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Bill Gallagher of Systems Evolution, Inc.

August 18, 2015 by angishields

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Bill Gallagher of Systems Evolution, Inc.

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Bill Gallagher / Systems Evolution, Inc.

Bill Gallagher is the CEO for Systems Evolution, Incorporated, a business and technology consulting firm. He has over 18 years of experience in the Business and Technology Consulting Industry serving Fortune 1000 clients. He has extensive experience working in large consultancies such as Arthur Andersen and KPMG, as well as smaller boutique consulting firms. During his ten year tenure at Systems Evolution, Bill has served as a Consultant, Managing Director, and now CEO.

Prior to embarking on a career in Consulting, Bill served in the United States Marine Corps. After his service in the Marines, Bill became a decorated law enforcement officer. He finished up his law enforcement career with the State Olympic Law Enforcement Command during the 1996 Olympics.

Bill holds a degree from the University of Georgia in Management Information Systems. He resides in Atlanta, GA near Lake Lanier with his wife of 20 years and three boys. Bill is heavily involved with his boys’ sports and enjoys spending time on the lake with his family.

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Karen Fortune with IAG Forensics and Valuation, Aaron Beam, Terrance Ross with RITA-TECH, INC – Buckhead Business Radio

August 18, 2015 by angishields

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Karen Fortune with IAG Forensics and Valuation, Aaron Beam, Terrance Ross with RITA-TECH, INC - Buckhead Business Radio

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Karen Fortune/IAG Forensics & Valuation

Partner

Karen serves as a Partner in IAG Forensics forensic accounting and litigation services practice. She has over twenty years experience, comprised of both public and private practice, having spent several years in public accounting and serving as a CFO for a biotechnology firm. She possesses extensive experience in financial reporting, auditing of both public and private companies, addressing complex accounting issues, evaluating and designing internal controls, and performing corporate investigations.

She assists attorneys on cases involving complex commercial damages, corporate internal investigations, funds tracing, fraud and alter ego analyses and securities litigation. Additionally, she specializes in matters involving complex financial analyses, M&A disputes and the application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS). Karen has qualified and testified as an expert witness in federal and state courts and has provided assistance to attorneys on several aspects of a case from the complaint stage through trial. She has also testified in both civil and criminal proceedings.

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Aaron Beam

Corporate, Business and Educational Speaker

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Terrance Ross/RITA-TECH, INC

President and CEO

President and CEO of RITA TECH and Chairman of RITA Software. RITA-TECH, INC “Where Nonprofits Come to Grow” is a social engineering software company that specializes in working with nonprofit organizations using enterprise ideas to address social problems, create sustainability, and promote social responsibility. RITA TECH’s mission is to teach nonprofit organizations how to sustain themselves financially, through social enterprise activities rather than relying solely on grants and donations. Since there are no shareholders in a nonprofit organization, the revenue from the business related activities are completely re-invested in the work of the organization thereby teaching nonprofit organizations how to use a business solution to solve a social problem. Terrance has earned many certificates and awards recognizing his outstanding contributions toward improving the lives in his community. These awards include: Outstanding Young Men in America, Top Ten Outstanding Young Alabamians, Georgia Trend Magazine 2004 Top 40 under 40, Who’s Who of Black Atlanta. Terrance has trained hundreds of small businesses worldwide and was featured in Rolling Out Magazine for his unique way of inspiring entrepreneurs to start a business. Terrance has also contributed his talents to writing two books: If You Don’t Like Your Harvest, Change Your Seed and the RITA Social Engineering Model “the act of using social enterprise activities to address social problems while promoting social responsibility”. Terrance the “Dean of Nonprofits” as he is commonly known, has created a number of business initiatives for entrepreneurs and nonprofit founders ready to go to the next level which includes: RITA 2.0 Software, The RITA Social Engineering Model, Georgia Business Institute, National Association of Social Engineering (NAOSE), and National Association of Micro Business Owners (NAMBO) just to name a few. Availability Terrance Ross is available as a motivational speaker and to conduct business workshops and seminars.

