John is an accomplished business leader with extensive experience in CRM, Marketing Automation, and Content Management software in corporate and start-up environments. He graduated from Georgia College & State University in 2010 with a...
Shannon started her own journey of transformation when she realized what a terrible leader she had been for many of her team members over the years. Growing up as the daughter of a bank CEO and holding Director and VP roles in large...
Kerry Mallory is the Managing Director for the Eastern U.S. region of Ronald Blue Trust. As Managing Director, Kerry is responsible for the client service, growth, and expansion of the company’s offices across the Eastern U.S. region. This includes...
Brian Mize is President and Co-Founder of Ad Victoriam Solutions, a Certified B Corporation and Top 25 Multi-Cloud Salesforce Partner based out of Alpharetta, Georgia. Brian specializes in service and has lived that out through 23 years of service...
Nipuna Ambanpola is a native of Sri Lanka currently living in the United States. Nipuna is a tech-for-good entrepreneur and strongly believes that technology has the capacity and efficiency to mobilize people to strengthen social impact across the...
Dean J. Fusto is a 2020 recipient of the Klingenstein Fellowship at Teachers College, Columbia University, and the President and Head of Brandon Hall School, an international boarding and day school serving students in grades 6-12. His career spans...
Chad is the culture, and people strategist who drives business results with the power of belief, purpose, and communication. Chad began his 20-year career as a labor and employment attorney, then transitioned to a senior business executive, where he...
Kenji is the Founder and CEO of Acuity which builds and maintains financial functions for entrepreneurs and startups. Through Acuity, he’s provided thousands of companies with a full range of financial solutions from high-level strategic financial...
Ayushi Sinha graduated Cum Laude from the Princeton University Department of Computer Science, received a certificate in Cognitive Science, and is a member of the Product team at Nines, a startup bringing AI to radiology diagnostics. Having co...
With nearly two decades of international experience, including nearly twelve years serving in a variety of policy-making and diplomatic roles in Washington, DC, and the Middle East, Mike Mannina joined Atlanta’s disruptive coffee startup Thrive...
Tino Mantella joined Turknett Leadership as President and CEO in October of 2018. Over the course of his career, he has led some of the nation’s largest non-profit organizations as well as for-profit companies in diversified fields such as human and...
The vision Ashley Jones had as the Founder of Love Not Lost came from her personal and heart-breaking story. Having a daughter with a terminal illness, and being gifted portrait sessions, Ashley wanted to pay it forward and started offering free...
Kevin Dunn is CEO of Decisely, a fast-growing insurtech company focused on providing integrated benefits and other HR solutions to small businesses nationally. Decisely is owned by Sightway Capital, a leading private equity firm and management...
Dan Gordon is currently serving as the Office Executive Director for Jabian Consulting’s Headquarters in Atlanta. His promotion into this role created a milestone for the firm, as previously only the founders served in this senior position. Jabian...
Nelson Davis is the Founder and Leading Partner of Analytic Vizion, a data and analytics consulting firm in Atlanta, GA designed to focus on equipping and inspiring the next generation of data and technology leaders since 2019. Nelson would describe...
Kelly Kannwischer empowers momentum in every aspect of her busy life as a leader in 3 high-growth organizations and as a mother to 2 daughters. She’s the co-founder and CEO of Future Church Co., which empowers church ministers and members alike with...
Jonathan is the founder of Faith & Valor, a management consulting firm in Atlanta, GA. He is a seasoned strategist, question-asker, and pattern noticer with over 15+ years of experience in organizational effectiveness, purpose alignment, and...
Adam W. Boitnott, CEO of Hylaine, is a proud Virginia Tech grad with a love for his family, a passion for technology, and an enthusiasm for sports. Adam recently celebrated 18 years of marriage to his rock-star wife, Dawn, and they have two...
Muzna Abbas is the author of the book “Letters to My Brown Mother.” As a Pakistani-American daughter of immigrants, Muzna wrote this book as an ode to her own struggles with mental health. She hopes that sharing her insights and those of the people...
Senour Reed provides business development and community engagement offerings in the Atlanta market and is the co-author of The Nine Pillars Of Business Development Collaboration. With over 40 years of business development and marketing experience in...
Senour Reed provides business development and community engagement offerings in the Atlanta market and is the co-author of The Nine Pillars Of Business Development Collaboration. With over 40 years of business development and marketing experience in...
Lynne is the founder and CEO of Luminate Marketing, a boutique firm that serves traditionally underfunded startups, non-profits, and religious organizations with high-end marketing products for affordable pricing. With an eye on industry best...
Lee W. Crump is the Managing Partner of The Crump Group, LLC, a Memphis-based Management and IT Consultancy. Previously he served 12 years as the CIO and Group Vice President of Rollins, Inc., an Atlanta-based Pest Control holding company with...
Steve Brown, is an author, podcast host, and CEO of ROI Online. His expert team helps leaders get their act together online by nailing their messaging, baking it into the right technology, and designing strategic campaigns to connect with their...
Nathan Stuck is the Director of Culture & Impact at Ad Victoriam Solutions, a Salesforce consultancy and certified B Corporation headquartered in Alpharetta. In addition to his full-time role at AdVic, Nathan is the co-founder and chair of B...
Matt Hufman, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, explores the importance of listening to the best voices to build your leadership. Responding to criticism and building buy-in are crucial elements of being a wise leader. But choosing to spend your...
Vicki Flier Hudson is the Chief Collaboration Officer of Highroad Global Services, Inc., a company that exists to release the power of diverse teams. She offers keynote presentations, workshops, and organizational strategies for working successfully...
John Buglino, Director of Marketing for Optessa, a software company which helps manufacturers optimize production plans and schedules with constraint-driven APS software, shares how empathy can get you and your team through difficult challenges...
Ananya Jain and Ankit Kukadia are founders of FullCircle LLC. They are building the coolest online Gen-Z community to give and get emotional support via their App. Ananya founded Georgia Institute of Technology’s ‘FullCircle’ in 2017, with a mission...
Most businesses realize that their employees are their biggest asset. Their employees are the face of the company to your customers, the eyes and ears for you as an executive, and what makes and breaks your reputation.To attract and retain...
Shavonne Reed is a marketing and communications expert with more than 20 years of multi-media and marketing experience. She uses emotional intelligence and the happiness advantage principles to facilitate communications skills to develop effective...
Brian Holland is the proud husband of Ginney and father of Emily and Duke, and proud father-in-law to Zach (Emily) and Sinclaire (Duke). Through the 1980’s Brian attended Samford University and finished his undergraduate degree at Mercer University...
As a former business consultant helping other companies thrive early on in her career, Carly grew eager to bring about change closer to home. Following her BBA at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School and three years in IBM’s Global Business...
Libie Motchan is the Co-Founder of Fulton, a modern brand of arch support that is launching a comfortable, sustainable, and supportive insole. She is currently pursuing her MBA at the Wharton Business School and previously worked in digital...
Mike Morris is a Vice President in the Business Consulting group at EPAM. He leads the Atlanta-based consulting team and has responsibilities across multiple clients.Mike has over 24 years of consulting experience, having started with Andersen...
John Duisberg is the co-founder of Cooleaf in Atlanta, GA, which is an employee engagement platform that helps leaders build a culture of appreciation and performance for their organization. At Cooleaf, John leads revenue generation and overall...
Nathan Camp gives directional oversight and strategic leadership to StartCHURCH through his role as the Chief Executive Officer. Drawing from his unique experience in for-profit and nonprofit sectors, Nathan brings a wealth of knowledge, experience...
With more than twenty-five years in technology leadership roles, Walt Carter specializes in alignment to purpose and technology innovation. Prior to joining HOMESTAR Financial Corporation as Chief Digital Officer and CIO in March of 2018, Walt and...
Louise Wasilewski is CEO and co-founder of Acivilate, a social enterprise providing rehabilitation software to justice, health, and human services agencies. Pokket helps justice agencies work with human services agencies to improve outcomes for...
Nicole Armstrong is the CEO of TechBridge, an innovative 501(c)3 charitable, nonprofit organization with a mission to bring creative technology solutions from the robust IT business sector to the vast ecosystem of nonprofit agencies addressing...
Show Transcript Hey, this is Jeff Bond, and welcome to the Chat With Leaders Podcast. We’re a platform for leaders to share the inspiring things they’re doing to lead themselves, their teams, and the communities they serve wisely. This...
Matthew Stevens is the CEO of CENTEGIX, an industry leader in crisis and incident management systems. CENTEGIX protects over 1M people across 13 states in 1200 schools, hotels, and government buildings. As CEO Matthew is responsible for company...
Chris Cherian the CEO of Gatherly, a spatial video chat platform designed to provide seamless virtual networking events. He is also a senior at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania studying Finance and Management. When...
Brian Benn is Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of the Atlanta Housing Authority. Brian is responsible for the development and implementation of technology strategies that are aligned with and anchored by the overarching...
Chat Guest In Clancy’s 30-plus years as a successful sales professional, he has quickly risen to the top of three companies, in three different decades, in three very different markets. In each case, he started from a base of zero sales with little...
Chat Guest Greg is a global people, talent acquisition, and operations leader with proven experience building strategies and execution models that create world-class employee, candidate, and customer experiences. His expertise is in designing and...
Chat Guest Erik Nilsen received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Sport Management at York College of Pennsylvania in 2003 before starting his 17-year career in baseball. Prior to working for Major League Baseball, Erik worked for the Hudson...
Chat Guest Evan is the Founder of Caffeine Marketing and a small business investor. Caffeine Marketing makes profitable marketing easy for small companies. As an investor Evan helps small companies double and sometimes even triple their bottom line...
Chat Guest Joe Barry currently serves as president of AppBarry, LLC with over 12 years of demonstrated history working in the computer software industry. He is skilled in Web Application, Web Services, Cloud Management, DevOps, Automating CI/CD...
Chat Guest Richard Hicks is the CEO & President of inspiredu, as well as a transformational nonprofit leader and speaker committed to improving opportunities for children and helping families improve their socioeconomic status. In his 11+ years...