Women Business Owners Share Their Secrets to Success

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Description

Business owners plan and organize the day-to-day operations of their companies. The tasks of an owner include defining their business and financial plans, mentoring staff, and promoting their brand or service across the industry, to name just a few.

This session will bring together a panel of successful women business owners to share their stories on how they got started, obstacles they faced along the way, and their secrets to success.

Moderator Georgia Angell (Trellis Vine Consulting, LLC) will take a deep dive into the actual experiences and challenges these women face. The panelists will discuss what they are doing differently within their companies to help female employees grow, how they support diversity initiatives, and share their opinion on the future outlook for women in the industry.

Contributors

Georgia Angell

Trellis Vine Consulting, LLC

Georgia served as Chairperson of the International Association of Movers Executive Committee from 2003-2007, after being a member of the committee for several years. She was the first woman elected to the organization’s chairmanship in its 41-year history. Georgia also chaired both the Accessorial Services Committee and the Claims Committee and was a member of the Commercial Affairs Committee.

She returned to the executive committee in 2015, chairing the Technology & Communications Committee which focused on the military DPS system and IAM Data Collections and Analytics. She is currently a member of the Government and Congressional Affairs Committee, Budget & Finance Committee along with a member of the Alan F. Wohlstetter Scholarship Board.

Georgia has contributed to the development of IAM Learning, the association’s initiatives to enhance communications with members. IAM Technology Partnership, The Shipper’s Guide, the Code of Ethics, the expansion of the Association Member’s Management Board, the Receivable Protection Plan and the Hall of Honor. She has hosted many Learning Labs on How To Network Like A Pro.
Rossella Scalone

I am empathetic, energetic and optimistic. Double like a magnolia, an entrepreneur and a mother, the choice to create MAGNOLIA MOVING SRL was an excellent compromise between my two souls.

Born and raised in Apulia, I then moved to Rome to study Oriental languages. After graduation, I became a mother and started working in real estate and the hospitality industry before falling in love with the Moving Industry. I worked as a European Traffic Manager in a large company where I learned the ropes of the trade.

In 2012, I founded Magnolia Moving, a relocation company with the name of a flower, a feminine touch in a historically male-dominated industry. My secret to success is the passion.
Angels Gallardo

Angels Gallardo worked as a journalist specializing in culture and politics for about five years before joining her mother’s company, Inter S&R Spain, in 2004. Now she is CEO and has played an active role in IAM serving on the IAM-YP Management Board and the Alan F. Wohlstetter Scholarship Fund Board of Directors.

Angels is currently transitioning to assuming the CEO title (and responsibilities) from her mother, which pushes her to get involved with aspects of the company with which she is less familiar. She recognizes her need for formal training in some aspects of the business, but at the same time, she needs to stay remain fully engaged in leading the company during the current situation.

Angels intends to continue her education in the years to come while she works into her expanded responsibilities, as well as staying involved with industry associations such as IAM and Euromovers, where she is currently a board member for a second term. The AFW Scholarship award will go a long way toward helping her achieve all of her goals at the same time.
Jeanette Homan

Jeanette Homan began her career in the moving and storage Industry in 1976, working part-time during high school for Mrs. Leota Lambert, the owner and founder of Lambert Transfer & Storage. She left in 1978 to pursue a career in Accounting, then returned to work again for the Company in 1989. Her years of experience working with the TQAP Program, Non-Temp Storage, and the DPM/ Local Move Contract eventually led her to being CFO of Lambert Transfer & Storage, then becoming President and owner in 2010.

Since the implementation of DP3, she has successfully transitioned and expanded the scope of business from being a Local Agent and Intrastate TSP, to managing other California DOD Companies and adding Interstate Authority. Roughly 95% of the Company’s revenue source is DOD, giving her a working knowledge of business from both the TSP and Agent perspectives, making her an objective voice for industry.

Jeanette currently serves as the General Manager of Cannon moving & Storage is passionate about “Interest Based Practices” and believes decisions in the Program should be about the Service Member’s best interest. She currently serves on the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA) Household Goods Subcommittee to help bridge communication between PPSO/Industry, she also sits on the IAM Agent Advisory Committee, DAB Taskforce, ATA Household Goods Conference and Chairs the California Moving & Storage Association Military Affairs Committee.

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Contributors

Georgia Angell

Rossella Scalone

Angels Gallardo

Jeanette Homan