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20 JAN 2022 · Beth Fisher is an author, speaker, and transformational coach with a passion for helping others overcome adversity. With what she calls a “checkered resume,” Beth helps bridge the gap between making decisions based on what others expect and instead, living life remorselessly, based on who God created you to be. She is a passionate inspirer of people, especially those seeking to understand their true meaning and calling within their lives.   A leukemia-survivor and avid marathoner, Beth is also a business leader who spent over twenty-five years in corporate sales, leading thousands of people within some of the largest Fortune 500 companies to identify and execute process improvement. During the course of that career is when she finally recognized what she had truly been doing all along was teaching humans how to show up on their own personal process improvement journey.   Her strong business acumen, coupled with a deep desire to help others traverse difficult situations, is what led her to resign from the for-profit world and write her first published book, Remorseless: Learning to Lose Labels, Expectations, and Assumptions—Without Losing Yourself. She has since published a second book, a companion guide entitled, The Remorseless Workbook: A Journey to Losing Labels, Expectations, and Assumptions—And Finding Yourself.   Beth now serves as the Chief Advancement Officer for Mel Trotter Ministries, a non-profit that exists to demonstrate the compassion of Jesus for anyone experiencing hunger and homelessness. She holds two master’s degrees in Theology and speaks and preaches frequently. As a certified Holistic coach, Beth also teaches leadership and development programs to groups or in 1:1 settings for individuals looking to get unstuck on their journeys.   Lastly, she hosts a syndicated TV show, Remorselessly Biblical, on Women’s Life Network and is the host of The Remorseless Podcast. Beth loves to read, write, run and spend time with her husband, Ryan, and their three adult kiddos.   All that to say, Beth loves Jesus & people!  

19 JAN 2022 · STU HEINECKE is a bestselling author, twice-nominated hall of fame marketer and Wall Street Journal cartoonist. How to Get a Meeting with Anyone, which introduced the concept of Contact Marketing, spawned an industry, launched businesses and careers worldwide, and was named one of the top-sixty-four sales books of all time. The American Marketing Association named him the “father of Contact Marketing.” His latest book, How to Grow Your Business Like a Weed, introduces Weed Strategy, the study of the strategies, attributes and tools weeds use to grow, expand, dominate and defend their turf, to achieve that same, dominant edge in business. The book releases in May 2022, timed to coincide with the release of actual weeds throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Mr. Heinecke is also a Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center Author-in-Residence and mentor, and founder of Cartoonists.org, a group of cartoonists from The Wall Street Journal and New Yorker, who donate art to help charities raise funds. He lives on a beautiful island in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, Charlotte.

18 JAN 2022 · Marketing and Business Growth Expert for SMB’s, Corporations & Associations PROFIT PRODUCER: As founder and CEO of Axcelerate Worldwide, Robert's marketing, profit-generating solutions help businesses reach pinnacle success. For over 30 years, Robert has been actively involved in the successful growth and operation of multiple business ventures. He specializes in assisting businesses to realize dramatic increases in sales and profits through the development, design and implementation of his unique and innovative online/offline marketing programs.   VERSATILE EXPERIENCE: Robert has achieved major success in more than 200 major industries through-out the globe and is positioned as one of America's Top Marketers as he was selected from over 2,200 top marketers as seen on NBC and ABC. COMPANY FOUNDER: He successfully founded four companies and developed a rich and deep background in dynamically growing businesses. His Genimation® based marketing programs for SMB’s guides them how to dominate international, national, and regional markets using highly innovative and proven marketing strategies, tactics and ideas. As a joint venture partner and President of The Aurium Group Inc. a financial and Exit planning business, achieved over $ 189 million dollars in new sales in just 1.5 years in the New York marketplace. PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER AND TRAINER: Robert speaks nationally and internationally about Business Growth, Marketing, Financial Growth Metrics, Internet marketing, Mobile Marketing, and maximizing business and personal potential. Speaking at over 500 events to over 50,000 businesses, he delights and interacts with his audiences with a wicked wit and a keen sense of humor. He shares real business examples from his personal files, which along with his very cool multi-media and his “Red Bull” like energy, and he loves to engage with audiences. His clients include associations, corporations, and business groups. Youi can reach Robert at 719.338.4211 or rsmith@Axcelerated.com

