Jackie Bassett, BT Industrials, Inc.: Jackie Bassett is Founder and CEO of BT Industrials, Inc a strategic management and technology consulting firm that advises CEOs on how to turn problems into profits. She is a published author of two books, several articles and writes regularly for a variety of business magazines such as Tornado Insider, Director’s Monthly and CIO.com.
Maxine Clark, Build-a-Bear Workshop: During her 30-year career, Maxine Clark’s rare ability to spot emerging retail and merchandising trends and insight into the desires of the American consumer generated growth for retail leaders. She founded Build-A-Bear Workshop in 1997 and today there are more than 300 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores worldwide, including company-owned stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada and the United Kingdom and franchised stores in Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa.
Sharon Hadary, Center for Women’s Business Research: Dr. Sharon Hadary is Executive Director of Center for Women's Business Research, the premier non-profit research institute dedicated exclusively to conducting research on women business owners and their enterprises worldwide. Dr. Hadary leads major initiatives to improve the quality and comprehensiveness of the knowledge on the role of women business owners and their enterprises in economies and societies around the world.
Robin Koval, The Kaplan Thaler Group: Robin, a founding partner of the Kaplan Thaler Group, oversees all account management, strategy, marketing and general business operations of the agency. Robin's strength is in helping marketers get noticed. She has made an art form out of problem solving and making her clients' sales skyrocket and coauthored the book "Bang! Getting Your Message Heard in a Noisy World."
Sue Malone, Strategies for Small Business: Since the inception of Strategies for Small Business in 2002, Sue has helped fund over 14,000 SBA Community Express loans. Fueled by her passion to help small business owners pursue their dreams, Ms. Malone travels the nation meeting, promoting and funding small business owners.
Beth Mooney, KeyBank:
KeyCorp
Vice Chair Beth Mooney leads the company's Community Bank,
which includes Retail Banking, Business Banking, Wealth
Management, Private Banking, Key Investment Services and
KeyBank Mortgage. The Community Bank operates 950 KeyCenters,
more than 2,050 ATMs and 4 Key Call Centers across Key's 13-state footprint.
Gail Perry-Mason, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.: Detroiter Gail Perry-Mason is well known in the securities industry where she has climbed the corporate ladder from receptionist to First Vice President of Investments of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., formerly Fahnestock & Co., Inc./First of Michigan. Furthermore, Gail has co-hosted the award winning talk show “Building Wealth” and has written two books about finance.
Cindy Solomon, Solomon & Associates, Inc.: Cindy is an internationally recognized speaker, writer, executive coach and consultant in the fields of customer service, customer loyalty, employee engagement and leadership. She is also co-founder of the Women’s Success Forum and has recently published her first book, “Creating a Culture of Courage.”
Susan Taylor, Essence Magazine: Susan L. Taylor has been the driving force behind one of the most celebrated African American owned business success stories of the past three decades. She is the senior editorial executive at Essence Magazine. A fourth-generation entrepreneur, Taylor was the founder of her own company, Nequai Cosmetics, before becoming Essence fashion and beauty editor and, in 1981, its Editor-in-Chief. She is also the author of three books.
... and more! Check the
Agenda for a complete list of speakers at the WISE
Symposium.
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