Positively Powerful Interview with Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, a leader with millions of fans.

Positively Powerful Interview with Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, a leader with millions of fans.

May 6, 2020 | Business, collaboration, creativity

Positively Powerful Interview with Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, a leader with millions of fans.

The public is invited to join Triad West President, Dr. Joel P. Martin for a Positively Powerful Zoom conversation with Colleen Jennings-Roggensack this Friday, May 8th, at 6 p.m. MST. Register to receive Zoom information. https://bit.ly/ZoomMay8

Colleen Jennings-Roggensack has been presenting the performing arts for the past 35 years. She is the Executive Director of Arizona State University Gammage and ASU Vice President for Cultural Affairs with artistic, fiscal, and administrative responsibility for two cultural facilities, as well as additional responsibility for Sun Devil Stadium, the new ASU 365 Community Union, and Wells Fargo Arena.

“I am so proud to be able to lead ASU Gammage and have been fortunate to see our programs grow and audiences grow with us. We continue to present the best of Broadway as well as an array of artists from across the globe in all artistic disciplines through the ASU Gammage Beyond series and our programming at ASU Kerr Cultural Center.” Colleen Jennings-Roggensack

From Dr. Joel P. Martin, Host: I’m delighted that she’s taking the time to spend with us during these challenging times. I know that people will appreciate this special opportunity to be “up close and personal” with one of the leaders in the arts, culture, and theater. She’s a phenomenal person with millions of fans because of her many contributions. She’s changing the world for the better.

There will be much to learn from and be inspired by such as the 2020/2021 Gammage theater season that we can look forward to. With so many moving parts, how Colleen and her team bring productions to the stage, post-coronavirus. What it takes to create millions of fans and build a self-sustaining nonprofit organization. We will also learn how the other guests online with us are doing and what resources and support are needed.

This event is open to the public and you must register in advance to receive the Zoom password and meeting number. Register online at https://bit.ly/ZoomMay8

Dr. Joel P. Martin, PhD, MA is President & Founder of Triad West Inc. and Positively Powerful Woman Awards, Conferences, and Online Events. Diversity and Inclusion, Leadership and Team Building Creative Solutions Changing Lives and Businesses for the Better. To learn more visit website: www.positivelypowerful.com Twitter: @drjoelmartin

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What stops us from being kind?

What stops us from being kind?

May 3, 2020 | Business, Coaches Corner

What stops us from being kind?

“Being kind is free and a currency that’s cherished. Being kind to yourself pays off in dividends. Being kind to others is invaluable…. Kind People are my kind of people.” Dr. Joel P. Martin

We don’t need to have a lot of money to be kind. Regardless of how much we know, who we know, how old we are, where we live, we can be kind. Being kind makes us beautiful. Kindness is being caring, warm, and giving to others. The word comes from the Middle English word ‘kindness’ meaning ‘noble deeds’ or ‘courtesy’.  

What stops us from being kind?

Fear of having our kindness rejected or misunderstood, fear of doing it wrong. Anger, envy, and mistrust because of stereotypes and bigotry. In Between the World and Me, Author Ta-Nehisi Coates writes this on receiving the kindness of a stranger “…watching him walk away, I felt that I had missed part of the experience because of my eyes because my eyes were made in Baltimore because my eyes were blindfolded by fear.”

Maria Popova writes in Brainpickings that “the measure of true kindness …is often revealed in those challenging instances when we must rise above the impulse toward its opposite, ignited by fear and anger and despair.” And we can do this. We can become aware of and practice being kind. It is teachable. 

Kindness health facts.  

Kindness can increase happiness.

  • It is contagious. The positive effects are experienced in the brain of everyone who witnessed the act, improving their mood, and making them more likely to “pay it forward.”
  • It produces oxytocin, the ‘love hormone’ which aids in lowering blood pressure, improving overall heart-health, self-esteem, and optimism.
  • It increases energy, happiness, lifespan, pleasure, and serotonin, a chemical that can calm us down, and make us feel happy.

Here’s what kindness decreases.

