HUFFINE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS - Key Persons
Arriana is a vibrant, essential part of HGS work through organization and communication.
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- Owner of Fertile Ground LLC
Bill is also the Owner of Fertile Ground LLC, and an expert in precision farming and micro-biome sciences.
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- Leader
- Founding Principal & Executive Leadership
With more than four decades of experience as a C-level executive and entrepreneur, Bradley is a respected leader with a passion for developing long-term strategic customer-focused relationships.
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- VP of Agriculture Food Security
Doug is a seasoned world traveler in agri-business and a Kansas farmer bringing a wealth of experience to Huffine Global Solutions
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- Founding Principal & Chief Executive Officer
- Professor and Business Executive
Known as a pioneer in DNA Sciences, Dr. Edwin Huffine is a seasoned professor and business executive who has worked in over 70 countries and the founder of Huffine Global Solutions.
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- Principal & Director of Branding
Jennifer Colton is an experienced businesswoman, with over three decades as an entrepreneur. She has successfully built companies from creative conception, implementing process procedure, bookkeeping, developing brand identity, marketing, procuring clients and solidifying sales. Within her business circle she is known to have high integrity and a keen eye for detail.
Presently, she is a Principle of Huffine Global Solutions, Inc., as well as their Brand Director. Concurrently, she is also sole Owner & President of JAZ Print & Promo, Limited, a 100% woman owned print and marketing brokerage in Boulder, CO. In the recent past, she was majority owner of Big Medicine Ranch, LLC & Big Medicine Coffee in Ellsworth, MI. Big Medicine Ranch was an organic farm specializing in heirloom & heritage vegetables, fruits & alliums. Produce was sold to local communities, grocery stores and 5 star restaurants. Big Medicine Coffee was sourced from single origin organic farms from around the world, roasted at the farm & sold locally as well as online.
With passionate vision and a drive to grow strong communities, she also has given time to NGO organizations. She was on the Board of Directors for Business for Social Responsibility (BSR/CO chapter) for 3 years and was founding member of Colorado P3: People, Planet Profit, with former BSR members. She sat on the Board of Directors as the Marketing Committee Chair for another 2 years. Both of these NGO's organizations' missions was to promote ethical business growth in Colorado, recognizing that business profitability and social responsibility are equal and inseparably connected. As a group they scheduled & implemented educational, advocacy & service project events monthly & quarterly, such as events with owners of Ben & Jerry's & Toms of Maine along with service projects to build horse shelters for local equine ranches. Jennifer was also one of the Founders of Colorado Community of Mindful Living & Mountain Stream Sangha, to which she grew the community to one of the largest groups supporting Thich Nhat Hanh in the United States. For over 10 years she organized many public events hosting over 2,800 people, at the Buell Theater in Denver CO as well as multi week retreats, hosting 200- 1,000 attendees.
Jennifer's varied background ranges in diversity from private business with NGO's, agriculture, large marketing events and health and wellness. She has studied at the University of New Hampshire, Naropa University and Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies. She is a certified herbalist, specializing in plant medicine and oil & tincture manufacturing.
Jennifer is a consumate professional in print brokering and has her own business Jaz Print and Promo in addition to her passion for HGS.
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- President
- President & CEO of Kansas Global Trade Services
Laura Lombard is also the President & CEO of Kansas Global Trade Services. She is an accomplished executive with more than ten years of experience in international trade, consulting with Fortune 100 and 500 businesses, non-profit organizations, small-to-medium-sized companies, and public-private partnerships. In addition to her role at Kansas Global, Laura participates on the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Advisory Committee (ITAC-9) on Small, Minority, and Women-Led Businesses. She also serves as the Vice Chair of the Mid-America District Export Council.
Before leading Kansas Global, Laura served as CEO of ImEpik, where she tripled revenues two years in a row. Prior to that, she was founding President and Executive Director of the Middle East & North Africa Consultants in Washington, D.C. and served as media relations coordinator and a consultant at The Cohen Group, a firm founded by former Secretary of Defense William Cohen. Laura graduated from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies with a master's degree in international relations and economics. She also has a B.A. in political science and international studies from the University of Kansas.
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- CFO
- Chicago, IL
- Continue ) Managing Member of Halloran and Reilly, LLC
I'm an experienced Business Systems Analyst having helped clients define, assess, bid, select and implement technology based solutions to real world business and accounting needs.
Accounting, Business, and Technology Consulting in private practice principally in my own name and that of the international consultancy of Halloran and Reilly LLC (1985 - Present).
CPA & Consultant to business on accounting & tax matters, technology, and helping them leverage their use and financial returns from investments in technology. I help my clients make business to business connections and help them solve business challenges.
Practice focused on client project initiatives including the usual bookkeeping, tax and write-up work, management consulting, start-up planning, financial system roll-out and the implementation of accompanying financial controls, computer systems implementation and software integration, and mergers & acquisitions work as a member of the management team.
Illinois licensed CPA in public practice for over 25 years with deep experiences in complex business, financial, tax preparation, audit and appeal matters. Michael is the CFO of HGS and a principal in Hallaran-Reilly LLC.
Pastor Michael Lovett is an interfaith, non-denominational leader with a heart for people.
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- Founding Principal & Chief Technology Officer
Rod is a dedicated design-build professional focusing on affordable/social housing and creating new, resilient, affordable housing methodologies.
Ron is a licensed architect and design professional with vast experience in modular and hospitality construction and value engineering.
Tayo Okunade, Esq. serves as General Counsel for Huffine Global Solutions Inc, overseeing all legal affairs of the company and its affiliated entities. His duties include representing and advising Huffine on legal matters relating to international business, corporate employment and human resources-related issues, contract matters or agreements, including international contracts and commercial real estate development. A 2001 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis with degrees in marketing, international business, and French, Tayo obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law in 2009. While in law school, he completed internships with the Second Judicial District Court and the Colorado Court of Appeals. Along with practicing before all of Colorado's state courts, Tayo is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. Before entering private practice, Tayo served as a hearing officer with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. He then honed his legal skills at several other prominent area law firms before establishing his own practice in 2012. He is a distinguished member of the Colorado Bar Association, the African Leadership Group, and the Aurora Bar Association.
Tayo Okunade is an experienced attorney who handles litigation matters for clients across a number of industries.