Lisa Hughes

UntitledTitle: President, Chief Executive Officer

Company: Victory Lighting Services

Location: Dallas, Texas

Celebrating 20 years as president and chief executive officer of Victory Lighting Services, Lisa Hughes has found her greatest strengths as a leading profession are having a good moral code, integrity and a good reputation that she maintains. Her greatest accomplishment has been maintaining her 20-year relationship with JP Morgan Chase and having lifetime relationships with her clients and staff. The contractor business, as well as the banking business, is largely male-dominated, which she comments that “it is challenging to prove myself and talents as an electrician, but by building a good reputation around my name and expanding my expertise won all of my customers over.” Ms. Hughes’ future plans are to open an office in Austin and a branch in Oklahoma; she wants to grow her company to twice its size and work with Wells Fargo Bank. Continue reading →

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Dr. Carol S. Kessler, PhD, LAC, MS, LMT

UntitledTitle: Acupuncturist, Scientist

Location: Kingston, N.Y.

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Kimberly V. Johnson

05f503f-140x150 (1)Title: President, General Agent

Company: OneCommonwealth Financial Group, LLC

Location: Lexington, Ky.

As president and general agent for OneCommonwealth Financial Group, Kimberly Johnson recruits, develops and empowers advisers to work effectually with clientele and generate winning results. Her work with OneCommonwealth furthers their goal of offering clients life insurance, disability insurance, long-term care products, retirement services and investment products. Currently, Ms. Johnson is responsible for recruiting qualified sales and management representatives, assisting representatives with career goals, guiding representatives in their work with clients, providing consulting services to team members and acting as a liaison to clients. Considering her main expertise to be in building relationships and helping clients prepare for their future, she is proud to continue successfully hiring and building a team of capable and considerate insurance agents. Continue reading →

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Cathy Handford

3065e05Title: 1) Sector Director of Cyber Initiatives 2) Chief Executive Officer, Founder

Company: 1) Northrop Grumman Corporation 2) Cyber BDA, Inc.

Location: Fairfax, Va.

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Ann O’Brien

86568e65d504459b8e09ce65226f0b58Title: General Manager of Human Resources for Europe

Company: Travelers Management Ltd.

Location: London

As general manager of human resources for Europe for Travelers Management Ltd., Ann O’Brien brings to her field valuable expertise in human resources, strategic and organizational integration, performance management and coaching, re-engineering, and change management. She attributes her professional success to her tenacity and ability to anticipate the needs of her clientele. Dividing her professional time between London and Dublin locations, Ms. O’Brien is seasoned in incorporating organizational objectives into human resources strategies and managing an effective team, responsible for managing talent strategies and human resources policy. Continue reading →

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