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WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Dottie Northam

Click Here To Listen Williamson Business 100 Leading Women Dottie Northam Dottie Northam is a native Tennessean. She grew up in the suburbs surrounding Memphis. In 1973, Dottie, fresh out of High School, married Doug Northam and started her career in the Memphis office of Bankers Life of Des Moines, IA (now known as Principal Financial Group). While working on her career and starting a family, she attended The University of Memphis, taking business related courses. In 1985, she became the first outside Service Representative nationwide for Principal, and helped the company establish protocol for servicing Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans. Dottie’s life was changed for the better when in 1999 she was asked to move [...]

By |March 12th, 2018|Biography, Charity, Uncategorized, Women|Comments Off on WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Dottie Northam
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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Michelle Hernandez Lane

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading Women Michelle Hernandez Lane Michelle Hernandez Lane was appointed by Mayor Megan Barry as Metro Nashville’s Chief Procurement Officer/Purchasing Agent in June of 2017. Michelle has responsibility for all of the City’s bidding and contracting activity. In this role, Michelle provides vision, leadership direction and structure to the procurement function so as to drive effective and value-added purchasing planning and sourcing aligned with the priorities of the Metropolitan Government. Prior to this role, Michelle served as the City’s first Chief Diversity Officer (CDO). In this role, Michelle was charged with implementing the Mayor's agenda to ensure that all parts of Metro Govt. are diverse and inclusive. Michelle’s [...]

By |March 9th, 2018|African Americans, Biography, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100, Women|Comments Off on NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Michelle Hernandez Lane
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Steve Phillips, Author Of Brown Is the New White: How The Demographic Revolution Has Created A New American Majority Chats On DrAlvin.com

Click Here To Listen Steve Phillips-Brown Is The New White The New York Times and Washington Post bestseller that sparked a national conversation about America’s new progressive, multiracial majority, updated to include data from the 2016 election With a new preface and afterword by the author When it first appeared in the lead-up to the 2016 election, Brown Is the New White helped spark a national discussion of race and electoral politics and the often-misdirected spending priorities of the Democratic party. This “slim yet jam-packed call to action” (Booklist) contained a “detailed, data-driven illustration of the rapidly increasing number of racial minorities in America” (NBC News) and their significance in shaping our political future. Completely [...]

By |March 9th, 2018|Government, Politics|Comments Off on Steve Phillips, Author Of Brown Is the New White: How The Demographic Revolution Has Created A New American Majority Chats On DrAlvin.com
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WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Sarah Hardee

Click Here To Listen Williamson Business 100 Leading Women Sarah Hardee As Audit Principal, she manages a team of six auditors. Her primary responsibilities are technical review of attest services provided by the firm, monitoring quality control in accordance with the firm’s standards and is team capital for peer review services. Sarah has particular expertise in audits conducted in accordance with Governmental Auditing Standards, as well as audits of nonprofits and employee benefit plans. She is often asked by other peer reviewers to participate in reviews of other audit firms due to her specialized knowledge and experience with high risk benefit plans such as multi-employer, defined benefit and employee stock ownership plans (ESOP). Sarah conducts [...]

By |March 9th, 2018|Finances, Williamson County, Williamson Leading, Women|Comments Off on WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Sarah Hardee
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WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Lisa Patterson

Click Here To Listen Williamson Business 100 Leading Women Lisa Patterson Lisa Patterson is the President of PHB CPAs, primarily responsible for managing the daily operations of the firm. Lisa has experience in valuation services, auditing, fraud examination and litigation support, with a special interest in working with small businesses and local non-profits. Lisa has more than thirty years of in-depth experience in public accounting and has been recognized twice as a Power Leader in Accounting by the Nashville Business Journal. She has supervised and performed audits, reviews and compilations of many different sizes and types of entities. She has served as the primary provider and consultant for special-project engagements such as internal control studies [...]

