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\n\nTogether, they dive into Robin’s journey of launching We Sell Restaurants, her path from a career in corporate marketing to building a thriving franchise dedicated to restaurant sales, and her experiences as a pioneering female leader.
\n\nRobin shares how faith and courage shaped her business mindset, advising listeners—especially women in franchising—to believe in themselves, take risks, and embrace opportunities without waiting to be invited. From the crucial role of capital access to the value of supportive industry networks, Robin provides practical advice for aspiring franchise leaders, emphasizing the importance of community, mentorship, and actively engaging in franchising’s dynamic ecosystem.
\n\nThis episode is packed with inspiration, actionable insights, and a call to “go all in” on achieving your dreams.
Special Guest: Robin Gagnon.
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Special Guest: Kristin Kidd.
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Special Guest: Jyoti Sarolia.
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Special Guest: Terrian Barnes.
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Special Guest: Meghan Pfenninger.
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\n\nAshley shares her journey from practicing law to leading impactful policy initiatives that support franchisees and small businesses. Tune in to hear her insights on effective leadership, the importance of advocacy in the franchising sector, and how she's driving sustainability initiatives across the board. Whether you're curious about the inner workings of government affairs or seeking inspiration from a powerhouse in franchising, this episode is a must-listen!
Special Guest: Ashley Coneff.
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Special Guest: Deb Vilchis.
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\n\nThe "exiting founder", Shannon Wilburn and "franchisee turned franchisor", Tracy Panase from Just Between Friends, were featured in this year’s ALC Case Study. T
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Special Guests: Shannon Wilburn and Tracy Panese.
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\n\nShane gives us an inside look at her journey from single-location business owner, to CEO of a health and wellness empire with over 100 locations and growing. Listen in to Shane’s story of grit, hard work, determination, and learn about her sources of inspiration, as the brand continues to grow and innovate.
Special Guest: Shane Evans.
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\n\nYou will hear Colette share her perspective of more than 25 years in franchising. Starting in 1998 when she and her husband & Co-Founder, Andy Bell started Handyman Matters all the way to when they were acquired by Ace Hardware which helped them to achieve their goal of becoming the largest handyman franchise in the world.
Special Guest: Colette Bell.
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Special Guest: Dina Dwyer-Owens.
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\n\nAn absolute titan in franchising, Barb tells us her story of building her family-owned business into a portfolio of five franchise brands, with over 120 locations nationwide. Tune in to hear Barb’s personal story of determination, heart, and hard work, and why “family” is the center of Moran’s culture and mission.
Special Guest: Barb Moran.
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\n\nBetsy Hamm, CEO, Duck Donuts was the 2023 Annual Leadership Conference Case Study Presenter and CEO of Duck Donuts. In this conversation, Betsy speaks about her evolution from marketing roles in non-franchised brands to franchise operations, and then from COO to CEO as the original founder exited the brand. She talks about the impact of the pandemic, National Donut Day and the importance of an “Edible Ring of Happiness” for people everywhere.
Special Guest: Betsy Hamm.
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Special Guest: Michelle Rowan.
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Special Guest: Kathy Gosser.
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Special Guest: Christina Russell.
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Special Guest: Sherri Fishman.
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\n\nDawn and Lisa explore the role of mentorship for those just starting out in their careers (Lisa herself started out as a professional skin therapist prior to joining the brand in 2012), the importance of self-care and many other topics impacting women and professionals in the franchising industry.
Special Guest: Lisa Rossmann.
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Special Guest: Lynette McKee.
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Special Guest: Wanda Williams.
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Special Guest: Catherine Monson.
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Special Guest: Tanishia Beacham.
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Special Guest: Therese Thilgen.
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Special Guest: Michelle Rowan.
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Special Guest: Edith Wiseman.
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Special Guest: Jo Kirchner.
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\n\nJaci tells us about her journey from private practice litigator to taking the reigns as in-house counsel at the largest franchisee organization in the country. Listen in to hear about Jaci’s remarkable career (thus far!), including its challenges and her proudest moments, as Flynn continues to evolve under her leadership.
