Speakers' Biographies

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• Bo Dedeker
• Gary Fehlhaber
• Karen Jett
• Ted Kowalski
• John Llewellyn
• Lori Rogney
• Kelly Zagrebski

Bo Dedeker's Biography

Bo DeDeker received his bachelors degree from UW Stevens Point in 1986 and his Masters of Business Administration from UW Oshkosh in 2000.  He has been licensed with the State of Wisconsin as a Certified Public Accountant since 1995.  He currently serves as the Controller for UWSP and teaches accounting at Upper Iowa University.  In the past he has served as the Finance Director for Portage County and the VP of Finance for Northcentral Technical College.

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Gary Fehlhaber's Biography

Gary Fehlhaber, President of Global Recruiters of Wausau, has over 20 years of experience implementing and managing information technology. Holding positions such as Chief Information Officer, Gary has worked closely with executives and managers at all levels.  
 
After obtaining a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Administrative Management from the University of Wisconsin, Gary began his career in the insurance industry. Besides insurance, Gary has experience in a variety of manufacturing, distribution, retail, service and health care organizations. These companies ranged in size from less than one hundred million in revenue to Fortune 500. 
 
As a member of the senior management team for multiple companies, Gary has strategically led the development and implementation of many business initiatives, including; ERP implementations, industry software development projects, web-based projects, network and telecommunication projects, wireless technologies and enterprise security. Finally, Gary has been involved with the evaluation and management of several acquisitions and mergers throughout his career.  
 
Gary has recruited, developed and managed some of the best talent in the world. His in-depth understanding of how critical and valuable it is to find the right people for the job is exemplified in his search consulting activities. Dedication to detail, protecting confidentiality and maintaining a state of urgency are the standards of professionalism that drive Gary’s success.

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Karen Jett's Biography

Did you realize that $994 billion are lost each year to fraud?  This estimate is from the 2008 ACFE Report to the Nation which also indicates that 29% of fraud originates in the accounting department. And yet, more than 50 percent of companies provide no ethics training. 

According to the same ACFE report, companies that provide regular ethics training not only discover fraud sooner, but also experience losses that average about half of those experienced by companies with no training.  According to Karen, “By making ethics training interactive and memorable, companies increase the impact of every training.”

Join us at the November 17, 2009 IMA meeting and not only will you get the two ethics CPE required by the IMA, but you will also be guided in an exploration of what is ethical.  In addition to learning about training ethics in your own company, you will experience Karen’s unique and interactive ethics training system ‘Questioning Ethics for Management Accountants.’

Karen is an ethics expert with over two decades of business experience in privately held organizations. Karen Jett helps privately held businesses to grow naturally by identifying their values and building them into all aspects of the business. She is a past president for the North Penn Chapter of the IMA.  In addition, Karen is Treasurer for the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Speakers Association (NSA), and an adjunct professor at Villanova University. In 2008 she released the book Grow Your People, Grow Your Business. She is also coauthor of Transformational Leadership. For more information about Karen and her company’s values, visit her web-site at www.JettExcellence.com.

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Ted Kowalski's Biography

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John Llewellyn's Biography      

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Lori Rogney's Biography

I have been with the U. S. Postal Service for 29 years.  I was a clerk and city carrier before entering the management field in 1989.  I have been the Postmaster of Marshfield since 1994 and am currently the acting Postmaster in Wausau.  I have had the opportunity to work on special assignments in the Milwaukee, Madison and Green Bay areas.  I am also the Postal Co-Chair of the Central Wisconsin Postal Customer Council (CWPCC) which is a group of mailers and postal people who get together several times of year to network and participate in educational sessions in an effort to grow our businesses.  I have two grown children and enjoy water sports, gardening and reading.

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Kelly Zagrebski's Biography

Kelly Zagrzebski, Corporate Community Relations Leader, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, has been engaged in environmental education for the past sixteen years.  Her role at Wisconsin Public Service Corporation includes the primary responsibilities of education, community development, political/governmental affairs, marketing, media relations and community specific needs.

She is certified in Corporate Community Relations from Boston College, and has received a Masters Degree in Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and also received a certification on Community Economic Development from Neighborhood Works in 2005.  Since 1997 she has also served as an Adjunct Professor for the “K-12 Energy Education Program” at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

She has a personal interest in energy conservation.  In 2000 she represented the United States in a five person delegation to China to share environmental education programs.  In 2004 she researched an opportunity for an K-12 Energy Educators Program in Iceland.  Most recently, 2006 she participated in the “1000 Friends of Wisconsin –Sustainable Sweden” tour which ended with her being a certified member of Overtornea, Sweden!!

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