From the Desk of RESA Ambassador, Yolanda Tillman: RESACON 2023!

My journey at RESACON began in 2017 with a conversation on our RESA® Facebook page with my dear friend RESA® California State President, Janie Jensen (whom I did not know at the time). We met in the comment section and then talked offline. She began to tell me about how exciting RESACON was and planned on going again. She said, “Yolanda you should try and come as it would really help you with your business, and networking with the attendees.”

We hit it off right away and became roommates and have been roommates to this day (and will be again this July).

We also served as volunteers in 2017. WOW! it was so much fun and it was like one big extravagant event of the year. (Like the song, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”) I learned so much with our educational sessions, awesome guest speakers, beautiful M-Resort, awesome restaurants, (oh, you must try the rum raisin gelato in the ice cream parlor in the lobby), and more. The next year (2018), Janie and I became Co-Chairs of the Volunteers and that was so rewarding, and we thanked our volunteers for their willingness to step up and made sure everyone was taken care of from registration check-in to door greeters and beyond.  

We did such a great job, we served as Co-Chairs again in 2019 as we received high praise from our awesome leader Shell Brodnax on having the largest number of volunteers 2 years in a row. Last July 2022, I served as chair, and truly appreciate all of volunteers who wanted to serve again, 1^st time attendees, my dear colleagues from Canada and other international countries, and of course those in leadership roles all stepped up to the plate.

If you ask yourself, should I try and attend 2023 RESACON?  Listen to that voice and make all efforts to attend, you will not be disappointed, and you will be glad you did. This is the BIGGEST SHOW ON EARTH!! RESACON Here We Come!!!

Yolanda “Yo” Tillman

RESA® Ambassador

RESA® National Board of Directors