Gibran Nicholas is a professional writer, speaker and an entrepreneur. Gibran speaks and writes about economics, real estate and financial issues including the current mortgage and credit crises. Since 2005, he has been the Chairman and CEO of the CMPS Institute, a national organization that certifies mortgage bankers and brokers. Gibran has personally trained over 6,000 financial professionals across the country including CPAs, attorneys, financial planners, bankers, mortgage brokers, and real estate professionals. Gibran is regularly quoted as an industry expert in national publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Business Week and the Washington Post and has been featured on Fox and ABC News.

Visit him at www.gibrannicholas.com

Carol Ann Wilson, CFP®, CFDP® is widely recognized as the foremost expert on marital financial issues and the leader in the field of divorce financial planning. As a Certified Financial Planner, she has been doing pre-divorce financial consulting since 1985. And in 1993, she founded the Institute for Certified Divorce Planners in order to train and enlighten attorneys, CPAs and financial professionals in the financial issues of divorce. She is the president of the Financial Divorce Association and an owner of the Academy of Financial Divorce Practitioners.

She has also designed software which has been widely used by lawyers and financial planners to calculate the financial result of divorce settlements. And she has served as an expert witness in court for over 120 divorce cases nationwide. She frequently serves as a keynote speaker and faculty member of high-ranking legal and financial organizations and has been published in numerous professional journals such as Newsweek, Money, and Forbes.

Carol Ann has appeared on the Regis Philbin Show, Geraldo, LifeTime Live, CNBC Financial News and a multitude of radio programs.

She continues to educate divorcing people through her blog: CarolAnnsDivorceTips.blogspot.com.

Carol Ann's books include:

• Author of the Financial Guide to Divorce
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• Author of the 40 Tips For Surviving Your Divorce
• Author of the Survival Manual to Divorce
• Co-author of the Survival Manual for Men in Divorce
• Co-author of the Survival Manual for Women in Divorce
• Co-author of the Dollars and Sense of Divorce
• Co-author of the ABC's of Divorce for Women

About Elisabeth Donati

Author of The Ultimate Allowance

Founder of Creative Wealth International

Creator of Camp Millionaire, Creative Wealth for Women and more.
For some reason, I have a knack for inviting people to think, inspiring them to act to improve the lives of others as well as their own. I do this mostly by setting a great example of what I want to teach and also because I am what I am. I've never needed to be someone else. I love working with my coaching clients (SuccessCallsCoaching) because they see that I really do practice what I preach.

The idea to create The Money Camp came to me as a means to give kids the financial education I didn't receive as a child. I started The Money Camp in 2002 with the intent of simply teaching a local financial education camp to kids and teens In Santa Barbara, CA. That same year I had so many adults ask me for a program just for them, I offered my first Money Camp for Grownups and off I went.

After just two years of successful summer programs, I started getting phone calls and emails from all across the US and almost every country in the world. I realized the lack of financial literacy was a global problem and I decided to develop a very special type of program to solve this problem. I don't know if I'm 'the' expert when it comes to teaching kids and teens (and adults) about money but I seem to be doing a pretty good job of it. I get testimonials like this after every one of my Creative Wealth Train-the-Trainer events (5 days):

I attended a train-the-trainer event with them last year, and had a chance to see what they're doing and developing to effectively reach youth and adults. Amazing stuff that is a quantum leap over other curriculum and teaching methods. Impossible to be bored, even for teenagers with ‘tude. In addition, if any members are considering sending their kids, they should really consider going with them - they will also benefit tremendously from attending, and the first adult is free with student.

When I first started developing the original Money Camp program (newly renamed Camp Millionaire to appeal to the kids!), I loved WHAT I was teaching but not HOW we were teaching it. I asked for help. Help came.

I strumbled upon Peak Potentials and a man named T. Harv Eker and within 2 years I had taken almost every course he offered, including two amazing Train-the-Trainer programs that used and taught a teaching methodolgy called Accelerated Learning or Teaching. I was hooked. I loved it! I loved teaching, I loved writing programs, I love engaging audiences and helping them get it, all while they were having a great time learning, sharing, growing and more.

All of my programs use accelerated teaching techniques and an experiential style of programming (i.e., games, activities, role-playing and contests) to keep the participants engaged, increase their retention and ensure that the campers have a great time learning about the sometimes dry and taboo-ladened subject of money. "Financial freedom is your choice" is just one of the many sayings, slogans and principles her programs teach. I currently run Creative Wealth International, a non-profit organization that teaches kids and adults time-tested personal money management skills and wealth creation principles in an environment that incorporates thinking, understanding and relevance. Every program begins by exploring how our financial thoughts, beliefs and attitudes relate to our future wealth potential.

