University of Arkansas Global Campus COFFEE BREAK

Meet Amy Reeves Robinson, Founder and CEO of Tribe of Women! www.tribeofwomen.com Amy has been a business coach with a focus on women for 15 years in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northwest Arkansas. After coaching women entrepreneurs in Pakistan, she was asked to do a TEDx Talk. Although asked to talk about entrepreneurship and her travels, she could not escape the pull to talk about something more foundational and core to how women will succeed in business and life – together. “I Believe in Tribes of Women” became her talk, and the talk became a calling, a movement, and the organization, Tribe of Women. Now, Amy’s background in everything from legal and banking, to entrepreneurship, strategy, facilitation, and speaking are coming in handy as she navigates the waters of building a company for social good. She hosts the Tribe Talk podcast and travels the country facilitating the vital conversations of Tribe Talk workshops, panels, and groups. Amy believes in tribes of women, and tribes of all types. She stays connected to her community as a volunteer, advocate, board member, and says yes to as many good works as time and sanity will allow. Amy and her husband, Brent, have three clever children, three fur-baby dogs, and live on the the last little acre of a once-upon-a-time strawberry farm in Northwest Arkansas.

Gene and Cheryl Long are the owners and founders of Sassafrass Springs Vineyard Winery and Wedding Venue. The winery tasting room and wedding venue opened for business in the spring of 2014. Sassafras Springs includes not only the tasting room, but a wedding chapel, and "Stables" Event Center all on site. It is all located just East of Fayetteville at 6461 E. Guy Terry Road and Bridlewood Estates. The exclusive winemaker for the vineyard produces and bottles 5 varietals of wine on property and won several awards from International wine competitions. The 3 year old vineyard has hybrid grapes that were collaboratively invented alongside the University of Arkansas. At Sassafras one can expect a beautiful family atmosphere for everyone to enjoy. Come celebrate all of your special occasions at the wimery or event center. Also voted best wedding venue in NWA Times, Citiscapes, Motherlode, Celebrate, and AY Magazines 2017 winner. Call 479-419-4999 or email ssvwinery@gmail.com for more information.

JASON SUEL, is trained in the art of theatre and has 10 years of working experience in the Midwestern United States and the Midlands, United Kingdom. He currently works as a Teaching Artist and Professional Actor in Northwest Arkansas, regionally, and internationally. Jason spends part of his time touring Arkansas as a cast member of two different shows, Digging Up Arkansas and Bear State of Mind. Both plays have been produced by Trike Theatre and the Walton Arts Center. He is also a member of more than one regionally recognized Improv Comedy teams and he teaches improv regularly. Jason is active in the Northwest Arkansas film community and has served on the Board of Directors for the Seedling Film Association since it’s inception in 2010 and was the Executive Director from January 2011 to January 2013. He is passionate about connecting people with like minded goals and skill sets. Jason has an MA in Theatre and Film from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Michael J. Riha is a professor of theatre and has taught at the University of Arkansas since 1992. Michael’s Broadway credits include, Assistant Designer to Christine Jones on the musical, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, and the Metropolitan Opera’s 2013 production of Rigoletto. He has worked as an Assistant Designer to John Iacovelli on productions at the Southcoast Rep, The Mark Taper Forum, and the Princess Cruise Line. He’s also worked at the Muny in St. Louis, MO, TheatreSquared, Fayetteville, AR, and on the national tour of Fiddler on the Roof. He is currently on faculty at the University of Arkansas – Fayetteville where he serves as the Chair of the Department of Theatre. He has designed sets and lighting for over one hundred productions, and is the author of “Starting Your Career as a Theatrical Designer: Insights and Advice from Leading Broadway Designers” published by Allworth Press. Michael is a proud member of USA-829.

Jen Adair, VP Sales & Marketing at Naked Granola sais she loves Making new friends, helping people become more proactive in chasing their dreams, and building better brands. She is currently available for Amazon Seller Central and Amazon Vendor Management services, including PPC research, content creation, and inventory set-up. On this episode she talks about her ventures with Naked Granola and some fun giveaway opportunities and collaborations. https://naked-granola.myshopify.com/ http://www.btribalfit.com/ https://mymoodandmarket.com/

