Veterans Business Network April 2023 Meeting- Design Your Life

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Join the VBN as our Chair Sean Dion and his wife Jeanne Dion (Mr. Electric of Queensbury), along with VBN Vice Chair Chris Thomas (Elite 9 Talent Acquisition) present the Design Your Life assessment program!

Are you living life day by day, living in boredom, stagnant in your job, finding that life is not fulfilling?

• Discover Who You Are - Who You Can Be
• Where are you now? Where do you want to see yourself?

Take control of it by signing up for this great lesson “Design your life”……
 
This program will set the course for you to take control of your own destiny by examining your life through 6 spokes in the wheel of life, Physical, Social, Mental, Spiritual, Family, and Career\Financial.
 
We will take you through various short exercises that will help you with values, goals, and your wishes and dreams.

“If you’re like many adults, you’ve forgotten how to dream. Desire propels you into action. Desire is the first step to success.”

Join us for our ARCC Veterans Business Network April Meeting to engage with our VBN leaders and Veteran members for this valuable self-assessment session to help you and your business reach it's full potential!



Sean Dion - VBN Chair, President\Business Owner at Mr. Electric of Queensbury 
Sean Dion is the owner of Mr. Electric of Queensbury, and a proud member of the Adirondack Chamber of Commerce, as well as Chair of the Veteran’s Business Network. He is also an active member of other Veterans Organizations in the region. Since 2012 he has been the Quartermaster for the Adirondack Post 2475 VFW in Glens Falls, and the Hudson Mohawk Counties Council Commander for one term. At the District level, he serves as the Voice of Democracy Essay Scholarship chairman and at the Department level (State) as a By-Laws Committee chair.
 
In Saratoga County, he is also a proud member of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, and part of their Veterans Business Council. Being active in the community is what makes him whole. Sean moved to this region in 2011 as an Engineer for Global Foundries (One of the first 350) and worked on several assignments, some international, for 7 years prior to opening Mr. Electric in December of 2017. Prior to that, he worked for IBM in Essex Junction, VT and East Fishkill, NY in various engineering roles while serving in the Army and Air National Guards for a combined 27 years retiring in 2013 as a Master Sergeant.

Sean believes that serving and giving his time-  a highly valuable resource, is rewarding.



Jeanne Dion - Co-Owner at Mr. Electric of Queensbury
Jeanne Dion is an entrepreneur who currently owns three businesses: Southern Adirondack Realty for 10 years, Mr. Electric of Queensbury, which she owns with her husband, for over 5 years, and she most recently opened Adirondacks and Beyond Motorcycle Safety where she is a Rider Coach who enjoys working with people who enjoy riding, are learning to ride or who wish to enhance their skills.

Previously, Jeanne worked for the Department of Defense for 10 years and assisted more than 2300 military members and their families, working with them from the time they entered the military and in the phases of separation from the military.  She has been the facilitator of several courses on how to set goals for personal and professional success and also provides financial planning advice.

She and her husband, Sean have been married more than 30 years, have two married children, three grandchildren and two dogs.
 
In her spare time, she enjoys reading, enjoying down time and motorcycling.



Sergeant Major Christopher Thomas (U.S. Marine Corps, Retired)
Chris Thomas is the founder and owner of Elite 9 Veteran Talent Acquisition Services, LLC, a recruiting and management consulting firm located Upstate New York. He is a strategic and thoughtful senior executive leader with over 20 years of hands-on experience in the United States Marine Corps emphasizing innovation and creativity in solving complex problems.
 
He has proven superior success in developing and leading diverse talent acquisition teams that achieve outstanding results. Through human resource management concepts and innovative leadership methodologies he has delivered impactful results for managing large-scale organizations of several hundred personnel
 
Chris is a combat veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) and is the treasurer of the Marine Corps League Memorial Detachment 2 located in Hudson Falls, NY.  He also sits on the Board of Directors for The VetVoice Foundation which empowers military Veterans to become civic leaders and policy advocates by providing the support, training, and tools they need to continue their service and find new missions at home.
 
Additionally, he holds a Master in Public Administration, is a Resilience-Team Building Leadership Professional Trainer, an adjunct instructor for the United States Marine Corps where he teaches professional leadership development and the graduate of numerous executive level leadership courses. 
 


About the Veterans Business Network:
The purpose of the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Veterans Business Network is to promote and to serve the affinity group of Veteran and military service personnel,  veteran and military member sole proprietorships, and veteran and military service professional members of the ARCC and to encourage increased business and collaboration among its ranks.
 
By promoting the ARCC’s four pillars of advocacy, education, connection and collaboration, we will have the ability to attract more veterans and military professionals to the ARCC with an intent to develop and track metrics that can be used by the ARCC to promote its support for veterans military service members in business, to support in collaboration the educational and mental health outreach and mission of other local veteran business communities, specifically, neighboring chambers, and to develop mentoring, educational and entrepreneurial opportunities for veterans and military service members while fostering growth opportunities with a focus on performance (revenue growth, employee growth, etc.) of service member-owned enterprises, military-owned sole proprietorships, and post-military professionals in the ARCC service area.

Interested in joining the VBN but are not an ARCC Member yet?
You're welcome to join us, meet some current members and learn how the ARCC works for businesses and Veterans in our region!