Business Leaders

20

MOST DYNAMIC
BUSINESS LEADERS
2023

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Creator of Operational Excellence | Ashwini Wankhede

Toyota lift Northwest (TLNW) represents Toyota Material Handling Corporation (TMH) in the state of Washington and Oregon. TLNW is owned by Toyota Tsusho Corporation. Toyota Tsusho Corporation, based in Nagoya and Tokyo, is an sōgō shōsha (trading company), a member of the Toyota Group.

Transforming Creativity for Everyone | Angeline Howell, LMHC

With her background in Mental Health and Family and Child Sciences, Angeline Howell has accelerated Great Explorations Children’s Museum into a place where all families can come to learn and play no matter their abilities or socioeconomic status.

A Creative & Analytical Mind | Carolyn Shames

As a woman CEO in a male-dominated industry for 40 years now, I have learned a myriad of lessons on how to be an effective leader. I have built my Shames Construction team from the ground up.

A Pioneer of Food Innovation | Charif Geara

Deforestation in many areas worldwide is becoming a significant issue in growing Cocoa trees. Cocoa, as we know it, is the main ingredient in making chocolate, and Chocolate-flavored products are by far the best sellers on the world market.

Reading the Community’s Pulse | Corina J Shtir

InterOme is a digital healthcare provider that works on improving individual and clinical decisions by making complexity simple. Corina J Shtir co-founded InterOme with her husband, John Shtir, COO InterOme, who is also CEO of Dexwell, a software company that matches very well in its expertise elements needed for InterOme.

Surging towards Space | John Rood

The commercialization of space is one of the most exciting opportunities of our time, with growth likely to far outpace that of the broader economy for the foreseeable future. The industry’s megatrends are intersecting in a way that opens access, expands possibilities, and establishes the need for backbone services to enable a more dynamic use of space.

The Guardian Angel | Joel Anaya

Joel Anaya, CEO of OnView Integrated Solutions, has been instrumental in building the company from the ground up. His innovation and vision transformed the way the company has scaled its business. OnView is a security provider bringing proactive solutions specifically designed to deter suspicious behavior in real-time before the crime occurs.

Strengthening International Relations | Dr. Mei Gechlik

Dr. Mei Gechlik founded Sinotalks LLC after an extensive career in academia and the think-tank world. She took this step because she saw the growing need for a trusted resource highlighting Chinese law and policy to help decision-makers find strategic solutions to problems affecting China and beyond.

Building Stronger Solutions | Michael Gray

Michael Gray, Founder & President of AmeriPro Roofing, has a spirit of always wanting to have continuous improvements. He constantly preaches to his team to avoid expecting what they don’t inspect.

The Inspirational & Supportive Leader | Nancy Fateen

Adaptability is one of Nancy Fateen’s greatest strengths. Managing Seizmic with such a wide breadth of services, Nancy wears many different hats and can pivot at a moment’s notice to handle all matters with confidence and grace.

Offering Responsive & Transparent Services | Des Johnson

Offering Responsive & Transparent Services | Des Johnson

With over two decades of experience in fund administration, Des Johnson, CEO of Centaur, believes that the single most important priority in this industry is delivering exceptional client experience. He is passionate about client service and continuously strives to place it at the heart of Centaur’s service offering.

Jean-François Raymond

Working at A Larger Level | Jean-François Raymond

Jean-François Raymond’s strongest asset is his capacity to achieve efficiently any tasks within the company. An actuary by trade, his knowledge of the insurance industry and underlying statistics is appreciated in impromptu exchanges with employees.

A Passionate Leader | Justin Bourque

A Passionate Leader | Justin Bourque

As the CEO of Willow Lake Métis Nation, Justin has been the proud architect of a transition away from a centralized approach to governance so that his community can return to a grassroots organization governed by, and for, the Willow Lake Métis Nation (WLMN).

Stacey Obrecht

Prioritizing People & DEIB | Stacey Obrecht

Stacey Obrecht joined Public Knowledge® (PK) in 2013 as a Management Consultant. Over the last four years, her leadership has focused on two primary pillars – 1) company culture and 2) innovative, high-quality services.