Though the topic of my life's work has shifted to money and finances, my passion is in inspiring others to become independent and self-reliant. My goal is to enlist as many people as possible in her quest to teach kids everywhere how to make, manage and multiply their money wisely.

Edward Jamison is the founder of the Jamison Law Group and the creator of CreditCRM. Edward is a nationally recognized as an expert attorney in credit repair and identity theft.

Edward is certified by the State Bar of California and the California Department of Real Estate to provide continuing education. Edward regularly conducts credit seminars around the country for lawyers, accountants, mortgage brokers, financial planners and real estate professionals.

In addition to being considered the attorney of choice for credit matters at companies such as Platinum Capital, Washington Mutual, Merrill Lynch and numerous law firms, Edward has been featured on vvarious TV shows and radio broadcasts. These include NBC's Emmy Award winning television show Starting Over and the Real Estate Round Table for Clear Channel radio.

A prolific writer, Edward has had articles published in national magazines such as the Mortgage Market Guide, Mortgage Planner Magazine, the Mortgage Press, the Scotsman Guide and Broker Banker magazine.

Dr Ken Chant is an Australian pentecostal pastor who was ordained in Melbourne in 1954 and has been actively involved in Christian ministry for 57 years (ten of which he and his family spent in the USA). A brief summary of his ministry would include the following:

• He has pioneered eight churches and pastored several others, including serving for five years as the associate pastor of the Crusade Centre in Adelaide, which was then (circa 1960) Australia's largest pentecostal church

• For several years he was the editor of two of Australia's most successful charismatic/pentecostal journals

• He has been the principal of four Bible colleges (in Australia and the USA), has taught at Christ for the Nations (Dallas), Oral Roberts University (Tulsa), Youth With a Mission (Hawaii), and spoken at crusades, conferences, and seminars in Australia, the UK, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, the Philippines, the Bahamas, Greece, and New Zealand

• He has two fully-earned post-graduate degrees: Master of Religious Education (M.R.E.); and Doctor of Philosophy (with a major in theology), and for the past 30 years has been devoted to a ministry of writing and teaching, throughout Australia and overseas.

In 1974 Ken set up a Bible correspondence school, which grew rapidly, and began to expand into other countries. Partly in an effort to enhance this teaching outreach, Ken and Alison moved to the USA in 1981, where they remained until 1990. In 1985, while they were still in the USA, in San Diego, California, they met Dr Stan DeKoven and his late wife Karen. That meeting led to the founding of Vision Christian College (known in the USA as Vision International University), which merged the correspondence courses with a local church campus programme. Since then the college has enjoyed phenomenal expansion until currently (2009) it operates in more than 150 nations and embraces more than 100,000 students. The College has four arms - satellite campuses in more than 7000 churches worldwide; correspondence courses; audit students; and two Internet Bible Colleges. This represents astonishing growth for a school that began only 22 years ago with four people and a brave motto: "The whole Word to the whole World!" Much of that growth has resulted from the peripatetic ministry of Dr DeKoven. Ken's main contribution has been in creating a major part of the curriculum used both by the correspondence schools and the local campuses.

Ken is the author of more than 40 books, including many of the Vision College texts. In addition he has written large amounts of other curriculum material, lecture notes, and scores of magazine articles. He has also composed a number of gospel songs that have been published in various collections both in Australia and overseas. The most notable of those songs have been Fill My Eyes and Be Glad Ye Sons of Zion.

Although committed to the Pentecostal movement, Ken has always been ecumenical rather than parochial, and he has often ministered in other denominational settings. Hence the students enrolled in one or other of the VCC/VIU programmes come from a wide array of churches and denominational backgrounds.

In March 2009, Ken and his wife Alison celebrated their 55^th wedding anniversary. They have four children and seventeen grandchildren.

Dr Stan DeKoven is the International President of Vision International College and University.  VICU specializes in establishing and supporting local, Church-based Bible Colleges which through their unique "Bible College in a Box" system.  They presently serve more than 4,000 Resource Centers in over 150 countries and over 100,000 students through its affiliated ministries.

Stan has a diverse background in Education, Business, Military, Leadership and Counseling. He has pioneered two very successful businesses while consulting with others nationally and internationally. Stan has earned a Bachelors degree in Psychology from San Diego State University, a Masters degree in Counseling from Webster University, a Doctor of Ministry degree from Evangelical Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology from the Professional School of Psychological Studies. Dr. DeKoven holds credentials in School Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, and clinical membership in many professional organizations. He specializes in Leadership development, and assisting executives achieve their potential in the marketplace.  He is also an Executive Coaching Specialist for The Vision Group, and the founder of Walk in Wisdom media ministries. 

