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Pensacola Business Radio: 03.03.16 – Guests: CDR Michael Kohler and Mark Harden / Rock n Fly Half Marathon, Ben Murphy / Murphy Werx Productions

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CDR Michael S. Kohler / NBHC Belle Chasse
Rock N Fly – Promoter

 

The Blue Angels Rock N Fly Half Marathon and 5K will begin at 8 a.m. Both races start and finish in the heart of NAS Pensacola on Radford and Fred Bauer (at the Starbuck sign). The half marathon course takes you through and around various landmarks such as the glorious Barrancas National Cemetery, the National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola Light House, Sherman Cove, and great waterfront views of Pensacola Bay and the entry to the Gulf of Mexico. It may be too much for some but for a Rock N Fly runner could it get any better?

Every participant in the half marathon or 5K will receive a t-shirt and poster! In addition, half marathon athletes will take home a finishers medal. Start training today for this event. The Rock N Fly Hippie tour will surely sell out in 2016.

For participants just wanting to show off hippie or rocker gear we are ready to see what you got. Just remember these awards only go three deep for the best hippie and rocker costume awards. In addition, we will have the hula championship for the longest individual to hula hoop. After the race, stick around for our huge post-race party!!! Jam out with our bands and enjoy food, fun, and music! You think you have what it takes to Rock N Fly?

Rock N Fly proceeds will benefit the Navy Ball and Navy Marine Corps Relief Society. If running for a cause matters when picking your racing events then the Rock N Fly is must event to schedule into your calendar.

www.runrocknfly.com

 

 

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Ben Murphy / Murphy Werx Productions
Owner

What we do

We believe in ‘Authenticity has an Audience’ and with the continual expansion of social media, our lives becoming more virtual, consumers hunger for something genuine. AsMedia Marketing Professionals our mission is to showcase your business (or real estate property) with professional photography, and video production services. We help you tell your story of why, in this ‘consumer to business’ driven world, you stand out from the rest.
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Mark Harden / Boots Up

About Us

Boots Up™ is dedicated to fixing the divide that exists in our nation between transitioning veterans and the companies, educational institutions, and people who want to help them succeed. We envision our nation working together to repay those who have sacrificed and served with support through any means necessary or needed tailored to the individual veteran.

We are offering honorably discharged veterans opportunities to join us and our partners (their advocates) in unique experiences and ways to network and transition.

Our ultimate goal is to make the connectins through education, employment, and support to create a positive impact on the American economy.

Specialties

  • Veteran Employment
  • Transition Assistance
  • Education Assistance
  • Veteran Support & Counseling

www.bootsup.us

Pensacola Business Radio – 03.02.16 Guests: Danny Hulslander / Sunrise Fresh Produce, Nicole Stacey / Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce, Tara Santosuosso / Chill Cryotherapy Pensacola

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Danny Hulslander / Operations Manager
Sunrise Fresh Produce
www.sunrisefreshproduce.com

 

Danny Hulslander with Sunrise Fresh Produce has been in the wholesale/ retail produce business for 30 years.  Here today to talk about Sunrise Fresh Produce first annual food show March 15th in Orange Beach, AL. He can be found on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/dannyhulslander .  

SERVING CUSTOMERS AROUND THE DEEP SOUTH

With Sunrise Fresh Produce, you’ll find a professional staff that has been in the produce business for many years in central Mississippi, Jacksonville and northeast Florida, the Florida panhandle, south Alabama, south Georgia, and south Louisiana. We are local people who know and understand your needs as a customer. We have a deep understanding of produce availability in the marketplace but we also know where to get the best quality for the very best price. Our customers reap the benefits of this knowledge and experience with excellent quality, superior service and competitive pricing. We’re committed to leading the way in excellent customer service.

WE GUARANTEE THE QUALITY OF OUR PRODUCE

Our warehouses have all new state-of-the-art refrigeration, not only in our shipping/receiving dock but in our separate temperature zone coolers as well. To give our customers that extra measure of confidence, we have temperature alarm zones in all our coolers so if the temperature varies 4 degrees, an automatic notification warning is sounded. Our customers have the best quality produce and the safest produce available and we are taking every precaution to make sure this happens day in and day out!

