Mehelle A. Smith

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Mehelle SmithTitle: Owner, Master Instructor
Company: Mechelles’s Way Taekwondo
Location: Schenectady, NY United States

Highly respected and accomplished in her field, Mechelle Smith decided to become a taekwondo instructor because it presented the opportunity to teach good values, fitness, and quality of life, which is a cause close to her heart. Her vast experience dates back to high school; since then, she has successfully trained, taught, competed, and won several prestigious awards and medals. Ms. Smith considers her greatest accomplishment to be persevering and pursuing a highly-competitive career in the face of those who tried to discourage her. She ended up taking 14 National Titles and 3 International Titles, representing the U.S. in the U.S. Cup Championships held in Puerto Rico, Korea, and the United States, and winning gold in all three events. Ms. Smith also successfully competed in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Team Trials, placing 1st alternate in a controversial decision in 1988 and making the 1992 team, and took gold at the 1992 Pan Am Taekwondo Championships.

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Kristi K. Etchberger

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Etchberger, KristiTitle: Chief Executive Officer
Company: Clinical Research Billing
Location: Lake Worth, FL United States

With extensive background experience in management and clinical trials, Kristi King Etchberger considers her greatest strength to be her knowledge of the industry. She currently uses what she’s learned during her time at companies like Atlantic Clinical Research Collaborative and Carolus Capital Advisors, LLC, to run her own company, Clinical Research Billing. The billing services provider supports clinical research sites with their financial needs by performing internal audits, invoicing for contractual items, overseeing trial management systems, and negotiating contracts and budgets. When Ms. Etchberger decided to start her own business about a year ago, she could have partnered with another company, but would have given up some of her control. Instead, she took a leap of faith and went out on her own. Ms. Etchberger is extremely proud of her accomplishment, and remains passionate about her work. She believes her unique perspective propelled her into a very reputable and successful business.

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Janice Entsminger

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Title: Vice President
Company: U.S. Bank
Location: Orlando, FL United States

Although Janice Entsminger started her career in corporate trust as a temporary employee, she soon realized she had found her niche and was fortunate to be able to grow from there. She spent a number of years working for SunTrust Bank and Prager, Sealy & Co., LLC, before joining her current employer, U.S. Bank, in August 2010. Ms. Entsminger has worked in their global corporate trust services division since she started, and is responsible for a variety of municipal bond issues, corporate and refunding escrows, and custodial accounts. She enjoys the constantly-changing nature of the field, and believes the fact that she is presented with new challenges on a daily basis keeps the job interesting. Ms. Entsminger takes pride in doing the best she can for all parties involved in her transactions. She considers her greatest strengths to be her attention to detail, her directness, and her focus on taking care of her clients. Ms. Entsminger believes this is why she is one of the busiest in her field in the state, and is respected for both her ability and her candor. Her clients know exactly what kind of services they will be receiving going in, and she does her absolute best to deliver on her promises.

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Susan Ann Dimock, Ph.D.

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Title: University Professor
Company: York University
Location: Innisfil, ON Canada

The first person in her family to ever go to college, Dr. Susan Ann Dimock fell in love with it from her very first day. She thoroughly enjoyed learning the most amazing subjects with the most intelligent, open-minded people, and she knew there was nothing she would rather do than be an educator and teach. Dr. Dimock followed her passion, and is currently serving as a university professor at York University. This position allows her to use her expertise in research ethics, government policies, meta-ethics and normative theory, applied ethics, political philosophy, and criminal law theory to teach classes and edit publications. Dr. Dimock thrives on researching different philosophies, and is presently working to establish a new program, which will be the platform for research and proven theories to become government policies. As a testament to her success, she earned the President Teacher Award from York University.

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Gayle Spulniak

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Gayle SpulniakTitle: Owner
Company: Sole Proprietorship
Location: Gresham, OR United States

Truly passionate about how therapy can help people, Gayle Spulniak has seen the results firsthand. She became a level II Reiki practitioner as a way to help her husband, deal with his multiple sclerosis, and in 2012, she was introduced to Faster EFT. This methodology, also known as faster emotionally focused transformation, was developed to help others unearth the unhelpful patterns formed in minds, actions, and choices. Always looking for self-improvement, Ms. Spulniak quickly became hooked on Faster EFT, and by February 2015, she was a certified level II practitioner. She attributes her success to her mentors.

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