Special Guest: Jaci Lee.
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Special Guest: Greg Nathan.
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Special Guest: Susan Beth.
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Special Guest: Meg Roberts.
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\n\nA confident, goal-oriented leader with the ability to motivate others to achieve results, Jennifer is currently the Chief Marketing Officer for Propelled Brands, the umbrella for FASTSIGNS, NerdsToGo, MY SALON Suite, and Salon Plaza. Prior to that she held the role of Chief Marketing Officer for Smoothie King directing all brand, marketing and R&D strategy in the fulfillment of the company’s mission to inspire people to live a healthy and active lifestyle for over 1,000 locations.
\n\nBefore joining Smoothie King, Jennifer held senior leadership positions in a wide variety of franchise and company brands including Gold’s Gym, Dave & Buster’s, Nestle Waters North America and Pizza Hut. Jennifer began her career with The UPS Store where she worked in several roles as the primary driver of new product development and customer services in support of over 2,000 franchisees.
\n\nIn December 2018, she was named one of Dallas’ Rising Brand Stars by AdWeek. Herskind is a Dallas native and belongs to a family of business entrepreneurs she enjoys assisting in her spare time. Jennifer is interviewed by** Katherine LeBlanc**, CMO, Twist Brands.
Special Guest: Jennifer Herskind.
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Special Guest: Shannon Wilburn.
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\n\nAfter leaving Camp Bow Wow, Allen started her own franchise consultancy, FranPromise, where she leveraged her experience in the industry to help other entrepreneurs find the right franchise opportunities that aligned with their goals, skillets and values.
\n\nNow, after running her own independent franchise consultancy in Denver for more than six years, Allen has joined forces with FranNet, a franchise consulting firm with locations across the U.S. and Canada. She is excited to round out her career, becoming a Franchisee herself, with the FranNet team and helping support and grow her clients by helping them fulfill their own business ownership dreams.
\n\nInterviewed by Liane Caruso, CFE, franchise marketing consultant with helloCMO.
Special Guest: Megan Allen.
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\n\nBrian is passionate about franchising, representing franchisors from across the U.S. and abroad. Brian has devoted more than 30 years to finding solutions and approaches for his clients on their challenges and opportunities. Brian counsels both emerging and mature franchisors worldwide and has experience in dozens of industries where franchising plays a key role.
\n\nBrian did his undergrad work at the Carleton College, cum laude and received his Juris Doctor, at the University of North Dakota school of law with distinction, Order of the Coif.
\n\nBrian served as the COO and Chief Legal Officer during 2012 for one of the country’s leading health care franchisors. During his time in this role he led the company’s field operations team and the franchise administration and legal groups.
\n\nInterviewed by Emma Dickison, CFE, CEO and President of Home Helpers Home Care.
Special Guest: Brian Schnell.
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\n\nInterviewed by** Michelle Rowan,** President, Franchise Business Review.
Special Guest: Clarisa Bradstock.
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\n\nHer desire is to share her personal experience as an entrepreneur and how she has grown her business from its inception. She also is committed to professionally assisting those who are attempting to navigate the senior care arena as they make decisions regarding both their own and their loved ones long term care future.
\n\nInterviewed by Katherine LeBlanc, Chief Marketing Officer at Painting with a Twist.
Special Guest: Connie Hill-Johnson.
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\n\nIn her role as Vice President of Marketing at College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving, she is responsible for developing comprehensive impactful programs that drive growth & revenues. Her focus is on driving leads to each franchise location while providing training, ongoing strategy and improved implementation across all channels. Previously, at United Franchise Group, she was responsible for the marketing programs of existing brands such as Signarama, Transworld, and Fully Promoted and was responsible for launching new brands such as VentureX and Jon Smith Subs. Before that, Mary experienced life as a entrepreneur herself, owning her own Marketing Company. Prior to that, she was a Broadcast Journalist serving as a reporter, producer, anchor and news executive. Her expertise has been recognized in the franchise industry and in the broader business community where she received awards, accolades, and invitations to speak and share her knowledge.
