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Carrie-Lynn Hotson is an HR Specialist (CHRL), Author, and College Professor. She initially worked for 25 years within a Policing environment mentoring and supporting officers and leaders in a very challenging and changing career. She has extensive experience in HR strategic planning, change management, employee engagement, facilitation, coaching & mediation. She is a published author of Knowing Who You Lead, a book designed to help leaders uncover the issues impacting their organizational success. She now works with leaders and teams to help them understand why issues are occurring and discover how to leverage their greatest asset… their employees-helping to embrace change and Inspire Organizational Growth.
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Jonathan Catherman is a sociologist, educator, and international bestselling author. He has dedicated his career to developing confidence, capabilities, and kindness in youth, families, educators, and community leaders. Jonathan has been honored with The President's Volunteer Service Award, Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Service Award, National Alliance of Faith and Justice Award, and multiple Parents' Choice and Community Partnership Awards. He has authored seven #1 new release and three #1 bestselling books and has spoken over 2,000 times worldwide to diverse audiences of all ages. From professional development keynotes to student leadership symposiums, military family resilience seminars to parent enrichment workshops, Jonathan’s message of thriving in the practice of stewardship before leadership entertains, educates, and inspires people to discover and become their very best.
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My Qualifications (all by the grace of God): 1. From Harvard University: • Master's in Finance GPA 3.91 • Professional Graduate-Level Certificate in Corporate Finance • Professional Graduate-Level Certificate in Data Analytics • Awarded Dean's List of Academic Achievement Certificate. 2. Experience: • 13 years as CFO & Business Consultant for various Small Businesses, Medium-Sized Corporations & Start-Ups • Currently on the Board of Directors for a Nonprofit Corporation & volunteer as their CFO • Fields of expertise: Healthcare, Nonprofits, Food & Beverage, Medical Supplies, Electronics, Retail and more. • Provided services to businesses in USA, Egypt, Bahrain, Dubai. 3. Services we provide: • CFO/Business Consultancy • Digital Marketing (Website Design & Content Writing, Social Media Set Up & Management, Ad Creation & Management) • Full Startup Business Support (Name, Logo Design, Strategical Planning, etc) QuickBooks ProAdvisor Board Certified Mental Health Coach Professional Speaker
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Experienced manager with dilated experience in Strategic Business Development in EdTech, Agribusiness & FMCG sectors. Holds a deep knowledge in international sales and market development. Recognized as an excellent business developer, leader in the execution, team builder and outstanding capacity to establish interpersonal relations.
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Maurice is a professional speaker and author of The Creative Mindset. He is passionate about using his years of experience as a successful entrepreneur, banker, real estate investor, small business coach, author, and speaker to work and give small and solo business clients the proven skills, strategies, systems, and tools they need to turn their passions and hard work into more profits and a greater lifestyle. He believes we all have so much more potential than we give ourselves credit for, and we have the ability to use our mindset to create a meaningful life that includes financial independence, purpose, and service. To help clients with challenges come up with ways to create something bigger than they thought possible is what motivates him daily. His book, The Creative Mindset, represents a journey of dedication, perseverance, and determination, and reflects his passion for excellence. It is his hope to share principals and strategies within the pages of this book that will enlighten, and arouse your mindset to create the things you desire.
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Executive Director
Nandini is an accomplished Executive Leader, a Transformational Coach, Motivational Speaker & three times Distinguished Toastmaster. She has won several awards and is a past District Champion in the International Speech Contest. She is based out of the Chicagoland area. Nandini has an MBA from Purdue and her Advanced Management credentials from Chicago-Booth. Nandini has 20+ years’ experience in the corporate sector. She is a Director in the CPG space, transforming work, championing Agility, and heading Program Management. Nandini is also on the Board of Directors for Kalapriya - a Chicago based performing arts non-profit organization that caters to cultural & artistic diversity & inclusivity. Nandini is also the Executive Director with Maxwell Leadership and the Founder of “The Leadership Tribe” helping budding, emerging, developing and executive leaders thrive and reach their fullest potential. Nandini is passionate about all things Leadership & building The Leadership Tribe.
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Laura Magner's expertise lies in the areas of creative thought and critical thinking. Creativity is often misunderstood or misappropriated. With specific thinking tools- every person can solve problems better. Sessions with Magner focus on these thinking tools and how to apply them to your every day life and career. Magner taught public school in the metro Atlanta area for 30 years. She taught primarily upper elementary school students in gifted resource classes, as well as many years in regular education and middle school accelerated math. She holds a BS Ed, MS Ed, Ed S. Magner has published nine titles focusing on teaching creativity, teaching various content creatively, and thinking critically. She has been a guest speaker on these topics at conferences across the country.
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SJ Janjua (they/them) is the founder and consultant of Empowered for Equity Consulting, LLC. They spent several years teaching high school level English in the United States and abroad at the start of their career, and eventually left the classroom in pursuit of a master's degree. They obtained their master's degree in International Education from George Washington University and served as a classroom observer, curriculum developer, and teacher trainer in the years following. As a result of working at Higher Achievement, a mid-Atlantic based out-of-school time program, they began doing formalized Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work in the education space. Currently they work with schools and non-profit organizations on LGBTQ+ inclusion, creating and fostering spaces for belonging, culturally responsive teaching, and more! Contact them to today for more information on their offerings and booking them for a speaking engagement!
