Paula Marshall is the CEO of the Bama Companies, Inc, which manufactures oven-ready products for customers in the quick-service and casual restaurant industry and private label products for retail in more than 17 countries. As CEO, Paula provides strategic leadership and direction to the entire organization. Her vision stands as a beacon for Bama team members, inspiring the organization to achieve the Bama mission – “People Helping People Be Successful". Paula is the author of four books, including Finding the Soul of Big Business. Paula will give tips on how to make work fulfilling and productive. She will touch upon how people, especially the employees and customers are the reason for business and how employees who understand this theme will succeed. 

ABOUT PAULA MARSHALL

As Bama’s Chief Executive Officer, Paula provides strategic leadership and direction to the entire organization. Her vision stands as a beacon for Bama team members, inspiring the organization to achieve the Bama mission – “People Helping People Be Successful”. Paula assumed responsibility as CEO of the Bama Companies in 1984, which now includes Bama Pie, Bama Foods, Bama Frozen Dough, Beijing Bama and Bama Europa. Under her leadership, Bama has expanded to provide a wide variety of frozen desserts and baked goods to fast food chains and casual and family dining restaurants. Paula received her Bachelor of Science in business from Oklahoma City University (OCU) in 1982, and her PhD in commercial science, also from OCU, in 1993. Paula is the author of four books and believes all business people must embrace both entrepreneurship and management to succeed.

https://thepaulamarshall.com/story/ 

Nathan Estrada is the Vice President of Clinical at Nymbl, an evidence-based fall prevention program, for older adults to improve their quality of life by enhancing their balance. Nathan discusses how Nymbl is making strides with modern innovation and dual-tasking to prevent one million falls. He outlines a personalized 10-minute-per-day at-home program that exercises and improves your body and brain.

ABOUT NATHAN ESTRADA

Nathan is the Vice President of Clinical for Nymbl Science. Nymbl is a company dedicated to bringing lasting solutions to older adults through balance training and modern technology. After earning a bachelor's degree in biology from Abilene Christian University, he earned a master's degree in physical therapy from the University of Colorado. He later earned his MBA in Business Administration. 

https://www.sellersdorsey.com/who-we-are/our-team/nathan-estrada/ 

Dr. Donna Marks has been a licensed psychotherapist and addictions counselor for over thirty years. She is also a certified gestalt therapist, psychoanalyst, hypnotist, sex therapist, and teaches A Course in Miracles, along with sharing her methods with hundreds of thousands of listeners on podcasts and radio shows. She will discuss her upcoming book Exit the Maze: One Addiction, One cause, One Solution. where she teaches people how to replace addiction with love, allowing love to guide you through the maze of addiction and back to living your best life. Her most recent book, Exit the Maze: One Addiction, One cause, One Solution.

ABOUT DR DONNA MARKS

In 1989, Dr. Marks developed a chemical dependency training program at Palm Beach Community College, which has grown into a four-year degree and received the Florida Governor’s Council Award. No matter what someone is addicted to—alcohol, prescription or illegal drugs, smoking, working, gambling, and so forth—loving yourself is the key to recovery. This doesn’t mean the road is easy or a few acts of self-care will do the trick; the journey to true self-love includes delving deep into your past trauma to understand where your addiction began, addressing those fear-based traumas with compassion and forgiveness. Marks believes every addiction is a substitute for love. 

https://drdonnamarks.com/about/ 

Barbara Becker has spent the last 25 years collaborating with human-rights activists all over the world to promote order, stability, and interreligious understanding. She has worked with the United Nations, Human Rights First, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and Bangladesh's Grameen Bank to promote human rights, women's health, education, and economic empowerment.She will discuss her new book Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind, Where she dives deep into the question of (Can we live our lives more fully knowing some day we will die?)

ABOUT BARBRA BECKER 

Barbra Becker is an ordained interfaith minister who works to bridge the gap between the sacred and the secular. Barbara speaks on a variety of topics, including deepening our sense of meaning and spirituality, as well as career pivots in the middle. Prior to that, she taught communications for social change at Columbia for ten years. Barbara volunteers on a hospice floor, becomes a keen observer of the various ways people find meaning at the end of life. Her love for talking with people from various spiritual backgrounds about what is most important in their lives and how they can make a difference.

https://barbarabecker.com/ 

Guests are Tina Santos, the Director of Marketing, and Kaleigh Perkins, Chief Program Officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island and the Big Sisters Fund, collectively known as BBBSRI. The two 501(c)3 non-profit organizations have one mission: To create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. hey will discuss how Big Brothers Bigs Sisters of Rhode Island creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships, how they partner with parents/guardians, volunteers and others in the community and how they embrace diversity and a spirit of cooperation.

