2019 Speaker Bios
Liz Heller, Attorney, Goldenberg, Heller, Antognoli, P.C.
Some of her closest friends have told her that she is too competitive. For better or worse, she has been a competitor all her life. After graduating from Beloit College in 1980, she worked for May Department Stores Company in St. Louis before deciding to leave in 1989 to train full-time for a place on the U.S. Olympic Cycling Team. Her fallback plan was law school.
She graduated from Washington University Law School in 1991 and joined what is now Goldenberg Heller & Antognoli as an associate that same year. She became a partner in 1997.
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Barb Sherer, Sherer Family Law
Barbara has been practicing law in the St. Louis Metro East area for over 25 years, concentrating in the areas of family law, real estate law, criminal defense and general civil practice.
She completed both her undergraduate degree and Juris Doctorate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. During law school, she clerked on the Court of Appeals in Eastern Missouri and worked at a personal injury law firm.
After graduating, she worked at the Law Firm of Lucco, Brown, and Mudge in Edwardsville, Illinois. Additionally, Barbara was the lead attorney in the Domestic Violence/Child Support Enforcement Unit of the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office for over 2 years.
Barbara opened her own practice in Edwardsville, Illinois in April, 1993. Her practice encompasses being in-house-counsel for Abstracts and Titles, a position she has held for almost 25 years.
Barb volunteers at several philanthropic organizations in the community, including being a member of the board of the Edwardsville Arts Center.
While Barbara projects a confident and assertive attitude in the courtroom, her instinctual approach in cases is to attempt a settlement. Her many years of experience have taught her that parties are infinitely happier if they make the decision about the resolution of a case themselves instead of having a Judge decide.
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Jeanne Cleveland, M.D.
Cardio Thoracic Surgeon
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Deedee Lahamon
Founder / Operator - The Covering House
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Dana Adams
Founder / Operator - Restore Decor
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Mitch Meyers, Queen of Everything!
Before retiring and taking on my role as mother of the year, I was the Co-Founder and President of an award-winning marketing and communications agency, which employed 350 people, with offices in 5 states, and revenue exceeding $42 MM annually.
AdWoman of the Year, CEO and Pilot of the famed Zipatoni, and the mother of Bud Light, my 25+ years in the marketing and communications space has been spent building, launching, and consulting for brands of major Fortune 100 companies, startup businesses, various advisory boards, and non-profit organizations.
My latest business ventures include my role as Co-Owner and Partner at The Proof Agency, an agency specializing in launching and developing brands in the adult beverage and cannabis space, as well as Co-Owner and Partner at the Nature’s Care Company and BeLeaf Company, two medicinal cannabis providers.
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Cassie Celuch
Cassie Celuch is an entrepreneur, mother of 3 girls, an advocate for human rights and a champion for kindness.
She took a rather non-conventional way of chasing her dreams. Now, almost 20 years after she began her journey (moving to Hollywood with a couple of suitcases and a couple of hundred dollars), she opened a boutique Hair Salon in downtown Edwardsville and is rapidly expanding her Beauty and Lifestyle brand, byCassandra.
She is launching her beauty/lifestyle blog in the coming months, using the same name, byCassandra. She also has plans this year to expand her “one chair” to include luxury Salon Spaces as well as a resale and one of a kind clothing boutique.
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Amy Stack
Amy Stack is the Founder and President of Extraordinary Events, a local organization that consists of volunteers who visit area group homes. Extraordinary Events does small events for residents at the homes they visit. Events examples we have proudly completed include Bingo at Nursing Homes, cards and snacks to VA Hospitals on Veteran’s Day, and partnering with Tim Tebow’s Night to Shine. She is a former Judges’ Coordinator and Board Member of Butterfly Dreams, a pageant for adults and children who are disabled.
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Cindy McGrew
Owner, Traveling Tails Inn
Some of her closest friends have told her that she is too competitive. For better or worse, she has been a competitor all her life. After graduating from Beloit College in 1980, she worked for May Department Stores Company in St. Louis before deciding to leave in 1989 to train full-time for a place on the U.S. Olympic Cycling Team. Her fallback plan was law school.
She graduated from Washington University Law School in 1991 and joined what is now Goldenberg Heller & Antognoli as an associate that same year. She became a partner in 1997.
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Barb Sherer, Sherer Family Law
Barbara has been practicing law in the St. Louis Metro East area for over 25 years, concentrating in the areas of family law, real estate law, criminal defense and general civil practice.
She completed both her undergraduate degree and Juris Doctorate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. During law school, she clerked on the Court of Appeals in Eastern Missouri and worked at a personal injury law firm.
After graduating, she worked at the Law Firm of Lucco, Brown, and Mudge in Edwardsville, Illinois. Additionally, Barbara was the lead attorney in the Domestic Violence/Child Support Enforcement Unit of the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office for over 2 years.
Barbara opened her own practice in Edwardsville, Illinois in April, 1993. Her practice encompasses being in-house-counsel for Abstracts and Titles, a position she has held for almost 25 years.
Barb volunteers at several philanthropic organizations in the community, including being a member of the board of the Edwardsville Arts Center.
While Barbara projects a confident and assertive attitude in the courtroom, her instinctual approach in cases is to attempt a settlement. Her many years of experience have taught her that parties are infinitely happier if they make the decision about the resolution of a case themselves instead of having a Judge decide.
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Jeanne Cleveland, M.D.
Cardio Thoracic Surgeon
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Deedee Lahamon
Founder / Operator - The Covering House
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Dana Adams
Founder / Operator - Restore Decor
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Mitch Meyers, Queen of Everything!
Before retiring and taking on my role as mother of the year, I was the Co-Founder and President of an award-winning marketing and communications agency, which employed 350 people, with offices in 5 states, and revenue exceeding $42 MM annually.
AdWoman of the Year, CEO and Pilot of the famed Zipatoni, and the mother of Bud Light, my 25+ years in the marketing and communications space has been spent building, launching, and consulting for brands of major Fortune 100 companies, startup businesses, various advisory boards, and non-profit organizations.
My latest business ventures include my role as Co-Owner and Partner at The Proof Agency, an agency specializing in launching and developing brands in the adult beverage and cannabis space, as well as Co-Owner and Partner at the Nature’s Care Company and BeLeaf Company, two medicinal cannabis providers.
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Cassie Celuch
Cassie Celuch is an entrepreneur, mother of 3 girls, an advocate for human rights and a champion for kindness.
She took a rather non-conventional way of chasing her dreams. Now, almost 20 years after she began her journey (moving to Hollywood with a couple of suitcases and a couple of hundred dollars), she opened a boutique Hair Salon in downtown Edwardsville and is rapidly expanding her Beauty and Lifestyle brand, byCassandra.
She is launching her beauty/lifestyle blog in the coming months, using the same name, byCassandra. She also has plans this year to expand her “one chair” to include luxury Salon Spaces as well as a resale and one of a kind clothing boutique.
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Amy Stack
Amy Stack is the Founder and President of Extraordinary Events, a local organization that consists of volunteers who visit area group homes. Extraordinary Events does small events for residents at the homes they visit. Events examples we have proudly completed include Bingo at Nursing Homes, cards and snacks to VA Hospitals on Veteran’s Day, and partnering with Tim Tebow’s Night to Shine. She is a former Judges’ Coordinator and Board Member of Butterfly Dreams, a pageant for adults and children who are disabled.
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Cindy McGrew
Owner, Traveling Tails Inn