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Kerry L Brooks is the President and Founder of Autism2Awesome. On today's episode of Get Your FILL - Financial Independence & Long Life Podcast, he shares his story and strategies for helping your non-neurotypical child - and every child - move toward a path of financial self-sufficiency.    Listen to the podcast Watch the video Kerry's website From Kerry Brooks  In 2003, the doctor told us that our 3-year son has autism. He added that we should focus on having other children because there was nothing we could do for him. Finally, he said prepare your son to live in a group home.    Today, our son is enrolled in college and living his best life as a productive young adult.  We allowed our greatest crisis to become our greatest miracle and now we provide life strategies and training for others to do the same to support their children. #autism #KerryLBrooks #autism2awesome #autismlove #autismparents 

In this weeks' episode of Get Your FILL - Financial Independence and Long Life Podcast, Cassie Parks, creator of the Manifest $10k course, helps us to use Law of Attraction to invite more of all the good stuff into our lives.    Catch the podcast Watch the video About Cassie Parks:   Cassie Parks loves the ocean, dancing for no reason and the power of possibly. Her best-selling books include the topics of money, business and lifestyle design. She is a mentor for those who want to turn their wildest dreams into their dreams come true. Manifest $10,000 hits bookstores in May of 2017.   Cassie performed in the improvised comedy Reel World Voodoo. She is the host of the podcast Happy Ever After and the co-host of the Manifest it Now show on the Law of Attraction Radio Network. Other highlights include speaking at TAI talks and being a real estate investor who retired at 32. She is the creator of the Manifest $10K Course and the Double Your Business Workshop. Her forthcoming magazine is called Possible.   Cassie loves to travel, being with those she loves and laughing a lot.  Link to Cassie's website

Did you know that entrepreneurs can use a special kind of retirement account? Could you benefit from using your IRA to pay off high-interest debt? Do you want to be able to invest your retirement money in real estate or crypto? Meet Daniel Blue on this week's episode of Get Your FILL - Financial Independence & Long Life Podcast. He's a financial educator who can help you to do all of these things and more to create financial independence sooner than you ever thought possible.   Watch the video From Daniel Blue:   I went from having a daughter at 19 years old, being addicted to Oxycontin , college drop out to owning a 7 figure business. People can learn how to make money tax free, pay off debt, get capital to grow their business and have more control over their 401k's and IRA's.   Daniel's website Learn more

Liberate yourself - financially and physically - with the help of Financial Coach, Shlomo Freund Why wait until you're old and tired to retire and enjoy your life? Shlomo Freund is a financial coach who helps entrepreneurs to travel and explore the world while they're still working and running their business. On this week's episode of Get Your FILL - Financial Independence & Long Life Podcast, Shlomo shares his adventures, his work and a few tips for lesser-known investments.   Watch the video Link to financial tracker calculator About Shlomo Freund:   Shlomo Freund is a location-independent entrepreneur and has been for the past 15+ years. His lifelong passions for finance, investing and travel lead to the creation of his current business, Free Financial Self, which helps people organize their finances to reach financial independence faster.   This allows them to live, work and enjoy life with friends and family both wherever and whenever they like. The end result? Armed with a strong, customized roadmap built around financial and personal lifestyle goals, an increase in individual happiness   Listen to the podcast Link to Flags  Link to Shlomo’s website

In this episode of Get Your FILL, Financial Independence & Long Life Podcast, Leigh Kubin, a Weight Loss Coach, shares her insights into the link between sex and weight. She also offers tips to get both in shape!   Watch the video About Leigh:    Leigh Kubin has her bachelor’s degree in Psychology, is a Master Certified Professional Life Coach and has been in the weight loss industry since 2010. She has assisted thousands of patients through their weight loss journey and has a passion for helping people through this very emotional and exciting time. Leigh is passionate about her patients, offering support, encouragement and enjoys facilitating behavior modification.   Leigh enjoys being an active member in the Cedar Park Community. She is an Ambassador for the Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce, she sits on the Cedar Park Library Foundation Board and is the Committee Chair for the Books For Babies program.   When Leigh is not working and volunteering in the community, she stays busy with her husband and family. Together they enjoy playing instruments, Leigh has been playing the cello for 7 years. Leigh and her husband enjoy spending time with their children and grandchildren They also enjoy camping, kayaking and adventures such as Tough Mudders, half marathons, and triathlons.   Don’t hesitate to reach out, Leigh would love to help you achieve your weight loss and life goals.   Leigh's website

