The Original Mastermind Mindset Group

The Original Mastermind Mindset Group Membership, under the direction of our Mastermind Mentor, Patrick Carney, included:

• Pat Carney
• Dr. Stephie Althouse
• Mark Baldwin
• Joy Megas
• Karen Taggert
• Paul Michael Dekker
• David McElveen
• Jennifer Carney
• Lisa Wells
• Deborah Dimery
• Charles Vest
• Christy Johnson
• Sasha Toporovsky
• David Randle
• Lyn Foltz
• Carol Dysart

Additional MMMS Members whose bright lights contributed to this journey over the years: Jennifer Peterson, Solange Sheppy, Joe Von Gerichten, Matt Alston, Victoria Wiegel, Holly Morrow,
Jennifer Bailey, and many more (who have we missed?).

The Group

Dr. Stephie Althouse was recognized by MIT Technology Review as one of 100 “most promising young innovators under the age of 35” (1999). She received several “Technology of the Year Awards” through the Small Business Innovative Research program. She has led the operations and the R&D department of a high-tech company and has raised in excess of 7 million dollars in research and product development grants. Her ability to define business focus, implement win-win strategies and build true relationships paired with her skill to effectively bridge the languages of technology and business have made her sought after in the high-tech business world. 

As an executive technologist, business leader and a mom of a now 4-year old son Dr. Stephie Althouse also truly understands the extensive multi-tasking and overwhelm that moms often go through and she has developed a powerful solution to it. Her organization “Moms Never Sleep” helps moms to replace stress, guilt and sleepless nights with joy, success and time for what they truly love.

Moms Never Sleep’s services include:
•A community of caring and ambitious Moms to connect with
•Exclusive interviews with inspiring Moms who share their wisdom and success stories
•“Lifestyle Mastery for Moms” Seminars (live and on video)
•Tools for Moms to mentor their children important skills not taught in school
•Personal development, business training, “easology” (do more with less; lighten your load), brain training and much more
•Access to experts selected specifically for Mom professionals who are pursuing a passion – but not at the expense of family time

Moms Never Sleep is for Moms who want to get so skillful at mastering their lives that having children and family dovetails happily into
pursuing another passion, be it being a high-powered executive or successful entrepreneur, author or cause leader.
Join our community today and get a free video about a 5-minute method to live each day according to YOURareas of purpose at www.MomsNeverSleep.com . “Like” us at www.facebook.com/MomsNeverSleep
Email: Stephie@MomsNeverSleep.com
Website: www.MomsNeverSleep.com
Phone: (760) 707-9977

Mark Baldwin
Video recording, editing, rendering and publishing is the driving force behind the services that Mark Lewis Baldwin (MLB) offers.
Recorded video is published to DVDs/CDs, on Local Area Networks for private business use, on the Web to Websites, to Social Media and in the Cloud for both private and public viewing. MLB has covered and recorded in Video well over 100 events in the last couple years. This includes events where Internationally recognized Motivational speakers, Trainers, Olympic and Professional athletes were Featured. MLB’s technology skill sets all started out with programming database driven applications written in Auto-Lisp for the building industry in 1985. In 1999 it was obvious the services MLB offered would now need to be provided over the World Wide Web.
From MLB’s perspective content should flow from an individual workstation to a Local Area Network then integrate multiple LANs into a Wide Area Network which could then be made available to the world via the Internet. So MLB acquired the expertise to create LANs and extent them both wired and wireless and integrate designated content to the Internet.
It seemed natural to add Video Surveillance into MLB’s networking expertise. The Video surveillance then became a vehicle to broadcast Video to the Internet. Video Surveillance enabled MLB to deliver live and recorded video to be viewed on the web as an on-line presentation (TV Show). Broadcast are in SD (Standard Definition) to HD (High Definition).
Calls requesting Video coverage of business events led to MLB’s publishing participants in events both live and recorded over the Internet.
Naturally MLB uses social media to market and otherwise promote our Videos.
Additionally MLB is proficient in Develop Database driven web applications Website Hosting Wireless Networks
a) WiFi
b) WiMAX
c) Proprietary
d) Point to Point
e) Point to Multi-Point
11. Surveillance Systems
a) Analog
b) Digital
c) Network Lan Integration
d) Network Wan Integration
e) Internet Integration
f) Audio Integration

Joy Megas Joy Megas is a skilled writer, artist, teacher and entrepreneur. She works from home office and art studio in Long Beach, California, writing, painting, tutoring, managing residential properties and her husband’s Airplane business. Currently, she is co-director of the Shoestring City Ranch, www.shoestringcityranch.org with Karen Thompson, Team Thompson Property Management. In addition, she and her partner/illustrator/graphic artist, Theresa Padilla Fajardo, are in development of a Children’s Intellectual Property, “Angels Carry.” (Hint: It’s heaven sent)Joy welcomes you to contact her via email or by phone. She is more than happy to bring a little “joy” into your life!!

