Award Winning Business Woman with more bounce back ability than a tropical palm tree!

At a Glance:   I’m an international speaker, author and business consultant who will positively disrupt your way of thinking.  I offer professional and personal tools that you can implement immediately so don’t book me if you want to stay in your comfort zone!
My key mantra is Resilience.   I have worked with SME’s and Entrepreneurs for over two decades.  I am regularly featured on British media and have appeared on The  BBC, ITV, This Morning Show, and Cosmopolitan.  In addition, I have hosted hugely successful Celebrity Women in Business Events and organized various Business Roadshows and conferences across the UK.
Speaking :  Key Speaking credentials include:  Address to the Prime Minister and staff at NO10 Downing Street, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and Edinburgh University.
Key Audience and Focus: My talks and seminars are designed to be accessible to mid-level executives to CEO’s, professionals, and entrepreneurs who wish to strengthen their business acumen and interpersonal skills while seeking an intense learning experience.

Contact info:
Sharon Roberts
Entertainment and Business Coach
www.sharonrobertsuk.com

Marc A. Ross is an expert in helping companies excel at the intersection of globalization and politics. Ross has extensive experience in business development for companies as well as leading the advocacy operations, fundraising programs and communications efforts for nonprofits, trade associations, corporations and political campaigns, many for the highest offices in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Ross’ work in government relations allows him to work on a number of diverse public policy issues, such as global climate change, national energy policy, natural resource management, auto retailing, intellectual property, technology antitrust, US-China commercial relations, and international trade. Also, his experience working with several Internet startups and entrepreneurs has allowed him to wear many hats, including marketing, business development, finance, and strategy.
He is the former communications director for the US-China Business Council (USCBC). For over five years, he was responsible for developing, enabling and executing a global communications strategy that delivered targeted messaging, trade reports, commentary, issue briefs, and a digital magazine to USCBC’s varied stakeholders utilizing various media tools with the intent of protecting and enhancing US-China commercial relations. Ross was the primary media liaison for USCBC and interacted daily with top-tier global media outlets, business reporters, columnists, editors, and producers based in North America, United Kingdom, Europe, and Asia who cover US-China commercial relations.
Ross is the founder of Brigadoon, a yearly gathering of entrepreneurs and thought-leaders, and an adjunct professor at George Washington University where he teaches a course on globalization and American politics. Ross is also a member of the U.S. Soccer Foundation’s DC Leadership Council focused on expanding the growth of soccer in the United States with a particular emphasis on underserved communities.
Ross is a frequent speaker, commentator, and author on all matters of global business and public affairs, international communications and marketing as well as political campaigns. He has been a guest speaker at Wisconsin’s School of Business, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, Utah State’s Huntsman School of Business, and the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business on how politics impacts global business as well as the rise of new media for grassroots advocacy and political communications.
Ross has an MBA with an emphasis on international business from the University of North Carolina’s OneMBA program at the Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Marc A. Ross
ph: +1 (202) 596-5270
web: www.caracal.global
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Donald Friedman is president of Old Structures Engineering, PC a B (Benefit) Corp based in Manhattan, NY.   OSE is a structural engi­neering consulting firm for historic and old buildings, working for owners, preservation consultants, architects, contractors, and other engineers.
A professional engineer with over 25 years’ experience Donald is passionate about his work which includes in-depth investigation, analysis, and restoration of landmark buildings. While others see artifacts, he sees sustainable legacies that were built to last.
Mr. Friedman holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an M.A. in Historical Studies from the New School for Social Research, and is a licensed engineer in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. He is certified in the practice of structural engineer­ing by the Structural Engineering Certification Board (SECB).
Mr. Friedman’s design experience includes the integration of modern construction into existing buildings with archaic and obsolete structural systems; repair and restoration of steel, masonry, iron, wood, and concrete structures; and the investigation of historic buildings to determine structural type and condition.
Representative projects include Fort Jefferson National Monu­ment in the Gulf of Mexico; the landmark New York Marble Cemetery; Castle Clin­ton, the landmarked 1810 fort in New York, the 1848 John Street Methodist Church in New York and structural investiga­tion and repair to the tower of the landmark Church of the Holy Trinity in New York.
In addition to Mr. Friedman’s project work, he has taught engineering of historic build­ings in the building conservation programs at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; he has spoken at numerous conferences on such topics as the structural analysis of masonry facades, and the failure of obsolete structural forms; he is the author of After 9-11: An Engineer’s Work at the World Trade Center, Historical Building Construction, and The Investigation of Buildings, and the co-author of Building the Empire State and The Design of Renovations.
Refereed pa­pers include “Methodology of Conservation Engineering,” “Cast-Iron Columns in Reno­vation Design,” “Hidden Intricacies: The Development of Modern Building Skeletons,” and “Ambiguity in Building Investigation.”
Contact:

Donald Friedman, P.E.
Old Structures Engineering, PC
111 Broadway
New York, New York 10006
p:212-244-4546
e:DFriedman@OldStructures.com
w:www.OldStructures.com
Old Structures Engineering, PC

