Speakers

Jane Clark

Vice President of Member Services, NationaLease

Jane Clark

Jane Clark is Vice President, Member Services for NationaLease. In this position, she is focused on managing the Member Services operation, as well as working to strengthen member relationships, reduce member costs, and improve collaboration within the NationaLease supporting groups. Prior to joining NationaLease, Jane served as Area Vice President for Randstad, one of the world’s largest recruitment agencies, and before that, she served in management posts with QPS Companies, Pro Staff, and Manpower, Inc. Jane received a B.A. degree in Communication from North Central College and an MA in Communication from Northern Illinois University.

Alice Fairfax

Improvisational Entertainer, Walt Disney World

Alice Fairfax

For over 20 years, Alice performed comedy, improvisation, and storytelling at the happiest place on earth, Walt Disney World! She was “friends” with one iconic character. (Want a hint? She owns a magic wand.) Her first book, The Creative Life, is a Bible study about creativity including imagination exercises. Alice is a ghostwriter for speakers, a proposal writer and script writer for entertainment companies, and created public relations campaigns for touring Broadway shows. Alice also holds a certificate in Creativity & Innovation from the Walt Disney Company and Harvard Business School Publishing and a bachelor’s degree from Rollins College.

Sonali Fournier

Managing Director, True Partners Consulting

Sonali Fournier

Sonali Fournier joined the firm in February 2007 and has over 14 years of experience in federal and international taxation. Sonali works with clients in the areas of federal income tax, and international tax. Sonali’s industry focus has been in services, retail, and manufacturing. Prior to joining True Partners Consulting, she spent seven years at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP starting in Atlanta, Georgia where she specialized in international taxation. She transferred to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Tampa and focused on federal and international tax for multinational clients.

Rick Larson

Principal, Rick Larson Law

Rick Larson

Rick was the first Vice President of Human Resources for Universal Studios Orlando Resort and is currently a Florida employment and Human Resources attorney serving clients in Winter Garden, Clermont, Orlando and Greater Central Florida. Rick brings a wealth of some 30 years creative organizational insights and legal compliance strategies to resolving problematic workplace issues, whether challenging individual employees or companies. Rick provides legal counsel, litigation support in state and federal court as well as Human Resources consulting services to clients throughout Florida.

Adam Mesker

Field Sales Engineering Manager, Daimler Trucks North America

Adam Mesker

Adam Mesker has worked in the heavy-duty transportation industry for over 17 years. He formerly worked for dealerships, Cummins Inc, Delco Remy, Remy International, and Borg Warner. In his current role with Daimler Trucks North America for the past 5 years, he has been responsible to the up-front spec’ing of new Freightliner and Western Star truck brands making sure the vehicle is going to meet the performance needs of the customer. Mesker is also responsible for all Detroit related components such as engines, transmissions, axles, and collision mitigation systems. He aids in driver training, fuel economy studies, and anything else a customer, dealer or fleet should need. Mesker currently reside in Tampa, FL and committed to the South East US Region.

Ravi Ramakrishnan

Senior Information Technology Management Consultant, Global CIO / CTO

Ravi Ramakrishnan

Throughout Ravi's extensive supply chain, logistics and data analytics career at Wineshipping, NetApp, Inc., Safeway and APL Logistics, he has built multiple breakthrough industry solutions and platforms, garnering a reputation as a leader in both software development and business management. Ramakrishnan's experience spans to public companies as well as private equity backed platforms where he has built and led successful teams to drive scale and create meaningful shareholder value. His most recent transformation was in the digital logistics space for a PE-backed Direct-to-Consumer, a fulfillment company that grew significantly during his C-suite tenure. He has also led successful, value accretive add-on M&A as part of a consolidation strategy for that company.

Keith Rosebrock

Director of Franchise Programs, Williams & Stazzone Insurance Agency, Inc.

Keith Rosebrock

Keith started his insurance career with Universal Underwriters in 2001 as an account executive in the New York Metro market. Keith was a 7-time presidents club winner with Universal Underwriters/Zurich. Keith served as a sales manager for ALLY Financial from 2012-2014. In 2014, Keith joined Williams and Stazzone Insurance Agency, to head development of franchised programs specifically for auto, motorcycle, and truck dealers.

Melanie Scheet

National Director of Student and Employment Services, Universal Technical Institute

Melanie Scheet

With nearly 20 years of experience, Melanie Scheet is a leading expert in student-focused, industry-driven educational programs. At Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Scheet helps develop and direct some of the education industry’s most respected student support and employment services initiatives. During her tenure, the company has built partnerships with thousands of local employers, who support and hire UTI graduates. Most recently, she helped architect the Early Employment initiative, a first-of-its-kind hybrid program that marries proven post-secondary skills education with apprenticeship-type on-the-job training.

Michael J. Skordeles

Senior Vice President, AIF®, Director, U.S. Macro Strategist / Truist Advisory Services, Inc., Truist Wealth

Michael J. Skordeles

As part of the Truist Advisory Services, Inc., Truist Wealth team, Mike Skordeles is responsible for analyzing the US and Global economies and financial markets as well as helping formulate and communicate investment strategy, publishing commentaries for clients. As part of the Portfolio & Market Strategy group, he helps manage over $11 billion in client assets. Skordeles is also a member of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), the Atlanta Economics Club and the Investment Management Consultants Association. He was the co-founder and past president of the Mid-South Association for Business Economics in Memphis. He holds the Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) designation.

Sean Storey

Vice President of Capital Equipment, NationaLease

Sean Storey

Sean Storey, Vice President, Capital Equipment, is a transportation executive with over 35 years of experience in Operations, Logistics, Supply Chain, Dedicated and Fleet Purchasing who joined the Corcentric team in November 2019. Storey's duties at NationaLease involve the direct management of the equipment sourcing and procurement activities plus vendor relationships for both Corcentric and NationaLease. Sean started his transportation career straight out of college as a front-line driver supervisor with LTL carrier Central Transport and continued to advance over the years with other companies such as Builder's Transport and Cardinal Logistics. Storey graduated with a BS in Administrative Management from Clemson University.

Ross J. Valenza

Regional Managing Director, True Partners Consulting

Ross J. Valenza

Ross J. Valenza joined True Partners Consulting’s Tampa office as a Managing Director in 2006. He started his career in public accounting in 1992 in the Manhattan office of Arthur Andersen as a member of the Real Estate Services group. Ross transferred to Orlando with Arthur Andersen in 1997 and moved to Tampa with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2003. Ross is responsible for the oversight of the Southeast region of True Partners Consulting and is an active member on the firm’s Leadership committee. Ross specializes in federal tax services. He works with both private and public companies, assisting clients in meeting their compliance obligations, along with also exploring each client’s potential tax saving opportunities.

Dean Vicha

President, NationaLease

Dean Vicha

Dean was named President of NationaLease in 2012 and has been with the company since 2005. At that time, he was part of the National Account team in the Midwest, where he helped grow the National Account Program to more than $447 million in term sales. In 2008, he became Vice President of Member Services, executing a strategy that provided a sustainable competitive advantage to NationaLease members and growing the membership base. In 2010, Dean became Vice President of National Accounts, leading that team, in 2011, to a record-breaking year in sales.