Suyi Erhabor

A Strategic Innovator | Suyi Erhabor

Suyi Erhabor, CEO, Curaga, has been crucial to the creation and transformation of Curaga from a small business to a multimillion-dollar corporation in Ontario.

An Impeccable Creator | Jamie Lundy

An Impeccable Creator | Jamie Lundy

When you meet Jamie Lundy, CEO of Seven Layer, his charisma and passion for the product is evident. This energy is contagious, and his vision for the brand inspires others to adopt the same mentality.

Bringing Out Strengths of Others | Jennifer Gavin

Bringing Out Strengths of Others | Jennifer Gavin

Jennifer Gavin leverages 20 years of leadership experience in the staffing industry, working closely with corporate clients to deliver a strong return on investment and to help them succeed in the war for talent.

Building Great Futures | Kimberly Pace

Building Great Futures | Kimberly Pace

Kimberly Pace has the unusual combination of vision and pragmatism that has enabled her to change the trajectory of the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Leandro’s growth in terms of quality programs and community outreach.

Rising with Grit & Endurance | Marnie Battistini

Rising with Grit & Endurance | Marnie Battistini

Marnie Battistini founded Miller Tanner Associates (MTA) on May 1, 1997, based on a simple belief that if you “do the right thing, good things will come”. MTA’s CEO consistently tries to lean into principles of character, which is the foundational quality of MTA – a character-based company.

Creator of a Purpose-built Platform | Martin Henley

Creator of a Purpose-built Platform | Martin Henley

The world of insurance processing has become complex, fragmented, and disconnected, with rising fixed high costs, requiring high levels of management, impacting underwriter potential, and impeding business growth and profits.

Transforming Central Texas with Care | Phyllis Snodgrass

Transforming Central Texas with Care | Phyllis Snodgrass

Phyllis Snodgrass strongly believes in leading by example and showing people love and support. According to the CEO of Austin Habitat, everyone in the organization has a unique and special role to play. Still, it is easy for people who are not client-facing to lose sight of how their work fits into the bigger picture.

Driving Change with Brilliance | Rami Fakhoury

Driving Change with Brilliance | Rami Fakhoury

Among his many qualities, Rami is a true visionary with respect to organizational transformation. As Managing Director, he is continually searching for ways to make FGI leaner and more efficient than it already is.

Making Society Safer | Lance Jones Sr.

Making Society Safer | Lance Jones Sr.

According to data released by the FBI, violent crime fell by an estimated 1% in 2021 compared with the previous year. However, the number of murders increased by more than 4%.

Making A Difference in Healthcare | Dellann Elliott Mydland
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Making A Difference in Healthcare | Dellann Elliott Mydland

Dellann Elliott Mydland, President & Chair, End Brain Cancer Initiative (EBCI), is a dynamic competitor due to her experience taking down brain tumors, brain cancer, and metastasized disease to the brain. She is equally as passionate about creating immediate access to specialists, advanced treatments, diagnostics, clinical trials, and quick advancements to Standard of Care as she was 22 years ago when her late husband, Christopher Steward Elliott, was diagnosed.

Striving to be the Best | Earl Good

Striving to be the Best | Earl Good

A competitive person by nature, Earl Good, Managing Director, Retech , has had a strong desire to do well in the things he is involved with. He wants Retech to be viewed as the 1st choice supplier of the vacuum metallurgical equipment and constantly works towards delivering improved financial results year over year.

Chickens, People, Planet | John Brunnquell Ph.D.

Chickens, People, Planet | John Brunnquell Ph.D.

John Brunnquell, Ph.D. is the epitome of innovation and entrepreneurial leadership; he meets demands by being aware and vigilant in anticipating customers’ future values and needs. He’s a forward-looking person. Founding Egg Innovations demonstrates John’s visionary commitment as he built the organization by serving the mission: Chickens. People. Planet.