Executive Chef / Owner Frederik De Pue has emerged as a notable culinary talent, with an exceptional eye for detail and honest inspiration behind his food and menus. He translates his global culinary experiences into each dish he prepares and endeavors to create satisfying and sophisticated food.
Frederik launched his culinary career more than 20 years ago.   After attending the well-known cooking school of Hotelschool Ter Duinen, located in Koksijde, Belgium, the Belgium born chef trained and cooked under noted European chefs Alain Chapel, Alain Ducasse and Yves Mattagne.
Frederik first came to Washington, DC in 2001 as the Executive Chef of the Ambassador to the European Commission Delegation.   Since 2006, Frederik has earned a reputation for exceptional cuisine with the growth of his Catering by Frederik de Pue throughout the greater DC region.
In 2013, Frederik opened Table, a restaurant located in Washington’s Shaw neighborhood. In a very short period of time, Table has earned praise for its thoughtful, French-inspired fare, and was nominated as one of Bon Appetit’s Top 50 New Restaurant in the country.
In addition to his catering business, Frederik is in high demand as a consultant for many national restaurant concepts and hotels where he assists clients in all phases of operations as well as the creation of innovative menu concepts.
In 2017 Frederik will launch his newest restaurant concept Flamant in West Annapolis, MD.

For more information on Chef De Pue, please visit:

frederikdepue.com

Deb challenges the status quo, believes innovation & strategy are about Why Not/Why, AND, BOTH, not Either/Or and hopefully makes a difference!

Deb Mills-Scofield’s consultancy helps companies create and implement actionable, adaptable, measurable, and profitable innovation-based strategic plans. Deb has been doing this successfully for 25+ years with service, manufacturing, and high-technology companies from large global companies to early-stage. She has also done some carve-outs, start-ups and start-downs. Deb asks her clients to match 10% of her fee to improve lives in their community. She is also a Partner at Glengary LLC, an early-stage Venture Capital firm in Cleveland.
Deb has contributed to many books. She was a co-creator of Alex Osterwalder’s Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design, has a chapter in Innovating Women: The Changing Face of Technology by Vivek Wadhwa and Farai Chideya, a contributor to Steve Denning’s book, The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management, Barbara Kimmell’s Trust Inc.: Strategies for Building Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset, and several other books. She regularly blogs on various sites in addition to her own, including Harvard Business Review, Switch and Shift, Innovation Excellence, etc. and is recognized as one of the top 40 bloggers and tweeters on innovation. Deb is also a board member at the Business Innovation Factory and was a storyteller at BIF-9.
Deb graduated from Brown University in three years, helping create the Cognitive Science concentration, one of the first undergraduate programs of its kind. Deb worked at AT&T Bell Labs where she designed and patented an integrated multimedia-messaging platform recognized as one of AT&T/Lucent’s top revenue generating patents. She was instrumental in spearheading AT&T’s strategies and execution into the Internet and E-commerce markets, AT&T WorldNet® Services.
Deb is the recipient of the Barrett Hazeltine Prize in Entrepreneurial Mentorship at Brown University where she mentors in the Entrepreneurship Program, Brown’s Women’s Launch Pad Program, Social Innovation Fellowship, Brown/RISD STEAM Initiative and several Brown Students’ startups. She is a Visiting Scholar in Brown’s joint E-MBA with IE in Spain and on the Advisory Counsel for Brown’s School of Engineering, involved with many engineering student groups. Deb is also on the board of RISD’s DESINE-Lab. She has taught at Oberlin College, University of Pittsburgh’s Katz School of Business, CWRU’s Weatherhead School of Management and Vanderbilt University and is an Advisory Board Member at CWRU’s think[box].
Deb lives in Oberlin, Ohio with her husband, a Physics professor at Oberlin College and their two fabulous children. You can also find her on the coast of Maine keeping track of the tides.

Growth Strategy Expert who is passionate about how technology can be leveraged to achieve progress.

At a Glance: I’m a coach and media professional who will help you understand new pathways to innovate and accomplish your goals. Taking a progressive approach to growth starts with understanding ourselves better and devising strategies for playing to our strengths, as well as those of others.

My core expertise is growing an engaged audience around meaningful content. I take an innovative approach to content creation and promotion, as well as data, emerging platforms and product development. Aligning a strategy with the way people use the Internet allows you to reach your target demographic with a message that resonates.

My key mantra is Evolvability. We’re often capable of much more than we believe, we just need to adapt and grow to achieve our goals. Change can be scary or it can be something that’s embraced to produce success. Personal and professional transformation leads to results.

Speaking: Key speaking credentials include: Wharton Women and Technology Panel on career development and the future of media and technology.

Key Audience:  My perspective is valuable to anyone who strives for improvement on an individual or organizational level. Evolving how we think, approach our days and relate to others enables us to maximize our effectiveness, efficiency and overall success.

Elyse is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania and currently the Head of Growth for Littlstar, a virtual reality distribution and technology company. Previously she was the Head of Growth for RebelMouse and Director of Global Growth Strategy and Deputy Managing Editor for The Huffington Post.