In this episode of Get Your FILL, Financial Independence & Long Life Podcast, https://anchor.fm/get-your-fill, Bill Foss, a Career Coach and Business Alignment Expert shares his unique method of helping people to discover their true passion and to craft a business that aligns with that. Watch the video    From Bill:   My name is Bill Foss and I want to ask you a couple of questions: Is your business serving your life and lifestyle the way you Imagined it would? If not, what are you prepared to do about it?  I’m all about creating awareness about the topic of “Alignment”. That’s why I’ve created a comprehensive Assessment that’s taking the business coaching world by storm.   I believe in a business that serves your life and in never being a slave to it. Invest two minutes and discover how the Business Alignment Assessment will help you create a business that serves your life and lifestyle. Imagine having the freedom, the income, the self-satisfaction and the peace of mind to know that your business is exactly what you want.   Take the Business Alignment Assessment at https://BillFoss.com. There’s no cost and you’ll learn exactly what areas of your business may be lacking in alignment. Through this insightful, interactive quiz, you’ll learn what you can do about getting unstuck. And, as a Assessment participant, you are entitled to a free consultation with me to review your results and talk about your specific business challenges.   Bill's website Take the Assessment

In this episode of Get Your FILL, Financial Independence & Long Life podcast, Kirk McCarley shares the passions that fuel his life and how we can all find the seeds to success. It's never too late to reimagine your life and make a change for the better. If you don't believe me, ask Kirk McCarley, who at an age when many are deciding which shows to binge-watch on television, Kirk is rolling out Kirk 2.0, the newly revised and updated model - and you can do the same. Watch the video About Kirk:   Following a 35 year career as a Human Resources Executive Kirk launched his business as a Career and Life Coach taking a unique approach to helping clients first consider possibilities and then act upon them to make dreams and passions a reality.     Kirk has done that himself through also parlaying a part-time career as a Production Assistant with ESPN as well as taking advantage of his interest in cycling through leading Spinning classes.     At 64 years old, an audience will learn from Kirk that it's never too late in life to discover what you were made for.     Kirk's website: 

In Parts 1 & 2, Jeff Smith shared his KPI Formula and how implementation is the key to success. Today, is the next piece of the Millionaire Puzzle. Enter to win a free mentoring session with Jeff Smith: email your goal to Chris (at) ChrisMcCarron.com. Enter by August 31st, winner will be announced here, on social media, and contacted by email. Jeff Smith, the KPI Guy, is a Motivational Speaker and Business Trainer who has spent years interviewing the super-rich and has uncovered the 11 secrets to success. Jeff Smith is on record as the most successful author of all time on the subject on KPI (Key Performance Indicators) and Business Strategy. He’s cited by many as one of the best motivational speakers in the world and with all this amazing credibility he’s the perfect choice for inspiring people how to properly understand their KPI and get the very best out of their information. I didn't think KPI applied to my life but Jeff set me straight minutes after our conversation began. He was truly sent from above and explained simply and easily why my goals, although clearly written down, have not manifested into reality. Tune in and allow Jeff to turn on the light bulb and give you the AHA moment that he shared with me on the Get Your FILL - Financial Independence & Long Life Podcast. Watch the video Jeff Smith is affectionately known as “The KPI Guy” because he’s written 7 international #1 best-selling books on KPI and Business Management and is on record as the most successful author in history on the subject.  Throughout his career, he’s worked with, and is trusted by Royal families, Governments of different countries and Senior Executives in the largest companies in the world.  Jeff is particularly admired in the international business arena because he has the amazing ability to explain complex business strategies into jargon-busting plain English that everyone understands; even where English is not the first language. Our goal is to have listeners in at least 50 countries by 31st of December, 2021. Here’s the list of countries that already enjoy Get Your FILL Podcast in order of listeners. Please share the podcast with a friend, especially if they’re in a country not already on this list. I’ll announce new countries as they’re added. Thank you! United States Germany Barbados Canada United Kingdom Pakistan Mauritania Kenya Sweden New Zealand Australia Netherlands Russia Hong Kong Japan Puerto Rico Brazil Poland Philippines Italy Cambodia Spain Ghana Malaysia Israel Serbia Oman Bangladesh South Africa Austria India