The True Healer | Judy Crane

The True Healer | Judy Crane

The deep emotional injuries we receive on our journey through life often go unwitnessed and unacknowledged. The deep-rooted issues caused by these painful memories lead to a sense of disconnection from our bodies, impairing us from processing our true feelings.

Surging Ahead with Teamwork | Kent Shantz

Surging Ahead with Teamwork | Kent Shantz

Kent Shantz is approachable, amiable, and appreciative. These are some of the most important qualities of a steadfast leader in today’s age of cut-throat competition. Kent is introducing pioneering ways to lead the company and ensuring that every member of Rockford Mutual Insurance utilizes their skills and creativity.

Global Partnerships for a Modern Era | Maryscott Greenwood

Global Partnerships for a Modern Era | Maryscott Greenwood

Maryscott Greenwood, CEO of the Canadian American Business Council, brings her experience in government, politics, and the business world together to raise the bar on what the Council offers every year. She thinks about the positions the Council advocates publicly and about the experience that her members have as they interact with each other and with political leaders to advance the unique relationship between Canada and the U.S.

Achieving Great Heights | Nick Jones

Achieving Great Heights | Nick Jones

Nick Jones is a veteran of the tech start-up scene, with four exits a testimony to his track record of building, scaling, and commercialising tech-based businesses, in addition to his years of experience as an angel investor and multiple Chairman, Non-Executive and Advisory roles.

Supporting & Encouraging | Ruthie Lee-Esene

Supporting & Encouraging | Ruthie Lee-Esene

Transparency, growth mindset, and emotional intelligence are the core qualities that define Ruthie Lee-Esene, Principal & CEO of Sirvist’s unique ideology. For Ruthie, relationships are important, but the right relationship is crucial.

Leading through Teamwork | Scott Cooper

Leading through Teamwork | Scott Cooper

Scott Cooper, President of Language Services Associates, is a multi-faceted leader. He came to LSA with a unique mix of a larger enterprise, political, civic, and attention-to-detail leadership skills. He spent 27 years practicing law in an international law firm, served a decade in firm leadership, and chaired his practice group.

Bringing A Change | Shirley Wang

Bringing A Change | Shirley Wang

Shirley Wang has unwavering opinions and a strong vision for the design of Plastpro’s products and the standards to which they must be manufactured. She is an out-of-the-box but also efficient thinker, and this allows her to creatively devise viable solutions when it comes to meeting customers’ needs.

An Inspiring Teacher | Sue Grant

An Inspiring Teacher | Sue Grant

Sue Grant built an impactful career in cause marketing within the nonprofit industry. At the height of her career, equipped with 25 years of invaluable experience, she followed her heart’s calling. She founded The Literacy Project to serve struggling, at-risk children in unfortunate circumstances.

Steering Crisis Successfully | Anthony Anton

Steering Crisis Successfully | Anthony Anton

According to Anthony Anton, President & CEO, Washington Hospitality, the industry has been in a perfect storm for most of the last two years: First, the pandemic hit, and 100,000 team members left the workforce almost overnight.

Enabling Vibrant Story Telling | Dr. Kathryn Ritchie

Enabling Vibrant Story Telling | Dr. Kathryn Ritchie

Dr. Kathryn Ritchie, CEO & Founder, Ignition Institute, has high energy, a wild curiosity and desire to continue to learn and grow, and a deep commitment to care and give back to the planet – to the individual, to the team, to the organization, to the community, and the globe.

Becoming an Influencer | Jordan Tinney

Becoming an Influencer | Jordan Tinney

Jordan Tinney, Superintendent/ CEO in Surrey School District, has been described as accessible and open. The reason is simple, he is an engaged listener and tries to value what people say and to incorporate it into the school district’s culture.

Encouraging Employees towards Growth | Jose Ramon Riestra Jr.

Encouraging Employees towards Growth | Jose Ramon Riestra Jr.