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Tom O’Brien and James Ross of Axion BioSystems, Inc.

August 11, 2015 by angishields

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Tom O'Brien and James Ross of Axion BioSystems, Inc.

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Tom O’Brien / AxionBioSystems, Inc.

Tom O’Brien is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Axion BioSystems in Atlanta, GA, maker of life science instrumentation and medical diagnostic equipment. Since co-founding the company in 2008, he has led a team that has introduced two new products into the life science market. Prior to Axion, Tom was at Intermagnetics (NASDAQ:IMGC) where he held the roles of Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and President, Invivo Medical Devices. He was instrumental in the sale of Intermagnetics to Philips Medical Systems in November 2006.

Tom began his career at General Electric and has held various senior executive positions in both public and private companies, in the US and abroad. He serves on the Axion BioSystems board of directors, the Georgio Bio board of directors, and as a Georgia Research Alliance Industry Fellow. Tom has also served on the Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering and the Georgia Tech College of Engineering Advisory Boards. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering with highest honor from Georgia Tech and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Jim Ross / AxionBioSystems, Inc.

Jim Ross was previously a product development engineer for Advanced Micro Devices and the co-founder of Nanogrip Technologies, maker of micro-scale devices used to manipulate MEMs components. He has over 7 years experience in MEMS fabrication, analog circuit design, and neural interfacing technology. During his tenure at the Microelectronics Research Center and the Laboratory for Neuroengineering, he was instrumental in producing over a dozen critically enabling technologies for the manipulation and sensing of neural tissue (many of which are patent pending).

Dr. Ross received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University and a Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech.

Jeff Cunningham of Seyfarth Shaw and Dr. Robert Willis of Foxcode, Inc.

June 23, 2015 by angishields

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Jeff Cunningham of Seyfarth Shaw and Dr. Robert Willis of Foxcode, Inc.

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Jeff Cunningham / Seyfarth Shaw

Mr. Cunningham, a partner in the Atlanta office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and member of Seyfarth’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Tax practice groups, serves as outside general counsel to many growing mid-sized businesses, and concentrates his practice in mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, and general corporate matters. He counsels clients—from entrepreneurs and start-ups to large privately held companies—through each phase business: choice of entity, business plan development, capital raising, equity and ownership agreements, commercial transactions, and exit strategies.

Mr. Cunningham represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, both buy-side and sell-side, as well as joint ventures and significant financing transactions. He develops strategies on both business and legal aspects of marketing, sales, negotiating transactions and relationships, and corporate governance. Mr. Cunningham advises clients on commercial financing matters and negotiates acquisition financing, private debt and equity financing, and venture capital. He works with clients across many industries including manufacturing, distribution, business and professional services, staffing, residential and commercial construction, and distribution.

In addition to business and transaction counseling, Mr. Cunningham utilizes his background in federal, state and local taxation gained while working in two of the Big Four accounting firms to provide advice on effective tax rate minimization, tax compliance, and tax optimized structuring.

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Dr. Robert Willis / Foxcode, Inc.

As the Founder & CEO of Foxcode, Robert Willis leads the company’s investment activities, advisory services, capital raising and strategic direction. He has more than 25 years of experience in industries from investment banking and finance to energy, infrastructure, telecommunications and technology.

In 2008, he led the acquisition of nsoro, LLC by MasTec, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed company. nsoro is a telecommunications services firm responsible for building and maintaining the wireless network for companies such as AT&T in the United States and India. He is senior advisor and acting President of the nsoro/MasTec division.

Prior to Foxcode, he founded Alpine Computer Systems, a network operating systems company, at the age of 15 and as the Principal Owner and Chief Executive Officer grew the company to over $35 million in revenue. Alpine was on the Inc. 500’s list of the fastest growing companies in the United States for three consecutive years before he orchestrated a $25 million strategic merger of Alpine with the Delphi Group, a UK company listed on the London Stock Exchange. As President of the IT division and CIO of the Delphi Group, he supervised the acquisition of 35 companies. He helped to orchestrate the sale of Delphi to Adecco S.A., a Fortune Global 500 company, and served as the Executive Vice President of the IT division.