 

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Nicole Stacey / CEO
Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce

 

Pensacola Beach Chamber Mission and Goals


Chamber Objectives
As we work to improve our community’s economy, tourism efforts and quality of life, we keep these broad objectives in mind:
·         To help business prosper and grow
·         To encourage job opportunities
·         To promote the Beach as a preferred travel destination
·         To contribute to the overall economic stability of the community

Board of Directors

Board Members

Chair – Ron Wilson, ResortQuest by Wyndham Vacation Rentals

Vice Chair – Robert Gleim, Bamboo Willie’s

Treasurer – Chase Cole, Flounder’s Chowder House

Secretary – Elaine Ference, Shaggy’s

Past Chair – Beverly Campbell, Sandshaker

George Coolbaugh, Innisfree Hotels

Russell Stark, Paradise Beach Homes

Terry Preston, Pensacola Beach Advocates

Ron Spradling, City Spree

Becky Jones, Highpointe Hotels

 

pensacolabeachchamber.com

 

 

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Tara Santosuosso / Chill Cryotherapy Pensacola

Tara Santosuosso started her business career as a software engineer, then took time out to raise her son Anthony. An avid tennis player and skier, Tara sustained a few injuries and had nagging aches and pains. While living in Dallas, she started using whole body cryotherapy for back and ankle injuries. Convinced that it helped her recovery, she looked for one around northwest Florida. But there was none close by. Chill Cryotherapy is the answer.

Tara’s husband Jeff has enjoyed a 25-year career working for some of the major international life sciences companies. With an MBA from Dartmouth and hands-on general management skills, he brings sound business practices and experiences to the team. An avid cyclist, runner, and skier, Jeff also uses cryotherapy for recovery and relief.

Tara and Jeff have lived in Pensacola since 2012 and are members of the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce.

 

WELCOME TO CHILL CRYOTHERAPY, PENSACOLA.

Cryotherapy is a whole-body exposure to sub-zero temperatures used to promote the body’s natural anti-inflammatory response, release endorphins, reduce pain and promote overall health. Cryotherapy is not a medical procedure, but a non-invasive alternative for individuals seeking faster recovery and improved health.

We have selected what we believe is the highest quality unit on the market today. It is manufactured by Impact Cryotherapy Inc. The  unit was designed and is built in the United States. It is a unit we can stand behind.

The unit is currently being used by pro golfers, teams like the New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Pelicans, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins, and Boston Red Sox. Now the NCAA is turning to Cryotherapy. Impact Cryotherapy has units installed at  University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, and Wake Forest, just to name a few.

We are in the process of setting up our retail location in downtown Pensacola. We look forward to opening in January. See how Cryotherapy can improve your health and well being.

Is Whole Body Cryotherapy right for you? Do you want to:

 Reduce Recovery Time and Muscle Soreness

 Manage Persistent Pain & Inflammation

 Relieve Symptoms of Depression & Anxiety

 Increase Metabolism & Weight Loss

Pensacola Business Radio: 03.03.16- UWF- Cyber Patriot and Cyber Security

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Dr. Eman El-Sheikh / Director, Center for Cybersecurity, and Professor, Computer Science
University of West Florida

 

Dr. Eman El-Sheikh is Director of the UWF Center for Cybersecurity, Associate Dean of the College of Science and Engineering, and Professor of Computer Science. The UWF Center for Cybersecurity is the regional hub for cybersecurity education and research, including multidisciplinary programs and certificates, research opportunities, outreach activities, and industry partnerships. Dr. El-Sheikh teaches and conducts research related to Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity. She enjoys giving presentations related to cybersecurity education and workforce development and mentoring students in research projects.

Center for Cybersecurity

The UWF Center for Cybersecurity is the regional hub for cybersecurity education and research, including multidisciplinary programs and certificates, research opportunities, outreach activities, and industry partnerships.

Attention students: Get involved in the UWF Cyber Club!

uwf.edu/cybersecurity

 

Pensacola Business Radio – 02.18.16 – Guests: Jeff Sesol / Ventura Group of Florida, Amy Davis / Milton Spring Fling

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Jeff Sesol / Ventura Group of Florida

We focus on Florida opportunities, and have been doing so since 1998.

 We are a boutique organization. The Ventura Group is small by design, allowing for acute attention to detail along with a thorough and personalized servicing of each of our clients.

 We are very selective. We intentionally limit the number of clients we work with in order to concentrate on our sole purpose meeting your strategic needs.

We perform our own due diligence and research analyses. We work with our clients to ensure that all financial records are

“in order,” in addition to conducting a thorough study of each company’s objectives and operations.

What We Do

We are unique in our focus…dedicated to working with companies seeking business opportunities in the state of Florida. 

