20 NOV 2013 · To equate Randy with business is to miss the essence of the person. Ask anyone who knows Randy what is most important to him. They all know. Number one in Randy’s life is his wife, Tara. In Randy’s words…”the strength of our society depends upon the strength of our marriages”. Randy’s first and foremost priority is the success of his marriage with Tara, followed closely and intertwined with the responsibilities he has as father, step father and grandparent. Randy believes that we are all spiritual beings….here sojourning upon earth in physical bodies. Randy is a devout Catholic, and holds strongly the view that each of us should choose our own version of spirituality…but all should in fact choose a version. Recently Randy was asked to cite a favorite quote. He response was from Augustin of Hippo..”God made man for himself, and man will be restless until he rests in God.” Randy is 55 years old and resides in the Tampa Clearwater area of Florida. Learn more: http://www.randyschroeder.com/

26 AUG 2013 · Jesse Singer is the Vice President of Production and Development at Act 4 Entertainment. Along with company founder David Johnson, Jesse is the producer behind AMERICAN PSYCHO. Through feature films, documentaries, television shows, stage productions and online media, Act 4 is focused on creating content that is socially conscious and politically relevant. Act 4's projects share the fundamental value that enhanced understanding through well-crafted stories leads to inspiration for action.

23 AUG 2013 · Pam is CEO of Batchbook, which she co-founded in 2006. She is responsible for setting the overall direction and product strategy for the company. As a businesswoman and a mother, Pam is committed to running a company that can adapt to the unique needs of both its employees and its customers to foster better organization, increased productivity and a more balanced life. She balances the fast pace of running a technology start-up with other roles including: Chairwoman of The Small Business Web, the international trade association of cloud software for small business. Since Batchbook co-founded the group in 2009 it has grown to more than 250 web-based applications and has been described by Bloomberg BusinessWeek as "a fundamentally different way of doing business." Mentor for Betaspring, a startup accelerator program for technology and design entrepreneurs Head of the "Geeks for Good" food pantry drives that reach out to Providence Geeks members A seasoned conference speaker, Pam regularly shares her experiences as an entrepreneur and expert on data management tools and methodologies in a voice mixed with Yankee practicality and Southern charm.

21 AUG 2013 · Joi Gordon joined Dress for Success as the executive director of the New York program in 1999 and in 2002 took over leadership of Dress for Success Worldwide. One of Joi's primary goals is to ensure that Dress for Success becomes recognized as an acknowledged leader in promoting the economic and social development of disadvantaged women while expanding the organization's reach so that more and more women across the globe will have access to the resources and tools they need to succeed in the workplace. One of Joi's proudest accomplishments is to have succeeded in building a passionate, dedicated and talented staff who will make these objectives a reality. Assembling such a capable group has enabled Dress for Success to improve the services that it offers to its clients, who now number more than 65,000 worldwide each year. In addition, the staff has expanded and strengthened the organization's affiliate network and increased the support that is offered to its members. "I am incredibly fortunate to have a job that combines my commitment to public service with my passion for women's issues," says Joi. As the CEO of Worldwide, Joi spearheaded a rebranding of Dress for Success, complete with a new mission statement, tagline and logo. Under her leadership the organization has increased its focus to include employment retention in addition to suiting. Dress for Success now supports women as they find and retain employment and helps them turn their jobs into rewarding careers. Our suiting program has grown tremendously while the organization has launched new initiatives to assist our clients in their efforts to grow professionally.

20 AUG 2013 · Cindy Gallop is a graduate of Somerville College, Oxford, whose background is brandbuilding, marketing and advertising - she started up the US office of ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty in New York in 1998 and in 2003 was named Advertising Woman of the Year. She is the founder and CEO of www.IfWeRanTheWorld.com, a marketing platform that turns human and corporate good intentions into collective action, launched in beta at TED 2010, and subsequently written up and taught as a Harvard Business School case study.

