Todd Marksberry has served the Canvas Credit Union family as the President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2015. With more than 25 years of executive experience, Todd has a vision to transform financial services. His strategic leadership, drive and focus on culture nurture high-performance teams who exude passion and purpose. Through Todd’s charisma and love for the credit union movement, Canvas assets have grown more than 59% to $2.43 billion. In addition, Canvas now serves almost 241,000 family members, an increase of more than 40% since 2015. It is the culture that Todd has created at Canvas, embracing the goal of Helping People Afford Life in Colorado, and driving new and innovative products and services, that has created significant positive impact. Todd’s energy radiates throughout Canvas. He has cultivated a unique atmosphere within the Canvas family to serve not only members but also their communities, with a whole-hearted approach. Around the office, Todd is known for his stellar dance moves and genuine care for his team, generating a “come as you are” environment for his family members to thrive in.

ACR Supply Co. was founded in 1977 by L.C. Meachum. Troy joined his father in their small family held business straight out of college in 1980. Although the company’s market focus is to serve the HVAC/R industry through wholesale distribution, Troy has gained a passion over the past decade to make a positive difference for Christ in the lives of their employees, their customers, and their vendor partners. To enhance their focus on ministry, ACR has also partnered with Corporate Chaplin’s of America as well as joining the C12 family.

As Chief Executive Officer at Shell Shack, Dallas Hale is heavenly involved in all decisions with growth and development, as well as research and development to further evolve the Shell Shack brand. His strong entrepreneurial background helps Dallas thrive for operational excellence from all his brands and his successful reputation proceeds him in the hospitality industry. Shell Shack now has 4 locations in DFW and will be opening several more corporate locations in 2017. Since co-founding the Shell Shack brand, Dallas and his partner Matt have been instrumental in the transformation of the Shell Shack culture. Shell Shack will continue to grow corporately in designated markets and will be proudly offering franchises to qualified restaurant groups throughout the country beginning in 2017.

Jim Nooney, CEO of Nooney Controls Corp., North Kingstown, RI. Established in 1982, Nooney Controls is a valve automation integrator serving customers primarily in the domestic and international power generation and energy sector with application specific custom control valves and valve automation. Jim has been the CEO since 2001, overseeing 3X growth over the past 18 years with 2018 revenue of $18M. Nooney Controls has 27 employees and is continually working on growing good to great culture which is a large part of their success. Personally, Jim resides in Charlestown, RI with his wife Linda who he has been married to for 30 years. Jim & Linda have 4 daughters ranging in age from 16-27. Jim is active in leadership at the Harbor Church in West Kingston, RI and is also involved with Hope in Jesus Prison Ministry at the RI ACI Medium Security.

Steve has been CEO of Mspark since September of 2015. Prior to joining Mspark, he was President of C Street Solutions, a consulting firm that he founded in 2014. Steve has led Mspark through six acquisitions in a two-year span spurring the companies top line growth 35% and bottom line 50%. Before that, he worked 14 years at Valassis Communications in various executive-level roles of increasing responsibility culminating in General Manager/Senior Vice President – Shared Mail, a $1 billion-plus division. Steve has deep experience in growing companies from smaller companies to larger companies. He has a proven track record of successful mergers & acquisitions and growth initiatives from innovation. Earlier in his career, he served in finance and accounting leadership roles at Dynamis Solutions, SmithGroup, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Steve holds both an MBA and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and bleeds maize and blue. He is an avid cancer fighter and is the Chairman of the Board of the Dear Jack Foundation. He enjoys running, surfing, listening to music, Michigan Wolverine sports and any downtime he can find!

Aaron B. Steed is president, Co-founder, and CEO of Meathead Movers. He founded Meathead Movers at 17-years-old in 1997 with his brother, Evan. As CEO, Steed has established an open-door style of management, similar to that of a coach, and is well-known for being happily available to assist employees at their jobs or in their personal lives. While running full-scale ahead to success, Steed has never let Meathead Movers forget its roots. He has maintained the same mission of assisting former and current athletes achieve their goals by providing them with a flexible and educational workplace. He has also maintained the practice of assisting victims of domestic violence by providing moving services at no cost. When the media caught wind up of the services being provided in each of Meathead Movers' service areas, Steed and his team used this platform to launch the #MoveToEndDV campaign to continue to bring awareness to the much-needed efforts and encourage more than 200 businesses globally to get involved in similar ways. In 2018, Steed joined the board of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and transitioned the nonprofit under this national umbrella.    This long-standing model has led Meathead Movers to land on the Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies list for seven consecutive years. He was named one of the top 100 entrepreneurs under the age of 35 at the White House in 2014 and remains the largest independent moving company in California with 700 employees, more than 20,000 moves per year, over 100 trucks and 213,00 sq.ft of mini storage.

Bill Dwyer is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Helping Hand Center. Helping Hand Center serves the Chicago land area and was started in the early 1950s to provide education, independence, and vocational training to people of all ages with Intellectual and Developmental disabilities. Bill offers over 20 years of experience with children and adult nonprofit organizations. He holds a Masters degree in Counseling with a concentration on Marriage and Family and many Leadership and Management certifications. Bill is best recognized in his field as being forward-looking with his vision, empowering the people around him to reach their fullest potential, and maintaining the respect and dignity of the people he serves.

Oscar Castellano is the CEO, Americas for Deezer since 2016. In his role at Deezer, he accelerates growth in the Americas by further developing existing markets, entering new ones and creating new business opportunities, both directly and via partners. He has over 20 years of industry experience, having worked in IT, Telecom, and Consulting holding various senior management positions in companies like Brightstar, BlackBerry, Orange, and Andersen. Born and raised in Spain, Castellano speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Growing up, Steve Cunningham’s father demonstrated successful entrepreneurship, instilled a life-long passion for learning in him, and helped him learn to not mistake activity for productivity. Steve graduated from Western University with a law degree and after a single week as a lawyer, knew it wasn’t his passion. He moved on to the family signage business and understanding one role wouldn’t be enough to satisfy his goals; he started a fledgling marketing agency as well. As his new business grew, Steve’s personal development reading habit also increased. Knowing he had to show, rather than tell, how social media could help potential clients’ marketing efforts, Steve created an animated video to break down some of his favorite books into easily digestible formats, and a social media viral sensation was born. Steve continued honing his marketing capabilities with three thirty while nurturing his other fledgling company Readitfor.me. Readitfor.me creates beautiful 12-minute videos and workshops utilizing and detailing the best business and personal development books in the world. A born entrepreneur, Steve also publishes a daily podcast and blog and still finds time to read a book a day.

Serhat Unsal is the Chief Executive Officer of Jackson, MI-based Dawn Foods. Sharing CEO responsibilities with Carrie Jones-Barber, Unsal leverages his extensive global leadership experience to help drive greater growth and success for Dawn. Unsal joined Dawn in early 2011. As President International from 2011-2016, Unsal led Dawn’s global growth in the company’s key European markets along with emerging markets in Africa, Middle East, Asia/Pacific, and Latin America. In his four years as President, Unsal doubled the international divisions’ operating profit by developing and deploying completely new regional strategies for Europe, LATAM and AMEAP. During the same period, he also led Dawn’s corporate strategy development & execution. Prior to Dawn, Unsal spent 18 years with Unilever where he started his career as a Project Manager. By 2010, Unsal had risen to the role of Managing Director Unilever Foodsolutions Turkey, Central Asia & Caucasia. In this role, he doubled his division’s annual revenue and operating profit. He also served as a member of the Board of Directors for Unilever Turkey. Unsal earned a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from the University of Toronto.