President
Bonnie Stanley

763-208-9119
Columbia Heights, MN

Bonnie Stanley comes to us with many years of background in association management. She owns a business called Office Connection and works mostly with non-profit associations ranging in sizes of up to a 17-person board, up to 850 members and budgets up to $380,000. Once on Central Avenue in Minneapolis open to the demands of the public, her business is now located in her home. Bonnie has strong leadership skills and is successful in helping individuals see their strengths, as well as the vision of what they (and the association) could become.

Bonnie has served as the Executive Director for the Financial Planning Association of Minnesota since 1994. She is the treasurer of the Breezy Point Property Owners Association and serves on multiple national task forces for a non-profit association in the areas of membership and executive management. Bonnie was the recipient of the 2006 national Heart of Financial Planning Distinguished Service Award.

Expo Chair & Webmaster
Curtis Stanley
612-782-7134
Columbia Heights, MN

Curtis Stanley likes to refer to himself as a "Multi-preneur," since in addition to serving on the AAM board and website duties, he operates three other businesses from "corporate headquarters" in Columbia Heights. Web-Net Marketing is a web development company specializing in web design, search engine optimization and internet marketing. Eagle Eye Videotaping offers a Home Inventory Service providing their clients with a permanent video record of home & personal belongings and works primarily with a financial consultant in St. Paul. BestView Cabin at Breezy Point is a vacation rental property available May - October for those heading for the Brainerd Lakes area.

Deb Badzinski has a wealth of skills and experience in the administrative area.  These skills include word and data processing, data base management, financial and budgeting experience, program development and management, leaderships skills, critical thinking, excellent organizational skills, meeting and event planning and a diverse array of people skills.  She has been a member for five years.

Jeffrey C. O’Brien is an attorney with Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A. practicing in the areas of business and corporate law, real estate law, estate and business succession planning and probate law. He also currently serves as the Firm’s Marketing Director and Editor of the Firm’s monthly e-newsletter, E-Watch.

Mr. O’Brien has dealt with a diverse array of businesses and business owners in his practice including real estate developers and investors, community banks, restaurant operators, manufacturing companies, franchised businesses, financial advisors and insurance agents and members of the entertainment industry. He has significant experience with the formation of new businesses and he currently oversees the Mansfield Tanick & Cohen Business INCubation Center®, a unique program designed to assist new and developing businesses in their formative years. He is also a Minnesota State Bar Association Board Certified Real Property Specialist. In 2008, Mr. O’Brien was named a Minnesota Super Lawyer “Rising Star” by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine, a designation reserved for only 2.5 percent of all attorneys in Minnesota.

A frequent lecturer and writer, Mr. O’Brien has presented and written articles on a variety of topics such as asset protection planning, entity conversions, real estate lending and loan documentation and other general business matters.

A resident of Albertville, Minnesota and an active member of the local community, Mr. O’Brien is a member of the Board of Directors of his neighborhood homeowners’ association. He is also the President of a BNI chapter in Dayton, Minnesota and is active in the Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce. He has also previously served as a member of a citizens committee investigating the possibility of bringing city wide wireless internet to the City of Albertville.

Caroline Melberg has over 20 years of marketing experience, working with some of the largest and most successful companies in the world. She is the co-founder and President of Small Business Mavericks, a division of Melberg Marketing, a full-service Web Marketing Company based in Wayzata, Minnesota specializing in Web Design, Development and Social Media Website Promotion. She is the author of the e-book series entitled, “Local Small Business Internet Marketing Secrets” and the award-winning newsletter, “Small Business Maverick Internet Marketing Secrets.”

A finalist for the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce 2007 Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Caroline's passion is helping business owners find new customers and increase their sales by successfully marketing their businesses online. She specializes in “de-mystifying” the web and explains how you can grow your business using Internet marketing tactics, search engine optimization, social media sites (such as LinkedIn and Facebook) and Business Blogging in practical, easy-to-understand terms. Caroline believes that marketing is not communication – it’s a conversation.

Mark Stefan is a teacher, speaker, seminar leader and transformational marketing consultant. He has 25 years of experience in marketing (visioning, branding, and strategic planning and creative), advertising, public relations, and marketing communications—serving as account manager, brand manager, project manager, creative director and copywriter for a variety of clients in business-to-business and business-to-consumer industries. Mark has worked from both the client and agency sides, from the strategic planning phase through tactical implementation.

Mark believes in a proactive, collaborative, and holistic approach to team building and business development and is passionate about making a difference in the lives of clients and their customers. Mark considers himself a marketing synergist, using all the components of marketing plus holistic business management principles and creative fire to create maximum impact and long-term sustainable growth.