OUR MISSION
Workforce and Economic Development. In short: Create and identify jobs. Train people.
- Goal: To create opportunities for job growth, job training, STEAM curriculum, plus public policy and advocacy around technology subjects
- One of 60+ tech councils in North America, including Canada. Member of TECNA (Tech Councils of America and CompTIA)
- Independent, non-profit educational organization.
Registered 501C3.
- Established officially April 22, 2014. First meetup February 2013.
If you’d like to join, pay your membership dues of a minimum of $300 on this site, and we will add you to our mailing list.
TALK BOARD
TALK Executive Director/CEO/Chair
Dawn Marie Yankeelov
Founder, TALK and ASPectx
dawny@aspectx.com or
dawny@talklou.com
TALK Vice-President and Techfest 2023 Co-Chair
Bryan Eugene, Channel Sales Manager
Spectrum Business bryan.eugene@charter.com
Other Active Board Members
Da-Wyone Haynes, Network Security Engineer
Aegon Global Technology Operations
da-wyone.haynes@transamerica.com
Ben Loetz, Solution Architect Manager, Verizon Wireless, ben.loetz@verizonwireless.com
Phillip K. Brown, Government Affairs Manager, Crown Castle Phillip.Brown@crowncastle.com
Michael C. Drury III, CPA,CITP, MBA, Mcloud3 LLC Michael@mcloud3.com
Eric Satterly, PE, Chief Information Officer & AVP for Digital Transformation, Bellarmine University, esatterly@bellarmine.edu
Brock Jamison, Technology Account Manager, Dean, Dorton, Ford, bjamison@ddaftech.com
TALK’s Skate Board Chairman & TALK Secretary
Jim Martin, President
Marwood, Inc.
jim@marwoodveneer.com