Life Renewed Team

Steve Schiffman: Executive Director

Executive Director, Steve Schiffman, has served as a marketing and media consultant and is a bestselling author. He is the visionary, one of the founders and a strateigic planner for the Life Renewed organization. His accomplishments include winning television’s most prestigious award, a local Emmy, as well as three National Religion in Media Awards. Steve has organized and directed creative teams to produce award winning commercials, which have aired on ABC, NBC and CBS network television. As a publisher, he was asked by the DeMoss Foundation to conceptualize and produce the original Power for Living book, which has reached millions through their national media campaign.


Harry Wetzler, M.D., M.S.P.H.: Clinical Outcomes Measurement Specialist

Dr. Harry Wetzler is one of the founders of the Life Renewed organization
and a principal author of the Life Renewed Quality of Life Assessment Software. Dr. Wetzler is an independent health outcomes epidemiologist and Clinical Outcomes Specialist with the American Medical Groups Association and is nationally recognized as an expert in outcomes management, and survey design. He has designed studies and analyzed data for a diverse group of outcomes including functional status and well-being asthma, diabetes and total hip replacement, glycosylated hemoglobin control and patient and provider satisfaction. Dr. Wetzler is board certified in Occupational Medicine and Aerospace Medicine. He is also a retired Air Force Colonel.


Chris Pergantis: Software Development

Chris Pergantis c.pergantis@accelerateddesign.com has a background encompassing mainframe to programmable logic chips, including COMS, Macintosh OS and MS Windows. His software development background includes over sixteen different programming languages with experience in multiple types business and industry. Everything including robotics, visual recognition, industrial manufacturing and business applications make up his three decades of experience. Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Southern Polytechnic Institute and the proprietary Control Data Institute make up a variety of approaches to the learning experience. As an instructor for Career Development Institute, he provided valuable direction to future software engineers. To all of the graduating students he provided instruction on the art of locating that important first job in their new profession. He is currently the CEO of Accelerated Design, Inc. which specializes in the development of custom software for OEM’s and VAR’s, as well as, providing custom and pre-developed applications for businesses.


Mike Carey: Marketing and Business Development

Mike Carey is an accomplished and innovative marketing & technology executive with a strong record of identifying, developing and managing profitable new lines of business for the software, publishing, television, travel, energy and banking industries. Mike ‘s experience includes: Vice Presidents Integrated Marketing at HowStuffWorks, Inc.; Senior Vice President of Marketing at Pathfire, Inc., the leading supplier of digital video distribution and management services to the broadcast television industry. Additionally, he was in charge of business development in the television news and networks segments where his accounts included ABC News, CNN, Fox News, Associated Press, Univision and PBS; Senior Vice President of New Media at The Weather Channel, where he grew Weather.com into one of the premier information web sites; Vice President of New Media at The Travel Channel, where he created, launched and managed TravelChannel.com. In 2004, Mike founded StrategicMojo as a consulting vehicle to provide the following essential services: Strategic Analysis, Business Planning, and Marketing - Offline & Online, including SEO, Business Development & Sales, Project Management, and Content Development. Mike holds an MBA from Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and a BA from George Mason College of the University of Virginia.


Janet Orman: Program and Curriculum Development

Janet Orman is one of the founders of the Life Renewed organization and a principal author of the Life Renewed Life Coaching program. She has a B.S. Degree in Education from the University of North Alabama and has worked in the educational field for 28 years. She has written and developed instructional management plans and provided workshops for colleagues in the public school setting. Janet has also facilitated leadership development conferences and has given educational workshops to many professional groups. She was a volunteer in a local jail ministry in Mississippi for three years before moving to Georgia.


Michael E. McClellan: Marketing & Advertising Specialist

Founder and President of Designs In Motion, Inc., Michael McClellan brings with him more than 20 years of creative design, marketing, and advertising experience. His company, Designs In Motion, Inc., prides itself in delivering engaging brand identity, creative print media, commercial advertising, marketing, web development, web hosting and more. His professional career spans from commercial printing, interactive training, e-commerce development, advertising, and marketing. Mr. McClellan is a graduate of the University of Tennessee where he received his B.S. degree in Graphic Design/Illustration. He is also one of the founders of the Life Renewed organization.


Deborah Cross: Strategic Planning

Deborah Cross is a graduate from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. She also holds a B.S. in Advertising and an M.B.A. in Marketing and Management from the University of Tennessee. Her diverse management background includes 18 years of experience with the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, as well as management positions with Eastman Kodak and Delta Airlines. With Coca-Cola, Deborah developed internal strategic communication materials (videos, print) to support the rollout of global program management for innovation and marketing projects. Her responsibilities have included developing business plans, marketing and branding strategies and tactics, and sales management strategies.


Dr. John Hutcheson: Research Director

Dr. John Hutcheson, founder and President of The Research Group Inc., has over 30 years of experience in applied research, both in academic settings and as a consultant. Before his retirement from Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Dr. Hutcheson taught graduate courses in
research methods and policy analysis. He founded an interdisciplinary applied research center that he directed for over 15 years. Prior to joining the faculty at Georgia State University, he was the Associate Director of a research center at Emory University and directed research for the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Community Health Service. The author of six books and hundreds of articles and research reports, Dr. Hutcheson was designated an Alumni Distinguished Professor at Georgia State University and won numerous awards for his research and teaching.


Diane Mosley: Outreach Coordinator

Diane has a B. S. in Business Administration from Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama. She has worked with the federal government for over 21 years, and for the past 16 years she has worked with the Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons. She has volunteered in the Atlanta City School System off and on since 1998, and is currently a mentor for the Douglas County School System. She has served as a Sunday School secretary, teacher and Superintendent.


Heidi Smith: Administrative Assistant

Heidi Smith graduated with honors from a business college in Stuttgart, Germany and worked for one year with Robert Bosch GmbH before immigrating to the United States where she has lived in New York, San Francisco and since 1975 in Atlanta, GA. For the last 23 years she has been employed by a European owned company where her responsibilities included secretarial, accounting and executive assistance, management of shipping and receiving, technical translation, proposal and document preparation and assistance with spare parts distribution. Her extensive knowledge of all departments has been instrumental in training new employees.