 ABOUT BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER RI

Big Brothers Bigs Sisters of Rhode Island creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships, how they partner with parents/guardians, volunteers and others in the community and how they embrace diversity and a spirit of cooperation. They're is a non-profit organization committed to making a difference in the lives of young people by providing children in our communities with professionally trained and supported adult mentors. With the help of our volunteer mentors, BBBSRI helps children understand and realize their full potential as they grow to be all they can be. With the help and support of their "Bigs", children ("Littles") are encouraged to overcome adversity, proudly recognize their strengths, and work to become better individuals every day of their lives.

https://bigsri.org/about 

Ed McDonough is a nationally recognized Email Marketing Consultant, creator of the Quantum Email Marketing Platform and the author of the Amazon Best Selling books, Client Acquisition Marketing and Build And Monetize Your Email List. Ed is the founder and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of ECE Marketing Services. He will discuss his newest book Client Acquisition Marketing: the authentic five stage system that allows you to consistently generate more leads and convert them into new clients, faster and with less effort.

ABOUT ED MC DONOUGH 

Ed McDonough is a marketing strategist, direct response copywriter, and the founder of ECE Marketing Services, LLC (est. 2009), and headquartered in New Bern, NC. With over two decades of entrepreneurial success, Ed has built a reputation as a sought-after advisor for business owners and executives who want to create effective marketing systems that attract high-value clients, increase revenue, and maximize profitability. Author of five books on marketing strategy including the Amazon Best Sellers: Build And Monetize Your Email List, Client Acquisition Marketing, and Leveraging Buyer Psychology for Copywriters, Ed's thought leadership and unique ability to craft persuasive copy that captivates and converts, has helped struggling companies achieve measurable results.Since 2001 Ed has been a successful entrepreneur and multi-business owner who has a unique talent for developing and implementing winning email marketing campaigns,In addition to his business owner experience, Mr. McDonough spent over 25 years as a top-level Information Technology professional and Project Management Consultant in Corporate America, making him well versed in all facets of the business environment. In addition, for over 14 years Ed has been a certified Business Coach (Coaches Institute International) who has helped business owners across various industries develop and implement marketing strategies which consistently deliver a positive ROI. 

https://ecemarketingservices.com/about.php 

Dr. Sandra Musial, a pediatrician and practiced pediatric medicine for 24 years, transitioned over to the field of Food as Medicine. She is passionate about teaching adults the importance of food in relation to health, both as it pertains to causing so many of the western diseases our country faces today, but also how getting back to home-cooked whole plant-based meals can fuel the body with the nutrients it needs to heal itself. Dr. Musial will discuss the The Plant Docs signature program, a month-long Jumpstart Your Health program to improve health in just one month.

ABOUT DR SANDRA MUSIAL

Dr. Sandra Musial is passionate about teaching adults the importance of food in relation to health, both as it pertains to causing so many of the western diseases our country faces today, but also how getting back to home-cooked whole plant-based meals can fuel the body with the nutrients it needs to heal itself. Dr. Musial started Plant Docs in 2019 along with Drs Lee and Stein, which is a non-profit organization. They also provide private MD Nutrition consultations, plant-based cooking classes, and a nutrition program just for cancer survivors. The Plant Docs programs provide high quality evidence-based education to folks looking to improve their health through food. The programs focus mostly on nourishing plant-based foods that are unprocessed in their most whole form, without added oils or sugars. Dr. Musial will discuss the The Plant Docs signature program, a month-long Jumpstart Your Health program to improve health in just one month. Sandra has been a physician for over 25 years, now specializing in Food as Medicine, dedicated to preserving health and reversing lifestyle-related chronic disease through whole, plant-based nutrition. Sandy co-founded and runs the nonprofit Plant Docs as an avenue for adults to learn about the power of plant-based nutrition to improve health. Sandy studied Nutritional Sciences in college then earned her MD degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Sandy worked in a primary care practice, taught residents at the medical school at Brown University, and started an Obesity Clinic. Though she has witnessed the healing power of conventional medicine, she has also seen its limitations, especially with regard to disease prevention through healthy nutrition. She obtained the following additional training: a Culinary Coaching certificate from Harvard’s CHEF Coaching program, a certificate in Plant Based Nutrition from eCornell, and a Health Coaching certificate from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Sandy is board certified in Pediatrics, Obesity Medicine, and is in the process of becoming board certified in Lifestyle Medicine.  

