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April 19, 2025 Julie Kostic

James A. Hicks is an Entrepreneur, Public Speaker and Executive here in the Central Florida area.  As the founder of Hicks Financial; Asset & Wealth Management, he helps people all over the country build wealth through consultations and financial coaching.  His experience ranges from working at the senior executive level in corporate America where he serves on several advisory boards, as well as serving on the boards of multiple non-profit organizations nationally.

 

He is a public speaker who has conducted seminars on financial freedom, sales, and professional training.  He attended the University of Central Florida for undergrad and earned an MBA from Webster University.  He also completed a certification with Harvard University in Entrepreneurship.  Within the last few years he has won the "Black History Maker' award as well as the "Men of Honor" award with Onyx magazine. 

 

He has also been featured in the "Orlando Business Journal" and on Star 94.5 as the "Man Crush Monday," where they mentioned his accolades and work in the community.

 

 James A. Hicks

 President and CEO

 Hicks Financial; Asset and Wealth Management

James A. Hicks is an Entrepreneur, Public Speaker and Executive here in the Central Florida area.&nbsp; As the founder of Hicks Financial; Asset &amp; Wealth Management, he helps people all over the country build wealth through consultations and financial coaching.&nbsp; His experience ranges from working at the senior executive level in corporate&nbsp;America where he serves on several advisory boards, as well as serving on the boards of multiple non-profit&nbsp;organizations nationally.
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He is a public speaker who has conducted seminars on financial freedom, sales, and professional training.&nbsp; He attended the University of Central Florida for undergrad and earned an MBA from Webster University.&nbsp; He also completed a certification with Harvard University in Entrepreneurship.&nbsp; Within the last few years he has won the "Black History Maker' award as well as the "Men of Honor" award with Onyx magazine.&nbsp;
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He has also been featured in the "Orlando Business Journal" and on Star 94.5 as the "Man Crush Monday," where they mentioned his accolades and work in the community.
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&nbsp;James A. Hicks
&nbsp;President and CEO
&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hicksfinancialawm.com/">Hicks Financial; Asset and Wealth Management</a>

What's the Score: Guest, James Hicks.

(877) 313-XCEL (9235)

 

admin@excelpros.org www.excelpros.org

 

Certified Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) (DBE/ACDBE)

 

Dr. Fatimoh Harris, President, Author & Certified Grant Writer

Dr. Fatimoh Harris, President of Excel Professional Grant Writing & Nonprofit Services, LLc and Excel Professional Services, is a successful Training Facilitator, Certified Grant Writer, Corporate Consultant, Grant Reviewer, College Adjunct Instructor and recurring broadcast media guest. Excel is certified as Human Resource Specialist, DISC Workplace Trainer, Church Administration, Federal and State Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) and DBE/ACDBE. She is the author of Navigating the Grant Industry® Handbook and has other books to be released soon. Dr. Harris has produced and hosted her Business and Leadership Television Show, Excelled To Go Forward with Season 2 coming soon.

 

Dr. Harris has nearly 20 years of professional office and management administrative experiences including working with teams handling annual multi-million dollar budgets. She have successfully won millions in grassroots funding, 98% of 501(c)3 applications are IRS approved and over $30M in grant experiences. Her team specializes in Management/Administrative Consulting, Professional Development, Small Business, and Youth/Adult Essential Life and Employment Training.

 

Dr. Harris is a native of Chicago, Illinois and has worked virtually and on-site, internationally. Her roots are in Business and Social Service Communities. She works closely with corporate leaders, board members, and teams applying excellence and ethical principles to satisfy their business needs. She is an experienced government and community Grant Reviewer who participates in Grant Administration® duties with teams that reward multiple millions in grant funding to nonprofit agencies and an advisor to small businesses, just like yours.

 

Excel goals are to help organizations move beyond good intentions to building systems that demonstrate real results, attract funding, and sustain their mission in communities and for the clients they serve.

