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Ep 251: Maria Smith on the Science and Benefits of Goal-Setting

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Maria graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Political Science, won the title of Miss Kentucky and competed in Miss America in 2004. At age 9, she set goals to become the first college graduate in her family and to earn the title of Miss Kentucky.

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Ep 207: Deedee Benyi on Understanding the Business and Supporting Multiple Executives

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She came to this role after a varied career path including Automotive Service Management in addition to Real Estate and Vacation Planning in the USVI. Deedee joined The Hartford in 2004 and has spent most of her tenure supporting claims leaders until her move to support the Chief Data Science Officer in 2019.

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VA Industry Leaders: a conversation

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Jeannine Clontz, Accurate Business Services Comment // October 31st, 2008 // 8:32 am I started my business in August 1998, by accident. My aunt had recently died and I had a small inheritance that we were going to invest in finding another line of work for my husband (Chef/Restaurant Mgr.). Well, that was the thought anyway.

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