In Part 1, Jeff Smith shared his KPI Formula. Today, Jeff gets into more detail about the principles of success and how to modify your goals for best result. Learn from the man who has taught royalty, Jeff Smith. Enter to win a free mentoring session with Jeff Smith: email your goal to Chris (at) ChrisMcCarron.com. Enter by August 28th, winner will be announced on the show August 29th at 11:00 PM ET. Jeff Smith, the KPI Guy, is a Motivational Speaker and Business Trainer who has spent years interviewing the super-rich and has uncovered the 11 secrets to success. Jeff Smith is on record as the most successful author of all time on the subject on KPI (Key Performance Indicators) and Business Strategy. He’s cited by many as one of the best motivational speakers in the world and with all this amazing credibility he’s the perfect choice for inspiring people how to properly understand their KPI and get the very best out of their information. I didn't think KPI applied to my life but Jeff set me straight minutes after our conversation began. He was truly sent from above and explained simply and easily why my goals, although clearly written down, have not manifested into reality. Tune in and allow Jeff to turn on the light bulb and give you the AHA moment that he shared with me on the Get Your FILL - Financial Independence & Long Life Podcast. Watch the video Jeff Smith is affectionately known as “The KPI Guy” because he’s written 7 international #1 best-selling books on KPI and Business Management and is on record as the most successful author in history on the subject.  Throughout his career, he’s worked with, and is trusted by Royal families, Governments of different countries and Senior Executives in the largest companies in the world.  Jeff is particularly admired in the international business arena because he has the amazing ability to explain complex business strategies into jargon-busting plain English that everyone understands; even where English is not the first language. Our goal is to have listeners in at least 50 countries by 31st of December, 2021. Here’s the list of countries that already enjoy Get Your FILL Podcast in order of listeners. Please share the podcast with a friend, especially if they’re in a country not already on this list. I’ll announce new countries as they’re added. Thank you! United States Germany Barbados Canada United Kingdom Pakistan Mauritania Kenya Sweden New Zealand Australia Netherlands Russia Hong Kong Japan Puerto Rico Brazil Poland Philippines Italy Cambodia Spain Ghana Malaysia Israel Serbia Oman Bangladesh South Africa Austria India

In this first installment, Jeff whets our appetite for his 11 success principles and introduces the value of implementation (Just Do It)! Part 2 airs Sunday at 11:00 PM, don't miss out! Jeff Smith, the KPI Guy, is a Motivational Speaker and Business Trainer who has spent years interviewing the super-rich and has uncovered the 11 secrets to success. Jeff Smith is on record as the most successful author of all time on the subject on KPI (Key Performance Indicators) and Business Strategy. He’s cited by many as one of the best motivational speakers in the world and with all this amazing credibility he’s the perfect choice for inspiring people how to properly understand their KPI and get the very best out of their information.    I didn't think KPI applied to my life but Jeff set me straight minutes after our conversation began. He was truly sent from above and explained simply and easily why my goals, although clearly written down, have not manifested into reality. Tune in and allow Jeff to turn on the light bulb and give you the AHA moment that he shared with me on the Get Your FILL - Financial Independence & Long Life Podcast. Watch the video Jeff Smith is affectionately known as “The KPI Guy” because he’s written 7 international #1 best-selling books on KPI and Business Management and is on record as the most successful author in history on the subject.  Throughout his career, he’s worked with, and is trusted by Royal families, Governments of different countries and Senior Executives in the largest companies in the world.  Jeff is particularly admired in the international business arena because he has the amazing ability to explain complex business strategies into jargon-busting plain English that everyone understands; even where English is not the first language.    JEFF SMITH Superpower   His plain speaking, no nonsense approach allows him to excel with groups of people with mixed abilities and varying levels of experience. He engages the audience extremely quickly because there’s no blue-sky thinking in any of his presentations, he gets straight to the point with high-value, totally relevant and outstanding practical solutions that work in the real world.   He loves getting people to think differently, he introduces new paradigms to simulate questions and challenges the rules of conventional wisdom. He’s often voted as “best speaker” because he’s the master of audience engagement and his speaking style is always “Fun with a Serious Intent”.   Jeff’s world-wide reputation is such that delegates will often attend training courses and conferences just because he’s speaking at the event and this is because he’s well-known for providing the ultimate high-value content where you will always take something away to implement into your business.