\n\nInterviewed by Katherine LeBlanc, Chief Marketing Officer at Painting with a Twist.
Special Guest: Mary Mills.
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\nInterviewed by Cassidy Ford, Account Director at FRM Solutions.
Special Guest: Heather Hudson.
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\n\nPrior to Painting with a Twist Nancy was the CEO and Co-Founder of her own paint and sip brand Bottle & Bottega located in Chicago. Nancy has been involved in franchising since 1991 working in franchisee operations and executive leadership for brands such as Dunkin’ Brands (Dunkin’ Donuts & Baskin’ Robbins), American Leak Detection and The Dwyer Group.
\n\nNancy is also very involved in the International Franchise Association (IFA). She volunteers her time as a mentor to other new franchisors through the organization’s Franship program and is past Chair of the Woman’s Franchise Committee. Nancy holds a BS in Business Management from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo and an MBA from California State University San Bernardino.
\n\nInterviewed by Cassidy Ford, Account Director at FRM Solutions.
Special Guest: Nancy Bigley.
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\n\n37 years ago Tamra took a job as a secretary making $4.05 an hour- working for a franchisee of Burger King and Taco John’s. After 17 years as an employee, Tamra was offered the opportunity to buy the restaurants from the owner. She currently owns and operates 8 Taco John’s locations, primarily in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in Minnesota, with one restaurant in central Iowa. Her personal mission is to provide a family environment for young people to experience their beginnings in the workforce so that they can continue their career path with fundamental lessons that will serve them in the future. !
\n\n37 years ago Tamra took a job as a secretary making $4.05 an hour- working for a franchisee of Burger King and Taco John’s. After 17 years as an employee, Tamra was offered the opportunity to buy the restaurants from the owner. She currently owns and operates 8 Taco John’s locations, primarily in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in Minnesota, with one restaurant in central Iowa. Her personal mission is to provide a family environment for young people to experience their beginnings in the workforce so that they can continue their career path with fundamental lessons that will serve them in the future.
\n\nTamra has become an outspoken proponent of franchising. She currently serves as a Board Member of the IFA [International Franchising Association] and is also the 2020 Chair of the Franchisee Forum and a member of the Franchise Relations Committee at IFA.
\n\nIn 2019, Tamra also partnered with two fellow franchisees, Tom Baber and Mitch Cohen, and formed Performax Franchisee Advisors. Their goal? To work in partnership with franchisors to support their franchisees with growth goals, bring franchisee perspective to franchisor and supplier planning initiatives, and to speak about the lessons learned in their combined 97 years as franchisees.
\n\nInterviewed by Michelle Rowan, CFE, President and COO of Franchise Business Review and WFC Committee Chair.
Special Guest: Tam Kennedy.
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Special Guest: Rosemarie Harnett.
","summary":"Her Success with Rosemarie Hartnett","date_published":"2020-10-10T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e00012bb-062d-414f-ac91-be74d46a797e/62dca46e-9446-41e1-bfa0-2adf0137b460.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":60970969,"duration_in_seconds":1905}]},{"id":"17086ad5-1e05-41a0-b214-64f876d9ea9e","title":"Episode 9: Her Success with Jania Bailey","url":"https://hersuccess.fireside.fm/9","content_text":"Jania Bailey, CFE, is the CEO of FranNet, the most respected voice in the franchise consultant industry in North America. Bailey has more than 30 years of experience in the banking and franchise industries. Bailey works closely with the International Franchise Association (IFA). For 6 years, Bailey has served on the IFA Executive Board of Directors and currently serves as Chair of the IFA Membership Committee. In 2019, Bailey was the recipient of the IFA Bonnie Levine Award for her contributions to the growth of the business; contributions to her community through board positions, volunteer work and activities that promote the professional advancement of women; and her contributions as a mentor to women in franchising. Interviewed by Michelle Rowan, CFE, President of Franchise Business Review and WFC Committee Chair.Special Guest: Jania Bailey.","content_html":"Jania Bailey, CFE, is the CEO of FranNet, the most respected voice in the franchise consultant industry in North America. Bailey has more than 30 years of experience in the banking and franchise industries. Bailey works closely with the International Franchise Association (IFA). For 6 years, Bailey has served on the IFA Executive Board of Directors and currently serves as Chair of the IFA Membership Committee. In 2019, Bailey was the recipient of the IFA Bonnie Levine Award for her contributions to the growth of the business; contributions to her community through board positions, volunteer work and activities that promote the professional advancement of women; and her contributions as a mentor to women in franchising. Interviewed by Michelle Rowan, CFE, President of Franchise Business Review and WFC Committee Chair.