2 JAN 2022 · Carlos Hidalgo is a B2B consultant, Life Design Coach, podcaster, author, and a TEDx and international keynote speaker. Over the span of twenty-six years, Hidalgo has held corporate roles, started his own entrepreneurial ventures, served in non-profits and sat on numerous corporate boards.   After leading his first agency to three consecutive Inc 5000 awards, Hidalgo made the decision to leave that agency and pursue various entrepreneurial pursuits which include being a co-founder in two companies, consulting B2B organizations, Life Design coaching and the writing of his latest book The UnAmerican Dream.   In addition to his various roles and business pursuits, Hidalgo and his wife Susanne work with professionals and their partners to design their lives so they can live their best lives possible and host The Life Design Podcast.   Carlos and his wife Susanne have four grown children and live in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.   You can learn more about Carlos at www.carlosandsusanne.come or follow him on Twitter @cahidalgo or on Instagram at life_design_living    

10 DEC 2021 · Josh Elledge is U.S. Navy veteran who became a serial entrepreneur who builds the companies he needs most in the world. In 2014, He launched UpMyInfluence to help entrepreneurs like himself attract the perfect audiences and grow their authority and influence. However, while growing their better-than-PR agency, UpMyInfluence discovered that building 7-figure B2B Sales Systems for consultants and agencies (with zero paid advertising) is actually what they do better than anyone else on the planet. UMI was the natural outgrowth of his first startup, SavingsAngel.com which had grown to more than 50 employees and grossed more than $6 million in sales with zero paid ads. He did it all through building authority and serving audiences in the media. Josh is a frequent speaker at business and startup conferences including Social Media Marketing World and a Tony Robbins event for his Business Mastery grads. He’s a weekly consumer expert on Fox 35 Orlando and News 13, writes a syndicated column for nine newspapers (with total readership above 1.1 million readers), and regularly appears on more than 75 TV stations across the country. All told, Josh has appeared in the media more than 2000 times. Passionate about his family, physical fitness (an avid fitness geek and 5K to marathon runner), and breaking out of Escape Rooms, Josh now lives in Orlando with his wife and three children. For more information go to: https://upmyinfluence.com/about-josh-elledge/

1 DEC 2021 · Brian Sallee is a known as the Disruptive Techpreneur.  He is CEO for Avorit (www.Avorit.com), an agency that specializes in helping (predominantly technology) companies scale. Brian’s had several successful exits including going from startup to $25bb company in under 10 years via two acquisitions, and knows which levers in the business to pull, in order to gain exponential growth.     Brian also runs www.ModernCasual.com, a luxury, custom-shoe company as well as www.Odigo.Academy, an initiative of Avorit, designed for executive leaders.

13 NOV 2021 · Mischelle Saunders-Gottsch is the CEO/Founder of Altered Stories Ministry and  Podcast Host of the Altered Stories Show.  She is a wife to Mark, mother to her adult daughter, Tawny, Gigi to Bentley Rose, aunt, friend, speaker, ministry and business leader and is passionate about helping women to share their God stories to help women overcome their struggles. Mischelle's Faith “The call on her life to help women share their inspirational God stories stems from her experience of emotional healing that resulted when sharing her childhood cult survival story with others and seeing how her story affected those who heard it.”    Mischelle highly enjoys serving in Women’s Ministry volunteer roles and served as a volunteer board member for R&R Retreat Ministries in Denver, Colorado.  She has spoken at several women’s events, taught several Bible Studies at her former churches in Denver and Colorado Springs, has been part of several women’s organizations and served on the Women of Compassion’s leadership team while working at Compassion International in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  While serving on this team, her global vision for Altered Stories Ministry began.  Mischelle's Background Mischelle has also had a successful Senior management career in Corporate America and has worked for large fortune 500 companies in Senior Management roles.  She also worked for Focus on the Family and Compassion International.  She also does work as an Independent Consultant in Nonprofit Development and Storytelling.   She lives in Leawood, Kansas with her husband, Mark and Mini-Schnauzer, Bella, and Mini-Corgi, Beau. She is a member of Christ Community Church in Leawood.  Mischelle is also a graduate of Colorado Christian University and holds a B.S. degree in Organizational Management in Project Management.  Mischelle has also taken seminary classes from Dallas Theological Seminary. For more information go to https://alteredstories.org/about-our-ceo-founder/

