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Susan Fowler is widely known as one of the foremost experts on personal empowerment. Her extensive experience and knowledge gained through 15 years of advertising, sales, production, and marketing across the United States has fueled her quest to help individuals achieve their highest levels of success. Susan is a catalyst for CHANGE through Compelling evidence, Humor, Accelerated learning, Next steps, Global perspective, and Emotional connections. She is the coauthor of more than six books, including Why Motivation Doesn't Work...and What Does, Situational Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager with Ken Blanchard and Laurie Hawkins.

Shakena Warren was born and raised in New Jersey. She started pushing at an early age raising her younger sisters. Her mother got swept up into the drug scene in the 1980’s and continues to struggle with her addiction today. Shakena believed young girls without guidance could be lost to the streets. She took the responsibility for her younger sisters and became their role model. In 1994, Shakena graduated from high school and started her freshman year of college. By this time she had 3 sisters, ages 12, 2 and a 1 month old baby. Shakena intentions were to complete a four year degree in Communications but she only completed two and joined the workforce. At this time Shakena placed her focus on ways to stay employable to provide for her sisters. Shakena always had amazing talent for doing hair! She comes from a female dominated family which gave her all the practice she needed. Shakena enrolled in Cosmetology school part-time at night and worked temporary administrative jobs during the day. In 1998, Shakena obtained a NJ State Cosmetology license and worked full time in the salon for a few years. Her income as a hairstylist was profitable but she wanted to become computer savvy to create more opportunities. She was interested in applying for jobs in beauty companies where she could blend her administrative and cosmetology backgrounds. She completed a four month computer applications course. Two years later, she enlisted in United States Navy and provided administrative, personnel and human resource services to military personnel. While stationed overseas, she performed hair services for military and civilian women on the weekends. Shakena met her husband, married and had two children while they were in the Navy. In August of 2008 they opened a beauty supply store/salon in Hagerstown, MD where they resided. A year later, she decided to leave the Navy with an honorable discharge to focus on her family and business. In 2012, Shakena closed the store/salon and completed her Bachelors degree and started pursuing her Masters in Public Relations. As an administrative and beauty professional, Shakena had the opportunity to interact with diverse groups of women. Shakena and many other women had the same story of sacrifice; they put their families first and struggled to rekindle their own personal and professional growth. Shakena motivated and encouraged women because she knew the impact a woman can make on her family and community when she value and love herself. Throughout her travels and interactions in life, she realized women faced the same issues regardless of their ethnic, financial or social status. Shakena started redoing her family and friends resumes to help them get back into the workforce or acquire a better paying job. Not only did they get the job, they regained their confidence and self esteem! Ladies, you can do anything and be anybody you want to be, just keep pushing!

A catalyst for conversations that matter, relationships that work and results that inspire, Susan Mazza serves leaders and their organizations as a Leadership Coach, Change Agent and Motivational Speaker. Named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders by Trust Across America in 2013, she is known for her ability to bring clarity to complex issues, as well as transform theory and ideas into effective action and results. With a passion for unleashing the human spirit at work Susan has cultivated a culture of leadership and accountability in organizations around the world. As a master facilitator she also has extensive experience transforming dysfunctional groups into collaborative teams. One of the founding Members of The Lead Change Group, a non-profit, global leadership community, Susan also Co-authored The Character-Based Leader: Instigating a Revolution of Leadership One Person at a Time. With her unique understanding of human systems, she has worked successfully with many types and sizes of organizations and with people around the world including: Fortune 500, small- and medium-sized businesses, non-profits as well as K-12 schools and their districts. Her clients include: Prudential Financial, Tyco, AT&T, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Lucent Technologies, Smart Business Advisory & Consulting Group, The Morris School District, Del Sano Construction Company, REWCO, Inc., Heller CD, The Morristown Partnership, and The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, Weaving Influence. The Entrepreneurial Development Center as IRSC, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. Susan also actively supports the Women’s Business Center at FIT.

T.M.Lewin is a British heritage brand. Opened in 1898 by Thomas Mayes Lewin one of the early Jermyn Street tailors. For well over a century since, T.M.Lewin continues to take pride in the attention to detail and quality in each and every product they design. With an unmatched selection of fabrics, styles, and cuts, the varied selection of work-wear compliments our modern working force.

