Nancy was an instructor at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX   from 1998 through 2003 teaching Career Management, Organizational Change, Human Resources Administration, and Business Communications.  She has facilitated career transition workshops and provided executive leadership coaching for multiple corporations in all industries ranging from privately held to Fortune 15.  During her career Nancy had a private counseling practice, and was founder of two successful consulting firms designed to improve personal and professional competencies. Nancy has developed and facilitated a broad range of customized training and development programs for various business and industry enterprises such as:  Voluntary Hospitals of America, Kinetic Concepts, GTE, AT&T, Kodak, Unysis, Lincoln Properties, Owens and Minor, IMCO, SKB, Right Management Inc, Abbott Laboratories, Scott Paper, Dallas Community Colleges, K.D. Modeling Studios, Cardinal Health, Time Warner, The MED Group, Sabre, Motorola, Hire Heroes USA, Staff Care, StratCenter and Right Management.

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Bruce Maples

Mr. Bruce Maples and Mr. Rocky Sickman have earned this award due to their tremendous dedication to our Nation’s veterans, their initiative and significant contributions to Hire Heroes USA, through hosting numerous fundraising events and opening the door for many partnership opportunities with companies to help hire veterans.

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Hire Heroes proudly and humbly presents the 2010 Pacesetter Award to Joe Vonder Haar, Vice President of the Convenience Store Channel and Military Sales for Anheuser-Busch, Inc., in recognition of his initiative and significant contributions to Hire Heroes USA, through numerous fundraising events and opening the door for partnership opportunities with companies to help hire veterans. As a sponsor of the St. Louis Cardinals Legend’s Camp and the 1st Annual Salute to Veterans Golf Classic events in Pittsburgh and Alpharetta, Vonder Haar and Anheuser Bush have donated over $100,000 worth of beverage product and prizes this year alone.

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The Hire Heroes USA team would like to extend its heartfelt thanks to a man who exemplifies the impact one individual can make. Carl P. Meyer elected this year to celebrate Independence Day and show his respect for the men and women of our Armed Forces by staging the first annual “100 Holes for Our Heroes” golf event benefiting Hire Heroes USA. The unique event, held yearly on July 4th at Chenequa Country Club in Hartland, WI, is  planned and executed by Carl himself and features an attempt by the longtime golfer to play 100 holes of golf in a single day. “The Fourth of July is the perfect day for this,” Meyer said. “We are able to celebrate our freedoms because of the sacrifices veterans, past and present, have undertaken.”

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Sanofi-Aventis is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies. In the United States, Sanofi-Aventis employs approximately 16,000 employees located at 14 geographical sites throughout the country. Of these, approximately 8,000 are field sales professionals, making the company’s sales force one of the largest in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. The U.S. affiliate headquarters are located in Bridgewater, NJ.

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