Becky Halstead, retired Brigadier General, United States Army, founded her own leader consultancy company, STEADFAST Leadership, LLC, following 27 years of service in the U.S. military. Becky specializes in inspirational speaking (nationally and internationally; corporate and academic), developing leader training programs, leader coaching, consulting and advising. Becky translated her military leadership principles and lessons learned, and developed her STEADFAST Leadership model, which she shares with the corporate and academic sector. She authored her first book on leadership, 24/7: The First Person You Must Lead Is YOU. Becky has over 15 years of executive‐level leadership experience, developing and training high-performing, complex and diverse teams capable of strategic planning and execution. She has a proven record of leading change, building successful teams in demanding environments (Afghanistan and Iraq, Germany, South America), and creating innovative solutions, systems and programs to complex problems. She is an experienced leader and logistician, a highly effective communicator, and a strategic planner with exceptional organizational skills. Becky is a 1981 graduate of the United States Military Academy and achieved an historic milestone as the first female graduate of West Point to be promoted to General Officer. She was the senior Commanding General for logistics in Iraq, and was the first female in U.S. history to command in combat at the strategic level. In this capacity she was responsible for leading over 200 multi‐disciplined units (20,000 military and 5,000 civilians) located across 55 different bases, providing supply, maintenance, transportation and distribution support to over 250,000 personnel serving in Iraq. Becky honorably served with the U.S. Army and retired as a General Officer in 2008. The culmination of her career came in 2006 when she became the first female Chief of Ordnance and Commanding General of the Army’s Ordnance Center and Schools (equivalent to President of a University), responsible for the leader development and institutional training for the second largest branch in the army with over 100,000 members of the Ordnance Corps. During active service, she served in Europe as the Deputy Commanding General (Chief Operating Officer) for the 21st Theater Support Command and has experience leading a multi-national team in wholesale level logistics operations. Prior to Europe, she served as the Chief Advisor to the Combatant Commander (Four Star General) for Southern Command, whose responsibility encompassed military training and operations for South America. She was also responsible for coordinating directly with high‐level organizations such as Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of State, U.S. Congress, U.S. Ambassadors and equivalent foreign military and civilian organizations. Becky earned a B.S. in Engineering from West Point, an M.S. in National Resource Strategy (Advanced Manufacturing) from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, and an M.S. in Advanced Military Studies (Visionary Leadership) from the Army Command and General Staff College. She is a member on the Board of Advisors for Principal Solar, and a faculty member with the Thayer Leader Development Group at West Point, a premier executive leader development institute. Becky is a recipient of the 2007 National Women’s History Project award for “Generations of Women Moving History Forward.” From 2009 to 2010, Becky served as a Commissioner on the President’s Military Leadership Diversity Commission. In 2011, her leadership model was a focus of a Harvard Business School Case Study.

Toyin Umesiri is an entrepreneur and the convener of the Trade with Africa Business Summit. After over a decade working in corporate America; at Fortune 1 (Walmart) & Fortune 150 (Whirlpool Corporation), she made the big leap to full time entrepreneurship to follow her passion for Africa. Toyin's experience spans developing technology solutions and global strategy for Apparel Merchandising, Manufacturing, Finance and Controlling, Logistics and Supply Chain for leading brands. She also led the team responsible for designing the Global Sourcing and Supplier Management solutions at Walmart. Following a trip to Africa in 2015 she committed to using her skills and global networks built as leverage in empowering people on the African continent. As CEO of Nazaru (www.nazaru.com), she leads a U.S. based company that drives increased U.S. commercial interest in Africa by not only fostering Business to Business (B2B) dialog that leads to mutually beneficial arrangements but also showcasing Africa's exporters and brands. In 2016 Toyin was featured as a leading and inspirational woman in technology on the platform LEADING WOMEN (www.leadingwomen.com). Trade with Africa Business Summit is a production of Nazaru LLC and the event derives it's name from the tag line of Nazaru; trade with africa.... Contacts: Email: toyin@nazaru.com Websites: www.toyinumesiri.com & www.nazaru.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toyinumesiri/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toyin.umesiri/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/toyinumesiri Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toyin.umesiri

Episode 12 features Producer Trevor Drinkwater, Co-Founder of the Bentonville Film Festival alongside Geena Davis. He is also the Founder and CEO of Inclusion Companies LLC. Mr. Drinkwater started his career with Nestle Waters nearly 30 years ago as a sales representative and became the youngest ever General Manager of the company before he turned 30 years of age. After Nestle Waters, Trevor joined Warner Bros Home Entertainment as its SVP of Sales, where he helped the company launch the highly successful DVD format. He then joined Take Two Interactive for a short stent as its COO before deciding to leave to become an Entrepreneur. Mr. Drinkwater has Executive Produced over 10 films to include the critically acclaimed film, ‘The Way’ and soon to be released, ‘The Public’. He recently founded Inclusion Companies LLC, which focuses on providing consulting and sales services for companies with strong Diversity and Inclusion initiatives. Mr. Drinkwater received his undergraduate degree at the University of Colorado, Boulder with a major in marketing and a minor in economics. He also completed the Executive Finance Program at the Wharton School of Business.