Finance and operations professional with 13+ years of retail, e-commerce and technology experience in a high-growth, fast-paced organization where she led teams across accounting, financial operations, and product management. Prior to leaving the workforce, she was the assistant director of product management, where she strategically planned, built and managed Wayfairs homegrown and proprietary financial systems that computed, transacted and reported 1B+transactions annually. In that role, she led a team of 15 product managers and oversaw 6 agile scrum teams. Before that as the Director of Financial Operations at Wayfair, she was able to combine her passion for technology and process improvement with her accounting and finance technical knowledge to lead a team of accountants and financial analysts, while working alongside a growing team of software engineers to begin designing and iterating on Wayfair’s financial systems. In this role she also sat on the SOX steering committee and assisted in compliance implementation to bring the company through a successful IPO in 2014. From 2005-2011 she worked and then oversaw the accounts payable function at Wayfair, which included managing vendor relationships, implementing team performance metrics, day to day accounts payable operations, monthly close procedures, reconciliations, and monthly financial analysis. In that role, she also worked to set up offshore operations and other special projects to drive overall team efficiency and cost-effectiveness. She is proficient in Quickbooks, Netsuite and Microsoft SQL. She has a Bachelors in Business with a concentration in Finance from the University of Connecticut.

Business-focused IT Leader with 30+ years experience in creating, delivering, and supporting technology solutions that empower consistent business growth for small, medium and enterprise companies.  For his entire career, he has always rolled up his sleeves to learn/master technologies and improve technology performance.  He has an innovative approach to alleviate any technology challenges and thrives on providing a seamless technology experience.  From 2013 – 2019, he combined his technical and project management skills to take initiative and successfully deliver technologies the business partners envisioned and desired.  He was recruited in 2017 by a former manager to be his “right hand” and “trusted IT advisor” to collaborate with the IT staff/business partners and deliver results to projects that were on hold for years and resolve any technology issues others could not resolve.  He is resourceful and fosters close relationships with vendors.  He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Hartford and is certified in Leadership, Speaking and Coaching from John Maxwell Team.

Communications expert with extensive writing and project management experience in corporate, town government and nonprofit worlds. Since last fall, she has created, co-written, and produced the Wes-TEN cable television news show about local events, news, and people. Since 2019, she has been the vice president at a nonprofit conservation association, managing both stewardship of trails and volunteer activities. In addition, she is on two town committees: the recreation master planning committee and the tree advisory group. From 2010 to 2018, she was a blogger and writer, publishing one book about a dog with an attitude and blogs about women returning to work, and repatriation to the United States. From 1998-2001 and 2008-2014, KB spent 9 years working in Brazil, first working with telecom market development, then consulting with start-ups and mid-size companies hoping to invest in Brazil. KB began her career working in project management for Visa. She is proficient in Google Suite and social media platforms. She holds a BA, cum laude, from Wellesley College and an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She is fluent in English and Portuguese.

Polished marketing and sales professional with strong relationship management, sales, and business development skills in the Financial Services, Software, and Retail Industries. She is currently a Store Manager at an upscale clothing boutique where she increased sales revenue by 30% in her first year. For the past 9 years, she has owned her own businesses where she has honed her sales, marketing, and business development skills. Prior to leaving the workforce, A.G. wore many hats as the sole human resources professional for a start-up software company and was the East Coast Career Development Coordinator for a global management consulting firm. She is proficient in Microsoft Office, QuickBooks and holds a Bachelor’s in Finance from Ithaca College and an MBA from Boston University.

Finance professional with 15+ years of accounting and financial analysis experience for both small and large companies.  From 1990-2008, she co-owned North Star Rental (Uniform and Linen service) and oversaw all financial, administration (including payroll, G/L, A/R, A/P, and software interfaces) and worked with the outside CPA for tax matters. She managed the company’s 3-person accounting department during a time of significant growth.  Prior to working in a small company, she was an Accounting Manager for 3 years in a corporate environment where she was responsible for monthly general ledger close, bank, balance sheet, and credit card account reconciliations.  From 1982 through 1996, she was a Financial Analyst working at the corporate level consolidating yearly budget and monthly forecast projections. At the divisional level, her responsibilities included analyzing results, special projects and creating budgets for management. She started her career in the Financial Management Program at Ingersoll-Rand and graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.S. in Accounting.

