event Tent
Founder

Justin McLeod is a recent Georgia State University Alumnus where he majored in Marketing, minored in Hospitality while obtaining a certificate in Event Management. He has valuable experience in the event services industry from stints as the Special Events Director at Georgia State University, Sales Executive at the Georgia Dome, and Communications Assistant at the Georgia World Congress Center Authority.

Being an ambitious business savvy entrepreneur Justin combines his passion for events, marketing, and creativity in all of his endeavors. He started his first business at the age of 6 selling candy in his neighborhood to now running a tech startup called, Event Tent.

Event Tent is a centralized place to discover and share unique experiences in real-time. Justin and his company, Event Tent, has won multiple awards, contests, and recognitions including the following:

  • 2015 GSU Business Plan Competition Winner

  • John Aderhold Fund for Excellence

  • The Herman J. Russell, Sr. Venture Award

  • The Moses Lee Reid Entrepreneurship Award

  • Collegiate Next Great Consumer Brands Competition Finalist

  • eMerge Americas Startup Competition Finalist

  • Urban Geekz  & Atlanta Tech Village Women + Minority Entrepreneur Contest Winner

Justin’s main objective is to uplift the community in the most positive way possible by exemplifying leadership and encouraging the youth to purse their passions and dreams through entrepreneurship.

Website: http://www.eventtent

http://www.facebook.com/eventtentapp

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Mary H. Parker and Dr. Kelly Burton

 

 

Kelly Burton, Ph.D / Nexus Research Group
CEO

Kelly Burton is an accomplished entrepreneur with greater than a decade’s experience launching and scaling start-up companies.

As Founder and CEO of her most recent venture Bodyology, a high-tech apparel company which infuses performance technology into women’s innerwear, Kelly is revolutionizing the way women dress. Since its launch in 2014, Bodyology has been identified as a high-potential apparel line by Macy’s Incorporated and featured in national publications like Inc. and Essence.

Kelly is also a social scientist having earned her PhD from Emory University in 2009.  She went on to work for Emory University as a senior researcher and ultimately left to start her own consultancy, Nexus Research Group.

As the CEO of Nexus Research Group, Kelly advises non-profits, foundations and government agencies on how to improve their social programs and maximize their philanthropic investments. She has served on more than a half-dozen boards and received the Visionary Leadership Award for her efforts to increase access to opportunity for individuals and communities throughout the South.

Kelly Burton is a sought after speaker whose unique life experiences gives her powerful insight into the range of issues and topics relevant to the modern-day business leader. Her love for entrepreneurship is infectious and she is passionate about sharing her story with others looking to blaze their own path. Kelly is a veritable renaissance woman and evidence that women can lead in multiple areas of life, all at the same time.

 

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Kunbi Tinuoye / UrbanGeekz
Founder and CEO

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 NBCs 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, Londons Evening Standard, Ebony.com and The Voice newspaper
lShe 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 bachelors and masters degree in Social & Political Sciences. She studied a post-graduate in journalism and is an NCTJ qualified journalist.

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors Features Timothy J. Jones

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors interviews industry experts from in and around the Metro Atlanta Area. Our goal is to provide valuable information that all business owners and managers can use in their day-to-day work to help them succeed.

 

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Timothy J. Jones / The Timothy Jones Companies
CEO & Founder

TJ is an expert leadership speaker, coach, and consultant with a new book to be launched in September. He began his professional life as a teacher, then spent 20 years in the biopharmaceutical industry leading sales teams and as head of Training and Leadership Development. With practical wisdom learned in the trenches, TJ helps individuals, teams, and companies enhance their engagement and effectiveness. He delivers highly interactive and transformative learning experiences. He is President/Owner of the Timothy Jones Companies. LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyjjones1

 

 

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk (Host)/ bbr Marketing
President

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk has been a member of the creative and marketing services community for over 20 years and does not appear to be leaving it anytime soon. As president of bbr marketing, she has relished the challenges of entrepreneurship as she worked to grow and nurture a new business. Since the firm’s inception in 2009, Bonnie has led the young company to become widely recognized and respected within the professional services marketing niche, with award-winning client websites and an outstanding history of business success having worked with clients in 23 states and 2 Canadian provinces.