25 JUL 2013 · Glen Phillips is the front man of the multi-platinum band, Toad the Wet Sprocket, who have brought us such Billboard-charting hits as “Walk on the Ocean”, “All I Want”, “Something’s Always Wrong”, and “Fall Down", and they're releasing their first new album in 16 years, "New Constellation" with the help of a very successful Kickstarter campaign started on June 5 and ending on August 4th. facebook.com/toadthewetsprocketmusic Twitter @ToadWetSprocket Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/toadthewetsprocket/new-studio-album-from-toad-the-wet-sprocket?ref=popular Toad the Wet Sprocket*, the band famed for such Billboard-charting hits as “Walk on the Ocean”, “All I Want”, “Something’s Always Wrong”, and “Fall Down” has been back in the studio again, recording their first album together in 16 years. The same creative curiosity that inspired the band to form in 1986 and then to branch out in different directions in 1998 has brought them full circle to come back together again. As Glen Phillips put it, "At some point we would play shows and remember not why we'd broken up, but why we got together in the first place. That made it possible and exciting to move forward again." The result is *New Constellation**, *an album of new material produced by Mikal Blue and being released on the band’s label, Abe’s Records, September 3, 2013. Bassist, Dean Dinning says, "The idea to make this record was born out of the fact that we are really enjoying playing live together again- and adding new songs into the set just makes it that much better.” Phillips added, "We've all been making music outside of the band for a while now. It's amazing to get back together and incorporate all we've learned in the last years but immediately hear the sonic signature that is essentially Toad re-emerge." The band’s first single from the album and title track *“New Constellation”*premiered on *Rolling Stone*’s site June 5th, 2013. In a statement about the track, Glen Phillips said, “After not having recorded as Toad the Wet Sprocket for over 16 years, we finally decided to make a new record for our fans. "New Constellation" was the very first new song written specifically for the band. After a decade in the folk/singer/songwriter world it was exciting to write with the band in mind. I wanted come up with material that would respect our origins but also respect everything we'd learned in the intervening years. The lyric veers from outer space to patron saints to depression to heroic gestures of love in a quick three minute pop song. We hope you like it.” Click here to hear “New Constellation” on RollingStone.com: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/toad-the-wet-sprocket-find-a-new-constellation-song-premiere-20130605 This release is the first time the band is going independent, which is why Toad has called their fans to action through a Kickstarter Campaign which will help to fund the final stages of recording and releasing of the album. The immediate goal set for $50,000 over the course of 60 days was reached in under 24-hours on June 5th, 2013, and is now funding at over 200% the goal after 15 days and counting. In the words of Glen Phillips, "We started out a teenage garage band, recording our first two records on our own and then licensing them to the Columbia label. The music world has changed a great deal since then, but brought us back to the indie world. We are once again an unsigned band, and that offers us great flexibility and a chance to avoid some of the pitfalls of a traditional record deal. Through our Kickstarter campaign we will be able to launch the new record independently, directly to and funded by those who care most about our music. Perhaps we'll partner with a company later on, but for now we are more than happy to have this be between us and our fans.” Read more about the Kickstarter Campaign on *Billboard.com* (http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1567367/toad-the-wet-sprocket-caught-off-guard-by-fan-support-for-new-album) and stay tuned for further details surrounding the release. Toad will be touring throughout the year, and continuing into 2014.

25 JUL 2013 · Danielle was applying for med school and interning for a cardiologist at an NY hospital when she realized that she wanted to take her desire to help people in a different direction. As a young model and actress working through college Danielle quickly discovered that she could no longer sweep all of her crash dieting and body image issues under the rug, so she decided to face all of them head-on. Trudging through the ups and the downs of trendy diets, fasts and the incessant evil voice that kept telling her she wasn’t skinny/pretty enough she learned a BIG lesson- Finding balance is the ONLY way to create an environment for positive change and self-acceptance. Through the process of eating balanced, organic meals Danielle found a way to nurture and facilitate the self love needed to stop stressing about every calorie, every meal, every diet, every pair of skinny jeans, every angle of the camera (the list goes is on and on). It’s a journey, she’s on it and she wants to share it, which is what brought her to co-create a company that brings healthy food right to your doorstep. www.sakaralife.com

