Directory of Speakers
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Waverly BrownExperience:
Waverly has been a member of Toastmasters International for the past 10 years. She is an Advanced Communicator Silver and currently holds membership with Rappahannock Regional Toastmasters Club, Fredericksburg, VA. Waverly has been a presenter on the topic of Interview Techniques for the Northern Neck Head Start Program, Colonial Beach, VA; the Life Empowerment Encouragement Connecting Network (LEENC) of Stafford, VA; and the Virginia Employment Commission, Workforce Development, Warsaw, VA. Background: Waverly brings a unique perspective to the topic of Interview Techniques, she has the role of reviewing resume, selecting candidates, and sitting on the candidate selection panel with her current employers. Waverly brings four years of first-hand experience of observing successful and unsuccessful employment candidates during their interview. She understands why some succeed while others fail the interview process. |
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Adult job seekers in a personal small forum |
Martin HornExperience:
Martin has played clarinet and related instruments in school, college and community concert bands for almost 50 years, and has conducted community bands in rehearsals and concerts resulting in a long experience with one of the most versatile musical organizations - one that can play a classical overture, a stirring march, a medley of Broadway songs and a salute to a rock star - often all on the same concert. |
Target Audience:School or Community organizers seeking support (money donations or in concert attendance) from the community.
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Edmond Joe
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Background:Edmond Joe is an IT Manager with Truestone, LLC. He holds a variety of professional certifications including Project Management Professional (PMP), IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 Foundation, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and PMI - Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP). He is one of 4 inventors who hold a patent on Quality monitor and monitoring technique employing optically stimulated electron emission. Edmond Joe earned his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University and his Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science at The College of William and Mary.
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Kirk JohnsonTopics:
Experience: Kirk attended Villanova University where he received his B.S., Industrial Mgmt, Civil Engineering and was in the “Who's Who” Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Kirk has succeeded in Toastmasters on three coasts and in four Districts, becoming a 3-Time Evaluation Contest Winner at the District level. He is currently an Area Governor, a position he has held twice, and has also served in the Division Governor role. Kirk approaches chess like he approaches life, with a 3D philosophy that helps him succeed. |
Background:Kirk Johnson is a Retired US Navy Commander, having spent 23 years serving our country. He provided a number of services including Deputy ACOS for Operations & Training for Chief of Naval Air Training Command; Standardization Instructor, Strategic Planning Facilitator, Authored and Facilitated Joint Flight Training Concepts, Acquisitions and Implementation, and Managed Student Naval Aviator and Flight Officer Production.
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Darin JonesExperience: Darin has been on the faculty for the University of Phoenix for the last five years, teaching Communication, Ethics, Management and Public Relations. He also does courses that help integrate adults back into the student environment after being away for many years. Education has always been part of his life – literally. His parents were college professors and he grew up sitting in the back of lecture halls. He decided to become more engaged in academia when he when back to school for my graduate degree. As a returning student, he was usually years older than his classmates and it gave him a fresh perspective on higher education. “University is such a tremendous opportunity to gain knowledge and perspective, but I saw so many students just going through the motions to get a degree.” Education may open doors, but knowledge is true power. |
Background:Darin Jones works for ATPCO, an information technology firm in Dulles, VA that provides data and software services for over 450 airlines worldwide. He is in charge of all global marketing communications, public relations and advertising, as well as developing / producing the conferences and meetings we hold. Darin’s Toastmasters club is
Avi-Orators, a corporate club within our organization. |
Peggy Kimmey Take the “eek” Out of Public Speaking
