Joni Thomas Doolin is the founder and chairwoman of Black Box Intelligence, leading software and solution provider for the foodservice industry. Joni’s extensive industry and community involvement is rooted in her values of conscious capitalism, creative thinking and mentorship to emerging and future leaders. She has served as an advisor to numerous industry associations, media and boards as an expert in workplace and marketplace trends. She received the elite Trailblazer Award from the Women’s Foodservice Forum acknowledging her contributions to the foodservice industry and her work to support the value of diversity in the workplace. Joni and her husband Wallace Doolin have funded an annual scholarship for women and minorities through the National Restaurant Association’s Education Foundation as a commitment to their beliefs.

Joni currently serves on the board of Black Box Intelligence, BBIMetrics, LLC, the national board of directors for Share Our Strength, the nation’s leading anti-hunger organization; the national board of Coaches Collective International, and is a founding member of Changers of Commerce.

Joel L. Naroff is the Black Box Intelligence economist and president and founder of Naroff Economics, LLC, a strategic economic consulting firm. He advises companies from a wide range of industries on the risks and opportunities that economic developments may have on the organization’s operating environment.

Joel is the author, with veteran reporter Ron Scherer, of Big Picture Economics: How to Navigate the New Global Economy, published in April 2014. The book, written for everyone, provides a roadmap for decoding the mysteries of a tumultuous economy. It helps people put the pieces together and form frameworks for future decision-making.