22 JUL 2013 · Tiffany Krumins is the CEO, Co-founder and inventor of the AVA the Elephant brand. AVA the Elephant is a talking children's medicine dispenser that takes the fear and axiety out of administering medicine to children 3 months and older. Tiffany's passion for helping sick children has been evident through her years of experience working with kids, including children with special needs and childhood cancer patients. It was that same passion which brought Ava the Elephant to life! She realized no product on the market resolved the common problem of giving children medicine, minus the tears. So she took matters into her own hands and created the first Ava from sponges, fabric, and a store bought medicine dropper. After her life changing experience on ABC's "Shark Tank" she went home and spent months perfecting AVA to make sure she was as safe as she was helpful. She found that it was not necessarily children's dislike for medicine that made it so difficult. After all, they can flavor it to taste like bubblegum these days! The process was the scary part. Realizing this, her first goal was to hide the medicine dropper completely! Her second was to make the child smile or laugh, hence the sweet voice! And last, but not least, she wanted their new little friend to praise them for a job well done! In a twist of fate, Tiffany was diagnosed with cancer three months after the show (at the age of 28) which made her passion to help sick children even stronger! Tiffany was considered one of the Top 50 Mompreneurs of 2011 by Babble.com! She was a panelist at Troy Johnson's SPark and Hustle event as well as a panelist at Mom's in Business Unite. With mentions on Youngentrepreneur.com, Mominventors.com and many others, she has been coined the "Modern Day Mary Poppins". AVA the Elephant received the Certified Miracle Award in 2011! AVA the Elephant is available in more than 10,000 retail stores in the U.S.A., including CVS Pharmacy, Kroger, Safeway, BabiesRUs.com, Drugstore.com, Amazon.com, and Walgreens.com and many more. AVA the Elephant is also sold in multiple languages and internationally in Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, and parts of Asia.

22 JUL 2013 · Becky McKinnell President iBec Creative 100 Fore Street Portland, Maine Website : http://www.ibeccreative.com/ BIO : Almost ten years ago I left Massachusetts to go to school at the University of Southern Maine. In 2006, I started iBec fresh out of college as a graduate in Art and Entrepreneurial Studies. Maine was the perfect place for me to start my company. The opportunity to build a business that combines my passions for art and strategy has been, and still is, exciting and rewarding. Each day I love coming to work and thinking about creative ways we can help our clients grow their business through a web strategy. It has been such an amazing journey growing iBec and building our team as a young entrepreneur. BusinessWeek named iBec a Top 25 Entrepreneur 25 and Under and was recognized as the Maine Young Entrepreneur of the year in 2010....it is an honor!

