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Seven Principles CEO Chas Sampson is an Iraq War veteran and the founder of several companies. Monikered after the seven Army values (Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage), Seven Principles empowers veterans transitioning out of the military by assisting with the VA claims process, appeal cases, entrepreneurship, and more.

Before founding Seven Principles, Chas served as a Decision Officer/VA Rater at the United States Department of Veteran Affairs. He then went on to serve at the Pentagon as an Employee and Labor Relations executive at the United States Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. This experience inspired him to advocate for his fellow veterans and prepare them to reenter society with maximized VA benefits and a career plan. As a decision officer, he had denied numerous applications due to minor mistakes that could have been avoided if the applicant had benefited from an expert’s guidance. 

Chas served in the United States Army from 2006-2011. Following the Army, he received an Associate of Arts in Business/Managerial Economics from Pierce College of Fort Steilacoom, a Bachelor of Science in Business Psychology from Washington State University Pullman, and a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership and Human Resources from Argosy University Washington, D.C. After graduating, he worked with members of Congress to promote initiatives for Veterans for Smart Power. Finally, he currently serves as board chairman for the Partnership for Children of Cumberland County, a 502(c)(3) nonprofit that works to improve early childhood education, health, and family support.  www.sevenprinciples.com

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Chris Tuff was one of the first advertisers to work directly with Mark Zuckerberg in 2006 and filmed one of the first “viral” videos, which landed him on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. Tuff’s natural ability to connect with his nearly 80% millennial and Gen Z workforce led him to publish the national bestselling The Millennial Whisperer in 2019. A global movement soon followed as the Atlanta resident shared lessons on empathy and genuine connection at work on some of the largest stages in the world including such Fortune 100 companies as Nike. Check out his website @ www.christuff.me and get social with Chris on IG | FaceBook | Twitter | Linkedin!

Movie Chris references: Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself, you can catch this movie on Hulu or YouTube for streaming or purchasing.

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Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels founded OPSisters, a training, consulting and coaching organization in 2020. They work with companies, teams and individuals interested in improving business performance results through proven lean principles and inclusive cultures.

Their new book: STEEL TOES AND STILETTOS: A True Story of Women Manufacturing Leaders and Lean Transformation Success is written from each of their perspectives—from an executive position with P&L responsibility and from the Lean leader responsible for the transformation. Readers of their book will learn techniques for improving results and engagement at any organization. Advocating that lean transformation and an inclusive culture improves key performance metrics, the authors also show how it enables a work environment that is safe and drives value for the customer.

Shannon Karels is a Senior Operations Manager who has led multiple lean transformations and run operations for two large publicly traded corporations across various industries and business models. She started her career in supply chain management and progressed through lean and operations leadership roles. Through this journey, Shannon has improved cultures in numerous manufacturing facilities by leading employee empowerment and engagement, and building highly successful teams, with a focus on business results. Shannon holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management from Western Michigan University.

Kathy Miller is a Senior Operations Executive who has held numerous global vice president and director roles both in manufacturing and lean enterprise leadership. Kathy is a Shingo Prize Recipient for Large Businesses as a Plant Manager. She started her career in Operations as a 17-year-old co-op student at a vehicle assembly plant, and progressed through engineering, marketing, lean, and operations leadership roles, working for four large publicly traded corporations in executive roles. Kathy is a transformational leader who consistently delivers impressive business results through team development, process discipline, and continuous improvement. Kathy holds a Bachelor’s in Industrial Systems Engineering from Kettering University, MBA from Ball State University and a Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Kathy was inducted into the Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame in 2021. https://opsisters.com/

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Basel “Vasili” Nassar was one of the original founders of Greek Gods Yogurt, which is now a multi-million-dollar brand sold in grocery stores all over the world. After selling that company in a multi-million dollar deal, Basel decided to start another company, Boss Dog Brand, after he adopted a dog named Kelby who refused to eat. Kelby was a picky eater and had digestive issues, so Basel, understanding the yogurt industry, created a yogurt full of probiotics for dogs. Kelby loved it and soon the company began in late 2018.

 Fast forward to now, the Seattle based entrepreneur has now launched more than a dozen health products for dogs and cats at record speed across multiple product segments. What’s interesting is that his sales are doing extremely well despite the pandemic. Basel has a “get market share at all costs attitude” and that strategy is working. Boss Dog is now sold all over the United States and Canada.

 Prior to his founding of Greek God’s, he also was responsible for bringing a Seattle bakery to the attention of Starbucks, which now uses that bakery to provide its baked goods. He also once led record sales numbers in KFC franchises in the Northwest part of the United States. www.bossnationbrands.com

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Cody Lowry’s story is an upbeat and hilarious one. But it wasn’t always that way. His past knew poverty, abandonment, and a family that moved thirty-two times within a seven-year period. Yet today, he’s a Pied Piper of positivity with advice for everyone on how to make each day count.

