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  David Slade President David Slade is the founder and president of Lanza Language, Inc. After graduating from the University of Vermont in 1995 where he studied Organizational Psychology and Spanish, David worked in social services, first as a behavioral interventionist with at-risk youths and later he took the position of Bilingual Family Services Coordinator at Head Start, where he focused on working with Latino families, assessing and addressing their needs. In 1999 David founded Lanza Language, Inc. in order to help organizations tap into their Hispanic human resources. Recently, David was the featured speaker at the International Society for Performance Improvement and has been invited to speak at the Society for Human Resource Management. Lanza Language, Inc. has been awarded "Most Innovative New Business Service” by the Denver Business Journal and was named a finalist in the U.S. West New Venture Seed Money Competition. Outside of work David enjoys hiking, camping, hockey and flying small airplanes. He lives with his wife in Boulder, Colorado. Daphne Biener VP of Business Development Daphne Biener came to Lanza in early 2004 with over ten years of professional experience in Business Development and Marketing. Graduating with a pie-in-the-sky ideal of working with non-profits to save the world, these first few well-intentioned but often dysfunctional companies helped her formulate her vision—that no company, commercial or otherwise, can realize their mission without a fiscally sound plan and steps in place to reach their established goals. A degree in public policy supplemented with courses from NYU’s business school helped solidify this idea. Working with Lanza Language was especially appealing to Daphne, who was drawn to the business model of a company with a mission and an eye for the bottom line. Daphne graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans, and earned a masters degree from the Wagner School of Public Service at NYU. Additional advanced coursework includes business, fundraising and creative writing. Daphne enjoys sailing and swimming when she’s close to an ocean, and likes to be outdoors--hiking and camping as much as possible with her family. She lives in Colorado with her husband and two daughters. |
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