Sarah Beth Aubrey
M.S. Strategic Communication, Purdue Uni
IN, US
Sarah Beth Aubrey's mission is to enhance success and profitability in agriculture and rural communities by building capacity in people. She believes everyone has a unique definition of success and strives to foster that potential whether through one-on-one executive coaching, by facilitating peer groups, or by leading boards through change-based planning initiatives.
An entrepreneur since 2003, in 2015 she founded A.C.T., Aubrey Coaching & Training, a performance-based leadership training and executive coaching firm. Her A.C.T. Now! Program, a series of live seminars launches in Indianapolis in 2016.
Sarah Beth holds a B.S. in Agricultural Communications from the University of Illinois and an M.S. in Strategic Communication from Purdue University. She began her career with Novartis moving next into business development and training with ABG, Inc. Entrepreneurial at heart, at 26 she launched a retail meat business and at 30 a grant writing firm. Both businesses have been sold to investors. As the chief executive of Prosperity Ag, LLC, Sarah Beth wrote over 300 successful grants in 39 states yielding nearly $60 million in funding. She is technically savvy in understanding the complex issues facing agriculture today, blogging on these topics for Farm Journal Media's Agweb.com.
The author of four books, Sarah Beth is also Adjunct Faculty at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) where she designs curriculum and teaches graduate courses on entrepreneurship.
She is a 2011 alumna of the Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series, a member of the National Speaker's Association, the Indiana AgrIInstitute, and the 2015 class of the Stanley K. Lacey Executive Leadership Program. The Indianapolis Business Journal named her to 2013's 40 Under 40 list of young professionals to watch and in 2015 she was honored as a member of Vance Publishing's 40 under 40 in Agriculture.
As a speaker and workshop leader Sarah Beth emphasizes personal accountability and process improvement. Clients work with her to facilitate professional assessment tools, including Strengths Finder ™, for the creation of customized small group and individual training needs, and to design qualitative market research programs that support better understanding of customer or member needs and decision making. Her unique 'Your Strategic Plan on a Page in 1-Hour or Less' workshop is a popular program for executive teams, farm family governance boards, and for conference breakout sessions.
A partial list of clients includes: American Feed Industry Association, the National Sorghum Association, Indiana Farm Bureau, the State of Indiana, Brock Grain Handling, Purdue University, Wabash Valley Power Company, Farm Journal Media, Vectren, Virginia's Ag Region 2000, NTCA The Rural Broadband Association, and Westfield-Washington Township.
Sarah Beth and her husband raise cattle in Central Indiana where she is active in statewide and local organizations.
Sarah Beth Aubrey's mission is to enhance success and profitability in agriculture and rural communities by building capacity in people. She believes everyone has a unique definition of success and strives to foster that potential whether through one-on-one executive coaching, by facilitating peer groups, or by leading boards through change-based planning initiatives.
An entrepreneur since 2003, in 2015 she founded A.C.T., Aubrey Coaching & Training, a performance-based leadership training and executive coaching firm. Her A.C.T. Now! Program, a series of live seminars launches in Indianapolis in 2016.
Sarah Beth holds a B.S. in Agricultural Communications from the University of Illinois and an M.S. in Strategic Communication from Purdue University. She began her career with Novartis moving next into business development and training with ABG, Inc. Entrepreneurial at heart, at 26 she launched a retail meat business and at 30 a grant writing firm. Both businesses have been sold to investors. As the chief executive of Prosperity Ag, LLC, Sarah Beth wrote over 300 successful grants in 39 states yielding nearly $60 million in funding. She is technically savvy in understanding the complex issues facing agriculture today, blogging on these topics for Farm Journal Media's Agweb.com.
The author of four books, Sarah Beth is also Adjunct Faculty at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) where she designs curriculum and teaches graduate courses on entrepreneurship.
She is a 2011 alumna of the Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series, a member of the National Speaker's Association, the Indiana AgrIInstitute, and the 2015 class of the Stanley K. Lacey Executive Leadership Program. The Indianapolis Business Journal named her to 2013's 40 Under 40 list of young professionals to watch and in 2015 she was honored as a member of Vance Publishing's 40 under 40 in Agriculture.
As a speaker and workshop leader Sarah Beth emphasizes personal accountability and process improvement. Clients work with her to facilitate professional assessment tools, including Strengths Finder ™, for the creation of customized small group and individual training needs, and to design qualitative market research programs that support better understanding of customer or member needs and decision making. Her unique 'Your Strategic Plan on a Page in 1-Hour or Less' workshop is a popular program for executive teams, farm family governance boards, and for conference breakout sessions.
A partial list of clients includes: American Feed Industry Association, the National Sorghum Association, Indiana Farm Bureau, the State of Indiana, Brock Grain Handling, Purdue University, Wabash Valley Power Company, Farm Journal Media, Vectren, Virginia's Ag Region 2000, NTCA The Rural Broadband Association, and Westfield-Washington Township.
Sarah Beth and her husband raise cattle in Central Indiana where she is active in statewide and local organizations.
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