In a world where finding out how to make more money is as easy as asking Siri how to get rich, why is it that so many of us are not yet there? Our guests have one answer for you: Mindset. Get a mental tune-up on this week's episode with Sheila Bella and Kate Beeders. This is a highlight reel from past episodes.  About Sheila Bella Watch the full interview on video Sheila Bella, a celebrity brow artist & beauty business success coach. She is the founder of two 7 Figure Businesses; Sheila Bella Permanent Makeup & Pretty Rich Bosses online academy. She is the host of PRETTY RICH PODCAST, which is a top-rated Beauty Entrepreneurship show on iTunes. She is also the President of the American Academy Of Micropigmentation. She is a speaker, social media marketing strategist, wife & #boymom. Her passion is teaching beauty bosses how to be booked out in their salons and how to create wildly profitable online coaching businesses themselves so they can expand their potential beyond the chair and create massive impact from the comfort of their home. Follow Sheila on social media: @RealSheilaBella www.SheilaBella.com ---------------------- About Kate Beeders Watch the full interview on video KATE BEEDERS, The Breakthrough Success Expert teaches how to tap into your Zone of Brilliance to Accelerate Your Success. Prior to coaching, Kate was a successful business development/marketing professional and started her career as a senior flight attendant which is the ultimate education in customer experience and managing the unexpected. Kate was honored on the Red Carpet in Hollywood by the National Association for Best-Selling Authors for her best-selling book “The Winning Way” with Brian Tracy. Her latest book “Go or Don’t Go: The Complete Guide to Accelerate Your Success and Tap into Your Brilliance” was recently released and is receiving 5-star reviews! As an international speaker, Kate has helped thousands of people go from stuck to successful with the Success Acceleration System™ and is a sought-after speaker across North America. She belongs to one of the top international speaker’s bureaus that includes many famous luminaries. Kate is a member of the Entrepreneurial 5% Club. For more information, please visit http://www.KateBeeders.com If you’re ready to step into your brilliance and get big results, Kate can help. =>Start by taking the Brilliant Breakthrough Challenge by clicking here: https://katebeeders.com/bbc/ SPECIALTIES: -Increasing Confidence -Increasing Income -Out-Of-The-Box Strategies -Gaining More Clarity & Focus -Setting Boundaries -Leadership Skills -Women's Empowerment -Building A Profitable Business -Mindset Techniques: EFT/Tapping, Neuroscience & LoA -Business Development -Releasing Blocks, Limiting Beliefs & Fears -Procrastination Buster -Stress Reduction -Attracting Ideal Clients -Creating New Money/Success Stories -Public Speaking -Sales Conversations -Business Planning -And more!

