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v-wise new york city 2014
Welcome!
Dear V-WISE Participants:
On behalf of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), the Whitman
School of Management at Syracuse University, the U.S. Small Business Administration
(SBA) and JPMorgan Chase & Co., welcome to the Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of
Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program.
Business ownership is freedom creating! Business ownership is the American dream!
V-WISE was founded based on the belief that there is no group more deserving of the
opportunity to live that dream than those who have supported a veteran or worn a uniform
themselves, pledging to defend this nation—that means you! The entire V-WISE team is
excited for the opportunity to be a part of your entrepreneurial journey!
The goal of the V-WISE program is to empower our women veterans and military spouses
to realize their dreams of business ownership through education and training, and by
fostering and nurturing a powerful network of women business owners across the United
States. V-WISE NYC includes a wide variety of instructional sessions, panel discussions,
advice from successful women in business and government, networking opportunities and
personalized counseling from small business experts.
Importantly, the V-WISE experience doesn’t end when this conference is over! V-WISE is
made possible through a cooperative agreement between the IVMF, the Whitman School
and the Office of Veterans Business Development at the SBA. That cooperation includes
follow-up support that leverages the Whitman School’s top-ranked faculty and the SBA’s
Small Business Development Centers and Veteran Business Outreach Centers at locations
across the U.S.
Over the next two days, we encourage you to take full advantage of the instruction,
resources and networking opportunities that have been designed specifically for you.
To that end, we want to highlight one unique opportunity we call “office hours.” We realize
that ‘in-class’ time will be limited, and therefore have arranged this program to give you a
forum to ask your most pressing questions in a roundtable discussion with various experts
with experience in the different activities associated with launching and growing a venture.
For this session, please come to the “office hours” between 6:15 and 7 p.m. on Saturday,
June 14 in the Pearl Room, 9th floor.
Again, welcome to V-WISE! Make the most of this opportunity, embrace the entrepreneurial
spirit and be inspired!
Sincerely,
Dr. Mike Haynie, Ph.D.
Executive Director and Founder
Institute for Veterans and Military Families
Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship
Whitman School of Management
Syracuse University
Mr. Rhett Jeppson
Associate Administrator
Veterans Business Development
U.S. Small Business Administration
Agenda
time
session
location
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2014
11:00-4:00 p.m.
Registration
Lobby
3:00-5:30 p.m.
Professional Headshots
Majestic Foyer,
5th Floor
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Networking/Reception (appetizers and cash bar)
Majestic Foyer,
5th Floor
6:00-8:30 p.m.
V-WISE Opening Ceremony
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
HONOREES:
Ms. Bonnie Amos, First Lady of the Marine Corps
Ms. Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator,
8:30-9:30 p.m.
Networking/Dessert and Coffee (cash bar)
Majestic Foyer,
5th Floor
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014
5:00-6:00 a.m.
OPTIONAL
Free Yoga Session
Ambassador,
2nd Floor
Join Pure Yoga for an energizing session.
Available for the first 20 to sign up. Mats will be provided.
7:00-7:25 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
Majestic Foyer,
5th Floor
Welcome to V-WISE: Wake Up and Get Energized!
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
keynote: Believe in You, Believe in Your Business
Ms. Nell Merlino, Founder and President,
Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
Closing Remarks and Instructions
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
Pick up your breakfast, then proceed to the Ballroom
for the morning program.
7:25 a.m.
Dr. Mike Haynie, Executive Director and Founder,
Institute for Veterans and Military Families; Barnes Professor
of Entrepreneurship, Whitman School of Management,
Syracuse University
7:30 a.m.
Mr. Raymond Toenniessen, Managing Director of
Development and External Relations, Institute for Veterans
and Military Families, Syracuse University
time
session
location
8:30-10:00 a.m.
1st morning concurrent breakout sessions
Opportunity
Recognition
START-UP TRACK
::
Opportunity Recognition 101: I’m Every Woman, but
Am I an Entrepreneur?
see your schedule
Pearl,
9th Floor
Syracuse University
–or–
growth track
Opportunity Recognition 201: A Bigger Slice of Pie—
Where and How Do I Get It?
Plymouth,
9th Floor
Mr. Thomas G. Kruczek, President, Notre Dame College
10:00-10:15 a.m.
Break/Transition Time/V-WISE Connections Cafe
10:15-11:45 a.m.
2nd morning concurrent breakout sessions
Financing Your
Start-Up
start-up track
New York Atrium,
9th Floor
::
Financing 101: How to Get the Money, Honey!
see your schedule
Pearl,
9th Floor
Dr. John Torrens, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial
Practice, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse
University
–or–
growth track
Financing 201: Money, Money, Money
Plymouth,
9th Floor
Mr. Neil Tarallo, Senior Lecturer, School of Hotel
Administration, Cornell University
11:45 a.m.12:00 p.m.
Lunch Buffet
Majestic Foyer,
5th Floor
12:00 p.m.
Introduction
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
keynote: The F* Word
Mr. Larry Broughton, Co-Founder & CEO,
BROUGHTONadvisory; Founder & CEO, broughtonHOTELS
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
Majestic Ballroom
5th Floor
Pick up your meal, then proceed to the Ballroom
for the lunch program.
Syracuse University
12:15 p.m.
time
session
location
1:30-3:00 p.m.
1st afternoon concurrent breakout sessions
Business
Planning –or–
Economics/
Pricing
start-up track
::
see your schedule
Pearl,
9th Floor
Business Planning 101: From Idea to Action!
–or–
Plymouth,
9th Floor
growth track
Economics 201: Costs, Revenues, Margins,
& Pricing—Learn to Love It!
Practice, Whitman School of Management,
Syracuse University
3:00-3:15 p.m.
Break/Transition Time/V-WISE Connections Café
3:15-4:45 p.m.
Business
Planning –or–
Economics/
Pricing
start-up track
New York Atrium,
9th Floor
::
Economics 101: Why the Numbers Should Be
Your New BFF!
see your schedule
Pearl,
9th Floor
Practice, Whitman School of Management,
Syracuse University
–or–
growth track
Business Planning 201: Behind Every Woman
Is a Great Plan!
Plymouth,
9th Floor
4:55-6:00 p.m.
all-conference session
4:55 p.m.
Introduction
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
session: Been There, Done That—
Reflections on Work/Life Balance
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
::
both tracks
Syracuse University
5:00 p.m.
Ms. Neale S. Godfrey, Founder & CEO, Children’s Financial
Network, Inc.
time
session
location
OPTIONAL
6:00-8:00 p.m
Professional Headshots
New York Atrium,
9th Floor
6:15-7:00 p.m.
V-WISE Office Hours: “Ask an Expert”
Pearl,
9th Floor
Exhibitor Hours
New York Atrium,
9th Floor
Pitch Party
New Amsterdam,
9th Floor
Instructors, faculty, experts and business counselors will be
available to speak with participants in a round table setting
to provide guidance and to offer an overview of services
available to women in business.
6:00-8:00 p.m
Opportunity to connect with local business resource partners.
7:15-8:15 p.m.
Ms. Nell Merlino, Founder and President,
Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence
Learn how to pitch your business to potential investors,
lenders, and mentors.
Available for the first 30 to sign up. 10 seats available for “the
pitch” and an additional 20 to observe.
7:15-8:15 p.m.
Jam Session
Mr. Larry Broughton, Co-Founder & CEO, BROUGHTONadvisory
Palace,
9th Floor
Mr. Phil Dyer, Co-Founder & Chief Visionary,
BROUGHTONadvisory
Fast-paced, 60-minute Q&A session with two top business
mentors. Includes breakthrough “Spotlight” coaching around
your biggest opportunity or obstacle.
First come, first served—50 seats!
SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2014
5:00-6:00 a.m.
OPTIONAL
Free Yoga Session
Ambassador,
2nd Floor
Join Pure Yoga for an energizing session.
Available for the first 20 to sign up. Mats will be provided.
7:00-7:15 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
Majestic Foyer,
5th Floor
Wake Up and Get Energized!
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
keynote: 7 Super Powers of Wonder Women
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
Pick up your breakfast, then proceed to the Ballroom for the
morning program.
7:15 a.m.
Institute for Veterans and Military Families; Barnes Professor of
Entrepreneurship, Whitman School of Management;
Syracuse University
7:20 a.m.
Entrepreneurs
Ms. Jessica Eaves Mathews, J.D., Founder and CEO,
Leverage Legal Group and Untoxicating Beauty
time
session
location
8:15 a.m.
session: What’s Your Story
Colonel Jill Willig Chambers, U.S. Army (Retired),
Founder/Owner, This Able Vet LLC
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
Mr. Michael Peterson, Founder/Owner, Moving People
9:30-10:30 a.m.