You may be looking to expand your current operations, acquire an existing business, identify a strategic partner, or explore alternative strategies that best fit your needs.

Services We Offer

* Business Brokerage for Sellers and Buyers
* CPA Firm Mergers, Acquisitions and Sales
* Management Consulting
* Business Valuations

The Ventura Group of Florida, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is incorporated in the state of Florida.

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Amy Davis / Spring Fling 16
Media Expert & Director of Spring Fling

2016 Spring Fling  ’16

 Spring Fling ’16 is like nothing Milton, Florida has ever seen. It’s a music festival that brings together different genres of music. From country, rock, southern rock, to reggae all in one venue.   Spring Fling ’16 will be supporting the SRC Veterans Memorial Foundation, Shoes That Fit, and the East Milton Fire Rescue.       Spring Fling was started in 2015 and supported the Black Hawk Down Foundation. It was a smaller festival but this year we want Spring Fling to grow and we want it to become larger with every year that passes. We want this music festival to continue supporting local charities and always be affordable and fun for the public to enjoy. 

We support our troops!!!

We will be discounting our tickets $5 off orginal pricing for our military.

SPRING FLING 2016

Pensacola Business Radio 2-16-16 – Guests: Steven Reynolds and Tim Shipman / Cordova Lanes Bowling Center, Kay Mitchell / Florida Blue

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Steven Reynolds and Tim Shipman / Cordova Lanes Bowling Center

Steve Reynolds is the owner of Cordova Lanes Bowling Center, which operates as a community center as much as a bowling and family entertainment center. Cordova Lanes is well known in Pensacola as the place that put ‘fun’ into fundraising, whether hosting a fundraising event at the lanes, or contributing auction items and door prizes to local events.

    Popular evening specials such as ‘penny-a-pin’ and the famous ‘kids bowl free all Summer’ are coupled with a reputation for quality that means Cordova Lanes hosts regional and NCAA tournaments.  They also host local business and networking groups, off-site working lunches for businesses and a flurry of Holiday and Christmas parties.

   The Reynolds family has been involved in Pensacola’s bowling scene for many decades. Steve’s father Bob opened Cordova Lanes in 1979. Since then, it has continued to flourish as a legacy of his philosophy that a business that becomes part of a community becomes an institution; a part of the fabric of that community.

WELCOME TO CORDOVA LANES!

let’s go bowling…

…or throw darts, or play poker, or have a great salad, or share your singing skills with the Karaoke bunch, or catch the big game…

You get my point? Cordova Lanes is a Bowling Center… as in Community Center. We have plenty of activities, but more importantly; we have the perfect vehicle to assist you in meeting your goals, both personal and professional.

Bowling is great fun, great exercise, and a great icebreaker. It’s perfect forfamily gatherings, school field trips, church socials, networking opportunities, fundraisers, dates, civic group meetings, weddings, and birthdays or celebrations of any kind!

We are also experts at ensuring you have a great time while bowling, whether as a league member or just a simple social occasion. And don’t worry about staying in touch – we have free wi-fi throughout the center.

Come experience the at Cordova Lanes, where we prove bowling is fun!

 

 

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Kay Mitchell / Florida Blue
Sales Consultant

Kay Mitchell is an insurance agent with Florida Blue, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, community activist, model & hostess originally from Houston, who is passionate about empowering women to become their very best. She looks forward to helping strengthen this community anyway that she can.

I have proudly held my insurance license for the past 10 years and worked diligently in the Pensacola and surrounding areas to provide quality and affordable healthcare to all in need. I specialize in the Affordable Health Care Act plans as well as Medicare Plans. Almost two years ago I was given the privilege to join the Florida Blue Team and I absolutely love this company! They care not only about their members, but also their employees. So if you or someone you know needs health insurance I would love to help!

 

1680 Airport Blvd  Pensacola, Fl  32504

Kay.Mitchell@floridablue.com

 (850) 202-4150  fax (850) 477-3320

NEED HEALTH INSURANCE? You Can Enroll Now! Come In and Ask Us How.

Pensacola Business Radio: 02.18.16 – Guests: David Pasquelone and Susie Wansley / Tel-Staff, Randy Tyson/ Gulf Coast Long Term Care Solutions

 

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David Pasquelone and Susie Wansley / Tel-Staff

 

Save Time.