Wondering what you have to change in your life to retire in style? These four successful entrepreneurs share the philosophies that got them where they are today. Can you apply the same principles for your success? Ionnie McNeill Featured in magazines such as Black Enterprise, Seventeen, and Better Investing since high school, Ionnie McNeill is also known as The Baby Billionaire because of her future net worth of millions. At age 7, Ionnie began learning how to invest and by age 10 already had a portfolio invested in stocks and bonds. As a freshman in high school, Ionnie started her own business and was awarded 1st place in the Guardian’s Girls Going Places Entrepreneurship Award Program. Currently, she is traveling the country sharing her TIPS on Successful Investing with thousands of ambitious students and young adults, who want to make a difference in their lives and their financial future. Watch the video  ~ Listen to the full episode Misty Lynch Misty Lynch is a fee-only Certified Financial Planner™ and Certified Life Coach offering financial planning, investment management, and coaching services. Misty is passionate in her commitment to help her clients handle their finances and lives with confidence. A fee-only fiduciary and independent financial advisor, Misty does not receive commission and is legally required by her certifications to provide unbiased and reputable financial advice. When she isn't writing and educating about finances or helping you become your best self, she enjoys reading, learning and taking courses, watch baking championship shows, making food her kids won’t eat, petting all the dogs, 90’s music, and one day, she wants to be on a game show. Misty lives with her husband and children in Walpole, MA. Watch the video  ~ Listen to the full episode Sarah Catherine Gutierrez Sarah-Catherine Gutierrez (aka Ladysplaining Money) is the founder of Aptus Financial, national speaker, and co-founder of SAVE10--a campaign to empower women to save for life and retirement. She holds a BA from Salem College, an MPP from Harvard University, and the CFP® and CRPS® designations. But First, Save 10 is her first book. Find her at ladysplainingmoney.com. Watch the video  ~ Listen to the full episode Ann McNeill Ann McNeill is the President of MCO Construction and Services Inc., MCO Consulting, Inc., Constructively Speaking, Inc., on the Board of Directors for Better Investing, and Founder of the National Association of Black Women in Construction (NABWIC). Ann McNeill is also the Founder and President/CEO of the International Mastermind Association, an organization that helps people create work/life balance through goal setting and financial empowerment. The group has produced several authors, such as Dr. Mia Y. Merritt, and a host of other successful entrepreneurs. Today, Ann is a dynamic speaker that has been featured in many newspapers and magazines, including Success Magazine and the Miami Herald, and was also the cover story for USA Today, Black Enterprise, ABC World News, and was featured on Channel 10. Watch the video  ~ Listen to the full episode

Want to retire n style but don't know where to begin? How can you create wealth from little or nothing? Is passive income an urban myth? Learn from these five investors the meaning of wealth and  how they went from zero to hero using real estate investing. This is a highlight reel from five earlier podcasts featuring real estate investors, hard money lenders and financial planners. If you like what you hear, follow these links to the full episodes: Tyler Sheff - The Cash Flow Guys, led by Tyler Sheff, is a one-stop access to just about every type of #realestate service you’ll need to find deals, fund them, grow, and succeed as an #investor. Marc Savatsky - As a Boston-based developer, Realtor and licensed contractor Marc Savatsky knows real estate. Marc specializes in identifying and assessing development sites, historic restoration and adaptive re-use, financial modeling, zoning analysis, project permitting plus construction cost estimating and project management. Tylene Henry - Preparing for that next step in life isn’t always easy. Tylene's combination of experience, professionalism and access to a wide variety of products and services can help you meet your financial goals, estate strategies and insurance needs. Whether your goals include preparing for milestone life events like retirement or college, or whether you’re simply looking for life, disability income or long-term care insurance protection, she promises you a new level of attention, insight and capability. Contact Tylene to discuss your financial future. Nick Aalerud - An established entrepreneur, speaker, and owner of several businesses, Nick prides himself on sharing with individuals his challenges, his successes, and his ongoing education in everything he does. Ann Bellamy - Providing short term funding for rehabs pre-stabilized multi-family properties to investors in Southern NH and Eastern and Central MA, as well as transactional funding for short sales and REO flips.

What are subtle energies? How can you tap into these energies to connect to your higher being? Dr. Alison J Kay answers these questions and more on this week's Get Your FILL - Financial Independence & Long Life.   Watch the video About Dr. Alison J Kay:   Dr. Alison J Kay has secrets no one else uses to upgrade, inspire & disrupt old paradigms within her community & the collective. She is an Award Winning, #1 International. Best Selling Author and the Founder of the Vibrational UPgrade™ System.    She is an experienced subtle energies practitioner and natural healer with a holistic approach towards helping others thrive in mind, body and spirit. This is reinforced by her ten years in Asia studying subtle energies & ancient wisdom. With 20+ years working in & teaching Yoga, Meditation, Energy Medicine, MindBody Fitness, Longevity and Holistic Health with a specialized focus on the Chakra System, Dr. Alison brings a unique perspective that facilitates massive change. Link to FB group

Dusya Lyubovskaya is a Shamballah MultiDimensional Healing Master. She helps transform women's lives who are recovering from trauma in different stages of their lives and she helps parents who are looking for strategies to stop their autistic kids from self harming.   On this week's Get Your FILL - Financial Independence and Long Life Podcast, she talks with host, Christine McCarron, sharing her wisdom and her past struggles that make her such a successful healer.  Watch the video Connect with Dusya:   Linked in; https://www.linkedin.com/in/dusya-lyubovskaya-4005632b/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lyubovskayadusya