1st morning concurrent breakout sessions
::
Business Resources You are Not Alone: Local Business Resources to Help
You Succeed
Ms. Georgia Marsh, Chief Development Officer, Women’s
Business Development Center (WBDC), Chicago
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
see your schedule
Plymouth,
9th Floor
Business Law
Business Law 101: What Form Is Right for You?
Mr. Todd Patterson, J.D., Associate, DLA Piper
Pearl,
9th Floor
Government
Contracts
I Get By with a Little Help From My
“Government” Friends
Palace,
9th Floor
Geek Chic: Leveraging Technology to Advance
Your Business
New Amsterdam,
9th Floor
Marketing 101: Let’s Give Them Something
to Talk About!
Nederlander,
9th Floor
Human
Resources
Series #1: Entrepreneurship and Human Resources:
Recruiting, Hiring, Retention and Advancing Talent
Minskoff,
9th Floor
10:30-10:45 a.m.
New York Atrium,
9th Floor
10:45-11:45 a.m.
Economics
Access to Capital: Your Guide to Regional and
National Resources
Mr. Billy C. Jenkins, President, J-VET Procurement Consultant
LLC; Vice President, Skyline Unlimited, Inc.; Former Veterans
Procurement Liaison, Office of Veterans Business Development,
Technology
Mr. Scott Nadzan, Vice President, Marketing and Sales,
Ensemble Video
Marketing and PR
for Your Business
Dr. Amanda Nicholson, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs, Professor of Retail Practice, Sam Walton Fellow,
SU-Enactus, Syracuse University
Dr. Randy Blass, Executive Director, The Jim Moran Institute
for Global Enterprise
::
Ms. Eva Brown, Vice President, Community Affairs Division,
U.S. Bank
see your schedule
Plymouth,
9th Floor
time
session
location
Business Law
Business Law 201: Intellectual Property–Protect
What’s Yours
Pearl,
9th Floor
Government
Contracts
I Get By with a Little Help From My
“Government” Friends
Palace,
9th floor
Technology
Geek in Training: Information Technology
for Beginners
New Amsterdam,
9th Floor
Marketing and PR
for Your Business
to Talk About!
Nederlander,
9th Floor
Human
Resources
People and Partners
11:45 a.m.12:00 p.m.
12:00-1:00 p.m.
1st afternoon concurrent breakout sessions
Finance
Financial Analysis: Building Your Financial Muscle
with the WBDC
Plymouth,
9th Floor
Business Law 301: From A-Z—Laws You
Need to Know
Pearl,
9th Floor
government contracting panel:
Palace,
9th Floor
Mr. Billy C. Jenkins, President, J-VET Procurement
Consultant LLC; Vice President, Skyline Unlimited Inc.; Former
Veterans Procurement Liaison, Office of Veterans Business
Development, U.S. Small Business Administration
Ensemble Video
Dr. Amanda Nicholson, Associate Dean, Undergraduate
Programs, Professor of Retail Practice, Sam Walton Fellow,
SU-Enactus,
Syracuse University
New York Atrium,
9th Floor
::
Ms. Eva Brown, Vice President, Community Affairs Division,
U.S. Bank
Business Law
Government
Contracts
Government Contracting
Minskoff,
9th Floor
Do’s and Don’ts of
moderator:
Ms. Georgia Marsh, Chief Development Officer, WBDC,
Chicago
members:
Mr. Billy Jenkins, President, J-VET Procurement Consultant
LLC; Vice President, Skyline Unlimited Inc., Former Veterans
Procurement Liaison, Office of Veterans Business Development, U.S. Small Business Administration
Ms. Tabatha Turman, Founder, President, CEO, IFAS
Ms. Rogina Coar-Smith, Assistant Vice President/Program
Director, SoBRO PTAC, Procurement and MWBE Programs,
South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation
Mr. Isaac Charles Roper, Procurement Center Representative,
see your schedule
time
session
location
Technology
Social Media: When Everything Clicks
New Amsterdam,
9th Floor
Marketing and PR
for Your Business
to Talk About!
Nederlander,
9th Floor
Human
Resources
Leadership
Minskoff,
9th Floor
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Luncheon/Closing Ceremony
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
1:00 p.m.
Introduction
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
1:15 p.m.
keynote:
Ms. Maureen Casey, Managing Director, Military and Veterans
Affairs, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
2:10 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Majestic Ballroom,
5th Floor
Ensemble Video
Dr. Amanda Nicholson, Associate Dean, Undergraduate
Programs, Professor of Retail Practice, Sam Walton Fellow,
SU-Enactus, Syracuse University
Institute for Veterans and Military Families; Barnes Professor of
Entrepreneurship, Whitman School of Management,
Syracuse University
2:30 p.m.
Class Photo
3:00 p.m.
End of Conference
LOBBY LEVEL
(FLOOR 2)
FIFTH FLOOR
NINTH FLOOR
Office Hours
PEARL, NEW YORK ATRIUM
6:15–7:00 p.m.
Instructors, faculty, experts and business counselors will be available to speak
with participants in a round table setting to provide guidance and to offer
an overview of services available to women in business.
Please feel free to join any discussion at any table with an available seat.
You may ask your questions as part of the group discussion.
Indicates table number
Dr. Randy Blass 1
Executive Director, The Jim Moran
Institute for Global Enterprise
expertise Human Resource
Management, Organizational
Development
Ms. Eva Brown 2
Vice President and Community
Affairs Manager, U.S. Bank
expertise Financial Business
Counseling
Colonel Jill Willig Chambers 3
(U.S. Army, Retired)
Founder, This Able Vet LLC
expertise Communication,
Entrepreneurship
Mr. Phil Dyer 4
Co-Founder & Chief Visionary,
BROUGHTONadvisory
expertise Business Consulting,
Team Building, Entrepreneurship
Mr. William Elmore 5
Veterans and Family Program and
Policy Development Principal, M2B
expertise SBA Programs
Ms. Neale Godfrey 6
Founder & CEO, Children’s
Financial Network, Inc.
expertise Financial Planning
Ms. Karen Golden 7
Deputy Director, Military Family
Issues, Government Relations,
Military Officers Association of
America (MOAA)
expertise Advocacy, Military Spouse/Family Legislation and
Programs
Mr. Billy Jenkins 8
President, J-VET Procurement
Consultant LLC; Vice President,
Skyline Unlimited Inc.; Former
Veterans Procurement Liaison,
Office of Veterans Business Development, U.S. Small Business Administration
expertise Government Contracting
Mr. Tom Kruczek 9
President, Notre Dame College
expertise Opportunity Recognition,
Marketing, Entrepreneurship
Ms. Georgia Marsh 10
Mr. Todd Patterson, J.D. 14
Chief Development Officer,
Women’s Business Development
Center (WBDC), Chicago
expertise Procurement, Teaming for Contracts, Certification, Entrepreneurship
Associate, DLA Piper
expertise Business Law,
Labor Law
Ms. Nell Merlino 11
Senior Lecturer, School of Hotel
expertise Financing,
Economics, Operations, Entrepreneurship
Director, Program Support
Services, Institute for Veterans
and Military Families,
Syracuse University
expertise V-WISE Programming and Resources, Phase III Support
Founder and President, Count Me
In for Women’s Economic
Independence
expertise Coaching, Business
Leadership
Mr. Neil Tarallo 15
Mr. Mirza Tihic
Mr. Scott Nadzan 12
Vice President, Marketing and
Sales, Ensemble Video
expertise Technology, Social
Media, Marketing, Internet Strategy, Entrepreneurship
Dr. John Torrens 17
Dr. Amanda Nicholson 13
Associate Dean, Undergraduate
Programs, Professor or Retail
Practice, Sam Walton Fellow,
SU-Enactus
expertise Marketing, Retailing
Assistant Professor of
Entrepreneurial Practice,
Whitman School of Management,
Syracuse University
expertise Financing, Accounting, Operations, Entrepreneurship
PEARL, 9TH FLOOR
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16
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11
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Exhibitor Hours
NEW YORK ATRIUM
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Business and military friendly resource providers from around the nation will be
available to speak to participants about their targeted services. This is a great opportunity
to network with key providers in a low key, intimate setting surrounded by
fellow female veterans and military spouses.
Exhibitors
BOCNET
(www.bocnet.org)
Brooklyn SBDC
(www.brooklyn.nyssbdc.org)
Rosie’s Network
(www.TheRosieNetwork.org)
TICUT VETE
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BE
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CE
NS
RA
CON
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NYS SBDC
(www.nyssbdc.org)
Project Enterprise
(www.projectenterprise.org)
Connecticut Veterans
Chamber of Commerce
R OF COMM
VetAdvisor
(www.myvetadvisor.com)
IAVA RRRP
(www.iava.org/rrrp)
WBDC
(www.wbdc.org)
MOAA
(www.moaa.org)
Workshop in
Business Opportunities (WIBO)
(www.wibo.org)
NYC Department of
Small Business Services
(www.nyc.gov/priority1)
Meet the Speakers
and Instructors
Ms. Bonnie Amos
First Lady of the Marine Corps
For Bonnie Amos, family has
always been the top priority.
