Spotlight Episode on Divorce Mediation with Kelley Linn, Marti Kitchens Cobb and Dr. Linda Olson

Posted on January 25, 2016January 25, 2016

Divorce Mediation is the process in which many divorcing couples use a trained, neutral party to facilitate the resolution of a dispute to reach a mutually acceptable agreement.

Dr. Linda Olson, Marti Kitchens Cobb and Kelley Linn

Kelley Linn/Family Divorce Mediation Centers
President

Manages (3) Family Divorce Mediation Centers. Facilitates teams of registered, certified and licensed professionals (CPAs, Mediators, Attorneys) that help families assess, address, negotiate and reach agreements on all issues relating to separation, divorce or settlement modifications including financial settlements and child custody/parenting plans. Author/Publisher 5 Specialty Books on Divorce. Distinguished Presenter/Public Speaker at Georgia State-Conferences and Conventions since 2011.

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Marti Kitchens Cobb/Above & Beyond Conflict
LMFT & LPC

is a Marriage and Family Therapist and GA. Registered Mediator in private practice for 32 years. She is the co-author of Children of Divorce, a four hour seminar for divorcing parents, in use internationally. Her specialty is divorce and family mediation.

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Dr. Linda Olson/Atlanta Psych Consultants

Dr. Olson is a licensed psychologist and childhood domestic violence advocate, specializes in helping anyone who grew up living with domestic violence, trauma, abuse and/or divorce reach their full potential.
Dr. Olson earned two Master’s degrees one in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Social Work from the University of Iowa and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the APA Accredited Georgia School of Professional Psychology, in Atlanta. Linda has been in private practice working with forensic and child custody cases for over 30 years. She is deeply committed to raising childhood domestic violence (CDV) awareness and to reducing the impact of trauma in divorce.

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Exclusive Interview with Morten Andersen

Posted on January 22, 2016February 19, 2016

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Morten Andersen

Morten Andersen, nicknamed “The Great Dane”, is a former National Football League kicker and All-American at Michigan State University. He is the all-time leader in games played in the NFL at 382, in addition he also holds the distinction of being the all-time leading scorer in NFL history, as well as being the all-time leading scorer for two different rival teams; the New Orleans Saints, with whom he spent 13 seasons, and the Atlanta Falcons, with whom he spent a combined eight seasons.

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“What you give will grow…what you keep will perish!“

The purpose of the foundation: to affect positive change among children and youth locally, regionally, nationally and globally.

The ideology behind the foundation:

Pay it forward to the next generation

Affect positive change among youth regardless of race, sex, religion or nationality.

Areas of emphasis and focus:

Education and scholarships

Quality of life for children and youth with emphasis on preventing obesity through fitness

i.e. NFL play 60 program

President’s National Council on Fitness

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NAWBO Nashville and Business RadioX On Location Jan. 27th

Posted on January 21, 2016February 19, 2016

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Today on Atlanta Business Radio we had the pleasure of speaking with President of NAWBO Nashville Jacqueline Hayes. She discusses the up and coming Lunch and Learn series that begins January 27th.

Jacqueline Hayes / NAWBO and Crayons & Marketers, LLC

Jacqueline Hayes, MBA is a marketing strategist, published content writer, and owner of Crayons & Marketers, LLC, a boutique marketing consultancy in Nashville, TN, committed to helping businesses and nonprofits simplify their approach to marketing and earn brand equity through storytelling. Jacqueline helps her clients understand the value of content marketing and uses 90 day marketing plans to share brand stories, build audiences, and stimulate lead generation and nurturing activity to ultimately improve conversion rates. Jacqueline also serves as the president of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Nashville Chapter.

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors: Why HIPAA Is Important To You

Posted on January 21, 2016January 28, 2016

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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.

What Do You Mean I Have to Be HIPAA Compliant?

While most of us are familiar with the term, HIPAA, that knowledge typically doesn’t extend past our signature on a form when we visit the doctor. Most people certainly don’t realize that being “HIPAA-compliant” stretches far beyond medical practices to anyone who has access to patient information. These companies are called “business associates” and include accountants, attorneys, HR professionals and more. On this show Donna Grindle of Kardon Compliance shares her expertise about what HIPAA is, how one can get, and remain, compliant. She is joined by Sean Joyce of Patientco who talks about his experience as a business associate as well.

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Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk (Host)/ bbr Marketing

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.