  • It decreases pain. Engaging in acts of kindness produces endorphins, the brain’s natural painkiller.
  • It decreases depression, stress, and anxiety. Stephen Post of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine found that when we give of ourselves, everything from life satisfaction to self-realization and physical health is significantly improved. Mortality is delayed, depression is reduced and well-being and good fortune are increased.
  • It decreases blood pressure. Oxytocin causes the release of a chemical called nitric oxide, which dilates the blood vessels. This reduces blood pressure and, therefore, oxytocin is known as a “cardioprotective” hormone. It protects the heart by lowering blood pressure. David R. Hamilton: “Acts of kindness create emotional warmth, which releases the hormone oxytocin.”

Good to know and support: The Be Kind People Project® (BKPP) is a non-profit dedicated to providing students with comprehensive youth development programming that effectively uses a positive approach to social, emotional, and academic learning. BKPP has a vision of building a generation of respectful, responsible, healthy, and caring citizens and leaders and believes that in a multicultural society, trust, understanding, tolerance, and kindness are the cornerstones of peace, order, and civility.

Nichol Luoma, MBA, ASU Vice President, will be acknowledged on October 16th with the Positively Powerful Woman Sustainability Leadership Award.

Nichol Luoma, MBA, ASU Vice President, will be acknowledged on October 16th with the Positively Powerful Woman Sustainability Leadership Award.

Feb 21, 2020 | Business, Diversity & Inclusion, Women

Nichol Luoma, MBA, ASU Vice President, will be acknowledged on October 16th with the Positively Powerful Woman Sustainability Leadership Award.

2020 Positively Powerful Award Honoree Nichol Luoma, MBA

Nichol Luoma is the Vice President of University Business Services, University Sustainability Operations Officer, and Chief Procurement Officer. It was my honor to ask her to receive the 2020 Positively Powerful Woman Sustainability Leadership Award at the 12th Annual Awards Luncheon. The title Sustainability Leader took on many distinctions for me. Professionally, she strengthens and supports Arizona State University, the #1 innovation leader, as an institution and those who do business in it and with it. In a boarder sense, Nichol Luoma is also a “sustaining” family member and community leader. And in a personal sense, for my company Triad West Inc., she is are a visionary change maker. The collaboration my company now has with ASU 365 Community Union would not have been possible without her influence.

“Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.”

J. K. Rowling

As a result, Triad West is working closely with Nichol Luoma, Vice President of ASU Business Services, Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Vice President for Cultural Affairs and Executive Director of ASU Gammage, Lisa Loo, Vice President of Legal Affairs and Deputy General Counsel, Arizona State University, and Victor Hamburger, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives for ASU Cultural Affairs, the parent department of ASU Gammage, ASU 365 Community Union and ASU Kerr Cultural Center.

Nichol Luoma is a first-generation college graduate and has nearly two decades of global business operations leadership experience. She oversees multiple operations at Arizona State University including supply chain (procurement and materials management), auxiliaries, parking and transit, sustainability practices, risk management, physical security initiatives, and environment health & safety.

She graduated summa cum laude from ASU’s W. P. Carey School of Business and Barrett, the Honors College with a bachelor’s degree in supply chain management. She also was a W. P. Carey School of Business Outstanding Graduating Senior. She received her MBA from Duke University, where she also graduated summa cum laude and was honored as a Fuqua Scholar.  Nichol Luoma was a Past President (2018-2019) of the National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP) and is a faculty member for NAEP and the Western Association of College and University Business Officers.

This is an open invitation to all who know and have worked with Nichol Luoma and those who would like to acknowledge her for her leadership and contributions. Join us. Become a sponsor. Attend as a guest. Connect and make an impact at the Positively Powerful Conference, Friday, October 16th at ASU Community Union, Sun Devil Stadium, 500 East Veterans Way, Tempe, AZ. The Education Summit breakfast and registration begin at 7:30 a.m. Speakers program from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Following the Summit, we host the Positively Powerful Woman Awards in celebration of the accomplishments of the 12th Annual Positively Powerful Woman Award recipients. Sponsorship Information and Registrations are available online.

October 16th, Intel Vice President Barbara H. Whye will be acknowledged as the 2020 Positively Powerful Woman Global Leadership Award recipient.

October 16th, Intel Vice President Barbara H. Whye will be acknowledged as the 2020 Positively Powerful Woman Global Leadership Award recipient.

