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Andrea Risch is the Marketing Director for Mobile Apps For Charity. Connect with Andrea on LinkedIn. Follow Mobile Apps for Charity on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
Deke Cateau with A.G. Rhodes and Ginny Helms with LeadingAge Georgia
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Deke Cateau is the Chief Executive Officer at A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab, a nonprofit organization providing therapy and rehabilitation services, short-term recovery and long-term care at three metro Atlanta locations. Cateau is responsible for an operating budget of approximately $40 million and approximately 600 employees. A.G. Rhodes can accommodate more than 400 residents and patients, and serves more than 1,100 elders each year.
Cateau has worked in the long-term care industry for more than 15 years. Prior to becoming the CEO, he served in various roles at A.G. Rhodes including the Chief Operating Officer, Chief of Strategic Implementation, and he was the Administrator for seven years at the organization’s flagship location in Grant Park. Before working at A.G. Rhodes, Cateau worked at Five Star Quality Care, Inc., a national senior living communities and services provider. He served in many capacities including Area Operations Manager for Georgia, where he oversaw three skilled nursing facilities, eight assisted living facilities and one continuing care retirement community. In addition to running nursing facilities in metro Atlanta, Cateau has also managed a 200-unit continuing care retirement community in Savannah.
Cateau has published two articles on long-term care: Act as Though Your Customer is Right, Nursing Homes Magazine, May 2005; and Skilled Nursing Facilities and Hospice Providers: Bridging the Gap, Nursing Homes Magazine, November 2006. In 2013 and 2014, Cateau won the American College of Health Care Administrators Facility Leadership Award, and he won the Georgia Health Care Association’s Leadership Excellence Award in 2015.
In addition to being a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, Cateau is certified by the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners as a Certified Dementia Practitioner and a Certified Alzheimer’s Disease and Care Dementia Trainer. He is also a Certified Eden Alternative Educator and a Certified Virtual Dementia Tour Facilitator for nursing homes. Cateau serves on the Board of Directors for LeadingAge Georgia.
Cateau holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and a Post Graduate Diploma in International Relations from the University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus, and a certification in Global Leadership Development from the University of the Virgin Islands.
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Ginny Helms is President and CEO of LeadingAge Georgia. LeadingAge Georgia is the statewide association that represents the key not-for-profit and other mission-driven organizations dedicated to providing quality housing, health care, and community-based services that people need, when they need them, in the places they call home. Their members offer the full array of aging services in Georgia: adult day services, home & community-based services, senior retirement housing, assisted living communities, continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes and hospice care. These providers are committed to advancing the vision of healthy, affordable and ethical long-term care for older Georgians.
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Luis Bello with ADC Media Productions
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Luis Bello is the Owner of ADC Media Productions. His company specializes on, Social Media Management, Video Productions & Off/Online Marketing Strategies. Mr. Bello is an EMMY award winner, Former CNN National Marketing Manager and Former European Union Marketing Chief. Producer, Educator & Strategist with more than 30 years experience on Media and Marketing. Mr. Bello has worked on Radio, Newspapers, Tv and Social Media form a early age. He has created several viral videos, successful TV shows and promotions for several companies. He is an entrepreneur, visionary and media guru.
Pensacola Business Radio: Spotlight Episode, Yellow Dog Table and the difference between inventor and entrepreneur
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Introducing Yellow Dog™, a portable and compact table designed as a light weight, pop up beach table. The Yellow Dog™ table is conveniently packaged in its own carry tote bag to accompany you as you enjoy beach and other outdoor activities. Our 12” by 12” table is intended to be placed alongside your beach chair allowing you to keep your beverages, snacks, expensive cellular and Bluetooth devices, and other miscellaneous items safely away from the sand. This table is sure to be a big hit for its practical use and trendy design by creating a useful and durable table allowing you the comforts of home while enjoying the outdoors; the practicality of this convenient table is perfect for the beach as well as other outdoor activities such as camping, boating, outdoor events at your local park, of simply relaxing on your patio or poolside.
Yellow Dog™ Table is made possible in part by:
Dye’s Diversified Machine Shop, Inc.
