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Monday, July 13, 2009

Special Guest:

Cheryl Broussard, CEO of Cheryl Broussard,Inc., Award Winning Author, resident personal financial advisor on the nationally syndicated Michael Baisden radio show. Former personal financial advisor on CNNFN, CNN & Co., and CBS Marketwatch. She has been featured in USA Today, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, Upscale, Ebony and Essence.

Judith Stephens, Founder of Yes To Financial Fitness, LLC. She is a MBA and known as the Money Lady,a Money Management Strategist. Stephens has been involved in starting and developing more than 30 companies. As a management consultant, she worked with major corporations and emerging businesses.

Monday, July 20, 2009

12 Noon Est  

Gina Berry, has the midas touch, everything she touches turns to gold. She is known as one of the Top Sales Representatives in the Country. A MBA and Former VP of Citibank, her most recent and amazing accomplishment is obtaining The Top Postion in record time in one of the hottest Direct Sales Companies today.

Dr. Joy Ohayia, says,"Get Focused-Get Results!" She is the Body Image Motivator & Founder & Pres. of QuantumQuest, She is a certified member of American Fitness Professionals & Associates. Dr. Ohayia has a host of professional certifications. She is an Author of 2 fabulous books, one of which she co-wrote with bestselling authors Ken Blanchard & Steven Covey. Dr. Ohayia is also an accomplished Track & Field, record breaking & holding Athelete.

 Monday, July 27, 2009

12 Noon Est

Carlotta Oliver, serves as Managing Director of Business Development for Black Knight Asset Management. She is one of the founding partners of the firm and brings nearly 3 decades of investment experience to include asset management and investment banking. In addition to Business Development Carlotta serves as Chief Operating Officer responsible for firm-wide personnel matters. Carlotta, received her MBA from Regis University. In 2008, Carlotta was appointed by the City's Mayor as Trustee to the Employees’ & Elected Officials Retirement System of the City of Baltimore. This is a 7 person oversight board with more than $1 billion in it's retirement system.

Charly McCracken, is the CEO for Motivational Pearls Enterprises, LLC, a personal and business development consulting organization. She is also the Executive Director of The Decorum Group, Inc., an etiquette and enrichment training organization designed to address the social development needs of children ages 6 – 19 and Ms. McCracken, is the President of Atlanta Women Connect, a strategic alliance membership organization that practices the principle of co-operative economics providing business leads, information, tools and resources to assist these businesses thrive despite the economy. Extremly talented Ms. McCracken is the author of the top selling book of Pathway to Success.

 Monday, August 3, 2009

12 Noon Est

British Hill, is a Life Empowerment Coach dedicated to helping women design the life they want and deserve. British received her coach certification credentials from IPEC. She will earn PCC thru ICF in 2009. She is a member of the Tampa Bay Professional Coaches Association & a member of the ICF. Most recently she earned the Top Coveted Position of Presidential Ambassodor with Compass Coaching Network, a direct sales company. British is an expert adviser for the DSWA (Direct Selling Women’s Alliance). Where she emphasizes the importance of diversity in the world of home based businesses. British, spent 8yrs as a TV host of HSN. For More Info: www.alifestylewithpurpose.com

Melissa Dawn Johnson, Entrepreneur, author, brand life strategist and thought leader commentator is the CEO and President of Velvet Suite Marketing Consulting Group, based in Atlanta. VSMCG authentically brands people, products, organizations and destinations with a proven integrated lifestyle management system through a proprietary process called ID3™ innovation. Ms. Johnson has consulted organizations, such as Pepsi, Citi, the NFL & personalities such as Shania Twain, Mary J. Blige, Common, Hill Harper and numerous pro-atheletes, executives, politicians & pastors. She is the producer and host of “Making the Brand” an online-web series. Ms. Johnson has been featured in and/or contributed to influential industry publications, national conferences, newsletters and television shows, such as CNN Newsroom, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, The Wall Street Journal, Black Enterprise, Ebony, Essence Magazine, Monarch and InsideBrandedEntertainment.com. For More Info: www.velvetsuite.com

Monday, August 10, 2009

12 Noon EST

Beth Borden-Goodman

Kingdom Klothes & Kouture

Beth Borden-Goodman is the CEO of Kingdom Klothes & Kingdom Kouture ~ "it’s an honor to clothe you in righteousness". Beth's company is the premiere clothing line that fuse faith with high-fashion. Beth is also a motivational speaker. She is a woman that is passionate about serving the mental, emotional and spiritual needs of women, young ladies and little girls while inspiring them to become the standard.
As a rising visionary and leader, Beth has been captivating the minds and hearts of those that are ambitious to make a difference in life and the lives of others. She inspires in a manner and “fashion” that’s not intimidating yet intriguing.
In 2005, Beth discovered opportunities to give back to her community by collaborating with non-profit organizations via her Klothing for a Kure Kollection which includes awareness for HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, ovarian cancer and breast cancer of which Beth was diagnosed two years later in August 2007. As a young survivor of stage 2 breast cancer, the self-proclaimed Premiere Pink Diva is determined to infect the world with her apparel and sprinkles of PINK…Points to Invoke Notice to Knowledge!! In addition to Kingdom Klothes and Kingdom Kouture, she has accepted the stewardship of promoting breast cancer and breast health awareness while embracing and encouraging others to live life on purpose and not die!
Beth often tours the country exhibiting at conferences and other major events in order to further establish the Kingdom Klothes brand as seen on CNN’s Black in America-Part 2, Fox 5 (Atlanta), CBS 46 (Atlanta), Trinity Broadcasting Network and featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Gospel Today Magazine, Ladies First Magazine, ThePinkRibbonLink.com Boutique Northside Hospital’s A Woman’s Place Boutique ~ Atlanta & Ladies First Boutique ~ Houston.

