Association Experts
Gene Veno, President of Gene G. Veno & Associates
Gene G. Veno established Veno & Associates in 1989 when he relocated to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from Scranton, Pennsylvania after serving in public office. Veno was a Public School Director and Chairman of the Government Study Commission and made a bid for Mayor of Scranton in 1981, losing by a close margin - less than 1% of the vote in the General Election. After public service, Mr. Veno accepted a state wide position with Governor Dick Thornburgh and would soon thereafter create a governmental lobbying firm where he would represent many health care trade associations.
As Gene G. Veno & Associates grew, Mr. Veno developed a specialty niche in representing many allied health care providers on both a state and national level. Veno has also represented Doctors of Podiatric Medicine, Doctors of Psychology, Pharmacists, insurance companies, and nutritional retail chains and many corporate boards. In addition to the lobby and consulting practice, Mr. Veno was an adjunct professor at Lebanon Valley College and Harrisburg Area Community College where he taught marketing and business management classes.
John D. Murr, CPA
E-mail: jmurr@sagerswisher.com
Position: Audit and Tax Partner
John D. Murr, CPA has been an audit and tax partner based out of our Lancaster office since 1988 and has over 25 years experience in public accounting. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Millersville University. He is the audit partner responsible for all the nonprofit audits of the firm. He has extensive experience in auditing and accounting for nonprofit organizations as well as information technology consulting, reviewed and compiled financial statements, income tax preparation, and internal control review.
His tax and accounting experience includes construction contractors, wholesale distributors, manufacturers, professional practices as well as other commercial entities and individuals.
John is responsible for a number of the single audits prepared under OMB Circular A-133. He attends numerous PICPA seminars on accounting and auditing and has completed the professional education requirements to comply with Government Auditing Standards. He has also served on numerous nonprofit boards and currently serves on the Long's Park Amphitheater Foundation Board. He is a member of both the Pennsylvania and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Dr. Susan Biali, M.D.
It's no wonder that Flamenco dancing appealed to Dr. Susan Biali, internationally recognized medical doctor, media wellness expert, speaker, life coach and author. In her heart, as within all of us, is the freedom of the gypsy. In her quest to free herself from depression and poor health, Dr. Biali chose not to adhere to societal norms and logical career paths. Today, she fuses her passion for dance with her voice to inspire and educate others, speaking and dancing for audiences across North America.
Dr. Biali holds a Doctorate of Medicine and a Bachelor’s of Science in Dietetics from the University of British Columbia. She has received numerous academic and personal awards, most recently the Woman of Worth Award in Health & Wellness. She has appeared in national print media such as Self, Cosmopolitan, Fitness, Hello! and the Chicago Tribune and had a “Food for Thought” column for the past 8 years in The Medical Post, educating physicians and health professionals across Canada about nutrition. Currently she blogs for PsychologyToday.com, is a “Health Maven” and “Top Health Blogger” for Wellsphere.com and an expert for HealthyCanada.com. She is also a professional spokesperson, educating the public about nutrition and other elements of health. Click here for full bio.
Holly K. Soffer, Esq.
Holly Soffer has been practicing law since 1987 and is dedicated to providing cost effective, personalized legal service to individuals as well as businesses and nonprofit organizations. She counsels businesses in corporate matters, real estate, zoning, managing litigation, and lobbying and legislative matters. Holly is the counsel for a national association of public insurance adjusters, and is always interested in helping businesses and individuals achieve success. Contact: hk.soffer2@verizon.net (215)-244-1045
Ronald L. Calhoon
Raised in a union household lead by a father that served as President of a National Labor union for thirty years, Ronald L. Calhoon practices exclusively representing employees in workers' compensation proceedings with passion for protecting the rights of employees. Immediately after graduating from law school, he served as an attorney/advisor for the United States Department of Labor, where he wrote decisions on litigated workers' compensation claims for an Administrative Law Judge. Following his training with the Department of Labor and for the last twenty-two years, he has successfully represented thousands of individuals seeking benefits under the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act.
