NAWBO D/FW

National Association of Women Business Owners



Board of Directors

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President
Billie Day
On Site Solutions, Inc.
972.991.8333
www.onsite-solutions.com

Billie Day has been helping organizations more effectively accomplish their goals for the past 20 years. She has experience in improving performance in both large and small organizations located in the United States and in multiple international locations. She specializes in improving the performance of companies through application of "whole systems design" principles and methodologies.

Prior to forming OnSite Solutions in 1988, she was the Director of Compensation and Organization for Sun Exploration and Production Company. Her responsibilities included organization design/ development, the design and administration of reward systems, performance management systems, strategic human resource policy, executive succession planning and executive compensation.

She is a regular speaker on management topics. Conferences include the North Texas Compensation Conference, International Conference(s) on Self-Managing Teams, AMA, the Conference on Self-Managed Teams in Healthcare, and the International Quality and Productivity Center, China Productivity Center.

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Secretary
Leslie Gunawan
Merrill Lynch-Independent Financial Advisor
214.969.2656

Leslie S. Gunawan is an International Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management in Dallas. Her financial practice specializes in assisting women-owned businesses and high net-worth families with growing and protecting their wealth. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Leslie served in a strategic planning role for a Fortune500 company. With a dedication to ongoing education and a personal enthusiasm for financial planning, Leslie and her team specialize in developing highly customized investment strategies to respond to the dynamic needs and challenges of the clients that they serve. Leslie's financial practice services clients who have the desire to establish long-term financial and investment relationships based on planning, communication, and trust. Leslie is also a Certified Special Needs Advisor which is a designation awarded to financial advisors with expertise in planning solutions for any disability that requires lifetime care.

Leslie earned a degree in Finance with a minor in Management Information Systems from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas as well as a degree in French Language from the University of Texas. Leslie currently serves on the Dallas/ Fort Worth board of the National Association of Women's Business Owners. She is active in many non-profit organizations including the Junior League of Dallas, the Presbyterian Phorum Society, and the SPCA of Dallas.

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Director of Membership
Crystal Arredondo
AXA Advisors-Independent Financial Consultant
972.455.9011
www.axa-advisors.com

Crystal Arredondo, a Financial Consultant, with AXA Advisors, offers comprehensive financial planning services to women business owners, family owned businesses and senior level executives which include Executive Bonus planning, Deferred Compensation plans, Succession planning, Buy-Sell funding and Employee benefits.  She also helps individuals/families with planning for retirement, education funding, risk management and estate planning.

Crystal Arredondo was born and raised in Germany.  She moved to Texas in 1994 and obtained her Bachelor of Biology degree in 1998 and a MBA in Finance from UNT in 2003.  Crystal's business experience includes operating a family owned business, teaching at the University of Texas at Arlington, and working as a Paralegal.  Crystal then moved on to provide comprehensive financial advice and is currently with AXA Advisors in Dallas, TX.  Community activities and professional affiliations include NAWBO, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Home Builder's Association and President of Referral X-Sellerators Chapter of BNI.

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Director of Marketing and PR
Cindy Quandt-Guerra
OMM Productions (Original Moving Media)
214.920.9973
www.ommproductions.com

Cindy is part owner of OMM Productions (Original Moving Media) - a concept-to-completion moving media company. For over 25 years OMM Productions has specialized in creating powerful human connections through the use of original moving media. OMM creates marketing, branding, training, fundraising, training, educating and entertaining programming for every need within the non-profit and for-profit world.

A small bit part in a Metropolitan Life Insurance commercial when Cindy was 12 years old gave her the desire to pursue a career in film/video production. She attended both Western Michigan University and the University of North Texas receiving a BA in Radio/TV/Film and started at OMM Productions as a college intern. Now, 25 years later, she owns the company and is a Writer/Producer as well as COO. Over the years, her favorite projects have been traveling to over 18 countries producing third world and developing world documentaries, interviewing countless drug & alcohol addicts in recovery and producing the Oklahoma City bombing and 911 disaster relief documentaries for The Salvation Army.

Cindy has won the prestigious Association for Women in Communications Clarion Award twice, the Silver Telly and several other industry awards. She is passionate about her girlfriends and has established for them the G3 Summit (God, Girlfriends & Grace), an annual spiritual retreat. She has been married for 21 years to her college sweetheart and videographer husband, David. Together they have three 4-legged children: Rascal, Azul and Ruby.

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Director of Public Policy
Jeanne Braniff Baker
BenefiTree Enterprises, LLC
817.492.7119
www.benefitree.com

Jeanne Baker, co-owner of BenefiTree, a certified woman owned business, has twenty-five years successful experience working with major companies on benefit design, pricing and communication to employees. Author of the 401K Operations Manuals and recipient of the Working Woman Entrepreneurial Excellence 2000 award, she is a frequent speaker to industry related organizations on employer issues. Her company received the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award 2000-Technology Oriented Business.