Jose Ramon Riestra Jr., President & CEO, Empire Management Group, says data analytics, planning, customer focus, and technology implementation are the most critical skills adopted by the company throughout the years that transformed the business and made them who they are today with a strong focus on the future

A Winemaker at Heart | Mike Reynolds

A Winemaker at Heart | Mike Reynolds

Mike Reynolds, President of HALL Wines, is an industry veteran and has been hailed as a winemaker at heart. This year, Mike is celebrating an impressive 20 years at HALL Wines. His initial role as a winemaker began in 2002

A Strategic Innovator | Suyi Erhabor

A Strategic Innovator | Suyi Erhabor

Suyi Erhabor, CEO, Curaga, has been crucial to the creation and transformation of Curaga from a small business to a multimillion-dollar corporation in Ontario. Suyi treats each employee as a valued individual and takes the time to understand what motivates them.

Driven by Purpose, Passion, & Vision | Dr. Amish Purohit
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Driven by Purpose, Passion, & Vision | Dr. Amish Purohit

Dr. Amish Purohit does not measure success based on the company’s financial health and instead focuses on how Arkos Health is working towards eliminating healthcare disparities. Dr. Purohit has formulated a clear, inspiring vision for the organization, demonstrated a relentless passion for serving the underserved and oppressed individuals, with a purpose to improve and impact every life that Arkos Health touches.

Diversification in the middle of a pandemic | Adrienne Williams

Diversification in the middle of a pandemic | Adrienne Williams

Adrienne Williams, President & Founder of Scarritt Group, Inc, is a seasoned leader in the global meetings industry. She approaches business roadblocks methodically and analytically to identify their key drivers, which reflect the continuous quality improvement culture she instills in all areas of the company.

Working Innovatively, Creatively & Responsively | Dave Candler

Working Innovatively, Creatively & Responsively | Dave Candler

Dave Candler has been involved in teaching swimming and leisure management for over 25 years. Before becoming STA’s CEO in April 2016, he worked for ten years as the Operations, Swimming, and Training Manager at Inspire Leisure, one of the UK’s largest providers of swimming lessons.

Pioneer Of Providing Exceptional Care | Leo Reyes

Pioneer Of Providing Exceptional Care | Leo Reyes

Leo Reyes, President and CEO of Best Home Health Providers can be described as a generous leader who believed in giving equal opportunities and sharing his best practices making a more collaborative working environment.

Making Moving & Storage Simple | Mark Kuhns

Making Moving & Storage Simple | Mark Kuhns

Mark Kuhns, CEO of 1-800-PACK-RAT and Zippy Shell, has a passion for customer service and believes the customer should be the focus of everything the company does. The company motto is to “be the best part of your customer’s day,” and he ensures that the entire company is aligned with that mission.

Building A Better Tomorrow | Stacy Racca

Building A Better Tomorrow | Stacy Racca

When Abraham Lincoln came to power, the nation was in peril, and he had the intelligence, and the self-confidence, to know that he needed the best people by his side, people who were leaders in their own right and who were very aware of their strengths.

Tana Greene

Tana Greene

At 17, she wrote a goal on a piece of paper, “own my own business by age 30.” She spent the next 12 years defining what that business would be, but her purpose was clear. She wanted to help others by finding them employment.

Diversification in the middle of a pandemic | Adrienne Williams

Diversification in the middle of a pandemic | Adrienne Williams

Adrienne Williams, President & Founder of Scarritt Group, Inc, is a seasoned leader in the global meetings industry. She approaches business roadblocks methodically and analytically to identify their key drivers, which reflect the continuous quality improvement culture she instills in all areas of the company.

Working Innovatively, Creatively & Responsively | Dave Candler

Working Innovatively, Creatively & Responsively | Dave Candler

Dave Candler has been involved in teaching swimming and leisure management for over 25 years. Before becoming STA’s CEO in April 2016, he worked for ten years as the Operations, Swimming, and Training Manager at Inspire Leisure, one of the UK’s largest providers of swimming lessons.

Pioneer Of Providing Exceptional Care | Leo Reyes

Pioneer Of Providing Exceptional Care | Leo Reyes

Leo Reyes, President and CEO of Best Home Health Providers can be described as a generous leader who believed in giving equal opportunities and sharing his best practices making a more collaborative working environment.

