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Titus Center Advisory Board members may use the portal for annual membership donations as well as other donations. Palm Beach Atlantic University is a 501(c)(3) organization. We appreciate your contributions!
Upcoming Meetings
Fall Advisory Board: Nov. 20, 2024, starting with breakfast at 7:30 a.m.
Networking Party: Nov. 19, 2024, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Location: United Franchise Group World Headquarters, 2121 Vista Parkway, West Palm Beach, FL 33411
Advisory Board events are for Advisory Board members and invited guests.
PBA has arranged discounts with many of the hotels. Several are within walking distance to campus.
Schedule a meeting with Dr. Hayes to learn more
Advisory Board
The mission of the Titus Center for Franchising is to educate students and business professionals so that they can use franchising to better their lives as employees and/or business owners and ultimately to use franchising as a vehicle to create socially-conscious communities worldwide.
While our primary focus is on recruiting and teaching undergraduate students, the Center is also committed to providing professional education for all members of the franchise sector.
We expect our advisors to:
- Attend at least one of two meetings annually. Meetings occur in April and November and are announced well in advance. Each member company can list two team members on the Advisory Board.
- Contribute a financial gift of at least $5,000 over a two-year period. We ask our members to contribute a minimum of $2,500 annually. We also ask members to consider sponsoring events produced by the Center. Your annual contribution includes listing two members of your team on our board.
- Offer ideas, tools and resources to help the Titus Center fulfill its operational mission and its aspiration to become the “first choice” for franchise education internationally.
- Help the Titus Center staff evaluate its programs and provide expertise that will help the staff develop new programs to satisfy the expectations and needs of the franchise community.
- Advocate for the Center among colleagues and business and franchise communities with the goal of attracting the “best minds” in franchising to help the Center fulfill its mission, to provide an unbiased forum where franchise professionals can collaborate, to mentor students of franchising, and to invest in franchise education.
WARREN LEWIS
Akerman, LLP
Chair of the Franchise & Licensing Practice Group
APRIL PORTER
Ask April Porter
Founder
Jared Moss
Ask April Porter
BRANDON MANGUAL
Batteries Plus
Director of Franchise Development
VICTOR DAHER
Batteries Plus
Vice President of Franchise Development
JOHN BRICE
BBSI
U.S. Franchise Development Manager
Hao Lam
Best in Class Education Center
Chairman & CEO
MONICA FEID
BizCom Associates
President
SCOTT WHITE
BizCom Associates
CEO
KELSEY STUART
Bloomin’ Blinds
CoFounder & CEO
KRISTOPHER STUART
Bloomin’ Blinds
CoFounder & COO
BUTCH MOGAVERO
Boulder Designs and Border Magic
President & CEO
MADALINA IORDACHE
Bright Pink Agency
President & CEO
MATTHEW CANCINO
Bright Pink Agency
Director of Business Development
STEVE LIEBER
Burgerfi
EVP Franchising
TIMOTHY SMITH
Burgerfi
Senior Director – Franchise Business Consultant
PAUL BOSLEY
Business Finance Depot
Owner
ERIK AMICK
Chick-Fil-A
Franchisee
ROB MORRIS
Chick-Fil-A
Franchisee
KEVIN DUBOIS
Clean Franchise Brands
CEO
NICK BOARIU, CFE
Clothes Bin Franchise
Co-Founder
MARC DOUGLAS
Clothes Bin Franchise
Co-Founder
HEATHER ELROD
Conscious Capital Growth
Managing Partner
LAUREN WANAMAKER
Conscious Capital Growth
Chief Growth Officer
Brian Margolis
Crank Creative
Founder
SHAY BERMAN
Digital Resource
Founder & President
BRICE SULLIVAN
Digital Resource
National Sales Manager
WILLIAM EDWARDS
Edwards Global Services, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
ROBERT JONES
Edwards Global Services, Inc.
Chief International Officer
CHARLIE SMITH
Expense Reduction Analysts – North America
Chief Executive Officer
MATT RITTER
Fish Consulting, LLC
Co-Manager Director
LANE FISHER
Fisher Zucker, LLC
Partner
Zack Fishman
Fishman PR & Franchise Elevator PR
Chief Growth Officer
Brad Fishman
Fishman PR & Franchise Elevator PR
Co-CEO
MICHELE MARQUIS
Floyd Consulting
Senior Executive Coach
KATE VOLMAN
Floyd Consulting
CEO
TARIQ JOHNSON
Franchise Empire
Founder and CEO
CAREY GILLE
Franchise FastLane
CEO and Co-Founder
JOE CARUSO
Franchise Info
Partner
MICHAEL WEBSTER
Franchise Info
Lead Specialist and Partner
ISLAM TAWFIK
Franchisely
CEO
GARY GARDNER
Franchise Update Media
Owner
GEOFF SEIBER
FranFund
CEO
SHAY KLEINSCHMIDT
FranFund
VP of Lending
ALESIA VISCONTI
FranServe Inc.
