SCA USA Business Chats: Transformational Leadership
Watch the recording of the SCA USA Business Chat: Transformational Leadership held on Thursday, March 25th at 1 pm PT.
Event Description: Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian, Northeast Regional Coordinator for the SCA USA Chapter, will host a panel of leaders including Professor at CU Boulder Leeds School of Business, Stefanie Johnson, Human WakeUp Call, Mike Jaffe, and Founder and Executive Director of The Chain Collaborative, Nora Burkey, who will discuss their unique experiences in various types of Leadership roles.
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On the webinar, they’ll touch on their personal journeys in leadership, challenges they have faced and how to overcome them as a leader. Followed by Q&A with the audience.
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Host Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian, Northeast Regional Coordinator for the SCA USA Chapter
Founder of JNP Coffee and Burundi Friends International, Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian is a licensed Q. grader and dedicated supporter/advocate for women coffee farmers in her native Burundi, East Africa. Farmers produce high-scoring specialty coffee beans, earn premiums from JNP Coffee’s global sales and gain financial literacy. In 2019, the YWCA of Central Massachusetts recognized Jeanine with its Katharine F. Erskine Award for Business and Law for her support of women as community builders.
Stefanie Johnson
Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Management at CU Boulder’s Leeds School of Business where she studies the intersection of leadership and diversity. She is a member of the MG 100 Coaches, was selected for the 2020 Thinkers50 Radar List, and is the author of the National Bestseller, Inclusify: Harnessing the power of uniqueness and belonging to build innovative teams. Media outlets featuring Stefanie’s work include: The Economist, Newsweek, Time, and The Wall Street Journal.
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Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams
Mike Jaffe
Mike Jaffe is president and founder of SAVIA Leadership, a global leadership development firm that unlocks the potential of individuals and teams through conscious communication, experiential learning and transformational conversations. He approaches every relationship as a trusted partner and is committed to building a culture of leadership in organizations.
A 9/11 survivor who has transformed his life, Mike serves as The Human WakeUp Call® by using his own brush with tragedy as a message of self-discovery and empowerment. Mike’s energy, passion, and humor make him one of those rare motivational keynote speakers that can entertain and inspire any audience. He has spoken at events for Fortune 500 companies, start-ups and associations across the country on topics related to personal and professional development, leading and driving change, and building team trust and communication. Mike delivers a roadmap for success in business and in life that is easily transferable across industries and energizes the audience to play bigger and not waste another precious day.
As a best-selling author, Mike has appeared as a featured expert on CNN and Fox News, and has been published and quoted in the Wall Street Journal, MSN, CNBC, US News & World Report, Crain’s NY Business, Entrepreneur Magazine Radio and other national and regional media outlets. Mike’s programs have impacted business results for industry leaders such as BuzzFeed, FreewheelTV (a Comcast Company), Birchbox, Starbucks, PepsiCo, FanDuel, Dashlane, Disney Interactive, GE Capital, Glaxo Smith-Kline, Pernod Ricard, and other companies ranging from the Fortune 500 to small businesses. Prior to founding his company, Mike’s career experience includes business consulting, strategic planning, new product development, and client retention and loyalty for major global players such as American Express, Marsh and McLennan and JP Morgan Chase. He earned his MBA in Management and Marketing from New York University and his BBA in Management and Finance from SUNY Albany. He is a certified coach and a certified practitioner of the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI®).
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Nora Burkey
Nora founded The Chain Collaborative in 2014 to invest in local leaders to develop and implement community projects in coffee regions around the world. She holds a master’s degree in Sustainable Development from the Graduate Institute at School for International Training, where she focused her studies on gender in development and food systems. She is part of the Creator’s Group for the Coffee Sustainability Program of the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), and is currently an Authorized SCA Trainer for the program. Under the banner of TCC and in collaboration with other industry colleagues, she consults on a number of projects, has written for several coffee magazines and blogs, and has taught at a variety of educational institutions. She speaks English and Spanish.
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