By |March 9th, 2018|Charity, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100, Women|Comments Off on WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Lisa Patterson
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WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Ann Johnson

Click Here To Listen Williamson Business 100 Leading Women Ann Johnson Ann Johnson has proudly called Middle Tennessee her home for her entire life, a native Nashvillian now residing in Franklin, Tennessee. She is founder and CEO of Waste Tech Services, Inc. a national solid-waste consulting firm that celebrating 28 years in business. Ann is a certified member of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council. Ann is also on the board of the Heritage Foundation of Williamson County and received an appointment by Gov. Haslam to sit on the advisory council of Keep Tennessee Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. Ann has been actively involved in supporting annual events for the Leiper’s Fork Village [...]

By |March 8th, 2018|Williamson Leading, Women|Comments Off on WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Ann Johnson
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WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Pamela Stephens

Click Here To Listen Williamson Business 100 Leading Women Pamela Stephens Licensed funeral director and co-owner of Williamson Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Services & Williamson Memorial Gardens in Franklin, TN and Spring Hill Memorial Park, Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Spring Hill, TN. Locally owned and operated by family members. Past President of the Tennessee Funeral Directors Association, Past President of the Cemetery Association of Tennessee and Past President of the Southern Cemetery & Funeral Association which included sixteen states. Past Board of Director with the Williamson County-Franklin Chamber of Commerce. Currently serve as Board of Director for Franklin Synergy Bank. Board of Director with Williamson Medical Foundation Board. Member of Downtown Franklin [...]

By |March 8th, 2018|African Americans, Williamson Leading, Women|Comments Off on WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Pamela Stephens
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Cass R. Sunstein, Editor Of Can It Happen Here?: Authoritarianism in America Chats On DrAlvin.Com

Click Here To Listen Cass Sunstein Can It Happen Here With the election of Donald J. Trump, many people on both the left and right feared that America's 240-year-old grand experiment in democracy was coming to an end, and that Sinclair Lewis' satirical novel, It Can't Happen Here, written during the dark days of the 1930s, could finally be coming true. Is the democratic freedom that the United States symbolizes really secure? Can authoritarianism happen in America? Acclaimed legal scholar, Harvard Professor, and New York Times best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein queried a number of the nation's leading thinkers. In this thought-provoking collection of essays, these distinguished thinkers and theorists explore the lessons of history, [...]

By |March 8th, 2018|Government, Politics|Comments Off on Cass R. Sunstein, Editor Of Can It Happen Here?: Authoritarianism in America Chats On DrAlvin.Com
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WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Lisa White

Click Here To Listen Williamson Business 100 Leading Women Lisa White Lisa White, a native of Memphis, Tennessee, hails from a family of ministers and psalmists. Having overcome the pain of her past, which resulted from unwise decisions, choices and emotional abuse, Lisa has discovered the freedom to live victoriously, while applying God’s word to her life. She speaks openly and practically about her experiences so that others can apply what she has learned to their lives. With passion, she declares, “Real people heal people!” Her resilience is definitely displayed through her first book, A Messenger from God Delivered by God, and she is currently writing her second book. Ms. White is also a member [...]

By |March 8th, 2018|Real Estate, Uncategorized, Williamson Leading, Women|Comments Off on WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Lisa White
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WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Linda Crockett

Click Here To Listen Williamson Business 100 Leading Women Linda Crockett Linda has dedicated her life to service, beginning at age 14 as a candy-striper at Williamson County Hospital and reading to the blind after school. She served as a volunteer police officer for the City of Franklin for 9 years, and an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau. While serving as council leader for the Telephone Pioneers of America she: Instituted computer training in preschools, fund-raised for WAVES, St. Jude's and the Statue of Liberty restoration. In 1993 Linda focused her efforts to help women and children who are victims of Domestic Violence. She began volunteering with the local Shelter and Domestic Violence Program. [...]

By |March 7th, 2018|Charity, Williamson Leading, Women|Comments Off on WilliamsonBusiness.Net 100 Leading Women 2018: Linda Crockett
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