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Toledo, Ohio – Send E-mail
Rachel Bach is Winner Partners’ Community and Downtown Redevelopment Planning Partner. She has extensive experience in urban planning and development services and had led transformative land development, transportation and beautification projects throughout South Florida. She has led governmental agency and departmental reorganizations to attract substantial urban redevelopment projects and has significant experience in historic preservation, development of workforces housing, special events, and marketing to enhance the community user experience.
Her career spans more than 20 years of diverse leadership work for in community redevelopment agencies (CRA’s) which have included the cities of Plantation, Lake Worth, Dania Beach, Margate, West Palm Beach, and North Miami Beach. Rachel has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) since 2000 and earned a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from Florida Atlantic University. She is adept at navigating multiple facets of development and construction while executing capital projects including land development, budgeting and financing regulations, codes compliance, and has been resourceful in securing project funding through federal and state grant programs.
An astute project manager, Rachel has been tapped for leadership roles using her innate ability to build coalitions that set communities on a path to achieve redevelopment goals. In recent years, Rachel was drawn to her hometown to bring a vision to life in downtown Toledo where city leaders were focused on changing the city’s image and added Rachel’s expertise to a redevelopment mission implementing the award-winning Downtown Toledo Master Plan.
As the “Downtown Doctor”, Rachel discovered early that people are the key to successful cities and communities and has instilled this in her work. Her approach to city planning breeds community, diversity, and vitality tapping into the unique character of cities and their residents to create opportunity for shared public life using placemaking, branding and niche marketing strategies. She has accomplished award-winning projects and events through creative public, private, and nonprofit partnerships spanning downtowns, industrial parks, historic districts, and neighborhoods.
Rachel currently resides in Perrysburg, Ohio with her two children; Dakota age 15 AJ age 16. In her spare time, she volunteers for the Perrysburg High School Theater boosters and is involved with Wood County Special Olympics. For fun, she enjoys attending art festivals, live music events, and exploring new cities.
See Rachel speak here about What Makes a City for People.
Greater Pittsburgh Area, PA – Send E-mail
Holly McIlwain leads our Talent Development platform at Winner Partners. She is a subject-matter expert in the usage of behavior assessments as part of coaching and development plans, in addition to talent acquisition engagements. As a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, working with individuals and organizations to build a better world and sustainable business solutions is her passion. What’s not exciting about that? This enthusiasm comes with Holly into each coaching session, team workshop, search opportunity, and speaking engagement.
Developing leaders who change lives is Holly’s passion and professional purpose. She has studied and written about topics such as: Leadership and Mission, Bravery in Business, and Managing Human Relationships. As a recognized subject matter expert, Holly has spoken at numerous conferences and on Sirius XM Radio. She holds an advanced degree in Organizational Leadership from Robert Morris University, and is certified as a DISC Behavior Analyst and a Driving Forces Behavior Analyst. After studying with Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation, she invested her time and professionalism in the Pittsburgh region, consistently seeking ways to challenge leaders to become fully engaged in transformation. Holly is an expert in the value of dynamic onboarding as part of the foundation for fully engaged employees. Joining Winner Partners allows for this investment to expand even further, serving clients in the global marketplace.
Professionally, Holly functioned as a lead consultant in Organizational Management and Leadership Development for one of the largest non-profits in the world and spent 15 years in the non-profit sector. Recruiting and developing the talent pool for the non-profit sector soon led her to engage as a full-time consultant, and director of leadership development and talent acquisition for a local firm. Holly joined Winner Partners in 2019 to engage even more organizations through the people who lead them. She is the author of “For She Who Leads: Practical Wisdom from a Woman Who Serves”, available here.
Holly has worked with and served on the Boards of Directors for foundations and non-profits, and continues to be a frequent speaker and trainer on topics of leadership and living at Universities, Churches, Conferences, and Workshops. She and her husband, Kevin, are raising two young boys and residing in the greater Pittsburgh, PA area.
Tampa Bay, FL – Send E-mail
Deon Bradley is Winner Partners’ Leadership Development Partner as well as a Certified Business and Executive Leadership Coach. He is one of only 10% of professional Coaches in North America to hold an International Coach Federation-approved Certification. Deon founded Bradley Coaching & Consulting in 2008. He has over 25 years of sales management, business development, and leadership development experience.
Deon’s successful career includes leading regional and national B2B technical Sales and Business Development teams at startups and three Fortune 100 companies, including AT&T. He has held various leadership positions including National Director, General Manager, Senior Vice President and is a two-time CEO. As SVP of Data Communication of Bell South, Deon led a $500 million B2B sales division responsible for 6 offices and nearly 100 Managers and staff.
