ChangeMakers

In this position, his region consistently earned the VIP Award for top production and management.  He was honored as the Fort Worth Star Telegram’s 2001, 2006 and 2007 Front Page Award Winner by the Fort Worth Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. In 2007 he was honored with the National Association and Financial Advisor Career Service award.

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, John earned his BBA from Texas Wesleyan University, where he was recipient of the Wall Street Journal’s Achievement Award for excellence in the field of Business.

He entered the insurance business as an independent agent in 1972 and earned many company awards.  In 1975 accepting a position as Regional Vice President with Time Insurance he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  He was promoted to Director of Agencies in 1982 with primary responsibilities for the sales force of over 50,000 agents.  In 1985 he returned to his home state of Texas and assumed his former position.

He served as the National Committeeman on the Board of the Fort Worth Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors for over 25 years. He also served as President of both the Fort Worth (2004-2005) and Wichita Falls Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (1989-90).  He served on the board of both the Texas Association of Health Underwriters and Texoma Health Underwriters of Wichita Falls.

Mr. Park was a feature speaker at the 1990 National Convention of the National Association of Health Underwriters.  He has served as an LUTC moderator since 1985 for Business Insurance, Disability Income, Professional Growth, The Dynamics of Group Insurance, Long Term Care and Medicare Supplements.

He was a registrant in The 1973 Edition of Outstanding Young Men in America and 1982 Edition of Who’s Who in Finance and Industry.  Registrant in the 1990 Edition of Who’s Who in Southwest and 1992 Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America. 2005 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church and Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals.

John is active in Troop 75 and Venture Crew 75.  He has served on the Executive board of The Longhorn Council of Boy Scouts of America for over 25 years. He was awarded The Silver Beaver Award (one of the highest awards given to an adult in Scouting) and the Order of the Arrows Founders Award.  He is a Vigil member in the Order of the Arrow.  

John and his wife Julie have two sons Jeremy (age 42) and Jeff (age 39). Julie and John live in Weatherford, Texas.,

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Today, constant and never-ending innovation in the face of change is the key to creating sustainable success. Innovation, simply put, is the transformation or reinvention of something in a progressive, forward-moving direction. Therefore, our ability to reinvent—or pivot—is critical to lasting and meaningful change and success. Imagine the possibility to be better equipped to not just navigate, but utilize change to create new opportunities and achieve maximum performance in your business and life.

No one knows more about pivoting, reinvention/innovation, and lasting personal, professional and business growth than Adam. His latest best-selling book is entitled, PIVOT: The Art & Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life. Adam was most recently CEO of New Peaks, North America 's largest human potential company, and now leads More Love Media, a company dedicated to empowering individuals and businesses to re-imagine, refocus, and capitalize on change in order to thrive in a world where constant disruption is the "new normal”.

Since 2008, Adam has trained and led programs around the globe, including Australia, Asia, Europe, Canada, and the United States, in the areas of business and entrepreneurship, resilience, leadership, transformation, relationships, and speaker mastery.

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When reflecting on the leadership qualities that landed her the presidency at STCC, Dr. Tracy D. Hall describes herself as results-oriented, a “people person,” and someone passionate about urban communities. “I want to get things done,” she emphasizes. “And making sure people have a voice at the table. They may not be able to physically be there, but they need a representative. When making decisions that impact people, you have to consider those people. If you haven’t walked in their shoes, how can you make those decisions?”

“There’s a spirit of collaboration I’ve felt in Memphis,” she says. “People are looking to get things done in an environment where people want things to happen. That’s critical. I’ve been places where there’s a need, but not that sense of urgency among other leaders. There may be a sense of denial. Memphis seems to get it. There are a lot of great things going on, but we can be better.”

Learn more about Southwest Tennessee Community College here: http://www.tn.edu/

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As Vaco Nashville’s Managing Partner, Kyle Allen oversees their Music City team and its day-to-day operations. He puts his heart and soul into making sure every one of their corporate clients gets the attention and service they promise and then some. He believes – and exemplifies- the idea that you don’t gain clients when everything is going great; it’s when you rush in to handle a crisis that you’re truly of service. He also plays a hands-on role in placing rockstar consultants in Accounting and Corporate Finance projects.