Paul-Michael Dekker After graduating from university, Paul-Michael lived for nine years in Winnipeg, Manitoba while working for Burroughs, Sperry Univac, and UNISYS, and worked one year with the Board of Education of the City of York (Toronto, Ontario). In these years he was a systems analyst, software engineer, and cost analyst.Paul-Michael joined GENI (Global Energy Network Institute), a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, in September of 1993 and is now their IT Director. He manages the teams who support the 3400+ page web site, www.GENI.org. He speaks locally about the GENI Initiative and writes occasionally on specific technical projects (GENI WMS Server, The GENI Model). He is currently working to prepare for the month-long Demonstration Event in September, 2010, by the World Resources Simulation Center (www.WRSC.org), a GENI spin-off project. 
He is CEO of Green Star Standard, a consultancy that specializes in environmental impact validation using the Practical Life Cycle Assessment process that automates the ranking of products or services by up to 90% compared to other standards-based methods. The PLCA allows organizations to perform full whole life costing with effective transparency and Triple Bottom Line comparisons. We use science and standards to provide the independent 3rd-party validation you need to improve the value of your brand 10-20%. Think of Green Star Standard as the good housekeeping seal for the environment. Our work meets or exceeds existing life cycle assessment standards.
Locally, he serves as on the Board for the Sustainability Alliance of Southern California, where he advocates for sustainable community policies. He actively participates on the Energy and Water Committee and Green Products Committee of the San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership.
He is a former member of the IEEE and the San Diego Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants.
In alignment with his other policy-related activities, he ran as an Independent Candidate on the Libertarian Ticket for the 53rd District in 2010 Congressional Election Campaign in San Diego, California.
Mr. Dekker received a degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada), in 1980.
As part of a lifetime commitment to learning,

• In 1992, Mr. Dekker completed the Excellerated Business School’s Money & You program, and since then has continued to recommend and support DC Cordova, the instructors, and participants of this innovative and powerful transformational learning program (do this first!).
• He completed Landmark Education Corporation’s Curriculum for Living (1992-1994-2004); Wisdom Course; Partnership Exploration; and the Introduction to Forum Leadership Program (IFLP). As well, he was a 2-time IFLP Coach, 2-time Wisdom Course Coach, and 3-time Partnership Explorations Grading Team member (our final grading team achieved the highest all-time participant completion percentage for the course)
• Paul-Michael completed the Referral Institute’s Certified Professional Networker Certificate Program in 2007.
• In 2009, He completed the MetaFitness Body Mind Institute Empowerment Coach Certification program.
• In 2009, Mr. Dekker completed the CEO Space 309 program, and has attended all of the forums since 1209, building teams and serving other innovators and business leaders.
• Paul-Michael is participating in the Mind In Business program with Productive Learning in 2010.

Lisa Wells
Lisa is an entrepreneur with a strong faith, a fierce loyalty to her friends and a heart for the marginalized. She came to San Diego from northern California to study business and went on to hold corporate positions in several companies there following school. When she realized that corporate life would not afford her the flexibility for extended travel/adventures, she decided to go the entrepreneur route, and started WMSE – a concierge services business. The acronym WMSE stands for Wells Mustard Seed Enterprises which is a reference from the Bible that says if you have faith the size of a grain of mustard seed (which is really, really tiny) – nothing will be impossible for you. That was about how much faith Lisa had that she could walk away from corporate life and start a business, but here we are, more than a decade later!
Partly as a result of the personal growth Lisa has achieved through participation in the mastermind group, WMSE has grown from a one woman show to a team that covers all of San Diego County. Additionally, Lisa and WMSE won the Excellence in Customer Service Award from the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce in 2011.
Still enjoying living in the paradise of San Diego, Lisa is looking forward to the adventures that lie ahead.

