Twin Cities Conference : Growth Gurus & Speakers

• Jennifer Bohmbach
• Diane Amundson

• Martha Mertz
• Pam Nelson

Jennifer Bohmbach, Principal
Gumption LLC

Jennifer has been helping people communicate using the Internet since 1995. The people she has helped have worked for big companies and small companies, non-profits and corporations. She has worked on small teams and large teams as an employee, vendor & consultant. It is her passion to help companies address the challenges of how to best stay in touch with their customers/clientele and how to design compelling experiences to inspire those potential advocates to stay.

Diane Amundson
Owner, Diane Amundson & Associates; Author, Success Strategies: A High Achiever’s Guide to Success

Diane Amundson is the owner of Diane Amundson & Associates. She has over sixteen years of training, speaking and consulting experience in the areas of leadership development, generational diversity, team building, sales communication, conflict resolution and strategic planning. She has worked with Fortune 500 Companies like General Mills and Pepsi Cola and she has co-authored a book titled Success Strategies: A High Achiever’s Guide to Success. She is a member of the National Speakers Association and has served as Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behavior at Winona State University.

She is a Rotarian that has traveled the world on humanitarian projects in Mongolia and India.

Her style of speaking is informative and highly interactive.

Martha Mertz, Founder
ATHENA International

Martha Mertz is the Founder of ATHENA International (formerly ATHENA Foundation); a non-profit organization that seeks to support, develop and honor women leaders, inspire women to reach their full potential, and create balance in leadership worldwide. Ms. Mertz served as President of the ATHENA Foundation from its inception in 1982 to May 1999. As a spokeswoman for ATHENA she has carried the message that women are leaders around the globe. In 2000 she worked as a project designer and facilitator of Global Links to instruct college students at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates on the ATHENA Leadership Model. In May 2004, Ms. Mertz, led a group representing ATHENA to China to participate in an unprecedented women’s conference developing collaborative opportunities and connections on issues of importance to women. Martha attended inaugural ATHENA Award events in Rotherham, England, in March 2005 and in Mumbai, India in October 2006, where she presented the first ATHENA Award to a European woman and Indian woman respectively. Ms. Mertz gives presentations on women and leadership, serves as a spokesperson at ATHENA Award events, is a permanent member of the ATHENA International Board of Directors and continues to be a voice for balanced leadership worldwide.

In addition to her role with ATHENA, Martha is a successful real estate entrepreneur and is president and owner of Mayhood/Mertz Investment, Inc. She actively served her local community of Lansing, MI through her position as founding partner in several development/management partnerships in the Lansing area, as president of the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce and in leadership positions for many other organizations. Ms. Mertz has received numerous awards including induction into Enterprising Women’s Hall of Fame, 2006; the Visionary Award from Office Depot, 2004; the Vassilissa Award in Moscow, Russia; and the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce's ATHENA Award. She was honored as one of the top 25 Women Business Owners in Michigan by NAWBO and was selected as the Michigan Women-In-Business Advocate by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Martha received her B.A. in Women’s Studies and Psychology from Michigan State University. She currently resides in Sedona, AZ with her husband, Dr. Edward Ingraham.

Pam Nelson, Success Strategist & President
Nelson Success Group, Inc.

Pamela Nelson, M.A., CPCC, PCC, is the Recharged Woman. She is a Success Strategist and president of Nelson Success Group, Inc. and shares her expertise as an executive coach, professor, trainer, author, and national speaker.

As an internationally certified executive and business coach, Pamela partners with clients to identify, translate, and solve their most pressing business concerns to achieve desired business results.

Pamela Nelson combines her 20+ years of experience in various executive roles with her academic prowess as a professor of graduate-level courses in organizational management and leadership. She has presented hundreds of seminars, workshops, trainings, and university coursework to thousands globally. Pam excels in personalizing presentations in leadership, manager/leader paradigm, business communications, coaching high performance teams, conflict, change, retention, diversity, and working amongst multiple generations. She has conveyed her business expertise with individuals from small to large corporations including Honeywell, 3M, Target, State of Minnesota, Super Valu, and Medtronic.

Pam remains positively influenced by three generations of thriving domestic and international family businesses. She generously shares with her audience her vast hands-on experience in building a profitable enterprise through investing in the personal and professional excellence of its people. She has worked with countless start-ups in the areas of medical, financial, non-profits, social services, sales, manufacturing, trades, and technology.

The Recharged Woman: Success Strategies for Energizing Your Life is Pamela’s most recent publication. This engaging book is a “coach in your pocket” that delivers a powerful message through stories, challenging questions, and robust declaration statements. It is a catalyst to move you to become The Recharged Woman.