Born, raised and educated in
Pensacola, Florida, Amos met her Marine fighter
pilot husband while he was completing flight
school in September 1971. Since then, the
Amos’ have been a team and staunch advocates
for military families. Throughout General Amos’
career, they have relocated 29 times to 19 different locations. Amos will tell you that some were
better than others, some more adventuresome;
but all are filled with fond memories and great
stories.
Raising two children in the Marine Corps
lifestyle, Amos understands the challenges and
sacrifices that military families face. Between
the two of them, the Amos’ children attended
a total of 25 different schools for primary and
secondary education. They are now both married, leading successful professional lives and
have blessed General and Mrs. Amos with three
active grandsons and one perfect granddaughter.
Throughout her journey as a Marine spouse,
Amos has dedicated much of her time and
energy to family readiness programs, spouse
clubs and numerous volunteer organizations. As First Lady of the Marine Corps, family
readiness, to include Wounded Warriors and
their families, remain her top concerns. She is
actively involved in such efforts as the NavyMarine Corps Relief Society and Ball Committee,
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, Armed
Forces Foundation, Operation Homefront’s
Military Child Award, Military Spouse of the Year
Award, Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund, Fisher
House Foundation, Marine Corps Scholarship
Foundation, the University of Idaho’s Operation
Education Program, Marine Officers’ Spouses
Organizations, and the USO.
In addition to volunteering in many areas, she
has also held a number of positions outside
of the military community. These employment
positions span the spectrum from managing
banks, starting up an aerobic dance exercise
class, operating multiple ice cream franchises,
and selling residential real estate. Additionally,
she worked for a commercial real estate development company for 22 years. It goes without
saying that included in her many life experiences,
there have been multiple and unpredictable
deployments.
While she has not loved every minute of the
incredible nomadic lifestyle that goes with the
territory of being a military spouse, she has loved
most of it. From the more difficult times, she and
her family have learned the lessons of life that
have helped shape who and what they are today.
For her part, Amos has no regrets. She and her
family consider it an honor to serve the Marine
Corps and the nation for so many years.
Ms. Rogina Coar-Smith
Assistant Vice President/
Program Director
SoBRO PTAC, Procurement and
MWBE Programs, South Bronx
Overall Economic Development Corporation
Coar-Smith has 25 years of procurement
experience in the public and private sectors.
Her extensive experience includes careers as a
Buyer, Purchasing Manager, Global Sourcing and
Supply Chain Manager, in which she was responsible for qualifying minority and women owned
businesses for contracting opportunities with a
fortune 200 company and negotiating contracts
of over $70 million dollars annually.
Coar-Smith continues her commitment to the
MWBE business community by working directly
through SoBRO’s portfolio of programs that
provide direct technical assistance to small
businesses, ensuring the continued success of
clients. Coar-Smith is committed to supporting
the growth and development of small business
by providing educational resources, and fostering
business development through establishing and
maintaining strong relationships. She oversees
the delivery of services under existing programs
that assist the local, regional, and national
MWBE business community in obtaining comprehensive bid and proposal opportunities with
federal, state, and local governmental agencies
providing access to services and products to
meet the needs of small business in the New
York City region as well as nationally.
Utilizing SoBRO’s PTAC, Minority Business
Center, DSBS MWBE Leadership Association,
DSBS “Compete to Win” Program (service
provider) and partnership with NYS Empire
State Development to provide certification
and technical assistance ensures that every
company SoBRO serves receives comprehensive
and expert assistance designed to help them
succeed. SoBRO also has partnerships with SBA,
PTAC, MBDA, GSA, SBDC and other committed
community partners. To date, we have assisted
MWBE clients with over $200M in government
contracts and provided thousands of hours of
technical assistance.
Dr. Randy Blass
Executive Director,The Jim
Moran Institute for Global
Enterprise
In addition to his above
mentioned appointments at FSU, Blass
is program director of the university’s
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with
Disabilities (EBV) program, part of the EBV
National Consortium. As program director for
the world class EBV-FSU program, Blass is
responsible for every aspect of the program,
from fundraising, to logistics, to content delivery.
A 25-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force (USAF),
his experience in training, development and
operational planning is extensive. As a second
lieutenant in Desert Storm, he was placed in
charge of command and control support for all
air assets during the draw down. From 1995 Air
Combat Command Tactical Deception Officer
of the Year, to staff member in the office of the
Chief of Staff of the Air Force, to distinguished
graduate in ROTC and Squadron Officer School,
to top departmental educator at the Air Force
Academy, Blass has extensive experience in
program development and delivery.
He currently teaches organizational behavior,
human resource management, training and
development, current issues in HRM, social
influence for entrepreneurs and social
entrepreneurship at FSU. He is recipient of the
Garnet and Gold Key Leadership Honorary Vires
Award, the 2009 FSU Undergraduate Teaching
Award and the 2008 Florida Campus Compact
Community Engagement Educator Award.
Before joining the faculty at Florida State, he
served on the Department of Management
faculty at the USAF Academy, where he was the
recipient of the 2000 Outstanding Educator
Award, the 1999 Snyder Award for Mentorship
and the 1998 Helmer Award for Teaching
Excellence.
Blass has research interests in power
and influence in organizations and the
social psychological variables impacting
entrepreneurial success. He has published his
research in top management journals and has
authored multiple articles and book chapters.
He has presented his research at both national
and regional professional conferences, and is
co-author of the book, “The 52nd Floor: Thinking
Deeply About Leadership” (Enso Books, 2010).
As a consultant, he is centered on executive
training and focuses on the importance of
critical thinking in developing leaders and has
delivered workshops and presentations to small
business owners and corporate executives alike.
Blass holds a Ph.D. in business administration
from FSU, an M.A. in military arts and sciences
from Air University, an M.A. in administrative
science from The George Washington University
and a B.A. in American studies from the
University of South Florida.
Mr. Larry Broughton
Co-Founder and CEO,
BROUGHTONadvisory; Founder
& CEO, broughtonHOTELS
Broughton is affectionately
known as the “Chuck Norris of Cow Country New
York” who enlisted in the military and joined the
U.S. Army’s Special Forces so that he could wear
a cool beatnik Green Beret. Long before Anthony
Bourdain made dining on spiders and snakes
trendy, Broughton sampled such delicacies
as jungle, desert and mountain garden spots
around the world as part of a Special Forces
“A-Team.”
Broughton found the ups and downs of the
entrepreneurial roller coaster even more fun
than jumping out of airplanes and followed
his own motto, “easy ain’t exciting,” launching
his own hotel company in 2001, in the face of
a national recession, the dot.com bomb and
the tragic events of 9/11. A decade later, he
has leveraged his unique leadership and team
building talents to build broughtonHOTELS.
com and BROUGHTONadvisory.com. He is the
recipient of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the
Year award and the NaVOBA’s Vetrepreneur of
the Year.
BROUGHTONadvisory empowers mature
organizations, such as corporations, nonprofits
and government agencies, to dramatically
improve by adopting, implementing and
leveraging Special Ops-inspired success
strategies and the entrepreneurial mindset.
Broughton and co-founder Phil Dyer also
assist start-ups/early growth companies that
are serious about rapid expansion to avoid
costly mistakes in the key areas of strategic
business development. By providing executive
coaching and leadership development for
CEOs, entrepreneurs, senior executives with
P&L responsibility and emerging corporate/nonprofit/government leaders, BROUGHTONadvisory
increases business efficiency and success.
Ms. Eva Brown
Vice President and Community
Affairs Manager for U.S. Bank.
In this role, Brown works with
community groups, non-profits,
elected officials and government agencies in
the Chicagoland area to position the bank as
a leader in the community as well as to focus
U.S. Bank’s lending, giving, investments and
volunteer efforts where those resources are
needed most. She also works to support and
further the bank’s environmental, multicultural
and supplier diversity goals.
Previously, Brown was the Director of the
Access to Capital Program for the Women’s
Business Development Center in Chicago. In that
role, Brown provided financial business counseling and training to WBDC clients and reviews
application to the WBDC’s Small Business Loan
Program. She brings a wealth of experience
working in the banking industry focus on small
businesses as well as a passion for assisting
minority and women-owned businesses. Brown
also held positions at Fifth Third Bank and BMO
Harris Bank in business banking where she
managed a large loan and deposit portfolio of
small business clients. Brown received a B.S. in
marketing from Northern Illinois University.
