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09/26/2025
Dena Cordova Jack
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Dena Cordova Jack Organizational Development & M&A Integration Strategist | 35 Year Building Materials & Lumber Industry Veteran With more than three decades of experience across the building materials supply chain - from commodity trading at Georgia Pacific and Boise Cascade, to sales and operational leadership at Foxworth Galbraith, to VP roles at Kodiak Building Partners, Dena brings deep, real world insight into what drives performance in this industry. She’s successfully led teams through volatile market cycles, regional economic shifts, and complex multi-branch operations, giving her a seasoned perspective on both macro trends and ground-level realities. At Foxworth Galbraith, she oversaw sales across the Mountain region, helping bridge customer strategy with operational execution. At Kodiak, as Vice President of Organizational Development, she played a central role in scaling infrastructure and culture through a period of intense acquisition activity, developing leadership teams, integrating new businesses, and designing scalable systems. Her M&A experience is both strategic and operational, making her a trusted advisor for companies exploring growth, succession, or preparing for sale. Dena also spent time designing and launching an organizational development consulting platform for a national LBM recruiting firm, further sharpening her understanding of workforce challenges and leadership gaps across the industry. Today, through her own firm, Cordova Jack Consulting, she works directly with independent and multi-location companies to build leadership bench strength, strong infrastructure, succession pathways, and high-performing cultures. Known for her candor, humor, and pragmatic style, Dena brings a facilitator’s ease and an operator’s mindset to every room, making her especially effective in delivering educational sessions focused on resilience, growth, and long-term viability, no matter the economic headwinds.
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The Upside of Down Times: Discovering the Power of Gratitude
Lisa Ryan
Harness the Power of Gratitude One of the downsides of life is that we rarely have to deal with an overabundance of gratitude. Most of us tend to focus on the negative. We don't receive nearly as much acknowledgment as we would like, and we don't give as much recognition as others deserve. Now for the upside! When we learn to harness the power of gratefulness, we can make a major positive difference in so many areas of our lives, as well as the lives of those around us-and The Upside of Down Times is your first step toward making that happen. "I highly recommend this book if you want to be happier, healthier, and wealthier. I read this book in one sitting and began implementing some of the ideas the next day. The ideas are easy to implement but powerful in their results." -Jack Canfield, Co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and The Success Principles