 

Strategize • Implement • Measure • Grow 

(877) 313-XCEL (9235)
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admin@excelpros.org www.excelpros.org
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Certified Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) (DBE/ACDBE)
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Dr. Fatimoh Harris, President, Author &amp; Certified Grant Writer
Dr. Fatimoh Harris, President of Excel Professional Grant Writing &amp; Nonprofit Services, LLc and Excel Professional Services, is a successful Training Facilitator, Certified Grant Writer, Corporate Consultant, Grant Reviewer, College Adjunct Instructor and recurring broadcast media guest. Excel is certified as Human Resource Specialist, DISC Workplace Trainer, Church Administration, Federal and State Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) and DBE/ACDBE. She is the author of Navigating the Grant Industry&reg; Handbook and has other books to be released soon. Dr. Harris has produced and hosted her Business and Leadership Television Show, Excelled To Go Forward with Season 2 coming soon.
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Dr. Harris has nearly 20 years of professional office and management administrative experiences including working with teams handling annual multi-million dollar budgets. She have successfully won millions in grassroots funding, 98% of 501(c)3 applications are IRS approved and over $30M in grant experiences. Her team specializes in Management/Administrative Consulting, Professional Development, Small Business, and Youth/Adult Essential Life and Employment Training.
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Dr. Harris is a native of Chicago, Illinois and has worked virtually and on-site, internationally. Her roots are in Business and Social Service Communities. She works closely with corporate leaders, board members, and teams applying excellence and ethical principles to satisfy their business needs. She is an experienced government and community Grant Reviewer who participates in Grant Administration&reg; duties with teams that reward multiple millions in grant funding to nonprofit agencies and an advisor to small businesses, just like yours.
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Excel goals are to help organizations move beyond good intentions to building systems that demonstrate real results, attract funding, and sustain their mission in communities and for the clients they serve.
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Strategize &bull; Implement &bull; Measure &bull; Grow

What's the Score: Guest, Dr Fatimoh Harris.

Nicole Hagedorn
Founder and Principal, Davis + Harper Brand Strategy and Creative

Nicole Hagedorn is a business and brand strategist and the founder of Davis + Harper — and she has a question she likes to ask: if you sat the CEO, the head of sales, the head of marketing, and the CFO of the same company in a room and asked them who their best customer is and how they talk to them, how many different answers do you think you'd get? In her experience, usually four. And that's not a marketing problem. That's a business strategy problem.
After five years at an agency she lovingly calls her "career bootcamp" and eleven years on the Fortune 500 side, Nicole now works exclusively with C-suite leadership at mid-market companies — typically between $10M and $180M in revenue — who are growing fast but where the strategic foundation underneath hasn't kept up. She starts with the business itself: where it's going, how leadership is making decisions, and whether the company's internal story and its market reality are actually aligned. From there, she carries that clarity all the way through to positioning, messaging, and creative direction — built into the business strategy, not bolted onto it, and handed off in a form teams can use immediately. Her signature engagement, the Brandsformation, is a focused two-to-three-month process, and she takes on only two to three clients at a time — because the work requires real attention, and so do the people she works with.

Nicole Hagedorn Founder and Principal, Davis + Harper Brand Strategy and Creative
Nicole Hagedorn is a business and brand strategist and the founder of Davis + Harper &mdash; and she has a question she likes to ask: if you sat the CEO, the head of sales, the head of marketing, and the CFO of the same company in a room and asked them who their best customer is and how they talk to them, how many different answers do you think you'd get? In her experience, usually four. And that's not a marketing problem. That's a business strategy problem. After five years at an agency she lovingly calls her "career bootcamp" and eleven years on the Fortune 500 side, Nicole now works exclusively with C-suite leadership at mid-market companies &mdash; typically between $10M and $180M in revenue &mdash; who are growing fast but where the strategic foundation underneath hasn't kept up. She starts with the business itself: where it's going, how leadership is making decisions, and whether the company's internal story and its market reality are actually aligned. From there, she carries that clarity all the way through to positioning, messaging, and creative direction &mdash; built into the business strategy, not bolted onto it, and handed off in a form teams can use immediately. Her signature engagement, the Brandsformation, is a focused two-to-three-month process, and she takes on only two to three clients at a time &mdash; because the work requires real attention, and so do the people she works with.

April 19, 2025 Julie Kostic

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