Featured Speakers As an innovator and educator, she has pioneered a multitude of distinctive programs, including the unprecedented graduate degree program, a Master of Science in Leadership for women. In pursuit of her purpose to empower nations, particularly women leaders she has presented on the topic of women’s leadership at the Oxford Roundtable, at the University of Oxford Manchester, College in Oxford, England, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Spirit Magazine, just to name a few. Ms. Pittman has been instrumental in developing and implementing various programs, as well as empowering individuals and communities on many levels. She embarked upon an independent international mission project to serve and minister to the people of Kenya - Njoro, Nakuru, Limuru, Narok and Rrotian. To further establish her global positioning, she was priveledged to be selected among 15 elite female leaders from across the United States to participate in Leadership America’s international leadership program in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah.
 Terri Kosecki is an experienced Career Coach who assists those seeking career transition or advancement to exceed their goals through one-on-one, individualized strategies.
Prior to her start in Career Management Services, Terri had more than twelve years of experience in the recruiting and staffing industry placing individuals in many vertical roles including accounting, administrative, IT, engineering, marketing, sales and management. Through her career, Terri has coached and advised thousands of candidates through their job searches teaching them how to become the “stand out” candidate. She is fully committed to helping individuals find their unique place in the business world, achieve their goals and, therefore, become indispensable to their employer. Terri has extensive experience working closely with company management developing strategies to identify top talent. This knowledge allows her to help clients position themselves, leveraging their strengths to become valuable assets to their employers or the best candidate in the interview process. Terri possesses a thorough knowledge of intricate employment markets and understands that a job search in today’s economy looks much different than one from even five years ago. She also appreciates that each employment search is unique, necessitating goals and plans created specifically for each client. This focus at both the macro and micro levels ensures that each partnership is specialized, satisfying and successful. Prior to her recruiting career, Terri worked in the manufacturing industry in Sales/Marketing and office management while managing a busy household and family. To contact Terri, please call 630-272--5962, e-mail her at Terri@tkgcareerconsultants.com or visit www.tkgcareerconsultants.com.  In addition, Marcelo is a part-time Small Business Counselor and Instructor with the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Waubonsee Community College in Aurora, IL. Before starting his own business in 2006, Marcelo spent 20 years in Corporate America where he had finance, marketing, business development and general management roles with Pepsi-Cola, Miller Brewing and Capital One. He has Marketing and Finance degrees from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA in Management from LaSalle University. A native of Miami, Florida, Marcelo lived in Florida and Latin America while growing up and now lives in Downers Grove, Illinois with his wife Sheila and their two sons, Marc and Luc.  Conor Cunneen is our resident Irishman, board member and keynote speaker who has Energized and Entertained clients from Harley-Davidson to Helsinki, from Memphis to Malaga. A man with a deep passion for those in job search (he refuses to use ‘unemployed’ stating job seekers are employed doing THE most important job they will ever do), Conor co-hosts JobTalk on Chicago local radio and has authored SHEIFGAB the World: 8 Building Blocks to Successful Job Transition. (It is a great read.)
 Scott Andersohn of Waters Edge Coaching, has been a volunteer at the Career Center since August 2009. Scott brings 25 years of experience in organization development, human resources, training and consulting to the Career Center. Scott owns Waters Edge Coaching, an executive, team and career coaching service where Scott works with clients to make work so engaging that “they catapult out of bed in the morning eager to get started”.
 Joy Maguire-Dooley is a therapist and educator. Joy has been facilitating the Lisle Township Job Club at the Community Career Center, one of the top networking job clubs in the Midwest, for over 12 years. She is also the co-founder and host of a popular radio program called Job Talk. Joy’s skills as an interviewer have attracted top authors to call the show on a weekly basis for lively and interesting discussions regarding job search. Her knowledge as a job search expert keeps her busy on the speakers’ circuit throughout the year.
 Diane uses the "Circle of Life Process" which is based on a holistic or “wellness” model, intended to improve your overall well-being. One of the most important aspects of this coaching process is "self-care," which is at the heart of all changes made using this process. Diane offers you a safe and caring space to discover your strengths and explore ways to cultivate a wellness lifestyle. Through coaching, Diane provides feedback, insights and guidance from an outside vantage point. This supportive collaboration creates accountability, which is intended to empower you to change behavior, increase choices, meet goals, and realize your vision. Moving forward at a pace that is comfortable for you, Diane helps you to identify and use your strengths as assets and helps you shift from a framework of limitation and restriction into one of endless possibility. When helping to inspire people to design the lives they want, Diane considers it a high priority to find fun ways to incorporate important and lasting lifestyle changes. If something is fun, we are all more likely to repeat it which helps to foster lasting change. For Diane, one of the highlights of coaching is joining her clients in celebrating all their victories, both large and small. Diane shares her gift and passion for coaching throughout the United States by leading individual and group sessions and weekend retreats. Diane has helped individuals who are making a career transition, ending a relationship, desire to deepen their spirituality, quit smoking, improve nutrition, lose weight, become more resilient, reduce stress, practice better self-care, or are simply looking for personal and professional breakthroughs. Diane serves her clients with deep respect, compassion and sincerity.  Steve reinvented his own life in 2007. While sitting bedside with his step-father who was gravely ill, Steve was holding his hand and had a profound vision of his own funeral. The words spoken graveside haunts, and drives, Steve to this day… “Here lies Steve Olsher. He dedicated his life to chasing the almighty dollar.” These words hit him hard and it immediately became clear that his life to that point was of benefit to him, and those closest to him, but no one else. Though he had experienced financial success as a lifelong entrepreneur, he still felt unfulfilled. The next day, Steve began a 180 degree shift so that he could share the tools, shortcuts, and principles that have helped propel him, and others he shared this knowledge with, forward and began shaping his legacy to not only have positive impact on those who share this lifetime with him, but also on those of lifetimes to come. These efforts led to the release of Journey To You: A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming Who You Were Born to Be (USA Book News’ “Self-Help Book of the Year”), the launch of Reinvention Radio, and the creation of The Reinvention Workshop. Steve is a highly-acclaimed leadership and reinvention speaker, seminar leader, and sought-after media guest. His message—that we each are born with an inherent blueprint that we must heed in order to make an inordinate difference in both our life, and the lives of others—transforms people across the globe. |
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