Cody has been a successful marketer for thirty years, building a multi-million dollar ad agency from scratch. How did he overcome his past to achieve such success? He took on life with a unique perspective, executing bold ideas, making others laugh, and being ever mindful of the little guy.

His advice will delight and inspire you. You’ll read about his travels, his ups and downs, and even how he auditioned for Saturday Night Live. Cody Lowry is a man who’s lived a lot of life and walked the walk, as they say. Now, he’s here to show you the steps to take towards a better life for yourself.

Special Gift, For the First 5 people to email Cody and ask him for a copy of his book, will get a FREE copy of his book: Schmooze. Send your email to: [email protected]

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Schmooze/Cody-Lowry/9781642935158

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Mark Cushing is the founding partner and CEO of the Animal Policy Group and a Stanford honors graduate. A long-time political strategist, government regulatory advisor, corporate executive and former litigator, he focuses his advocacy practice on providing high-level strategic advice and services to clients with needs at any level of government, and key trade/industry associations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. He acts as Trustees Counsel for Lincoln Memorial University and has served as adjunct faculty and lecturer at Lincoln Memorial University, Lewis & Clark College, and the University of Oregon law school. He has the unique job of advancing causes related to pets. He has been featured on CNBC, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Sirius XM Radio and much more. He is based in Scottsdale, AZ.

PET NATION: The Inside Story of How Companion Animals Are Transforming Our Homes, Culture, and Economy (Penguin Random House; September 21, 2021) tells the story of how pets in the last 20 years went from being left out in the cold to being the little spoon in bed with us – and the economic, media, legal, political, and social dramas springing from this cultural transformation and seismic shift.

www.marklcushing.com & www.animalpolicygroup.com

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Heather Carter was born and raised "all over" the West Coast. Heather battle with Leukemia in 2015 prompted her to capture what she refered to as "soul-selfies" — candid snapshots of her inner being. She began writing a reflective series of blog posts while in the hospital. 

Heather writes a lot about the effects of cancer, addiction, and diseases of the soul—conditions like worry, fear, control, comparison, resentment, to name a few.

In addition to being an author and speaker, the Springfield, Illinois resident is also a real estate professional and spent 20 years in ministry as a pastor's wife. Today she and her husband are parents of three grown children.

Her latest book is Soul-Selfie: #NoFilter.

Visit her website:  https://www.heathercarterwrites.com/

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After reading some of Dennis Welch’ work, George Gallup Jr. had this salient advice for him: “Whatever you do, Dennis, be a writer.” During his tenure as VP and Publicity Director at Cave Henricks Communications, Dennis did just that… promoting authors' work and writing and editing many blogs and guest columns for Forbes.com, CNBC.com, Change This, and others. He worked on several bestsellers and established tremendous relationships both with publishers and the media.

Whatever You Do... Be a Writer

He also served as a Senior Staff Writer at The Gallup Organization. Gallup’s Chief Marketing Officer called him “one of the top 5 writers in the company.” He has written a memoir: Rich People Shop Here. And, he has a book about the power of words, titled "So... what are you saying?"

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Dennis is currently the President and CEO of Articulate, a company specializing in PR and Communications. He is excited about helping people with important ideas communicate more clearly and using his experience and relationships to bring attention to their work. www.bearticulate.com

https://welch-words.com/

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Jen Fisher is Deloitte’s first-ever Chief Well-Being Officer, but she used to be a burnt-out employee.

After suffering from anxiety, losing sleep and being perpetually stressed-out, Fisher made the case to her higher-ups how a Chief Well-Being Officer could benefit the company, and they gave her the job.

In her book, WORK BETTER TOGETHER: How to Cultivate Strong Relationships to Maximize Well-Being and Boost Bottom Lines (McGraw-Hill, June 29, 2021), Deloitte’s Chief Well-Being Officer, Jen Fisher and researcher Anh Phillips explore how to build meaningful relationships that improve everyone’s experience on the job.

The authors explain how our increasing dependence on technology is decreasing our connection to people. They discuss why human skills, like relationship-building, empathy, and emotional intelligence, are essential to the future of work, and how trends like remote work and our ‘always on’ culture are increasing isolation and burnout as well as negatively impacting workers’ happiness and engagement.

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Jorge L. Contreras received his law degree from Harvard and teaches intellectual property, science policy, antitrust law and genetics law at the University of Utah. His scholarship has appeared in Science, Nature, NYU Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, and other leading journals. He has been featured on NPR, PRI and BBC radio, and his opinions have been cited by news outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, and Washington Post.

In his riveting new book, THE GENOME DEFENSE: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA (Algonquin Books: October 26, 2021), Jorge L. Contreras, one of the nation's foremost authorities on human genetics law, takes a deep dive into the case, recreating the gripping courtroom drama that unfolded and illuminating the many legal, ethical, and moral layers of the controversy, from the labs and boardrooms of biotech corporations to the protests against government regulation to the lives of the ordinary citizens at risk for cancer who stood the most to lose—or gain—from the outcome.

www.genomedefense.org

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