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Alena Dunham is a recent graduate of Nova Southeastern University's Masters of Public Administration program in Fort Lauderdale, FL with experience as a secondary education teacher. With knowledge of public policy and strong business ethnic, she researches the trends of economic development in her local community. She also have experience in County Government where she is interested in pursuing a career with the federal government. In addition to her education and experience, Alena serves as a mentor to high school students on topics such as career research and college evaluations to match their talents with the right schools. She also provides online resources to prepare them for the workforce and tips on effective resume writing and application etiquette. When she is not teaching, blogging, tweeting, or mentoring, you can find her back home running through the hills of her neighborhood. She hopes to finish two more 5k runs this year.

Alan Carniol is the creator of the Interview Success Formula. Through his websites, workshops and one-on-one counseling, he has trained over thirty thousand job seekers to craft persuasive interview answers, find their confidence, and win the jobs they desire and deserve. Every week, Alan spends time working with Interview Success Formula clients and further improving the program. He personally learned the hard way what it means to fail and to succeed in an interview. And he created this program, so that others can avoid those mistakes. Alan has shared his expertise as a guest speaker for organizations such as 40Plus, Teach for America, and NASA. He has also been an invited speaker to colleges and universities across North America including, Harvard, Yale, and the University of Connecticut. And he has served as an adjunct professor of career education at Quinnipiac University. His interview advice has also been featured across the web including US News and World Report, Forbes, Mashable, Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, CareerBuilder, The Ladders, Wetfeet, Business Insider, and dozens of others.  Before launching the Interview Success Formula, Alan founded Career Cadence, a company dedicated to helping young professionals and college students to identify and land their dream jobs. There, he developed a series of live seminars that simplify the job search, and also designed the multi-layered Distill™Career Assessment. In his prior life, Alan was a corporate trainer for Public Financial Management Inc. Alan received an MBA from Yale University, and BA in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Connect with me via LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alancarniol

Warren White is the Principal and Founder of Humanus LLC. Warren possesses more than a decade of experience providing strategic guidance and expertise to individuals and organizations. Warren is skilled at helping individuals successfully navigate the job search process, and thanks to years of experience as a human resources professional, he has the ability to provide clients with an employer's viewpoint on what skills are most desirable and useful insight into how recruiters & hiring managers think.

Joseph R. Huffman is the City Manager for the City of Pascagoula. Mr. Huffman has served for over twenty years as the Local Government Manager for Elkin, Havelock, Laurinburg, Goldsboro, North Carolina and Pascagoula. He has a Master of Public Administration degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice.

Jonathan D. Sweet is the County Administrator for Grayson County, Virginia. He is an ICMA Credentialed Manager with more than 12 years of senior level experience in county and city government.

Swati Srivastava , Assistant Manager Content at Naukrigulf.com (a part of Infoedge). She is an MBA, a career counselor and a writer by choice, with over 5 years of experience in the respective field. She is a follower of latest trends in the global job market and love to pen down her views on career domain for various reputed websites. She has a passion for music, travelling and meeting people.

Sean Hopwood is the CEO of Day Translations, a thriving translation, interpretation, and localization company operating in over 100+ languages worldwide.

Bob Lavigna, author of Engaging Government Employees (American Management Association) is Director of the Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement, a division of CPS HR Services, an independent government agency. The Institute is dedicated to helping public sector and nonprofit organizations measure and improve employee engagement Before joining the Institute, Bob was Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director of HR for the University of Wisconsin. His previous positions also include Vice President- Research for the Partnership for Public Service and Director of the Wisconsin civil service system. Bob began his career with the U.S. Government Accountability Office. He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and was selected as a “Public Official of the Year” by Governing magazine. Bob has a B.A. in public affairs from George Washington University and an M.S. in HR from Cornell University.

Bill Reilly is the Police Chief Coach™, bringing his command-level law enforcement and executive-level certified coaching experiences together for law enforcement professionals seeking greater effectiveness in the way they ‘Lead, Influence, and Achieve’. After attaining his degree in business and serving as a manager in a large corporation, Bill joined the Hartford (Connecticut) Police Department. As a police officer, he began his career in the patrol division – where he was decorated for protecting a family from a knife-wielding attacker – leading to a position on the Crime Suppression Unit (Street Crimes Unit). In his 20+ years as a certified instructor Bill has delivered training programs to thousands of police professionals throughout the United States. He is still a State of Connecticut P.O.S.T. certified instructor in the area of Leadership. Additionally, he holds active memberships in the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), the National Speakers Association (NSA) and the FBI National Academy Associates (FBINAA). Bill is a graduate of the FBI National Academy’s 213th Session. For information on how Bill can help you ‘Lead, Influence, and Achieve’, call him at 860-647-7993.

Paul Luizzi, Fire Chief. Paul has been involved in public safety for over 25 years, 19 of those in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. For the last few years Paul has served in a variety of leadership capacities for the City of Goodyear, AZ including Battalion Chief, Deputy Fire Chief, Interim Fire Chief, Interim Deputy City Manager and most recently Fire Chief. Paul has achieved a Certified Public Manager from Arizona State University, MBA from Franklin Pierce University, Bachelors in Public Administration from Roger Williams University and was designated as a Chief Fire Officer from the Center for Public Safety Excellence.

Bob Stowe is the City Manager for the City of Bothell, a position he has held since January 2005. Bothell has a population of over 33,000 residents and a business population of approximately 25,000. Bob is the chief executive officer of a full service city with a 2013-2014 budget of $224 million and 300 employees. Before arriving in Bothell, Bob was the City Manager for the City of Mill Creek, WA for nine years and held other top administrator positions for two other Washington cities for an additional 10 years. Bob enjoys a reputation as a progressive and talented municipal manager, bringing stability and leadership to the cities he has served over the last 27 years in Washington State. Bob is a past president of the Washington City/County Management Association (2002-2003) and holds a bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Eastern Washington University and a MBA from Seattle University.

Brian Sooy is the founder and design director of Aespire, a design and marketing agency that empowers mission-driven organizations to create purpose-driven communications and culture. Brian is the author of Raise Your Voice: A Cause Manifesto, a practical and inspirational book for leaders that explores how purpose, character, and culture help organizations communicate to the outcomes they are working to achieve. The resolutions of the Cause Manifesto are twelve strategic, inspirational, relational, and aspirational values-based leadership principles for changemakers. Brian has contributed to Switch and Shift, Lead Change Group, Thin Difference, and Smart Blog on Leadership. Brian and his design work has been profiled in publications such as Inside Business, HOW, and GDUSA magazine. His work has been included in books such as The Information Design Handbook, and The Designer's Guide to Business and Careers. He is a frequent speaker and presenter on positioning, marketing, and communications principles and practices for social and public sector organizations.