Anne Juge

Juge, AnneTitle: Owner, Chief Executive Officer
Company: Borealis Language Academy
Location: Metairie, LA United States

Backed by more than 30 years of practice perfecting her keen eye for high-end luxury goods and artwork, Anne Juge is now the owner and chief executive officer of the Louisiana-based luxury retail item and artwork provider, Antiques of Paris. Her collection offers a variety of lavish selections from vintage Hermes, Baccarat and Lalique to French porcelain and signed artwork to furniture, bronzes and photographs. It also offers furniture pieces made out of luxury woods from Louisiana, especially sinker cypress wood. In her position, she was responsible for the creation and launch of the company’s new website—which features her own photographs—and the selection of fine and beautiful items for the shop’s collection.

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Alison J. Knowles, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, HRPM

Knowles, AllisonTitle: Associate Partner, Director of Human Resources
Company: SH Group, Inc.
Location: New York, NY United States

SH Group, Inc. provides high performance engineering, consulting and commissioning services for clients around the world.   Syska’s services include electrical, mechanical, plumbing & fire protection, critical facilities, high performance solutions, facilities management, commissioning, information and communications technology, security, architectural lighting, vertical transportation, infrastructure and central energy plant design. As the company’s director of human resources, Alison Knowles is responsible for working with all personnel and overseeing all day-to-day HR duties, while working as a strategic business partner with the firm’s executive management team.

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Jo Shankel

shankel-joTitle: Support Specialist II
Company: HopeWest
Location: Grand Junction, CO United States

Although Jo Shankel chose a career in health care and, currently, hospice care, because she was drawn to the medical field, she has also always enjoyed working in an office environment. Now with more than 30 years of professional experience, she currently utilizes both interests in her role as the support specialist II for HopeWest, an organization that provides hospice, bereavement and grief services in Colorado. In this position, Ms. Shankel is responsible for a number of duties to include running reports, troubleshooting database issues, helping staff make corrections to their data, as well as teaching customer service to new employees, and ordering supplies.

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Annette R. March-Grier, RN, CFSP

March-Grier, AnnetteTitle: Founder, President
Company: Roberta’s House
Location: Owings Mills, MD United States

Annette March-Grier, RN, CFSP (Certified Funeral Service Practitioner), is the Founder and President of Roberta’s House, a family grief support center that offers a place for children and families to mourn and heal after the death of a loved one. The center offers services for all age groups, a number of different support and grief programs, educational workshops and community support programs. The facility boasts a number of professional counselors and trained volunteers, as well as a comfortable and safe atmosphere to heal. Since 2008, more than 4,000 children and individuals have benefited from the services Roberta’s House offers.

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