Monday, August 17, 2009

12 Noon Est

Legacy Bank's

President & Founders

Ms. Deloris Sims

&

Margaret Henningsen

DELORIS SIMS, is President,one of the founders and a shareholder of Legacy Bank, which is the first African American, women owned, chartered bank in the state of Wisconsin. Ms Sims culminated an extensive prestigeous 28 yr career as the VP of Firstar Bank. She holds several seats on various commitee, such as the Ethics Committee. After retirement, Mrs. Sims and two founders, Margaret Henningsen and Shirley Lanier, raised over $6,000,000.00 in less than a year to capitalize. On July 27, 1999, Legacy Bank opened its doors, and under the leadership of Deloris Sims, has since grown to 206 million in assets. Amoung numerous other awards, Mrs. Sims is a recipient of the first-ever Governor’s Financial Literacy.

Margaret J. Henningsen, is a founder of Legacy Bank. At 50 she followed her dream of starting a bank that would cater to the banking needs of her community. She was the first President of Legacy Bank. A longtime advocate for empowering women & minorities she recognized that access to capital and the ability to create wealth is paramount. Today, the bank has assets of over two hundred million; provides banking services to thousands of underserved people; funded more than 1,000 small business, commercial and economic development loans creating thousands of jobs. Ms Henningsen focuses on the bank’s mission of banking the unbanked and underserved markets. Those banking programs have become a national model for community banks that want to reach out to untapped markets. Ms Henningsen also serves as the President of the Wisconsin Community Development Legacy Fund that has received three allocations of New Markets Tax Credits -2005; 2007 & for more than 300 hundred million dollars.

 Monday, August 24, 2009

12 Noon EST

Mattie Rock

Rock Networking Unlimited

Mattie Rock is the owner of Rock Networking Unlimited, Inc. (RNU). She is the VOICE of Rock’s Networking Unlimited, Inc. backed by the RUN Power Team of 8 dynamic experience professionals.
Born in Uniontown, Alabama raised in Birmingham, AL, Mattie came on a venture to Atlanta, GA in 1986 after learning about the many opportunities there. She established multiple boutiques in GA with a plan and very little start up. Mattie has had the experience working with many people with “bad” business practices and little skills or experiences. She offers a better plan. Rock’s Networking Unlimited, Inc.
Today Mattie Rock and the RNU POWER TEAM are stepping up to another level with the needed services offered Rock’s Networking Unlimited, Inc.
Mattie Rock is the Queen of Networking and has produced her own TV Show “Gimmie Back My Mic”. Rock’s Networking Unlimited continues to partner with multiple businesses to bring valuable products and services to business and consumers while giving back to the community.
Vision Partner C. Ranolo Weaver, “The Video Bishop” host of The Video Bishop Gospel Show and owner of Techno Media Films, LLC, recently launched a television show called “RNU & Mattie Rock Too Gimmie Back My Mic,” which provides opportunities for creative artists and business owners to showcase and promote their talents, products and services within a 3-5 minute time period.
RNU not only organizes and hosts networking events, but provides marketing systems by creating websites , commercials, infomercials, press kits and video commercials. Rock aims to have the largest e-blast database in the Southeast.

Monday, August 31, 2009

12 Noon EST

New York Times

Best Selling Author

Mary "Honey B" Morrison

Mary B. Morrison, New York Times best-selling author also writes as HoneyB. She has fourteen novels including her newest release, Unconditionally Single.
Writing for both Kensington Publishing Corporation as Mary B. Morrison and Grand Central Publishing (formerly Warner Books) as HoneyB, Mary is at the top of her genre. In her novels, Mary addresses social and sexual issues that impacts relationships. (br) Mary received her Associates Degree in Liberal Arts from Vista (now Berkeley) Community College. She worked 18 years for the government. Earning nearly six-figures, Mary resigned from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development on June 3, 2000, and withdrew her retirement to self-publish her debut novel Soulmates Dissipate.
In 2006, Mary sponsored an anthology publishing 33 students entitled Diverse Stories: From the Imaginations of Sixth Graders. Her non-profit organization, Lift Every Voice and Write, is established to help increase literacy and support high school students interested in pursing writing as a career.
Mary currently resides in Oakland, California. Her wonderful son Jesse Byrd, Jr. plays basketball for the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Monday, September 21, 2009

12 Noon EST

Dee Marshall

Monday, October 5, 2009

12 Noon Est

Hazelle Goodman