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Mary Donne Peters, Esq. shares How Family Businesses Can Protect Their Ventures
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Women owned businesses are a vibrant, rapidly growing area of the economy. Gorby Peters & Associates, LLC is an Atlanta-based law firm with a national practice that focuses on serving family and women-owned businesses. The law firm is owned and managed by women. Founder, Mary Donne Peters will discuss the legal challenges unique to women and family owned businesses.
Mary Donne holds Bachelors of Arts Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Juris Doctorate Degree, cum laude,from the University of South Carolina. She is an author of a popular legal treatise published by the Thomson-West Company. She also chairs legal education programs for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education—an affiliate of the University of Georgia. Mary Donne is frequently called upon by state and national legal, judicial and business groups to speak on legal topics affecting business owners. Before entering the private practice of law more than twenty years ago, she was selected as an Honors Attorney for the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, DC, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Emory Sneeden a federal appeals court judge who was chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Mary Donne Peters is a member of the Women President’s Organization, a business organization for successful, second-tier companies.
Jeff Cohen explains how C5 Georgia changes lives, families and communities
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C5 Georgia changes lives, families and communities through intensive five-year leadership and college-readiness programs targeted to high-potential teens from challenging situations.
Jeff Cohen works to interpret and implement the policies of the C5 Youth Foundation, ensuring that all community and camp-based activity is consistent with the mission and philosophy of the organization.
Jeff has more than twenty years of experience in nonprofit management and youth development and has held a variety of leadership positions, including Executive Director of Mentors, Inc., Director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington’s Jewish Experience for Teens and Senior Regional Director of the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization. He and his wife Sarita live in Cumming, Georgia with their three children, Ariana, Arielle, and Tristan.
C5 Georgia is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that is part of a nationwide system of sites that includes C5 New England, C5 LA and C5 Texas. Our legacy is rooted in the good works of former Coca-Cola Enterprises CEO John Alm and was launched with an initial $35 million investment from The Coca-Cola Company and its bottlers under a name that belied the organization’s dedication to unique, hands-on leadership experiences for underserved teens: Camp Coca-Cola.
Today, C5 Georgia is dedicated to creating Character-driven, Community-focused, Challenge-ready, College-bound teens Committed to a better future. The five-year program of immersive, intensive student involvement is unique and recognized as an exemplary model. In 2010, we celebrated the graduation of the very first students to complete the full C5 Georgia program.
C5 Georgia’s Program Goals:
- To help teens develop a vision for their future—one in which they see themselves capable of becoming whatever they choose.
- To give students the skills to be successful while navigating some of the most tumultuous years of their lives, from high school through college and into the workforce for the first time.
- To offer underserved teens the vital experiences needed to both positively shape their vision and practice essential life skills.
- To give teens from challenging environments varied and numerous opportunities to be successful in life and in their communities.
Listen to this interview to hear a great story Jeff shared about the impact this program had on two sisters and their mother.
Tommy Leonard, Executive Director of Keep Paulding Beautiful, discusses Paulding County’s appeal and “Going Green”
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Tommy Leonard is the Executive Director of Keep Paulding Beautiful and the Recycling Coordinator for Paulding County. He is a certified Landfill operator through UGA. Furthermore, he is a Qualified Recycling Professional through the Carolina Recycling Association. Tommy serves on several non for profit boards in Paulding County.
Tommy shares with us how Paulding works to create an atmosphere that inspires Paulding County citizens to care for their environment in a way that impacts future generations. Keep Paulding Beautiful desires to work with Paulding citizens to promote a clean and healthy environment in which to live, work and play.
Keep Paulding Beautiful is an affiliate of Keep Georgia Beautiful. Keep Paulding Beautiful works to educate the citizens of Paulding County about litter, recycling and maintaining Paulding’s creeks and streams. They are actively educating every third grader in the county about taking care of the environment.
Tommy gives Inside the Winner’s Circle listeners some tips you can implement today to help save the environment and money. Frequently, saving money and the environment go hand in hand. Listen to this compelling interview to learn more.
The X Factor: “Know your strengths & leverage them.” – Monique A. Honaman
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Monique A. Honaman, founder & CEO of the ISHR Group, encourages us to always play to our strengths and not focus too much on our weaknesses. Understand who you truly are and leverage that.
Monique Honaman, CEO, ISHR Group Dazzles on ITWC
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Monique A. Honaman is the founding partner of ISHR Group. Her expertise includes global executive assessment, leadership development, organization design, and performance management.
She was selected as a “2011 WBE Star” by the Greater Women’s Business Council. Sher serves as the Chapter Chair for the Women President’s Organization (WPO) in Atlanta.
Listen in as she shares her wealth of experience on coaching corporate clients top talent and how you grow in your business leadership too!
Al Yougel with Keep Peachtree City Beautiful Interviewed by Joyce Bone
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Al Yougel, Executive Director of Keep Peachtree City Beautiful
Al Yougel, Executive Director of Keep Peachtree City Beautiful talks about living in Peachtree City- a community known for commuting by golf cart. As a twenty year resident he is invested in keeping it a great place to be and shares their environmental strategies and outlook.
The X Factor: “Treat everybody as a customer.” – Al Yougel
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Al Yougel, Executive Director of Keep Peachtree City Beautiful, is a strong believer of The Golden Rule: Treat people the way you want to be treated. Get along with other people by treating them like a customer. Make them feel important and appreciated. Listen to what they have to say and don’t let emotions get in the way.
The X Factor: “Pursue your passion.” – Stephen E. O’Day
Steve O’Day, the partner in charge of the Environmental Law and the Sustainability Practices at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, tells us to pursue our passion. That way, you enjoywhat you do and the results would showcase the best of your abilities.
Steve O’Day, Partner in Environmental Law at Smith, Gambrell & Russell Interviewed by Joyce Bone
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Steve O’Day is the partner in charge of the Environmental Law Section and the Sustainability Practice Group at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.
In his practice, he handles a variety of environmental and sustainability issues, including permitting and compliance, toxic tort claims, water law, mold litigation, and landfill issues, renewable energy, biofuels, greenhouse gas regulations, conservation land use, sustainable construction, and carbon audits and offsets. Steve studied Civil Engineering at the Georgia Tech, earned his Bachelor’s degree in political science from Furman University and graduated from Harvard Law School.
He’s currently on the Board of Trustees for the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, is a member of Leadership Atlanta and teaches environmental law as a part-time instructor at Georgia Tech. Steve has actively supported environmental initiatives long before it became mainstream. He was awarded the River Guardian Award by the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper for his commitment to protect the river which supplies water to Metropolitan Atlanta, and received the James S. Dockery, Jr., Southern Environmental Leadership Award from the Southern Environmental Law Center.
Just this year Steve was honored again by the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper when his firm was named the River Guardian for work on behalf of the River by Steve and his group of attorneys at the firm. He also was awarded the Ogden Doremus award for Excellence in Environmental Law by Greenlaw. He is a frequent speaker on sustainability, environmental liability and compliance, and risk management.
Joyce Bone talks with Steve about how a company can run a sustainable, eco-friendly business; if government is living up to their role; what area of environmental business is actually seeing an uptick in employment (hint: renewable energy) and how Georgia can capitalize on that; what can be done about the water shortages and must more! Listen in for the insightful, seasoned advice of Steve O’Day.