Colonel Jill Willig Chambers, U.S. Army (Retired)
Founder, This Able Vet LLC
Chambers served four chairmen
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff over
an eight-year period. In 2007, she was selected
to serve as special assistant to former chairman,
Admiral (RET.) Michael Mullen, to conduct
a focused study of wounded warrior issues
specifically in the areas of post-traumatic stress
disorder(PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Chambers built a team and spent 18 months
traveling the U.S. where she witnessed firsthand
the often heart-breaking difficulties facing
returning warriors, many of whom experienced
multiple deployments.
Understanding the urgency for both real-time
solutions and long-term prevention strategies,
Chambers assembled a team that included
world renowned psychologist Martin Seligman
and immediate past U.S. Surgeon General
Richard Carmona who is the world-leading expert
in health literacy, with the hope of increasing
resiliency, in service members before they face
adversity and reducing the stigma surrounding
PTSD for the invisibly wounded.
With her Joint Staff experience related to
returning warrior issues, she moved to the Office
of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel in
Nov. 2008 and arranged a meeting between
her team and the Chief of Staff of the U.S.
Army. They successfully presented their unique
vision as the strongest opportunity to care for
the record number of men and women in all
branches of service facing TBI and PTSD.
Chambers is widely recognized as the first
person in the history of the U.S. military to
develop a successful, sustainable strategy
designed to reduce the crippling stigma
associated with mental health challenges in a
warrior culture. Her clear vision, comprehensive
experience, understanding of the issues
at hand, willingness to think laterally and
dogged determination laid the groundwork
for the development and adoption of the first
holistic approach to wellness for our service
members. The U.S. Army subsequently
developed the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness
Program, which launched in 2009 and created
an unprecedented number of messages via
Armed Forces radio and television declaring and
encouraging the “Permission to Speak” across
all branches of military service.
Retiring in 2009 after 28 years of active duty,
Chambers “re-launched” as founder of This Able
Vet LLC, where she continues her commitment
to real-time solutions and long-term strategies
working with non-pharmaceutical alternatives
for PTSD, like neuro-feedback alongside Dr.
Tim Royer and guided imagery with Belleruth
Naparstek.
Chambers was more recently appointed to
serve on the SBA’s advisory committee on
Veterans Business Affairs and The American
Legion TBI/PTS Ad Hoc Committee. Additionally,
she was selected as the Senior Professional
Women’s Association Department of Defense
Woman of the Year for 2010 in recognition
of her rare gifts as a leader and her many
groundbreaking accomplishments over 30 years
of service.
Mr. Phil Dyer
Co-Founder and Chief Visionary,
BROUGHTONadvisory
Dyer is co-founder of the
BROUGHTONadvisory and a
division of Broughton called VICTORY Success
Strategies. A West Point graduate and
former U.S. Army captain, he enjoyed highly
successful “duty assignments” in corporate
sales as a fee-only financial planner and
national financial educator for a major military
association for a Fortune 50 company after
separating from service.
Over the last 15 years, Dyer has counseled
hundreds of entrepreneurs and thousands
of transitioning military service members on
financial, tax and success strategies. In addition,
he has presented over 725 speeches on a
variety of financial/business topics and has
shared the stage with some of today’s most
innovative business thought leaders.
A prolific writer, Dyer has over 100 business/
financial by-lines in major magazines and is
frequently quoted in publications such as
Money, Kiplinger’s and Men’s Health. As a
serial entrepreneur, he has run and sold two
small businesses and currently actively owns a
boutique financial planning firm and strategic
consulting business. He was recently recognized
as the MVC (Most Valuable Contributor) by 300
small business peers for his innovations in
marketing and business building.
Mr. Bill Elmore
Owner and Principal, M2B
Elmore initiated and created
contemporary federal
efforts enabling veteran
entrepreneurship in America. He designed,
initiated and was responsible for governmentwide outreach for the formulation, execution,
and promotion of federal policies and programs.
Elmore provided Ombudsman assistance to
veterans, service-disabled veterans and Reserve
component members to the White House
within the U.S. Small Business Administration,
Department of Defense, Department of
Treasury, private lenders, business development
organizations, veterans organizations and many
others.
Prior to federal service, Elmore was a
successful Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Small Business owner and principal in the
creation and management of the St. Louis area
“One Stop” Veterans Service Center, providing
free transition assistance, business training,
job placement, housing, and a myriad of other
services to thousands of veterans and their
families for over two decades.
Ms. Neale S. Godfrey
Founder & CEO, Children’s
Financial Network, Inc.
Godfrey is an acknowledged
expert on family and children’s
finances who has been in the financial field for
more than 30 years. Early in her career, she
became one of the first female executives at
the Chase Manhattan Bank. Later, she became
president of the First Women’s Bank and
founder of the First Children’s Bank.
In 1989, Godfrey formed her own company,
Children’s Financial Network Inc., whose mission
is to educate children and their parents about
money. She is the author of 17 books that deal
with money, life skills and value issues. She has
been honored with a #1 New York Times Best
Seller, Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees: A Parent’s
Guide to Raising Financially Responsible
Children (Touchstone, 2006, revised ed.).
Godfrey empowers women to take charge of
their financial lives and has written two books
on this topic: Mom Inc.: Taking Your Work Skills
Home (Touchstone, 2000) and Making Change:
A Woman’s Guide to Designing her Financial
Future (Touchstone, 1999). Godfrey’s latest
book is LIFE, INC: The Ultimate Career Guide
for Young People (Deloitte Foundation, 2007),
which also includes a teacher’s guide, student
journal and website, all sponsored by the
Deloitte Foundation. This program serves
approximately two million middle and high school
students. The LIFE Inc. video recently received
the Mercury© Communications Top Gold Award
in the Promotional/Documentary category
for Outstanding Achievement in Professional
Communications.
Godfrey also developed money curriculum
for children titled The One and Only Common
Sense/ Cents Series and a CD-ROM called
Money Town, both created for children grades
pre-K through 9. She has also published
countless articles in newspapers and magazines
throughout the country. She has served as a
national spokesperson for several companies,
including Aetna, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Fidelity,
Quaker Oats, Nuveen and AOL-Time Warner. She
is a professional speaker for both domestic and
international audiences.
Godfrey has often appeared as a financial
expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good
Morning America, The Today Show, CNBC and
CNN, among others. She also starred in the PBS
special Your Money, Your Children, Your Life,
and is currently Nickelodeon’s financial expert
on NickJr.com. Godfrey has been honored with
awards including Woman of the Year, Banker
of the Year, Child Advocate of the Year and the
Femme Award from the United Nations Agency.
Most recently, she was recognized as one of
New Jersey’s 50 Best Women in Business, and
she was a national winner in the Entrepreneurial
Category of w2wlink’s Ascendancy Awards for
Business Women. Despite these achievements,
what her kids really think is cool is that she was
a question on Jeopardy! and an answer in The
New York Times crossword puzzle.
Godfrey has served on White House and
Governor’s Task Forces, as well as on the
boards of directors of The New York Board of
Trade, UNICEF, University of Charleston and
YPO. Currently, she is on the boards of directors
of UNIFEM, the Morris County, N.J. Chamber of
Commerce and the Business and Education
Together Foundation Inc.
Ms. Karen A. Golden, MSW
Deputy Director, Military Family
Issues, Government Relations,
Military Officers Association of
America (MOAA)
Golden, a native of Evanston, IL. earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bradley University and a
M.S.W. from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
She currently serves as Deputy Director,
Government Relations (Military Family Issues)
for the Military Officers Association of America
where she ardently advocates for military
families through state and federal legislation. As
a Social Worker and an educator, she has held a
variety of positions working with military families.
Golden also was an active volunteer in the
military community for over two decades. She is
the recipient of the Army’s, Outstanding Civilian
Service Award.
Golden lives in Quantico, VA with her husband,
an active duty Marine andtheir three children.
Dr. Mike Haynie
Executive Director and Founder,
Institute for Veterans and Military
Families; Barnes Professor of
Entrepreneurship, Whitman
School of Management, Syracuse University
The Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship at
Syracuse University’s Whitman School, Haynie
completed his doctoral degree in the field of
entrepreneurship and business strategy at
the Leeds College of Business, University of
Colorado at Boulder. His academic research is
focused on decision-making, identity and entrepreneurial thinking, and has been published in
many of the leading entrepreneurship and business journals. He serves on the editorial review
boards of the Journal of Business Venturing and
the Journal of Management Studies.
Before beginning his academic career, Haynie
served for 14 years as an officer in the U.S. Air
Force. Trained in logistics and acquisition, he was
stationed throughout the U.S. and around the
world in both operational and staff assignments.