 

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Dick Aracich from Delta Dental Insurance and Manish Shah CEO of Kanga

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Your Most Trusted and Respected Source For Pro Business Talk in Atlanta. Tune in LIVE Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10am and always on at AtlantaBusinessRadio.com

 

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Dick Aracich /Delta Dental Insurance
Vice President of Sales Eastern Region

 Dick Aracich is vice president of sales for the Eastern Region of Delta Dental Insurance Company. Based in Alpharetta, he oversees all sales and marketing activities in Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. He has more than 30 years of experience in the health care marketplace, including 26 years with Delta Dental.

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Elizabeth Risberg: 415-613-5983 (c) or 415-972-8423

 

 

 

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Manish A. Shay / Kanga
CEO

Manish A. Shah – Grew up in Toronto, Canada and went to IVEY at Western Ontario for undergrad – Started career as a road warrior consultant with Accenture, E&Y, and Cap Gemini – Left consulting to join the Delta Air Lines Strategy team and then after a few years ran Analytics for the Americas with IHG – InterContinental Hotels Group – Hired Decision Street, a startup, to do some work at IHG and then the startup hired away Manish – The company built a hotel group analytics platform which Manish helped market to Hotels – Decision Street was then acquired by Cvent where Manish ended up as a VP – After 5 months Manish left to join his next startup where he is CEO now, Kanga Technology

www.kangatechnology.com

www.getkanga.com

https://www.facebook.com/getkanga/

Phone 678-777-7424

 

 

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JoAnn Holmes with HOLMES@LAW, Kevin Geraghty with Revenue Research and Thad Oviatt with ParkENT Cycles

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JoAnn Holmes, Esq. / HOLMES@LAW, LLC
Attorney and Founder

JoAnn Jo Holmes is the founder of HOLMES@LAW, LLC(www.holmesatlaw.com), where her practice focus is Business Law & Contracts, Trademark & Copyright, Software & Tech. She works with a broad array of clients, including professional service providers, consultants, software and creative content developers, and manufacturers. Having practiced law for nearly 17 years, her goal is to live the firms slogan Your Business Ally™.

A graduate of Stanford University and Emory School of Law, her career began in the Technology & Intellectual Property (IP) practice group of Troutman Sanders, a prominent Atlanta based law firm. There, she successfully represented a gamut of diverse clients, from startups to multi-billion dollar companies like Chick-fil-A, Microsoft and WalMart.

Moving in-house, Jo served on business management and legal teams in senior leadership roles for both public and private manufacturing companies. For more than a decade, she was the go-to lawyer for her business units with presence in North and South America, Europe, Africa and the Pacific Rim. She has overseen IP portfolios in more than 130 countries, is well accomplished in negotiating sophisticated domestic and international commercial contracts, and in resolving high dollar disputes.

Jo has spoken extensively about business law, technology, and intellectual property. Currently, she writes the business law section for the Gwinnett Citizen newspaper, and speaks for SCORE, a longstanding resource partner of the Small Business Administration. Likewise, Jo volunteers with Leadership Gwinnett, Discovery High Schools Entrepreneurship Academy, the SE Gwinnett Coop food pantry, and the Stanford Alumni Association.

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Kevin Geraghty / Revenue Research, Inc.
President

Kevin is responsible for the creation of $3 billion in documented corporate value. He has built successful analytic departments and profitable business models for Fortune 500 clients. Kevin received the Edelman Laureate Award in 1996 and 2016 for outstanding Operations Research practice and received the DM News Martech Award for Data Science in 2015. He is the author of machine learning patents for Dynamic Pricing and Paid Search marketing.