2 NOV 2021 · Ty Smith is a highly decorated retired United States Navy SEAL with multiple deployments to the Middle East.  After 20 years of faithful and honorable service in the U.S. Navy, Ty founded CommSafe AI, a technology company that disrupts toxic communication and behavior for large enterprises and the Department of Defense .  Ty completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Management from Ashford University and a Master of Business for Veterans degree from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business.  Ty holds a Board position at the University of Arizona Global Campus.  Ty is also a mentor at the San Diego State University Lavin Entrepreneurship Center and The Honor Foundation.  For more information about CommSafe AI go to https://commsafe.ai/

30 OCT 2021 · Robert Lyle Albin was born on January 14, 1941 in El Centro, California.  He grew up in rural Missouri where he attended high school in the small town of Clinton, then worked to pay his own way through college over a seven year period that encompassed studies at the University of Missouri, Central Missouri State University and Missouri Valley College, where he received a B.A. degree in History and Political Science in 1965.   Following college Albin married his high school and college sweetheart, Karen Keck, and moved to Denver where he began a long career in business.  He had more than fifty years of executive business experience beginning with the founding, initially with six partners, of what would become a world-wide sales and management training firm, American Salesmasters, Ltd.  The firm presented large sales rallies annually in thirty-five major cities throughout the United States, Canada and Australia featuring world-famous authors and speaker from the field of business.  As the company expanded into eighteen countries around the world, the demand for American sales expertise led the company to also produce and market audio tapes, films and videos of America’s sales and management experts to clients from a variety of industries.  Bob and Karen moved frequently while building the company, living in Los Angeles, Dallas, Washington, D.C. and Boston, but always considered Denver as their home.   Albin was retained as CEO of American Salesmasters after its sale to a public company in 1980 before leaving to launch a management consulting firm, Albin Management Consultants, in 1982.  The new firm provided sales and management consulting expertise to a variety of  organizations such as law firms, international accounting firms, construction companies, technology companies, financial services companies and professional sports franchises.   The firm was sold in 1995 to First Data Corp., then a Fortune 500 New York Stock Exchange company.  Albin followed the acquisition to First Data where he was named division president for Domestic Retail Services, responsible for MoneyGram, a worldwide money transfer company, and American Express Money Orders.  He later became President of First Data Payment Services and Chief Operating Officer of Western Union North America.   Albin is a recognized authority on sales and general management, and for most of his career was a paid professional speaker on these topics.  He was a charter member of the National Speakers Association headquartered in Phoenix.  Active in the Denver community throughout his career, Albin served on more than thirty boards of directors of both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.  He is a past chairman of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Mountain States Employers Council, the Mile High United Way Campaign, Junior Achievement of the Rocky Mountains and the Mayor’s Committee for Design of the New Denver Airport (DIA).  Albin is a past national president of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta (widely known as “Fiji”) based in Lexington, Kentucky with undergraduate chapters at over 170 colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada.  In 1978 Bob Albin initiated a study of Denver’s existing airport, Stapleton International, to determine the remaining life of the facility.  This exhaustive study led to various economic and site location studies over the next few years regarding a potential replacement of the airport.  A new site was ultimately chosen, approved by voters in the two affected counties, and Denver International Airport was to become the new Denver airport.  Albin was named chairman of the design committee for the new facility, capping his seventeen years of volunteer leadership to make the airport a reality.   Albin and his wife, Karen, divide their time between homes in Denver and San Diego.  He is a long-time member and past director of both Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver and Pauma Valley Country Club in the San Diego, California area. For more information about Bob Albin go to https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2021/09/24/colorado-business-hall-of-fame.html