Making Moving & Storage Simple | Mark Kuhns

Making Moving & Storage Simple | Mark Kuhns

Mark Kuhns, CEO of 1-800-PACK-RAT and Zippy Shell, has a passion for customer service and believes the customer should be the focus of everything the company does. The company motto is to “be the best part of your customer’s day,” and he ensures that the entire company is aligned with that mission.

Building A Better Tomorrow | Stacy Racca

Building A Better Tomorrow | Stacy Racca

When Abraham Lincoln came to power, the nation was in peril, and he had the intelligence, and the self-confidence, to know that he needed the best people by his side, people who were leaders in their own right and who were very aware of their strengths.

Tana Greene

Tana Greene

At 17, she wrote a goal on a piece of paper, “own my own business by age 30.” She spent the next 12 years defining what that business would be, but her purpose was clear. She wanted to help others by finding them employment.

Offering-Sustainable-Document-Accessibility-Strategy-Adam-Spencer
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Offering Sustainable Document Accessibility Strategy | Adam Spencer

Adam Spencer, President and CEO of AbleDocs, is an aggressive leader; he has always surged ahead despite challenges, trying to find the right solution. Adam’s number 1 quality that’s transformed AbleDocs is the ability to start up the company aggressively. Today, AbleDocs is the only company globally to guarantee the compliance of every file they produce and back it with a $10,000,000 liability guarantee. “My experiences in startups, both with successes and failures, help me realize what it takes to get a company up and running while building it successfully,” says Adam.

Leading-by-Example-Aoife-Reid

Leading by Example | Aoife Reid

Aoife Reid is breaking through glass ceilings in the male-dominated legal industry serving as the Managing Partner at McMahon, Martine & Gallagher since 2017.

Fostering-Great-Places-to-Work-Bob-Fitch

Fostering Great Places to Work | Bob Fitch

Bob Fitch has an unusual ability to blend big picture thinking with attention to the finer details. He also knows it is the collective intelligence of a business that drives success.

The Passionate-Visionary-Dennis-Van-Kampen

The Passionate Visionary | Dennis Van Kampen

Dennis Van Kampen, President & CEO of Mel Trotter Ministries, is a passionate visionary. He is unapologetically never satisfied, believing one can always grow, learn, and do better.

A-Multi-Faceted-Leader-Trudy-Darwin

A Multi-Faceted Leader | Trudy Darwin

Trudy Darwin’s first corporate job after graduating from University in the late ’90s was with what the industry labeled a dot.com, where she worked on the marketing side of web development for eCommerce companies, moving to web-based sales and digital brand awareness.

Leading-by-Example-Aoife-Reid

Leading by Example | Aoife Reid

Aoife Reid is breaking through glass ceilings in the male-dominated legal industry serving as the Managing Partner at McMahon, Martine & Gallagher since 2017.

Fostering-Great-Places-to-Work-Bob-Fitch

Fostering Great Places to Work | Bob Fitch

Bob Fitch has an unusual ability to blend big picture thinking with attention to the finer details. He also knows it is the collective intelligence of a business that drives success.

The Passionate-Visionary-Dennis-Van-Kampen

The Passionate Visionary | Dennis Van Kampen

Dennis Van Kampen, President & CEO of Mel Trotter Ministries, is a passionate visionary. He is unapologetically never satisfied, believing one can always grow, learn, and do better.

A-Multi-Faceted-Leader-Trudy-Darwin

A Multi-Faceted Leader | Trudy Darwin

Trudy Darwin’s first corporate job after graduating from University in the late ’90s was with what the industry labeled a dot.com, where she worked on the marketing side of web development for eCommerce companies, moving to web-based sales and digital brand awareness.

Ian-Shapiro-One-Home

One Home at a Time | Ian Shapiro

Ian Shapiro joined Reall as CEO in early 2018 and found an organization ‘head down’ building homes for people on low. Business magazine 2019.

Ian-Shapiro-One-Home

One Home at a Time | Ian Shapiro

Ian Shapiro joined Reall as CEO in early 2018 and found an organization ‘head down’ building homes for people on low. Business magazine 2019.

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