BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4ecf68d4d97633f0fe1229af21167206127 CATEGORIES:Lunch & Learn SUMMARY:September Lunch & Learn: How Operations Can Impact Your Bottom Line DESCRIPTION:
Operations, efficiency (ke eping costs low) and effectiveness (keeping members satisfied) are the back bone of any association. Join us to learn trends and best practices in hum an resources, accounting and branding that can help you meet organizational objectives.
Learning Objectives:
Date & Time: Sep
tember 15, 2021 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Speakers: Kris Sor
okwasz, Kim Crawford, CPA, Amy Michie, CPA, Cathey Wise, and Phil Chelf, MB
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Registration: $45 Members/ $65 Non-members
Important: All outside attendees must be vaccinated and fi ll out a Meeting Vaccination Policy and Waiver prior to arriving at the meeting.
Kris Sorokwasz, President of ABGI Kris founded Advanced Busines s Graphics, Inc. (ABGI) in 1994. The company is a single source provider fo r print and promotional products, as well as distribution, online ordering, and other ancillary services. Kris has ensured that ABGI has been consiste nt in serving clients and sharing core values from the beginning. This has ensured long term client retention and continued year over year revenue gro wth. With the many changes that have taken place in the industry, ABGI has capitalized on technology-based solutions to streamline workflows and lower costs for clients. The company specifically tailors solutions to its clien t’s needs and objectives. Kris takes pride in the enthusiasm and pro fessionalism she and her team bring to their work. Kris is a graduate of Mi chigan State University and works with the Women’s Business Council Southea st, Women’s President’s Organization and the Print, Solutions and Distribut ion Association. She and her husband live in Coppell while her daughter att ends Boston college.
Kim Crawford, CPA, Partner, Sutton Frost Cary LLP Kim has been in pub lic accounting since 1994, including several years in the Dallas office at an international firm. Her extensive and diverse experience includes, but i s not limited to, audits of financial statements of privately owned compani es, employee benefit plans and nonprofit organizations, as well as consulti ng for insurance-related clients. Kim also assists clients with various tax and consulting services. Her responsibilities include being one of the fir m’s managing partners and designated partner for audits of nonprofit entiti es.
Cat hey Wise is an experienced association executive who recently serv ed as executive director of the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association. She is now looking for the next opportunity to serve a noble mission. Cat hey loves Pilates and is a wannabe foodie.
Phil is a highly driven, results-oriented sales and operations leader with a broad skill set in leadership, business, tech nology, engineering, supply chain, manufacturing and marketing. He is curre ntly a District Manager with Insperity, a leading provider of human resourc es and business performance solutions. Phil joined Insperity in 2014 as a B usiness Performance Advisor in the Dallas-Fort Worth area where he helped b usiness owners identify opportunities to make their businesses run better, grow faster and make more money. Prior to Insperity, Phil spent time as an officer in the United States Army and working in leadership roles for compa nies like Motorola, Nokia and OSM. He earned is BSEE from North Carolina St ate University and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.
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