Special Guest: Jania Bailey.
","summary":"Her Success with Jania Bailey","date_published":"2020-09-01T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e00012bb-062d-414f-ac91-be74d46a797e/17086ad5-1e05-41a0-b214-64f876d9ea9e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":53504546,"duration_in_seconds":1671}]},{"id":"b57f5c62-3ec1-4a8b-a73e-65aa1afa43e4","title":"Episode 8: Her Success with Marianne Murphy","url":"https://hersuccess.fireside.fm/8","content_text":"In this episode, we interview Marianne Murphy, CFE, Vice President of Brand Experience at Floor Coverings International. A veteran of franchising with over 30 years of experience, Marianne joined Floor Coverings International® , a FirstService Brands company, in October 2011, and currently holds the role of Vice President, Brand Experience. In addition, Marianne is an active participant in the International Franchise Association, having received the designation of Certified Franchise Executive (CFE), and previously served on the IFA’s Women’s Franchise Committee. She was awarded the 2014 Crystal Compass Award. Throughout her career in the\n\nReal Estate and Franchising industries, she has engaged with numerous audiences on topics ranging from Selling in a Down Market to The Power of Connecting. She holds a B.A. from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ. Marianne was interviewed by Liane Caruso, CFE a franchise marketing consultant and fractional CMO for various franchise brands.Special Guest: Marianne Murphy.","content_html":"In this episode, we interview Marianne Murphy, CFE, Vice President of Brand Experience at Floor Coverings International. A veteran of franchising with over 30 years of experience, Marianne joined Floor Coverings International® , a FirstService Brands company, in October 2011, and currently holds the role of Vice President, Brand Experience. In addition, Marianne is an active participant in the International Franchise Association, having received the designation of Certified Franchise Executive (CFE), and previously served on the IFA’s Women’s Franchise Committee. She was awarded the 2014 Crystal Compass Award. Throughout her career in the
\n\nReal Estate and Franchising industries, she has engaged with numerous audiences on topics ranging from Selling in a Down Market to The Power of Connecting. She holds a B.A. from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ. Marianne was interviewed by Liane Caruso, CFE a franchise marketing consultant and fractional CMO for various franchise brands.
Special Guest: Marianne Murphy.
