Biography

Imprimis has been named one of the largest independently owned staffing services in Texas.  Imprimis was named Women’s Business Enterprise of the Year by the Women’s Business Council of the Southwest and Valerie received the Athena Award from the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce.  Valerie was also honored as one of the 25 most influential women in business by the Dallas Business Journal. 

Valerie is the immediate Past Chairman of the Board of the Dallas County Community College District Foundation as well as Board member of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce, and Women’s Business Council of the Southwest where she chairs the Audit Committee.  She also serves on the Advisory Board of Women’s Enterprise Publications, and the Steering Committees of the Executive Women’s Roundtable and the Dallas Chapter of Women Corporate Directors.  She is a member of the Dallas Summit, Dallas Assembly, Leadership Texas Alumnae, World President’s Organization, YPO Alumnae, and International Women’s Forum. 

 

Fay Fleming is President of the Business Performance Company (BPC), which focuses on moving organizations and their employees to greater success. With more than fifteen years of senior level business experience, she has expertise in training, research, and marketing. 

Clients include: Edward Jones Inc., General Motors, Procter & Gamble, AT&T, Church’s Chicken , Johnson & Johnson Int’l., The Monsanto Fund, and The United Way of Metropolitan Dallas.

A featured speaker at national and international conferences, Fay currently focuses on issues related to employee and organizational success.  Her topics; Playing to Win: Mastering the Game of Business, The Six Unwritten Rules and Publicizing Your Brand and Staying in Demand, address the needs of new hires, at-risk employees, high-achievers, managers and executives.

Fay is a former business newspaper columnist for the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the St. Louis Business Journal. Ms. Fleming has been a columnist for a travel magazine and is frequently a guest on radio and TV.  

Fay's latest venture is a CD series called “Mastering the Game of Business" focused on showing professionals how to accelerate career success. Additionally, Fay has published her first book entitled “Mother Wit: Wisdom For Life’s Journey,” a journal of inspirational quotes that keeps readers encouraged and uplifted.

Fay received her Master’s Degree in marketing and her Bachelor’s Degree in finance and accounting.  A longtime volunteer, Ms. Fleming currently works with the American Marketing Association, the National Sales Network, the Public Relations Society of America, Jordan CDC, and Christian Chapel Temple of Faith.

 

Kent Robert Mayes - With a career in search and placement that spans over 15 years, Mr.. Mayes has led regions of staffing offices to national notoriety with some of the most reputable companies in the contingency search industry. Some of those firms include; Robert Half International, Adecco, Vedior, CDI, Select Remedy and today with the 3rd largest staffing firm in the world, the SFN Group. As a leader in the staffing industry he has helped thousands of professionals meet their career objectives in the areas of Accounting and Finance, Legal, Information Technology and Office Administrative.