ELEVATE --- Valda Ford

Get Found on Google and Social Media by Using Top Digital Marketing Strategies

Has your business ever been challenged with a limited marketing budget? Have you wondered where to focus your marketing dollars? Chris N Cheetham-West is an international speaker, author and President of LR Training Solutions. He served in a position at Google where he managed the area of marketing key products. Chris is the author of “Digital Marketing for Results: How to Focus on What Matters.” His career has taken him to 48 states and has conducted presentations for teams in Germany, Canada and France. Helping brands save time and money by utilizing key online tools for results, please welcome Chris N Cheetham-West!

“The Art of Persuasive Speaking in Global Business: Communicating Effectively Beyond Our Cultural Diversity:

A Japanese native, and New Yorker at heart. Natsuyo is an international speaker on global leadership and communication skills, and a former McKinsey strategy consultant. Her global public speaking books are published in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese, and she also co-authored the Amazon bestseller book, “The Success Blueprint” in English with Brian Tracy.  She is a TEDx speaker, 5-time Toastmasters speech contest champion, national finalist in a ballroom Latin dance competition, breast cancer survivor, and proud mom of a 9yr old daughter who’s a figure skater and professional model.

Sofie Katzap, CFO/COO, Lions Regional Center

Phone: 917.282.7935

TITLE: Business Lessons from a Seasoned Professional

Sofie Katzap is an extraordinary woman with a personal story that demonstrates the American dream. Emigrating from Russia to the United States, she developed a 30+ year career in Financial Services where she held multiple executive positions including Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers. During her tenure at Goldman Sachs, Assets Under Management grew from $0 to $30 billion in less than two years. Her career has taken her around the world – serving four years with Salomon Brothers, as Managing Director and the firm’s first Asia Pacific Regional Chief Administrative Officer, based in Hong Kong; she led the firm’s Regional expansion from one Hong Kong representative office with a staff of 40, to 11 offices in eight countries with a full complement of over 500 staff. Ms Katzap is an active member of 100 Women in Finance, Elevate, New York Alternative Investment Roundtable and the Regulatory Compliance Association.

Connect with Sofie on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofie-katzap-1a47053/ and learn more about her current work at http://lionspd.com/

Anu Senan, Host of Heroes of New York Podcast

Phone: 917.434.3149

TITLE: How to Win at Life

SHOR BIO: Anu Senan is a storyteller and winner of two Moth StorySLAMS 2020. She is the host of the podcast Heroes of New York (https://www.anusenan.com/podcast) where she shares the stories of exceptional human beings. Anu will discuss creating your own circumstances, how to find opportunity in every crisis and three strategies to increase your value at work. She is a mom to a creative 9 year old boy who keeps her grounded and busy. She works for UNICEF and lives with her husband and son in New York City.

You can learn more about Anu on her website http://www.anusenan.com

and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/asenan07/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anusenan/ and Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/HeroesofNewYork1/

Ditra Miller, Chief Executive Officer of the Lewisville-Clemmons Chamber of Commerce

Phone: 336.970.5100

TITLE: The Power of Building Business Relationships

Ditra Miller is the Chief Executive Officer of the Lewisville-Clemmons Chamber of Commerce. She focuses daily on building relationships with local businesses and the community, and creating partnerships to develop programs and events that bring value to the chamber members and grow their businesses. Ditra also serves as the Chair of the Guilford County Board of Adjustment, a board member of the Better Business Bureau of Central and Northwest North Carolina, the Chief Innovation Officer of startup media company Carolina Black Media, and Founder and Chief Creative Officer of DitraCreative Media Group.

You can follow Ditra on her website http://lewisville-clemmons.com and

Instagram @lewisvilleclemmonschamber, Facebook @lewisvilleclemmonschamber

and Twitter @lccchamber

Living Our Best Lives!

Valda Ford and Rochelle Rice are two women who have decided that they will take their skills and talents and become who THEY want to be! If you have ever wondered how to transition from what you are doing to what you WANT to do, join in, listen up, and make an action plan. Valda and Rochelle let you know how they are able to do what they love and live big lives. Don’t miss this enlightening session.

www.valdaford.com

www.rochellerice.com

Sindy Martin is the founder of Smartin International, Inc., a premier business professionalism and protocol consulting firm dedicated to helping executives enhance their professionalism, interpersonal skills, and cultural awareness. She is an internationally known speaker, author, trainer and coach. Sindy is the author of Smartin-Up Your Professionalism in 365 Tweets and has appeared on television including CBS, NBC and FOX affiliates.

Your Recipe for Resilience

Becky Sansbury, author of After the Shock, coaches leaders and organizations to navigate crisis while continuing their work. After serving as a hospice chaplain for 14 years, and then a personal guide to leaders in crisis, Becky distilled her observations into 7 common elements of resilience. Becky provides fresh perspectives and practical tools designed to re-establish normality in abnormal times.

Cassandra Durham is an African American faith-based candle maker who creates moments of peace and clarity for stressed-out women. Her products have been received with high acclaim. She tells us her story of finding her purpose and becoming a successful entrepreneur.

Teresa Perez Ceccon has been teaching dance for over 25 years. She teaches Simonson technique classes and Simonson Method of Teacher Training in and around New York City and travels each year to Europe and Canada to conduct Simonson pedagogy and dance technique workshops.

Certified in Simonson Method of Teacher Training, 1997, Teresa has taught Simonson Technique at Dance New Amsterdam, formerly Dance Space Center, since 1997. She is also a teacher of Simonson Method of Teacher Training, assisting Lynn Simonson, since 2003. Teresa is also an active teacher of Yoga and Pilates.

A native New Yorker, Teresa earned a BA in Theatre/Dance from Queens College, where she later taught Dance as an Adjunct Professor for over 10 years. She was also an adjunct professor of Jazz dance at Hofstra University and a movement teacher at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Teresa has been invited as a guest artist to many art centers and institutions, including Montclair State University, Barnard College, University of Tennessee, Sarah Lawrence College, Centenary University, Middlesex County College and Manhattanville College.