As a result of his passion for working with young people, Deon has taught Entrepreneurship at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC. He was recognized for his volunteer work with students in the college prep program at Goodwill Industries of the Carolinas and the “Alumni Sharing Knowledge” mentoring program at his alma mater, DePaul University in Chicago. He has worked with the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center at DePaul University and the Teach for America Entrepreneurship Program in Chicago. He also launched the Cofounders matchup Chicago networking group for tech startups, which grew to a membership of over 1,100 entrepreneurs and Founders.
Deon is honored to support Veteran entrepreneurs as both a Business Advisor and as the Chairman of the Business Advisors Program for the “Operation Startup” Veterans Incubator at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, FL. He serves as a Business Advisor for the Tampa Bay WAVE Accelerator CoFoundersLab.com, a resource to over 15,000 entrepreneurs worldwide and for the nation’s largest accelerator, 1871 Chicago. In 2018, 1871 was chosen as the Number 1 Accelerator in the world by the Global Accelerator Network.
Deon believes in serving the communities where he lives and has volunteered as a Board Member, Mentor, and fundraiser for nearly two dozen nonprofit organizations in four states since 1994.
On the personal side, Deon and his wife Edith have three adult children. He is an avid reader and enjoys sailing, snorkeling, live concerts, and traveling.
Pittsburgh, PA – Send E-mail
Neysha Arcelay is the founder of Precixa, a Pittsburgh-based boutique consulting firm that specializes in designing and delivering transformative organizational strategies. Precixa helps businesses by optimizing business strategy, organizational structure, and day-to-day operations. Neysha’s goal is to steer organizations clear of cookie-cutter solutions and provide custom recommendations based on the unique landscape of each client. The past few decades have given her a front-row seat to strategies that work.
Over her 20-year career, Neysha has held roles of increasing responsibilities, leading significant enterprise-wide transformations. She is an industrial engineer with vast experience within the medical devices, manufacturing, financial services, and professional services industries. Her diverse background, as well as her accomplishments and accolades, has led to various invitations as guest contributor and speaker for the Supply Chain Digest, The Accounts Payable Network, the Association of Latino Professionals for America, the Pittsburgh Technology Council, and the Allegheny Conference among many others.
Neysha’s commitment to inclusion and women empowerment makes her an active community leader. Whether through her book or volunteer work, she continuously works to elevate talent partnering with various like-minded organizations.
Even the most successful professionals may find themselves facing uncertainty at some point in their career due to layoff, reduction in force, or downsizings. Winner Partners is equipped to assist you with the resources, support mechanisms, and coaching designed to help you positively transition to your next opportunity. Our Outplacement Toolkit is packed with 4 sessions typically including:
The Outplacement Toolkit is offered to displaced professionals at the rate of $2500.
*Comprehensive, corporate outplacement services available for organizations designing a thoughtful process for transitioning employees to succeed in finding a new role.
Coaching sessions are typically 1 to 1 confidential conversations conducted in person, by phone, or by video conference.
Introductory Session: This exclusive, one time session provides you with a condensed coaching experience. $150 for one 25-minute session.
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Career by Design Early Executive: Seeking to empowers the successful professional in making a plan to take their next career challenge, or the emerging leader desiring to break into a top leadership position, by giving them the tools, resources, and support needed.
$2500 for 4 Coaching Sessions and 1 Career Strategy Session.
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Pricing for Coaching Sessions:
$200 for 30 minutes $375 for 60 minutes
Packages:
Packages 3 (60 minute) sessions for $950
or 5 (60 minute) sessions for $1550
Contact us for organization and team pricing.
The Career by Design platform empowers the successful professional seeking their next career challenge, or the emerging leader desiring to break into a top leadership position, by giving them the tools, resources, and team to put them in the driver’s seat.
Our experience, resources, and expertise positions Winner Partners as a valued partner for the next step in your career. The proven methodology we have established is complemented by a world-class team of experienced professionals to provide you with unparalleled access to top opportunities and gives you the confidence to successfully “ace” any interview. We look forward to the opportunity to discuss your career goals in further detail.
Winner Partners puts the power of networking into action for you. To get started on your Career by Design contact us for more information and pricing.
Seeking to empowers the successful professional in making a plan to take their next career challenge, or the emerging leader desiring to break into a top leadership position, by giving them the tools, resources, and support needed, Career by Design for the Early Executive offers a unique service which includes 4 Coaching Sessions and 1 Career Strategy Session. Pricing for this program is $2500. Book your first session here.
For more coaching options, view all of our offerings here.
With so many choices in coaching available today, Winner Partners offers a targeted approach to standing with our clients in offering coaching services.
A coach is a person who invests and interacts with an individual, partnership, or team for the primary purpose of stimulating, motivating, and facilitating their growth, development, and performance.
Simply put, coaches help people identify the gaps between who they are and who they want to be!
