Board of Directors
Crystal Arredondo is a seasoned Retirement Planning Specialist and Wealth Advisor. She focuses on helping women “not feel powerless”. She works closely with her clients to design strategies that simplify their life, protect their business and give them peace of mind.
She helps women business owners create customized strategies to reach their goals for financial success. These strategies include identifying and managing risks in their business and personal lives,creating and preserving wealth, asset protection, transferring wealth, business succession planning, building a sizable retirement nest egg, providing lifetime income, and minimizing and deferring taxes.
She has a MBA in Finance from the University of North Texas and earned a specialized designation as a Retirement Planning Specialist from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. She also serves as the President for the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter. Her office is in Dallas, TX and she is married and mother to a young daughter.
Cindy is part owner of OMM Creative (Original Media & Marketing Creative) – delivering unique media messaging and marketing strategies through a fun, creative process; connecting hearts and distinguishing organizations in the marketplace. For 25 years OMM has created marketing, branding, training, fundraising, training, educating and entertaining video programming for every need within the non-profit and for-profit world. OMM also partners with non-profits helping them access, strategize and implement their marketing strategies.
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, 27 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 23 years to her college sweetheart and videographer husband, David. Together they have two 4-legged children: Azul and Ruby.
Tiffany Hunter, founder and CEO of Opulence Group, has worked closely with entrepreneurs for several years, dedicating her efforts to assisting professionals in identifying and obtaining their business goals and objectives through accounting and financial services.
Opulence Group assists companies in setting up financial controls to track the progress of their business and strategically plan for growth. Service offered include: Small Business CFO Services, Bookkeeping and Accounting Services, Group Trainings, Corporate Seminars and Curriculum Development.
In addition to operating Opulence Group, Tiffany is currently an adjunct professor with Mountain View College in Dallas, TX. She is also a business counselor with the Fort Worth Business Assistance Center and serves as the Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter.
Tiffany relocated to Dallas, TX in 2010 after residing in Brooklyn, NY for nearly six years. She is a native of Milwaukee, WI and holds an MBA in Business Management and a BS in Finance both from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. She is also a Certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor.
Over the years Darla Beggs’ career has taken her from Texas to one coast then over to the other side of the country with a stop for a time in America’s Heartland. Thankfully, she and her husband have found their way back to the Dallas/Ft Worth area and our Chapter is honored to have her as our new Director of Corporate Partners.
After spending many years working in sales, marketing and management in Corporate America for companies such as SWBT, AT&T, The Travelers and Principal Insurance Beggs and her husband returned to the DFW area in search of business opportunities. She purchased Abba Staffing in 2006 and joined NAWBO in 2008.
Abba Staffing provides staffing services (staff augmentation, contract-to-hire, and direct placement) and small business consulting for clients throughout the United States. Their core competencies include Administrative/Clerical, Finance/ Accounting, IT, Project Mangers, Contract Administrators, Health Care providers and their office staff for clients of all sizes for a multitude of diverse entities such as Government (Federal, State, Local), Hospitals, Transportation/Shipping, Real Estate and Christian Ministries.
Abba Staffing is a GSA approved vendor and certified by WBE, NCTRCA and State of TX HUB.
If this didn’t keep Beggs busy enough, she also owns Tierra Resources–a mineral leasing company–and Beggs’ husband, Gary, and his son own AED Group–a Land Man and mineral acquisition company.
Gary and Darla have been married for 26 years. She has two grown step-children, Valerie and Matthew, and two crazy Yorkies named Allie and Roxy.
In her “free” time, Beggs enjoys visiting museums and galleries of all types, and she says interior design is her inner calling. She loves to read, enjoys music, walking, cooking, the Dallas Cowboys and spending time with her family.
Cassandra Byerly is president of TMG, a large commercial printer in the DFW area, that is anything but just a printer. Technology Media Group, founded in 1986, is a full-service printing, communications, promotional products, distribution services, and marketing company specializing in all areas of printed media; direct mail, creative design, signage, embroidered wearable apparel, screen-print, and fulfillment.
TMG’s reputation for providing rapid turn, high quality, customized printed products for all their clients have allowed them to become a trusted partner with a number of nationally and internationally known sports and Fortune 500 companies and marketing firms.
Cassandra is married to Bruce Byerly, mother of three school age children, church and community volunteer. She and her family especially enjoy mountain sports; hiking in the summer, and skiing in the winter.
