Topic: “When one door closes, where do you find the next door?”

About Our Speaker:
As Director of Mission Advancement for Team Long Run, Hilary spends most of her time helping kids living in high poverty access enrichment programs that will give them their best shot at a happy and productive future. Team Long Run’s free programs combine running and active play with reading and literacy, and serve more than 6,000 children coast-to-coast.

Hilary’s work experience has run the gamut—from professional model and dancer, to campaign director for a US Congressman, director of development for a large arts organization, college professor in Principia’s theatre and dance department–and eventually an elementary classroom teacher and education innovator. Hilary firmly believes that everything she has done in her career up to this point has prepared her for her current role at Team Long Run.

Questions we’ll be discussing with Hilary:
– How do you go from being a professional ballerina to a campaign director for a US Congressman?
– If you are looking for a job, what does it mean to start with what you have “in the house”? (2Kings 4:2)
– What if you are directed to a totally new opportunity where you have no experience or particular education?
– And, when one door closes, where do you find the next door?

Hilary earned her BA in Political Science from Columbia University, and a Masters in Performing Arts and Dance from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. She currently lives in Bridgeton, Maine.

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Topic: “The Challenges and Victories that Taught Me to Put God First”

About Our Speaker:
Signed by the San Francisco 49ers’s after graduating from Principia College with a BS in Biology, John spent 5 years pursuing his dream to play in the NFL.

Since then, he has built a successful sales career that spans 30 years in real estate investment, mortgage lending, equipment leasing, and small business finance. His approach to sales is to be knowledgeable, consultative, honest, and above all, to listen to his clients and business associates. He says, “It’s not about my needs, but the client’s!”

As an African American, John has experienced racist treatment first-hand, and will share how he has responded to these situations. His story is both inspiring and hopeful.

In 2008, when the financial crisis hit, John’s business was devastated. The resulting adversity and loss of income brought issues to the surface that caused him to rethink both his personal and professional priorities.

Join us this Friday to meet this warm and wonderful individual whose challenges and victories have taught him the value of putting God first in every aspect of his life.

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Topic: “Embracing Uncertainty–You Cannot Progress Until You Say, Yes!

About Our Speaker:
Travis Thomas is the Creator of “Live Yes, And” (www.liveyesand.com) and a performance coach currently serving as the Leadership and Team Dynamics Coach for the US Men’s National Soccer Team. He served as a Leadership Coach at Florida’s IMG Academy, a prestigious boarding school and sports training destination, where he worked with thousands of youth athletes including the U17 US National Team, NFL and NBA combine players, as well youth, college, and professional athletes in all sports.

For the last 5 years Travis has worked with numerous athletic programs, including the University of Georgia football, MSU Women’s Soccer, the Cincinnati Reds, Miami Marlins, NY Yankees, Chicago Cubs, and Tampa Bay Rays. He has also spent the last 5 years as the leadership and mental skills coach for a youth soccer club in Florida.

Additionally, Travis has been performing for over 20 years as an improvisational comedian. He uses the principles and activities of improvisation to teach leadership, mental skills, teamwork, and the tools for high-performing cultures. In 2016, he wrote his first book, “3 Words for Getting Unstuck: Live Yes, And.” He has served as a Christian Science practitioner at CedarS Camps for many years, and worked at The Mother Church in Boston for over 5 years.

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