Ann McNeill is the Master Builder, helping people design and build their ideal life. As part 2 of the Millionaire Mindset series, she shares her story, how she got herself onto the path of wealth and abundance and how we can too!  Watch the video Visit BetterInvesting Ann McNeill Knows About Setting and Achieving Goals Ann McNeill is the President of MCO Construction and Services Inc., MCO Consulting, Inc., Constructively Speaking, Inc., Franchise Owner of Colbert/Ball Tax, Founder of Speak 2 Share, Inc., on the Board of Directors for Better Investing, and Founder of the National Association of Black Women in Construction (NABWIC). Ann McNeill is also the Founder and President/CEO of the International Mastermind Association, an organization that helps people create work/life balance through goal setting and financial empowerment. The group has produced several authors, such as Dr. Mia Y. Merritt, and a host of other successful entrepreneurs. Today, Ann is a dynamic speaker that has been featured in many newspapers and magazines, including Success Magazine and the Miami Herald, and was also the cover story for USA Today, Black Enterprise, ABC World News, and was featured on Channel 10.

International speaker and author, Brian Tracy, is the inspiration for this episode kicking off a series on Millionaire Mindset. AnneMarie Cabana Sweet joins to help facilitate this discussion on the changes we must make to prepare ourselves for success.  Watch the video Brian Tracy is Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations. Brian's goal is to help you achieve your personal and business goals faster and easier than you ever imagined. Brian Tracy has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and 70 other countries worldwide. As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year. He has studied, researched, written and spoken for 30 years in the fields of economics, history, business, philosophy and psychology. He is the top selling author of over 70 books that have been translated into dozens of languages. He has written and produced more than 300 audio and video learning programs, including the worldwide, best-selling Psychology of Achievement, which has been translated into more than 28 languages. He speaks to corporate and public audiences on the subjects of Personal and Professional Development, including the executives and staff of many of America's largest corporations. His exciting talks and seminars on Leadership, Selling, Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity and Success Psychology bring about immediate changes and long-term results. Prior to founding his company, Brian Tracy International, Brian was the Chief Operating Officer of a $265 million dollar development company. He has had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and syndication, importation, distribution and management consulting. He has conducted high level consulting assignments with several billion-dollar plus corporations in strategic planning and organizational development. He has traveled and worked in over 107 countries on six continents, and speaks four languages. Brian is happily married and has four children. He is active in community and national affairs, and is the President of three companies headquartered in Solana Beach, California.

Serial entrepreneur, FOREX expert, and incredibly interesting guy, Wilbert Wynnberg shares his journey from graft to jail to successful foreign exchange trader and mentor to philanthropist. Can his secrets to success work for you? You won't know unless you tune in. Watch the video. Wilbert Wynnberg is a Serial Entrepreneur, International Speaker and 4X Bestselling Author. He is also the Founder of Think Act Prosper. Since 2015, Wilbert has touched the lives of over 250,000 people in more than 20 countries through his seminars, live programmes and award-winning book. His quintessential rags-to-riches success story of sacrifice, hard work, and perseverance as well as the unique and charismatic way he communicates it, has inspired many audience. He has appeared on TV and been featured on news publication such as Forbes, Yahoo Finance, Thrive Global, CNA, Lianhe Zaobao and many more. ​