He is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of California with   over 30 years of professional services, specializing in:

1.      Domestic Violence

2.      Child Abuse and Recovery

3.      Substance Abuse Treatment

4.      General Family problems with children and Teens.

5.      Personal Coaching for men and women seeking improvement in vocation or relationship.

Credentials:
President: Vision International Education Services, Inc., sponsor of Vision International College and University
President: Vision International Network of Ministries, Inc., sponsors of Vision Publishing, Walk in Wisdom Ministries and Family Care Services.
Associate Pastor: Christian Life Center
Clinical Director: Restoration Ranch
Member: Who's Who California and Outstanding Young Men of America
Certified Life and Executive Coach with the Institute for Motivational Living:
Clinical Member: California and American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Clinical Member: American Christian Counselor Association
Chairman: International Association of Christian Counseling Professionals.

Below are some of the pertinent answers to some of life's most important questions.

Name given at birth: Adam Christopher Mashni

Favorite Food:  Filet Mignon (although I'm a sucker for a good Coney Island)

Favorite TV Show:  Toss up between 24, The Office, and Chuck.

Favorite Hobby:  I enjoy breaking a good sweat at the gym

Musical Instrument:  Aside from rocking the drums for Rock Band, I play the acoustic guitar.

Favorite Music:  Hillsong United, Mute Math, Death Cab for Cutie, Jack Johnson, Kristian Stanfill, Fee

Favorite Sport to watch:  Honestly, I love to watch cycling races (tour de france, etc)

Favorite Sport to play:  Gosh, I love 'em all.  Football, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, Cycling

Favorite Books:  Youth Ministry 3.0 (Mark Ostreicher), The Blessed Life (Robert Morris), UNchristian, Speaking to Teenagers (Doug Fields, Duffy Robbins)

Steve is a writer, speaker, and consultant. He works with Mosaic, a community of faith in Los Angles, and is passionate about guiding people as they explore the depths of their spirituality and relationships. In addition, he partners with Awaken, a non-profit who strives to unleash individual and organizational creativity. He serves as Field Advisor for The Gallup Organization, Consultant for Monvee (a spiritual formation organization), and a professor for multiple graduate schools. He also has a M.A. in Transformational Leadership and lives in Los Angeles with his wife Cheri and son Hudson.

Allison Darling is, and always has been, a CHANGE AGENT.

Not only does she personally thrive on change and professional development...she's also built a successful business by helping top performers and their teams get the results they want for themselves and their organizations.

Allison founded ManagementConcepts in 1994. Her unique combination of Fortune 100 Operations Management experience; followed by development, operation and sale of a contract cleaning and maintenance business; allows her to bring a unique combination of insights and experiences rarely found in the consulting and coaching industry.

She is a nationally recognized speaker and writes regularly for a number of business publications. She facilitates the Kansas City Chapter of the Women Presidents Organization roundtable made up of women who own multi-million dollar businesses. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce and spends the rest of her time with her teen aged son and daughter when they allow it.

Allison is a student of SUCCESS and thrives on helping others be successful. She credits her staying power to the ability to change and is always excited to share success strategies with entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Contact Allison at Allison@GoalGettersOnline.com or 913-649-4833.      

Consulting Services Overview:      http://www.MgmtConcepts.biz      

GoalGETTERS' Online Resources:  http://www.GoalGettersOnline.com 

Joyce Weiss Training & Development LLC

Joyce Weiss is an internationally recognized facilitator, executive coach and speaker specializing in employee performance and group dynamics.

Experience
She's captivated countless listeners on radio talk shows, motivated more than 50,000 people in over 400 businesses, and written for hundreds of publications.

Her extensive knowledge stems from a master's degree in guidance and counseling and over 20 years of professional experience in corporate training, business consulting, career counseling, and teaching.

She also maintains her ‘Best Practices Company' certification in order to understand the unique challenges and pressures of businesses today. Her creative, bold solutions and ability to connect with company leaders have made her a highly sought-after presenter.

Roles
As a facilitator, Joyce's exceptional interpersonal skills help her discover the underlying problems affecting workplace productivity. After personally customizing the program, Joyce helps employees learn how to confront issues, develop resolutions, and solve problems - while still showing respect to each other. She takes a variety of action plans and tools from her two books, Full Speed Ahead and Take the Ride of Your Life!