12400 Goodwater Road
Northport, AL 35475
Diversified Fasteners Inc.
9420 North Klondike Rd
Pensacola, Fl 32526
www.diversifiedfasteners.com
Medley Printing Inc.
33 Walter Martin Rd.
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
www.medleyprinting.com
Robert L. Foster
www.uwf.edu/offices/military-veteran-resource-center
Quint Studer
www.quintstuder.com
Sales Locations
Purchase Yellow Dog™ Table at these local businesses:
Destin
620 Harbor Blvd
Destin, FL 32541
620 Harbor Blvd
Destin, FL 32541
Navarre
1778 Sea Lark Lane
Navarre, FL 32566
1807 Alhambra St
Navarre, FL 32566
1900 FL-87 #I
Navarre, FL 32566
1957 Highway 87
Navarre, Florida 32566
Pensacola Beach
Wendy Kirkpatrick with Kirkpatrick Partners and Ana Tavares Lattibeaudiere with GSMA
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Wendy Kirkpatrick is the President and Founder of Kirkpatrick Partners. As a global driving force of the use and implementation of the Kirkpatrick Model, Wendy leads companies to measurable success through training and evaluation. Wendy’s results orientation stems from over two decades of business experience in retailing, marketing and training. She has held positions as a buyer, product manager, process manager and training manager,which leveraged her ability to organize multifaceted projects and yield rapid results. Wendy and Jim Kirkpatrick have written four books, including Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Training Evaluation. They also served as the subject matter experts for the United States Office of Personnel Management’s Training Evaluation Field Guide.
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Ana Tavares Lattibeaudiere is the Head of North America at GSMA. Connect with Ana on LinkedIn. Follow GSMA on Twitter.
Nigel Zelcer with Jabian Consulting, Daniel A. Dodson with Exceptional Kids Athletics Inc., and Dionna Walker with Business Mom Inc.
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Nigel Zelcer with Jabian Consulting. Connect with Jabian on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Connect with Nigel on LinkedIn.
Daniel Dodson with Exceptional Kids Athletics Inc. has a passion for kids, and when Aimee Prainito approached he and his wife a few years back they were both a little hesitate. Daniel had coached kids in various sports throughout his life but had never been involved with children with disabilities. After much deliberation with his wife Serrah, they decide to come on board. Daniel is currently the Vice-President of the organization. This has become one the best things he has done in his life.
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Dionna Walker is born and raised in Dayton Ohio, she is a mother, wife, sister and devoted woman of God. Dionna is passionate about giving back to her community she is the Founder of Dionna Helping Hands. She is also the author of Diary of an Entrepreneur. In this book, Dionna illustrates her own struggles in business and how she has been able to overcome, stay determined, motivated and successful in all endeavors, good and bad, by the grace of God. If you thought she couldn’t get anymore impressive, Dionna is the Founder of Business Mom Inc., a support group for mom business owners. Business Mom Inc. provides support, connections, collaborations, and partnerships.
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KP Reddy with Shadow Ventures, Pete Canalichio with Licensing Brands, Inc., and Jeff Cohen with Odyssey Inc.
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To know KP Reddy with KP Reddy is to experience boundless enthusiasm for creating new ventures. Reddy’s multidisciplinary career spans the innovation continuum. Over 25+ years, he has been a technologist, subject matter expert, founder, CEO, advisor, investor, professor, author and coach. K.P. effortlessly combines expertise in advanced technologies with critical, in-the-trenches experience as an entrepreneur. He is a globally recognized authority in AEC environments, artificial intelligence, robotics and automation, collaborative communication, mobile applications and cloud computing. His passion is in launching game-changing startups, raising substantial investments, and leading organizations to meaningful acquisition and IPO exits.