","summary":"Her Success with Marianne Murphy","date_published":"2020-08-31T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e00012bb-062d-414f-ac91-be74d46a797e/b57f5c62-3ec1-4a8b-a73e-65aa1afa43e4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":56976115,"duration_in_seconds":1780}]},{"id":"af7e2f04-cfb4-48c4-badd-13fa0164f589","title":"Episode 7: Her Success with Shelly Sun","url":"https://hersuccess.fireside.fm/7","content_text":"Shelly Sun is the CEO and Founder of BrightStar Group Holdings, Inc., the parent company of BrightStar Care® and BrightStar Senior Living & Memory Care. BrightStar Care® is a premium healthcare staffing company providing the full continuum of care, from homecare to supplemental staffing for corporate clients such as nursing homes and physicians. Shelly served as the 2017-2018 Chairwoman of the International Franchise Association (IFA), a top 25 association. Shelly worked closely with IFA’s government relations and public policy, media relations and educational programs to protect, enhance and promote franchising and nearly 733,000 franchise establishments that support nearly 7.6 million direct jobs, $674.3 billion of economic output for the U.S. economy and 2.5 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).\n\nShelly was named IFA 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year and is a Certified Franchise Executive. Shelly Sun and BrightStar were featured on CBS’ Undercover Boss. Shelly also published her first book, Grow Smart, Risk Less, where she discusses her journey as an emerging franchisor through amazing growth, lessons learned and game-changing ideas and has a Harvard Business School case study written about BrightStar’s growth story under Sun’s leadership. Prior to founding BrightStar, Shelly was a Certified Public Accountant and held executive positions with United Airlines, CNA Insurance and BlueCross BlueShield. Shelly was interviewed by Emma Dickison, CFE, CEO and President of Home Helpers Home Care.Special Guest: Shelly Sun.","content_html":"Shelly Sun is the CEO and Founder of BrightStar Group Holdings, Inc., the parent company of BrightStar Care® and BrightStar Senior Living & Memory Care. BrightStar Care® is a premium healthcare staffing company providing the full continuum of care, from homecare to supplemental staffing for corporate clients such as nursing homes and physicians. Shelly served as the 2017-2018 Chairwoman of the International Franchise Association (IFA), a top 25 association. Shelly worked closely with IFA’s government relations and public policy, media relations and educational programs to protect, enhance and promote franchising and nearly 733,000 franchise establishments that support nearly 7.6 million direct jobs, $674.3 billion of economic output for the U.S. economy and 2.5 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
\n\nShelly was named IFA 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year and is a Certified Franchise Executive. Shelly Sun and BrightStar were featured on CBS’ Undercover Boss. Shelly also published her first book, Grow Smart, Risk Less, where she discusses her journey as an emerging franchisor through amazing growth, lessons learned and game-changing ideas and has a Harvard Business School case study written about BrightStar’s growth story under Sun’s leadership. Prior to founding BrightStar, Shelly was a Certified Public Accountant and held executive positions with United Airlines, CNA Insurance and BlueCross BlueShield. Shelly was interviewed by Emma Dickison, CFE, CEO and President of Home Helpers Home Care.
Special Guest: Shelly Sun.
","summary":"Her Success with Shelly Sun","date_published":"2020-08-30T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e00012bb-062d-414f-ac91-be74d46a797e/af7e2f04-cfb4-48c4-badd-13fa0164f589.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":101962735,"duration_in_seconds":3186}]},{"id":"dfe5ab64-ed2b-4616-99e8-ee1596364fb1","title":"Episode 6: Her Success with Amy Cheng","url":"https://hersuccess.fireside.fm/6","content_text":"Amy Cheng concentrates her practice in domestic and international commercial transactions, general corporate, and franchise, licensing and distribution law. Representative clients include leaders in the restaurant, retail, fitness and home services industries. With her broad range of experience, Amy essentially acts as general counsel to her clients, collaboratively maturing their businesses from infancy to prominence within their various industries. Amy’s unique combination of corporate and franchise experience provides clients with comprehensive legal services to expand their franchise portfolio. Her experience includes representing private equity in acquiring and selling franchise companies of all sizes and in a myriad of industries. Amy won the Crystal Compass award in 2016. She was interviewed by fellow Crystal Compass award honoree Emma Dickison, CFE, CEO and President of Home Helpers Home Care.Special Guest: Amy Cheng.","content_html":"Amy Cheng concentrates her practice in domestic and international commercial transactions, general corporate, and franchise, licensing and distribution law. Representative clients include leaders in the restaurant, retail, fitness and home services industries. With her broad range of experience, Amy essentially acts as general counsel to her clients, collaboratively maturing their businesses from infancy to prominence within their various industries. Amy’s unique combination of corporate and franchise experience provides clients with comprehensive legal services to expand their franchise portfolio. Her experience includes representing private equity in acquiring and selling franchise companies of all sizes and in a myriad of industries. Amy won the Crystal Compass award in 2016. She was interviewed by fellow Crystal Compass award honoree Emma Dickison, CFE, CEO and President of Home Helpers Home Care.
Special Guest: Amy Cheng.
