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Shannon Nash, Nash Management Group
Shannon King Nash is a CPA, attorney, author, and entrepreneur. She is the President of theNash Management Group, an entertainment and business management firm based in Los Angeles and Atlanta that represents venture funds, entertainers, producers, foundations/non-profits, high net-worth individuals and companies. She is also a partner with Atlanta-based Register Lett LLP, a boutique law firm specializing in entertainment, media, corporate and intellectual property law.
Shannon is the author of the award-winning book For the Love of Money: The 411 to Taking Control of Your Taxes and Building Your Net Worth. This practical financial empowerment book uses popular songs (from Marvin Gaye to Snoop Dogg) to teach valuable finance and tax lessons. She also wrote the Vault Guide to Tax Law Careers and Helping the Nonprofit Client. She has been featured as a tax, finance and legal expert in numerous publications, including: Global Finance Magazine, Jet Magazine,Essence Magazine, Ebony Magazine, ABC News Online, Upscale Magazine, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Bankrate.com, L.A.Parent Magazine and The Washington Times. She was recently featured on the cover of the April issue of Black Enterprise. In addition, she served as the finance expert on episodes of BET’s “The Center” and Style Network’s “Modern Girls Guide.” Shannon received her BS in Accounting from the University of Virginia McIntire Schoolof Commerce and her JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. You can find her on Twitter@shannonnash.
Kristina Bouweiri, Reston Limousine & Travel Service, Inc.
Kristina Bouweiri is President, CEO, and co-owner of the Washington, DC metropolitan area’s largest limousine/shuttle service, Reston Limousine & Travel Service, Inc., nationally ranked 27th in size. Offering high-quality transportation and a proven record of safety and customer service, Reston Limousine also has a proud legacy of business leadership and philanthropic support.
Kristina is a well-known business leader in the Dulles Corridor area. She is active as a member and board member with numerous organizations, including Loudoun CEO Cabinet, Loudoun and Dulles Regional Chambers of Commerce, Committee for Dulles, eWomenNetwork, and Leadership Loudoun. An ongoing supporter of philanthropic work, especially children’s causes, Kristina assists Make-A-Wish Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes, and the International Children’s Festival. Reston Limousine annually provides over $100,000 through gifts-in-kind to charities.
The Washington Business Journal named Kristina one of the 50 most powerful and influential women in Washington. She has been featured in business publications such as Washington SMARTCEO, Enterprising Women, Limo Digest, and Limousine & Chauffeured Transportation. In demand as a mentor for other women in business, Kristina frequently serves on panels and makes presentations, sharing her insight and business experience.
Denise O’Berry, The Small Business Edge Corp.
Denise O’Berry is the author of “Small Business Cash Flow: Strategies for Making Your Business a Financial Success” a book about how to get, manage and keep your cash flow on an even keel and where it belongs — in your business.
A small business owner since 1996, Denise has worked with hundreds of small business owners over the years and is inspired by their enthusiasm and ability to overcome huge obstacles. She provides small business tools, tips and advice to small business owners around the world via her Just for Small Business column and shares additional small business tips at her website. Find Denise on twitter at @deniseoberry.
Jeremy Brown, Rapid Advance, LLC
Jeremy Brown is President and COO of RapidAdvance LLC, a Bethesda based specialty finance company that provides working capital to small and medium-sized businesses. Since inception in October 2005, RapidAdvance has provided over 13,000 financing transactions to over8,000 unique businesses. A typical customer of RapidAdvance accepts credit cards and generally has a permanent place of business other than their home such as a retail storefront, office or warehouse. Funds are typically used for business expansion, acquisition of another location, purchase of equipment or inventory, stocking for an upcoming busy season, to pay off debt, or for other business purposes. As Jeremy likes to say, “We finance Main Street America!” RapidAdvance provides financing in all 50 states, in Canada with the exception of Quebec Province, and the U.K and Ireland.
Jeremy has 20 years experience as an entrepreneurial C-level executive running start-up and mature businesses in a variety of service industries, including stints as COO of a meetings and conventions services company with 50 locations in North America; President and CEO of a commercial construction contractor with 500 employees; and President of a retail computer company. Jeremy knows what it means to meet a payroll, grow a business, take care of the customer, finance expansion, and when necessary, empty the trash cans.
Jeremy is also President of the North American Merchant Advance Association (NAMAA), the industry association of companies that provide similar types of alternative financing solutions. Jeremy has been quoted and profiled in various industry publications as an expert in the field of alternative small business finance solutions.
In an earlier life Jeremy was a CPA, but don’t hold that against him!
Edward S. Tuvin, Capital Bank, N.A.
Eddie Tuvin holds the position of First Vice President for the direct lending programs of Community South Small Business Lending Group as well as co-manager of sales for CSB’s national wholesale loan securitization program to other lenders.
Tuvin is serving his second consecutive term as a federally appointed District Advisory Council Member to the United States SBA Washington Metropolitan District. He has testified to the The Senate Committee on Small Business on several occasions during the past 2 years and acted as the representative of the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders (NAGGL). Mr. Tuvin has been a licensed Maryland Real Estate Broker in good standing for more than twenty years. Tuvin has completed financings for small business such as technology companies, restaurants, hotel/motels, gas stations, automotive repair centers, liquor stores, and various franchise operations.
Mr. Tuvin is licensed by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) as a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and is the investment manager for several private accounts. He co-developed a sophisticated hedging strategy for Operating Partnership Units of REIT shares (article in Real Estate Finance Journal, Spring 2000 edition). He is the Managing General Partner of the Tuvin Family Partnership, a real estate and investment partnership. He was a co-founder of Chesapeake Interlink, Ltd., a company that utilized cutting edge 4th generation programming languages to provide customized applications on Digital Equipment platforms.
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Steve is a founding partner at Emergent Research where he leads ongoing research to identify, analyze and forecast the trends and shifts impacting the small business sector of the U.S. and global economies. He also researches the impact of the Internet and connective technologies on media and marketing.