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Julie Walker
Julie is the owner of Walker Business Solutions and dedicates her energies to providing professional meeting management services. Julie is an independent meeting planner and has the skills and expertise to plan everything from small board meetings, seminars or client appreciation events, to statewide conferences and national meetings.
Julie has gathered a broad range of meeting industry experience over the past twenty years. Her career began as a national sales manager with the Charleston, South Carolina Convention & Visitors Bureau, and has come full circle as a full-time independent meeting planner.
Julie has planned and managed national conferences throughout the United States, as well as statewide and regional meetings. Her meeting planning skills include RFP development and site selection process, contract negotiations, marketing and promotion, registration services, comprehensive logistics planning and on-site meeting/event management.
Julie is active in the meetings industry community and has developed an extensive resource network that benefits all of her clients. She is passionate about the industry and is fully dedicated to delivering meetings that make a lasting and positive impression on her clients’ meeting attendees and business associates. Let’s Meet! julie@jwalkersolutions.com (717) 697-5511
George Sackandy
George Sackandy is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Intelmarx, LLC. Intelmarx, LLC assists clients with the development of strategic business needs. George’s specialties include organizational development, organizational effectiveness, culture change, process improvement, leadership development, training, cultural integration, business/human growth & development, and developing strategic partnerships. A strategic thinker and marketer who understands that good creative means deliver bottom line results; he is steeped in an appreciation for the value of data management and analysis as measurably effective means for honing and targeting messaging. The result has been leadership work in the development of our abilities to empower client direct marketing with breakthrough technologies and increasingly predictive success. Before Intelmarx, LLC, George was a senior executive with a Fortune 500 company.
Leonard J. Hubert
Leonard Hubert is president of L Hubert & Associates, a consulting service firm that specializes in community and public relations and governmental affairs
Mr. Hubert has over two decades of dedicated service and experience in public sector administration and most recently served as Director of External Affairs and Economic Opportunity in the Office of the Governor. In addition, Mr. Hubert serves as a member of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, Ohio Agricultural Council, Granville Township Board of Zoning Appeals, Granville Township Open Space Committee, Granville Education Foundation, Licking County Tax Incentive Review Council, Community Mental Health and Recovery Board of Licking & Knox Counties, Ohio Cancer Research Associates and the Ohio 4-H Foundation Board.
Leonard is an alumnus of Alabama A & M University where he earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees.
Pam Limoge
Pam Limoge has a widely varied background. She comes from a family where everyone is self-employed in various types of businesses. However, Pam chose to go to work for corporate America after college. During her 20+ years at a Fortune 500 company, she negotiated multi-million dollar contracts, managed regional systems and processes, and was an integral part of the corporate audit processes. As a result, she gained an intimate knowledge of small business AND huge business. Pam attributes her success to mastering the creation of win-win scenarios, as they are self-perpetuating.
She took her knowledge and skills and invested them into her own venture, Take Charge Today, which helps individuals and businesses generate passive income. As a lifelong student of a wide variety of wealth coaches, Pam had learned that a passive income allows people to spend more time doing the things they enjoy doing with the people they want to be with. They can volunteer their time and other resources, without concerning themselves with making money. They can truly have their time and money working for them rather than vice versa. Pam specializes in helping health care professionals as well as nonprofit organizations.
Sylvia Hepler
Building people...building businesses.
Sylvia Hepler, Owner and President of Launching Lives, is an executive and career coach/adviser based in South Central Pennsylvania. She connects with clients primarily by phone with in-between emails if desired.
Her ideal clients are senior level corporate executives and nonprofit executive directors who are willing to commit to working steadily and diligently to move from their current status of stuckness to greater clarity, improved self-confidence, increased skill, and deeper sense of purpose. Her mission is to support executives as they solve problems, develop leadership skills, and increase balance in their lives.
