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Georgia Business Radio May 8, 2015: Dr. Taz Bhatia MD with The Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine, Mark Gonsalves with FoodZEO.com, Jon Wright with Access Point Financial, Inc

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Dr. Taz Bhatia MD/Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine
Founder and Director

988537_1589191818007479_5073887615161865357_nPhysician, Best-Selling Author, Acupuncturist, Certified Nutritionist, Prevention Expert, Mom and Wife
Dr. Taz Bhatia, MD, is a board-certified physician, specializing in integrative, functional and emergency medicine with expertise in pediatrics, prevention and womens health. Personal health challenges in her twenties motivated Dr. Taz to go beyond her conventional training and pursue an alternative definition of health and healthy living. It led her to opening her now nationally recognized practice, the Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine, where providers help patients to navigate their journey to WHOLE health.

Dr. Taz MD, is a Fellow of the University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine led by Dr. Andrew Weil, completing the fellowship in 2008. A native Atlantan, she attended The Westminster Schools, Emory University, the University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia. She has served as a medical expert for CNN Headline News, a Dr. Oz Sharecare expert and been featured on numerous media outlets, including TODAY, Access Hollywood, Good Morning America, The Weather Channel, EXTRA!, Live with Kelly and Michael and the Meredith Vieira Show.

Dr. Taz has since authored two books: What Doctors Eat and The 21-Day Belly Fix, frequently featured in Atlantas Top Docs and voted numerous times as Best Atlanta Integrative Medicine Physician. When not caring for patients, she can be found spending time with her husband and two young children.

www.AtlantaHolisticMedicine.com   www.DoctorTaz.com   Twitter  Facebook  Atlanta Holistic Medicine

 

 

Mark Gonsalves/FoodZeo.com
CEO

18604_1589192028007458_432082830826890231_nMark Gonsalves has enjoyed a very successful 30-plus year business career building brands for major companies. He became interested in health and the impact our food has when he and his wife found out their then 5-year old daughter was diagnosed with a medical condition called Absence Seizures. Traditional medicine made things worse so they looked to nutrition as a way to address her challenge which proved quite effective.
Having owned a GMP-certified nutraceutical manufacturing company which made dietary and nutritional supplements for many popular brands, Mark and his wife Donna now have a weekly radio show, The Food Conspiracy, which airs Sunday’s on two AM stations in Atlanta. They educate listeners on what the Food Industry doesn’t want you to know about, how improper food contributes to sickness, obesity and disease and what you can do about it.

www.FoodZeo.com   MyFoodConspiracy.com

 

Jon Wright/Access Point Financial, Inc
CEO

11246857_1589192044674123_3032542214982026709_nJon Wright is the co-founder and CEO of hotel lender Access Point Financial. Jon has more than 25 of experience in the commercial real-estate and hospitality industries, specializing in capital expenditure finance and hospitality lending. He has worked with Ford Motor Credit, Holiday Inn Worldwide and was recruited by General Motors to form GMAC Commercial Mortgage Asset Backed Lending Division. In addition to his commercial real estate experience, Jon is also an accomplished BMI, Inc. song writer with a #1 song to his credit.

www.AccessPointFinancial.com   Blog  Twitter  Facebook  Linkedin

 

 

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Cassius Butts with U.S. Small Business Administration, Terri Denison with SBA, Dr. Robert Yancy with SCORE Atlanta, Sandy Headley with Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc

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Cassius F. Butts/U.S. Small Business Administration
Regional Administrator

11193265_1587841891475805_4154186407746384612_nCassius F. Butts was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011. He is responsible for the delivery of SBA programs in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. During his appointment, Cassius has managed oversight of three record breaking years for SBA lending in Region IV. Nearly $15 billion in SBA-backed loans were awarded to small businesses within the aforementioned eight states.

Cassius Butts has over 20 years of experience in government, business, and public administration endeavors. Prior to joining SBA, Cassius was employed as one of three Chiefs of the Real Estate Owned Division with the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development where he began his career as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2002.

Prior to his 10 year tenure within the federal government, Cassius Butts worked in senior leadership positions for city government agencies, national lending institutions and higher education. Since 2006, he has also been a Visiting Professor with DeVry Universitys Keller Graduate School of Management.

As co-founder of CB Consultants, LLC, Cassius Butts has advised many elected officials, local governments and many small businesses over the years. His community-engagement knowledge and appreciation of small business is extensive.

Cassius Butts is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Edgewood High School in Orlando, Florida. Cassius graduated from Morehouse College and received his graduate degree from Clark Atlanta Universitys School of Public Administration. He is a graduate of the Atlanta Regional Commissions Regional Leadership Institute and is a 2012 Leadership Atlanta graduate.

www.sba.gov | Linkedin | @SBAsoutheast | @CassiusButts | Facebook

 

Terri Denison/U.S. Small Business Administration
Georgia District Director

11251773_1593023267624334_3716955235794993841_nTerri Denison is the Georgia District Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). In this role since May 2002, she is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the SBA’s programs and resources throughout Georgia. In 1987, Terri began her SBA career as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Agency’s Washington, D. C. District and Headquarter Offices. Other positions included working with the Agency’s 8(a) Business Development and One Stop Capital Shop programs and Office of Field Operations. In 1994, she served as the SBA representative on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Interagency Task Force. From 1996 to 2002, Terri was the SBA Indiana Deputy Director.
As Georgia District Director, Terri has received honors from the Atlanta Business League, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Microenterprise Network, Greater Atlanta Economic Alliance, Atlanta Business Chronicle, and Who’s Who in Black Atlanta.
A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Ms. Denison holds a B.A. Degree in American Government from Cornell University and an M.A. Degree in Urban Studies from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Personal interests include travel and ballroom dancing. She serves as the Vice President of the Cornell Alumni Association of Atlanta.

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Dr. Robert Yancy/SCORE Atlanta
Chairman of the Atlanta chapter

11009081_1593023457624315_4863333129130695568_nDr. Yancy is Chairman of the Atlanta chapter of SCORE, a national small business assistance, volunteer organization. He was founding Dean of the School of Management at Southern Polytechnic State University and partner in several small business startups. He was recently named Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year (2015) by SBA.

 

 

 

 


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Sandy Headley/Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc.
Chief Lending Officer

11150953_1593023247624336_3021704748057884006_nSandy has been with ACE since 2007. While at ACE, Sandy grew its portfolio from $2 million to $28 million thus creating or saving nearly 4,000 jobs. She helped develop multiple ACE financial products, implemented credit reporting for loans, and expanded ACEs service area into Atlanta.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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