Speakers
Houston Business Cabinet | Marriott West Loop |1750 West Loop South @ San Felipe
Our Speaker on May 11, 2021
Linda M. Rhodes
Executive Director
The Women’s Fund for Health Education and Resiliency
Linda M. Rhodes brings more than 35
years of volunteer and staff
management experience to her role as
Executive Director at The Women’s Fund
for Health Education and Resiliency.
Rhodes joined The Women’s Fund in 2014
and under her leadership, the
organization has exponentially grown its
community outreach footprint, annual
revenues and number of staff employed.
With Rhodes’ passion and dedication to
educating girls and women in the
Houston area,
The Women’s Fund serves close to 12,000
women and adolescent girls and
distributes 9,913 publications each year. Using her strength in bringing
individuals and teams together, Rhodes has been able to collaborate with
community partners to provide The Women’s Fund programing and resources
free of charge to the communities with limited access to health information. As
a dynamic leader, Rhodes has extensive experience in negotiations, strategic
planning, event coordination, management, marketing and promotion,
fundraising strategies and recruiting and cultivating volunteer leadership.
Rhodes has held several leadership positions for nonprofits including Vice
President of Corporate Development for the American Heart Association where
she managed and grew the Houston Heart Ball revenue by 51 percent from 2009
to 2011 landing the no. 3 position nationally for both overall revenue and
special appeal revenue in 2011.
From 1995 to 2008, Rhodes held local, state and national positions at the March
of Dimes. As the State Director of March for Babies, their largest fundraising
event, Rhodes was responsible for prospecting, creating and selling state-level
and multi-market sponsorships, managing, developing and implementing
fundraising strategies with 20 Statewide teams, developing and writing
strategic plans and budgets and development and training of division staff in 18
field offices. Under her leadership, the Texas Chapter revenue grew from $8.8
million in 2003 to $12.3 million in 2007 representing a 39.7 percent increase.
Prior to joining March of Dimes, Rhodes held various positions as a buyer,
manager and in marketing as an independent bookseller for both local retailers
and wholesalers. She served on the board of the Houston Area Booksellers for
more than 10 years. During her tenure as President of that board, she served
as a member of the executive planning committee for the Houston Chronicle
Book and Author Dinner assisting with volunteer recruitment and author
selection and assisted with the planning and execution of the Mid-South
Bookseller’s Trade Show.
Rhodes recently received Houston Business Journal’s Woman Who Mean
Business Award. She has been a member of Sterling Group since 2011 and
served as the Programing Chair on the Board from 2016 to 2017. She recently
served as a member and on the Board for the American Heart Association Guild
of Houston. In 2015 she served on the Auction Committee and as the Heart
Card Special Events Chair in 2014. Rhodes has served as Décor Chair for the
Houston Symphony’s Magical, Musical Morning in 2013. Additionally, Rhodes
served as a member of the Board of Directors for Waymaker Life
Strategies/H.Y.P.E Freedom Schools.
A native Houstonian, Rhodes has been married for 20 years and enjoys playing
golf, reading, painting and traveling. At home, her time is spent with her
husband, grandchildren and their Cocker Spaniel named Cooper.
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Our Speaker on April 13, 2021
Mr. Jesse Post
Founder
Strategic Performance Group, LLC
Jesse Post, founder of Strategic Performance Group, LLC,
is passionate about developing future sales leaders and
building strong sales teams. He delivers optimal revenue
growth and demonstrates the ability to exceed both
corporate and customer expectations. Jesse rises to
meet the unique challenges and demands of customers
by driving upward growth in bottom line revenue and
profitability.
With over 20 years of sales leadership experience, Jesse provides an innovative
and customized sustainable sales plan for a variety of organizations from
small regional business enterprises to global Fortune 500 corporations. Jesse
seeks a positive sales growth transformation within each organization by
utilizing his innovative processes within the strengths and unique skillsets of
each business’ sales force. Some examples of his success include increasing
market share from 9% to 36% within 10 months and driving revenue from $3M
to $18M in just over a year.
Jesse is a decorated US ARMY veteran that served with both 1st Armored and
1st Cav Divisions.
Jesse lives in the greater Houston area with his wife and daughter. He enjoys
traveling, hunting, golf, and spending quality time with his family.