She is excited about the publication of her first book earlier this year, Take Your Marketing Online! Proven Ways to Grow Your Firm in the Digital Age. She was recognized in 2012 and 2013 as one of AccountingToday’s Top 100 Most Influential People and is in great demand as a consultant, speaker and leader at various industry events. She is a founding member of the Atlanta Independent Women’s Network and is the Atlanta chapter president of the Association for Accounting Marketing. She is also a regular contributor to a variety of websites, including Social Media Today, Accounting Today and other industry-related publications and has been quoted in Entrepreneur, U.S. News & World Report, CPA Practice Advisor, and others. She was recently invited to join the CPA Consultants’ Alliance and is excited about being a part of this influential group.

Lara Sturm with Crossfit Johns Creek and Crossfit Chattahoochee and Dr. Cailen Wells The XFit Doc

Posted on January 20, 2016February 19, 2016

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Lara Sturm/Crossfit Johns Creek

Owner/Coach
My husband and I own CrossFit Johns Creek and are also co-owners of CrossFit Chattahoochee in Duluth. I am also a coach for Team Rohr Powerlifiting.

I compete and am active within USA Powerlifting. USA Powerlifting is the largest drug-tested powerlifting federation within the US and is recognized by the International Powerlifting Federation. (The IPF is recognized by the IOC and is included in the World Games.) Within the USAPL, I act as a State Referee, one of the Athlete Representatives for the organization and as meet director.

As an athlete, I won the National Championship in 2015 for both the 63k (138lb) Open class and the Masters class and then went on to win my 2nd Masters IPF World Championship title. I hold American records for the squat (402lb) and total (1003lb) for my age and weight class. My best meet lifts are 402 squat, 220 bench, 391 Deadlift, 1003 total. I am an equipped lifter which means I wear supportive gear while lifting which helps add more weight to your lifts but is not forgiving, hurts a lot, and as hard to master as a perfect golf swing, which means I never will… lol

I am the meet director for the annual USAPL Powerlifting for Pink, a local meet that is also a fundraiser. Our fundraising efforts go to Paint GA Pink, a local breast cancer non-profit that helps breast cancer patients continue to pay their bills while they are undergoing treatment. Over the last three years we have raised about 15k!

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Dr. Cailen Wells

Dr. Cailen Wells is a native of Michigan. Before deciding to bring her passion for helping others heal through Chiropractic to the Alpharetta area, Dr. Wells practiced on the coast of Georgia in the small town of St. Mary’s Georgia the home of Kings Bay Naval Base. Dr. Wells completed her undergraduate degree in Dietetics/Nutrition at Eastern Michigan University in 2005. It has been a part of her lifestyle to maintain her health with good nutrition and Chiropractic since she lost her mother from Pancreatic Cancer at the age of 16.

At Eastern Michigan she received a scholarship to pole vault on the Eastern Michigan’s Track and Field team with her previous experience as a competitive gymnast. Dr. Wells is a pole vaulting coach for Pole Vault-ATL. She also enjoys competitions in Crossfit and won her first competition in Jan 2014 at the Central Florida Games and placed 3rd at a Weightlifting competition in Gwinnett in May 2015. Dr. Wells is a Level 1 Crossfit trainer and enjoys coaching at Crossfit Remnant in Johns Creek, Georgia.

REM•NANT: (noun) the part of something that is left when the other parts are gone. The body’s ability to heal is far greater then what they have permitted you to believe. Crossfit Remnant symbolizes the perfect fit for Dr. Wells as she views health in the same way. Dr. Wells often times see’s the last resort patients, those who have tried everything, and everything has failed them. She believes there is still hope, there is still healing that will take place, there is still a remnant!

Her passion for health, nutrition and sports soared her to new heights as she pursued a further degree in Chiropractic at Life University in Marietta, Georgia. During Chiropractic school she became Advanced certified in Upper Cervical Specific as well as attended world mission trips to Guatemala and El Salvador.

Dr Wells is a published author in the JCCR, (Journal of Upper Cervical Chiropractic Research). She was published in 2011 with regards to research in an advanced type of arthritis called Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Dr. Wells is part of The Specific Chiropractic Center and currently operates the Atlanta office. Dr. Wells wants to help you realize the importance to having proper care of the spine and nervous system. She also wants children to understand the importance of having a healthy spine and nervous system as it becomes “the first choice in health care for future generations”.

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Vonetta Daniels with VYD and Associates and Tiffany C. Wright with The Resourceful CEO

Posted on January 20, 2016

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Vonetta Daniels/VYD and Associates
President and CEO

VYD and Associates was incorporated in 2010 by Vonetta Y. Daniels, an Air Force Veteran with more than 20 years of combined industry and Management Consulting experience with BearingPoint, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and as an Internal Consultant for SunTrust Banks, and industry experience Research, Higher Education, Government, Non-Profits, Education and Community Partners and Financial Services.