Kyle is a self-described “recovering” Certified Public Accountant, having started his career with the Nashville office of Ernst & Young. In 2012, Vaco made the brilliant decision to recruit him, and it’s been a match made in heaven ever since. He took the reins as managing partner in 2017 following years of dedicated effort and measurable success for their clients.

A Murfreesboro, Tennessee native, Kyle earned both his B.S. in Accounting-cum laude and Masters of Accountancy from the University of Tennessee- Knoxville.  He is actively involved with several community organizations, sitting on the board of directors for both Safe Haven Family Shelter and Association for Capital Growth (ACG). He volunteers his time at Fellowship Bible Church, is an active member of the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants, coaches a variety of youth sports, and dreams of someday breaking par in golf. Kyle and his wife Courtney have put down roots in Brentwood, TN, and miraculously keep up with the sports scheduling matrix for their three children, Paxton, Caitlin, and Blake.

Learn more: https://www.vaco.com/recruiting-office-locations/nashville-tennessee-recruiting/nashville-recruiting-team/kyle-allen/

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Unsure of his future, Anderson fell into a deep depression. During this time, he had no choice but to ask himself some difficult questions and do a tremendous amount of soul searching. Finally after many months of darkness, Marcus had an epiphany.

This caused a huge personal paradigm shift allowing him to see his injury as a wakeup call. This gift of adversity served as the catalyst Marcus needed to change his mindset and therefore, his life. The lessons learned from his endeavor revealed Marcus's purpose and drives him to spread his message today.

Learn more: https://www.marcusaureliusanderson.com/

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Prior to becoming CEO, Shadyac served as the chairman and president of the ALSAC Board of Directors. Shadyac joined the Board in 2000, and in addition to leading the Board, he has served as the vice chair and has been active on a number of Board committees, including Finance, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Building and Special Events.

A practicing attorney for 27 years, Shadyac worked as a partner in the Washington D.C./Northern Virginia law firm, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell, LLP. He had led the firm’s Virginia offices located in Falls Church.

Shadyac has been a member of the Arlington and Fairfax County Bar Associations, the District of Columbia Bar, the American Bar Association, the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. He earned a B.A. in political science from Marquette University and a law degree from Loyola University in Chicago.

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In 2012, Mary Latham was sitting at her desk in NYC reading the news on the Sandy Hook School shooting when a co-worker told her about an act of kindness that had happened to him. A random man had bought a $100 gift card at the Starbucks across the street and asked the barista to run it out on the line behind him.

Mary's co-worker was in that line. He had been having a horrible year and the expression on his face as he told her this made her realize how much of an impact this act of kindness had on him. Mary spoke to her mother about the story later that morning, and then had quickly switched over to the shooting. She had politely interrupted, saying...

"You have to focus on that other story you just told me. Think about that man who just made so many people's day by buying them a coffee. There is always going to be horrible and tragic things that happen but there will always be more good out there, you just have to look for it."

That conversation sparked a project. A friend and Mary would compile stories like these and highlight them on Facebook. They called it The GrAttitude Project. Eleven days after that launch Mary's mother would go to the hospital for surgery related to her cancer. She would be told that she had a few hours, maybe days, left to live. That would begin the worst week of Mary's life. A week spent in a hospital waiting room surrounded by hopelessness. She would pass away that Friday 3.1.13, at 12:21 a.m.

It was on that day that Mary would decide to create something in her honor. A type of book. Stories of hope. Inspiration. Something beautiful she could put in these hospital waiting rooms to help others who would wait after me. A book to show them that even though there was so much sadness, so much heartbreak, so much bad...there would always be more good.

We just had to look for it.

So on October 29, 2016, Mary packed up her mother's old blue Subaru, and took off on a 50 state road trip to compile stories of human kindness.

Currently, Mary has traveled to 43 states, 136 homes, and over 38,000 miles.

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