As a business professional, you know that time is money. The hours in your workday are too valuable to spend struggling with time-consuming employee issues, confusing tax law, and hours of governmental red tape. Let TEL Staffing & HR handle all your administrative needs. Our comprehensive services free you to focus on your #1 priority—the vision and expansion of your business!

Save Money.

With thousands of employees under our umbrella, TEL has the buying power most companies just can’t touch. TEL Staffing & HR bolsters your revenue potential by taking charge of countless hours of non-revenue producing work—plus we pass along significant administrative and workers’ compensation savings in the process. That means more money in your pocket!

Reduce Stress.

No business owner likes to struggle with insurance companies, fraudulent claims, and unhappy employees. TEL Staffing & HR frees you from these and other time-consuming responsibilities so you can focus on moving your business forward. You can be confident that your organization is safe in our capable hands.

Powerful Benefits.

Happy employees are productive employees. In today’s benefits-driven society, great health insurance, 401k plans and employee benefits are the best way to attract and retain professional talent. Let TEL Staffing & HR provide you and your team with powerful. cost-effective solutions that fit your organization’s unique needs. We’ll give you the competitive edge you need to succeed.

 

Learn how TEL Staffing & HR can help your organization save time and money, reduce stress,
and increase employee productivity, loyalty, and your bottom line.

LEARN MORE

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Randy Tyson / Gulf Coast Long Term Care Solutions

Specialties: PRODUCTS
– Long Term Care Insurance
– Life Insurance
– Disability Insurance
– Key Person Insurance
– Annuities

PLANNING
– Long Term Care Planning
– Retirement Planning
– Estate Planning
– College Planning
– Charitable Giving & Legacy Planning

www.nautilusfinancialstrategies.com

www.gcltcs.com

Owner

Gulf Coast Long Term Care Solutions, LLC

January 2015 – Present (1 year 2 months)Pensacola, Florida Area

Long Term Care is an issue that is affecting millions of families. As the baby boomers enter their senior years, the number of people needing care is going to grow. Long Term Care is a financial issue that can devastate an otherwise secure retirement for a couple. It is also a family issue that can have a negative impact on relationships and lifestyles of children, siblings and others. I help clients find solutions for future long term care needs to compliment their overall retirement plan.

Associate

Nautilus Financial Strategies

September 2008 – Present (7 years 6 months)Pensacola, Florida

Here’s a question for you: Doing what you are currently doing are you fairly certain that you will have an ever increasing income for the rest of your life? In other words, will you be able to maintain your current lifestyle as long as you live?

If you would like to know the answer to that question, at Nautilus we can simply and definitively help you answer it.

Pensacola Business Radio – 02.17.16 Guests: Kathleen Logan – Power of E3 Conference

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Third Annual Day for Women by Women: Educate, Enlighten and Empower

Benefiting Sacred Heart Hospital Foundation for Women in Need of Health Care

Saturday, April 30, 2016

8 am to 4 pm

Sacred Heart Hospital Conference Center

5151 N. 9th Avenue, Pensacola, FL

 

Mainstay Financial Group and Sacred Heart Senior Services are proud to present a Day of Education, Enlightenment and Empowerment for women 55 and over.  In its 3rd successful year, the theme for this year’s event is: Wise Women Keep Learning. This women onlyevent will feature Pensacola’s own recognized speaker and author, Kathleen Vestal Logan. Kathleen is the co-author of the award-winning book Second Blooming for Women: Growing a Life that Matters after Fiftyandhas recently published a new book:  Women’s Wisdom: Pass It On.  Channel 3 anchorwoman Sue Straughn will once again be the MCfor this exciting event.  Other topics include:

  • The Value of Financial Wisdom, by Annalee Leonard, Founder & President, Mainstay Financial Group
  • Health & Vitality: Mid-Life and Beyond, by Suzanne Bush, MD, Sacred Heart Medical Group
  • It’s Never Too Late to Love Your Body & Yourself, by Laticia “Action” Jackson, Lifestyle & Fitness Expert

Power of E3 is a recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit and all net proceeds will go to the Sacred Heart Hospital Foundation to benefit women in need of health care.