Prior to joining the faculty at SU, Haynie was
assigned as a professor of management at the
U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Shortly after he arrived at SU, Haynie founded
the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans
with Disabilities (EBV) program, an initiative
designed to offer world-class training in entrepreneurship and small business management
to post-9/11 veterans disabled as a result of
their military service. Nearly 800 veterans have
received EBV training since 2007, and the
program is now being offered by a network of
world-class schools across the country. In 2009,
the EBV was recognized as a ‘National Best
Practice’ by the Secretary of the Army for serving
soldiers and their families, and in 2011 the
editors of Inc. magazine selected the program as
one of the ‘10-Best’ college-based entrepreneurship training programs in the U.S.
Haynie is a sought-after advisor and speaker
on issues related to business, veterans and
entrepreneurship. His work empowering
veterans through business ownership has been
featured nationally on CBS’ 60 Minutes, the ABC
Evening News with Diane Sawyer, MSNBC, CNN,
CNBC and Fox News, and also in the New York
Times, Los Angeles Times, Inc., the Wall Street
Journal, Forbes, Fortune and Entrepreneur. He
currently serves on the external advisory committee of the Center for Integrated Healthcare at
the Syracuse Regional Veterans Medical Center,
on U.S. Senator Kirstin Gillibrand’s veterans’
advisory working-group, and is Chairman of the
U.S. Secretary of Labor Department’s Advisory
Committee on Veterans’ Employment, Training,
and Employer Outreach (ACVETEO). Haynie is a
steering committee member of the Military Child
Education Coalition’s “New York Living in the
New Normal Public Engagement Initiative” and
in 2011 was appointed by New York State Gov.
Andrew Cuomo to the NYS Council on Returning
Veterans and Their Families.
Haynie has received numerous awards for
his community engagement, scholarship and
teaching, including the U.S. Air Force Academy’s
prestigious Snyder Memorial Award (2004), the
Guttag Research Fellowship (2007-09), the
National Federation of Independent Business
(NFIB) Award for Research Excellence (2007),
the Michael Mescon Award for the Best
Empirical Research in Entrepreneurship (2007)
and the McGraw-Hill/Irwin Award for Innovation
in Entrepreneurship Pedagogy (2009). Syracuse
University honored Haynie with the Oberwager
Prize in 2007 for his efforts to make a difference
in the lives of young people outside of the
classroom, and with the Chancellor’s Citation
for Excellence Award for Engaging the World in
2010.
Mr. Billy C. Jenkins
President, J-Vet Procurement
Consultant LLC; Vice President,
Skyline Unlimited, Inc.; Former
Veterans Procurement Liaison,
Office of Veterans Business Development, U.S.
Small Business Administration
Jenkins previously served as the veterans
procurement liaison for the U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA) and was responsible for the
delivery of the U.S. government’s Procurement
Program for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Small Business (SDVOSBs) as required by
Executive Order 13360. During his tenure, the
number of agencies accomplishing the minimum
three percent goal increased.
Jenkins had a 35-year career with the SBA
and four years with the U.S. Air Force. He served
28 years of his career as a contract specialist,
procurement analyst, after which he obtained a
position as the senior contracting officer for SBA
headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Jenkins often conducted workshops and
presentations at veteran business outreach
events, federal government agencies and
other business organizations across the nation.
He is a proven effective and pronounced
spokesperson for veteran business owners. In
addition, Jenkins is the recipient of numerous
awards for his volunteer work, including a
Certificate for Outstanding Contributions to the
White House Conference on Small Businesses
from the President in 1980 and a Certificate for
Outstanding Contributions, Professionalism and
Commitment to the Service-Disabled VeteranOwned Small Business Program in 2009 from
the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Mr. Thomas G. Kruczek
President, Notre Dame College
Kruczek was recently
appointed as president of
Notre Dame College. His
previous roles included Dean, College of
Business and Management, Lynn University
and executive director of the Falcone Center
for Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of
Management at Syracuse University. Under his
leadership, the Falcone Center rose considerably
in the national ranking and during his tenure
was listed as the third best entrepreneurship
program in the country by Bloomberg Business
Week, fourth by the Princeton Review/
Entrepreneur Magazine and ninth by U.S. News
and World Report.
Prior to Syracuse University, Kruczek
was executive director of the Center for
Entrepreneurship in the Crummer Graduate
School of Business at Rollins College located
in Winter Park, Fla. Under his leadership,
the program was ranked for the first time
ever as one of the top 25 best graduate
entrepreneurship programs in the U.S. as rated
by the Princeton Review/Entrepreneur Magazine.
Previously, he was CEO and owner of Sun-Tek
Industries, a privately-held manufacturing
business that sold products in the building
materials and lawn and garden industries to
customers across the U.S. After expanding
the business, he packaged and sold the
company. Kruczek was also one of the founding
partners of Steve Baker and Associates, a
consulting firm specializing in the tourism and
entertainment industry. At the firm, he started a
new division that worked around the world with
entrepreneurs, corporations and governments
to develop projects for the leisure and hospitality
industry. During this time, he led the effort to
sell a portion of the firm to a large publicly-held
company which enabled the consulting firm to
expand its business significantly.
He also holds additional experience in the
tourism industry, and purchased The Lodge
at June Creek, located outside of Yellowstone
National Park. Upon taking ownership of the
property, Kruczek led a complete renovation of
the resort which, in less than a year, garnered
a three-diamond rating from the American
Automobile Association. He then packaged the
resort and sold it to a west coast entrepreneur.
Prior to his entrepreneurial endeavors, Kruczek
held a variety of positions with The Walt Disney
Company in both the financial planning and
marketing areas. He earned an MBA and
bachelor’s degree from the University of
Notre Dame..
Ms. Georgia Marsh
Chief Development
Officer, Women’s Business
Development Center (WBDC),
Chicago
Marsh serves as chief development officer for
the WBDC, the oldest and most comprehensive
women’s business center in the U.S. In this
capacity, she implements strategies and
develops program concepts that result in WBDC
funding and provides general oversight of the
organization’s funding development activities.
The WBDC delivers programs and services that
support and accelerate women’s business
ownership, strengthening their impact on the
economy to create jobs and fuel economic
growth. Marsh’s efforts have led to the WBDC’s
recent launch of the Women’s Vetrepreneurship
Program, operated in partnership with the Illinois
Department of Veteran Affairs, and targeted at
women veterans looking at business ownership
as a path to economic self-sufficiency. The
WBDC is also a proud partner of V-WISE.
This is Marsh’s “encore” position. Much of
her distinguished career was spent in public
sector executive positions at the state and
federal government levels and then as a director
in KPMG’s information protection practice
and as president of GKM Solutions, her own
consulting firm. As a lifelong small business
advocate and technology innovator, Marsh has
been the catalyst and lead business architect
for numerous initiatives focused on modernizing
government to make it more accountable and
accessible to small businesses and development
of public-private partnerships.
Marsh is the recipient of many awards and
honors for her pioneering work, and has been an
invited speaker on government modernization
and online information protection at various
national and international forums, conferences,
panels and workshops. Most recently, she was
guest speaker at a corporate business forum
sponsored by the University of Sydney Business
School, Sydney, Australia.
Ms. Jessica Eaves
Mathews, J.D.
CEO and Founder, Leverage
Legal Group and Untoxicating
Beauty
Mathews is America’s Advocate for Women in
Business®, an award-winning entrepreneur and
intellectual property and business lawyer, bestselling author, sought-after speaker, and leading
authority on helping women entrepreneurs and
women business owners step into their power
and create a brilliant business and a brilliant
life on their own terms. She has been featured
on MSNBC, Oprah Magazine and Oprah.com,
Forbes.com, NBC, Oxygen, Allure Magazine and
is the Silver Stevie® award winner for Female
Entrepreneur of the Year 2012. For more about
Jessica, visit www.jessicaeavesmathews.com
Matthews has spent her legal career
representing all types of businesses from
solopreneurs to Fortune 500 companies. Before
launching her own firm, she was the head of
litigation and compliance for Paul Allen, the
co-founder of Microsoft. Matthews is the
founder of Leverage Legal Group®, the premier,
global intellectual property and business law
firm for the new economy. Jessica’s team of
exceptional, experienced attorneys provide
world-class, flat-fee legal services, virtual general
and outside counsel, and in-sourced legal
services. The firm’s award-winning, entry-level
program, Leverage-a-Lawyer®, provides budgetfriendly information and education for first-time
business owners or startups, who don’t yet have
the budget for full-blown legal counsel. Visit www.
leveragelegalgroup.com for more information
about the firm.
