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Demming Bass
StoryBrand Guide & CEO of New Marketing MakeoverDemming Bass has helped more than 8,000 businesses and hundreds of chambers become better marketers. Named Georgia Trend Magazine’s Top 100 Most Notable Georgians and the Atlanta Business Chronicle's Top 40 Under 40 Most Influential Leaders, Demming is an accomplished and results-oriented business and nonprofit leader and entrepreneur nationally recognized for his extensive branding and marketing communications, strategic planning, public policy, management, leadership development and business development successes.
Christopher Cassagne
Assistant Director of Small Business Services, LED
John Diez
Director, Political Action Committees of LABIJohn Diez came to LABI with 25 years of experience working in state and national campaigns. In his role, as Director of Political Action Committees (PACs), Diez is lead on efforts to advance LABI’s long standing mission of promoting the principles of the free enterprise system by building support for LABI’s four independent PACs – NORTHPAC, EASTPAC, SOUTHPAC and WESTPAC.
Diez got his start in 1990 working for Campaign Opinion and Research Analyst and SCBI. In both capacities he worked with redistricting data, census data, election results and voter files. In 2000 he moved to Washington DC where he worked for national political organizations on data related projects such as redistricting, voter file development, targeting and survey research.
Bill Graham
Owner at Graham Corporate CommunicationsEverybody has a story. Bill Graham has spent his career helping people find powerful ways to tell their stories: in theaters, on television, in the classroom, and in the boardroom. Today, Bill helps people communicate better as leaders, managers, sales people and innovators through his keynotes, workshops, and private coaching. He helps individuals and groups take their complicated stories, streamline them, and then powerfully deliver them for maximum results. Bill is an adjunct faculty member of New York University’s Tisch School for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management, and he serves on the faculty of the US Chamber’s Institute for Organization Management.
Brent Henley
CEO of The Pyramid GroupBrent Henley founded The Pyramid Group, an agency of the Wilson Learning Corporation, in 1980. Since then he has been the lead consultant assisting clients in increasing performance in sales, customer service, supervision, and leadership. Brent has worked with a number of industries including: Manufacturing, Financial, Service, Global Technology, Community Leadership.
Sheree Anne Kelly
President & CEO of Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives
Stacey Neal
Director of Communications Competitiveness at Louisiana Economic Development
Shari Pash
President and Owner at Strategic Solutions for GrowthShari Pash is changing the culture and way organizations approach membership recruitment and retention. She provides a customized multi-step recruitment and retention program with proven success in net new member growth. Client outcomes continue to excel through the implementation of foundational tools and reports that have proven success for accountability and growth. In addition to membership work, Shari conducts board of director orientation and planning sessions.
Anissa Starnes
Swingbridge Partners LLCAnissa Starnes, IOM has enjoyed a successful career in helping Chambers of Commerce and Nonprofit organizations succeed. She has more than 25 years of experience in nonprofit and chamber of commerce management and is embarking on this new adventure as a consultant to organizations across the globe. She has had an extensive career as an advocate for business interests, including CEO positions with several chambers of commerce. Anissa also had the privilege of serving as President & CEO of a very successful and popular nonprofit, Girls on the Run International.
Anissa is passionate about helping businesses and organizations grow customer, member, and donor relationships. In recent years, she has presented training and workshops to more than 30,000 business owners and nonprofit executives to help them build capacity within their own organizations. Anissa’s strength lies in being a connector of people and she enjoys building bridges and partnerships between people and causes.