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Pete Canalichio with Licensing Brands, Inc. is the author of Expand, Grow, Thrive, a brand expansion and licensing expert, expert witness and TEDx speaker. Connect with Pete on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Mr. Jeff Cohen was appointed Odyssey, Inc. Executive Director in March 2014. Odyssey’s mission is to expand the ambitions of Atlanta students and empower them on a successful journey to college and a fulfilling career. Odyssey, a summer program with a proven track record, works with motivated public school students to help improve their school performance and instill a love for lifelong learning. Targeting Atlanta Public Schools students in rising grades 1 to 12 from disadvantaged communities, Odyssey offers an educational six-week summer camp experience for nearly 400 students, focusing on STEAM and project-based learning. Odyssey encourages students to embark upon a quest for knowledge and a journey toward higher education. his time at Odyssey, Jeff has spearheaded and executed Odyssey’s five-year strategic plan that has resulted adding first and second grades, increasing enrollment by 20% and redesigning the curriculum with a STEAM, project-based learning focus. Prior to joining Odyssey, he served as executive director of C5 Youth Foundation of Georgia. He was responsible for guiding a comprehensive youth development leadership program, spearheading C5’s fundraising efforts, managing staff and board recruitment and engagement. Mr. Cohen has more than 20 years of youth development experience and has served in a variety of leadership capacities. Prior to relocating to Atlanta in 2004 to launch Camp Coca-Cola (now known as C5 Georgia), he was executive director of Mentors Inc., the largest high school mentoring program in the District of Columbia. He also served as director of Jewish Experiences for Teens for the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, and as senior regional director for B’nai Brith Youth Organization. Cohen earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Florida Atlantic University. He serves on the advisory council of Atlanta Education Fund College Success Network and as a representative for Otwell Middle School Title One. He is also a member of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and American Institute for Managing Diversity.
Tuesdays with Corey Episode 5
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Rachel Shattah is the retired President/CEO of the Printing and Imaging Association of Georgia. She is an energetic and client committed Realtor with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, the finest Real Estate Brokerage in Atlanta. When you list your home for sale with her the first step in your comprehensive marketing plan is your home is marketed on 940 websites. Her membership in the Atlanta and Cobb Board of Realtors and Cobb Board of Realtors affords her status as Realtor. No matter what Metro Atlanta location or price point, her clients receive dedicated professional assistance they deserve in selling and/or purchasing their new home. Her accomplishments are many as her client’s best interest always comes first in every communication, negotiation and transaction. She has earned awards, designations and recognition in the areas of real estate, non-profit leadership and management, government affairs activities, insurance management and sales, membership recruitment and retention, member services development, strategic planning and implementation, major event planning, marketing, volunteer board development and participation, and business consulting. She loves family, friends, clients, customers and living life to the fullest. A great deal of her happiness is having opportunities to help others achieve their goals, challenging and rewarding work, keeping healthy in mind, heart, body, spirit and soul. She completed her first half marathon with Team in Training benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in the Savannah Rock n’ Roll Marathon. She enjoys a good walk, an interesting book, a lovely sunset, a full moon, the beach, traveling, golf (had a lot of fun teasing her real golfer friends with her 2 holes in one), tennis, plays, concerts, and cooking (not to mention eating too). Her top priorities are her relationship with God, Family, Friends and Clients. Her greatest happiness is being a Mother of two wonderful adult children Emory Christopher and Deborah Anice.
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Patrina King is a Youth Advocate, Human Resource professional, and Founder of Golf Women Mean Business, LLC. In the field of human resources, her forte is background checks, recruiting and employer unemployment claims. Patrina understands that being successful is not always a straight process. She decided against choosing any of the 36 opportunities to play collegiate golf and attend college without any extracurricular activities in order to focus on getting her career started. Patrina’s excellence in business goes hand in hand with her fondness for philanthropy and charitable causes. She is the previous owner and operator of a pre-employment screening company that was headquartered in Metro Atlanta, GA. She used her knowledge from her business to educate youth and young adults on how their actions (sexting, online social media, school fights, drug and alcohol use, theft, etc) will affect future jobs and college applications.
Patrina is a current member of the Women’s Solidarity Society, a society within The National Center for Civil and Human Rights and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc. MECCA Chapter. Her past affiliation with various organizations and events such as SHRM-Atlanta, United Way VIP, Executive Women’s Golf Association, the National Black MBA Association, and an Interview Expert for Women For Hire, has endowed her with unparalleled expertise and experience. Patrina studied Technical Management with a concentration in Human Resources at DeVry University and Human Resources at Keller Graduate School of Management.
