Business Advisory Council

Our Advisory Council is a link to the professional community and industry practices for our department. They provide input on relevance of the overall program of study and specific aspects of the curriculum in today's business landscape. They assist us in identifying specific competencies and skills students should possess to make the program more competitive and generate a better product. And they help assess the college's competitive environment by advising on strategies to not only recruit students to the major, but also to hire the faculty.

The Energy Authority Susan Boggs Vice President, Administration & Chief People Officer

	BBVA Compass Nelson Bradshaw Northeast Florida Chief Executive Officer

JEA David Emanuel Chief Human Resources Officer

First Citizens  Jessica Evans Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking

Tim Hamilton, CTP

Adecco Group Amy Herron  Senior Vice President - Human Resources

The Parts House David Honig Chief Executive Officer

Total Military Management Mary Jensen Director, Business & Customer Intelligence

Elaine Johnson

CIT Mike Jones President of Business Capital

Grant Thornton LLP Julie Lamey Partner

	JAXUSA Anna Lebesch, Ed. D Vice President, Talent Development
	Regency Centers  Michael Mas  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
	TIAA Bank  Swarup Patra  Treasurer

	Crowley  Jim Pennella   SVP, Corporate Services
	Jacksonville Business Journal Sara Pomposo Market President & Publisher

Pivot CPAs Peter Reynolds Managing Partner

Sillick, Inc. David Sillick Consultant

CSX Corporation Lindsey Strubhar Vice President of Tax

Bill C. Van Law III, CFP Retired, Raymond James and Associates

Wyman Winbush   Consultant

Accounting Advisory Council  

Our Advisory Council is a link to the professional community and industry practices for our department. They provide input on relevance of the overall program of study and specific aspects of the curriculum in today’s business landscape. They assist us in identifying specific competencies and skills students should possess to make the program more competitive and generate a better product. And they help assess the college’s competitive environment by advising on strategies to not only recruit students to the major, but also to hire the faculty.

		Scott Batsch Managing Director of Tax Services Grant Thornton LLP			Chelsea M. Carroll Audit Senior Manager KPMG LLP
		Gregory L. DeVino Partner RSM US LLP			Anthony Glenn Head of Jacksonville Office Macquarie Global Services (USA)
		Dwin Horne CPA Shareholder, Vice President Ennis Pellum & Associates, CPAs			Thomas M. King, CPA Vice President and Market Leader Accretive Solutions
		Amy R. Kistka Director Deloitte & Touche LLP			Rob Loverich, CPA Managing Partner Smoak, Davis & Nixon LLP
		Barbara Finke BDO			Michael W. Middleton Partner Assurance Services Ernst & Young LLP
		Jim Murphy Johnson Lambert LLP Partner			Peter Reynolds Managing Partner Pivot CPAs
		James. L. Smith, Jr. CPA/PFS Tax Partner Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP			Mark J Shorstein, CPA Managing Partner Shorstein & Shorstein PA

Marketing Advisory Council 

The Marketing Advisory Council’s mission is to help provide highly qualified marketing graduates to regional employers. To this end, the MAC works directly with UNF faculty, advisors and students to provide valuable experiential learning—from informational interviews to internships. The MAC supports specific programs, such as the Honors in Marketing program. In addition, MAC members advise on the relevance of the overall marketing program of study and specific aspects of the curriculum in today’s business landscape.

Organizations

For-profit and not-for-profit companies alike are members of the Marketing Advisory Council. All member organizations regularly hire marketing professionals and all individual members are hiring managers or above who are experience and prepared to provide advice to our students. All members are willing to provide occasional informational interviews to Honors students to help students learn more about the member's industry, skills, or career. Member organizations may also offer Case Projects and provide internships. To schedule an informational interview with a MAC member, email marketing.honors@unf.edu.

3D Digital  Roxie Reeve Director of Digital  Marketing

3D Digital is a full-service digital marketing agency. With an in-house team of experts, the agency creates digital and video-focused marketing strategies to help magnify brands. 3D Digital has partnered with brands like Bubba Burger, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Vystar Credit Union.

Cause Inspired Media Josh Lusk CEO

Headquartered in St. Augustine, Cause Inspired Media is the world’s largest Google Ad Grant service provider managing more than $80 million in Google ad spend on behalf of more than 560 non-profits. Cause Inspired works directly with the Google Ad Grants team and is trusted by organizations like the United Nations, National Academy of Medicine, VolunteerMatch, Google.org, and many others.

Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Kara Barber  Assistant Director

UNF’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is Jacksonville’s first equity-free, comprehensive business incubator. Early-stage and startup companies are provided the services, space, and support critical to their development for one year at no charge.

Community First Credit Union Haim Shternshus Director of Data Analytics

Named "Credit Union of the Year" (2020) by the League of Southeastern Credit Unions, Community First Credit Union of Florida is a state-chartered credit union based in Jacksonville serving anyone who lives or works on the First Coast. Community First is one of the 10 largest credit unions in the state, serving more than 155,000 members and with assets of $2.3 billion. Community First has 19 branches- including one of the UNF campus. A not-for-profit, Community First is a full-service financial institution offering banking, loans, mortgages and investments for consumers and businesses across the First Coast.

