CAPSTONE
 Spring 2021

Amanda Box
The success of your communication determines your success in every other aspect of your life. That philosophy is the foundation for Amanda Box while teaching and facilitating the fundamentals of communication. Her 20+ year career has been spent in a dual role of teaching on the college level and consulting with business and industry.
Specialty topics include: presentation skills, conflict management, communication through change, business writing and grammar, customer service, gender difference, media training, team building, interpersonal communication, and listening skills. Amanda Box taught full time on the university level for 10 years and continues to serve as adjunct faculty while consulting with business and industry. She rounded out her professional skills while serving as the communication coordinator for four years for Mississippi Forestry Association where she was responsible for all internal and external communication including several publications, the web site, and media campaigns.
Amanda earned her undergraduate degree in communication from Freed-Hardeman University in 1991 and a master’s degree in communication from Mississippi College in 1993.

Amy Van Artsdalen
Amy Van Artsdalen, IGP, CRM, is a retired information management and information governance consultant. She has been charged with developing comprehensive records management migration plans, including evaluating current databases and processes, providing technical support consistent with regulatory standards, and assisting with roll-out, data conversion, and training tasks. A certified Information Governance Professional and a Certified Records Manager, Van Artsdalen has studied web design and new media at the Academy of Art University and studied Mobile Systems Development, Information Science at Capella University.

Leslie Mizerak
Leslie Mizerak is an Executive Coach & Leadership Facilitator with Mizerak Coaching & Consulting where she specializes in executive, leadership, and role transition coaching. She works with individuals and teams to strengthen leadership capabilities. She is especially skilled in helping clients to understand and build their leadership competency in the areas of influence, emotional intelligence, team dynamics, and communication.
Leslie is a former Board Member of GOSHRM and active in the SHRM community; she is SHRM-SCP and SPHR certified along with being an ICF certified Coach. Other certifications include Fierce Communications, DiSC/MBTI/EQ/360 Assessments, The Leadership Challenge, and Dare to Lead. Leslie’s HR experience includes Talent Management/Development/Acquisition, HR Business Partnering, and HR Generalist experience.
Leslie is the organizer of DisruptHR Orlando and her personal Motto is: Life is too short not to have fun.

Dr. Barrett Shaw, CAP
Barrett Shaw is a Principal Administrative Specialist at Mission Support and Test Services, where he has worked since 2002. He provides administrative support to the Senior Director of NNSA Mission Programs. He has worked in many different areas of the company, including an assignment in HR during which he served as a subject matter expert for the company's employee engagement initiatives. He is also an expert trainer with Leoron Professional Development, teaching a variety of courses geared for administrative professionals, including prep courses for the CAP exam. Barrett has been a member of IAAP since 2008 and has served in a variety of volunteer roles at the Chapter, Division and International Levels. He loves traveling and spending time with his family.

Mandi Stanley
With more than 22 years of experience on the seminar circuit, Certified Speaking Professional Mandi Stanley works primarily with administrative professionals who want to boost their professional image by becoming better speakers and writers. She has traveled throughout North America entertaining and educating more than 55,000 seminar participants. In 2003, Mandi was designated a CSP, Certified Speaking Professional. Fewer than 9 percent of all worldwide speakers have earned this designation, and Mandi is the first Mississippian in history to receive this honor through the National Speakers Association. Audiences appreciate her platform enthusiasm, interactive style, and content-rich messages.

Vonetta Watson
Vonetta is owner of TechGem Educational Technologies and a 20 yr. veteran SME, facilitator, instructor, and trainer. A technology & education specialist, her background includes a Masters of Education in the field of adult education and training coupled with certifications in the IT field that include; Internet & Computer Core Certification (IC3), Microsoft® Certified Professional & Expert 2016 (MOS) in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, & OneNote, which has gained her the Microsoft ® Certification for MOS 2016 Expert and Master, Adobe® Master Suite. Vonetta also holds instructor certifications in IC3, Adobe® CS5, Microsoft® Certified Educator, and Microsoft® Certified Trainer.

Mary Beth Imbarrato, PMP, CSM, SPP, CMS
Mary Beth has over 25 years of experience in project management, change management, performance management, and risk. Mary Beth’s experience includes managing a wide range of project efforts in various market segments including finance, global risk, telecommunications, IT, publishing, health care, non-profit, state and federal agencies, and energy. Other efforts include helping clients establish best practices through process improvement assessments which will identify efficiencies and increase effectiveness in an effort to support continuous improvement plans.
She is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is a graduate of the PMI Leadership Institute Master Class (2013). Mary Beth is also an elected member of the Upstate New York PMI Chapter Board of Directors and serves as the VP of Marketing as well as the Director of Sponsorship Program. She is also a member of the Association for Strategic Planning (ASP) and the Capital Region Chapter of the Association of Talent Development (CRATD) and established the Capital Region Project Manager’s Meetup group to help further the project management profession locally with new and aspiring Project Managers.
As a Certified Strategic Planning Professional (SPP) Mary Beth has been working with New York State and Federal agencies to establish standards for strategic planning programs in an effort to design effective and sustainable strategic plans.
Over the years, Mary Beth identified a need to help Non-Project Managers succeed with their projects and now dedicates her time to providing project management and strategic planning products, services and training to individuals, organizations and colleges. Her passion can be found in sharing her experiences and expertise as a conference speaker, business consultant, trainer and published author in academic and professional journals.
For more information please contact:
Mary Beth Imbarrato
mb@mbiconsults.com
518-339-9487
www.mbiconsults.com
Blog: https://www.mbiconsults.com/news
Twitter: @MBI_Consults
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marybethimbarrato/

