Speakers Bureau

The Speakers Bureau is a list of members of The Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce who have expertise on a wide variety of topics important to business.  They are outstanding speakers who are excited to share their expertise with your organization.

If you are a member and would like to offer your professional speaking services, please contact [email protected] for inclusion in The Speakers Bureau.

For more details about a specific topic, or to secure one of the following speakers for an event, please contact them directly.

Complete list of speakers

By Name:

• Lena Barnett (Lena Barnett & Associates, LLC) - Estate Planning
• Sarah Sheila Birnbach (Birnbach Success Solutions, Inc.) - Human Resource Consulting, Executive Coaching, Employee and Management Training
• Deborah Cohn (Paley Rothman) - Estate Planning & Estate/Trust Administration
• Timothy C. Coughlin (Edgemoor Investment Advisors) - Financial Planning
• Marc Engel (Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd.) - Employment & Labor Law
• Pam Felix (California Tortilla) - Marketing
• Melanie Folstad (RBC Wealth Management) - Financial Planning
• Aaron Ghais (Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A.) - Mergers & acquisitions, venture capital, new entity formation, and other business transactions
• Cheryl Heusser (Snyder Cohn, PC) - Tax Planning for Businesses
• Jeffrey Kolender (Paley Rothman) - Estate Planning, Estate & Trust Administraiton, Estate & Gift Tax Planning
• Laura M. Labovich (The Career Strategy Group) - Career & Job Search Strategy
• Don Mooers (Mooers Immigration) - US Immigration & Nationality Law
• Andrew Platou (Snyder Cohn, PC) - Retirement & Employee Benefit Plan Audits, Compliance, & Design
• Mark Rittenberg (AMR Commercial, LLC) - Commercial Real Estate Services to Tenants, Owners & Investors
• Sam Rooeintan (Marstudio Inc.) - Marketing
• Jeff Rosolio (Elite Personnel) - Human Resource Consulting & Talent Acquisition Expertise
• Anita Segreti (Anita Segreti Insurance, Inc.) - Insurance, Personal & Commercial
• Shevy Shafie (Marstudio Inc.) - Marketing
• Gay S. Truscott (Edgemoor Investment Advisors) - Financial Planning
• Sydnee C. Stein (EagleBank) - Banking & Small Business Lending

By Category:

• Banking & Small Business Lending - Sydnee C. Stein (EagleBank)
• Career & Job Search Strategy - Laura M. Labovich (The Career Strategy Group)
• Commercial Real Estate Services to Tenants, Owners & Investors - Mark Rittenberg (AMR Commercial, LLC)
• Employment & Labor Law - Marc Engel (Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd.)
• Estate Planning - Lena Barnett (Lena Barnett & Associates, L.L.C.)
• Estate Planning & Estate/Trust Administration - Deborah Cohn (Paley Rothman)
• Estate Planning, Estate & Trust Administraiton, Estate & Gift Tax Planning - Jeffrey Kolender (Paley Rothman)
• Financial Planning - Gay S. Truscott (Edgemoor Investment Advisors)
• Financial Planning - Melanie Folstad (RBC Wealth Management)
• Financial Planning - Timothy C. Coughlin (Edgemoor Investment Advisors)
• Human Resource Consulting & Talent Acquisition Expertise - Jeff Rosolio (Elite Personnel)
• Human Resources: Management Consulting, Coaching, Training - Sarah Sheila Birnbach (Birnbach Success Solutions, Inc.)
• Insurance, Personal & Commercial - Anita Segreti (Anita Segreti Insurance, Inc.)
• Marketing - Pam Felix (California Tortilla)
• Marketing - Shevy Shafie (Marstudio Inc.)
• Marketing - Sam Rooeintan (Marstudio Inc.)
• Mergers & Acquisitions, Entity Formation and Private Placements - Aaron Ghais (Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A.)
• Retirement & Employee Benefit Plan Audits, Compliance, & Design - Andrew Platou (Snyder Cohn, PC)
• Tax Planning for Businesses - Cheryl Heusser (Snyder Cohn, PC)
• US Immigration & Nationality Law - Don Mooers (Mooers Immigration)

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Speaking of Seniors is supported by the Senior Marketing Committee of The Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce.

The following is a list of speakers, who are available to discuss issues that are of interest to seniors and/or about topics that affect the senior population. Please click on each speaker's profile to view further information about their presentation.

Melanie Folstad, RBC Wealth Management    "Retirement Income Planning"    "Financial Planning"

Ellen D. Tillman, CLU, CLTC, MBA, Ellen Tillman and Company    "Long Term Care"    "How to Protect Against Outliving your Resources"

Joan Van De Moortel, Care For You, Inc.    "Caring for the Caregiver"    "Hoarding/Extreme Accumulation"    "Staying at Home: Medical Benefits of Non-Medical Care"