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Eric Ewald Keeps the Boardroom Honest
For more than three decades, the Minneapolis association executive has worked on the quiet craft of making boards clearer, braver and more useful - one agenda, assessment and difficult question at a time.
Andy Bailey Built a Business. Then He Built a System for Building Yourself.
The Petra Coach founder spent three decades turning ambition into a repeatable practice. His latest chapter asks a more personal question: what happens when the operator finally applies the operating system to life?
Becky Flint Spent 20 Years Building the System That Became Dragonboat
Before Dragonboat was software, it was a trail of spreadsheets carried through PayPal, Shutterfly, BigCommerce and Feedzai. Becky Flint turned a recurring operating problem into a company - and a career-long argument for solving what hurts.
Mike White and the Quiet Architecture of a Personal Financial Brand
For more than two decades at Raymond James, Mike White has worked on a delicate brief: give thousands of financial advisors the tools of a large institution without sanding away the personal voices that clients trust.
Jack J. Gindi
Jack J. Gindi is EVP and Chief Marketing Officer of Gina Group, the privately held New York fashion, lifestyle and branding company founded in 1985 that designs, licenses, manufactures and distributes products across hosiery, footwear, handbags, small leather goods, fashion accessories, athletic and wellness, gourmet foods and, since 2025, pet. He joined the company while still an undergraduate at Baruch College and has spent more than thirty years there, where he now runs brand and business acquisitions, strategic planning and general marketing. He is the executive whose name appears on Gina's licensing announcements, from K-Swiss legwear and Laundry by Shelli Segal to the launch of the company's pet division, and he works from Gina's showrooms at 10 West 33rd Street in Manhattan. Outside the office he is a father of five, an avid athlete, and an active supporter of public affairs and charitable causes.
Stacey Paynter
Stacey Paynter is the founder and CEO of Strategic Connections, LLC, a San Francisco Bay Area strategic planning and brand consultancy she launched in 2004 after a career spanning some of the largest names in global advertising. As former CEO of Publicis Dialog's San Francisco office and COO of EvansGroup, she co-authored the 'Holistic Communications' framework later adopted worldwide by Publicis Groupe. Today she advises C-suite executives on brand strategy, customer acquisition, and operational transformation — and serves on the board of the OSET Institute as a Brand, PR & Media Advisor.