Meet our Q1 Mentors
Go back in time with me for a second?
You're at an event, gleaning all kinds of wisdom from a super smart speaker. You connect with the content and approach the speaker after the event. You set up a coffee to learn more.
We've learned over the past year that virtual events don't yield these kinds of connections. So this year we set out to change that.
Mentors give our community more access to the genius women who speak in our space. These women have all graciously agreed to not just lead a 30-minute Zoom session, but truly connect with our community and intentionally invite follow-up conversation.
It's just one more perk to being a member at The Treasury. Schedule your free week now.
Ready to get to know our Q1 mentors?
Mary Nhin is the Co-Founder/Franchisor of Nhinja Sushi/Founder of Grow Grit Press/Creator of Ninja Life Hacks and Mini Movers and Shakers. She’s grown from a small mom and pop shop to a five-unit restaurant chain. She did this by constantly learning and innovating, undertaking the latest in technology to improve customer experience, implementing processes and systems, automating where we could, serving high quality sushi at affordable prices, and delivering top notch customer service.
In addition, she also advises small business owners on setting the proper foundation in which to grow, processes and systems, real estate, and other strategical business decisions. Her specialties include business development, business strategy, real estate, small business, entrepreneurship, consulting, self-publishing, writing, public relations, and marketing.
Heather Lisle is a professional problem-solver, business coach, and entrepreneur with 20 plus years of experience helping business owners and leaders identify their biggest pain points and develop a fast track for growth and success.
Valerie Riley was raised in the San Francisco Bay area before moving to Dallas, TX on a whim. While in Dallas, she took a position as a Personal Assistant. During her seven years with her employer, she gained the skills that would later shape her own company. When the position ended, Riley decided to launch her own business using the skills she had perfected and position she had come to love, but with an eye to be a disruptor in the field. She moved to Oklahoma City, OK in 2009, opened what was then called The Riley Group, and after bringing on three clients in her new home city, hired her first employee. In 2014 at the urging of her business mentor, Riley began the process to franchise the concept. After rebranding the company to be called LifeSquire (and way too many conference calls with consultants and lawyers), the company was franchised in June 2015. Since that time, LifeSquire sold and then closed 7 locations outside of Oklahoma City. (Too adversarial of a business for her!) Now, the company is focused on expanding nationwide through their proprietary technology, along with their job placement & training programs, for anyone, not just assistants, in support roles. LifeSquire is the largest personal assistant company in the US and the first to market technology specific for this relationship. Valerie Riley is passionate about her dogs, her rescued cat, her vacuum, empowering caretakers, and new ideas. In that order.
For the past decade, Skye Latimer has channeled her integrity-first leadership skills to guide companies in telling stories that drive conversation, build community and inspire brand loyalty. With a diverse background that spans from marketing strategy, brand growth, operations, project management, advertising, sales, cybersecurity and DE&I, she thrives in situations that call upon her team leadership, collaboration and communication skills. From growing small start-ups, to creating large-scale, international campaigns for celebrities, her sweet spot is increasing brand awareness and compelling storytelling that connects with the customer. Skye has the gift of and meeting people where they are when tough conversations around inclusive marketing, diversity and equity call for radical candor between teams and executives. By day, Skye supports local businesses in her newly appointed role of Partner/Co-Owner at Folded Owl. Outside of work hours, she recently finished her tenure as the Director of the Adult Dance Program at Studio 7, serves on the East End Commercial District board of directors, the Mary Abbott Children's House board and is Chairperson of the Equity Brewing Company Trust. Skye is a Next Gen Under 30 Award Winner, Oklahoma Gazette 40 Under 40 winner, Class Matter's Dream Building mentor and award winner and was recognized by People Magazine in 2016. When she's not celebrating extraordinary citizens and trying to change the world, you'll find her exercising, reading, listening to podcasts or binging the latest Netflix series. Skye and her husband live in Norman with their two-year-old son. She is an Oklahoma Christian University graduate.
Selah Hirsch is a brand builder! She brings magnetic energy and vision to help business owners and non-profit leaders break through the generic and discover their better, bolder brand. As a Brand Coach and Strategist through her company Express My Brand, Selah specializes in the verbal aspect of brand development. Every day she works with companies, non-profits, and personal brands to strengthen the way they talk about what they do, how they do it, and why it matters. For fun, Selah loves cheering on her husband in Ironman races, mentoring youth in entrepreneurship at Loveworks Leadership, and trying to keep up with their three high-energy kids. Buckle up for this energetic, highly caffeinated session with Selah!