Arnel has held a variety of positions including Attorney, Mediator, and Human Resources Director, and was previously with his own law firm as the Managing Attorney where he was responsible for General Counsel to clients in business matters, including commercial and civil litigation, contracts, federal and state labor and employment laws, and risk management. Arnel is most proud of helping business owners identify and seize the opportunities available to them by holding them accountable to execute on the actions necessary to achieve success. Arnel has been with How to Manage a Small Law Firm for more than 5 years and has held numerous positions, including Senior Fractional CEO, CEO Lead, and Fractional COO, as well as a Crash Course leader, Business Plan Workshop presenter, Bootcamp teacher, and Advanced Business Plan Workshop facilitator. In his spare time, Arnel enjoys Martial Arts, Motorcycles, Traveling, and being his son’s Fencing weapons armorer and coach.

Beth Freeman has held a variety of positions including Law Firm Administrator, Owner of a Professional Coaching Business, and Real Estate Investor. Beth was previously with a non-profit organization with 12,000 members as a Sr. Director and Executive Team Member. She was responsible for the development of two departments, seven Directors, and multiple teams consisting of 135 leaders, coaches, and support staff in the creation and implementation of programs across seven Chicagoland locations. This included overseeing the delivery of multi-location weekly events for thousands of members, leading monthly workshops, and delivering keynote messages for annual conferences. Beth is most proud of her volunteer work in her community over the last few decades, mentoring women of all ages and stages of life. Beth has been leading people and developing businesses for 28 years.  In her spare time, Beth enjoys long walks with her husband, game nights with her kids, reading to her two grandkids, riding horses, and journaling.

Brian has held a variety of positions including business owner, sales manager, attorney, consultant, president and was previously CEO where he was responsible for leading a nationwide legal services company that operated from 12 locations, in 7 states. Brian is most proud of his ability to integrate complex situations into strategic solutions. In his spare time, Brian enjoys learning and growing alongside his young child.

Charles Luna has held a variety of positions including business owner, and Director of Marketing and Communications, and was previously with Medtronic as a Conversion Rate Optimization Specialist and Campaign Development Advisor where he was responsible for leading the global web optimization and omnichannel campaign development of a Fortune 50 company. Charles is most proud of the dozen-plus years he spent creating and building an agency that specialized in marketing professional services firms. In his spare time, Charles enjoys camping, traveling, hiking with his dog, and sampling Colorado’s amazing varieties of craft beer. Before becoming a marketer, he also had careers as both a cancer researcher and as an architect. Life is full of unexpected twists and turns…

Clarissa has held various positions, including Law Firm Administrator, Manager of Operations and Administrative Services, and Director of Operations. She was previously with Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle & Sacks, L.L.C. as a Law Firm Administrator, where she was responsible for a multi-office team of Attorneys and Legal support staff, securing the Operational Management, Policies and Procedures, Human Resources and Technologies to enrich the culture and support the business. Clarissa is proud of her time working in New York City at one of the largest women-owned legal recruiting firms, where she opened multiple eDiscovery centers nationwide. In her spare time, Clarissa enjoys hot yoga, gardening, and an endless pursuit of finding the best pizza. She also adores spending time with her family in NJ and traveling to the beautiful island of Puerto Rico to visit her parents.

Thomas Wright held a variety of positions including Managing Partner and CEO, senior tax director, and tax consulting manager, and was previously employed with JTH Tax, Inc. (a publicly traded company) as a Merger and Acquisition Director, where he was responsible for leading the acquisition team, identifying the target acquisitions, leading the due diligence team, and negotiating the terms and conditions of the deal. Thomas is most proud of developing tax strategies that reduced the US effective tax rate in excess of 3% yielding an effective tax rate of under 19% while working as a tax director at Johnson & Johnson. Thomas holds a Master’s degree in taxation and a Bachelor’s degree in accountancy with a minor in finance. He has worked as a CPA in public accountancy for over 25 years and as a law firm management advisor for 4 years. He has been published over 25 times in relation to business strategies in for-profit organizations. He is also a duly licensed provider in New York for CPE (CLE equivalent) instruction. In his spare time, Thomas enjoys healthy living and exercise, family activities, coaching baseball (his son is a junior all-star accepting offers from D1 colleges), enjoying movies in his home theater, and developing his music talents. Most importantly, he enjoys time shared with his wife, three sons (Jeff, Travis, and Clive), and Margo…his German Mastiff. Thomas enjoys giving back to the community by fundraising for the American Heart Association and speaking engagements with LVAD and transplant candidates, recipients, and their respective families.