Feb 19, 2020 | Business, Domestic Violence Prevention, global, Leadership, PPW Awards, Women

October 16th, Intel Vice President Barbara H. Whye will be acknowledged as the 2020 Positively Powerful Woman Global Leadership Award recipient.

2020 Positively Powerful Award Honoree Dr. Barbara H. Whye Intel Corporation @BarbaraWhye

The Positively Powerful Woman Awards Mission is to shine the light on women who are creating a pathway so that all people can follow in their footsteps, be “self-actualized”, and live their dreams. Barbara H. Whye is a visionary and a role model who walks her talk in the technology space. It is for this reason that I was delighted and honored when Barbara H. Whye said “Yes” to receiving the Positively Powerful Woman Global Leadership Award.

Barbara H. Whye is Intel’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Vice President of Human Resources. She leads Intel’s Diversity in Technology $300M initiative which resulted in reaching full representation in Intel’s U.S. workforce in October 2018. The company’s workforce now reflects the percent of women and underrepresented minorities available in the U.S. skilled labor market.

A champion of Intel’s culture of inclusion, with 24 years of experience, she develops strategies that accelerate progress and integrate diversity and inclusion across the ecosystem to enhance innovation and drive business results. Barbara joined Intel in 1995 as an engineer and held a number of leadership roles driving large scale and enterprise wide change. Prior to joining HR and Global Diversity and Inclusion in 2015, she spent 15 years in key leadership and project engineering roles responsible for acquiring and starting up new facilities for Intel Corporation worldwide, including Talent Management as an expatriate in San José, Costa Rica.

Barbara also led the investment strategy for Intel’s global (STEM) education portfolio, with an emphasis on girls and underserved populations, and was a strategist on Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls’ education and empowerment. Barbara earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of South Carolina and her MBA from the University’s Darla Moore School of Business.

Recognized as a force for positive social change, she has been awarded with the 2014 National Society of Black Engineers Career Excellence Award, a 2015 Society of Women Engineers Spark Award, a 2016 Inspiring Women of South Carolina Award, 2019 BLACK ENTERPRISE Most Powerful Women in Corporate Diversity Award, 2019 Most Influential Women in Corporate America Award, and 2019 NAFE Women of Excellence Corporate Women’s Champion Award.

Dr. Maya Angelou said, “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” Dr. Angelou’s quote describes Barbara H. Whye to me. Dr. Joel P. Martin, Triad West Inc.

Join us for Positively Powerful Conference, Friday, October 16th at ASU Community Union, Sun Devil Stadium, 500 East Veterans Way, Tempe, AZ. The Education Summit breakfast and registration begin at 7:30 a.m. Speakers program from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Following the Summit, we host the Positively Powerful Woman Awards where we will acknowledge Barbara H. Whye as one of this year’s 12th Annual Positively Powerful Woman Award recipients. Sponsorship Information and Registrations are available online.

“Diversity & Inclusion Social Justice, Equity, and Ethics”

“Diversity & Inclusion Social Justice, Equity, and Ethics”

Sep 9, 2019 | Business, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership

“Diversity & Inclusion Social Justice, Equity, and Ethics”

Sept. 23rd, 7 am to 9 am, three highly regarded attorneys join Triad West President, Dr. Joel Martin as Panelists for this important Conversation. Meet them and join the Dialog at  Hera Hub, 2111 E. Highland Ave. Suite 240. 

Triad West Inc. is dedicated to creating Diversity and Inclusion in our workforces, workplaces, and communities. It’s for this reason that we present this month’s Monday Morning open to the public Diversity and Inclusion Conversation On Leadership (COL) Breakfast. The environment is inclusive, the conversations dynamic, connections are made, and information is shared so that we can know better, do better, and be better collectively. Meet the three Panelists. Register Here

 

ATTORNEY DONNA WILLIAMS

The Donna Williams Group

Donna Williams is an attorney and professional mediator licensed to practice law in Nevada, Maryland, and Arizona.  She has been an attorney for over 22 years and a trained mediator for 16 years.  

Donna engages clients through her firm, The Donna Williams Group, helping them manage and resolve conflict around workplace, family and small business disputes. 

Mediation and EEO Investigation Services

She is a contractor with the Arizona Department of Education, providing mediation services, and a federal contractor providing both mediation and EEO investigation services.  Donna has also been a certified University of Phoenix faculty member since 2012, teaching on criminal justice, dispute resolution and ethics topics. Donna regularly gives her time and talent as a volunteer mediator for the Arizona Attorney General’s Office of Civil Rights Division.  

Prior to founding her law practice in 2010, Donna held positions with the Maricopa County Superior Court as a judicial officer and court administrator. In her most recent role, she served as the Court Administrator and General Counsel for Probate Administration.  As an administrator, Donna provided oversight of court processes and the supervision of over 100 professional staff.

Donna has lived in the Phoenix Metro area for over 18 years and has served on several nonprofit boards.  She currently serves on the boards of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Phoenix Metropolitan Chapter and the Children’s Museum of Phoenix.

ATTORNEY LEON SILVER

Managing Partner, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani’s Phoenix

Leon Silver is the managing partner of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani’s Phoenix office where he is responsible not only for his legal practice but also for recruiting and hiring.  He is the national leader of the firm’s Retail & Hospitality and Governmental & Administrative Law practice groups.

Deeply committed to Diversity and Inclusion

His commitment to diversity and inclusion is evidenced not only by the variety of backgrounds of the lawyers he’s recruited to his firm but also by his volunteer efforts.  Leon currently serves on the board of directors of “Take the Lead”, a women’s leadership training organization; is the founder and leader of the Liberty Project, a reproductive rights think tank at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU; is a former Board Chair and Trustee of Planned Parenthood Arizona; and former board member of the YWCA of Greater Phoenix. He has been honored by the latter two organizations with their respective lifetime achievement honors; The Peggy Goldwater Award and the Tribute to Leadership Advocacy Award. 

With this background, Leon has expertise in personal privacy and gender equality issues and has lectured and published articles on the importance of inclusion and gender parity in law firms.  The highly regarded “Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession Review” included one of his articles in its 2017 edition: On a Mission to Bring “True Diversity” to the Field of Law; and in 2015 the Huffington Post ran an article titled:  The Evolution of Male-Female Relationships: An Interview with Leon Silver. 

Leon has been recognized as a “Top Ten Commercial Litigator” and one of the “100 Best Lawyers in Arizona.”

ATTORNEY MARIAN YIM

Owner, Yim Law Office, PLLC

Attorney Marian Yim has advocated for diversity and inclusion in the legal profession at the state and national level.  

A Positively Powerful Change Maker  

Marian was the first Asian female to work at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, the Arizona Supreme Court, and the City of Phoenix Mayor’s Office.  She was Founding President of the Arizona Asian American Bar Association (AAABA), and a charter member of the Arizona State Bar Committee on Women and Minorities. She chaired the education subcommittee on the American Bar Association’s Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice  

In 2014, Marian received the inaugural Senator Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA). She is also a past recipient of awards for Advancing Equal Opportunity in the Profession and being a Positively Powerful Woman. 

Marian earned her B.A. from Vassar College and J.D. from Cornell Law School. She owns Yim Law Office, PLLC, and counsels nonprofits and minority-owned businesses on grants and asset management. She also volunteers as an advisor to several community organizations, including the Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Asian Corporate and Entrepreneur Leaders (ACEL), and Arizona State University’s President’s Minority Advisory Council.

How to be an Independent Thinker

Sep 6, 2019 | Business, Career Advice, Coaching, creativity, Diversity & Inclusion

How to be an Independent thinker

In American, we pride ourselves on the notion of our independence, while we actively seek out the safety of conformity. A contradiction.

Being independent in thought or any other human activity is hard hard work. You have to insist on challenging yourself to grow beyond the limits of who you were yesterday. There is so much we learn about ourselves and the rest of the world each day.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead

Starting at the beginning of this century, many of us have decided to define ourselves through mechanisms like politics, religions, and race, confining ourselves and our thinking to that of a group. But we are more complex than this.

“Birds of a Feather flock together” But we are not birds

Our growth as a society has everything to do with our exposing ourselves to new cultures and thinking.