Matthews has continued to get experience
“on the other side of the conference table” as
Founder and CEO of Grace & Game®, the only
luxury American lifestyle brand for both golf
and for the sophisticated, feminine, modern
women. Grace & Game designs are made in the
USA with sustainable fabrics and are designed
to perform beautifully both on and off the
course. Look for Grace & Game online at www.
graceandgame.com. She is also Founder and
CEO of Untoxicating Beauty®, a new subscription
beauty experience for women who care as much
about what goes into their bodies as what they
put on them. www.untoxicatingbeauty.com
She is also an adjunct professor at University
of New Mexico Law School, is an appointee
on the New Mexico Economic Development
Council, is co-founder and Chief Legal Officer
for The Virtual Accelerator™, a virtual business
accelerator for startups, and is the co-founder of
Hautepreneurs™, a new networking organization
for women entrepreneurs based in Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
Ms. Nell Merlino
Founder and President,
Count Me In for Women’s
Economic Independence
Merlino is a leading advocate
and expert on women’s business leadership
and empowerment who appears regularly on
national TV, in leading print outlets and social
media. She is the creative force behind Take
Our Daughters to Work Day, which moved more
than 71 million Americans to participate in a
day dedicated to giving girls the opportunity to
dream bigger about their future.
As the founder and president of Count Me
In for Women’s Economic Independence,
the leading national not-for-profit provider
of resources for women to grow their microbusinesses into million-dollar enterprises,
Merlino inspires entrepreneurs to think
bigger and grow dramatically. She is author of
“Stepping Out of Line: Lessons for Women Who
Want it Their Way in Life, in Love, and at Work,”
from Broadway Books.
Through Count Me In, Merlino is inspiring
women entrepreneurs to dream big and
achieve even more. She is leading a global
movement to empower women entrepreneurs
to grow their businesses to a million dollars
and beyond by providing tools, resources, and a
supportive community of their peers. Count Me
In’s “Make Mine a Million $ Business” program
reaches women entrepreneurs in communities
around the country through events and online
community. This movement will not only
add millions of jobs and billions of dollars of
economic activity, but take women to new levels
of independence, empowering them to act as
economic leaders.
Merlino is also the founder and president
of Strategy Communication Action Ltd. (SCA)
in New York City, a firm specializing in the
creation of public education campaigns that
motivate people to act. She is a member of the
U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee
on International Economic Policy (ACIEP), and
appointed a Pathways Envoy by the State
Department to promote women’s business
growth throughout North and South America.
Merlino also sits on the board of the American
Enterprise Organization. Prior to founding
Count Me In, Merlino created campaigns like
the YWCA’s The Week Without Violence and
the United Nations’ Fourth World Conference
on Women in Beijing. She worked in two state
governments, was an advance woman in
presidential politics and was a union organizer
and a Fulbright Scholar.
Mr. Scott Nadzan
Vice President, Marketing and
Sales, Ensemble Video
Nadzan has worked in technology,
business and education for the
past 13 years, supporting teaching, learning,
communication and commerce. Currently, he
is the director of marketing and new media at
Symphony Video Inc. (the makers of Ensemble
Video). Nadzan helped create and invent the
initial version of Ensemble Video, which is
Symphony Video’s flagship product. Prior to
joining Symphony Video Inc., Nadzan was the
director of technology services at the Whitman
School of Management at Syracuse University,
and was also responsible for managing SU’s
rich media infrastructure and Ensemble Video
support services. Nadzan currently runs a
technology consulting company, 4amMedia.
com, focusing on web design, internet marketing,
programming, online video and software
integration. He also enjoys teaching, and has
spent time doing so in K-12, higher education
and corporate institutions.
Dr. Amanda Nicholson
Associate Dean, Undergraduate
Programs, Professor of Retail
Practice, Sam Walton Fellow,
SU-Enactus
Nicholson, a native Englishwoman, spent over 20
years in the retail management field before
entering higher education. She began her career
with Marks & Spencer in London and then
moved to Chicago to work in a variety of
department store management positions,
attaining the position of vice president over two
apparel divisions and opening a successful new
store concept for her organization.
She now teaches a variety of retail classes
including retail fundamentals, apparel product
development and sales management. She
continues to consult for the retail industry and
her commentary has been featured in a variety of
news outlets, including the New York Times, Wall
Street Journal and CNN.com.
Her research interests include the preparation
of students with appropriate skills for industry,
developing student leadership skills and the
role of communications in the retention of
retail employees. She is the faculty advisor
for the immensely successful Syracuse
University chapter of ENACTUS, an international
organization of hundreds of university teams
that work on entrepreneurial projects in their
communities and abroad.
Mr. Todd Patterson, J.D.
Associate, DLA Piper
Patterson, an associate with
DLA Piper, focuses his practice
on intellectual property litigation,
primarily emphasizing computer software,
telecommunications and consumer electronics
industries. In addition to representing clients in
federal district court, Patterson has supported
parallel investigations before the International
Trade Commission. Before joining DLA Piper,
Patterson was an associate with Weil, Gotshal &
Manges in the Austin and Houston offices.
Before attending law school, Patterson served
in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer and
later as a scientific analyst designing computer
information systems. After his military service,
Patterson held executive positions with large
and small technology companies in the U.S. and
Europe.
Patterson’s representative engagements include
Motorola Mobility, Inc. v. TiVo Inc. (E.D. Tex.), in
which he represented Motorola in infringement
litigation concerning digital video recorders and
digital video compression technology; StarHome
GmbH v. AT&T Mobility LLC, et al (D. Del.), in which
he represented the plaintiff, a telecommunications
service provider, in a patent infringement
action concerning the delivery of wireless
telecommunications and roaming services;
i4i Limited Partnership and Infrastructures for
Information Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation (E.D.
Tex.), in which he represented Microsoft in a
patent litigation trial related to computer markup
languages and data representation in software
applications; on appeal, U.S. Supreme Court
argument pending; and Computer Acceleration
Corporation v. Microsoft Corporation (E.D. Tex.), in
which he represented defendant Microsoft in a
patent infringement trial concerning the Windows
operating system and computer boot processes.
Mr. Michael Peterson
Founder and Owner,
Moving People
Peterson, the 2008 recipient
of the distinguished Bob Hope
“Spirit of Hope” award for his service to the
nation and the servicemen and women of the
Armed Forces, is loved for his million-selling
country music chart toppers as “Drink, Swear,
Steal & Lie” and “From Here to Eternity.” This
multiple Grammy and CMA award nominee has
moved audiences all over the globe for over a
decade. Recognized by Billboard Magazine as
country music’s top-selling new male artist and
top new airplay artist in 1997–98, he burst on
the scene with five consecutive Billboard and
R & R top-20 hits between 1997 and 2001,
including three top-five singles and three #1 CMT
music videos. His wedding standard, “From Here
to Eternity,” was recently chosen as one of GAC’s
top-100 greatest love song videos of all time.
Peterson has recorded 16 albums during
his 25 years, seven in the past five years. As
fans would expect, these albums, filled with his
signature up-tempo songs, lyrical surprises and
straight to the heart ballads, have caused more
than a million people to add his music to their
favorites play list. Of his 16 albums, “In Black,”
prompted country music’s pre-eminent music
critic Robert K. Oermann to remark, “Michael
Peterson is back with the album of his career.”
A proven hit songwriter, with multiple #1 songs
in gospel and country, both in the U.S and
Europe, Peterson’s songs have been recorded
by Grammy-winning superstars like Travis Tritt,
Timothy B. Shmitt (The Eagles), The Classic
Imperials, Ty Herndon, John Berry and Deniece
“Let’s Hear It For The Boy” Williams.
His commitment to “moving people” has
caused organizations as diverse as the Special
Olympics, Selective Service, Ronald McDonald
House, the USO, St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital, The American Legion, and most
recently the New Holland Corporation and
the U.S. Army to seek him out as a voice for
messages that matter. Sponsored by Sea-Ray
Boats, The American Legion, New Holland
Tractors and presenting sponsor the U.S. Army,
Peterson’s MY REAL LIFE TOUR, featuring the
highly acclaimed student discovery experience
TAG YOU’RE IT!, has captivated over 150,000
students and their families since 2007. This
marks the first time the Army has backed an
innovative tour by a civilian artist. Created
especially for young people ages 13–24, TAG
YOU’RE IT! combines mixed multimedia, world
class illusions, music, humor and audience
participation, all directed by Peterson, to create
dynamic experiences of discovery in the area
of personal responsibility. Recognized as the
top school assembly program of its kind in
the nation, TAG YOU’RE IT!, and its free online
toolkit www.tagyoureitonline.com, have proven
to be a gold mine of social-emotional learning
for educators looking to increase student
graduation rates and improve test scores.
For 25 years, Peterson has consistently
created, inspired, and entertained millions of
people.
Mr. James Schmeling, J.D.
Managing Director of Programs
and Co-Founder, Institute for
Veterans and Military Families,
Syracuse University
Schmeling focuses his work on establishing
and maintaining innovative partnerships with
members of the Syracuse University community,
government partners, NGOs, institutions of
higher education and others with a stake in the
IVMF’s mission and values.
