Chelsea Penzone joined Strategic Franchising as Vice President of Brand Management and is responsible for driving lead generation for franchise development. Â
Chelsea brings twenty years of strategic marketing and brand development experience to her role supporting all five Strategic Franchising brands including: Caring Transitions, Fresh Coat Painters, The Growth Coach, Pet Wants and TruBlue Total House Care.Â
Chelsea has been involved in franchising for almost ten years with both legacy brands such as Stanley Steemer as well as emerging brands. She has successfully led national, regional and local marketing strategies across all marketing channels. Â
Chelsea leverages her deep understanding of consumer behavior to build lead generation strategies that attract the right talent for each brand to ensure the success of the franchise partners. Â
Teresa Wade is an accomplished singer-songwriter turned award-winning sustainability advocate and business advisor. As an entrepreneur, songbird, and solution finder, she has created meaningful success in the golf, franchise, nonprofit, sustainability, and music industries. And it’s not hyperbole that she’s received international recognition for it. Teresa has been described as a talented, tenacious, and a magnanimous woman who says that the secret to her plethora of triumphs is to know the joy of doing what you love.Â
What she loves is entrepreneurship; and it all started with chickens. Teresa’s childhood home in the granite quarry town of Stone Mountain, GA was situated on five acres of family land. It was sort of a “Little House on the Prairie”, with cows, horses, dogs, cats, goats, chickens and more. Teresa fondly remembers the scent of gardenias and humid summer air, and the sparkle of fireflies at dusk. With the wind blowing in her hair, she would gallop on horseback across her own “prairie”, and dream about how she would someday make her mark on the world. In revisiting those memories, she now says, “it was pure bliss then, as it is now to let my imagination lead the way for dream living.”Â
Teresa’s parents were savvy, self-educated business persons. They wanted her to learn about entrepreneurship at an early age, on their little farm, complete with chicken coop, built by her dad. Her mom helped Teresa broker her first deals to sell the chicken’s eggs to a few neighbors and friends in her church. Teresa collected and delivered eggs weekly. They went to the bank together and opened an account for the “egg money”. It was the start of Teresa’s college fund and her life as a business person. Â
Learn more about Teresa here: https://teresawade.com/bio
Jennifer is the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Deka Lash.  In Jennifer’s role, she leads Deka Lash’s overall customer experience strategy to deliver differentiated experiences that build customer loyalty and brand advocacy.  Â
Jennifer started Deka Lash with the dream of empowering women through beauty with a focus on superior and affordable eyelash extensions. Her dream has become a reality, launching industry game-changing eyelash products and driving Deka Lash to more than 100 retail locations in the US and Canada. Â
Michael BlairÂ
Michael is the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Deka Lash.  In Michael’s role, he leads Deka Lash’s overall operations and technology strategy to advance the strategic goals of the enterprise.Â
Prior to Deka Lash, Michael spent more than two decades as an entrepreneur and working in the corporate world in a diverse array of organizations and functions. Michael is a visionary and passionate about disruptive technology innovation to drive operational efficiency and scalability. Â
Michael earned his Masters in Information Technology from Carnegie Mellon University. Â
Michael Kithcart is a certified High Performance Coach who moves leaders and high achievers from stuck to UNSTOPPABLE using her Wynning Your Way Framework™. She’s a champion-in-your-corner, and butt kicker when it comes to helping people get out of their own way to reach new levels of excellence and fulfillment. She is also a speaker and host of the Champions of RISK podcast.
Michael coaches business leaders and entrepreneurs on next level leadership effectiveness, attracting and developing high performance teams, avoiding burnout of self and team, and elevating ALL voices. Super achievers and game-changers work with Michael to get out of a funk so they become re-energized and refocused. She helps them break through the sense of being stuck and quickly get to discovery, decision, and action. Michael’s philosophy is working on the whole human because in order to make outward advances, inward development has to occur.
Chances are Michael knows what you’re going through. She has transformed organizations, created divisions, managed P&Ls, organized start-ups, scaled businesses, and enhanced effectiveness of individuals and teams. Throughout her career she has been a Chief Operating Office, Chief Strategy Officer, Vice President of Sales, and Coach in public, privately-held, family-owned, and non-profit organizations.
Her international development and women’s empowerment interests have provided opportunities to consult and conduct fieldwork to support social entrepreneurs in Haiti, Africa, India, and Nepal. This work has resulted in financial independence to women business owners through micro financing.
With a Master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mass Communications, Michael is an expert in communications between diverse personalities and cultures. Her certifications include Hogan Assessments, Strengthsfinder, Certified High Performance Coaching, and Mastery level Creative Problem-Solving Facilitation. “Michael serves as an advisor and accountability partner who will support you in taking the action needed for change, and a champion for your vision and success along the way.” Marketing Agency CEO
Tafa Jefferson and Chad Fotheringham met at the University of the Pacific in 1994; both were there on football scholarships. After graduation, Chad went the corporate route into the pharmaceutical industry. Tafa went on to play professional football with the Chicago Bears and would later run a successful care giving business with over 200 caregivers.
Years passed but their paths would cross again in 2007 when Tafa invited Chad to accompany him on a visit to a hospice client. Chad was impressed, not only by the clear business opportunity afforded by the booming senior population but also by the service aspects of it all – profit with a purpose. Chad took a leap of faith in co-founding Amada Home Care later that year. Amada Senior Care, is a franchisor committed to enriching lives by providing compassionate non-medical in-home care and also guiding families through the complex senior housing options available for memory care.
Come hear Tafa Jefferson and Chad Fotheringham’s story on Where Passion & Purpose Collide.
Leigh Anne Tuohy shares her story about how she, and her husband Sean, got into the world of franchising on this episode of Where Passion & Purpose Collide podcast. The Tuohy’s own 85 fast food franchises, including Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut and Long John Silvers.
Listen in as she shares her many passions including her foundation: Making it Happen Foundation. Making it Happen Foundation is a champion for the child that no one is looking out for….who has no one in his or her corner. This can be supporting a low-income school, helping a student going off to college, encouraging a foster mom, or just simply connecting some dots. Please join us in making a difference!
Leigh Anne Tuohy, is best known for being the adoptive mother of Michael Oher. Their story was featured in the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game and its 2009 feature film adaption The Blind Side.
It’s a love story between a CEO and an artistic Olympic athlete. Clarrisa Bradstock, CEO of Any Lab Test franchise is all about numbers, strategy and growth. Her husband Roald Bradstock, has a deep appreciation for arts and throwing a javelin. What do they have in common besides a love and admiration of one another? Listen in on this episode of The Franchise Woman: Where Passion & Purpose Collide podcast.
It’s not always easy working with family. But Kris Stuart, VP and COO and Kelsey Stuart, CEO of Bloomin’ Blinds make it look easy … even fun. In this episode of The Franchise Woman podcast: Where Passion and Purpose Collide Podcast, Kris and Kelsey talk about the ins and outs of working with family.
Jennifer Jackson, VP of Development at Hungry Howie’s is a little bit pizza and a whole lot of heart. She understands the value of a warm meal delivered at the right moment during life’s occasional crisis. Listen to hear Jennifer’s story and passion on this episode of The Franchise Woman: Where Passion & Purpose Collide podcast.
Gina Rivera was destined to pursue a career in the world of hair. Working in her family shop, Gina later moved to a booth renter salon and quickly established a winning reputation. Clients loved her as she never let anyone leave without feeling amazing. And the staff adored her because she was so open about sharing her knowledge and offering support where needed.
Listen in as Gina Rivera, founder of Phenix Salon Suites franchise shares her story about going from being a rebellious teenager to a successful entrepreneur.