Jeanne, an active member of Women in Transportation, is a Texas Founding Partner of Women Impacting Public Policy. She was named NAWBO D/FW 2005 Public Policy Advocate of the Year and currently serves as NAWBO D/FW's National Representative in Washington, D.C. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Multiple Schlerosis Association, is a Charter Board Member of Clear Creek University in Pineville, Kentucky, Charter Member of the National Women's Chamber of Commerce, an active volunteer for Life Gift Organ Donation Foundation of America, and of Women in Transportation.

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Director of Member Services and Wise Council
Sherry Green
Technology Team, LLC
817.233.8784
www.technologyteam.us

Sherry Green, president of Technology Team, LLC, personifies small business success. However, her business is anything but small. Technology Team is an industry expert in relocating mission critical equipment. In just six years, Technology Team has successfully relocated over $100 million dollars of technology equipment for Fortune 500 companies and government agencies.

Sherry is a member of the Fort Worth Economic Development Business Advisory Council and a board member of the National Association of Women Business Owners. Sherry has been recognized with numerous awards based on her business acumen and service to her community. These include: 2005 Fort Worth Star Telegram Entrepreneur of the Year, 2006 Fort Worth Mayor's Entrepreneurial Award, and 2007 Downtown Rotary Employer of the Year..

In addition to her professional leadership, Sherry has also helped make her community a better place through her involvement with Boy Scouts of America and the Camp Fire Program where she was awarded for her leadership exemplified in training all North Texas Camp Fire Leaders and in helping to create their fundraising program, An Artists' Christmas. Sherry's firm belief is to support future leaders through organizations dedicated to encouraging youth to become confident people and community leaders. It is this mindset that earned her the title of State of Texas Volunteer of the Year.

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Fort Worth Area Council Chair
Kelley Kimmel
Principal Financial Group
817-521-7595

With a focus on growing businesses, Kelley helps businesses and individuals meet their financial goals with a full range of products, including group retirement solutions, group insurance benefits, executive benefits, business protection programs, tax-preferred strategies and exit planning. Focusing on the process, rather than products, Kelley spends time getting to know you and your business and works closely with you and her team of specialists to implement a program that is customized to your needs. After discovering that many people do not achieve their financial goals, simply because they aren't sure what to do, who to trust or where to begin, Kelley teaches financial wellness workshops to employees at their worksite to teach them the basics of creating a financial plan for themselves and helps them implement their plan.

Kelley has been a Financial Advisor with The Principal Financial Group for six years. She is a TCU graduate and is one of 7 members of her family working at The Principal and assisting individuals and business owners in realizing their financial goals. Kelley is a member of the Hispanic Women's Network of Texas and is also involved with the LatinaStyle Business Series.

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Dallas Area Council Chair
Donna Miller
Miller Consulting
214.941.4747
www.millerpr.com

Donna, Miller Consulting's Principal, is an experienced public relations, business development, marketing and nonprofit fundraising professional. She has worked in a wide-variety of environments ranging from small organizations to large educational institutions. During her career she has dramatically increased media coverage of the National Association of Women Business Owners - Dallas/Fort Worth, developed and implemented "branding" strategy for the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration and developed Web initiatives for the University of Dallas and the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration.

Donna is a hands-on consultant, working on everything from managing large teams seeking multi-million dollar donations all the way to personally hanging party lights prior to a fundraising event for a small nonprofit. She has worked with organizations as diverse as the American Red Cross - Dallas Chapter, Norwood Flynn Gallery and U.S.

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Immediate Past President
Gina Buser
Traveling Coaches, Inc.
214.742.6224 ext 211
www.travelingcoaches.com

Gina Buser is President and co-owner of Traveling Coaches, Inc., a nationally recognized software training and consulting company located in Dallas, Texas. Primarily serving the legal community, Traveling Coaches also works with corporations, non-profit groups, and government agencies worldwide. Since 1997, Gina has served as the company's managing partner overseeing its administrative, accounting, sales, and marketing teams. A nationally certified 100% women-owned business enterprise (WBE), Traveling Coaches has been included among the Top Women-Owned Businesses in the D/FW Metroplex by the Dallas Business Journal for the past five years.

Gina is a member of the Womens' Business Council Southwest and National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Gina is very involved with her church and throughout her community. She serves on the Board of Directors, Leadership Team and various other committees of Springcreek Community Church. She has served on the SAMS (Small and Medium Size Business) Advisory Council and the Board of Directors for the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce. Gina also participates with and supports charities such as Habitat for Humanity, Family Gateway, Taylor's Angels and Susan G. Komen Foundation. Gina has also served on committees for events benefiting Collin County Volunteer Center.


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