Shannon Faith Rogner

Vice President of Strategy

 

Shannon’s experience, education, and cross-cultural acumen have allowed her to work in myriad professional arenas including teaching, economic empowerment, broadcasting, government, fortune 500 companies, and non-profit.

 

A strong proponent of and catalyst for excellence, Shannon has always worked to ensure that her commitment to an organization, client, or team makes a profound difference.

 

She is adept at creating programs and executing strategy, so good organizations can make a significant impact, reach their true potential, and leave a legacy.

 

She believes in leaving a professional imprint, and developing a collaborative blueprint through which a company can execute their strategy, succeed in the marketplace, and outpace their competition.   

Her work with clients has led to increased revenue, decreased costs, operational efficiencies, greater staff morale and higher productivity.

 

Shannon’s expertise lies in vision and strategy. She possesses a unique ability to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies that can hinder organizations in reaching their true potential. Her strength lies in creating a strategy to address challenges as well as pushing the limits of imagination to exceed expectations. Shannon strives for continuing client service excellence. She is a good fit for clients seeking tangible benefits as they realize their business goals and increase their enterprise value.

 

Some of the services she has provided include:

Environmental Scan and Competitor Analysis, Vision/Mission Facilitation, Developing Strategy, Tactical Execution of Strategy, Streamlining Operational and Administrative Processes, Project Management, Delivery Logistics, SWOT analysis, Client Delight and Retention, Dashboard and Scorecarding, Successful Vendor-Partner Relationships and Negotiation, Creating Brand Consistency, Gap Analysis, Budget Analysis and Proforma Preparation, Leveraging Technology, Demographics and Marketing, Employee Purpose and Organizational Alignment, and Asian Business Etiquette and Negotiation.

 

Shannon’s leadership philosophy stems from her personal, professional, and global purpose to make a difference. She is a top performer and excels in creating and promoting any organization, product or service she represents.

 

Shannon holds a Master of Business Administration from Rollins College, a Master of Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma, and a Bachelors Degree in Spanish, Literature, Language and Culture with a minor in English from Syracuse University.

Elizabeth Arenas

Consultant

 

Elizabeth earned her stripes in one of the top news media markets, where she reached over 50,000 Central Floridians a day with her familiar voice that delivered hard hitting news coverage as an on-air reporter at News-Talk AM 580 WDBO, now FM 96.5, in Orlando.

Elizabeth’s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Central Florida, along with her media experience during college, landed her a highly competitive externship with NPR in Los Angeles, CA right upon graduation. After her radio gigs, Arenas went on to work in public relations, where she currently enjoys her career in communications. She is also contributing writer, this outlet gives Elizabeth a break from the hustle and bustle of her day job. She enjoys the creative excitement that comes along with writing for HeadDrama and partner site BodyChecklist. Elizabeth minored in English writing and makes use of the technique she acquired and enjoyment she finds therein!

A little about her; Times Square never gets dull even though she has been there more than she count, and she absolutely loves the cold. She loves her Yorkie, named Martini, and feels grateful to have family close to her in Orlando, FL. Elizabeth also loves to spend her time learning the art of dance at a local studio called Avalon Dance. This keeps her stress low and body moving.

 

Stephan Barrett

Orlando PR Consultant & CEO of Rise Creative Group

 

Over the past 10 (ten) years, Stephan has created graphics for clients such as Universal Orlando, Subway, The Florida Department of Health and Paris Hilton's Club Paris. With a degree in Graphic Design and Visual Communication, Stephan has created traditional graphic design pieces encompassing corporate identity packages, logos, billboards, advertisements and brochures.

 

From traditional advertising, Stephan moved to new media design where he has created visual designs for more than two hundred small, medium and large business client websites using his expertise in graphic design, audio, video and animation to capture the customer's interest and deliver the client's message. He has also aided clients as a web application designer, creating client-friendly tools for their online marketing efforts.

 

Stephan received an Addy award for the “We Make the Change” website www.wemakethechange.com for the Florida Department of Health, and was awarded Best Website out of a group of over 700 real estate companies across the country for www.HarryNorman.com. He has spoken at the WPPI, a photographer's convention, on effective website design and visual communication.

 

Rise Creative Group (Stephan's Company) has grown to be one of the most sought after multi-media and print media companies in the Orlando area. Rise is also working with clients from around the world as they develop their market strategies for the marketplace. Recent projects include Live Africa, Fannie Hillman, The Florida Bar and Grant Hill (NBA Basketball Star).

Charmaine Beleele

Journalist and PR Educator

 

Charmaine is a valued member of our team. She specializes in profiles, press releases, web biographies, and human-interest stories. CharMaine offers clients a diverse array of story suggestions designed to bring their profile and their specialties into the public eye on both local and national levels. She earned a Masters in Communication and BA in Communication and English Composition, and maintains her status as an adjunct professor of Speech-Communication at the University of Arkansas.

 

Interviews with clients have resulted in profiles for clients in South America, Canada, England and Australia, as well as America. For seven years, from 6 to 11 of her articles have been published yearly in Rangefinder magazine, America’s oldest professional photography magazine. A writers’ writer, she has been teaching both writing and speaking in University classes as well as private Business English workshops for over 20 years. She has ghost-written articles for noted professional artist (add an s here). Her submissions have included such magazines as Ladies Home Journal, Self, Redbook, Entrepreneur Magazine, More, Ms., Parade and Sports Illustrated.

 

Charmaine's writing and teaching career has taken her all over the country, from New York City to Phoenix. Following over 15 years of directing theatrical productions for college actors, she was honored to work as a writer’s consultant and theatrical director to original Off-Broadway productions in New York City. Out West, John Casablanca’s Modeling Agency utilized her writing and performance skills as part of their course, “Acting for Models,” in Phoenix and in Oklahoma City.

 

Her life experience has enabled her to live every region of America as well as Old Mexico. She has enhanced the international flavor of her work with studies in England, Scotland, Italy and France. Interviews with clients have resulted in profiles for clients in South America, Canada, England and Australia, as well as America. Her articles have been published yearly in Rangefinder magazine, America’s oldest professional photography magazine. A writers’ writer, she has been teaching both writing and speaking in University classes as well as private Business English workshops for over 20 years.

 

She has ghost-written articles for noted professional artist. Her submissions have included such magazines as Ladies Home Journal, Self, Redbook, Entrepreneur Magazine, More, Ms., Parade and Sports Illustrated.