Concepts in Focus, RD Team Mary Pat Julias President

One of the area’s leading marketing research firms, Concepts in Focus has testing facilities in Orange Park as well as Limerick, PA offering a broad set of full set-qualitative and quantitative research methods along with specialties including sensory marketing research.

Crowley Maritime Corporation Jackie Gonsalez VP, Business Development

Crowley is a privately held, U.S.-owned and operated global logistics, government, marine, and energy solutions company headquartered in Jacksonville. Providing supply chain solutions and consultative services to some of the largest companies in the world, Crowley is exponentially expanding our capabilities and growing our organization to support the vastly changing global supply chain. Technology, data and predictive analytics are a driving force behind our expansion of services, daily operations and company transformation.

CSX Casey Wagner Director of Marketing

Headquartered in Jacksonville, CSX is a leading supplier of rail-based freight transportation in North America. CSX covers the eastern US with 20,000 miles of track and access to 70 ports.

Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens Joanna Blinn Director of Communications and Marketing

Founded in 1961, the Cummer serves 150,000 visitors a year and holds more than 5,000 pieces in its collection including seven special collections. The Cummer has three formal gardens with a centerpiece live oak estimated to be nearly 200 years old.

The Doyle Group Nick Doyle CEO

TDG is a health and wellness centric, full service marketing agency that provides data-driven strategies to drive results. We propel growth through the planning, execution and analysis of multi-channel marketing campaigns.   .

Drive Logistics Czarah Cabrera Director of Brand Management & Digital Experience

Drive Logistics is recognized as the premier place for truckers to secure the most comprehensive business solutions, innovative tools and benefits committed to attaining their meaningful success and making their dreams a reality. Established half a decade ago in the heart of Jacksonville, to reimagine the landscape of trucking with a focus on weaving together a team with over a 100 years of industry experience and talented individuals from other industries to create the best experience for America’s truckers.

Empowerment Resources, Inc. Elexia Coleman-Moss Founding Executive Director

Empowerment Resources, Inc. (ERI) is a private, nonprofit organization located in Jacksonville founded by Elexia Coleman-Moss. ERI’s meets its mission—to make children and families stronger and empower them to be successful leaders in the community today, for a better tomorrow—through programs for children and parents.

Fanatics, Inc. Kimberly Frye Alula VP, Global Inclusion & Innovation

Fanatics is the global leader in licensed sports merchandise, with Fanatics, FansEdge, Kitbag, and Majestic brands providing multi-channel commerce for the world’s biggest sports leagues, major media brands, and more than 200 collegiate and professional team properties. Fanatics seeks to offer experiential learning primarily to students from an ethnic minority.

Firehouse Subs Kristen Majdanics SVP of Marketing

Firehouse Subs' piping hot sub-sandwiches can be found in more than 1200 franchised and corporate locations in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. The Marketing Team supports the growth of the brand and the business via a focus on brand marketing, digital content, digital guest experience, field marketing, and media. From leading research for new national menu items to creating social media content to developing hyper-local efforts to support single locations, the Marketing Team uses a blend of digital, data, creative knowledge, and media experience to continue to propel Firehouse Subs' success.

HC Brands Bryan Croft CEO

HC Brands is a leading ecommerce retailer who specializes in designing and manufacturing personalized products ranging from personalized gift such as address stamps, cutting boards and drinkware to business products including signs, nametags and desk plates. All products are sold through a range of digital marketing channels, including ten boutique .com websites as well as leading e-commerce marketplaces such as Etsy, Chewy, and Amazon.

Jacksonville Business Journal Sara Leutzinger Pomposo Publisher and Market President

The JBJ is a business-oriented paper and website that publishes Jacksonville region business news. Owned by American City Business Journals, JBJ is one a group of 44 publications nationwide.

Jewish Community Alliance Adam Chaskin CEO

The JCA is non-profit community center affiliated with the Jewish Federation and Foundation of Northeast Florida, the United Way of Northeast Florida and the Jewish Community Centers of North America. The JAC contributes to the continuation of Jewish life and all people within the Jacksonville community, as well as providing a common meeting ground for everyone, and enhancing the quality of life for all segments of the community to strengthen family life.

Kessler Creative Dina Kessler President

Formed in 2007, Kessler Creative has since then grown to become one of the leading providers of direct marketing services to clients nationwide. Every day, Kessler Creative offers results-driven marketing solutions to marketers, entrepreneurs, franchises, and small & medium businesses that are focused on targeting their ideal consumers with creative, engaging, and effective mail campaigns.

Money Pages Alan Worley CEO

Money Pages is a multi-media brand helping local businesses reach their target audiences through direct mail, its mobile app, digital services and its flagship product, Money Pages magazine. Its mission is to bring local businesses' stories to life in a seamless model that provides savings to local communities coast-to-coast.

Museum of Contemporary Art Nan Kavanaugh Director of Communications and Marketing

Founded in 1924, the MOCA is now a cultural institute of UNF. With 60,000 square feet of space across six floors including Café Nola, MOCA shows its permanent collection and is a vibrate space for rotating exhibitions of contemporary art.

Natural Life  Amy Glaser  VP of People and Culture

Natural Life is a lifestyle brand based in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL that is on a mission to inspire people to Give & Live Happy! We make irresistible treasures with a free-spirit style and positive vibe... everything from clothes & accessories to things for your home & unique gifts!

Robin Shepherd Group Kristen Benjamin Vice President, Client Services

Founded in 1984, Shepherd is a full-service Jacksonville and Atlanta ad agency provides advertising, design, digital marketing, and public relations in Atlanta, Jacksonville, Orlando, Charlotte, Chicago, New York, Toronto, France and more.

SCORE Frances Fisher District Director

SCORE is a national service organization that supports small businesses nationwide with a network of over 11,000 volunteers operating in 340+ local chapters around the country. The Jacksonville chapter provides advising in accounting, consulting, distribution, financial planning, franchising, human resources, marketing, operations, publishing, retail sales, strategic planning, sales, consumer products, Internet, technology, and nonprofit management, and doing business with the government.

UNF Marketing Isabel Pease  Interim VP, Marketing& Communications

UNF Marketing and Communications is responsible for promoting and protecting the University’s brand to ensure a strong and consistent identity among all stakeholders. Similar to an agency structure, the office consists of media relations, web and digital services, social media and marketing and supports UNF's mission and strategic goals through integrated and unified messaging. UNF Marketing and Communications provides marketing support for departments and units through graphic design, photography and videography, as well as university-wide guidance and oversight for marketing and promotion. The office is located in Alumni Hall, Building 60.

VENUS Fashion, Inc. Henry Ferris Director of Marketing

Founded and headquartered in Jacksonville in 1984, Venus is a fashion, lingerie and swimwear e-commerce business with customers throughout the US and Canada. Venus is owned by the German multi-channel retailer Bonprix.

VyStar Credit Union Jonathan Hanson VP of Marketing Strategy and Member Engagement

VyStar Credit Union is the second largest credit union in Florida, serving more than 825,000 members with assets totaling over $12 billion. VyStar membership is open to anyone who lives or works in the 49 contiguous counties of Central to North Florida, 26 Georgia counties and past and present military members and their families all over the world. VyStar is a full-service credit union offering exceptional rates on loans, mortgages, checking, and deposit accounts for both consumers and small businesses.

Executive Members

Executive members are individuals who have at least 10-years' experience in marketing or related business areas and have committed to mentoring Honors students through UNF’s Executive Mentor Program. To request an Executive Member as a mentor, email marketing.honors@unf.edu.

		Greg Gutkowski Executive Member

Management Advisory Council 

Looking for ways to get involved and give back the Management department? We're always looking for talented alumni or simply engaged professionals currently employed locally within the management, international business, information systems, and operations disciplines to contribute to the Department's curricular and co-curricular initiatives. Service on the Management Advisory Council (MAC) includes setting strategies to improve future graduates’ workforce readiness, integrating “real-world” business expertise into academic curriculum, growing UNF student internship and employment opportunities, and providing important linkages in the community that result in a stronger University and region. In return, members of the MAC will benefit from networking with other community leaders, influencing strategic initiatives in the College, and exposure to Coggin's brightest undergraduate and graduate talent.

		Kimberly Hurse  Executive Director System Imaging Wolfson Children's Hospital/Baptist South Hospital
		Yogesh Kumar  Vice President - Analytics Deutsche Bank			Joseph Maltese, CFP JJM Financial Services, LLC
		David Nango  Retired Vice President from Lincoln Electric Co.			Jim Simak Innovation Leader/Entrepreneur/M&A/Growth Strategist
		James Smith Senior Director of Operations Optimization, Medicare Florida Blue

Transportation and Logistics Advisory Council 

Our Advisory Council is a link to the professional community and industry practices for our department. They provide input on relevance of the overall program of study and specific aspects of the curriculum in today’s business landscape. They assist us in identifying specific competencies and skills students should possess to make the program more competitive and create graduates better prepared for the career field. And they help assess the college’s competitive environment by advising on strategies to not only recruit students to the major, but also to hire the faculty. 

		Leonard (Len) Fritz Director, Business & Quality Operations Blount Island Command, USMC
		Paul Hitchcock Senior Policy Advisor  Holland & Knight LLP
		Tim Nelson President and CEO Shoreside Logistics
		Tyler Newman, CCIM  Senior Director Industrial Brokerage Services Cushman & Wakefield
		Todd Pye Vice President, Operations Florida Rock & Tank Lines, Inc.
		Rick Thomas Senior Vice President Business Development  GEODIS