Opportunity Zones were created to entice developers to create projects in disadvantaged areas using tax incentives. Opportunity Zones are an excellent tax haven for investors but are they upholding their promise to these underserved communities? Ann McNeill and Christine McCarron moderate a discussion with this esteemed panel of experts: Rudi Bester, Denise Cleveland-Leggett, Cornell Crews Jr and Ben Toro-Spears, as we discuss what has - and has not - been working. Rudi Bester Rudi Bester, CEO & Managing Director Memory Trees Companies (“MTC”) Rudi retired from an executive career in financial technology to focus primarily on his family’s charitable foundation. Their Mission is “Giving Back Life… In Abundance!” Denise Cleveland-Leggett U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Region IV, Regional Administrator Denise Cleveland-Leggett is the Southeast Region Administrator of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s largest region in the nation. Based in the Atlanta Regional Office, she oversees HUD programs and operations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Southeast Region consists of twelve field offices and approximately 840 employees.  As the Regional Administrator she oversees and coordinates with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development annual funding of over $519 million, multifamily and public housing funding of $5.3 billion and single-family housing insurance in force of over $236 billion across the southeast region. Cornell Crews Jr. Cornell Crews Jr. is the Executive Director of the Community Reinvestment Alliance of South Florida.  A non-profit membership organization serving Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, dedicated to the enforcement and preservation of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. His previous employment included 16 years at Partners for Self Employment Inc. (PSE). Ann McNeill Ann McNeill is the President of MCO Construction and Services Inc., MCO Consulting, Inc., Constructively Speaking, Inc., Franchise Owner of Colbert/Ball Tax, Founder of Speak 2 Share, Inc., on the Board of Directors for Better Investing, and Founder of the National Association of Black Women in Construction (NABWIC). Ben Toro-Spears Florida Housing Coalition Ben Toro-Spears is the Chief Strategy Officer for the Florida Housing Coalition, with an extensive background in affordable housing and community development, real estate finance, and data management. Ben’s expertise includes fair housing, strategic planning, affordable housing development, geospatial analysis, and housing and community development activity impact assessments. Ben provides training to local governments, housing developers, and their partners on affordable housing program regulations, financial and data management, and best practices for organizational development.

Barry Moniak, business consultant, trainer, speaker, and PSIA certified ski instructor, shares his method of Fearless Leadership. Fear is nothing to be afraid of! It's a tool with incredible value and power.  Watch the video About Barry Barry Moniak gets leaders to deal with tough challenges, the same way expert skiers approach formidable ski slopes. A core trait which sets fearless leaders apart is a developed inclination to befriend fear, transforming it into a more beneficial kind of energy. They then infuse this atypical approach to fear into those who look to them for leadership, thereby developing fearless teams. We do not typically think of the workplace as the ideal space for this transformation to take place – but it is. The job site is the ideal arena in which to become enlightened and fearless; not the mountain top, seaside, church or synagogue; not even the latest greatest get motivated seminar. Business provides a tough, no-nonsense, yet highly creative space in which we discover who we really are and evolve into fearless leaders of fearless teams. What makes Barry a fear expert? Born empathic back in a time when this condition wasn’t well known or talked about. No one bothered to explain to Barry that being empathic involved a lot more than having empathy. It meant literally picking up on other peoples’ thoughts, desires, fears; and since he had no understanding of where this extrasensory input was coming from, he often thought of himself as crazy. Add to that being raised Jewish in an anti-Semitic community, caused him to grow up in a state of societal judgement, rejection and fear. As a young adult, in his first attempt at snow skiing, he became so frozen with fear atop a black diamond run that he was taken off the mountain in a ski patrol rescue sled. Barry soon discovered that everyone experiences fear, yet we each experience it in our own way. The typical reaction to fear, he found, is to in some way disavow its existence. He began to research what causes fear and its effect on us mentally, physically and emotionally. His curiosity was peaked as to why it’s so socially unacceptable to talk about our fears – especially in relationships or at work – even though doing so is so critically relevant to becoming fearless. Decades of personal growth and development work followed, including studies in physics, psychology, philosophy, the neurological sciences, fitness, and training certifications in martial arts, esoterics and skiing. In the course of his rich and modestly varied business background he built, maintained, and sold innovative enterprises: general construction; custom remodeling; asbestos abatement; business valuation & sales; high end restaurant service & training. Thirty years ago, Barry founded a consulting practice focused on developing more functional personal, interpersonal and organizational relationships with fear. Barry’s presented various topics dealing with fear over the last fifteen years. His empathic, intuitional nature adds flavor and depth of understanding to his approach. Though entertaining and interactive, his on-stage presentations speak to real issues. Barry’s also a PSIA certified ski instructor, about to start his 22nd season, helping skiers have a safe and more enjoyable experience in a sport riddled with fear. He uses ‘on mountain’ ski stories as analogies for ‘off mountain’ endeavors. Barry believes that in order to succeed in business, and in life, we must treat people and organizations as integrated beings – living entities. He assesses areas where individuals and teams experience fear and empowers them to embrace and face the fear. Check out the episode page with links to resources that Barry mentions.