To contact Elyse, please email info@avalonleadership.com .

Kevin J. Kilb is a trusted, experienced senior executive, and retired Air Force Colonel whose leadership and command experience includes two aerial refueling squadrons, two airlift groups, two installations, and the only airlift wing in the Department of Defense tasked with the aerial movement of nuclear weapons.  He commanded in peace and war, and at locations in the United States, the Middle East, and Asia, requiring deft communication skills, operational excellence, strict compliance, and change leadership.  As the wing and installation commander of McChord Air Force Base, Washington, he led the base population through the implementation of Joint Basing, as McChord transferred to a combined military installation with the adjacent US Army Base becoming Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

Deciding to retire from the Air Force following wing command at McChord to settle his young family home in Arizona and enter the business world, Kevin has provided his leadership and experience in early stage clean energy technology companies.  He’s earned Masters’ of Science degrees in National Security Strategy from The National War College, and Aviation Management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University respectively.  He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from The University of Arizona.  Kevin is passionate about leadership development, organizational excellence, education, and innovation and served as the President of the St Francis Xavier School Advisory Board, Arizona’s only Jesuit Elementary and Middle School.

Contact Info:
Kevin J. Kilb
President – Extensa LLC
Mobile: 602.524.6206
kkilb@extensa.us

“Every leader, and therefore every enterprise, has an opportunity to realize their BestPossible®, if and only of they know what it is. I’m on a mission to help anyone realize their potential if they are willing to try.”

At a Glance: A unique and diverse corporate career in performance improvement involving both sides of the subject, human factors and business processes, has prepared me to offer entirely new perspectives for my clients. These perspectives, whether from coaching or in-depth quantitative analytics of a business, consistently generate new opportunities that would otherwise have never been exposed.

As a performance advisor I’ve learned to appreciate an extraordinarily diverse set of leadership challenges. My client base includes Fortune 500, small businesses, US Army, Department of Defense, Nuclear Power, Wholesale Distribution, Steel, Hospitality, Hi-Tech, Snack Food, and Petro-Chemical sectors. I’ve learned that the keys to performance are universal, every enterprise is made up of people trying to achieve their potential with the help of other people. If you understand your true business potential and you properly serve your customers, employees, owners, venders, and community, you can achieve your BestPossible, the best you can possible be.”

I have been lucky enough to have parlayed a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Illinois into a successful career including: fast-track leadership path at Frito Lay, an executive and a recognized performance expert in the commercial nuclear power industry, the Director of Manufacturing at Oregon Steel Mills, the founder of two successful companies, Pilot Advisors, serving over 80 companies, coaching 165 executives, and presenting/training more than 15,000 participant leaders, and Profit Hawk Software, which is changing the future of the companies that decide to achieve their full potential.

To leverage our message, Dr. Eugene Bryan and I have co-authored two books, Profit Hawks: Capture the Profits Being Lost every day to the Complexities of Your Business, and, The BestPossible Enterprise: A Comprehensive Guide to Optimal Profits.

Contact Info:
Andrew Bielat
Mobile: 360-606-0366
ABIELAT@PROFITHAWK.COM

Mark Hefner is a sought after strategist, advisor, consultant and coach who works with CEO’s to build leadership, talent and strategy that create competitive advantage. He has advised C-level officers in the United States, Canada, South America, Australia, Europe, and the former Soviet Union

Jean Michel, a first generation emigrant from France,  has served in various leadership positions within the Air Force in and out of uniform for over half a century.  He has spent the last twenty five years  developing the personal and family readiness of Air Force members and their families by providing them the skills needed to thrive in the military environment while coping with the demanding operational tempo.

He served as the Air Force lead for a multitude of working groups chartered to develop programs and services to strengthen individual resilience, pre-deployment and reintegration preparation as well as suicide prevention.  He was the architect for the introduction of the Air Force Comprehensive Airman Fitness (CAF) program which focuses on four pillars of fitness, Mental, Social, Physical and Spiritual. He was awarded a Master’s Degree in counseling from Hampton University and is a University of Pennsylvania certified Master Resilience Trainer (MRT).  He is actively involved in his church and various service organizations in his community and most importantly with his grand and great-grandchildren.

Kent Landreth is a leader and strategic mentor to individuals, organizations and foreign governments across the U.S., Europe, Africa and the Middle East–focused on foundational goals of self-improvement, increased organizational capability/capacity and long term sustainability. He has led multi-discipline, high-performance advisory teams providing customized training to assess, plan and implement change, creating positive organizational culture, financial stability and maximizing growth potential. As a strategic planner and acquisition leader, Kent used process improvement and innovative acquisition cycle management to bring several multi-billion dollar aircraft and logistical systems from idea to reality…on cost and on schedule. A highly decorated combat veteran, Kent is known for seeing clarity amongst confusion, finding innovative ways to problem solve and sharing his successes and challenges through his writings and lectures to better prepare individuals and organizations for success in a rapidly changing world.