In July 2004, he formed Gaming VC, an entity that he used to acquire a European online gaming company. In December 2005, under his lead, Gaming VC acquired and subsequently performed an initial public offering in the amount of $160 million on the London Stock Exchange. He served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the publicly traded company. He has since sold all of his interests in Gaming VC although the company continues to operate and trade on the London Stock Exchange.

He received an honorary Ph.D. from Newbury College and served on its board of directors. He lives in Miami and Philadelphia. He is on the board of the nsoro Foundation.

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Franchise Business Radio 06-10-15 Host Pam Currie: Guests Mike Wien with Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality at Georgia State University, Chris Hardman with Georgia Restaurant Association, Steven Glenn and Laurie Ford with ARF Financial – Buckhead Business Radio

June 10, 2015 by angishields

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Franchise Business Radio 06-10-15 Host Pam Currie: Guests Mike Wien with Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality at Georgia State University, Chris Hardman with Georgia Restaurant Association, Steven Glenn and Laurie Ford with ARF Financial - Buckhead Business Radio

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Mike Wien/Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality at Georgia State University

Adjunct Professor of Marketing

After spending 28 years in senior marketing positions with Frito-Lay, Pepsi, Omni Hotels, CitiBank and Deloitte, Mike Wien left the corporate world 12 years ago to become an adjunct professor of marketing at Georgia State University, a consultant dedicated to helping entrepreneurial organizations become more effective at growing their business and an Ironman Triathlete who is a regular competitor in the World Championship.

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Chris Hardman/Georgia Restaurant Association

Member Development Executive

Chris Hardman serves as the Member Development Executive for the Georgia Restaurant Association (GRA), representing one of the largest industries in the state. In addition to Hardmans role in membership, he also serves as one of the GRAs registered lobbyist. The GRA serves as the unified voice for over 16,000 foodservice and drinking places in the state of Georgia with total sales in excess of $17.1 billion which provides more than 421,800 jobs. Hardman graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors and a BBA in Hospitality Administration from Georgia State University (GSU). Hardman then went on to receive his Masters in Global Hospitality Management from GSU. Prior to working with the GRA, Hardman served as the Research Associate for Georgia Capitol Associates, advocating on behalf of the hospitality and tourism industry. In addition to Hardmans work with the GRA, he also sits on the Advisory Board for ATL Industree, a group that hosts networking events just for people who work food and beverage.

Steven Glenn/ARF Financial

CEO

Steve Glenn, CEO of ARF Financial, co-founded the company in July 2001 to meet the needs of restaurateurs who were looking for cheaper, simpler and more flexible financing. Mr. Glenn’s responsibility is to hire, train and supervise all sales representatives who originate and service loans in the company and handles all business development activities. Mr. Glenn was previously President and CEO of Gusto Marketing Services, LLC (Gusto) a niche restaurant advertising company that held contracts with many metropolitan newspapers, including The Houston Chronicle, The Miami Herald, The Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News and the San Francisco Chronicle. Mr. Glenn also has more than 13 years experience in a number of senior management positions with Entertainment Publications. He graduated with a Business Administration degree from Baylor University.

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Laurie Ford/ARF Financial

Atlanta Vice President

I am Laurie Ford, Vice President and Senior Loan Consultant for ARF Financial. I bring more than 15 years experience in small business finance and marketing to the position. I work with restaurants and retailers across the nation to customize financial solutions that meets their needs and budget. I am dedicated to servicing my clients and establishing long term relationships. I have a Master’s degree in Marketing from Walsh College in Troy, Michigan and I am an active member of the Georgia Restaurant Association. I can offer straightforward loan options that feature fixed terms and payments with no collateral required. Whether you are looking to expand to a new location, renovate, purchase equipment or simply stabilize your cash flow, I’m here to help you. Restaurant owners call us first because we are not a cash advance or factoring company. We have nothing to do with your credit card transactions. The loan you receive is tax deductible resulting in lower overall cost of funds. The payments you make are fixed and will not change during the term of the loan – as your revenue grows you keep more of it.

