Written by Kerry Feltenberg
13 May 2010
Kerry Feltenberg 2009/2010 Chapter President
Another wonderful scholarship winner! The annual EWISP scholarship and Executive recognition dinner are always a highlight of the year. This is what we work so hard to raise funds for and to meet the amazing young woman that wins each year is an incredible reward.

Kristine Erickson did a great job planning and organizing the actual scholarship process and the program. Thank you again Kris!

Begin able to meet and hear from our winner, Katie Biegel, is one of the best parts of the evening. Katie is an outstanding young woman and will continue to grow and contribute to society as she pursues her career goals after college. Her parents, Mark and Suzy, were also in attendance, along with her nominating counselor, Rhonda Schultz. Katie was presented with a personalized gift, a glass and silver clock.

Judges John Ore, Dave Yoder and Pat Greenquist were also in attendance and recognized for their contribution to the selection process. Thank you again for your time and effort to select an amazing scholarship recipient for us.

We had a number of executives that were also able to join us for our special evening - we are so grateful you could attend! Thank you all for your generous support of our Chapter and your member representatives. We would not be successful without each of you.
  • Al Orzechowski, Western States Glass
  • Kellie Stanisic, Edward Jones
  • Wendy Weigand, Gust Rosenfeld
  • Diana Hoyt, Heritage Designs, LLC
  • Hank Flores, Nickel Lithographics
  • Ted Willette, Realty Executives
  • Cathy Mireles, Sunrise Bank of Arizona
  • Tom Davidson, Olympian Worldwide Moving
  • G. Darrell Olson, Jewels by G. Darrell Olson
Another highlight of the evening was the EWIE award presented to the firm with outstanding service and support to our Chapter over the past year. This year the award was presented to Hank Flores, Executive with Nickel Lithographics. Hank and Valerie give so much to the Phoenix Chapter - hours of time, personal money, ideas, and free printing to name just a few things. This was a well deserved honor that our Chapter was so excited to give to Hank and Valerie!

Don't miss our May 18th Firm night meeting to be held at Arizona State University West Campus. Thank you to Elizabeth Langland, Executive and Kathy Gunn representative for allowing us all to visit and learn more about your business.

As we move into May (can you believe it?), I leave you with a thought for the month from a speaker at the 2009 EWI LCAM Conference, Jim Mathis, CSP. I highly recommend you go to Jim's website, read the rest of this article, "Living with Purpose - What's your "one thing"?". Sign up for his newsletter. He has a unique perspective on the economy and a wealth of useful, timely information available to read and share.

Here is a part of the article:
"Your convictions are the things for which you would lay down your life. Most people would agree that there are four things worth dying for:

(1) Faith - Our faith is what sustains us in tough times. Our faith is worth fighting and giving our lives for.
(2) Family - Most good parents would easily lay down their lives for their children or each other. When you've got nothing else, you have your family.
(3) Freedom - Many Americans take this for granted.
(4) Friends - You are doing very good in life if you can name one or two close friends that you trust and would lay down your life for (and they in turn for you). What have you done to cultivate close friendships with one or two people that will stand the test of time? An unknown author once said, "It is better to have lived for something than never to have lived at all."

Include others.
Don't have a goal for just yourself. Your purpose should lift everyone around you to a higher level. What are you doing that will change the lives of those around you? John Maxwell says, "There is no success without a successor." You don't want people to say after you are dead and buried, "Thank goodness he/she is gone!" Leave this a better world than when you came. Bring others along with you. Jimmy Durante, the famous comedian and entertainer said, "Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down."

Be bigger than yourself.
Live for something greater than yourself. It should be the last thing we accomplish, so then, life is a continual effort to perfect your purpose. Ask yourself, in 500 years (or in 50) will anyone know what I did? Will I have made a difference? The really great contributions to mankind have lasting value that we all remember. Often the greatest inventions are created by people who want to make life better for everyone else. A friend of mine says he likes to give to worthy charities that truly do good for people because it not only helps them but makes him feel good, too."

Jim Mathis, CSP is an international Certified Speaking Professional, executive coach and trainer. To subscribe to his free personal and professional development newsletter, please send an email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject. An electronic copy will be sent out to you every month.

For more information on how Jim and his programs can benefit your organization or group, please call 888-688-0220, or visit his web site: www.jimmathis.com.

Have a great month!

Kerry
2009/2010 EWI of Phoenix Chapter President
Kerry Feltenberg
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Kerry Feltenberg is the 2009/2010 Phoenix Chapter President and the Member Firm Representative for the Arizona Grand Resort.