Past Speakers for January-December 2022

JAN 05-FEB 09	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

FEB 16	Dan Wolf,
	Broker/President/Owner, Wolf Realty, Inc.
	Dan Wolf founded Wolf Realty in February, 2004. Before that, Dan had accumulated 10 years of broad based real estate experience prior to founding his own brokerage, having spent his first year in the business with a local real estate firm, followed by 9 years with one of the major brokerage companies. Land, its enjoyment, intrinsic value, and use, has been one of Dan’s passions for a large part of his life, leading to a career in his cherished profession. Wolf Realty does not advocate land uses that would harm neighboring property owners and is committed to quality development in our county. Dan and the Wolf Realty team believe this philosophy demonstrates the ‘Golden Rule’ principle and is also in accord with our United States Constitution.

FEB 23-MAR 09	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

MAR 16	Shawn McNeely,
	Realtor, Virtual Properties Realty
	In his experience as a Cumming real estate professional, Shawn has found that providing the very best service is essentially about putting his clients first. Integrity, in-depth community and market knowledge, marketing savvy, effective negotiation skills and a high- quality network are hallmarks of how Shawn works, and he strives to keep himself accessible, being a good listener and responding quickly to his client's needs. Shawn leads a team of more than twenty-five Real Estate professionals at Virtual Properties Realty, Georgia Home Team (GHT). Prior to his position with VPR, Shawn has worked as Territory Account Manager for Corus360, was a Senior Account Manager with ProSys Information Systems, the National Enterprise Account Manager SE for PCM Enterprise, and National Account Manager/Outside Sales for Relational Technology Solutions.

MAR 23-MAY 04	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

MAY 11	John Wichmann,
	Founder & Managing Partner, Top Sail Advisors
	With over 20 years in consulting and technology, John has worked with organizations of all sizes and across multiple industries to unlock value and capitalize on opportunities. Most recently, John was a co-founder, COO, and investor in Maptician, a cloud based workplace management solution. The product launched in late 2019 to drive improved workplace visibility and analytics. Through Panels, Webinars, and direct interaction, John has spoken to hundreds of companies on topics ranging from Return-to-Office, Hybrid Work Models, and future office strategies to increase employee engagement and improve retention, while still realizing cost reduction goals related to real estate costs per employee. In addition, John has worked directly with over 40 organizations over the past 18 months to plan and implement their Return-to-Office and shift to Hybrid Work Models. John received his degree from Georgia Tech in Industrial and Systems Engineering and lives in Alpharetta with his wife and three sons.

MAY 18-JULY 06	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

JULY 13	Mike Morris,
	Vice President in the Business Consulting Group, EPAM
	Mike has over 28 years of consulting experience, having started with Andersen Consulting (Accenture). He enjoyed 15 years with North Highland where he led the Atlanta office and served as a Group Vice President. Mike was also co-founder and CEO of Broadgreen Solutions, which he led from 2015 through the integration of the Broadgreen team with EPAM in 2020. While Mike’s day job is in management consulting, his calling is to be a workplace ministry. His passion for workplace ministry started with his involvement with High Tech Ministries where he serves on the board of directors and is the next person up to be president of the ministry. Mike previously served as President of the Notre Dame Alumni Club of Atlanta, board member of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), board member of Hands of Love US, and advisory board member for Career Spa. He graduated from Notre Dame with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science.

JUL 20-AUG 03	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

AUG 10	Jim Hensley,
	Business Development Manager for a top 20 national mortgage lender
	For the past four years, he held the position of National Client Relations Executive for Property Sciences, a full service appraisal and consulting firm. Prior to that, Jim was Division Sales Manager, Guaranty Trust Mortgage subsidiary of Volunteer State Bank. Jim provided strategic leadership for 8 account executives in the eastern half of the country. His team generated over $100 million in residential loan production per month from 25 states. In his 35+ years in the mortgage banking field, he has had executive sales level positions for national lending platforms with financials companies such as Fireman Fund, Pittsburgh National Bank, Regions Bank and Fifth Third Bank resulting in $40 Billion in loan production. He is a past board member of North Georgia Children’s Center, a published author and 10 gallon blood donor. Jim holds a BS degree in Business Administration with a Finance Major from The Ohio State University. He has completed MBA courses at Wright State University and Eastern Michigan University. Jim is also a Board Member for Family Promise of Forsyth County and will be the upcoming Lay Director for the North Georgia Walk To Emmaus Community.

AUG 17-SEPT 07	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

SEPT 14	John Davis,
	Cox Communications
	John has worked for Cox Communications for the last four years. He founded and built a work measurement team for Cox focused on increasing productivity and efficiency across the enterprise. John’s team has identified over 300 process improvement recommendations and multi-million-dollar operating expense savings to-date. John previously worked in consulting and retired from the U.S. Army at the rank of Colonel, Corps of Engineers. He has a B.S. from Texas A&M University, M.B.A. from Georgia Southern University, and holds professional certifications as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Project Management Professional (PMP). John also serves part-time as a missionary and area director for North Georgia with Man in the Mirror. Man in the Mirror is a national Christian ministry whose vision is for every church to disciple every man. John is passionate about helping churches develop a discipleship pathway for men in our broken and hurting world.

SEPT 21 -OCT 05	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

OCT 12	Chris Roberts,
	President of GPR Sales, Inc. & Partner of Direct Face2Face, LLC
	Chris has had a career generally focused on the revenue side business by creating and implementing marketing strategies. Chris has been involved in a wide variety of industries filling the role of senior management, ownership and consulting. Those industries include, packaging, printing, software, and direct sales. Due to receiving a vison 40 years ago, Chris has been focused on helping individuals understand their journey of faith. This is explained in his course called The Journey of 5 Gates. His most recent project is towritemystory.com which is a strategy for local churches to assist both members and the community to write their life stories, to be passed on to our children and the generations to come.

OCT 19-NOV 02	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

NOV 09	Joe L. Burchfield, Jr.,
	Real Estate Agent, Virtual Properties Realty
	Joe has been a licensed real estate agent in Georgia for 15 years and is currently on staff as one of the dozen brokers for Virtual Properties Realty. Joe's background is in sales, having worked as a Regional Sales manager for a manufacturer in the sporting goods industry in the 90’s, and he was then a Market Manager for Industrial Fabrics/textiles prior to getting his Real Estate license. Joe and his wife have a son in college and they sing on the praise team at One Heart Church in Norcross.

NOV 16-DEC 07	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.

DEC 14	Stacy M. Jarrard,
	Sheriff, Lumpkin County
	Stacy started working for the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office in 1988 after a brief time in law enforcement in Dawson and Forsyth County. Stacy wanted to return to Lumpkin County, where he was born and raised, to serve the citizens there and in 2009 he became the Lumpkin Sheriff with a goal of making the County Sheriff’s Office the most professional agency possible for the citizens of Lumpkin County. In July 2010, the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office became the 14th in the State (out of 159 Sheriff’s Offices) to achieve State Certification. Sheriff Jarrard attributes the great success of the Sheriff’s Office to the hard work and dedication of the employees. Stacy lives in Lumpkin County with his wife, Rebecca, and their three children, McKenzie, Brianna, and Luke. He has received several awards for his role as Sheriff and has served on numerous boards in the county.

DEC 21	Open Mic
	Testimonies by luncheon attendees.