At the IVMF, Schmeling provides leadership
in design, implementation, and evaluation
of strategy and goals, partners with SU
constituents, and focuses on veteran and
inclusion activities on campus and with external
stakeholders. He directly supervises the
employment and research agendas for the IVMF.
A veteran of the Air Force, honorably
discharged at the rank of sergeant, Schmeling
was stationed in Colorado, California and Spain
and engaged with active duty and civil service
employees, Spanish Air Force, and National
Geographic Institute staff. He was assigned
to the Air Force Technical Applications Center
as a seismic systems computer-electronics
technician, responsible for repair logistics in
the Atomic Energy Detection System. While
stationed in Spain at a remote detachment, he
conducted resource protection, crime prevention
and counter-terrorism duties. He held Top
Secret security clearance. He was awarded the
USAF Achievement Medal with two oak leaf
clusters, the National Defense Service Medal
and was a distinguished graduate of the USAF
Noncommissioned Officer Preparatory Course.
As part of his unit, he was awarded the USAF
Organizational Excellence Award. Schmeling
began his education while serving, earning
credits from the Community College of the Air
Force. He earned his law degree with distinction
from the University of Iowa College of Law
and a B.A. in political science with a minor in
international studies (Latin America) from Iowa
State University.
Prior to co-founding the IVMF, Schmeling
served as chief operating officer and managing
director at SU’s Burton Blatt Institute, and before
that as interim co-director of the Iowa College of
Law’s Law, Health Policy and Disability Center.
He has been an adjunct professor of law and an
adjunct professor of rehabilitation counseling,
both at the University of Iowa.
Schmeling was project director, and authored
portions of the publication, for the National
Council on Disability (NCD) study, “Empowerment
for Americans with Disabilities: Breaking Barriers
to Careers and Full Employment,” and was
an author of NCD’s study, “The Impact of the
Americans with Disabilities Act: Assessing the
Progress Toward Achieving the Goals of the ADA.”
Additionally, he has published on the study of
corporate culture, diversity and disability, civil
rights in the court room, and asset and tax policy.
Schmeling has extensive experience related
to veterans, education, inclusion, assistive
technology, corporate culture and other
topics related to employment and civil rights
protections. He was principal investigator on
three grants from Disabled American Veterans
(DAV) and the William Bingham Foundation
for components of the EBV, and is co-principal
investigator on a cooperative agreement with
the DOL/VETS. He is a member of SU’s Veterans
Best Practices Advisory Committee and advisory
board member of the Taishoff Center on
Inclusive Higher Education at SU. Schmeling
also serves as interim executive director of
the Global Universal Design Commission, a
nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization focused on
universal design’s potential to open the built
environment to the broadest possible user base.
Mr. Neil Tarallo
Senior Lecturer, School of
Hotel Administration, Cornell
University
In addition to his above
mentioned appointments at Cornell, Tarallo is
executive director of the Empowerment through
Entrepreneurship Program (E2), which provides
students with an opportunity to experience
entrepreneurship around the world. He also
serves as program director of the university’s
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with
Disabilities (EBV) program, part of the EBV
National Consortium. As program director for
the EBV-Cornell program, Tarallo is responsible
for every aspect, from fundraising, to logistics, to
content delivery.
Prior to Cornell, Tarallo was a clinical assistant
professor of entrepreneurship in the Whitman
School of Management at Syracuse University,
where he taught at both the graduate and
undergraduate levels. He also served as
director of the 14th-ranked (by Bloomberg
Businessweek) M.S. in entrepreneurship
program since its inception in 2008. He also
played a key role in the academic development
of the Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises
Program at SU, serving as primary researcher
and developer. Recognized for outstanding
teaching, he was named Whitman’s Professor of
the Year in 2008, Outstanding Entrepreneurship
Faculty Member in 2009 and was twice
nominated for SU’s Meredith Teaching Award
in 2009 and 2010. His business plan teams
are consistently top finishers in competitions,
and his team won first place at the 2008
International Business Plan Competition held at
the University of Nebraska.
Tarallo’s fields of expertise are new venture
creation, transfer of technology from academic to
competitive business environments, real estate
as an entrepreneurial venture, business plans
and business school competitions. His recent
research interests include entrepreneurship
in Africa, as well as examining public policy
as a catalyst for entrepreneurial activity in
developing countries. He is currently working
with the U.S. military, developing and delivering
entrepreneurship content as part of the civil
affairs effort to help entrepreneurs start and
grow businesses in Djibouti, Iraq, Afghanistan
and other locations around the world.
As an entrepreneur, Tarallo owned and
operated three companies in the fields of
photographic retail and quick printing. In
addition, he purchased, rehabilitated and sold
numerous businesses. He currently owns two
companies that focus on commercial real estate
development and management. In addition, he
is a partner in the Cayuga Venture Fund II LLP,
for which he has held offices as treasurer and
managing partner.
Tarallo holds an MBA from SU’s Whitman
School and a B.S. from Ithaca College.
Mr. Mirza Tihic
Director, Program Support
Services, Institute for Veterans
and Military Families,
Syracuse University
Tihic oversees all post-engagement support
of veterans and military family members who
have completed training through the institute’s
portfolio of entrepreneurship programs. He
is charged with developing and expanding
the IVMF’s current portfolio of resources to
aid program graduates in their transition
to business ownership to create an even
greater focus on post-engagement support.
He oversees all aspects of the national
EBV-Technical Assistance Program (EBV-TAP),
which helps Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for
Veterans with Disabilities and Veterans’ Families
program graduates realize and accomplish their
professional and personal goals by providing
mentors and corporate resource providers
to help launch their businesses. In addition,
he interfaces with IVMF education program
managers, external program directors and
stakeholders to further post-program support of
veterans and military family members engaged
with the IVMF.
Tihic previously served as program manager
for the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship
at SU’s Whitman School. There, he supported
the EBV, inclusive entrepreneurship through
Start-Up NY and SBA PRIME, the Syracuse
Entrepreneurs’ Bootcamp, the Panasci
Business Plan Competition, the South Side
Entrepreneurship Connect Project and the
D’Aniello Entrepreneurial Internship Program.
In addition, he was an instructor in Whitman’s
entrepreneurial consulting class and business
plan laboratory.
Previously, Tihic operated a Syracuse-based
small business, Tihic Construction LLC, a
residential remodeling company. He also
worked with Carrier Corp. in the pricing strategy
department, and served as associate business
manager for Daymon Worldwide. In 2009, he
co-founded Syracuse’s North Side Learning
Center, a family literacy center that helps
immigrants and destitute individuals living in
that area.
Originally from Bosnia, Tihic holds an MBA from
Whitman, a master’s degree in neuroscience
from SU’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering
and Computer Science and a bachelor’s degree
in mathematics from The College of Arts and
Sciences. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at SU’s
School of Education, concentrating his research
on inclusive entrepreneurship within the disability
studies program.
Mr. Ray Toenniessen
Managing Director of
Development & External Relations,
Institute for Veterans and Military
Families, Syracuse University
Toenniessen is charged with cultivation and
development of all new projects, programs and
strategic initiatives for the institute, working in
partnership with the related IVMF departments
where the programs will eventually reside. He
works with senior leadership to lead the IVMF’s
advancement strategy and serves as a liaison to
the external advisory board.
In his previous role as director of veteran
outreach at SU’s Whitman School, he was
instrumental in developing and executing
educational programs for veterans and military
families—including EBV-F, V-WISE and Operation
Endure & Grow. He previously served as national
managing director for EBV Consortium programs.
Toenniessen has extensive experience
in program management, operations,
administration, customer service and employee
relations. A former Army officer, he served at
the platoon, company and battalion levels in
leadership and staff positions, including platoon
leader, operations officer, convoy commander,
contracting officer and detachment commander.
In 2008, he deployed to Iraq in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was
responsible for logistical activity for the entire
central region. Under Toenniessen’s leadership,
his unit successfully redeployed in 2009. He was
awarded a Bronze Star for his service.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in international
relations and political science from SU’s College
of Arts and Sciences and an MBA from the
Saunders College of Business at the Rochester
Institute of Technology. In addition, he is a board
member of Clear Path for Veterans, a private
sector, nonprofit organization that is committed
to providing veterans with a place of natural
beauty to gather, develop and strengthen
friendships, and promote camaraderie.
Dr. John Torrens
Assistant Professor of
Entrepreneurial Practice,
Whitman School of Management,
Syracuse University
John Torrens is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Practice at the Whitman School of
management at Syracuse University where he
teaches courses on Ideation and Opportunity
Recognition, Business Planning, New Venture
Creation, and Selling/Exiting a Company. He was
named Outstanding Entrepreneurship Educator
in 2012 and is a recipient of the Meredith Award
for Teaching Excellence at Syracuse University.
