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Lorna Anderson is a PMI certified project management professional (PMP) with an extensive and successful career in the design, implementation, and management of complex programs and projects for Fortune 500 companies. Lorna has focused her career in the Information Technology field and has seen many technology changes and seen how technology has enhanced business operations over her 20 year career.  She has started her own company, Greywood Consulting, and is working with her team of experienced project and technology consultants to help businesses operate and use technology efficiently.  Greywood Consulting is located in West Palm Beach, FL but works with global clients and projects.

Katina and Carolyn will explain what the small print and twisted wording that represent life impacting legislative items you will be voting on in November. If you vote or not, you are making a lifetime decision. Why not understand what you are deciding. Listen and Learn.

Victoria Hopps is the President of Hopps Construction Services Inc. and has been serving our local community with great services for over a decade. Airports, Housing Authorities, etc., just to name a few.

Creating jobs for construction workers has been priority to improve economic stimulus. Our time at the Miami-Dade County with the terminal renovations going on for several years gave us the tool and platform at Hopps Construction Services Inc to do just that. Having contracts with Tampa Housing Authority and Polk County Housing Authority has also provided lengthy projects and assignments to keep our families of employees in a comfortable place in their careers.

Hopps Construction Services Inc. is a hugely open-minded business and partnering with distributors that are utilizing materials for construction that are new to our region. We are bringing innovation to construction and creating structures that are more secure than traditional structures. As a general contractor, I was able to secure a contract with the City of Tampa teaching construction through a program of at-risk youth in our communities. Those teachings are then put to the test every Wednesday when my group volunteers with Habitat for Humanity. Some of my students have went on to secure permanent employment in the construction industry.

Victoria Hopps is the chair of a new non-profit for our area of facilitating homes for those in need. Hopps Affordable Housing Corp is a new 501©(3) that is brining together a Board of Directors that can assist the population of qualified individuals with the most important necessity of human needs, which is housing. Through this program our communities will bring dignity, respect, and trust to our neighborhoods and will eventually increase our property values. Becoming a homeowner is a big step for everyone. Educating the applicants with sustainability training will give greater chances to the families participating in the program.

Born and raised in Chicago, Tim Williams is a talented and seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in financial services, and consulting. He brings a wealth of expertise with strengths in areas as business and commercial credit (conventional, SBA, private equity (PE), mergers and acquisitions (M&A)), initial public offerings (IPO), financial reporting systems, investment banking, profit and loss reporting (P&L), and both financial strategy and long term budgetary oversight. Tim has a strong understanding of various markets throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

After spending 20 plus successful years with major financial institutions, and years of experience and priceless industry knowledge, Tim decided to follow his dream to found his own firm. Tim currently operates Fortis Capital Management Group, Inc. Fortis Capital has worked with numerous companies from small scale start-ups to mid-size corporations, offering financial consulting services across an array of industries including logistics, manufacturing, distribution, real estate, retail, and professional services.

As Tim sets his sights on expanding his firm to assist the small to mid-size business market, Fortis has partnered with several banks, financial institutions from Lasalle Street to Wall Street and beyond.

In addition to his executive career, Tim serves on advisory boards and established himself as a community activist. He has partnered with The Ernie Els School of Autism and The Mountaineers School of Autism to raise both awareness and funds. He is deeply committed to the cause of The Game Changers Academy, a not for profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to providing college opportunities to young men.

Over the past decade, Tim has established himself as a leader in his industry and an asset to his community.

The members of NABWIC expected great things to happen in Washington DC at the Congressional Black Caucus conference and they were not disappointed. Wednesday's show will share insights, opportunities and plans.

Entrepreneurship is what wakes me up in the morning. I love the process of building a successful business and helping others build a successful business. I have always had a passion with selling items online. I sold my first item on eBay in 1995, before I could even drive a car. 

I graduated from Texas Tech University with a Business MIS degree in December 2008 and an MBA from Oklahoma State in 2014.

Like most people, I found myself with a heavy burden of student loans and barely able to make the minimum monthly payments. Knowing that I did not want to continue on this path and needing to find a financial solution to paying off my student loan debt. One weekend a friend of mine asked me to sell their used iPhone for them on eBay. It was that situation that gave me an idea to buy used iPhones I found on craigslist and resell them on eBay; it took me 3 months to save $50 to buy my first iPhone off craigslist.

