MEET OUR Experts in residence
These individuals volunteer their time to help local entrepreneurs grow great businesses in our community.
MEET OUR EXPERTS IN RESIDENCE
Our mentor panel has a diverse set of backgrounds and experience. Among these 27 highly-skilled mentors, there is over 390 years of business ownership and 415 years as C-suite executives. These individuals are motivated by the opportunity to help the entrepreneurs and businesses in our community.
If you are interested in becoming a mentor in The Spring VMS, please contact gracie@thespringpensacola.com
Bob Anderson
Senior Vice President, SunTrust now Truist Financial
Cover Brooks
Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley
Buddy Cummings
Co-founder and Partner, Cummings Camp Programs, LLC
Nikki Cummings
Co-founder and CEO, Cummings Camp Programs, LLC
Dean Dalrymple
Partner / Principal, Dalrymple Sallis Architecture
Robert L. Foster
Division Manager, Apogee.us Telecom
Rachael Gillette
Chief Leadership Development Office, Studer Community Institute
Sterling Gilliam
Director, National Naval Aviation Museum
Travis Goins
President, EBI Management Group
Dr. Jessica Griffen
Chairwoman and CEO, The Urban Development Center, Inc.
Ashton Hayward
President, Andrews Research & Education Foundation
Bob Hart
Retired Attorney
Chris Heaney
Deputy Supervisor of Elections for Operations, Escambia County, FL
James Hosman
Market President, Centennial Bank
Jerry Jackson
Retired, GM Deepwater Projects, Royal Dutch Shell
James Mann
CEO, M4 Sciences Corporation
University of West Florida, Mechanical Engineering (courtesy appointment)
Curt Morse
Vice President of Private Banking, The First Private Bank
Mort O’Sullivan
Retired Managing Member of the Gulf Coast Region Warren Averett, LLC CPAs & Advisors
Tom Patterson
CEO, The JETTY IoT
Lloyd Reshard
CEO, Cognitive Big Data Systems
John A. Rigsby
CEO, eduocity, LLC
Kathy Sandstrom
Retired Senior Partner, Heitman, LLC
Julie Sheppard
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel, IHMC
Bert Thornton
Retired COO and Vice Chairman Emeritus, Waffle House, Inc.
James Waters
Entrepreneur, Co-Founder and Forder CTO, Performance Matters
Walker Wilson
Executive Director, Downtown Improvement Board
President/Owner, Bay Lumber Trading
Veronique Zayas
Founder and Creative Director, HatchMark Studio, Co-Founder, Emerald Republic Brewing Co.
The Spring VMS Program would not be possible without the support of our partners:
