Business Advisory Council

The Coggin College of Business is privileged to have the leadership and commitment from the Business Advisory Council. The Business Advisory Council was created to provide communication between the world of business and the classroom. Within various committees and at full Council meetings, members provide input on the strategic direction of the Coggin College, our academic programs and are vital to our development activities.

Stephanie Coonan

Chair

Partner
KPMG, LLP

Gil Pomar

Vice Chair

Market President, Northeast Florida

CenterState Bank of Florida

Elaine Johnson

Career Relevance & Development Committee Chair

Principal – Navigy

Florida Blue

Business Advisory Members:

Keith Adams

Partner
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP

Joseph Agee

Complex Director of North Florida
Morgan Stanley

Stacy Banner
Vice President, Sales
Fidelity Investments

Nelson Bradshaw
City President
BBVA Compass Bank

Nathan Goldman

General Counsel-Corporate and Transportation Law

Business & Governance CSX

Keith Goldsmith

Senior V.P., Business Development
CEVA Logistics

Mike Hartley

President

The Hartley Press, Inc.

Nathaniel Herring

City President
Fifth Third Bank

Sylvester T. John (BBA '01)

Senior Vice President
SIFE Worldwide

Steven M. McAlister

Owner & CEO
Florachem Corporation

Clyde Preslar
Senior Vice President
RailAmerica, Inc.

Paul Robbins

President & CEO
Caribbean Shipping Services, Inc.

Javier "Spike" Salinas

Director, International Operations

Insteel Wire Products

David A. Sillick

Publisher
Jacksonville Business Journal

Kent Stermon

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer

Total Military Management, Inc.

Carl E. Stoudermire, III

Pinpoint Properties, Inc.

David Strickland

Vice Chairman, Community Banking
EverBank of Florida

James C. Taylor
Director - head of hR Americas/EuropeTCI, Inc. Deutsche Bank

Honorary Members & Recipients of the Prime F. Osborn,
III Distinguished Business Leaders Award:

Edward L. Baker

H. Eugene Baker, III, Ph.D. (BBA '74, MBA '76)
J. Brooks Brown, M.D.
Edward E. Burr

Walter P. Bussells (BBA '73)

John R. Byers

Michael Cascone, Jr.
Luther Coggin
B. Jay Coleman, Ph.D.
T. O'Neal Douglas
Lawrence J. DuBow
Adel I. El-Ansary, Ph.D.
Gary R. Fane, Ph.D.
William W. Gay
Mel Gottlieb
Steven T. Halverson
M.C. “Ceree” Harden, III
Donna L. Harper (BBA '89)
David M. Hicks
Leerie T. Jenkins, Jr.

Sylvester T. John (BBA '01)

*deceased

Hugh H. Jones, Jr.

Delores M. Kesler

Frank J. Mackesy

Paul M. Mason, Ph.D
William C. Mason, Ed.D.
James E. McCollum
Thomas R. McGehee*
Frank S. McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Janie S. McLure (BBA '77)
Jeffrey Michelman, Ph.D.
Steve F. Perez, Jr. (BBA '83)
Thomas F. Petway, III
Catherine B. Reynolds (BBA '80)
The Honorable John Darrell Rood
Lowell M. Salter, Ph.D.

Gov. Frederick H. Schultz

Linda H. Sherrer

David A. Smith (BBA '82)
Jeffrey W. Steagall, Ph.D
David A. Stein
Earle C. Traynham, Ph.D.
Reza Vaghefi, Ph.D.
Michael J. Ward
J. Wayne Weaver