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Pam Currie/Franchise Intellect, Inc

Founder

Pam Currie has over 20 years in franchising and traditional corporate America; She has acquired business acumen from multiple perspectives of the franchise business model, starting at the franchisee level, then as a franchisor business support & trainer, to a franchisor launch & system developer, all of which included creating strategies for sales development and implementation of relevant training programs.

Her experience puts her in the role of training other franchise advisors. She founded Franchise Intellect and offers franchise consulting to individuals who are interested in pursuing franchise ownership and to franchisors that are looking to receive assistance in developing a franchise growth strategy and/or a training strategy. She specifically enjoys guiding her client’s in making a knowledgeable decision in selecting the best franchise based upon their criteria, with the objective of achieving financial health and life enjoyment.

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Bruce Sharp with BB&T and Ray Ramu with Saia, Inc.

June 4, 2015 by Mike

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Bruce Sharp with BB&T and Ray Ramu with Saia, Inc.

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Bruce Sharp/BB&T

BB&T is a fast-growing full-service financial institution that has been existence for over 140 years. The bank reports assets of over $180 billion and is highly rated by the credit agencies. Although the organization is a significant regional company, the approach of its professionals is to lead with advice by meeting regularly with clients, face to face, in order to better understand their needs so solutions might be customized at the local level.

The Mission of BB&T is to make the world a better place by helping clients achieve economic success and financial security, by providing an environment where their associates can learn, grow and be fulfilled in their work, by helping their communities be better places to live, and by generating a safe and sound investment for their shareholders over the long-term. The associates of the bank cannot execute successfully on this mission without a strict adherence to the bank’s core values, with the foundational values of honesty and integrity being integral to the success of the bank since 1872.

Ray Ramu/Saia, Inc.

Saia, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAIA), with 2014 revenues of $1.3 billion, offers customers a wide range of less-than-truckload, non-asset truckload, and logistic services through their three operating service groups: Saia LTL, Saia Logistics Services, and LinkEx. The company operates 147 terminals in 34 states and is home to the industry-exclusive Customer Service Indicators and Xtreme Guarantee. With headquarters located in Johns Creek, GA, Saia employs 9,000 people nationwide. In addition to its headquarters, Saia’s operations in Georgia include terminals in Athens, Augusta, Ellenwood and Savannah. The company has close to 1000 employees working at the five facilities.

Parveen Jaglan of Blep, Inc. and Dr. Nathan Keiser of Carrick Institute

May 26, 2015 by angishields

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Parveen Jaglan of Blep, Inc. and Dr. Nathan Keiser of Carrick Institute

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Parveen Jaglan / Blep, Inc.

Dr. Parveen Jaglan is a practicing optometrist in the greater Atlanta. She has two private practices, Eye Associates of Smyrna and Eye Associates of Locust Grove. She has been practicing optometry for over 19 years after getting her doctorate in optometry from the New England College of Optometry in Boston, Ma. She is also the founder and CEO of her newly launched company, Blue Light Eye Protection Inc. (BLEP Inc.). BLEP Inc., has a patented coating for ophthalmic lenses to protect the eye from the harmful high energy wavelength (blue light) that gets emitted from all digital devices. BLEP Eyewear is the only readily available eyewear in the market that has a blue light protection coating designed to bring long and short term benefits from overexposure to digital devices. BLEP Inc. was the winner of the South East Medical Device Poster presenter in 2014, beating out 22 other highly evolved medtech companies. BLEP Eyewear has also been featured on 11Alive NBC in Atlanta and WNEM TV5 in Saginaw, MI.

She is married to Harvard trained Retinal Specialist practicing in the largest retinal group in the Southeast. She also has two lovely daughters ages 14 and 11.

