Aaron Graft, President/CEO, Triumph Bancorp, Inc.

Aaron Graft is the president and chief executive officer of Triumph Bancorp and is the founder of the Triumph Bancorp group of companies, which include Triumph Savings Bank, Triumph Commercial Finance, Advance Business Capital, THE National Bank, Triumph Capital Advisors, and Triumph CRA Holdings.

Triumph Bancorp is a financial holding company with interests in wholesale and community banking, commercial finance, and investment management.

Prior to establishing Triumph Bancorp, Aaron served as the founder and president of Triumph Land and Capital Management, where he oversaw the management of over $300 million of commercial real estate in receivership on behalf of various lenders and led the acquisition of $65 million of distressed debt and real estate. He began his career as an attorney with Fulbright & Jaworski, where he focused on commercial real estate transactions.

Aaron received a Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, and a Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, from Baylor University and is an active member of the Lone Star chapter of YPO and Watermark Community Church in Dallas.

TriumphBancorp.com

Phone: (214) 365-6900

Johnette van Eeden, CEO, Star Wellness

Johnette van Eeden is CEO of Star Wellness, a company she founded in 2003. Today, Star Wellness is a recognized leader in onsite medical screening and laboratory services that help corporations, local governments and school districts implement wellness programs to control or reduce healthcare-related expenses.

The company has more than 200 clients in 20 states and now offers franchises, with locations in Houston and the Panhandlle.

Johnette has been honored by Women’s Enterprise Texas and Women’s Enterprise USA magazines as one of the Top Women’s Business Enterprises in both Texas and the US.

A native Texan, Johnette devotes a large amount of time to working with schools and children.  She has been a volunteer for Junior Achievement and Big Brothers/Big Sisters and has served on the reader panel for Family Fun magazine and as a contributing editor for Working Mother magazine.

StarWellnessUSA.com

Phone: (817) 571-6425

Host Steve A Klein, Johnette van Eeden, Aaron Graft

Jeffrey Yarbrough’s years of experience in the hospitality industry combined with his knowledge of media and public relations have warranted bigInk PR and Marketing recognition as one of Dallas Business Journal’s Top 25 public relations companies in Dallas/Fort Worth.

Jeffrey showed interest in running his own business from an early age. When he was only five-years-old, he picked plums from his grandmother’s trees and sold them to neighbors. His first entertainment accomplishment (Concept Nouveau, Inc.) was Dallas’ original four clubs-in-one complex, including Art Bar, Blind Lemon, Club Clearview and Red.

Jeffrey’s innovative entrepreneurial spirit led him to launch Liberty Noodles in 1998, the first pan-Asian noodle house located on Lower Greenville in Dallas. The whimsically chic restaurant received rave reviews including “Top 10 Best New Restaurants” from the Dallas Morning News and Tastemaker Award for “Best Ad Campaign”.

In 2004, he took his knowledge of the hospitality industry and opened bigInk PR and Marketing, using his experience to help other restaurateurs and business owners reach sweeping success. In 2007 he expanded the company to include commercial real estate services, bigInk Real Estate, to support growing restaurant companies, serving both restaurateurs and real estate developers.

bigInkPR.com

Phone: (214) 485-7304

Michael Ellentuck, President/CEO, The Legacy Senior Communities

Michael Ellentuck is the President and CEO of The Legacy Senior Communities.  He just celebrated his 13-year anniversary there and has spent nearly 40 years working in the senior living industry.

Michael is responsible for the management of the operations of The Legacy Willow Bend, a state-of-the-art life care retirement community in Plano, The Legacy Preston Hollow, a senior living residence focused primarily on skilled nursing, assisted living and rehab, Legacy at Home Health Services, a home health care agency serving seniors in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and ECHAD (Elderly Communal Housing at Dallas) senior housing.

Michael is an expert when it comes to understanding the fast-paced, ever-changing health care environment.  He has acted as a consultant over the design and development of 15 senior living communities in North America.  He was appointed twice by the governor in California to serve on the California Health Facilities Committee where he assisted in strategic planning for the hospital and nursing home systems in the state.  He has been on more than a dozen boards, commissions or associations in his field.

TheLegacyWB.org

Phone: (972) 468-6200

Host Steve A Klein, Jeffrey Yarbrough, Michael Ellentuck