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Boomerz Board
Members and Staff
In early 2008, Boomerz became a
501c3, non-profit organization. In accordance with the new
requirements, Boomerz restructured its former "advisory board" into a formal
Board of Directors with different functions and qualifications.
Board Members
Carol
Guardo, PhD
is a Consultant in Higher
Education living in Fountain Hills with 25
 clients including colleges and
universities in the areas of strategic planning, restructuring programs,
presidential evaluation, and board governance and development for primarily
small, private colleges and universities. She was President of the Great
Lakes Colleges Association, An Arbor, President and Professor of Psychology,
Rhode Island College, Provost and professor of Psychology, University of
Hartford, and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts Drake University.
She has written one book and more than 30 articles on psychology, and as
served on Boards of Trustees for educational and commercial entities.
 Jeffrey Williams
is a diversified small business specialist. He most recently was President
and co-founder of Liftseat Corporation, a medical equipment start-up
company. Prior to this time, he was President of Belmont Enterprises a
leading manufacturer’s representative company specializing in Hardware and
Industrial products in the Southwest; President of James, Graning &Weaver, a
manufacturer’s representative company which was bought by Belmont as a turn
around project; Acting President for Sweeney Enterprises, a manufacturer of
automated feeding systems for aquaculture and farm/ranch use that was close
to bankruptcy. He has been a consultant with Pharmacia Diagnostics (now
Phadia); Stanbio Laboratory, a medical diagnostics company; and DynaTouch, a
custom technology company that was sold to the DOD.
 Bob Eickley
has more than 35 years experience in all levels of
Corporate Accounting. He has worked for Integrated Oil Companies, Public
Communication Non-Profits, Electronic Manufacturers, and Trade Cooperatives.
Eickley served as Director of Corporate Consolidations at Gulf Oil in
Pittsburgh, Finance Manager at QED Communications also in Pittsburgh, and
Controller at Teleldyne, Gentron and International Autobody Marketing Group
both in Scottsdale He is a Certified Quickbooks Pro Advisor and Registered
Bookkeeper.
Bruce Nilsson
is a marketing and advertising
executive with more than 15 years experience. His most recent position
was as Vice President/Chief Creative Officer at McMurry, marketing
communications firm with a staff of 150, billing more than $40 million
annually. Clients included CVS Caremark, Goodwill of Central Arizona,
The Ritz Carlton Hotel and Russian Heritage Highway Foundation. Prior
to that time he was Vice President/Creative Director at E. B. Lane, an
advertising, marketing and communications firm where he managed a creative
department of up to 20, and worked with clients such as The Arizona Lottery,
Phoenix Visitors and Convention Bureau, and the Arizona Cardinals.
 John
Peeke-Vout has
been managing technology activities and business enterprises for over 25
years. He spent over 20 years in Silicon Valley at a variety of companies,
including Motorola, managing software and systems development. More recently
he was a COO for number of companies. His industry experience includes
technology companies, higher education, financial institutions, research
organizations, insurance, Legal litigation and consulting. He has worked
with a number of rapidly growing companies and has successfully designed and
built the necessary infrastructure, systems and processes to support their
growth.
 Doug
Hecker
Doug and his family have lived in Arizona
since 1993. Doug is currently employed as Consulting Partner at b2b
Solutions, LLC and also has his own Coaching Business, 2 Excel Now, LLC.
Doug helps artists, gallery owners and small business owners maximize their
success with proven strategies for growth and improvement. Doug has 22
years experience with two national, multi-unit retail corporations. His
practical and progressive career success in marketing, management, and
operations culminated in owning his own successful enterprise providing consultation and
management services.
His core competencies include needs analysis, strategic planning, budget
reporting and development, and excellent customer satisfaction. Doug
and his wife Pauline live in the Phoenix metro area with their yellow lab
puppy, Lily.
 JoAnn
Ehley is in private practice as a life
coach and psychotherapist. As a Faculty Mentor at the Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, she worked with both faculty and
psychology graduate students. She owned and managed JME Consultants an
executive search and management consulting firm in Milwaukee and San Diego.
JoAnn had a long career in corporate management including Manpower
International as National Service Director establishing and maintaining
employee standards in over 400 offices in the US. JoAnn has completed her
Ph.D. Course work in Energy Medicine and has received her M.A. in
Transpersonal Studies.
 Michael Eleey's
management
and consulting background spans communications research, IT, technology
commercialization, and business and financial strategy in higher education
and investment banking. Chief Technology Officer for the 10,000-student W.