Founded in 2010, Buyer’s Point has grown from selling one iPhone a week on eBay to doing over $1 Million in sales across multiple online platforms. Now specializing in low voltage electric supply.

Ann McNeill is president and owner of MCO Construction & Services, Inc., MCO Consulting, Inc, and Constructively Speaking, Inc. Additionally, she is the founder of the International Mastermind Association and the National Association of Black Women in Construction.  www.nabwic.org

As a life coach McNeill speaks nationally, teaching work-life balance principles that stem from the MasterMind Concept, which she learned from Napoleon Hill’s Think & Grow Rich.  She has been featured in Black Enterprise Magazine and US Today.  She also appeared on ABC’s World News. 

Ann is married to Daniel McNeill.  They have two daughters, Danelle and Ionnie McNeill, and one grandson, Malachi Monroe and a granddaughter Rajah Nia.

Your Host Ersula K.Odom www.sulatoo.com

Ann can be reached at 786-546-0184

Ann McNeill is president and owner of MCO Construction & Services, Inc., MCO Consulting, Inc, and Constructively Speaking, Inc. Additionally, she is the founder of the International Mastermind Association and the National Association of Black Women in Construction.  www.nabwic.org

As a life coach McNeill speaks nationally, teaching work-life balance principles that stem from the MasterMind Concept, which she learned from Napoleon Hill’s Think & Grow Rich.  She has been featured in Black Enterprise Magazine and US Today.  She also appeared on ABC’s World News. 

Ann is married to Daniel McNeill.  They have two daughters, Danelle and Ionnie McNeill, and one grandson, Malachi Monroe and a granddaughter Rajah Nia.

Your Host Ersula K.Odom www.sulatoo.com

Ann can be reached at 786-546-0184

Ann McNeill is president and owner of MCO Construction & Services, Inc., MCO Consulting, Inc, and Constructively Speaking, Inc. Additionally, she is the founder of the International Mastermind Association and the National Association of Black Women in Construction.  www.nabwic.org

As a life coach McNeill speaks nationally, teaching work-life balance principles that stem from the MasterMind Concept, which she learnt from Napoleon Hill’s Think & Grow Rich.  She has been featured in Black Enterprise Magazine and US Today.  She also appeared on ABC’s World News. 

Ann is married to Daniel McNeill.  They have two daughters, Danelle and Ionnie McNeill, and one grandson, Malachi Monroe and a grand daughter Rajah Nia.

Katina McClinton

CEO of Fresh Start Development

With over 50 years of combined experience, flipping over 200 investors properties and completing over 500 residential and commercial projects.

She also the host of NABWIC TALKS Politically Speaking

Your Host Ersula K.Odom www.sulatoo.com

Ann can be reached at 786-546-0184

As the master of the International Mastermind Association, Ann McNeill lives and teaches work-life balance principles, which are values that help people achieve a life style of complete freedom.  Ann McNeill is president and owner of MCO Construction & Services, Inc., MCO Consulting, Inc, Colbert/Ball Tax Franchise, and Constructively Speaking, Inc. Additionally, she is the founder of the International Mastermind Association and the Association of Black Women in Construction.  In terms of volunteerism, McNeill is also the National Treasurer of the Florida Memorial University National Alumni Association. 

Kimle Nailer B.A . is a Life Coach and the founder of Positive S.I.S.T.E.R.S., an organization designed to empower women through Sisterhood.  She began training as a professional life coach in 2006 after many years assisting others as a spiritual advisor in transforming their lives through her intuitive gift of wisdom. 

She has developed a 9-step process for “Welcoming You Back Home” which provides women with guidance to discover their “authentic selves.” She assists you by unveiling your choices in your life, so “you can heal and become real.” 

Kemle is the current national President of NABWIC

Ersula K. Odom is a legacy writer, the author of "At Sula's Feet”, “African Americans of Tampa” and, co-author of The Doris Ross Reddick Story. She is a motivational speaker and portrays Mary McLeod Bethune as a one-person show.  She is the founder of Sula Too, LLC with books published for clients from Georgia to California.

The host of NABWIC Speaks BlogTalk Radio Show.