Executive Assistant with 15 years’ experience supporting high-level executives.  C.M. is currently Co-Owner of a family-run business and is adept at coordinating complex international travel and organizing large scale meetings, events, and trade shows. She is skilled at multi-tasking and maintaining strong attention to detail and confidentiality. C.M. is running a business that distributes a product to 200+ retail stores and restaurant customers.  Currently, this includes running product events, setting up trade sow events/meetings and hiring and managing staff for product demonstrations.  C.M. is also working on rebranding the company’s image and labels that will assist in promoting new products being released in spring.  C.M. also assisted 2 executives at Advanced Micro Devices and Smith’s Medical.  She was self-managed and maintained a positive attitude while assisting with team projects and even received several promotions while supporting her employers.  She received recognition and awards for assisting in 2 office moves at both companies, specifically for the consolidation of a move of 200+ employees. C.M. is proficient in Microsoft Office and familiar with PowerPoint.  She also has experience working with different expense reporting systems, including ATEX and Concur. C.M. Graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administration

S.B. (Oakton, VA) is an operations professional with deep experience working in the area of marketing and sales data and analytics. From 2011-2019, she worked for a leading media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, ad and media agencies, and publishers. She was promoted twice into roles of increasing responsibility in account and operations management. She led a team of 4-6 campaign analysts while developing and improving numerous workflow processes for digital implementation. She conducted quantitative and qualitative data analysis on operational efficiencies and opportunities for improvement within her team. From 2006-2011, S.B. supported a team of 6-9 sales executives located in multiple offices along the east coast, providing marketing, sales, and administrative support including lead generation, proposal creation, and contract management. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from James Madison University.

L.W. (Arlington, VA) has 20+ years of marketing and communications experience, serving since 2007 as a Consultant to nonprofit, corporate, startup, and small business clients. Her accomplishments include doubling first-time media mentions, launch of a new membership vertical, a 27% increase in website traffic by implementing an 8-platform digital campaign for a large healthcare association, and two sold-out conferences and a featured article in Forbes for a startup nonprofit.  From 1995-2007, L.W. was Executive Director of Publications at the American Financial Services Association where she wrote content and managed teams of graphic designers and web developers in a high-volume environment that produced digital, video, and print marketing materials for the association’s nine departments. She administered budgets valued up to $1M with revenues up to $200K.  She has advanced experience managing websites using WordPress and Squarespace and email campaigns using Mailchimp, RealMagnet, and Constant Contact. She is an advanced user of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Instagram and is proficient in analytics platforms including Google Analytics, Sprout Social, BuzzSumo, Moz, SEMrush, Twitter Analytics, and Facebook Insights. She has a BA in Communications from American University and is a recent graduate of Georgetown University’s Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate program. In addition, L.W. has an Award of Achievement certificate in Digital Analytics from the University of British Columbia.

S.R. is an award-winning, marketing communication expert with 20 years of experience developing and executing initiatives for B2C, B2G, and non-profit/association clients. She is currently an independent consultant and trainer, advising C-suite leadership on the development, implementation, and management of “surround-sound” communication strategies and innovation design thinking to support corporate growth priorities. In her last two Vice President roles at global consulting firms, S.R. designed and executed metrics-driven marketing communication initiatives targeting internal and external audiences. She leverages design thinking, omni-channel and digital/social media tactics, and performance analytics to increase ROI. In her last position, S.R. developed an Innovation Lab encouraging cross-functional collaboration that enhanced corporate positioning. She also led a cross-company team that enhanced internal communication and global staff engagement. S.R. earned a Doctor of Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus, an MBA from Johns Hopkins University, and a certification in Design Thinking from UVA. She is PMP-certified.

Y.R. has 10+ years of program management and operations experience working for nonprofits and universities. Most recently, she was a Program Manager for a USAID-funded project, where she was responsible for program design and execution. Prior to this, she was a Program Manager with Upwardly global, managing relationships with foundations, implementing organizations, governments and private sector partners. She was also responsible for ensuring that the organization’s investments were cutting-edge in nature and strategically aligned. From 2015-2017, Y.R. was Assistant to the Executive Director at Georgetown University’s Center for Social Impact & Innovation. Prior to this, she served as Assistant Director of George Mason University’s Center for Social Entrepreneurship.  Y.R. has an MBA from George Mason University.