Success Stories

Chief executives share stories on how membership in Vistage has helped them grow their businesses and become better leaders, who make better decisions and achieve better results.

Suzanne Ashton

Suzanne Ashton

President/Founder, The Performance Group

Suzanne Ashton joined Vistage one year ago, and was initially concerned that none of the members of her Vistage group were in her same industry. After encountering a situation in which one of her long-term clients left her for a competitor, Suzanne discovered how Vistage gave her a fresh perspective on growing her company.

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Valerie Frederickson

Valerie Frederickson

CEO, Valerie Frederickson and Company

In 2001, Vistage member Valerie Frederickson entered a two-year period in which her human resource consulting business lost two-thirds of its gross revenue, and nearly all of her competitors went out of business. Through the advice of her Vistage group, she has been able to face economic downturns more successfully than most of her competitors.

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Scott Sandler

Scott Sandler

Novas, President/CEO

Scott Sandler joined Vistage in 2000 as a new chief executive who sought guidance on making major corporate decisions. With a background in systems engineering, Sandler wanted a forum to "test-drive" key business decisions prior to implementing them within his own company.

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James Jenkins

James Jenkins

CEO of Athens Administrators

When James Jenkins joined Vistage in 2005, he wanted an outside perspective on his family-owned business. Since then, he's gained valuable fresh perspectives about growing his business from fellow CEOs and Vistage speakers.

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Art Cook

Art Cook

President Buckles-Smith Electrical Supply

As leader of Northern California's largest supplier of industrial electrical and automation products, Art Cook was looking to refine a vision for the company's future. He found answers in his Vistage Chief Executive group. And to solidify this vision, he enrolled Roger Stanger, Vice President of Operations, in a Vistage Key Executive group.

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Trish Emerson

Trish Emerson

CEO, Emerson Human Capital

Trish Emerson comes from a family of entrepreneurs, so success in an entrepreneurial venue was no problem for her. The real challenge, she says, was coping with ways to handle rapid growth in her business. That's where membership in a Vistage group proved invaluable to her needs.

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Rajiv Parikh

Rajiv Parikh

CEO, Position2

Vistage member Rajiv Parikh has become a more confident, effective leader because of the decisions his Vistage group has helped him make.

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