Ms. Hepler's background includes: teaching, public speaking, retail sales, freelance writing, and executive leadership of a 14 county nonprofit organization. She has a working knowledge of staff supervision, Board development, Quality Management, SWOTT Analysis, the hiring and firing of employees, mission/vision development, networking, and organizational collaboration.
Ms. Hepler demonstrates keen insights into human behaviors, exceptional ability to prioritize projects and tasks, and bulls eye skill around matching appropriate communication strategies with particular situations. Her deep empathy coupled with a no-nonsense approach yields swift, noteworthy results with most coaching clients.
PRODUCTS: Ms. Hepler has written a "Special Report" entitled, "FIVE FATAL FLAWS in EXECUTIVE THINKING", produced an audio CD on "making change", and launched a monthly teleseminar series called "Solutions By Sylvia".
CONTACT: Sylvia@launchinglives.biz or 717-761-5457
Merle Margolese
Merle Margolese is the owner of Merle Margolese Presents…, a firm that specializes in customized business training. This includes but is not limited to individual business coaching, seminars, work shops, team building exercises, motivational speaking and team motivation.
Merle has been featured in such publications as The Voice and Insight Magazine. Her first training DVD: "A Time Management and Goal Setting Workshop" is now available with additional training DVD’s to soon follow.
Merle invites you to visit her website, www.mmpresents.com for a more comprehensive list of class topics, a list of some of her current and past clients and more details on all that her company has to offer. Click here to download her biography.
Dr. Marty Kotlar
Dr. Marty Kotlar is the President of Target Coding. Dr. Kotlar owned and operated a successful chiropractic practice for 12 years and multi-specialty practice for 4 years. He began his consulting career with a special emphasis on CPT coding, billing, reimbursement, documentation and compliance for chiropractic and multi-specialty facilities. Over the last 12 years Dr. Kotlar has provided valuable nationwide educational seminars and consulting to over 3,500 healthcare providers and their staff members.
Dr. Kotlar is Certified in CPT Coding, Certified in Healthcare Compliance and a member of the American Chiropractic Association, International Chiropractors Association, American Academy of Professional Coders, American Medical Billing Association and The Council on Chiropractic Physiological Therapeutics & Rehabilitation.
Dr. Kotlar has written seven chiropractic and physical medicine & rehabilitation books on coding, compliance and documentation. He is a contributing author to Chiropractic Economics, Dynamic Chiropractic and is a featured guest speaker for Foot Levelers Seminars, Parker Seminars, The Coding Institute and at many state association conventions nationwide. Dr. Kotlar has taught coding and documentation courses at Parker College of Chiropractic, Northwestern Chiropractic College and New York Chiropractic College.
Bonnie Budzowski
When you need to turn your expertise into “killer content” in a book, article, or speech that establishes your credibility and increases your revenue, Bonnie Budzowski is the perfect coach. An expert in communication, Bonnie specializes in coaching authors and speakers to organize and express their thoughts in ways that capture attention, sell their ideas, and move people to action. Bonnie helps her clients build content with less time and angst than they dreamed. It really is possible to write the book of your Dreams!
Bonnie is Executive Director of inCredible Messages and VP of Outreach for The Pittsburgh Coaches Association. Bonnie is also Past President of the National Speakers Association, Pittsburgh Chapter, and Past Managing Director of Speaker Magazine.
Howard J. Grossman, AICP
16 Skyview Drive
Dallas, PA 18612
Phone (570) 675-5239
Email, grossmanhj@aol.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• A highly qualified, successful achiever, completely involved in many different types of projects, dealing with economic development, city and regional planning, community development, grantsmanship, business loans, strategic planning, fund raising, conference planning and program development.
• BA Economics (City Planning) Rutgers University
• MPA (Public Administration), New York University
• Extensive Public Speaking and Writing including over 320 articles published in magazines across the nation, several newspaper columns, and participation on many television and radio shows, and commencement speeches.
• Teaching Positions at Wilkes University, Marywood University, Luzerne County Community College, Montgomery County Community College, and International Management Association Planning Program course.
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Siva Yenneti
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