Winter Leadership Program

An international Executive Coach with more than three decades of experience in technology and leadership coaching and training, Tether Free Vision Founder, Marie Bankuti, specializes in helping leaders and teams bridge multicultural differences, so they can thrive in our global economy. Her work focuses on helping them develop Cultural Intelligence, build awareness, enhance communication, boost productivity and minimize conflict. Offering individual, group, and corporate coaching, as well as training and speaking engagements, Marie has worked with hundreds of individuals from more than a dozen countries. To learn more and get in touch, visit http://TetherFreeVision.com/

For over ten years, Michael Bookman has been a proud member and leader within Toastmasters International, a non-profit educational organization that helps its members develop their public speaking and leadership skills.  Michael is a certified human resources professional. He has worked in the field of human resources for over 18 years. He is currently an employee-consultant with a large human capital management firm. Michael holds a bachelor’s degree of science in psychology and a master’s degree of science in management. Michael has served on the Volunteer Recognition Committee and as a disaster services instructor for the American Red Cross of Massachusetts, and currently board chair of a small non-profit based in Boston, MA.

Sushma Kommareddy has a Ph.D. in Drug & Gene delivery with twelve years of experience in the development of vaccines. She is currently working as an Associate Director of Formulation & Drug Product Development at Takeda Vaccines. In her experience at Takeda and Novartis, she worked in different capacities to lead multiple viral, subunit and nucleic acid vaccine candidates through clinical development. During this period, she also served as Principal Investigator of external collaborations on exploring new technologies for delivery of vaccines and related biologics. In her current role, she is responsible for the development of lyophilized multi-dose product for Takeda’s dengue vaccine.

Sushma has been an active member of Toastmasters for over 5 years. She is the sponsor/founder of Takeda Toastmasters and Served as the 1st president of the club.

Stefano McGhee is an Enterprise Cloud Operations Manager working in Information Technology for over twenty years. He is also a Lieutenant Colonel serving as the Director of Communications for the Rhode Island Air National Guard. He has been involved in Toastmasters for close to 15 years and has served as the lead executive for District 31 twice providing rich experience in leading volunteers as part of a non-profit.

Stefano McGhee has been a member of Toastmasters since 2005. In 2005, Stefano’s wife insisted that he attend a membership night at her local club, Network Voice Toastmasters. While he would have preferred to stay at home, he finally gave in to his wife and attended the meeting and has been a member of Toastmasters ever since.