Marjorie Asturius has been a writer, blogger and editor for several years and has written for national, regional and local newspapers and magazines. She has worked with numerous small businesses on crafting advertising and marketing campaigns to promote an array of products and services, from home equity lines of credit (and yes, she realizes the sad irony of that), weight loss products and furnaces to eBay consignment services, independent film festivals and wineries. She’s also served as ghostwriter for several businesses, wielding her expertise with the English language on behalf of clients on their blogs, websites, and social media accounts.
She also publishes a popular blog/online magazine for Francophiles called My Inner French Girl, which was honored with a mention in the New York Times Style section.
Marjorie holds a BA in Political Science/International Studies from the University of Texas at Arlington. She’s an active member of the Chambers of Commerce of Irving and North Dallas as well as the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) of Dallas/Fort Worth.
With nearly two decades of experience in regulatory compliance, environmental service and Internet software development, Darla S. Bell leads her company, Noble Grace with a passion to preserve the long-standing integrity of the energy industry and to help this crucial part of our economy operate in a safe and responsible manner.
Darla has held the positions of vice president of Regulatory Compliance and Energy Services for Magnolia River Services Inc., one of the nation’s leading energy industry engineering and consulting firms, vice president of Regulatory Compliance and Business Development for ENERGY worldnet, Inc., and vice president for ISN Software Corporation, where she played a key role in the development and launch of ISNetworld. During her time at ISN, Darla acted as liaison to the American Petroleum Institute (API) Consortium on Operator Qualifications (COOQs) group, which was composed of 55 of the world’s largest oil & gas companies. She has also worked extensively with BFI and Waste Management in the environmental industry.
Darla actively participates in associations, consortiums and organizations that serve the oil & gas industry—particularly in the areas of compliance issues and industry best practices. In addition to the NAWBO DFW Board of Directors, Darla serves on the Board of Directors for the American Public Gas Association (APGA) and has served as Chairman to the Marketing and Communications committee for the Texas Gas Association, where her contributions earned her a service award in 2006 – 2007.
Tiffany Hunter, founder and CEO of Opulence Group, has worked closely with entrepreneurs for several years, dedicating her efforts to assisting professionals in identifying and obtaining their business goals and objectives through accounting and financial services.
Opulence Group assists companies in setting up financial controls to track the progress of their business and strategically plan for growth. Service offered include: Small Business CFO Services, Bookkeeping and Accounting Services, Group Trainings, Corporate Seminars and Curriculum Development.
In addition to operating Opulence Group, Tiffany is currently an adjunct professor with Mountain View College in Dallas, TX. She is also a business counselor with the Fort Worth Business Assistance Center and serves as the Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter.
Tiffany relocated to Dallas, TX in 2010 after residing in Brooklyn, NY for nearly six years. She is a native of Milwaukee, WI and holds an MBA in Business Management and a BS in Finance both from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. She is also a Certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor.
Lyndel Anne Mason, Esq. has practiced law for more than 25 years and as a licensed attorney in five states. Presently she holds active licenses in Texas and Florida and represents numerous businesses and individuals in both states. Although she has always counseled business owners and negotiated agreements on their behalf, her primary practice in the US Bankruptcy Courts.
She is Senior Counsel with Cavazos, Hendricks, Poirot & Smitham, PC representing creditors, trustee’s and businesses in reorganizations, work-outs and bankruptcy proceedings. She joined NAWBO originally in Florida and has been an active member of our DFW Chapter for 2 years.
Sharon Sutila is the Managing Director and Founder of both Cleves Research (TX PI company) and Cluso Infolink India Pvt Ltd (Bangalore, India). These organizations are unique in that they utilize an internal background check processing engine implementing a quality control standard. This standard was developed by Sharon and is unparalleled in the background investigation industry.
Before founding these companies, Sharon worked with IBM, Lotus Consulting, The Vanguard Group of Investment Companies, Arthur Andersen & Co, and SmithKline Beecham.
As a Business Process Reengineering Consultant to IBM, Sharon worked to implement strategic global change initiatives in the areas of Integrated Product Development, Release for Announcement, and Client Relationship Management (in Configuration and Sales Force Automation.)
Her interest with the security industry and decentralized data sources in the USA and Internationally led to the formation of both companies in order to build a proficiency for background reports in both countries. Her company focus is thorough backgrounds especially global credential verification research required for high-risk placements. Sharon serves on NAPBS (National Association of Professional Background Screeners) International committee as an India data expert.
Sharon is a pilot, loves offshore boat racing, and international travel. Her favorite iPad game is Doodle Jewels HD. She is a mother of two daughters, one age 17 entering Texas Tech in the Fall for Pharmacy and the other age 2 (proficient in babbling.)
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.
