Deborah Brent has over 20 years of professional experience in Higher Education Operations and Management, Marketing, and Communications. She is known for her event script writing expertise, cross-cultural communication skills, and ability to market the Chamber’s products and services to grow membership and sponsorship.

She has experience as a Regional Operations Director, College Director, Consultative Sales Expert, Strategic Marketing and Communications Executive, and Employee Relations Specialist. She is a proven team leader with notable accomplishments and recognitions for campus management, Budget and P&L, admissions and recruitment, academic excellence in schools of study, Career Services graduate outcomes, and community relations initiatives for both for-profit and non-profit institutions.

Deborah is known to be a successful Director who knows how to manage multi-site business operations with Performance Management tools used to achieve goals and maintain compliance. She is a visionary and forward-thinker focused on increasing business potential through strategic planning. She is an expert at communicating across multi-cultural lines to service customers, building strong partnerships, and maximizing the consultative sales approach for business success.

She credits her success thus far to a strong work ethic, perseverance to succeed, incredible mentors, and supportive team members who have inspired her along the way. Deborah is a member of NeXco National Organization, serves on her HOA Community Board of Directors, is a Coleman Research Expert Consultant, and served three terms as an elected Board Member for VCCA.  She represented her former company and was a presenter at The President’s Challenge on Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge Initiative.  In her spare time, Deborah enjoys travel, hiking mountain trails, and snorkeling in the ocean.

Women’s Networking Association Member, Deborah Brent, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.

Theresa Robert is the Vice President of Finance at J.P. Mariwell Inc where she is known for her dynamic leadership skills and unmatched expertise.

Having worked in the transportation industry for over 34 years, she has been instrumental in building a local transportation company servicing the healthcare industry. As the Director of Finance and Accounting Theresa led the organization in all financial aspects while growing and expanding the business to become Southwestern Ontario’s premier transportation logistics provider. She also managed the organizations human resources needs and was responsible for all government compliance requirements including regulatory, as well as health and safety programs.

During the last number of years she has been working as an independent business and financial consultant, and was recently appointed as a director of a not for profit organization.

In her current role as Vice President of Finance at J.P. Mariwell Inc., she is in charge of overseeing and developing measures and monitoring systems that support the company strategic direction, as well as evaluating risk management for both financial and operations of the company.

She is becoming deeply involved in the organics, and the sustainable and regenerative agriculture aspects of not only the Cannabis industry, but agriculture as a whole. She is passionate about ensuring our earth is respected and treated with the utmost care for our future generations.  Mariwell as a company is committed to quality as well as social and ecological responsibility.

Women’s Networking Association Member, Theresa Robert, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.

With over 21 years of professional experience, Sally Ann Kivett is a Sales Manager with Boral and a Regional Operations Manager at Meridian Brick http://www.meridianbrick.com, where she is responsible for South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia Territories operations. Meridian is the largest brick manufacturing company in North America, and Sally has 21 direct reports and oversees all operations in orders and supply chain.

Sally Ann holds her MBA in International Business & German Language from Clemson University and is a member of the National Association of Women in Construction. Moving forward, she plans to keep growing, possibly into a directorial role and hopes to network with likeminded professionals worldwide.

In her spare time, Sally Ann enjoys reading and is an avid college football fan.

Women’s Networking Association Member, Sally Ann Kivett, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.