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YOUR LEADERS THAT ARE PAVING THE WAY
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 | LACEY T. SMITH learned
to negotiate in the streets,
in the board rooms, and
in the legislative halls
of power.
Raised in the west end of
Louisville, Kentucky, Lacey
graduated magna cum
laude from Hamline University and was editor of
the Journal of Public and International Affairs at
the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University,
where he won an MPA degree. He received his
law degree from the Harvard Law School. Lacey
served as assistant attorney general in Kentucky
and as chairman of that state’s senate education
committee, during which term he was named by
the capital press corps “Outstanding Senator in
the Public Interest,” and twice “Outstanding Orator”
in the senate.
He has taught at Brandeis University and at
the University of Louisville, in addition to being
an adjunct professor in the MBA program at
Bellarmine University, where he has taught courses
in negotiation skills and in new venture creation.
While at Bellarmine he won the coveted Metroversity
Award for Excellence in Teaching.
More than an academician, Lacey has created,
developed, and sold several businesses with
hundreds of employees and millions of dollars
in sales. He also consults with businesses and
nonprofit organizations on negotiation strategy
and tactics, and on the use of creativity to maximize
productivity. |
 , | He is the author of Get It! Street Smart
Negotiation at Work reviewed on The New York
Times Business Section best seller page and in The
Chicago Tribune.
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 | BARBARA SEXTON SMITH
was a corporate
“intrapreneur” when most
folks were just getting
their tongue around its
funny-sounding cousin,
“entrepreneur.”
As a regional manager
for Wendy’s International in the early eighties, and
before “team” was a buzzword, she organized her
350 employees into a multifunctional work team.
Her efforts produced such profits, productivity, and
plaudits that she was selected from 3,000 managers
worldwide to manage the Wendy’s operation at
the Ohio State Fair, a signal indication that she
was Wendy’s “Employee of the Year.” She was a
founding leader of the Fresher Cooker Restaurant
chain, one of the first fresh-ingredient-healthy-heart
concepts in America, and served as its National
Franchise Director in building 18 restaurants in
seven states.
Since 1986 Barbara has helped to raise more than
$168 million for her community. She has worked
with the Fund for the Arts, Metro United Way,
Olmsted Parks Conservancy, and The National
Conference, to name a few. She won national
honors for her work. As a member of the National
Speakers Association, Barbara is a highly soughtafter
motivational speaker who inspires every
audience, every time!
In 1994 Barbara founded Quick Think, Inc., a
business consulting and leadership development
company.
In 1996 she was nominated for the Entrepreneur of
the Year Award! In all her pursuits, civic as well as
business, Barbara is a team builder. She is a team
leader. She is a motivator and an innovator. She is
entrepreneurship!
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