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Speaker, Author, MarkBlackSpeaks BIOGRAPHY Mark Black has been a professional speaker for three years and is the founder of Mark Black Speaks. He is frequently booked by schools, associations and corporations to motivate and inspire their students and staff. His story of courage and perseverance touches audiences and motivates them to live their lives with passion and enthusiasm. He has spoken to audiences of 10 and audiences of 1000 from Halifax to Vancouver. Born with a congenital heart defect, Mark barely survived his first week of life. Before reaching the age of two, he’s already undergone two open heart surgeries. Then in September 2002, after waiting on the transplant list for 10 months and near death, Mark survived a life-saving heart and double-lung transplant.Since that day, Mark has beaten all the odds. Expected to spend two months in recovery after his surgery, Mark was out in 16 days. He was running just three months later and has since run two marathons and three half-marathons. Mark lives everyday with the same attitude, “Go Big or Go Home!”. Despite the fact that he still faces huge risks and he knows that eventually his new organs will stop working and he’ll be on deaths door again someday, Mark doesn’t live in fear and worry, he lives life “From the Heart”. Mark’s accomplishments include: Running 3 Marathons and 3 Half-Marathons, Winning the Gold Medal at the 2006 Canadian Transplant Games and releasing his new book, “Live Life from the Heart: 52 Weeks to a Life of Passion and Purpose” Mark shares more than just a powerful message when he steps on the stage, he shares himself with each member of his audience. Maybe that’s why everyone who hears him speak is touched in a profound way. Mark’s message is simple, “Live today with all of your heart, because tomorrow isn’t promised to anyone.” This is a talk you don’t want to miss.
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President, CEO, and Executive Coach, Leadership Gold For the past 19 years, Jerel Benjamin has been a serial entrepreneur in serving as founder of six corporations all without the assistance of angel and/or VC funding. His accomplishments in international product sales and distribution, national sales and marketing strategies, as well as design and construction as a General Contractor, has earned his work a place in Architectural Digest, Image Magazine, UCLA Anderson Riordan Programs, and USC MBA Alumni programs. His import company pioneered glass tile into the U.S. Market in 2002 and served as the number one ranked glass tile importer for the Western United States through 2005.
His passion however, was always directed towards people. People have always been Mr. Benjamin's focus, and his accomplishments as an entrepreneur has allowed him to become a strategic powerhouse to executives and professionals from a wide array of industries.
Mr. Benjamin has years of experience in corporate restructuring and strategies that focus on the core values of the executives and the vision of the company, including the transferring of that vision to both the employees and client relationships. Charities have also been a large part of Mr. Benjamin’s character. Giving back has always been more important than receiving, and Mr. Benjamin continues to support multiple charities from Organizations Against Domestic Violence, and Battered Women’s Shelters, to Make a Wish Foundation for Children’s Charities, and Organizations for Young Entrepreneurs. Mr. Benjamin has years of experience in corporate restructuring and strategies that focus on the core values of the executives and the vision of the company, including the transferring of that vision to both the employees and client relationships.Mr. Benjamin has an amazing skill of being able to reach the core of both the challenges and the solutions when dealing with professionals and executives of small, medium, and large corporations. This unique ability makes him uniquely adept at detecting and resolving multiple challenges from today’s complex corporate environment. Mr. Benjamin lives the belief that there is no pinnacle for education, caring for your client, and giving back to the lives of those you are privileged to impact. It is with this passion that he serves as a coach for Business Breakthroughs International.
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