P. Carey School of Business at ASU since 2004, he also served as managing
director of the School’s Online MBA program during its major growth phase in
2006-2009. Mike
previously held management and executive roles at the University of
Pennsylvania and Temple University, and is a frequent speaker at education
industry investment conferences and educational technology workshops. He
holds an M.A. from the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania
and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School. He and his wife Jane reside in
Scottsdale, where Mike is active in township tennis leagues.
 Mary Trost, Grants and Fundraising
has been in Senior Executive positions for over fifteen years, ten of those
as C.E.O. She is an Accredited Associate of the International Institute for
Independent Business. She owns her own company and provides practical
advice that works for businesses in Arizona and across the nation. Mary has
worked with a wide variety of businesses in many industries including the
non-profit sector, education, City and County Governments, retail sales,
health services, social service, entertainment and tourism.
Immediate Past President:
Brian Rackham is
a veteran journalist who has had a long career in the television news
business and was most recently news director for KOB-TV, Channel 4 in New
Mexico. In 1998, before taking over as news director at KKTV in Colorado
Springs, Colo., he worked in a wide variety of positions in radio and
television. In the early 1990's, Rackham worked at the national level as
an editor, radio anchor and producer for the Associated Press Broadcast in
Washington, DC. 1991, Rackham joined the KCNC, and NBC-owned TV station in
Denver where he was an Assignment Editor. He also worked as a field
producer for the NBC NewsChannel assisting with live coverage of Timothy
McVeigh's Oklahoma CIty Bombing Trial and the G7 World Economic conference
in 1997. Under Rackham's leadership at KKTV, the station earned three
Edward R. Murrow awards for overall excellence, best newscast and breaking
news. Rackham has also worked at local radio stations, including KTAR,
KFYI, and KJZZ.
Key Staff
Laurie Kahn,
Interim Executive Director
is Founder and President of Media Staffing Network,
Inc. ™ the first staffing company to cater exclusively to media sales
and associated departments for both temporary and permanent placement for
the Agency, Broadcast, Cable, Internet, New Media and Print industries. She
is currently CEO and Co/Founder of All About Careers, a start up
business which is a comprehensive resource for job hunters and
corporations. Kahn has received a 2008 Top 50 Outstanding Women in Radio,
1997 Recognition Award from the Center for Urban Business, Outstanding
Salesperson of the Year Award from Torbet Radio, Outstanding Radio
Salesperson from American Women in Radio & TV and First Place Marketing
Company from the National Association of Staffing Services.
 Cindy Cooke,
Program Director
has been with Boomerz since July, 2005. She was formerly Executive
Director, World Affairs Council, Ventura County (1989-1999) and Executive
Director, Democratic Leadership Council. Prior to 1990, she was
Director of the largest CFP live class program in the country, under the
University of Southern California's Continuing Education Department.
The program had more than 1,000 students a year in classes from Santa Rosa
to San Diego.
 Brad
Taft - Recareering is co-author of Boom or Bust!: New
Career Strategies in a New America (Cambridge Media,
LLC, 2006), a Career Management Guide for Baby Boomers and older workers. He
is President of Taft Resource Group in Scottsdale and provides outplacement
and career management consulting services to people interested in continuing
their successful careers. He received a B.A. in
communications and a M.B.A. from the University of Southern California. He holds
the Career Management Fellow certification, the highest designation for career
management consultants, and is licensed by the Industrial Commission of Arizona
to provide career consulting services to individuals. An accomplished public
speaker and writer on career and organizational issues, he has written numerous
articles and has been quoted in various publications including the Wall
Street Journal, Money, Los Angeles Times and the Employment Law
Letter.
Jean Post -
Board Communications
 Brian Popovec
- Information Architect
Has over ten years
experience working with small businesses, NPOs and corporations in database
design and Data Modeling., Technical Support and Software Engineering. He
received a B.S. in Business Information Systems from the University of
Phoenix and also holds the Certificate of General Insurance from the AICPCU.
He has worked for more than eight years for Cybermetrics Corp,, as well as a
web developer and application engineer for PoutineSoft LLC. Brian also has
experience in flat pattern layout engineering and jig making / production
engineering in loudspeaker cabinet design in a commercial fabrication
setting.
 Karen
Quinn, Volunteer Coordinator
has managed volunteer programs for Prescott Public Library and Albuquerque’s
15-branch library system. She trained students in the Welfare to Work
program through San Juan College in Farmington, NM and worked in Economic
Development for the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce. Karen acted as liaison
for the City of Albuquerque and Friends of the Library. Her volunteer
experience includes City of Scottsdale Library Board, Yavapai Symphony, New
Mexico Friends of Libraries, and Yavapai College Mentoring program. Karen
has lived in Arizona most of her married life, has a daughter and two
grandchildren in Maine, and a daughter in the Chicago area.
For more information, call 480 990-1450 or e-mail
Info@BoomerzAZ.com
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