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Skylar is a content marketing specialist writing about productivity, lifestyle, and finance topics.

Sofia Medina is an SEO Marketing Specialist and does Content Marketing at Porch. She is passionate about music, sports, wellness, and creativity. Her hobbies include singing, graphic design, and spending time with her family and friends.

Stacy Miller is a marketing assistant at Career Igniter. She has experience in HR and has insight on career trends. Her wealth of information and experience she has gained since graduating college has helped in development of the career tools at Career Igniter.

Stacy Walden is a Content Marketing Manager at Siege Media. She enjoys writing about blogging, business development, and productivity.

Steve Ressler is the Founder and President of GovLoop.com, the “Knowledge Network for Government” which connects and fosters collaboration among over 60,000 members of the government community. On GovLoop, members use social media such as blogs, videos, and forums to discuss best practices and share ideas on improving government.

Susan Doktor is a journalist and business strategist who hails from New York City. She writes on a wide range of topics, including workplace issues, health, finance, and government affairs.

Susan Fowler is widely known as one of the foremost experts on personal empowerment. Her extensive experience and knowledge gained through 15 years of advertising, sales, production, and marketing across the United States has fueled her quest to help individuals achieve their highest levels of success. Susan is a catalyst for CHANGE through Compelling evidence, Humor, Accelerated learning, Next steps, Global perspective, and Emotional connections. She is the coauthor of more than six books, including Why Motivation Doesn't Work...and What Does, Situational Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager with Ken Blanchard and Laurie Hawkins.

A catalyst for conversations that matter, relationships that work and results that inspire, Susan Mazza serves leaders and their organizations as a Leadership Coach, Change Agent and Motivational Speaker. Named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders by Trust Across America in 2013, she is known for her ability to bring clarity to complex issues, as well as transform theory and ideas into effective action and results. With a passion for unleashing the human spirit at work Susan has cultivated a culture of leadership and accountability in organizations around the world. As a master facilitator she also has extensive experience transforming dysfunctional groups into collaborative teams. One of the founding Members of The Lead Change Group, a non-profit, global leadership community, Susan also Co-authored The Character-Based Leader: Instigating a Revolution of Leadership One Person at a Time. With her unique understanding of human systems, she has worked successfully with many types and sizes of organizations and with people around the world including: Fortune 500, small- and medium-sized businesses, non-profits as well as K-12 schools and their districts. Her clients include: Prudential Financial, Tyco, AT&T, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Lucent Technologies, Smart Business Advisory & Consulting Group, The Morris School District, Del Sano Construction Company, REWCO, Inc., Heller CD, The Morristown Partnership, and The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, Weaving Influence. The Entrepreneurial Development Center as IRSC, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. Susan also actively supports the Women’s Business Center at FIT.

T.M.Lewin is a British heritage brand. Opened in 1898 by Thomas Mayes Lewin one of the early Jermyn Street tailors. For well over a century since, T.M.Lewin continues to take pride in the attention to detail and quality in each and every product they design. With an unmatched selection of fabrics, styles, and cuts, the varied selection of work-wear compliments our modern working force.

Teri has been dedicated to public sector executive search since 1999. Serving communities with populations over 1 million to towns as small as 2,000, she has built a substantial base of clients across the Western United States that continually rely upon her personalized service and recruitment expertise. Her clients also include special districts, utility agencies and non-profit organizations. Before entering the executive search field, Teri enjoyed a successful career in local and federal government, serving in management positions where she oversaw public safety, finance, human resources, communications, public/legislative affairs, information technology and strategic planning. In the 42nd Presidential Administration, Teri served as Chief of Staff in the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office where she managed a $2 billion annual budget and a staff of over 200.

Tim has served seven North Carolina Towns in the past 22 years in positions ranging from Building Inspector, Public Works Director, and Planning Director to Town Manager. He is a member of ICMA and the North Carolina City and County Manager’s Association. Tim earned his Masters in Public Administration from North Carolina State University while working full time. He also is an AICP certified planner and holds level three inspection certificates in all trades for the State of North Carolina. He is married to Betsy Holloman and they have two children, Michael age 9 and Abbey age 7. Betsy is currently working on a Masters in middle school education to teach math and science. In addition to serving his municipality, Tim is cub master for Pack 270 and is a member of the Topsail Island Kiwanis club. Tim enjoys working with people and the fact that every day as a Town Manager is different. Serving as Town Manager offers him a way to influence and shape the community. Encouraging others to consider public service is a high priority and he utilizes graduate students and interns when possible to allow them to gain experience and complete projects that benefit the community. He plans to stay in city and county service many more years and possibly serve outside his home state of North Carolina.

The County of San Diego is committed to honoring veterans and their service. The Department of Human Resources aims to provide veterans with the resources and tools necessary to maximize their employment opportunities, and to assist veterans with their transition into civilian life by applying the valuable skills, knowledge and training acquired in service to positions and career paths available within the County of San Diego. San Diego County recognizes the contributions and sacrifices made by our Veterans. We are committed to integrity, teamwork, inclusion and excellence in all we do. The County of San Diego employs over 16,000 employees. The County Board of Supervisors support former and active military personnel through a system of comprehensive outreach programs. Our core values mandate a skilled, competent, and diverse workforce by recruiting the best candidates to fill positions, at all levels within our large organization. The County of San Diego partners with the Veterans' community of San Diego County, which has a significant pool of potential candidates, and has one of the largest concentrations of Veterans in the State. Our Veterans provide services in such critical areas as public health, children welfare, social services, law enforcement and general government. For more information please call (619) 236-2191.