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Tifara Knowles is a published writer and performance poet, oral historian, and activist with roots in Southern Georgia. She began transcribing her stories as a child, sharing her dreams in front of an audience in her home church and in front of her classmates at assemblies at the age of 9. Tifara has built a personal brand on the advancement of Black American history, cultural preservation, art activism and community relations. She began competing as a performance poet and saxophonist in middle school, winning regional and state awards arranging jazz and spoken word composition pieces by the age of 12. She played saxophone in her family’s band, recording a saxophone album, radio and television performances and became a church pianist at age 15. She began writing original poetry in 2013 at the beginning of her undergraduate career at the University of Georgia. Tifara was selected to share a TEDx talk to an audience of 1,500 on the power of the spoken word as a tool for healing. Tifara was the inaugural fellow at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Centre in Accra, Ghana for the Women’s Institute. The KAIPTC is an international research institution commissioned by the Ghana Ministry of Defense where scholars from all over the world come to receive training in peace and security operations. Sponsored through a research grant from the Office of the Provost of the University of Georgia, Tifara spent three months in Accra executing gender policy projects, studying peacebuilding, and facilitating workshops for military staff. She also continued her study of oral storytelling and has implemented the skills learned from the griots of Ghana to shape her own approach to preserve history through the spoken and written word. In response to the flood of protests and organizing in 2020 through the George Floyd social movement, she wrote and self-published a poetry book entitled Honeysuckle: Poems and Stories from a Black Southerner on Juneteenth 2020. Honeysuckle is a memorial story to one of Tifara’s ancestors who fell as a victim of racial violence in the late 50’s. She committed the initial profit from the book sales to support the Atlanta Solidarity Fund and received an interview feature on WALB News-10 to spread awareness of the reality of race relations in the Deep South. Tifara was one of the featured poets at the “Justice for Black Lives” Rally organized by the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement with an attendance of over 3,000 individuals honoring those lost to hate crimes. Honeysuckle has been used as an instrument for reconciliation, academic support for young people in South Georgia and Northern Ireland, and a tool to teach women transitioning out of the sex industry entrepreneurial skills and opportunities in writing. She has been published in in Quartz Literary, Wingless Dreamer Publisher (Oxymorons and Poets Anthology), Sunspot Literary Journal, Gulf Stream Literary Magazine and others.
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John Hoffman 763-245-7562 8224 109th Place, North Champlin MN 55316 [email protected] BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: John Hoffman is a current Minnesota State Senator service Senate District 34 which is made up of Brooklyn Park, Champlin, Coon Rapids, Dayton and Rogers. He was first elected in 2012 and reelected in 2016, 2020 and 2022. He is the current Chair of the Human Services Finance and Policy Committee in the Minnesota Senate which oversees 16 Billion Dollars of services in Minnesota. He served on the Human Services Reform Policy and Finance Committee as the Ranking Lead. He also served on the Aging and Long-Term Care committee, Governors Workforce Development Committee, the School Trust Land Education Committee as Vice Chair, and on the Governor’s Developmental Disabilities Council as former Chair. He was the Business Development Director for ALLY Business Solutions, an organization that finds employment opportunities for adults with disabilities. He co-founded Consumer Credit of Minnesota and is also a Federal Title V reviewer for HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration). He coordinated PACER Center’s Early Childhood Project and its Partnership with the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center at the University of North Carolina’s Frank Porter Graham Early Childhood Institute. John’s areas of expertise include Natural Environments/Inclusion/Least Restrictive Environments, Special Education Law, Parent Training, and Early Childhood Education. From 1997-2001 he was a Technical Assistant/Program Manager with The Iowa Department of Human Services working with Interstate Compact Laws as well as in the development and response to the Infants and Toddlers Act of IDEA serving on the Technical Assistance Team for PART C. He also served on the Governors Special Education Advisory Committee and was appointed by the Senate to a Family Support Sub Committee. In 2001, United States Secretary of Education Rodney Paige, appointed him to serve on the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council, a federally mandated council that was charged with advising and assisting the Secretaries of Education, Health and Human Services, Defense, Interior, and Agriculture as well as the Social Security Commissioner in their response to services for Children and Families with disabilities ages birth to six. In 2003 he was appointed to a 3-year term by the Governor of Minnesota to serve on the State Interagency Coordinating Council. In 2004 he was appointed to serve on the MN MCHB Health Advisory Task Force. He was elected in 2005 and served as Vice Chair of the Anoka Hennepin School Board, which is the largest School District in the State of Minnesota. Additional Information Family ⮚ Married, wife Yvette, and daughter Hope Business and Employment ⮚ Executive Director of Begin Anew Recovery, a recovery community organization helping people with mental health and addiction supports. ⮚ Business Development Director
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Heather Gross founded TreeTop Initiatives in 2000 and again in 2021 to hold space for facilitation. She convenes important conversations and leads teams, programs and workshops that promote belonging, cohesion and productive collaboration. From 2017 to 2021, she was Deputy Head and VP Education and Programming at Pearson College UWC. She also served there as Director of Admissions and Universities Counsellor. Her 14 years with Pearson and the United World College movement included extensive travel to different educational communities around the globe. She also worked in recruitment and admissions at the University of Alberta and in experiential education at the Royal Alberta Museum and William A. Switzer Provincial Park. Facilitation has been a thread running through Heather’s professional and volunteer experience and while living as a student in India and Germany. She enjoys bringing people together and is pleased when the conversation turns to geography or gardening! Heather is a graduate of Pearson College UWC and holds a master’s degree in Human Geography (2010). She recently completed a Professional Certificate in Advanced Facilitation Practices especially focusing on Art of Hosting practices as well as Liberating Structures. She is also Practice Lead, Education with Roy Group.
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