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Don Overcash

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Vision-Mission-Values Development and Implementation, Team Development

What can I do today that will make tomorrow better for others.

Don began his career as a pharmacist and developed his entrepreneurial skills through ownership of a community pharmacy in Minnesota. He moved from pharmacy retail to sales and marketing positions with Searle Pharmaceuticals, and then to a Chicago-based healthcare advertising agency whose clients were major pharmaceutical and healthcare device manufacturers. While leading business development efforts at the ad agency.

By 2009, Don had served as President/Turn-Around Specialist of three companies in both the public and private sectors. He built business development teams that consistently delivered stellar results. Today he remains passionate about bringing value to organizations and helping individuals to develop and grow through Overcash Consulting, LLC.

He received his B.S. Pharmacy from the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy and later earned his MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management. Don is currently serving (2015- present) his community as a City Councilor/Mayor Pro Tem. And here’s a fun fact that everyone should know: in 1979, Don conceived and co-founded a unique community event, The International Eelpout Festival—Google it!—that continued for more than 35 years and drew thousands of visitors each winter to Walker, MN, bolstering the region’s tourism industry!

Consulting Expertise Includes:

Organizational Development Process for Success
Executive Coaching-Personal growth
Recruiting-Interviewing-Decision-Hiring-Onboarding-Training Plan
Vision-Mission-Values Development and Implementation
Conflict Management
Decision Making
De-escalation
Team Development

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Jim Kelly

Consultants No Longer with the SBDC / By beckydouthit

Jim Kelly

Management and Sales

Jim Kelly is an entrepreneur that has started, managed, grown and sold multiple companies in over 35 years of business experience. He most recently sold Syscom Services, a technology company started in Washington DC with divisions specializing in Web Development, Enterprise Information Management and a variety of communications technologies.

Jim enjoys working with start-ups and small business owners on strategic direction, marketing, management and sales tactics. He also facilitates a Fort Collins Think Tank peer advisory group and is a frequent speaker at conferences on business and technology subjects.

Jim mentors at risk youth through the Matthews House in Fort Collins, loves playing tennis, soccer and traveling with his lovely wife or any of his three great kids.

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Karen Wong-Brown

Consultants No Longer with the SBDC / By beckydouthit

HR | Justice, Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Issues

Karen Wong-Brown is a first-generation Chinese American born in Hong Kong and came to the States at the age of six. She has resided all over the United States but has lived in Colorado for three decades. She has been an active community member in serving on various boards either as a leader or volunteer. Her passion lies within diversity and inclusion initiatives. Her educational attainment comes from Colorado State University and Regis University. She also worked in many different fields but her most recent one is in human resources.

Currently, she is the founder of Unified Workforce which helps underrepresented communities find employment through training and education and having a peer mentor while the individuals map their own road to success. She also helped with companies in human resources issues such as onboarding, retention, employee appreciation, and diversity training. She is passionate about social justice; therefore, she identifies herself as a JEDI (justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion advocate).

When she is not working, she loves spending time with her loved ones and friends. She loves to travel, learn about the culture, and eat new food. Her creative side entails her love of writing poems and coloring.

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Lewis Hagler

Consultants No Longer with the SBDC / By beckydouthit

Colorado Enterprise Fund

As Director of Credit, Lewis monitors portfolio and credit quality. He also manages our Northern Colorado lending activity including consulting with potential applicants about their business plans, performing credit analysis and loan underwriting, and providing ongoing business advisory services to borrowers. Prior to joining CEF in 1994, Lewis was the Director of the Small Business Development Center in Boulder. He is an entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience owning and operating a variety of successful business ventures with special knowledge of the restaurant and food service industry.

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