We are asking for your support of this women only event by:

 

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Pensacola Business Radio: Women In Technology Episode 2

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Beth McClean / Web Analytics Specialist
App River

Ann Novakowski / Communications for Digital Transformation

Robyn S. Philips / Sr. Channel Sales Advisor
App River

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Beth McClean

Web Analytics Specialist at AppRiver

Marketing liaison for ITEN Wired planning committee

With a diverse background in digital marketing, research and online business development, Beth McClean enjoys working in the thriving field of web analytics and advanced search engine tactics to help drive marketing success, especially in the TECH arena. When she’s not intensely engaged in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) /SEM (Search Engine Marketing) efforts, she enjoys spending time with her family and teaming with her husband to manage his photography business, Barrett McClean Photography.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethmcclean

http://pensacola.hubspotusergroups.com/speakers

 

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 Ann Novakowski is a project manager, web designer, and marketer. She has taught workshops on effective email communication and development, HTML/CSS for beginners, and social media marketing for small business and non-profits. When not working at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship coworking lab, she can be found studying for full-stack development certification or at local tech and women’s empowerment groups such as Free Code Camp and the Junior League of Pensacola.

www.pensacolacodes.com <- documentary
www.itgulfcoast.org <– IT Gulf Coast
www.innovationcoast.org <- Innovation Coast
facebook.com/groups/free.code.camp.pensacola <– Free Code Camp (coffee + code group for adults)
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Robyn Philips
I am entering my eight year at AppRiver and I continue to manage Channel partner relationships with the highest regard for AppRiver’s phenomenal customer care and response time, which is demonstrated in our Channel growth this past year. AppRiver is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application provider offering award-winning email and Web security solutions to businesses of all sizes. Understanding the need to protect networks from today’s increasingly complex IT threats, AppRiver offers businesses a comprehensive, yet affordable subscription-based solution that incorporates the latest spam and virus protection, email encryption and Web security on the market. In addition, the company provides a complete managed service for Microsoft Exchange, as well as a bundled Office 365 solution. Since its inception, AppRiver has sustained an impressive 93% customer retention rate while growing its customer base to more than 47,000 companies and over 10 million mailboxes worldwide. www.appriver.com

AppRiver has a simple mission – to be Phenomenal.


So what does being phenomenal mean for you? It means you can try out any of our services at no charge for 30 days and make sure they’re right for your business. It means you can cancel your service at any time without penalties. And it means you will deal with a well-trained, experienced team of AppRiver employees – available all day, every day – from your first call and every call thereafter. All of that means you’ll have fewer issues and that the ones you do have will be resolved quickly and accurately. Our job is simply to make your business better.

But just because it’s simple doesn’t mean it’s easy. We’ve worked hard to earn the trust of over 47,000 customers worldwide – and keep 93 percent of all our customers since we launched the business. We’re still working hard to provide the best customer service in the business because keeping our customers happy today (and tomorrow) is all that matters!

Pensacola Business Radio – Women In Leadership Episode 3- Studer Group

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Penelope Elebash

Next Level Partnership Leader at Studer Group

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Carey King

Director of Operations

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Autumn Morris

PRC/Project Specialist Leader at Studer Group

tuder Group® works with healthcare organizations in the United States, Canada, Australia, and beyond, to help them achieve and sustain exceptional improvement in clinical outcomes and financial results. A Huron Healthcare solution, Studer Group partners with organizations to build a sustainable culture that promotes accountability, fosters innovation, and consistently delivers a great patient experience and the best quality outcomes over time. By installing an execution framework called Evidence-Based LeadershipSM (EBL), organizations are able to align goals, actions and processes, and execute quickly. This framework creates the foundation that enables transformation in this era of continuous change.

Learn More About Studer Group

A PASSION FOR MAKING HEALTHCARE BETTER

Studer Group trusted advisors partner with healthcare organizations to create an aligned culture that is accountable to achieving outcomes together. Working side-by-side, we help to establish, accelerate, and hardwire the necessary changes through a sequenced approach. This leads to better transparency, higher accountability, and the ability to target and execute specific, objective results that organizations want to achieve. EBL provides unparalleled leadership and cultural transformation that empowers organizations to respond to new initiatives more quickly and effectively than the rest of the nation.

EVIDENCE-BASED LEADERSHIPSM AND THE BALDRIGE AWARD

It’s this commitment to helping organizations accelerate their ability to execute that led to Studer Group receiving the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Our evidence demonstrates that the EBL framework—especially the consistency it creates—is a natural fit with the Baldrige criteria.

The same EBL principles we teach our partners are also hardwired in our own organization. The framework forces us to operate with the efficiency, discipline, and accountability that allowed us to achieve a Baldrige Award level of quality in the first place. It also creates the kind of environment that naturally attracts high performers and allows them to thrive.