Amanda Box
The success of your communication determines your success in every other aspect of your life. That philosophy is the foundation for Amanda Box while teaching and facilitating the fundamentals of communication. Her 20+ year career has been spent in a dual role of teaching on the college level and consulting with business and industry.
Specialty topics include: presentation skills, conflict management, communication through change, business writing and grammar, customer service, gender difference, media training, team building, interpersonal communication, and listening skills. Amanda Box taught full time on the university level for 10 years and continues to serve as adjunct faculty while consulting with business and industry. She rounded out her professional skills while serving as the communication coordinator for four years for Mississippi Forestry Association where she was responsible for all internal and external communication including several publications, the web site, and media campaigns.
Amanda earned her undergraduate degree in communication from Freed-Hardeman University in 1991 and a master’s degree in communication from Mississippi College in 1993.

Maggie Peters
As a coach, writer, speaker and entrepreneur, Maggie Peters aims to ‘break the mold’ of the career Human Resources (HR) professional. Maggie is passionate about the role HR plays in people’s lives and towards the overall success of organizations. She believes in being practical and transparent. As she states, ‘Most importantly, you genuinely have to care. When business is booming, everyone’s happy. But when significant changes hit, like transformations and re-structuring, HR people are at the front lines and we personally feel the impact.”

On a lighter note, when she is asked in social conversations what she does for a living and responds ‘HR,’ she chuckles…”I get a snappy retort something along the lines of being pecked by a hundred ducks. People seem to either love or hate HR. I try to show that HR are people trying to do a great job. The HR profession is definitely not for everyone.”

Her Story. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, the vast majority of her life has been spent in the Orlando, Florida area. Her father was also an entrepreneur and a retired Lt. Colonel in the Air Force. Her mother retired from the Seminole County Library System after 25 years. Maggie attended college on a dual-athletic scholarship. As many do in HR, she fell into HR from a chance meeting (she calls divine intervention) in college with a former high school classmate who had invited her to be the VP of the Student HR Association. Interestingly, she recently found him in LinkedIn and re-connected. “Jim introduced me to HR and that’s where I have spent my career. He ended up as a VP in Finance at Lockheed Martin” she explained. Maggie Peters has +30-year career as a Human Resources professional. Maggie’s knowledge and experience are both deep and wide. She has spent her career in both public and private organizations of all sizes, small to global, Fortune 500. Her agility and business savvy have been built from the variety of industries she has supported including technology, professional services, distribution, manufacturing and defense/aerospace. Additionally, Maggie is a forward-thinking, innovative business partner.

Maggie specializes in HR Business Analytics, Leadership Development, Communications, Process Improvement, Talent Assessment, Compensation, Training, Change Management, and Performance Management. Maggie further explains “What I love about HR is each discipline requires different skills. Employee Relations requires critical thinking, Recruiting requires sales skills, Compensation requires analytical skills. That’s what fascinates me about being an HR generalist.” She holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida and a Master’s in Business Administration from Webster University. Maggie currently holds two active HR certifications, SHRM Senior Professional in HR (SPHR) and the HRCI Senior Certified Professional (SCP). She is a Predictive Index (PI) licensed analyst, trained in the Korn Ferry Leadership Framework and Prosci ADKAR Change Management. She also is a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) certified practitioner.

Maggie is the owner of HR Options, LLC. Maggie resides in on the east coast of Florida, New Smyrna Beach. Connect with Maggie on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/maggie-peters.

John Willard
John has spent his career in leadership roles in Consumer Insights/Market Research at Bayer Consumer Health and American Express, after starting on the advertising agency side with Publicis (formerly DMB&B). During his corporate career, John created and led training sessions on Marketing Excellence, Insights Development, Market Research for Marketers, and Coaching and Developing Others. He has also lectured on marketing and marketing research at the University of Virginia, Columbia University, and NYU.
Prior to his market research career, John taught writing courses at Rutgers University. He played a central role in launching the first Scientific and Technical Writing course at Rutgers, providing advanced level writing instruction to aspiring scientists, engineers, and landscape architects.
John holds an MA in Literature from Rutgers University and BA with distinction from the University of Virginia.

Julie Colgan
Julie Colgan is a 20+ year veteran of the information management profession. Her career has spanned public and private organizations across roles as practitioner, consultant and business executive. Ms. Colgan is also a committed leader and volunteer in her industry. In addition to previously serving as the President and Chair of ARMA International, the premier professional association for information management professionals, she is an internationally recognized speaker and author, including co-author of ARMA's IG BoK (Information Governance Body of Knowledge). She is passionate about helping individuals understand how to harness the power of information to combat corruption through transparency and drive business.

Tera N. Ladner, JD, IGP, CRM
Tera specializes in cloud implementations of information governance enabled technologies, e-discovery and litigation preparedness and assuring alignment to information security programs. Currently she leads the strategy and implementation of a state-of-the-practice information governance and eDiscovery program for Aflac Inc. Aflac is a Fortune 200 company headquartered in Columbus, Georgia and the largest provider of supplemental insurance in the United States and Japan.

Prior to her position with Aflac, Tera directed the information governance program at SunTrust Bank in Atlanta, Georgia. Tera’s experience spans the legal aspects of compliance to the development and use of emerging technology for information governance.

Tera is past president of ARMA International. She has served both at the local and international level within ARMA since 1999 and credits her leadership skills to the experience gained from motivating volunteers. She is passionate about assuring the next generations of information governance professionals are equipped with the breadth of knowledge necessary for success in the industry.