SHEILA SHEEHAN
Sheila Sheehan’s professional history reveals a lifetime of disciplined productivity. While active in many community investment projects, Sheila’s career led her to specialize in all aspects of the travel industry. As founder of Hotelbeds USA, formerly the Access USA Group, her team built a sustainable business model for a destination management company managing over 1 million USA visitors a year. Sheila’s team transformed a start-up business into one of the leading brands in travel in the USA today. Taking a conceptual idea to successful implementation continues to be a compelling objective in Sheila’s professional life. Sheila, Jim, Nanci and Joseph have worked on many projects together. She currently resides part of the year in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico, while maintaining a presence in the United States, Brazil and England. Visit Sheila on LinkedIN »
JAMES SAVKO
James Savko developed his keen eye for real estate while a student at Ohio State University. At that time, Jim began buying distressed buildings in the Victorian Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. Jim also chaired the neighborhood zoning committee, coordinating citizen input in cooperation with the City of Columbus and creating the largest residential neighborhood to be placed on the National Historic Register at that time. This inner city neighborhood, previously of flophouses and tenements, is now one of Columbus’ most desired residential areas. His interest in property revitalization took him to Florida, Colorado, and Massachusetts. Throughout his career, Jim has created sustainable living environments in urban neighborhoods through redeveloping hundreds of properties. More recently, he moved into commercial redevelopment in these same neighborhoods. He enjoys being the inspiration in catalyst redevelopment. Visit Jim on LinkedIN »
NANCI YURONIS
Nanci Yuronis thinks like an engineer: she quietly figures things out and moves ahead. As a master educator, Nanci quickly learned to identify individuals who possessed the will to achieve. Encouraging excellence has been a foundation of Nanci’s career. In the late 80’s she accepted a new challenge and with her family built a 600-passenger side-wheel riverboat which was introduced as a cruising attraction in Sanford, Florida. Although nobody believed the idea would be commercially viable, twenty-nine years later the Rivership Romance is still cruising the St. Johns River. Nanci moved to Provincetown, Massachusetts in the early 90’s and there she pursued mastery in painting, studying with known artists Sal del Deo, Brenda Horowitz, Robert Henry, Nancy Whorf, Carol Wescott and others, sharpening her aesthetic and technical skills. Artist, entrepreneur, master teacher, designer, builder, detail-organizer, Nanci takes pride in living life to its fullest. Visit Nanci on LinkedIN »
JOSEPH MCCLAIN
Joseph McClain, along with being a person who has made a career out of originating new ideas and new directions, is also a man who is dedicated to inspiring and challenging great talent. Despite being a bit of a perfectionist, his real business is simply achieving results. Before adopting San Miguel de Allende, Mexico as his hometown, he was the founding General and Artistic Director of Austin Lyric Opera. Under his leadership the organization grew through innovative artistic programming and wide-based community impact into one of the nation’s premier companies. He was also Vice President for New Artistic Initiatives on the national board of OPERA America. In 2003, Joseph founded Opera de San Miguel and originated a national competition called Concurso San Miguel which promotes important young Mexican talent through substantial grants for professional development. Visit Joe on LinkedIN »