Winner Partners executes coaching through the lens of a strengths coach, a certified professional who helps our clients fully appreciate how his or her strengths influences behaviors, activities, and relationships.
What is Forbes saying about the benefits of coaching? Read it here.
Cincinnati, OH – Send E-mail
Lisa Donnelly cultivated an innovative and strategic approach for Human Resources, Talent/Recruiting, and Training during her three decades with a Consumer Product Goods corporation. Her ability to build relationships with clients, suppliers, and internal teams made her a natural choice to lead corporate initiatives related to HR. Lisa now applies her well-honed Fortune 100 best practices to phase two of her career in the meetings and event industry.
Lisa’s career at Procter & Gamble started with talent/recruiting and later evolved to HR responsibilities in their Beauty Business Unit. Her commitment to the candidate experience drew her back to the talent area where she developed coveted programs for new hires, interns, benefits, and communication. She designed and led hundreds of internal and external corporate meetings and trainings.
Through Experient/Maritz, a global meetings and events company, Lisa delivers excellence in sourcing and contracting for corporations, associations, non-profits, enthusiasts, and incentive groups in need of hotels, meeting space, AV, transportation, and destination management services. Her clients include Procter & Gamble, AdWeek, Brandemonium, Kona Ice, Winspire Incentive Travel, and Bunbury Music Festival and others
Lisa resides in the greater Cincinnati area.
Charlotte, NC – Send E-mail
Through Ronnie L. Bryant, LLC, Ronnie helps executives improve their leadership skills and business acumen to operate organizations while maintaining a competitive edge in diverse, evolving domestic and global marketplaces.
Prior to forming his consultancy, Ronnie served as President & CEO of the Charlotte Regional Partnership for 13 years. He and his team marketed the 16-county region to domestic and global companies as the premier site for expansion and relocation. He created strategic partnerships and brokered viable collaborations earning him a national reputation for creating and implementing effective economic development programs.
Bryant’s leadership in economic development spans thirty-five years with executive positions at:
Bryant served in the Charlotte business community as a board director for the American Leadership Forum, Aspire Community Capital, Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont, Charlotte City Club, and Jazz Arts Initiative. He is a national board member for The Bollinger Foundation (Washington, D.C.) and The Institute for Work and the Economy (Illinois). He was a board member for The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland-Pittsburgh Branch.
Additionally, Ronnie is a past chairman for the International Economic Development Council and a member of Southern Economic Developers Council, among other associations. He is a former dean and a faculty member for University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute as well as an adjunct professor for University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Bryant earned a B.S. in business management from Louisiana State University in Shreveport. He was a fellow at The Center for Intentional Leadership®, Center for Creative Leadership, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, and University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute. Bryant is a recipient of the American Economic Development Council’s Robert B. Cassell Leadership Award.
Throughout his career, Bryant has garnered national recognition and top-industry ranking for his leadership by Site Selection magazine, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Charlotte Magazine. He is an acclaimed contributor to and global lecturer in economic development marketing, organizational governance, strategic management, and current trends in civic and community engagements.
Winner Partners is pleased to introduce you to our Guest of Honor, Dr. Byron Clayton.
Currently the CEO of Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM), Dr. Clayton brings energy and innovation to the Tampa Bay area, with experiences ranging from higher education to operational excellence.
Join us in welcoming Dr. Clayton on May 7, with breakfast and a tour of one of areas most innovative spaces.
Dr. Byron Clayton is the CEO of Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM). Founded at Carnegie Mellon University in January 2017 and now operating as an independent non-profit, ARM is a national, membership-based consortium dedicated to asserting U.S. leadership in manufacturing by accelerating the commercialization of innovative robotic technologies and empowering American workers to obtain advanced manufacturing jobs. By lowering economic, technical, and operational barriers, ARM and its members help manufacturing enterprises of all sizes adopt robotic solutions and hire a labor force prepared to work collaboratively with robots.
Prior to his appointment as ARM CEO, Dr. Clayton served as the President and CEO of Research Park Corporation, an economic development organization serving Baton Rouge by providing access to facilities, services, seed capital, and diverse talent to help scale technology ventures.
Dr. Clayton previously led regional innovation clusters at NorTech, a Cleveland, Ohio-based economic development organization. The regional clusters ranged from printed electronics, advanced energy and water technologies. In addition, he has more than 25 years of experience developing, commercializing and implementing advanced manufacturing systems and software for various industries. During that time, he facilitated the market entry of more than 40 high-tech products and systems, published articles in academic and trade journals, and received patents for manufacturing optimization software used by numerous production plants across North America.
Dr. Clayton earned his Doctor of Management – Mergers & Acquisitions at Case Western Reserve University, Master of Business Administration at Myers University, Bachelor of Arts – Business Management at Malone University, and his Electrical Engineering Major w/ NASA, GM & Reliance Electric Internships at Tuskegee University.