WHAT OUR PARTNERS SAY

Even though we had all the tools and knowledge, we had read all of Quint’s books, we had implemented many things, we couldn’t do it until we brought a Coach in. And that’s what Studer Group really brought to the table. They’ve been there, done it, and seen it done all over the country. – Steve Smoot, FACHE, VP, Intermountain Healthcare, Urban South Region

Partnering with Studer Group was the best decision I have made in my 25 years as a healthcare executive. We have drastically improved our patient satisfaction and employee engagement in the first year of implementation of the Studer Group’s Evidence-Based Leadership strategies. – Mike Schafer, CEO, Spooner Health System, Spooner, WI

It all comes back to making healthcare better. Working together, we can create great places for employees to work, physicians to practice medicine and patients to receive care.

Pensacola Business Radio 02.09.16- Guests: Andrea Krieger / United Way of Escambia County, Kelly Massey and Gerry Goldstein / SBDC

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Andrea Krieger / United Way of Escambia County
CEO

 

Andrea Krieger has served as the President/CEO of United Way of Escambia County since June of 2011.  Under her leadership, United Way has grown support of the local community to create a $3 to 1 return on investment.  In the recently completed 2014-2015 fiscal year, $3.14M in donor gifts, sponsorship and grants were leveraged through volunteer efforts and in-kind support to create an $11.6M impact on the local community.

Andrea has a strong commitment to making a difference in the lives of others and was taught early the value of service by her father who was a naval officer and aviator for 24 years.  She is the President for the Rotary Club of Pensacola and a Paul Harris Fellow.  Additionally, she is the Program Chair for Rotary District 6940’s RYLA program.  Andrea also serves on the Board of Central Credit Union and on the West Florida Hospital Women’s Advisory Board.  She is a 2003 LeaP, 2006 Leadership Okaloosa and 2013 LeadersEdge graduate.  Prior to joining United Way of Escambia County, Andrea led the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Florida through a successful $5M expansion of service to a new 26-bedroom Ronald McDonald House.  In part because of this role and her current position, Andrea has been named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Pensacola, was named the Best Non-Profit Executive Director/CEO as part of the Pensacola News Journal’s Best of the Bay Awards and was recently recognized as a Champion of Service by Volunteer Florida. She is honored and humbled by her ability to serve our community as the President of our local United Way.

 

 

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Kelly Massey and Gerry Goldstein / SBDC

Mr. Gerry Goldstein

My educational background includes a BSBA in Finance from the University of Florida and an MBA from the University of West Florida.  I spent more than ten years on Wall Street in various roles within the investment banking community.  In my early years, I was a short-term money trader specializing in BA’s, CD’s, Treasury Bills, and I also specialized in using the Euro Dollar futures market to hedge cash positions. I collaborated with team members to build two government-trading operations.  My last position was with Merrill Lynch at its headquarters in New York on the institutional sales desk, specializing in short term money instruments.

Returning to Pensacola in the early 80’s, I started multiple businesses, including one of the largest printing businesses in the southeast, which supplied print to the US Government Printing Office. During this same time, I designed an online system to deliver printing contracts from the US Government and State agencies to printers throughout the US.  Currently, I own two companies, Salomon-Goldstein Properties LLC, which specializes in commercial real estate brokerage and Goldstein Properties which owns and manages commercial buildings. I have been active in promoting economic development in both Santa Rosa and Escambia counties for more than ten years and sit on multiple boards, including Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Board of Governors at Pensacola State College, Santa Rosa Medical Center, and Rebuild Northwest Florida. 

Currently, I am an adjunct professor in the MBA department at the University of West Florida as well as program coordinator for the Florida Vet Training Program sponsored by Florida Small Business Development Center state office.

Kelly Massey joined The Florida SBDC at the University of West Florida in 2014.  As Regional Director, Massey oversees the operations of SBDC offices located in Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach, and Panama City serving ten counties in the Florida panhandle.  He was previously the Center Director for the Henderson State University – SBDC located in Arkansas.  He was employed there for six years.   

In 2012, he was awarded the National Small Business Administration Counselor of the Year for SBDCs at National Small Business Week in Washington, DC.  He is a Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP), a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and a Certified Business Advisor (CBA).     

Massey has a Master’s degree in Business Administration.  His prior twelve years of experience were in the human resources management field working for large manufacturing companies such as Georgia-Pacific, International Paper Company, and Stant Manufacturing, Inc.

Massey serves on the Greater Pensacola Chamber Board, the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Board, and on the Pensacola Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Group.