Along with her interest in women’s rights, Patrina has developed a great passion for educating professional women on how to use golf for business. Today, her life and career reflect that passion with informative and down-to-earth training through Golf Women Mean Business. Patrina has been featured on various television and blog talk radio shows. However, the epitome of Patrina’s efforts to educate professionals come in her workshops and speeches which aim to “humanize” golf for those who are hesitant to give the sport a try.
Patrina’s current home is in the Metro Atlanta Georgia area with her husband. She has been serving with the Mayor’s Youth Program of Atlanta since 2007, providing Atlanta public high school seniors training on workforce readiness and job interview skills. She allots time in her activities for events with 21st Century Leaders, Junior Achievement, and various other high school groups. In spare time not filled with work, volunteerism, or friends and family, she divulges her love of athletics (softball, golf, and football) through sports watch parties and playing rounds of business golf.
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Lisa Waters is the Owner and Senior Care Advisor of Amada Senior Care, headquartered in Marietta, GA. Amada Senior Care is one of the fastest growing home care provider companies in the United States, focused on serving aging and disabled adults who elect to remain in the privacy and comfort of their own homes. Since 2007, Amada Senior Care has built a business model that encourages seniors and their families to explore all of the different care options available and create a customized approach. At Amada Senior Care in Marietta, GA, we are passionate about enriching lives by creating an outstanding and nurturing care experience for our clients and their families. We take care of the big picture by guiding our clients through care options. We also take care of the smallest details with a smile and a positive attitude. Our clients’ well being is our business – and our goal is to help them thrive.
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Corey Rieck is the President and Founder of The Long Term Care Planning Group, a firm that specializes in delivering Long Term Care education and coverage to companies, high net worth individuals and large organizations. Since 2001, Corey has devoted his career to Long Term Care as a result of multiple personal experiences. A neutral provider of Long Term Care Solutions since 2001, Corey brings a unique and comprehensive consultative perspective to this issue. Since 2003, part of his commitment to the Long Term Care Industry includes his having trained over 3,500 advisors from San Francisco to Wall Street on how to properly position Long Term Care to clients through the CLTC organization. (www.ltc-cltc.com) Additionally, he has authored dozens of published industry articles on Long Term Care and has assisted many of the nation’s leading LTC carriers on operational and educational matters.
Chris Clark and Christina Cook with the Georgia Chamber of Commerce
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A Georgia native, Chris Clark is the President and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. He received his bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University and his master’s degree in public administration from Georgia College and State University. Prior to joining the Georgia Chamber, Chris served as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and as Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Economic Development. Before his state service, he was the President of the Fayette County Development Authority and CEO of the Hawkinsville-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce.
Chris serves on the Board of Directors for Council of State Chambers as the Secretary Treasurer, and sits on the boards of the Georgia Allies, the Georgia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, and Georgia College and State University. He is also a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Council of 100, the U.S. Chamber’s Board, and the Political Affairs Committee. Among other things, he is a Trustee of Georgia Southern University and a member of the Board of Visitors for the University of Georgia.
He is a graduate of Leadership Georgia and has been consistently named one of Georgia Trend Magazine’s 100 most influential Georgians and one of the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s most influential Atlantans. He received GEDA’s Zell Miller Public Policy Leadership Award. Chris also serves on the Board of Directors for the Real Life Center, a Christian outreach program that provides food, clothing, financial assistance, and educational classes for those in need.
Chris and his wife, Tiffany, and their son, Christian, live in Peachtree City and attend Dogwood Church.
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Christina Cook is the External Affairs Coordinator at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. Christina joined the Chamber staff back in May of 2017 from Dothan, AL where she began her career in communications after graduating from Troy University 3 years ago with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and Public Relations. While in Dothan, Miss Cook served as the Director of Communications at Covenant United Methodist Church for two years.
After receiving her Master’s degree in Strategic Communications from Troy University, she later accepted the role of Donor Relations Specialist/ Director of Communications for the Southeast Alabama Medical Center Foundation. In both roles, Christina specialized in all things marketing, public relations and social media management. She is from Mobile, AL where she is the oldest of four sisters. She loves shopping and watching re-runs of the Golden Girls.
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