22 JUL 2013 · Dr. Rebecca Thomley is Orion Associates, Meridian Services, Incorporated, Zenith Services, Incorporated, and Orion Intermediary Services Organization's Chief Executive Officer. In this position, she is responsible for all aspects of the organization. Dr. Thomley feels that the most important things in her life are her family, friendships, and the clientele she serves. She feels that it is important to look for the commonality in understanding individuals, not to make judgments without having walked in the same footsteps, and believes that through hard work and determination anything is possible. Dr. Thomley 's education and qualifications for this position include a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Psychology and Criminal Justice, a Master of Science degree in Psychology, with an emphasis in Rehabilitation Counseling, a Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology, a Masters' Degree in Psychopharmacology, a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management, and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Dr. Thomley is also a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, a Licensed Psychologist, a member of the National Association of Clinical Hypnosis, a member of the American Red Cross Stress Team, a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and a member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. Rebecca is consultant for the Behavioral and Social Science Volunteers on a national level. Dr. Thomley is also the Minnesota Disaster Response Representative for the American Psychological Association. She is Past President of the Minnesota Psychological Association for 2011. Dr. Thomley has worked as direct service staff person in the human service field in a variety of positions, including delivering SILS services in both the community and apartment training programs, as a live-in staff person, as direct service staff in an Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR), and delivering In-Home Services. She was employed by the State of Minnesota and was a Career Rehabilitation Counselor. The primary population Dr. Thomley served was the chronically mentally ill and developmentally disabled individuals, pursuing community based employment. Subsequently, she worked for several years in a human service organization that had fifty employees at the time of her hire, and grew to over five hundred. Employed initially as a Program Director, Dr. Thomley became an Administrator, and finally, the Chief Operations Officer. She developed vocational day habilitation training services, as well as started the company's In-Home Services program, and several waivered service residential sites. Dr. Thomley is a Clinical Psychologist, serving a varied population and specializing in sexual abuse, women's issues, diagnostics, neuropsychology, minorities, people with HIV/AIDS, trauma and crisis intervention. She maintains a private practice and co-authored a photo essay book on breast cancer. Dr. Thomley has led the organization's effort to broaden its social service mission, beyond the people who receive the organization's services, to promote greater community outreach and volunteerism. In 2005, Dr. Thomley, a lifelong volunteer, committed the organization to disaster relief and created the non-profit, Headwaters Relief Organization. She has provided leadership to nearly 1000 community volunteers as they have provided clean-up, re-building and mental health support in New Orleans, greater Louisiana, southeastern Minnesota, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Fargo and Minot, North Dakota and, most recently, in Minneapolis and Haiti. This commitment to volunteerism has had a significant impact on the organization, in which over 90% of the management employees regularly participate in volunteer activities. Dr. Thomley has received numerous recognitions and awards for her work with the organization in all aspects of its work, from its management services, to its excellence as an employer, but also as the leader and primary inspiration for the organization's philosophy and action in volunteer services to the community, through our non-profit Headwaters Relief Organization. Dr. Thomley's awards have included her receiving the 2011 "Disaster Relief Hero Award" from the American Red Cross, Twin Cities Area Chapter, presented to her as "an individual who exhibited heroic efforts in response to a disaster," in May 2011, and the Minnesota Psychological Association's "Community Involvement Award" in April 2008 Dr. Thomley's recognitions have included one by Finance & Commerce Newspaper as a 2011 "Minnesotan on the Move," in April 2011, her recognition on Phil Bolsta's Blog: "Triumph of the Spirit: Finding Peace and Purpose in a Chaotic World," in March 2011, her recognition in a MinnesotaBusiness Magazine Article Regarding "Servant Leadership," in March 2010, her recognition, along other members of Orion Associates senior administration in Concordia St. Paul Magazine, in September 2009, as "Masters in Business," her being honored as "Community Outreach Person of the Year" by the American Red Cross, Twin Cities Chapter, in November 2007, and her selection as "A Woman to Watch" by Minneapolis / Saint Paul Business Journal, in July 2007 Under Dr. Thomley's leadership, Orion Associates has been regularly recognized and awarded for the quality of its management services, as an excellent employer and for its philosophy and action in volunteer services to the community. Orion Associates' awards have included receiving a "Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award" from the Minnesota Psychological Association, in April 2011, its award as one of the "Healthiest Employers in the Twin Cities" by Minneapolis / Saint Paul Business Journal, in October 2010, its being award a three-year accreditation by CARF, the international accreditation organization, in June 2009; this being the third time that the organization was awarded this accreditation, having done so previously in 2006 and 2003. Orion Associates also received a "National Best Practices Honor" from the American Psychological Association in March 2009 and a "Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award" from the Minnesota Psychological Association in April 2008: Orion Associates' recognitions have included its non-profit, Headwaters Relief Organization, being featured in an article in The Line Media: "In Haiti or Nearer Home, Headwaters Relief's Brand of Hands-On Disaster Help Gets Results," in April 2011, Orion Associates' non-profit Headwater Relief Organization's "River of Hope" Project being featured in the Trauma Psychology Journal of the American Psychological Association, in December 2009, its being featured in Twin Cities Business Magazine in July 2009, it being featured in MinnesotaBusiness Magazine in April 2009, and its recognition as a "Great Place to Work" in Minnesota Monthly Magazine in January 2009. Orion Associates' non-profit Headwaters Relief Organization was featured in Forbes Magazine in January 2009 and Orion Associates and Rebecca Thomley were featured in a Star Tribune business article by Dick Youngblood in December 2008.