VYD and Associates is a certified 8(a) firm, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) providing consulting services which include:

Management & Strategy Consulting.
Health Communications, Marketing & Policy Management.
Organizational Assessment and Organizational Effectiveness (OE).
Strategic Planning
Research, Evaluation and Policy.
Performance Measurement & Evaluation.
Program, Portfolio & Project Management.
Program Implementation & Evaluation.
Program and Administrative Support.

Vonetta is an alumna of the University of Virginia and Emory University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science.
Experience/Career Highlights
Provided research and leading practice to create innovative interactive digital Clearinghouse entitled Opportunities for Women to Build, Transport, and Protect America for the U.S. Department of Labor.
Supported Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) Organizational Effectiveness Assessment & Business Process recommendations to achieve greater visibility, interaction, and support between and across GTRI and the main Georgia Tech campus community.
Project Director providing Women Veterans Employment Research support to DOL Womens Bureau addressing the gaps in research and employment policy.
Managed the design, implementation and deployment of Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) pilot for the East Lake Foundation; implemented the Outcomes Measurement pilot project to collect, analyze and report data on the effectiveness of the ELF programs and its East Lake partners.
CDC Office of Strategy, Health Results Measurement Framework: identified opportunities to maximize the health impact of CDCs resource management decisions (both internal and external to the enterprise).
Community
Vonetta Daniels is an AmeriCorps National Service Alumna and received her first Presidential Service Award for her fellowship as the Program Manager for the Citizen Action AmeriCorps Program partnering Community Development Organizations and Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs) to implement civic engagement, community development and capacity building projects to address identified in five Atlanta neighborhoods.
She served as the Service Chair for the Emory Alumni Association Leadership board from 2004 to 2007 and helped to expand Emory Cares to an International Day of Community Service. In 2008, Emory Cares International Service Day was recognized for its valuable contributions to Emory University’s 2008 Presidential Award for General Community Service. Vonetta currently serves on the Board of Directors for the HouseProud Atlanta and KIPP South Fulton Academy (KFSA).

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Tiffany C. Wright/The Resourceful CEO
Chief

Tiffany C. Wright is the founder of The Resourceful CEO^TM . She has served as the CFO, COO and CEO of several SMBs and both started and purchased companies.
She is also the author of the book “Solving the Capital Equation: Financing Solutions for Small Businesses”.

Significant process experience
Fortune 500 strategic, finance, and negotiation experience
Small to medium business acquisition, turnaround, and strategic consulting background
Long-term overseas assignment (Asia)
BS, Industrial Engineering, The Ohio State University; MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

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Tammy Williams with Open Rivers Pictures and Cinema South Expo 2016

Posted on January 18, 2016

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The Cinema South Motion Picture Career and Education Expo will be held January 30, 2016 at Open Rivers Film Academy located at:

Pinewood Atlanta Studios Production Center

461 Sandy Creek Road

Fayetteville, Georgia 30214

Tammy Williams

Tammy Williams/Open Rivers Pictures & Cinema South Expo
Founder

Tammy Williams is CEO of Open Rivers Pictures and Creator of the Cinema South Expo. Williams is a 24-year veteran of the film and television industry and an award-winning producer. Her company, Open Rivers Pictures, is a post production and studio facility located in the esteemed Pinewood Production Centre. In addition to creating content and producing programming for film, television and digital platforms, Open Rivers provides production assistance workshops and other training initiatives for aspiring production industry professionals. The Cinema South Expo is an outgrowth of these training initiatives, and serves as a one day immersion into key film and television industry careers.

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Rob Day with ESI Ergonomic Solutions

Posted on January 18, 2016

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ESI was established in 1988 and is headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. ESI has showrooms located in Mesa and Chicago.

“Fast. Flexible. Friendly…We Get It Right!”

VP of Sales Rob Day

Rob Day/ESI Ergonomic Solutions
Vice President of Sales

Robert Day, CEAS has been involved in ergonomics at both the corporate and K-12 education level since 2001. Specializing in workstation design, Rob has been involved in assessing and implementing ergonomic standards for both large and small companies, Delta Air Lines being one of the largest. Robs ergonomic background has taken him as far as Denmark, where ergonomics are part of everyday life beginning at the Kindergarten level. His responsibilities included rolling out K-12 ergonomic school furniture for a U.S. manufacturer. That experience has allowed him the opportunity to educate the A&D community about classroom and office ergonomics. Rob finds the biggest challenge is educating those making the purchasing decisions about the long term financial benefits of ergonomics.

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Dr. Cailen Wells The XfitDoc and Alex Browning with Crossfit Johns Creek

Posted on January 15, 2016

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World-Class Fitness
in 100 Words:

“Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports.”

