Acknowledgments
Thank you to my beautiful spouse, partner, and best friend, Leslie Mishrell. Your support and encouragement made me believe I could do this.
I would like to thank and acknowledge the transformational board and professional leaders I had the privilege of interviewing. I greatly admire your wisdom, your dedication, your belief in your mission, and the amazing difference you make every day. I hope I have successfully captured how you achieved incredible results. Thank you Howard Architzel, Rebecca Asmo, Corky Bowerman, Kimberly Boyd, Kaye Brewer, Tommy Breymeier, Suzie Glaze Burt, Shirley Carraway, Carter Clark, Greg Cushing, Julie Daniels, Tony Dickinson, Patrick Doyle, Heather Ehle, Michael Frazier, Amelia Gibson, Donyell Jones, Nicholas Jones, Reece Kurtenbach, Bridgett Laird, Vanessa Merhib, Misty L. Miller, Tara Lynn Mills, David Morley, Larry and Diane Ness, Timothy Pate, Robyn Peery, Jason Reuter, Judith Ranger Smith, Jodie Warth, and James Pierce.
There are a number of people I asked for advice and wisdom when I began researching the book and for feedback on drafts of the book. It is a privilege to be your friend and colleague. Thank you for your advice, wisdom, encouragement, and support Jeff Amy, Jeff Benatti, Jim Caufield, Kirk Dominick, Donna Ferraro, Elizabeth Fowlkes, Pam Hodges, Ronnie Jenkins, George Krupanski, Kim Madrigal, Fred Miller, Lorraine Orr, Glenn Permuy, and Debbie Verges. Thank you, Jim Clark, for your advice an encouragement: you were ...
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