Charles Vest
Currently as National Sales Manager-Trainer for Robot America, Charles’ responsibilities are to create financial security for hundreds of families across the Southwest by providing an opportunity to help launch a new High-Tech Ultimate Cleaning Machine to thousands of homes. During this launch Charles will be training and coaching a sales force to increase desired results and develop a skill that they can utilize in any sales situation, giving them confidence and ability to affect the lives of thousands.
Before that, he was the Executive Sales Manager at Internet Dominators providing SEO services to midsize corporations throughout the US. Charles created the Sales training platform that is still in effect today. He has many received many accolades for Speaking and Motivating in many venues including providing the Keynote Speech at the World Ventures Travel Company Round up.
In an effort to create multiple streams of income, Charles Vest has become a dominant force in the Multi-Level Arena building teams of over 10,000 reps through a system that was born out of the necessity to motivate and train individuals across multiple time zones in a consistent seamless platform. This led to the creation of the MasterMind Alliance; A place where like-minded networkers could receive an abundance of information and wisdom and personal development relating to the MLM industry.
Married to Laura Vest for 18years with 4 semi-grown children, Charles can often be seen at the local High-school either dropping off or cheering on his twin son’s Varsity
Football or Volleyball team. In addition to his family responsibilities he also has been in the Music Ministry of his Church for 15 years which has help to keep him grounded and focused with a servant heart.

Deborah Dimery
Deborah has over 15 year’s sales, meeting management and marketing experience. She has contributed her creative and imaginative ideas to a variety of national and local organizations. Deborah developed her niche and passion for meeting management and event marketing while creating successful marketing campaigns for a variety of organizations such as Girls Scouts, Camp Fire Boys and Girls, Jenny Craig, Old Globe, and Broadway/San Diego a member of the renowned Nederlander Producing Company.

Deborah joined HelmsBriscoe in August of 2011 after enjoying a dynamic career in theatre marketing and group sales. Her experience with groups brings extensive
knowledge of contracts and negotiations. Deborah’s diverse background and well rounded experience has established her as an invaluable resource to help her clients manage their meeting and event experience.
Deborah comes to HelmsBriscoe with enthusiasm to match you with the right venue or site for your meetings and events. Raised in Newark, New Jersey, Deborah now lives in San Diego, California. She volunteers on local boards and enjoys the arts, traveling and gardening.

Deborah Dimery
P.O. Box 16507
San Diego. CA 92176
619 630-8407
Fax 619 501-2473
ddimery@HelmsBriscoe.com

Karen Taggart

Karen Taggart is owner of Shades of Light San Diego. She started the business in 2003 after a long career in the contact furniture and commercial interiors field. Her years of professional experience made for a logical transition into owning and running her own business. Karen is active in the arts and design community in San Diego. She is a member of the MasterMind Mindset, the GSDBA and the Thursday morning BnG in Hillcrest. She is also a member of the US Green Chamber in San Diego and regularly attends a variety of women’s organizations in San Diego. One of her favorite hobbies is resurrecting old pieces of upholstered furniture and turning them into pieces of art available for purchase.

Shades of Light is a window covering and interior design company. The showroom is housed in a lovely 1917’s commercial building that is nestled in a residential area of University Heights. The showroom is a fun space loaded with samples and ideas to spark the imagination.

The staff at Shades of Light are all interior designers. They strive to find the most creative, original and cost effective solutions for your home or office. The public is welcome and encouraged to come browse the vast sampling of hardware and materials, a true feast for the eyes.

Karen’s design background includes a BA in design, followed by a semester of schooling abroad in a masters program at the University or Birmingham, in Birmingham, England. Her next 3-1/2 years were spent living in southern Italy and traveling Europe extensively. Karen’s exposure to the culture and fine arts of Europe has given her an appreciation for contemporary design trends as well as a love of old world style and art.

