Jeffrey Yarbrough’s years of experience in the hospitality industry combined with his knowledge of media and public relations have warranted bigInk PR and Marketing recognition as one of Dallas Business Journal’s Top 25 public relations companies in Dallas/Fort Worth.

Jeffrey showed interest in running his own business from an early age. When he was only five-years-old, he picked plums from his grandmother’s trees and sold them to neighbors. His first entertainment accomplishment (Concept Nouveau, Inc.) was Dallas’ original four clubs-in-one complex, including Art Bar, Blind Lemon, Club Clearview and Red.

Jeffrey’s innovative entrepreneurial spirit led him to launch Liberty Noodles in 1998, the first pan-Asian noodle house located on Lower Greenville in Dallas. The whimsically chic restaurant received rave reviews including “Top 10 Best New Restaurants” from the Dallas Morning News and Tastemaker Award for “Best Ad Campaign”.

In 2004, he took his knowledge of the hospitality industry and opened bigInk PR and Marketing, using his experience to help other restaurateurs and business owners reach sweeping success. In 2007 he expanded the company to include commercial real estate services, bigInk Real Estate, to support growing restaurant companies, serving both restaurateurs and real estate developers.

bigInkPR.com

Phone: (214) 485-7304

Michael Ellentuck, President/CEO, The Legacy Senior Communities

Michael Ellentuck is the President and CEO of The Legacy Senior Communities.  He just celebrated his 13-year anniversary there and has spent nearly 40 years working in the senior living industry.

Michael is responsible for the management of the operations of The Legacy Willow Bend, a state-of-the-art life care retirement community in Plano, The Legacy Preston Hollow, a senior living residence focused primarily on skilled nursing, assisted living and rehab, Legacy at Home Health Services, a home health care agency serving seniors in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and ECHAD (Elderly Communal Housing at Dallas) senior housing.

Michael is an expert when it comes to understanding the fast-paced, ever-changing health care environment.  He has acted as a consultant over the design and development of 15 senior living communities in North America.  He was appointed twice by the governor in California to serve on the California Health Facilities Committee where he assisted in strategic planning for the hospital and nursing home systems in the state.  He has been on more than a dozen boards, commissions or associations in his field.

TheLegacyWB.org

Phone: (972) 468-6200

Host Steve A Klein, Jeffrey Yarbrough, Michael Ellentuck

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Dina Dwyer-Owens, Chairwoman/CEO, The Dwyer Group

(Email DINA For Her FREE OFFER @ LiveRich@DwyerGroup.com)

Dina Dwyer-Owens is the chairwoman and chief executive officer of The Dwyer Group®. America also knows her for participating in CBS’s Emmy-winning hit reality show “Undercover Boss” and the first-ever special episode “Undercover Boss: Epic Bosses.” A winner of the 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Southwest Area North, Dina leads by example and credits a growing team for the franchise family she presides over today.

The Dwyer Group now includes seven franchise brands and more than 1,600 locations around the world through direct franchising and master license agreements operating as Air Serv, Glass Doctor, Mr. Appliance, Mr. Electric, Mr. Rooter, Rainbow International and The Grounds Guys. Collectively, those service brands make more than 2 million customer calls a year and account for more than $800 million in system-wide sales.

In 2010, Dina served as the chair of the International Franchise Association (IFA) in Washington D.C., the world’s largest advocacy group for franchising. She also spearheaded the reintroduction of the IFA’s VetFran program in 2001, which now includes some 480 franchisors that offer franchising financial incentives to veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. To date, more than 4,200 military veterans now own a franchise through the VetFran program, and The Dwyer Group has awarded more than $1.3 million in financial discounts to VetFran franchisees across its own service brands.

Headquartered in Waco, Texas, The Dwyer Group has been named to the “Best Companies to Work For in Texas” list for five consecutive years.

DwyerGroup.com

JP Hogan – Colonel, US Army (Retired)/Partner, iMatter

Colonel (Retired) JP Hogan was commissioned as a 2LT of Armor in February 1971 from the ROTC Program at Eastern Michigan University. During the subsequent 29+ years of active federal service he led armor and cavalry units through Brigade level.

He is an Army Aviator rated in several US Army rotary wing aircraft. Duty during his career included assignments in Europe, Asia, the Pacific, Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa. Following his military service, JP spent more than ten years working with automotive companies and the Department of Defense as a consultant and strategic planner.

Now an entrepreneur, JP is a partner with iMatter, LLC, a Michigan and Texas based vision and executive coaching company and is co-founder of a leadership development program in Northern Texas serving ROTC Programs at Texas Christian University (TCU), Baylor University and the University of North Texas. He is also a partner with the America’s Future Series, a program designed to bring prominent stakeholders together to address substantive issues impacting America’s future, honor companies and organizations for the support they deliver to the US Military and to our military veteran community, and to raise awareness and donations for worthy charitable causes.

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