~Greg Glassman

Alex Browning and Dr. Cailen Wells

Dr. Cailen Wells

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Alex Browning/Crossfit Johns Creek
Coach and Mentor

I started CrossFit in 2009 as a program to supplement my distance running program. Trained with my normal run schedule and added CrossFit three days a week. 4 months later I ran a PR 10 mile race at 70 minutes and then switched to CrossFit as my fulltime fitness program.

In 2010 I received my Level 1 Cert followed by my Level 2 in 2011. I was an affiliate manager for about two and a half years in Washington, DC. Since coming out of full time gym management I have kept up as a coach and athlete.

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors hosted by Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk Matt Tovrog with Bell Oaks Excutive Search and Todd Stanton with Stanton Law LLC

Posted on January 14, 2016January 14, 2016

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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.

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk (Host)/ bbr Marketing

Matt Tovrog/ Bell Oaks Excutive Search

As a Partner at Bell Oaks Executive Search, Matt Tovrog has a passion for serving clients before and after the recruiting process and applies his experience in both sales and customer assurance to build long lasting relationships.

Matt joined Bell Oaks following his work with Cbeyond, an Atlanta-based communications provider for businesses. At Cbeyond, he thrived in a number of different roles focused on sales as well as account maintenance. His ability to maintain mutually beneficial relationships with his customers is what led him to Bell Oaks. As partner, Matt is quickly becoming a noted industry expert. He has been quoted and had guest articles appear in multiple industry and consumer publications, including WorkShifting.com, WorkAwesome.com, MediaBistro and LovetoKnow.com to name a few. He also serves as an expert contributor at TalentManagement.com in The Recruitment Revolution. A native Chicagoan, Matt moved to Georgia in the 90’s and is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a Bachelor’s degree in

Consumer Economics. He currently serves on the board of the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta, the only local organization of its kind with a mission to “make a house a home” by providing furniture items to families in need. As a board member, he is involved in the planning and execution of the organization’s fundraisers, including the annual Chairish the Future Gala and The Atlanta Mattress 500. He also works to develop strategic partnerships and alliances to further the mission of the organization. He and his wife Lindsey are active members of Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Atlanta and currently reside in Alpharetta, Georgia with their twin daughters Emily and Avery.

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Todd Stanton/ Stanton Law LLC
Founder

Building upon his decade of “big law” experience with the reputable firms of Fisher & Phillips and Bryan Cave (formerly Powell Goldstein), and demonstrating the same entrepreneurial drive he admires in his clients, Todd founded Stanton Law LLC in Atlanta, Georgia. Seeking to combine the quality of large firm representation with the flexibility, responsiveness, and cost-effectiveness of a nimbler shop, Todd’s practice remains dedicated to the employer side of the employer-employee relationship. From on-boarding new talent and assisting with the development of workable job descriptions, personnel policies, and compensation plans, to guiding clients through sticky disciplinary, performance, and leave issues, to executing respectful and amicable separations, Todd provides practical bottom line-oriented legal advice to small and medium-sized employers.

When not working to represent the needs of employers, Todd enjoys hiking, landscaping, photography, and coaching youth baseball. He played NCAA baseball while at Washington & Lee University and his love of the game inspired him to coach the next generation of ball players. He’s active in the Georgia Bar Association’s Lawyers Assistance Program, serves as secretary for the board of directors of Buckhead Baseball, Inc. and president of the board of directors of Haygood United Methodist Church Weekday Children’s Ministries, and is a member of the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Sports Network board.

Todd lives in the Atlanta neighborhood of Morningside with his wife, Ashley, their two sons, Parker and Griffin, and their rescue setter-collie mix, Hattie.

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Spotlight Episode on Divorce Mediation with Kelley Linn, Marti Kitchens Cobb and Dr. Linda Olson

Divorce Mediation is the process in which many divorcing couples use a trained, neutral party to facilitate the resolution of a dispute to reach a mutually acceptable agreement.

Exclusive Interview with Morten Andersen

NAWBO Nashville and Business RadioX On Location Jan. 27th

Today on Atlanta Business Radio we had the pleasure of speaking with President of NAWBO Nashville Jacqueline Hayes. She discusses the up and coming Lunch and Learn series that begins January 27th.

Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors: Why HIPAA Is Important To You

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.

Lara Sturm with Crossfit Johns Creek and Crossfit Chattahoochee and Dr. Cailen Wells The XFit Doc

Vonetta Daniels with VYD and Associates and Tiffany C. Wright with The Resourceful CEO

Tammy Williams with Open Rivers Pictures and Cinema South Expo 2016

The Cinema South Motion Picture Career and Education Expo will be held January 30, 2016 at Open Rivers Film Academy located at: