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Help people is just in Liz Agboola’s nature and she has nearly 10 years of experience working with, and advocating for, the serious mental illness (SMI) population, and has successfully spearheaded community efforts to ensure the availability of suitable housing for the disenfranchised, homeless, elderly, and veteran community. Liz currently holds the position of CEO for three Valley organizations she founded with her parents and siblings: Senior Placement Services (SPS), an assistance program in Phoenix that provides housing resources for vulnerable veterans and homeless individuals who are unable to live independently due to medical or mental health conditions; Moses Behavioral Care (MBC), a mental health facility in Phoenix offering 24-hour, long-term care for the SMI population; and FreshStart, a health care staffing, recruiting, and training agency formed to meet the increased demand for highly qualified health care professionals. Liz is on the board of Valleywise Health Foundation and Dignity Health Hospital. She formed Valleywise’s program Emerging Leaders, which pairs diverse young professionals with executives for one-year mentorships, and she was handpicked to join the American Heart Association's committee, where she works to raise awareness and support AHA's life-changing breakthroughs. Agboola holds a masters in both Business and Education from Old Dominion University and she works diligently, with her family, to uphold mental health as a critical part of overall wellness.
Lisa Levy is the Founder and CEO of LCubed Consulting, a business that helps enterprise to medium level organizations elevate through strategic goal achievement. She and her team teach the practice of rapid adaptive transformation to notable global, multi-billion-dollar clients. A frequent guest expert on multiple media outlets and a speaker at business executive conferences.
When Fast Company interviewed Lisa, they dubbed her “the CEO whisperer”. Here’s the rest of the story: as she works with CEOs and other top performers, the herd becomes more totem than saddle: evidence of our primal instincts in action as Lisa pursues her mission to transform the people who are transforming the planet. Lisa leads you step by step to your own awakening. The upside is when you become a better, more advanced human being, you become a better leader.
With more than 20 years experience across a broad range of industries, Lori Hamilton has worked as a marketing strategist, researcher and creative consultant to help more than 100 companies stand out from the competition with innovative solutions that really work. She specializes in positioning (brand and product differentiation for competitive advantage), facilitated work sessions and business innovation. A professor of Insights at Columbia University’s Masters’ Degree Program in Strategic Communications, she has worked on strategy, product development, creative direction and positioning for more than 50 Fortune 500 companies.
Luke is the Marketing Director at Global Call Forwarding, a leading provider of international business phone numbers. He works closely with the sales and marketing teams to help the company acquire corporate customers. He has worked at their Delray Beach Headquarters and also at their APAC Office in Bangkok, Thailand.
PRessing On in Public Relations is a new podcast focussed on navigating your career in PR. Through our business adventures, Liselle DeGrave, owner of DeGrave Communications, Inc. and Rachel McGuire, owner of RMG Communications, show you an unscripted and authentic look at running successful public relations agencies. In October, their first podcast episode aired on "collab-etition," how to collaborate with the competition.
A native Nashvillian, LeShane is CEO and Co-founder of Sagents and Founder of SalesCocktail.com. Prior to his current ventures, LeShane Founded Pishon Sales Outsourcing. In 2016, he was selected by Google and Code2040 to serve as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Googles Tech Hub. A graduate of the University of Memphis, LeShane received his BBA with a concentration in MIS. LeShane also completed the “Building High Performing Businesses” Executive Education program at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.
Leslie H. Tayne, Esq., is a consumer and business debt-related attorney. She founded Tayne Law Group, P.C., concentrating solely on debt resolution and alternatives to filing bankruptcy for consumers, small business owners and professionals. Leslie has over 20 years’ experience in debt relief.
Originally from the suburbs of Detroit, Leigh Genetti Byers is a graduate of The University of Michigan, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Byers started District Maven Marketing + Creative during her sophomore year of college and has continued to grow the business ever since. She is an expert in search engine optimization, marketing strategy and brand management, with a flair for web development. Byers is also a seasoned writer, crafting dynamic pieces for Guest of a Guest and Localeur.
Laura Licursi is the founder of Elite Virtual Assistants, a virtual assistant agency that helps attorneys, professionals, and small business owners go from busy to productive by helping them delegate work that is keeping them working IN their business instead of ON their business. After leaving corporate america, Laura worked from home as a Virtual Assistant for almost 20 years before starting EVA in 2015 with a vision to empower people to live a life that is rewarding and fun. Laura lives in Cleveland, Ohio with her husband, 3 children and 2 dogs.