Prior to joining the Whitman School, Torrens was
Founder and CEO of InterActive Therapy Group,
a company he grew into a regional home health
and rehabilitation company and sold in 2008.
Torrens is also Founder and President of Liberty
POST, a regional company with 175 employees
that provides home-based special education and
related services to young children with disabilities in NY, PA, and OH. He is a frequent speaker
on entrepreneurship, business planning, and
raising capital, and teaches in many veteran
focused entrepreneurship programs provided
by the Institute for Veterans and Military
Families (IVMF), including Veteran Women
Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE,
Entrepreneurship Boot camp for Veterans with
Disabilities (EBV) in Syracuse, Boots 2 Business,
Operation Jump Start, and Operation Endure
and Grow. He serves in the advisory board of
FundVet, a crowd funding platform for veteran
owned businesses, as well as Docere e-Learning
Solutions, LLC (also veteran owned). Professor
Torrens is also a member of Young Presidents
Organization (YPO) where he currently serves on
its International Board of Directors.
Ms. Tabatha Turman
President & CEO, IFAS
Turman is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
of IFAS. She brings over 20
years of combined leadership experience as
an Army Finance Officer and as a consultant
supporting federal agencies. Turman sets the
strategic direction of the company and has led
and supported numerous clients in a variety of
consulting roles, including projects to develop
plans for implementing strategies, automating and improving processes, and measuring
performance. She is an accomplished executive
with a proven record of successful leadership
and management experience encompassing
strategic and operational planning, finance,
personnel management, training, and program
management. Turman has been instrumental in
creating value, significantly improving revenues,
and enhancing return on investment at IFAS.
Turman is a strong believer in giving back
to the community and demonstrates this
by donating time and resources to several
causes. Turman’s education includes a Masters
in Business Administration from Cameron
University and a B.S in Accounting from
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
BOLD ENOUGH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
V-WISE New York City
is brought to you by:
V-WISE is a program of the Whitman School of
Management and is operated by the Institute for
Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University.
It is funded through a cooperative agreement with the
U.S. Small Business Administration.
Thank you to the IVMF’s
corporate partners:
Thanks to the following for their support of
V-WISE New York City:
The IVMF offers a full portfolio of programs,
services and resources besides V-WISE
in support of veterans and military family
members:
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LEARN MORE > VETS.SYR.EDU
Please take this What Color
Is Your Brain?® quiz
in preparation for the
“What’s Your Story” general
session taking place on
Sunday, June 15, in the
Majestic Ballroom at 8:15 a.m.
Enjoy!
“No Wrong or Right”
Entrepreneur Brain Color Quiz
Read the words and sentences horizontally in each row across the page .
Decide which describes you: most = 4; not as much = 3; not too much = 2; and
least = 1. Use 4, 3, 2, 1 only once in each row . 4 being of the greatest value
and 1 being of less value to you. Vertically add all your numbers down to
calculate your totals.
{A}
{B}
{C}
{D}
Accountable
Harmonious
Efficient
Spontaneous
Organized
Creative
Independent
Enthusiastic
Punctual
Communicative
Curious
Fun-loving
Detailed
Flexible
Knowledgeable
Competitive
Responsible
Cooperative
Competent
Resourceful
Committed
Empathetic
Analytical
Adventurous
Respectful
Nurturing
Technical
Energetic
When making decisions that influence my collaboration with other staff members, I:
Have a plan
Talk to others
Gather all the
facts
Shoot from
the hip
Problem solver
Trouble shooter
When working with other staff members, I see myself as a:
Coach
Team Player
I am most comfortable in a teaching environment that supports my sense of:
Stability
{a} total
Dependable
Harmony
{b} total
Helpful
Privacy
{c} total
Logical
Freedom
{d} total
Dynamic
All Rights Reserved © 2013, Sheila N. Glazov, Visioneer, LLC • 847.526.9039 • www.sheilaglazov.com
turn the page to see what color your brain is.
What Color Is Your Brain?®
Results
yellow brain
blue brain
values: Loyalty, respectfulness & dedication
presentations: Detailed
sells: Credentials
obtain an assignment: Makes a meticulous
plan
emphasizes: Organization
closes sale: Filling customer’s need to be
responsible
deal with change: Develops a plan
annoyed by: Irresponsibility
stressed: Dealing with disorganization
others see me as: Rigid
Encourage me: Appreciate my
achievements
values: Integrity, truthfulness & enthusiasm
presentations: Creative
sells: Relationships
obtain an assignment: Creates trust
emphasizes: Flexibility
closes sale: Filling the customer’s
emotional needs
deal with change: Trusts intuition
annoyed by: No one listening
stressed: Lack of cooperation
others see me as: Naïve
encourage me: Appreciate my helpfulness
green brain
orange brain
values: Efficiency, independence &
strategies
presentations: Data-based
sells: Facts
obtain an assignment: Develops a formula
emphasizes: Systems
closes sale: Filling customer’s technical
needs
deal with change: After gathering essential
data
annoyed by: Repetition
stressed: Incompetence
others see me as: Arrogant
encourage me: Appreciate my intelligence
values: Risk-taking, trouble-shooting &
freedom
presentations: Fast-paced
sells: Benefits
obtain an assignment: Creates energy
emphasizes: Quick results
closes sale: Filling customer’s immediate
needs
deal with change: Enjoys creating more
change
annoyed by: Routines
stressed: Some one else’s rules
others see me as: Impulsive
encourage me: Appreciate my ingenuity
“organized” entrepreneur
“analytical” entrepreneur
“communicative” entrepreneur
“action” entrepreneur
What Color Is Your Brain?®
Foundation Concepts
• The What Color Is Your Brain?® (WCIYB) approach discourages Tolerance and encourages
Acceptance.
• Acceptance enables you to let other people be happy in their way, Instead or In Addition to yours.
• Imagine you are a “Multi-faceted Gemstone Quality” person and your “Brain Brilliance” sparkles and
shines depending on the Setting (environment) of your gemstone (personality)!
• Understanding your Brain Color is an explanation of your behavior and feelings, not an Excuse for
inappropriate behavior.
• Recognizing different Brain Colors helps to eliminate Accusations.
• You are a “Brainbow” blending of your Brain Colors!
• How you see Yourself may not be how others see you and your Brain Colors!
• When you are feeling shadowed, you feel like “Wet Paint, don’t touch I need time to dry!”
listen carefully and people will tell you their brain colors
yellow: Use “should,” “would,” “have to,”
when they are talking about themselves or others.
blue: Tell you how they “love” or “feel” about something or someone.
green: Respond with, “I’ll have to think about that, and see if that makes sense.”
orange: Say, “That sounds like fun! Let’s do it!”
“WET PAINT”
yellow: Judgmental, Self-righteous,
Complains, Inflexible & Worries
blue: Cry, Depressed, Remorseful, Irrational
& Unrealistic
green: Sarcastic, Critical, Indifferent,
Insensitive & Pouts
orange: Immature, Belligerent, Disobedient,
Aggressive & Drops out
INTRODUCTORY CONVERSATIONS
yellow: Career & Home
blue: Family, Friends, & Pets
green: Education & Books
orange: Vacations & Hobbies
PHONE CONVERSATIONS
yellow: “Be careful,” “Be safe,” or “Thanks”
blue: “Take care” or “I love you”
green: Just hang up…they are finished
orange: “Have fun” or “Enjoy”
BUILD RAPPORT WITH OTHERS
yellow: Use a polite approach & Formal
manner
blue: Use a cooperative approach & Friendly
manner
green: Use an informative approach &
Responsible manner
orange: Use an encouraging approach &
Relaxed manner
Inside my shirt is one VWISE Woman!
Fill in the blanks below for yourself and/or your goals.
Inside my shirt is one ______________________ ______________________ !
Happy Brain Day!
IT COULDN’T BE DONE
By Edgar A. Guest
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done
But she with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but she would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till she’d tried.
So she buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If she worried she hid it.
She started to sing as she tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and she did it!
Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it;”
But she took off his coat and she took off his hat
And the first thing we knew she’d begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
She started to sing as she tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and she did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure,
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing
That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it!
BE THE BEST OF WHATEVER YOU ARE
By Douglas Malloch
If you can’t be a pine on the top of a hill
Be a scrub in the valley, but be
The best little scrub on the side of the hill;
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree.
We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew,
There’s something for all of us here.
There’s big work to do and there’s lesser work, too,
And the thing we must do is the near.
If you can’t be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make;
If you can’t be a muskie, then just be a bass,
But the liveliest bass in the lake!
If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail.
If you can’t be the sun, be a star;
It isn’t by size that you win or you fail,
Be the best of whatever you are!
THREE WOMEN
Gift from Jewel Manzay
And there were three women
went down the road,
as down the road went she.
The woman they saw.
The woman she was.
And the woman she wanted to be.

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