Cincinnati, OH – Send E-mail
Dennis Tracy is a life-long hospitality industry veteran representing destinations, world-class hotel properties, and unique attractions. His experiences with vibrant organizations have welcomed hundreds of attendees and stimulated local economies via visitor spending. Armed with the Certified Destination Management Executive (CDME) distinction, the tourism industry’s highest individual educational achievement, Dennis also holds 30+ years of dedicated sales and leadership experience.
The diverse experience Dennis brings to Winner Partners and our clients includes Destination Sales and Marketing, hotel and visitor attractions, and meeting sourcing spread across six firms:
Dennis has extensive experience at relationship building both externally via traditional customer activity streams, supplier partnerships, and internal bonds. He is known as a creative team leader adept at recruiting, motivating, and managing a diverse sales and support staff with a track record of achieving financial and performance goals. His experience includes the operations side of the multi-faceted hospitality industry with the leisure destination marketing side and meetings and conventions.
A bona fide travel enthusiast, Dennis has visited all 50 States, much of Canada, 70 countries worldwide including all 7 continents!
Tampa Bay, Florida – Send E-mail
Tina Winner is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Winner Partners. She brings 12+ years of executive search experience as well as an additional 16 years in private industry to her clients. She has developed candidates for leadership roles in public, private partnerships representing Community, Urban, and Economic Development organizations and her private sector work gives her a broad array of knowledge in multiple industries. Her body of work includes assignments in:
Industrial Manufacturing, Heavy Equipment Manufacturers/Dealers, Oil & Gas/Energy, Financial/Professional Services, Private Equity, Consumer Products, Life Sciences/Medical Devices/Healthcare, Distribution, Automotive, Aerospace, Real Estate, Construction, Education, and NonProfit industries. Tina proudly serves as a trusted advisor to boards, selection committees, CEOs, and other hiring authorities.
Her early career was spent in the life sciences and healthcare industry. Tina navigated through operations, customer service, and sales roles at a world leader in allergy vaccination. Subsequently, she advanced into training and sales roles for an additional six years with one of the world’s largest clinical laboratories.
Actively involved in industry and community activities, Winner is frequently tapped for speaking engagements on executive recruiting, networking, job search strategies, and personal branding. She has served as the co-facilitator for the Pittsburgh Chapter of ExecuNet, a private, executive membership network, for over 10 years.
Baltimore, Maryland – Send E-mail
Steven Oberhoffer is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Winner Partners. Steven has over 18 years of experience in executive search and brings extensive knowledge and integrity to every assignment. His vast knowledge of the execution component of executive search led Winner Partners’ development of their proprietary methodology for identifying and evaluating candidates in a compressed timeline. This targeted strategic model has led to Winner Partners completing executive-level assignments in as few as 40 days.
Steven has conducted search engagements for an array of industries including NonProfits, Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Aerospace & Defense, Engineering, Technology, Life Sciences/Healthcare, Financial Services, Real Estate, Private Equity as well as public-private partnerships including: statewide and regional economic development corporations; professional associations; and, urban, innovation, and river development and restoration organizations.
Steven began his career in a boutique executive search firm where he developed a passion for helping both candidates and clients realize the benefits of making positive career decisions. He was recruited to another boutique firm where he was recognized as the youngest Vice President in the firm’s 20-year history. Prior to launching Winner Partners, Steven spent several years as a partner with one of the largest, international executive search firms where he was recognized as a top performer.
Steven attended DePaul University with a major in communications. He also served on the board of directors and was a founding member of fundraising organization supporting youth arts.
New York, NY – Send E-mail
Martita Mestéy leads our Diversity & Inclusion focus for Winner Partners. She is a subject-matter expert in the development of inclusive hiring practices designed to attract high-performing women and minorities. Prior to her role in search, she was the VP of Strategic Partnerships representing six membership and trade associations. She is a lifetime member of Prospanica, an MBA association that strives to empower business professionals to achieve their full educational, economic, and social potential.
Martita leverages her multicultural experience and background to execute a US-based recruitment strategy with a global mindset. Recognizing that diversity is an important strategic business enabler, she has helped clients achieve substantial reputational gain and bottom-line growth through successful engagements in specialty practice areas that include diversity and inclusion, human resources, organizational development, strategic planning, sales, marketing and communications, brand development, healthcare, beauty, retail and consumer electronics, and the digital music industry.
As a subject-matter expert on multicultural networking and staffing solutions, Martita has made guest appearances on radio and television talk shows and was the host of a weekly career program on NBC/Telemundo in Chicago. A fluent bilingual communicator, she has been a cited resource for several books and journals on career preparation and career transition in both English and Spanish. Martita is a member of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA), and National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA), and she actively maintains relationships through member organizations including ALPFA, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF), and is a national officer for National Sales Network (NSN).