","summary":"Her Success with Amy Cheng","date_published":"2020-08-22T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e00012bb-062d-414f-ac91-be74d46a797e/dfe5ab64-ed2b-4616-99e8-ee1596364fb1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":94497148,"duration_in_seconds":2952}]},{"id":"a29f7966-14e9-4283-a38a-db0d94570d57","title":"Episode 5: Her Success with Mary Thompson","url":"https://hersuccess.fireside.fm/5","content_text":"In this episode, we interview Mary Kennedy Thompson, CFE, Chief Operating Officer of Neighborly. \n\nAs chief operating officer (COO), Mary oversees the ongoing business operations within Neighborly. Working hand-in-hand with 13 brand presidents, she leads the execution of strategies. Prior to her appointment as COO, Mary served as executive vice-president of Neighborly and president of Mr. Rooter® for nine years. Mary served eight years in the U.S. Marine Corps as a logistics officer. She began franchising 25 years ago as a multi-unit franchisee at Cookies by Design. After successfully selling her franchises, Mary joined the corporate headquarters to build their field support program, eventually leading the brand as its president. As president of Mr. Rooter®, U.S. Business Review selected Mary as one of its Editor’s Choice Executives of the Year. The International Franchise Association (IFA) awarded Mary the Bonny Levine Award, IFA’s highest award for women who have made an impact on franchising and the Crystal Compass award for extraordinary leadership in franchising. A certified franchise executive, Mary serves as a trustee for the IFA’s Educational Foundation. Interviewed by Katherine LeBlanc, Chief Marketing Officer at Painting with a Twist.Special Guest: Mary Thompson.","content_html":"In this episode, we interview Mary Kennedy Thompson, CFE, Chief Operating Officer of Neighborly.
\n\nAs chief operating officer (COO), Mary oversees the ongoing business operations within Neighborly. Working hand-in-hand with 13 brand presidents, she leads the execution of strategies. Prior to her appointment as COO, Mary served as executive vice-president of Neighborly and president of Mr. Rooter® for nine years. Mary served eight years in the U.S. Marine Corps as a logistics officer. She began franchising 25 years ago as a multi-unit franchisee at Cookies by Design. After successfully selling her franchises, Mary joined the corporate headquarters to build their field support program, eventually leading the brand as its president. As president of Mr. Rooter®, U.S. Business Review selected Mary as one of its Editor’s Choice Executives of the Year. The International Franchise Association (IFA) awarded Mary the Bonny Levine Award, IFA’s highest award for women who have made an impact on franchising and the Crystal Compass award for extraordinary leadership in franchising. A certified franchise executive, Mary serves as a trustee for the IFA’s Educational Foundation. Interviewed by Katherine LeBlanc, Chief Marketing Officer at Painting with a Twist.
Special Guest: Mary Thompson.
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Special Guest: Paul Pickett.
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Special Guest: Mary Ann O'Connell.
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\n\nOver the course of her tenure with The Dwyer Group, Saunda’s franchises have earned Top Gun Status, Franchisee of the Year, The Don Dwyer Award of Excellence, Excellence in Mentorship, Excellence in Leadership, and Sales Leader of the Year for 10 years in a row. In 2008 she was honored to receive Woman of the Year for Mr. Rooter Corporation as well as North Bay Business Journal, 40 under 40 award winner. In 2010 Saunda was awarded the Crystal Compass for extraordinary leadership in franchising. She served on the IFA’s Board of Directors for 8 years. The award she covets most is the North Bay Business Journal’s Best Places to Work as voted by her team members the last 10 years in a row. Saunda recently founded a new FSR concept tasting lounge called Barrels, Brews & Bites.
\n\nSaunda is interviewed here by Michelle Rowan, CFE, President of Franchise Business Review and WFC Committee Chair.
Special Guest: Saunda Kitchen.
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\n\nThe International Franchise Association’s Women’s Franchise Committee has created “Her Success,” an excellent series of interviews with business leaders whose stories will inspire you!
\n\nOur first episode's guest is Emma Dickison, CEO of Home Helpers.
Special Guest: Emma Dickison.
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