Jolynn sits on the board of the Whirlwind Johnson Foundation, created to preserve the legacy of her grandfather, which includes restoring his home, a historic landmark, the tennis court and garden. Jolynn continues to play tennis recreationally and is a former USTA Middle Atlantic ranked tennis player. She earned her bachelor’s degree in TV and Film as well as a master’s degree in Mass Communications from Howard University.

Prior to joining Snodgrass Partners, Christa held numerous sales and marketing management roles at leading pharmaceutical companies including Solvay Pharmaceuticals (now AbbVie), inVentiv Health , Sanofi Aventis, Endo Pharmaceuticals, and Pernix Therapeutics. She was named a seven-time President’s Club winner, an International Innovation Award winner, and Sales Director of the Year. In addition, Christa spearheaded the hiring of the leadership team for a new primary care sales division, which was comprised of 35 district managers and eight regional directors.

A varsity tennis player at Missouri State University, Christa played tennis professionally and is a member of the Missouri State Athletic Hall of Fame. She served as a coach for the women’s teams at Kansas State University and Iowa State University. 

Christa earned degrees in biology, chemistry and English from Missouri State and her master’s in education with an emphasis in sports psychology and exercise physiology from Kansas State University. She is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program at Wharton School of Business.

Paul launched his career as a business systems analyst with IBM. He later went on to serve as an officer in a start-up multimedia firm and as an IT consultant.

Paul began to focus his work on recruiting in 2006, and quickly became a thought leader in social media-based employer brand building and recruiting. He uses this expertise to help clients strategically source passive candidates for difficult-to-fill roles in niche areas like IT, Finance and Marketing.

Steve has held leadership positions at Fortune 500 companies, including Honeywell, YRC Worldwide and Marion Merrell Dow/Hoechst Marion Roussel (now Sanofi-Aventis) and has also provided diverse consulting services to global companies.

He is certified in behavioral interviewing by Paul C. Green, Xerox Targeted Selection and Selection Interviewing for Managers (University of Michigan). He has shared his knowledge of the behavioral interview process with other human resource managers via stand-up training classes.

In addition, he is also certified as an analyst for Activity Vector Analysis (AVA) – a highly effective assessment system that renders behavioral profiles of individuals, identifying their natural tendencies and predicting their workplace behaviors. He holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Central Missouri.

Sharon’s client experience includes for-profit and non-profit healthcare systems, venture-backed and publicly-traded healthcare service companies and Fortune 50 companies focused on the healthcare industry. She is based in Denver.

In 2006 he became a USTA Referee and Official and began coaching girls’ tennis at Grand Island Central Catholic High School. He produced eight state champions and 10 collegiate players. In 2013, he was named Director of Tennis/Head Tennis Professional at the Grand Island Tennis Center, Grand Island, Nebraska.

Matt has won numerous tennis tournaments and played for USTA League teams in Kansas City and Omaha. He is the past President of the Grand Island Tennis Association, spearheading a fundraising campaign to refurbish and resurface four indoor courts. Along with that, he led the team who designed and secured funding for a six court tennis complex, a project completed by Renner Sports. Matt graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Marketing. He currently calls two places home – Southport, North Carolina and Grand Island, Nebraska. He has a son, Ian, who is a sophomore in high school. Matt believes that enthusiastically matching people with great opportunities can be rewarding for all parties.

Over the course of his career, Larry has received numerous industry accolades including being nominated for the Chief Information Officer (CIO) Hall of Fame in 2013, being named as one of CIO Magazine’s CIO 100 in 2011, and one of Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders in 2009. As CIO for the United States Tennis Association, Larry’s team was responsible for all information technology related services supporting the US Open, the most highly attended annual sporting event in the world.

He has served as a mentor and executive coach for many IT leaders in various industries. He has served as both president and chairman of the Society for Information Management – Fairfield-Westchester (FWSIM) chapter and is a founding member of the CIO Executive Council. Larry has been a guest lecturer for the master’s degree programs at Columbia University, New York University, and Polytechnic Institute. He is an accomplished public speaker who has delivered keynote presentations at many major industry conferences, conducted leadership workshops for world class organizations, and written leadership blogs for both CIO Insight and Information Week. You can learn more about his executive coaching practice at CIO Bench Coach.

Dr. Kovacs is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and has published over 50 research articles and abstracts in some of the top scientific journals in the field of sport and exercise science. He was an All-American and NCAA doubles champion in tennis at Auburn University and competed professionally after University. He earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in the Department of Kinesiology at Auburn University.

Dr. Kovacs earned his doctorate in exercise physiology from the University of Alabama. He was the youngest ever recipient of the International Tennis Hall of Fame Educational Merit Award and the 2014 US Olympic Committee ÒDoc CounsilmanÓ Science Award for his innovative use of sport science application to Olympic athletes. He has been involved with two National Football League (NFL) Super Bowls, the Brazilian National Football team for the 2014 World Cup, the US Fed Cup team and dozens of other major sporting events applying sport science principles to optimize athletic performance.

He has published six books on different aspects of sport science and currently volunteers on numerous committees and boards in professional organizations along with many community outreach programs. In addition, he is a founder of the International Tennis Performance Association (iTPA) which is the worldwide leading education and certification organization for individuals that work with tennis athletes in the areas of performance enhancement and injury prevention.

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Tom uses a model-driven Applied Engagement system to help companies reach out to employees at every level in order to educate, enable, empower and engage them to think and act like partners. This process uses a combination of components such as incentive pay, performance scorecards and engagement surveys to connect employees to customers, financials, processes and company culture. These custom solutions increase sales, reduce costs, improve productivity, reduce turnover, enable growth and manage change.

Before starting his own company, he held several business development and human resources positions for leading companies including Sprint and Maritz. He also worked as a consultant focused on increasing sales, productivity, reducing cost, improving process and increasing operating efficiencies for clients in manufacturing, process and service industries throughout the U.S., Europe and South America. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He holds his Lean Six Sigma methodology certification from Villanova University and an executive coaching certification from the Johnston Institute.

As a psychologist who also holds his law degree and Master of Business Administration (MBA), Dr. Russell has practiced both clinically and forensically, treating adults and children and serving as an expert in criminal and civil legal matters. As an attorney, he has represented clients in high- and low-profile criminal and civil cases and has served as a mediator, litigation consultant and legislative advisor. He has written numerous articles and books on psychological and legal topics.

Dr. Russell currently teaches a course at the University of Kansas on psychological and legal issues in the American workplace. He speaks to a wide variety of audiences about human behavior—how to deter destructive behavior and how to incentivize constructive behavior—integrating his expertise in people, public policy and productivity.