As an executive coach, Joyce provides clients with candid feedback and guidance to help them develop their careers. Joyce coaches her clients on the telephone for several reasons such as conflict resolution issues with team members or getting assistance moving forward in their career.

As a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), Joyce has achieved the highest ranking a speaker can earn from the National Speakers Association (NSA) and the International Federation for Professional Speakers (IFFPS). Only 10% of speaking professionals in the world have passed the rigorous criteria to attain this coveted designation.

Joyce has successfully provided bold solutions for all levels of business - from small to Fortune 500 - in the financial, automotive, healthcare, insurance, educational, and government areas.

Attendees have embraced Joyce's skills and results-oriented programs.
To learn more about the programs and professional learning tools available at
Joyce Weiss Training and Development LLC
Visit her website at www.joyceweiss.com
Or call 800-713-1926

Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chairman of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. BNI was founded in 1985. The organization has over 5,300 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated 5.6 million referrals resulting in $2.3 billion dollars worth of business for its members.

Dr. Misner's Ph.D. is from the University of Southern California. He has written eleven books, including his #1 bestseller The 29% Solution and his New York Times bestseller, Truth or Delusion? 

He is a monthly columnist for Entrepreneur.com and is the Senior Partner for the Referral Institute - a referral training company with trainers around the world. In addition, he has taught business management and social capital courses at several universities throughout the United States.

Called the "Father of Modern Networking" by CNN and the "Networking Guru"  by Entrepreneur magazine, Dr. Misner is considered one of the world's leading experts on business networking and has been a keynote speaker for major corporations and associations throughout the world. He has been featured in the L.A. Times, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times, as well as numerous TV and radio shows including CNN, CNBC, and the BBC  in London.

Dr. Misner is on the Board of Trustees for the University of La Verne. He is also the Founder of the BNI-Misner Foundation and was recently named "Humanitarian of the Year" by a Southern California newspaper. He is married and lives with his wife Elisabeth and their three children in Claremont, CA. In his spare time!!! he is also an amateur magician and a black belt in karate.

October 2004, Beverly Inman-Ebel was awarded, "International Woman Entrepreneur of 2004-2006" by FCEM, an international organization with 61 countries as members. Beverly is the CEO of TLC, Talk Listen Communicate, LLC, which was recognized locally as Small Business of the Year 2000 by the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce. Beverly and her staff provide customized seminars, executive coaching, meeting facilitation, keynote speaking, and licenses for TLC training to be provided in-house by Fortune 500 companies, and materials including books, workbooks, videos, DVD, and on-line courses to help people become more dynamic leaders through effective communication.

Media Recognition

She has received national coverage for her work with voice and communication improvement for business image in:
ABC World News Tonight,
Glamour,
Success Magazine,
Time,
The Wall Street Journal
USA Today
And numerous radio, TV and trade and business magazines

Author

Beverly is the author of Talk Is NOT Cheap!: Saving the High Cost of Misunderstanding at Work and Home (Bard Press, 1999) and co-author of Real World Communication Strategies that Work (Insight Publishing; 2003); and Success Is A Decision of the Mind (Insight Publishing; 2004). She is also the author of over 500 articles published nationally.

Honors and Service

Beverly is serving a 3-year federal appointment to the National Women Business Council, advisor's to The President, Congress, and the Small Business Administration. She is a Vice President for NEWWW (Network of Entrepreneurial Women World-Wide) based in Paris, France. In April 2008, Beverly was awarded "Unbossed & Unbought" award from Girls, Inc. Beverly was the 2004-2005 National President for the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). She has served on national advisory boards including Office Depot, Wells Fargo, and The Center for Women Business Research in NYC. Beverly has been invited to The White House by both the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. Beverly won International Woman Entrepreneur of the Year (2004-2006) by FCEM, an international organization with members from 61 countries. From 1996-1999,

Beverly served on the Tennessee Governor's Task Force for Women Businesses. She was chosen as the 1998 recipient of the Jane Cozby Henderson Woman of Achievement award. In 1997, she traveled with the U. S. Department of Commerce to South Africa to help establish trade between the two nations. In November 1987, she received a national Public Information Exchange Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association for her work with TV.

Within her immediate community, Beverly serves on the board of Pennington-Gray Harp Scholarship Foundation. She has served on the boards of the Chattanooga NAWBO Chapter and the Association of Attention Deficit Disorders for Children and Adults. She has donated her time to Boy Scouts of America as a Communication Counselor, Drama Director of Brainerd United Methodist Church, and volunteers to speak for Girls, Inc. Beverly appeared regularly on WTVC-TV9 Health Digest (an ABC affiliate station) presenting communication segments on the evening news, 1984-1988. Beverly has given communication tips on WDEF radio (a CBS affiliate) and has authored numerous magazine articles with the by-line, "Communication Please," for Meridian Publishing Co. in Ogden, Utah.