https://plantrician.org/places/united-states/rhode-island/providence/medical-nutrition/sandra-musial-md/ 

Vicki Dobbs is a spiritual Entrepreneur, teacher, coach and storyteller. She is the author of Get Off the Shelf, Choose you first, You Have a Right to be Happy a book about how we, especially as women, set ourselves aside in service to everybody and everything else in our lives except ourselves. Vicki will discuss through personal story and metaphor how women are not alone in their busy worlds, how they can carve out time for themselves and not be selfish or feel selfish or guilty.

ABOUT VICKI DOBBS 

As the founder of Wisdom Evolution and head cheerleader for The You First Revolution, Vicki Dobbs brings 40 years of entrepreneurial experience into her spiritual writing and work. For the past two decades, she has been helping people navigate their lives and business in a way that allows them to gift the world the best of themselves. Using her best-selling books, courses, personal work with individuals and speaking to groups, she endeavors to inspire others to create their lives intentionally using ancient wisdom techniques and tools combined with modern modalities in experiential classes, ceremony, sacred art, and story. Vicki's goal is to see everyone walk in beauty and balance every day of their lives empowered by the voice of their own authentic truth. 

https://vickidobbs.com/about-vicki/ 

Lise Pape is the Founder of Walk With Path, a leading smart insole utilizing their leading AI gait analysis to improve the health and lives of older people worldwide.This is a first-of-its-kind medical device – Path Feel – a smart insole which aims to improve mobility for older people suffering from chronic conditions such as Parkinson’s. Lise will discuss the mission of Walk with Path to create inclusive innovations that make a positive impact and products to empower people to take charge and move forward.

ABOUT LISE PAPE

Lise founded Walk With Path in 2014, based on her developments during Innovation Design Engineering, and her personal experience with Parkinson’s suffered by her father. Lise Pape received Innovate UK's Women in Innovation Award in 2020/21 among 40 female entrepreneurs making the world of 2021 a better place. Lise holds a BSc in Human Biology from King’s College London and a double master's MA/MSc in Innovation Design Engineering from Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art. 

https://www.walkwithpath.com/pages/about 

Leslie Farin, founder and publisher of 50Plus Today, is a Senior Marketing Expert and creative leader in the aging space. 50Plus Today is a top-rated online senior lifestyle magazine that features a wide variety of inspiring articles to entertain and educate the fastest growing population of Americans aged 50+ and their families. Growing older is a privilege, and our later years are a great time to figure out and achieve what we want from life without the uncertainty that followed us in our earlier years. Many people decide during this time to make changes in their lives in pursuit of their happiness, health, and overall well-being. 50Plus-Today seeks to answer all the questions you didn’t even know you had about this new phase of your life! The publication helps to build community for the 50+ population & provide targeted advertising opportunities for senior related businesses. Leslie Farin will discuss the content in 50Plus Today including needs, issues and inspiration for the 50 Plus population.

ABOUT LESLIE FARIN

Leslie is particularly dedicated to helping create a safe and equally accessible world for all. Recognizing the need to remove barriers that limit participation and increase isolation for individuals with disabilities—especially the elderly—Leslie actively seeks solutions to address these challenges. In 2016, Leslie designed and built a mostly accessible vacation rental in Hill Country, Texas, to promote intergenerational travel and inclusivity. Upon entering the 50 Plus age group, Leslie experienced firsthand the many physical and emotional changes that accompany this stage of life and understood that others must feel the same. This realization led Leslie to combine a background in healthcare and marketing with a passion for helping others navigate the second half of life as well, if not better, than the first.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliefarin/