Dr. Joel Martin and Ilana Lowery Co-Facilitate a Women’s Leadership Summit

The Positively Powerful Speakers who will lead off are:

  • Anna Maria Maldonado, Director of Sales & Marketing, Care1st Health Plan of Arizona, Inc.
  • Angela M. Allen, RN, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute and Dementia Care Initiative Coordinator
  • Debbie Castaldo, Vice President of Corporate and Community Impact for the Arizona Diamondbacks, also the Executive Director of the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation
  • Deborah Cox, Assistant Director Center for the Study of Race and Democracy
  • Choo Tay, Entrepreneur
  • Linda Walton, Author

$35. Early Register Ends June 7th

Debbie Castaldo: Corporate and Community Impact Leader of the AZ Diamondbacks

Debbie Castaldo: Corporate and Community Impact Leader of the AZ Diamondbacks

Photo Credit: Dennis Scully/Arizona Diamondbacks

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. Harriet Tubman

Debbie Castaldo is the Vice President of Corporate and Community Impact for the Arizona Diamondbacks, and also the Executive Director of the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation. She is an amazing woman who sees an opportunity to create positive change in communities and fearlessly goes about making the changes she envisions happen. She is a corporate servant-leader.

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Debbie Castaldo. Credit: Jennifer Stewart/Arizona Diamondbacks

Debbie Castaldo enters her tenth season with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2018, overseeing the organization’s award-winning community efforts. She leads the team’s industry-leading fundraising efforts that have made charitable contributions exceeding $55 million to non-profit organizations throughout Arizona since 1997. The D-backs and the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation projects and programs are improving our communities and creating opportunities for our most at-risk children and families. The D-backs Give Back efforts include team ownership, players, employees, corporate partners, and fans.

Here are a few of her many Diamondback corporate – community collaborations:

  • The D-backs Science of Baseball presented by Chase and Insight, a comprehensive STEM initiative that uses baseball as the platform to teach science, technology, engineering, and math.
  • With support from Western Refining, Fry’s, and Tide, the D-backs Youth Jersey Program includes nearly 100 leagues and 50,000 players and coaches from across Arizona.
  • The D-backs School Challenge presented by the University of Phoenix.
  • The D-backs – Helios Scholars Program, providing 4-year college scholarships to academically gifted students from economically disadvantaged circumstances.
  • “Evening on the Diamond”, the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation’s signature annual event credited with raising millions each year to fund important project and programs in the community including the Ken Kendrick Grand Slam Awards, named for D-backs managing general partner, Ken Kendrick.

The Diamondbacks have received many Awards: Phoenix Business Journal’s ACE Award for Community Impact, Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Impact Award as Community Champion, the prestigious service award from the United Phoenix Firefighters for efforts during the fire tragedy that claimed the lives of 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots. And in 2010, the D-backs became the first professional sports team to win the inaugural 2010 United Nations NGO Positive Peace Award.

On May 17, 2018, Debbie Castaldo will receive the 2018 Positively Powerful Woman Awards for her Corporate Leadership and the Community Impact that she makes through her many contributions.

 

Hong Yee Mei, 2018 Positively Powerful Educator Says, “I Never Gave Up!”

Hong Yee Mei, 2018 Positively Powerful Educator Says, “I Never Gave Up!”

Hong Yee Mei, 2018 Positively Powerful Educator Says, “I Never Gave Up!”

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Hong Yee Mei, 2018 PPW Award Recipient

Positively powerful people are visionary leaders.  They make their vision into reality without any evidence, permission, or authority from others that it will occur. Yee Mei is one of these leaders. She is a Positively Powerful Woman Award recipient of 2018 and this is how she brought her vision for an Asian woman’s empowerment training to life, and why. 

The flame she never gave up.

Yee Mei says “I watched my Mother and learned from her. I wanted all women to know that life is more than just duty and obligation. Women want to do better, they just don’t know how. 10 years ago I wanted to have a women’s training but there was no one who could do this until Dr. Joel Martin came to work with Milestone. She’s a transformational trainer who focuses on women’s leadership and empowerment.”

Yee Mei watched her Mom die from cancer never having taken the trips that she wanted to take. Even when Yee Mei said she would take care of everything, her Mom said, “No, I will wait for your father.” Her Mother put family first as a dutiful wife and mother. Yee Mei continues, “When Mom passed away in 2004 I was shocked. It spread so quickly. I spent Mom’s final days with her in the hospital.”

This experience, as well as others having to do with women’s beliefs, became a flame within Yee Mei for a women’s empowerment training.  Yee Mei is a single Mum who refused to let stereotypes stop her from having her baby, Caleigh. Most ordinary people, women especially, give up on their dreams and don’t think that they even deserve one because of the prevailing beliefs about women, marriage, family, values.

Don’t give up your dream!

Unlike too many who give up too soon, Yee Mei Hong never thought her dream for Women’s Empowerment was impossible. 10 years after she imagined it, talked it over with Milestone CEO Douglas Chee, she declared it. Then on 2016 October 28, 29 and 30th, 110 women joined Yee Mei and Dr. Joel Martin in the manifestation of both of their dreams and declarations. With Yee Mei Hong’s successful pioneering of the Women’s Empowerment Workshop in Malaysia, they have created “her-story”. She has produced two Women’s Empowerment Events for Asia.

Meet Hong Ye Mei, May 17, 2018.

Manager and Co-founder of Milestone Trainings in Malaysia, Yee Mei has had 20 years of experience in the transformational training industry. In the last 6 years, she has been instrumental in building Milestone Trainings from an idea to an organization that has seen 1368 new students in the transformational training program in 2017. This work which bears the hallmark of her role and contribution has changed the lives of the graduates and cascaded into their families, workplace, and communities.

Meet the 2018 Positively Powerful Woman Award Recipients.

Connect! Collaborate! Celebrate! Triad West Inc. hosts the 11th Annual Positively Powerful Woman Awards at the beautiful Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona on Thursday evening, May 17, 2018. 5:30 PM to 9 PM. 

“It is amazing that we are in our second decade of this groundbreaking event. There can never be enough recognition given to the strong, honorable, and powerful women whose willingness to share their authentic stories inspire women to go further than they have ever gone before in making their mark upon the world. We are on a mission to generate empowerment and the greater liberation of women’s brilliance. The awards celebration is one of the ways we do this. Guests can expect an upbeat inclusive environment led by Positively Powerful Woman of Media Leadership, emcee Susan Casper, ABC15 Sonoran Living Host.” Dr. Joel Martin, Owner, Triad West Inc., Founder & Executive Producer, Positively Powerful Programs.

The 2018 Positively Powerful Woman Award Recipients

This year’s honorees are phenomenal women leaders based in Arizona who are making a national impact and we are privileged to have our first international honoree who is making her difference in Asia. Women, men, and families are invited to join us for this very special occasion.

Debbie Castaldo, 2018 Positively Powerful Woman of Corporate Leadership: Debbie Castaldo is Vice President of Corporate and Community Impact for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Executive Director of the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation. She enters her tenth season with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2018, overseeing the organization’s award-winning community efforts. Debbie Castaldo leads the team’s industry-leading fundraising efforts that have made charitable contributions exceeding $55 million to non-profit organizations throughout Arizona since 1997. The D-backs and the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation projects and programs are improving our communities and creating opportunities for our most at-risk children and families.

Dr. Pamela Williamson, 2018 Positively Powerful Woman of Visionary Leadership: Dr. Pamela Williamson is President and CEO of WBEC-West, one of the largest third-party certifiers of businesses owned, controlled, and operated by women in the United States. Under her leadership, the WBEC-West team has generated over 100,000 connections between certified WBEs and Corporations across the nation looking to procure products and services from Women Business Owners. Dr. Williamson has over 25-years of experience in financial and consulting services, specializing in change and organizational management. She has served as the CEO of a SABA 7 consulting firm and as the Vice President and Deputy Director of a National Behavioral Health Care Organization’s Psychiatric urgent care facility.

Angela Hughey, 2018 Positively Powerful Woman of Equality LeadershipAngela Hughey is Co-Founder and President of ONE Community — a member-based coalition of businesses and organizations that support diversity, inclusion, and equality for all Arizonans. In 2013, Angela Hughey and the ONE Community team launched The UNITY Pledge, a concerted effort by Arizona businesses and individuals to advance workplace equality and equal treatment in housing and hospitality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) individuals and their allies. The UNITY Pledge is the largest equality pledge in the nation.

Hong Yee Mei, 2018 Positively Powerful Woman of Education Leadership: Country Manager and Co-founder of Milestone Trainings in Malaysia. Yee Mei has had 20 years of experience in the transformational training industry. In the last 6 years, she has been instrumental in building Milestone Trainings from an idea to an organization that has seen 1368 new students in the transformational training program in 2017. This work which bears the hallmark of her role and contribution has changed the lives of the graduates and cascaded into their families, workplace, and communities. The first Positively Powerful Women’s Empowerment Workshop held in Malaysia in 2015 was the realization of a 10 year old dream, finally fulfilled when she met Dr. Joel Martin.

The 2018 Positively Powerful Sponsors include The Arizona Diamondbacks, Southwest Airlines: The Official Airline of the Positively Powerful Woman Awards, Desert Botanical Garden, KTOliver Enterprises, Care1st Health Plan of Arizona, Inc., The Heritage Center, Salt River Project, InBusiness Media, and Splash Printing and Marketing. For registrations and sponsorships, please visit www.positivelypowerful.com

 

Essence Ventures: The Power of Values and being Valued.

Essence Ventures: The Power of Values and being Valued.

Essence Ventures: The Power of Values and being Valued.

“Values are the morals that we live by. They reside deep within us, and they affect our emotions. They are tough to alter, and often reside in our unconsciousness” (Source: How To Be A Positively Powerful Person! The Spirit-Filled Edition. Dr. Joel Martin). 

Values keep us healthy — emotionally, spiritually, and physically. They are the ones that we must unquestionably keep, and the ones that must direct our actions. Our values are our strengths. As a consultant, executive coach and facilitator, I’ve been called me ‘The Transformation Generator’ for a reason.  My unwavering promise is that I make sure the people I work for achieve their ULTIMATE goals in life and business. I value what they value and their missions as my own. The value that keeps me motivated is commitment. 

Dr. Joel P. Martin, now President of Positively Powerful / Triad West, Inc. and daughter, Cybel Martin, now ICG Local 600 Director of Photography.

So, I had an emotional response when I read that Essence magazine, a client of my ad agency years ago, is Black owned once again. The values Essence personified were acknowledgment, respect and commitment. They were committed to bringing equity and equality as “a marquee lifestyle brand for African American women.”

Congratulations to “@Essence Ventures LLC, a company launched in 2017 by Shea Moisture founder Richelieu Dennis. As a result, the Essence brand has returned to a 100% black-owned independent company, after 12 years of being owned by Time.….As part of the new deal, Essence President Michelle Ebanks will continue in her role and join its board of directors. In addition, Michelle Ebanks, along with a Black female-led executive team, will have an equity stake in the business….Said Ebanks in a statement. “In addition, it represents a critical recognition, centering and elevation of the Black women running the business from solely a leadership position to a co-ownership position.” Derek Dingle adds, “The “groundbreaking” transaction “demonstrates that a number of African American entrepreneurs can execute with vision and wherewithal to return valuable institutions to African American ownership – a rare event in contemporary Black business history.” @blackenterprise @Essence Read more here.

BOCA Advertisement created by JPMartin Associates for the Black Owned Communications Alliance. Photograph by John Pinderhughes.

Dr. Joel P. Martin is a marketing, coaching, training, and consulting professional. The former owner and operator of a full-service NYC-based advertising agency, she founded Triad West, Inc. more than 15 years ago to provide clients with expertise in developing leaders; diverse and inclusive cultures; and aligned high-performing teams. She specializes in transformative leadership development and empowerment programs for Women.  Dr. Martin provides services across the U.S. and globally. She has earned an MA in Psychology, Ph.D. in Communications and admission as a Fellow of the Wharton Business School. She is the founder of the Positively Powerful Woman Awards & Programs celebrating its 11th year. Triad West, Inc. is a woman  owned and operated WBENC certified corporation.

 

 

A woman who dares to be powerful…creates success.

powerful womanBeing a powerful woman has many faces. May 17, 2018, Dr. Pamela Williamson will receive the Positively Powerful Woman Visionary Leadership Award. Dr. Williamson is the President of WBENC West where she facilitates beneficial procurement opportunities between women-owned businesses and corporations across the US. She is a powerful servant-leader. She is a customer-focused visionary. And, she means business.

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid” Audre Lorde.

 

Being Positively Powerful is more than a title. Every human being has the capacity to live a successful fulfilling life like Dr. Williamson and our previous 50 honorees. It may not always be easy, but it is possible.” Dr. Joel P. Martin, Triad West Inc. Awards Founder.

Being positively powerful means:

  • Resilient in the face of challenges or obstacles. It is not just what we do, it is how we do it.
  • Focusing on diversity and inclusion. Being a champion of an inclusive environment that embraces everyone.
  • Having a healthy mindset and body, which may take reinventing oneself, an exciting and worthwhile adventure.
  • Being financially educated for personal and professional success.
  • Sharing what we know and who we know in collaboration with others.
  • Owning our personal power as the author of our life and legacy.
  • Being powerful also means living a life of deep and meaningful relationships. In the case of Dr. Williamson, she is the wife of Ben and mother of two daughters, Alexandria ages 17 and Skyler age 12.

WBENC Members and Corporations: Sponsor the 11th Annual Positively Powerful Woman Awards. Share your commitment and advocate for women leaders. The founder of this program is WBENC Certified Triad West Inc., Dr. Joel Martin, President. For more information on the event, previous recipients, marketing opportunities, who we are, and the success we stand for, please click here. To become a WBENC Corporate Member or Certified Women Business Enterprise, click here.

The 2018 Positively Powerful Woman Awards will be Thursday, May 17, 2018, at the renowned Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ. Reception: 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Awards presentation: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The event is open to the public.