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Speaking Experience: Peggy has been a member of Toastmasters International since 1998, and has achieved the levels of Advanced Communicator Silver, and Competent Leader. She has won several speech contests and competed at the District level for evaluations. She is an often-requested speaker for local business groups, including: Prince William Chamber of Commerce; Fauquier Chamber of Commerce; Business Networking International chapters; Fauquier Women’s Forum; and WBIS (Women Businesses Investing in Success). Website: Kimmey Training and Consulting, LLC www.kimmeyconsulting.com |
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Prefer Weekdays M-F, 10:00-4:00 Weekend events are negotiable Background: Peggy owns her own business, Kimmey Training and Consulting, LLC where she provides presentation skills coaching. Peggy guides her audiences on a journey to the core of their message so they can transform their presentation into a conversation. Her goal is to ensure that the message the speaker intends to SHARE is the same one that the audience HEARS. Through workshops, seminars, and one-on-one coaching, Peggy’s clients have learned to think outside the box, applied new skill sets, and felt empowered to take ownership of their resulting presentations. |
Lovely LallTopics:
Experience: She has been invited as a key note speaker to present seminars on preventive health, leadership, and empowerment throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area. La Voz of Loudoun, for their leadership program graduation ceremony ( “Taking responsibility”), National Council of Negro Women. (Stress and exercise), LEND at their ADA Fair here in Loudoun ( Health and Wellness for the Disabled, Get Moving), Churches, Temples, Adams Center, Leesburg free clinic and Louudoun homeless shelter, Loudoun WIC program, Loudoun Health for life events, Loudoun NAACP. Lovely has been an active Toastmaster since 2008. She has held several positions at the club level and the district level. Serving as an Area Governor she was a humble recipient of Area Governor of the Year award, 2011-2012. Currently, a Division Governor for District 29 Toastmasters, she helps train at the District trainings, helps build clubs as well as mentor the mentors assigned to new clubs. Mrs. Lall is also the executive producer, talent coordinator, and host of Mastering Business Communication, the Toastmasters District 29 TV Show. She has achieved her Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) as well as Advanced Leadership Silver ( ALS) awards in toastmasters. |
Background:A Leadership Loudoun Alumnus, she is a Board of Supervisors appointee on Loudoun Health Council as a Chair ( 3rd term ) and a member on Loudoun Disability Services Board since 2010. Her active volunteer participation while leading and working with teams as an activist, organizer, a facilitator and an advisor has helped her gain wide array of experiences shaping her life as a service leader.
Combination of her studies in medicine during her college years and more than 3 decades of extensive research, has led Mrs. Lall, a diabetic herself for the past 15 years, to keep healthy successfully, without any medication by implementing life style changes, nutrition, exercise, yoga and positive attitude. Passion for people and her strong belief in the benefits of preventive care has been the driving force for her in providing counseling and giving advice on health for more than two decades with excellent results. During the seminars and presentations on the topics of health, empowerment, leadership and life, she shares her own practical life experiences and motivates people to give it a try and experience for themselves. She puts herself in audience's shoes while preparing for her presentations. She believes and lives her life by "Practices what she preaches" and her motto is, “taking responsibility in what ever we do”. |
John Lesko
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Developing leaders and building teams are what John does professionally. He is a three-time Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM), the highest individual designation, as well as a District Governor responsible for the communication and leadership skills training for over 225 clubs and 4,500 members. A true servant-leader, John has built numerous teams -- leading them from being ordinary to becoming extraordinary.
As a competitive speaker he has carried home his fair share of speech contest trophies, but admits he enjoys coaching others on how to overcome their fear of public speaking best of all. Website
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Availability:
Preferred Speaking Times: Lunch and dinner meetings during most weekdays
Times Unavailable; Weekends and Holidays Preferred Geographical Areas; Northern Virginia and the DC-Metro Region Background
John Lesko is the president & chief executive officer of a management consulting and training company, JohnLesko.Biz, LLC. He is a certified professional facilitator (CPF) as well as a confidence course facilitator at the George Mason University's Mason Center for Team and Organizational Learning, a.k.a., "The Edge." While entertaining or informing audiences, John displays an artist's flare as a keynoter, graphic recorder, author, and/or aspiring cartoonist.
