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<h4>Joan Koerber-Walker</h4><br>
<b>Chairman and Founder</b> <br><br>


<i><b>As a speaker, author, CEO, and advisor to organizations around the world,<br>
 Joan Koerber-Walker has spent her career helping people and organizations <br>
get from where they are - <br>
................to where they want to be.</I></b> <br><br>

As Chairman of the Board of CorePurpose, Inc., Joan leads and organization that focuses on Fortune 500 companies as well as emerging industry leaders to deliver sustainable results by combining the experience, skills and talents within teams to create focused business environments that maximize innovation, growth, profitability and return on investment. <br><br>

  The company, which she founded in 2002, includes three divisions – CorePurpose Publishing, Business Advisory, and the CoreAlliance, a portfolio of 45 expert organizations specializing in Human Resources, Sales & Marketing, Operations, Finance and IT. <br><br>


From December 2006 to December 2008, Joan served as the CEO of ASBA (the Arizona Small Business Association) a 3,000 member entrepreneurial business organization representing over 200,000 employees across the state of Arizona - the #1 location for entrepreneurs according to Entrepreneur Magazine. She and her team of talented executives delivered economic development support, business connectivity, educational services, premier business events, public policy direction, and risk management solutions to business along the growth path.<br><br>



In 2004, she was recognized by the Stevie Awards, the “Oscar” for women entrepreneurs as one of the leading entrepreneurial women in the United States and again in 2007 as one of the nation’s leading small business executives.<br><br>


Prior to founding CorePurpose, Joan’s career includes two decades of experience in technology distribution where` she held a wide range of positions in Management, Marketing, Sales, and Operations. She was instrumental in the development of Avnet’s ASIC/FPGA business and the launch of Avnet’s first Telesales operation. While directing the  Global Supplier Contracts process for Avnet’s three operating groups (Electronics Marketing, Applied Computing and Computer Marketing), Joan worked closely with over 700 technology partners worldwide and is experienced in the challenges and the joys of working in the global business arena from cultural, operational and legal perspectives. <br><br>


Having a track record for delivering substantial results, she develops and implements solutions to business challenges within smaller, focused organizations and within Fortune 500 multi-national corporations. In addition to her activities as a CEO and advisor to companies on strategy and execution. She is also a popular keynote speaker on strategies for personal and organizational growth that focus on leadership and innovation.
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An active member of the Arizona community, Joan serves as Chairman of the Opportunity through Entrepreneurship Foundation and as Treasure and Board Member for Ribomed Biotechnologies, Inc.. She is a member of the W.P.Carey Executive MBA Advisory Board.  In recent years she has served as President of the National Speakers Association/Arizona, Chair of the Board of Advisors to Parenting Arizona, the state’s largest child abuse prevention organization, as a member of the Executive Committee of the Industry Advisory Board for the Thomas and Joan Read Center at Texas A&M University and on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Technology Council. <br><br>
She is the author of <i>Connecting Resources—A Primer for Electronics Distribution</i> and <i>Working—a Management Tale of Changing Relationships in Changing Times </i> as well as numerous articles and audio programs for the business community.  Joan holds an MBA (2000) from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and a bachelor’s in economics from the University of Delaware.<br><br>


To contact Joan - click the image or link at the top of this listing.
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<strong>Email</strong> <a href="mailto:jkw@corepurpose.com">jkw@corepurpose.com</a>
<strong>Small Business</strong> Yes
<strong>Woman Owned</strong> Yes
<strong>Minority Owned</strong> No