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Dr. Nathan Keiser / Carrick Institute / Carrick Brain Center

Dr. Keiser was born and raised in Chelsea MI and is thrilled to bring his passion for functional neurology to the staff of Carrick Brain Centers in Atlanta GA. His work as a board certified functional neurologist has taken him to many places around the U.S. and Europe to learn, treat and consult for those in need. After operating thriving practices in the wonderful communities of Nashville, TN and Port St. Lucie, FL, Dr. Keiser is excited to bring that experience to greater Atlanta and the surrounding communities.

Dr. Keiser utilizes Gentle Chiropractic and Functional Neurology in the evaluation and treatment of his patients. Although trained in standard Neurology, which focuses more on the disease processes of the nervous system, Functional Neurologists are trained to look at how the human brain and nervous system works not only in each of its individual parts but as a complete functioning system. This training is critical because all of our bodily functions are governed by the human nervous system. The human nervous system is the master control unit of the entire body, if the brain is aging or deteriorating at a faster rate, it opens the door for nearly all health related problems to show up. This vital system of the brain and nerves is required to function at an optimal level in order for us to have optimal health.

Dr. Keiser’s passion is utilizing his training and experience in Neurology, to help people who have not found the answers to their health problems elsewhere. Many of these health problems do not always fall into a strict category of “neurological problems” but they have components to them that require neurological intervention. In addition, Dr. Keiser, utilizes these same skills to work with Doctors of Chiropractic, Medical Doctors and other Health Care practitioners in the treatment of their patients and their communities.

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Georgia Business Radio May 8, 2015: Dr. Taz Bhatia MD with The Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine, Mark Gonsalves with FoodZEO.com, Jon Wright with Access Point Financial, Inc – Buckhead Business Radio

May 8, 2015 by angishields

Buckhead Business Radio

Georgia Business Radio May 8, 2015: Dr. Taz Bhatia MD with The Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine, Mark Gonsalves with FoodZEO.com, Jon Wright with Access Point Financial, Inc - Buckhead Business Radio

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Dr. Taz Bhatia MD/Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine

Founder and Director

Physician, Best-Selling Author, Acupuncturist, Certified Nutritionist, Prevention Expert, Mom and Wife

Dr. Taz Bhatia, MD, is a board-certified physician, specializing in integrative, functional and emergency medicine with expertise in pediatrics, prevention and womens health. Personal health challenges in her twenties motivated Dr. Taz to go beyond her conventional training and pursue an alternative definition of health and healthy living. It led her to opening her now nationally recognized practice, the Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine, where providers help patients to navigate their journey to WHOLE health.

Dr. Taz MD, is a Fellow of the University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine led by Dr. Andrew Weil, completing the fellowship in 2008. A native Atlantan, she attended The Westminster Schools, Emory University, the University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia. She has served as a medical expert for CNN Headline News, a Dr. Oz Sharecare expert and been featured on numerous media outlets, including TODAY, Access Hollywood, Good Morning America, The Weather Channel, EXTRA!, Live with Kelly and Michael and the Meredith Vieira Show.

Dr. Taz has since authored two books: What Doctors Eat and The 21-Day Belly Fix, frequently featured in Atlantas Top Docs and voted numerous times as Best Atlanta Integrative Medicine Physician. When not caring for patients, she can be found spending time with her husband and two young children.

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Mark Gonsalves/FoodZeo.com

CEO

Mark Gonsalves has enjoyed a very successful 30-plus year business career building brands for major companies. He became interested in health and the impact our food has when he and his wife found out their then 5-year old daughter was diagnosed with a medical condition called Absence Seizures. Traditional medicine made things worse so they looked to nutrition as a way to address her challenge which proved quite effective.

Having owned a GMP-certified nutraceutical manufacturing company which made dietary and nutritional supplements for many popular brands, Mark and his wife Donna now have a weekly radio show, The Food Conspiracy, which airs Sunday’s on two AM stations in Atlanta. They educate listeners on what the Food Industry doesn’t want you to know about, how improper food contributes to sickness, obesity and disease and what you can do about it.