Teri has been dedicated to public sector executive search since 1999. Serving communities with populations over 1 million to towns as small as 2,000, she has built a substantial base of clients across the Western United States that continually rely upon her personalized service and recruitment expertise. Her clients also include special districts, utility agencies and non-profit organizations. Before entering the executive search field, Teri enjoyed a successful career in local and federal government, serving in management positions where she oversaw public safety, finance, human resources, communications, public/legislative affairs, information technology and strategic planning. In the 42nd Presidential Administration, Teri served as Chief of Staff in the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office where she managed a $2 billion annual budget and a staff of over 200.

Tim has served seven North Carolina Towns in the past 22 years in positions ranging from Building Inspector, Public Works Director, and Planning Director to Town Manager. He is a member of ICMA and the North Carolina City and County Manager’s Association. Tim earned his Masters in Public Administration from North Carolina State University while working full time. He also is an AICP certified planner and holds level three inspection certificates in all trades for the State of North Carolina. He is married to Betsy Holloman and they have two children, Michael age 9 and Abbey age 7. Betsy is currently working on a Masters in middle school education to teach math and science. In addition to serving his municipality, Tim is cub master for Pack 270 and is a member of the Topsail Island Kiwanis club. Tim enjoys working with people and the fact that every day as a Town Manager is different. Serving as Town Manager offers him a way to influence and shape the community. Encouraging others to consider public service is a high priority and he utilizes graduate students and interns when possible to allow them to gain experience and complete projects that benefit the community. He plans to stay in city and county service many more years and possibly serve outside his home state of North Carolina.

The County of San Diego is committed to honoring veterans and their service. The Department of Human Resources aims to provide veterans with the resources and tools necessary to maximize their employment opportunities, and to assist veterans with their transition into civilian life by applying the valuable skills, knowledge and training acquired in service to positions and career paths available within the County of San Diego. San Diego County recognizes the contributions and sacrifices made by our Veterans. We are committed to integrity, teamwork, inclusion and excellence in all we do. The County of San Diego employs over 16,000 employees. The County Board of Supervisors support former and active military personnel through a system of comprehensive outreach programs. Our core values mandate a skilled, competent, and diverse workforce by recruiting the best candidates to fill positions, at all levels within our large organization. The County of San Diego partners with the Veterans' community of San Diego County, which has a significant pool of potential candidates, and has one of the largest concentrations of Veterans in the State. Our Veterans provide services in such critical areas as public health, children welfare, social services, law enforcement and general government. For more information please call (619) 236-2191.

Tim Sackett, MS, SPHR is Executive Vice President of HRU Technical Resources , a contingent staffing firm in Lansing, MI. Tim has 20 years of HR and talent background split evenly between corporate HR gigs among the Fortune 500 and the HR vendor community – so he gets it from both sides of the desk. A frequent contributor to the talent blog Fistful of Talent, Tim also speaks at many HR conferences and events. Contact him at sackett.tim@HRU-Tech.com .

Toby Dean works on behalf of CV Nation in content creation and marketing. He creates engaging graphics and content that help businesses stand out from the crowd. Over the past 8 years has worked with dozens of SME's in both an agency and freelance capacity.

Tom LaForgia is a Master of Public Administration candidate concentrating in nonprofit management and serves as the graduate assistant for the MPA program in the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs at Seton Hall University. His thesis, Changing Nonprofit Mission Statements: Examining the Nation’s Top Liberal Arts Colleges analyzes the shifting of missions at the nation’s top undergraduate liberal arts institutions toward a professional-orientation and calls for a renewed dedication to the true components of liberal education. Tom has worked in the nonprofit sector for five years in both higher education and public media and has experience in admissions, financial aid, development, and academic program management. For the time being, Tom resides in Northern New Jersey.

As the Associate Director of Admissions at Florida Polytechnic University, Tonya Chestnut actively recruits students and conducts group tours, in addition to traveling throughout northern and central Florida to meet students and guidance counselors in person. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Keiser University in Lakeland, and has also attended a one-year program on leadership and management at Saint Leo University.

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