John has been asked to give literally hundreds of speeches to a wide variety of audiences. He has presented from the TEDx - Citadel Park stage and is comfortable before audiences small and large. As a competitive speaker he has carried home his fair share of speech contest trophies, but admits he enjoys coaching others on how to overcome their fear of public speaking best of all. In his speeches and workshops, John enthusiastically offers insight into what it takes to develop and sustain a high-performance organization. He is a former Airborne-RANGER, cavalry scout, tank company commander, principal research scientist, project leader, and Little League / travel softball team coach. No one has ever fallen asleep and lived to tell about while John's on stage. John is an expert in conflict resolution and holds a 2nd degree black aikido. Hecklers beware. |
Arthuretta MartinExperience:
Arthuretta Martin is a professional storyteller, keynote speaker, trainer, author, vocalist and facilitator. Arthuretta is a Distinguished Toastmaster the highest achievement in Toastmasters International. She is a professional member of the National Speaker’s Association, National Association of Black Storytellers and the Virginia Storyteller's Alliance. She serves as the Youth Leadership Program coordinator for Toastmaster's International District 29 and President of the Virginia Advance Speaker' Toastmaster's Club (VAST). As a business owner of her company, Words and Melodies, L.L.C., she speaks on subjects that range from public policy,effective public speaking and success strategies for life to folk tales,singing a repertoire of jazz and classical music, oral history and folklore. She credits Toastmasters with showing her how to weave “vocal animation and arousing color” into presentations that captivate. She sprinkles her stories with her vocal talents providing a special experience for the listeners. "Toastmasters helped me to build my confidence and clarity to run effective meetings and deliver concise instruction in the classroom to audiences all ages. I want to help others do the same." Website: www.mamarettaspeaks.com |
Background: Prior to retirement, she had dedicated 25 years to public service in the field of federal acquisition and contract management. Arthuretta earned a master’s degree in Management from the Florida Institute of Technology, an undergraduate degree in public administration from James Madison University, and post graduate work in communication and public policy from George Mason University. |
Bill MalthouseTopics: (all 30-50 min keynote, could be expanded to workshops)
Experience: With over 40 years background in the IT industry, Bill has a natural talent for helping others understand how to “make the most” of the technology they have. His personal mission to stop “Death by PowerPoint” can benefit boardrooms worldwide. Bill retired April 1, 2005 from Logicon, (acquired by NGIT). He was associated with the I-CASE program, which started out as a Computer Aided Software Engineering platform (UNIX and Ada) for DoD, but became a large-scale Software Sales vehicle when the organization changed to Windows and C. His job as Technical Director was to apply his technical skills and his organizational expertise to best fit products I-CASE to the needs of the ever-changing market place. |
AvailabilityWeek Days & Weekends, all times negotiable
Background: Information Technology, Systems Architecture, Toastmasters and Toastmasters leadership, Systems Development, Government proposal preparation and defense, lifetime member of Mensa, member of ACM until retirement. 2011-2012 District Table Topics Champion, Toastmaster of the Year, 2010-2011 District 27 Lt. Gov. Marketing. 2009-2010 District 27 Division F Governor, (Pres. Distinguished). 2009-2010 District 27 Division Governor of the Year. 2008-2009 District 27 Area 84 Governor (Pres. Distinguished). DTM March 10, 2010. Retired from Northrop Grumman Information Technology 2005. |
Paul E. White
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• Seeking Success?... Just Dive In • Leadership Inside Out or Outside In? • Geo-Politics – Is American in Decline? • Messages in a Bottle - Body Language • Take the Gamble Out of Evaluation • Joy Outside of the Lines • Invest in Others and Reap the Benefits • Judging Books – Cover or Content? • Does Color Make a Difference? Paul E. White is a foreign affairs and American life speaker widely known for highly entertaining speeches . He customizes presentations to meet the requesting audience’s goals and objectives,. His content, speaking style and use of stories, humor and magic appeal to a wide audience from children to community groups to professional and business audiences. Speaking Experience: A powerful source of material for Paul E. White’s speeches comes from his unique formative experience growing up as a minority in the America of the 40’s and 50’s. The first person in his family to attend school beyond the 3rd grade, as a boy he encountered significant bullying and prejudice that taught meaningful life’s lessons that remain valid today for all. Paul E. White had a 40 year career as a Foreign Service Officer, living and working in a dozen Asian and Latin American countries. He received Presidential citations from Ronald Reagan, William Clinton and George W. Bush for outstanding service and is the recipient of many foreign awards. Paul’s foreign experience forms a rich backdrop for his speeches. He joined Toastmasters International in 2005 and has attained the highest level of achievement - Distinguished Toastmaster. Paul served at every level in the hierarchy up to District Governor of the 10th largest Toastmasters District in the world. On the business side, Paul formed and runs a Foreign Affairs consulting firm specializing in evaluations, needs assessments and public private partnership formation and monitoring. Paul has spoken on radio and TV, and at club meetings, work-shops, seminars, conferences and in business offices . Audiences have ranged from a few individuals to several thousand. |
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Negotiable.
Website: MmajjikkOne.com Background: Paul founded and runs a foreign affairs consulting firm that conducts needs assessments, project evaluations and assists with the formation and project oversight of complex public – private partner-ships between developed and developing country institutions. He makes presentations about foreign affairs issues, but also on communication and leadership subjects and on social issues important to understanding other cultures and our own. Paul’s objective in public speaking is to promote mutual understanding by calling attention to how what we say and what we do is seen and interpreted by others. As a keynote speakers, or via workshops, seminars, club meetings and smaller gatherings, Paul makes himself available and does the research necessary to assure that presentations focus on the needs , goals and objectives of the requesting organization. |