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Session Speakers

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Jackie Johnson-Thomas

Jackie Johnson-Thomas is a seasoned professional having directed the global offices of Operational Risk Management in the Oil and Gas industry space in a career spanning more than thirty years.

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Shani N. Robinson

Shani N. Robinson is an Accounting Professor at Sam Houston State University. For the past 12 years, Dr. Robinson has consistently worked with numerous college students to assist them with professional development prior to entering the business world.

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Dr. Phillip Vardiman

Dr. Phillip Vardiman - Abilene Christian University, Professor  of Management, College of Business Administration 17 yrs. & 4  months, Director of Online Graduate MBA/MSM Programs at the ACU  Dallas campus.

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Kenneth A. Neely

Graduated from Tennessee State University with a B.S. Degree in Aeronautical Engineering Technology. Worked for Cessna Aircraft Company, Gates Lear Jet, Boeing and Spirit Aero Systems (Spirit) in Wichita, Kan-sas, Huntsville, Alabama and Seattle Washington.

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Stephen D. Henley, CSSBB

Stephen D. Henley, has been a business owner and entrepreneur for over 25 years. In that course of time he has operated as a successful design build firm for several commercial, residential and industrial construction projects.

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 Clara J. Veal

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) served in the United States Army Reserve for thirty years. She is also retired from the federal government after a distinguish career as an auditor for 33 years.

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