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Jon Wright/Access Point Financial, Inc

CEO

Jon Wright is the co-founder and CEO of hotel lender Access Point Financial. Jon has more than 25 of experience in the commercial real-estate and hospitality industries, specializing in capital expenditure finance and hospitality lending. He has worked with Ford Motor Credit, Holiday Inn Worldwide and was recruited by General Motors to form GMAC Commercial Mortgage Asset Backed Lending Division. In addition to his commercial real estate experience, Jon is also an accomplished BMI, Inc. song writer with a #1 song to his credit.

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Cassius Butts with U.S. Small Business Administration, Terri Denison with SBA, Dr. Robert Yancy with SCORE Atlanta, Sandy Headley with Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc – Buckhead Business Radio

May 5, 2015 by angishields

Buckhead Business Radio

Cassius Butts with U.S. Small Business Administration, Terri Denison with SBA, Dr. Robert Yancy with SCORE Atlanta, Sandy Headley with Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc - Buckhead Business Radio

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Robert Yancy, Terri Denison, Sandy Headley, Cassius Butts

Cassius F. Butts/U.S. Small Business Administration

Regional Administrator

Cassius F. Butts was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011. He is responsible for the delivery of SBA programs in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. During his appointment, Cassius has managed oversight of three record breaking years for SBA lending in Region IV. Nearly $15 billion in SBA-backed loans were awarded to small businesses within the aforementioned eight states.

Cassius Butts has over 20 years of experience in government, business, and public administration endeavors. Prior to joining SBA, Cassius was employed as one of three Chiefs of the Real Estate Owned Division with the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development where he began his career as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2002.

Prior to his 10 year tenure within the federal government, Cassius Butts worked in senior leadership positions for city government agencies, national lending institutions and higher education. Since 2006, he has also been a Visiting Professor with DeVry Universitys Keller Graduate School of Management.

As co-founder of CB Consultants, LLC, Cassius Butts has advised many elected officials, local governments and many small businesses over the years. His community-engagement knowledge and appreciation of small business is extensive.

Cassius Butts is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Edgewood High School in Orlando, Florida. Cassius graduated from Morehouse College and received his graduate degree from Clark Atlanta Universitys School of Public Administration. He is a graduate of the Atlanta Regional Commissions Regional Leadership Institute and is a 2012 Leadership Atlanta graduate.

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Terri Denison/U.S. Small Business Administration

Georgia District Director

Terri Denison is the Georgia District Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). In this role since May 2002, she is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the SBA’s programs and resources throughout Georgia. In 1987, Terri began her SBA career as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Agency’s Washington, D. C. District and Headquarter Offices. Other positions included working with the Agency’s 8(a) Business Development and One Stop Capital Shop programs and Office of Field Operations. In 1994, she served as the SBA representative on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Interagency Task Force. From 1996 to 2002, Terri was the SBA Indiana Deputy Director.

As Georgia District Director, Terri has received honors from the Atlanta Business League, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Microenterprise Network, Greater Atlanta Economic Alliance, Atlanta Business Chronicle, and Who’s Who in Black Atlanta.

A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Ms. Denison holds a B.A. Degree in American Government from Cornell University and an M.A. Degree in Urban Studies from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Personal interests include travel and ballroom dancing. She serves as the Vice President of the Cornell Alumni Association of Atlanta.

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Dr. Robert Yancy/SCORE Atlanta

Chairman of the Atlanta chapter

Dr. Yancy is Chairman of the Atlanta chapter of SCORE, a national small business assistance, volunteer organization. He was founding Dean of the School of Management at Southern Polytechnic State University and partner in several small business startups. He was recently named Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year (2015) by SBA.

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Sandy Headley/Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc.

Chief Lending Officer

Sandy has been with ACE since 2007. While at ACE, Sandy grew its portfolio from $2 million to $28 million thus creating or saving nearly 4,000 jobs. She helped develop multiple ACE financial products, implemented credit reporting for loans, and expanded ACEs service area into Atlanta.