 

 

Thad Oviatt / ParkENT Cycles
Founder & CEO

ParkENT Cycles just wants to HUG your bicycle and keep it safe. We produce an electronic bike rack. The rack is a bicycle locking system built into a custom bike rack. To use the rack a person just needs to push their bike into the rack, activate it with the paired phone app (or key card, or attached kiosk), and the bike rack locks up the bicycle. The electronic bike rack locks the wheel and frame of the bicycle. The rack is safer than any other bicycle lock on the market.

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Clay M. Westbrook with Ascent and Mike Robbins with Robbins Media Group

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Clay M. Westbrook / Ascent
Owner

After graduating with honors from the University of Georgia School of Law, Clay Westbrook moved to Atlanta with a car load of belongings, a Labrador Retriever, and dreams of wealth and success. After the real world swiftly crushed those dreams, he spent 15 years practicing corporate transactions and real estate law, working with, and learning from, many of the most talented and/or insufferable lawyers this country has ever produced. Clay and the practice of law parted ways for good in 2009. The breakup was amicable, with both Clay and the legal profession drastically improved as a result. Clay now works in corporate finance and financial restructuring and was actively involved in settling over $450 Million in problem loans for clients across the country. He also developed expertise in negotiating business breakups, litigation and bankruptcy strategy consulting, and settling accounts with taxing authorities and disputes with governmental entities. His consulting firm, Ascent, helps business owners, attorneys, CPAs and other professionals, providing seminars, training, and consulting on negotiation, litigation, bankruptcy, and dispute resolution. He most enjoys helping people in complicated situations that require original thought, and working with talented professionals who wish to better serve their clients. Clay also enjoys writing, history, sports, and the outdoors. Ideally, he would hike in the mountains all day, and then stay in a nice hotel. He resides in Atlanta with his wife, two sons, and two cats with whom he maintains a fragile truce.

To contact Clay for speaking engagements and seminars email info@ascentstrategygroup.com. To arrange a confidential client consultation email Clay directly at cwestbrook@ascentstrategygroup.com.

Debt & Circuses: Protecting Business Owners From Their Enemies, Their Allies, and Themselves by Clay M. Westbrook

 

 

 

 

 

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Mike Robbins / Robbins Media Group
President and CEO

President/CEO Robbins, an Atlanta native who still has family in the area, started as a commissioned sales representative in the industry twenty-five years ago in The Big Peach, and was transferred to Charlotte twenty-four years ago as a regional sales manager for the company he left after reaching the level of Regional Vice President, to open Robbins Media Group (RMG). RMG is headquartered in the Lake Norman area of Charlotte, NC, and is committed to providing unlimited opportunity for sales professionals to reach their financial and professional goals by supporting their effort to provide local business owners effective and affordable advertising solutions designed to increase name recognition of their business in the community they serve. For more information, please call 800-368-6841 ext. 702, or visit http://www.robbinsmediagroup.com.

 

 

 

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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.

 

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Michael Dayl, James Franklin, Corey Moore, Dr. Joi Freemont

 

Dr. Joi Freemont / The Freemont Foundation 
President

The James M. and Erma T. Freemont Foundation was created on the legacy of Dr. James McKinley Freemont, Sr. (1942 – 2013).  His life’s works were built on integrity, hard work, and genuine laughter.  He was an obstetrician/gynecologist, medical acupuncturist, and hospital administrator.  He believed in higher education and Christian principles.  His dedicated wife of 47 years, Erma, and children are determined to continue his legacy by funding projects that reflect his nature.

Dr. Freemont’s contributions to his wider community are too numerous to count, from his ongoing dedication to his alma mater, Southern University, to his fraternity, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., to his beloved family, and many others.  His circle of friends and family was very important to him, as was his sense of service.  His dedication to the South Fulton Medical Center and his community of patients and staff is living on in the lives of the more than 7,800 babies that Dr. Freemont delivered, and in the memories of the lives he touched with his humor, his sense of commitment, and excellence.

Annually, the James M. and Erma T. Freemont Foundation awards scholarships to deserving students attending institutions of higher education. In our first two years, with the help of phenomenal supporters, we raised over $30,000 for scholarships and have named twelve “Freemont Scholars”.

 

 

 

Corey Moore / Social Georgia 
Founder

Corey ‘ NetworKing’ Moore is the founder and CEO of ProNetworker, Atlanta’ s largest online resource center for business events, networking events, seminars, and expos. Currently, ProNetworker hosts four to seven events per month as well as produces two to three conferences/expos and niche events yearly. Two past events have featured speakers like Daymond John & Kevin Harrington, stars of ABC’ s award winning ‘ Shark Tank’ . Companies that have used ProNetworker to feature their products/services include Atlanta Business Chronicle, Microsoft, Sprint, InfusionSoft, BNI, Constant Contact, Fifth Third Bank, and American Express.

Initially, SocialGeorgia started out as a way to raise money for local nonprofits; however, it quickly reshaped into something far greater: a social movement. As SocialGeorgia’s devoted team went out into the community to engage with local nonprofits, a discovery was made. It was more than just money and resources missing. It was the practice of kindness and the understanding of sustainability.

As a way to fulfill this need, SocialGeorgia developed a #12DaysofKindnesscampaign, in which the team reached out to the Atlanta community by performing random acts of kindness. Through this campaign, SocialGeorgia witnessed an enormous transformation thanks to the one key ingredient they added that had been missing from the community pot: togetherness.

During the campaign, the SocialGeorgia team heard countless stories from struggling nonprofits that began their organizations when a problem came tugging at their heart strings. Whether the problem was rooted in their own personal experiences or the experiences of others, they knew something had to be done. Each nonprofit intended to make a difference, but sadly their dream was deferred. Unable to communicate their results and improve on their capabilities, the community members they served became restless. Out of frustration, members of the community attempted to solve these issues on their own. Although their intentions were admirable, they were also unsuccessful.

After hearing similar stories from various nonprofits, our team quickly realized how efforts were being duplicated, resources were being wasted, and members of the community were suffering silently from feeling forgotten. Even though it’s well known that two heads are better than one, many people we interacted with were working separately and losing sight of a universal truth: “Together We Build”.

We believe our community needs a safe space to reconnect, repair, and restore togetherness with like-minded people.  As a way to meet the needs of the community it proudly serves, SocialGeorgia has revamped its mission, vision and structure to eradicate this issue of division.

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James Franklin / Techbridge
CEO

TechBridge® is a nonprofit that drives community impact by bringing affordable technology & business expertise to other nonprofits.   Since 2000, we’ve been providing IT consulting and services to thousands of nonprofits in all 50 states and in seven countries—helping them harness the productivity gains long since enjoyed by the corporate sector, by connecting the needs of nonprofits with the skills and financial resources of the technology community.

James’ service to TechBridge started in 2006 as a volunteer. From there he joined the Board, serving as Products and Services Chair, Digital Ball Chair, and Board Vice-Chair before becoming Board Chair.

Prior to joining TechBridge as CEO, James held executive management positions at a number of IT products and services companies. Most recently, James was General Manager for the Enterprise business segment of Omnilink, a software-as-a-service business. He also worked at Avanade, an Accenture company focused on Microsoft solutions, where he ran the Southeast Region, and HP, where he served as General Manager for HP’s US State Government Consulting business unit. Throughout James’ career he has focused on the delivery of top quality IT products and services for leading brands.

James has a MBA from the University of Maryland and BA in Management Information Systems from the University of Georgia. With generations of family history in Georgia, James is honored to have the opportunity to serve the community through TechBridge.

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Michael Dayl /Orange Duffel Bag Initiative  
President

Orange Duffel Bag Initiative, a 501c3, provides at-risk teens and young adults programs proven to improve their education success, ongoing advocacy, support to their guardians and caring adults, and service to the community in a spirit of offering hope and positive systemic change.

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