As the President of LLVE, LLC (Ladies Living in Victory and Excellence), Dr. Yvette Rice is passionate about adding value to women's lives through developmental systems that promote Discovery, Building, and Becoming a woman of excellence. Rice's focus on empowerment for women includes Discovering Resilience, Building Confidence, and Becoming Ones Best Self as a woman ready to cross the gender divides of the marketplace and do great exploits worldwide.

A published author, Rice utilizes more than 30 years of expertise, influence, and business insight to partner with Senior Executives of large corporations to produce books, white papers, and prolific articles related to Leadership Development, Mentorship, Executive Coaching, and Business Advancement, developing and deploying platforms globally. As a results-oriented Executive with Front End of the Business acumen and demonstrated success in the development and execution of technical communications strategies that maximize team effectiveness, develop talent, and drive lasting cultural change, Rice serves as a Small Business Consultant for Woman-Owned Businesses, nationally.

...Mark has been a CPA, business owner and now business coach. He has managed Finance and Accounting Departments over the past 25 years. He works with entrepreneurial companies to help them gain alignment, clarify, simplify and achieve their vision.

He has been a resident of Decatur, Alabama since 1991. He was born in Montgomery Alabama. He received his Bachelors in Accounting from Samford University and Masters in Business Adminstration from The University of Alabama. He is married to Shelly Slate Waters and has three adult children.