karen@shadesoflightsd.com
www.shadesoflightsd.com

Pat Carney – The Artiste

Words written about artists always seem empty and inadequate. For the fact is that the talented artist – which Patrick Carney is – always says more succinctly and beautifully what there is important to said about himself in one single painting or drawing than a commentator can say in a whole article or book about him.
Patrick Carney was born in Westchester County, New York the first of six children. The long but varied life of Mr. Carney represents a struggle within himself. Plagued by the need to conform while earning a livelihood and at the same time, fighting to keep alive the free spirit of the man, he has fought a battle for self-expression.
Carney is a complex man, a non-conformist who realized as a young art student at the School of Visual Arts in NY City that the system limits. He refused to buy into that which the system offered and chose instead to go his own way. He studied with the likes of Chuck Close, Marge Anderson, Robert Israel and Milton Glaser, he read voraciously – searching for answers which led to more questions.
At Buffalo State, he worked as a specialist in media at the Communications Center. Later he was named the Art Director of the Lafayette Community Center where he taught art to inner city children. For a time he traveled throughout the NY State as an Artist in Residence at underprivileged high schools as a representative of the Arts Council and volunteered as a art teacher in the state prison system, believing that it was his obligation to give back and “Pass On” his given talents.
Starting in 1964, hanging out in NY’s West Village, Mr. Carney dedicated his time to drawing and painting the world of rock n’ roll music, it’s passion and creativity caught in real time forever. He traveled throughout the US attending rock concerts and painted what ever star excited him – and thus his work is a varied series of welcome surprises. He freely used whatever media best expressed the essence of his subject…be it acrylic, pen & ink or collage. His work is in many collections throughout the world including Dick Clark, Stevie Nicks, John Lennon, Al Kooper, Mark Hamill, Judy Collins, Peter Asher, Chad & Jeremy and Mick Fleetwood.

David Randle was born to create and perform music. He was the older of two brothers with music in their veins, who each have created a legacy of musical experiences. David was trained from the age of 10 by a teacher who had been principal violist with the Boston Pops Orchestra, and David was a professional musician from the age of 13 and an effective guitar teacher at 15. In his late teens, David and his brother founded the notable southern California band, the Brain Police. His band had the honor and privilegeto perform and tour with Cream, The Who, Steppenwolf, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Strawberry Alarm Clock, and others.
 
After the group retired, David devoted time to the study of the acoustic guitar in all its forms. He studied classical guitar with Joe Trotter as well as fingerstyle and plectrum steel-string acoustic guitar in over 23 different open tunings from the inspiration of British Isles solo guitarists and the work of Stephen Stills and Neil Young. David also returned to college where he studied composition with American composers Larry Christiansen and Victor Saucedo.
Over the years David has become a master of songwriting, guitar performance, music recording and production, as well as a revered teacher of all of those disciplines. He currently writes and performs with his wife Rebeca in the duo, Rebeca and David. David has a music production company called David Randle Productions, as well as teaching aspiring music performers to write their own songs and perform them at My Songwriting Coach and Guitar Lesson Expert.
In addition, through the myriad requirements of entrepreneurship and owning and managing multiple businesses and online properties, David has developed specific expertise in site design, content creation (over 100 articles), online marketing, and social media including video marketing.

Jennifer Carney – Writer
Jennifer Carney is a an accomplished writer and philomath, the latter of which is just a fancy way of saying that she’s a lover of knowledge.
She grew up in Boston which, from a young age on, ngrained in her a sense of the importance of the arts, other cultures, and a curiosity about the world itself. Her mother was instrumental in encouraging this seeking of knowledge, and embedded in her an appreciation of music as well. At a very young age, Jennifer became well-versed in many of the nuances of opera and could not only recite lines from the librettos of various works, but also had a full understanding of and a special fondness for the intricate stories they told. This deep love of music and equally deep love of storytelling manifested in creative writing skills that were evident early on.
Jennifer and her brothers moved to Arkansas with their mother just as Jennifer entered her teen years. Being the oldest in a single-parent household, she was relied upon to help with her two younger brothers and with the household expenses. She excelled in high school and put herself through college, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in English from the
University of Arkansas. She was recruited right out of college to work for The Walmart Foundation, the largest cash-giving non-profit in the world.
Over the following years, Jennifer worked for a variety of companies – from Fortune 100s to small businesses – all of which relied greatly upon her for not just her writing skills, but also her knack for ideas that are imbued with a particular creativity that sets her apart. Today, she is Senior Researcher at a marketing and social media research firm, for whom she conducts in-depth investigation, reporting, and trend analysis for clients in a diverse cross-section of industries.
When Jen moved to California, she also began to pursue a career in music writing in earnest. She earned a spot as a
contributing writer for the online magazine Boston Music Spotlight, interviewing such musical luminaries as Mike Love of the Beach Boys, Robin Trower, James Iha, Glen Philips, The Indigo Girls and Victor Wooten. Impressed with this resume, Jen was hired by The Vinyl District where she works as Features Editor and continues to interview rock stars like Al Kooper and Lita Ford, among many others.
Jen’s goals are simple – to continue to write and to travel, and to thoroughly explore and uncover meaning, joy, and fun wherever she goes.