Speaker

Beverly has been a keynote speaker for numerous international, national and state conventions across all industries. She also speaks for Fortune 500 company functions. In May 2005, she traveled for State Department to Minsk, Belarus to speak at a conference for women business owners. She traveled for the Atlantic Corridor USA Small Business Development for Women, U. S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, to Northern Ireland in September 2004.

In March 2004, Beverly was a guest with the Executive Deputy of the Small Business Administration on an international web cast sponsored by the National Women's Council and held at the U. S. Dept. of Commerce in Washington, D. C.

In 2007, Beverly was the keynote speaker for the annual U.S.-China Business Leaders in Beijing, China. She was the keynote speaker in Tripoli, Libya for the First Women Business Conference in 2005. Her areas of expertise include communication, leadership, positive attitude, women's issues, and team building.

Educational Background

Beverly received a MA with high honors in Speech Pathology and a BS in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of Tennessee. Before receiving the award of "An Outstanding Clinician" in 1976, Beverly was very active in forensic tournaments at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and won numerous speech contests including persuasive, humorous, broadcast, and impromptu categories.

She is certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, National Institute of Myo-Functional Therapy, a member of National Speakers Association, and is a licensed Speech Pathologist in Tennessee and Georgia.

Personal Background

Beverly is married to Ken Ebel and together they have two sons, Tye and Logan. Originally from Ohio, Beverly has lived in Chattanooga since 1978. For fun, Beverly is a fan of college football and enjoys daily walks, floral gardening, and playing her harp.

Nancy Michaels . . .
• Is the author of five books on marketing for small businesses, including Perfecting Your Pitch, (Career Press 2005) Off The Wall Marketing Ideas, (Adams Media 2000), How To Be A Big Fish In Any Pond, Media Madness, and A to Z to Visibility

• Has spoken in 42 states to more than 60,000 entrepreneurs on behalf of such clients as Xerox, Office Depot, AT&T, Staples, Cendant (Avis and Budget Rental Cars), Constant Contact, among many others

• Is the first recipient to win the Tom Peters WOW! Project Personified Award (2002) that hails individuals who take on WOW! projects. The WOW! Project was a cover story for Fast Company magazine

• Acts as Lead Consultant and host of Office Depot.com's Web Café Series of on-line seminars geared toward small business owners (www.officedepot.com/webcafe)

• Is Inc.com's Solo Business Expert on sales, marketing and business development issues for the solo entrepreneur (http://www.inc.com/resources/solo)

• Served as Small Business Editor at US News & World Report, and the Small Business Marketing Expert for Entrepreneur Magazine. She is a regular contributor to Franchise Update and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Small Business (FSB), Success Magazine, The New York Post, Franchising Magazine, among numerous other publications

• And her speaker team, have conducted more than 600 seminars in three years on behalf of a national retailer where sales increased 200 to 300 percent on the days of these events

• Was a nationally syndicated newspaper small business columnist for Scripps-Howard News Service (1999 - 2000)

• Nancy also was the publicist for Matt Lauer (currently co-host of the Today show)

• Nancy is the President of her marketing company, Impression Impact, which she launched in 1990 and Founder of the Grow Your Business Network

• In the spring of 2005, Nancy became very ill and underwent a liver transplant due to liver failure. She is the grateful recipient of a donor liver. Find out how you can become a donor at www.organdonor.gov.

Allison Darling is, and always has been, a CHANGE AGENT.

Not only does she personally thrive on change and professional development...she's also built a successful business by helping top performers and their teams get the results they want for themselves and their organizations.

Allison founded ManagementConcepts in 1994. Her unique combination of Fortune 100 Operations Management experience; followed by development, operation and sale of a contract cleaning and maintenance business; allows her to bring a unique combination of insights and experiences rarely found in the consulting and coaching industry.

She is a nationally recognized speaker and writes regularly for a number of business publications. She facilitates the Kansas City Chapter of the Women Presidents Organization roundtable made up of women who own multi-million dollar businesses. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce and spends the rest of her time with her teen aged son and daughter when they allow it.

Allison is a student of SUCCESS and thrives on helping others be successful. She credits her staying power to the ability to change and is always excited to share success strategies with entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Contact Allison at Allison@GoalGettersOnline.com or 913-649-4833.      

Consulting Services Overview:      http://www.MgmtConcepts.biz      

GoalGETTERS' Online Resources:  http://www.GoalGettersOnline.com