David McElveen
We sell Real Estate because it is our passion. We create custom marketing plans, for the homes we sell, which is exciting and when it all comes together, rewarding. We have always admired “Top Producing Realtors” which is why we strive to be the best real estate TEAM. We are dedicated to being the BEST and to continue to foster our reputation, a reputation that we are proud of.
The Guiltinan Group has offices in Carmel Valley, Rancho Santa Fe and Encinitas.
David McElveen (DRE lic#01244161)
Direct 1-760-207-4663 David@SdforSale.com
Located at: The Vons Shopping center
San Diego CA. 92130

Christy Johnson, Event Coordinator and Master Partner Dance Instructor, has been teaching dance for over 35 years. Christy comes from a family of Vaudeville performers and took dance lessons from her grandmother and aunt from age 3 to 16. Her extensive experience as a dance performer has put her on a great number of theatre stages, TV shows, videos and in nite clubs over the years. These include Dance Captain for the Dirty Dancing Live Video Tour in Boston and First Place in the Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers Dance Competition in New York. Since that time she’s taught 10′s of thousands of people to enjoy partner dancing. Her highly developed teaching method, The Partner Dance Pyramid, has proven to make learning fast and easy. Her methods are outlined in her book The Partner Dancer’s Handbook. 
As an extension of creating Dance and Music Performances, Christy started coordinating other types of events from the age of 19. She launched and managed many ongoing events including Block Parties, Art Walks, Farmers Markets, Job Fairs, Dance Camps, Fashion Shows, Drum Circles, Business Seminars, Personal Growth Workshops, Music & Dance Jams, Concerts, Parties, Weddings, Social Clubs and After-School Programs. In 2008, she won the award for Best Manager of her two Farmers Markets from a San Diego Convention & Visitor’s Bureau. Christy strives to create events that bring light minded people together to co-create fun experiences.

As a constant seeker of a greater understanding of herself and life, Christy took the intensive Money & You Training with trainer Kerry Zurier from Accelerated Business Schools in San Diego. She also studied for over a decade with founder Peter Gill of the Cambridge Psychotherapy Institute in Boston and became a Psychotherapist in Private Practice. CPI is the ground-breaking training program of the Society of Natural Science of which Christy is an original member. She also studied Pilates with a student of Romana Kryzanowska, an Elder in the Pilates empire. She uses an holistic approach, including high-performance, spiritual laws, physical fitness and relationship techniques, when teaching her dance classes and running her events.

She has excellent health and energy, an attractive professional appearance and is an impressive public speaker and MC. She enjoys interior decorating, Feng Shui, gardening, playing percussion, singing and writing. She has edited two full-length books: Voices in the Dreamtime by Relationship Expert, Sydney Salt, and Sole to Soul by Ariel Talmor, Reflexologist. Christy is currently raising her two teenage boys, organizing events and teaching social dance in North San Diego County. Her home is an event venue and working farm where she regularly holds Tours, Classes, Parties and Workshops and also offers the space on a Love Donation basis to other Event Organizers, Instructors, Artists and Wellness Practitioners. “Catalyst” Christy Johnson takes her life motto from the dance world, “Lead, Follow or Enjoy the Show!”
CHRISTY JOHNSON
733 Bonita Drive, Vista, CA 92083
catalystchristy@gmail.com
www.catalystchristy.com
760-580-0116

Sasha Toporovsky – Artiste
Was born in the Ukraine, and immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of five. Alex is from a family of artists which began with his uncle and grandfather. After finishing college Alex moved to Northern California with his wife. During this time Alex continued to do fine art commissioned paintings. He also started his decorative arts company doing faux, and mural work. In 2003 he moved back to San Diego, CA, during which time his company Art2Walls has grown into a full service decorative arts studio, and is known as a high quality company that services the high end residential and commercial sector.
Recently Sasha has combined his love of metal and oil painting to create paintings on stainless steel panels. His works are avant-garde. When light strikes the metal surface of the painting it gives a 3D effect, which is achieved by polishing the metal before painting on the surface begins. Sasha has been published in several magazines for his works on metal and the popularity of his works continues to grow here in the states and abroad. Sasha is also the inventor of the first mobile ready to drink coffee and tea brewer. This invention allows a person to brew their coffee or tea while driving. Once the brewing process is complete you can consume your drink without having to pour the contents into a separate cup.Website: http://sashafineart.com