CEO, President
STAN FRIEDMAN
FRM Solutions
President
ROSS BLACK
Get Simple Box
CEO and Founder
KEITH GERSON
Gerson Advisory Services, LLC
President & CEO
JOSH YORK
GYMGUYZ
Founder & CEO
SHARON CUPACH
Happinest Brands
Vice President of Franchise Development
ERIC MARTIN
Happinest Brands
Senior Vice President of Franchise Development
TODD PETERSON
Happy & Healthy Products, Inc.
Owner and Chairman
LESLIE FRAZER
Happy & Healthy Products, Inc.
Franchise Development Manager
Gary Liskovich
Harmonyze
Co-founder & CEO
Jonny Greenspan
Harmonyze
Co-founder & CTO
MARCI KLEINSASSER
Home Franchise Concepts
Vice President, Marketing – Franchise Development
JARRETT SMITH
Home Franchise Concepts
Director, Executive Office
Jeff Dudan
HomeFront Brands
Chairman and CEO
TIM TANG
Hughes
Director
CARL UDLER
Hughes
Sr. Director Marketing
JOSEPH MOHAY
Ignite Visibility
CRO and Co-Founder
TIM CONN
Image One USA
Founder
MICHAEL SCALIA
Image One USA
Franchise Development Manager
RED BOSWELL
International Franchise Professionals Group
President
PETER HOLT
The Joint Corp.
President & CEO
Andrew Beckman, CFE
Location3
Chairman
Julie Whitney
Location3
Director of Business Development
ALAN BURGER
McDonald Hopkins Law
Attorney
JACK DAY
Meals of Hope
Director of Franchise Operations
STEPHEN POPPER
Meals of Hope
Founder, President and CEO
MARTIN JOKSIMOVIC
MFV Expositions
President
DANA STEIN
MFV Expositions
Business Development Manager
BRANDEN GRIMSHAW
The Mole Hunter
Founder
JONATHAN D. HILL
Morrow Hill
Co Founder
PATRICK P. MCGEE
MPK Equity Partners
BERNARD MARKEY
Navigator Partners, LLC.
Managing Partner
WILLIAM STEWART
Navigator Partners, LLC.
Managing Partner
FRANK TORAL
Neighborhood Kids Schools
Founder & CEO
Brad Stevenson
Neighborly
Chief Development Officer
Cynthia Brown
Northwestern Mutual
Financial Representative
Kathy Livingston
Oliver’s Nannies
Founder & President
JOHN CLANCY
Planet Fitness Midwest
Managing Member
MARK PARKS
Preveer
President
Owen Gahan
Priority Financial Solutions LLC
Owner
KYLE MCEUEN
ProfitKeeper
CFE
MATTHEW SCHUBERT
ProfitKeeper
Senior Vice President of Sales
CAROL R. HOLLOWAY
Property Stewards
Founder and CFO
R. MARK HOLLOWAY
Property Stewards
Founder and CEO
ERIC GEIER
PURESURANCE
Founder & President
STEVEN P. WHITE
PUROCLEAN
President & Chief Operating Officer
LANDY RANDOLPH
RAAMP
President
DREW ALFANO
Retro Fitness
Director of Business Development
LARRY STRAIN
Retro Fitness
Chief Development Officer
Unnat Bak
Revscale AI
Founder & CEO
RANDY PIANIN
Royal Restaurant Group, LLC
Chief Executive Officer
ROGER W. WEBB
R&R Group Holdings, LLC
Managing Member
GARY RATNER
Salty Dawg Pet Salon
Partner/Investor
TIM VOGEL
Scenthound
Founder & CEO
MONICA TAPIA-MULARSKI
Season 2 Consign
Co-Founder
ERICA SCHRIEBER
Season 2 Consign
Co-Founder
BRON LAUNSBY
Slick City Franchise Group LLC
Slick City Action Parks LLC
Founder & CEO
JACK RUEGSEGGER
Squeegee Squad
Founder
Thomas Higham
Stanford Franchise Pros
Managing Partner
KISSEL GOLDMAN
Stanton Optical
Senior Vice President of Operations
RICHARD PERNA
Stanton Optical
Regional Vice President of Franchise Operations
KEVIN NORTHUP
TBC Corp.
Vice President, Franchise Development
RODNEY A. WOODSTOCK
TBC Corp.
Senior Director, Real Estate Operations & Property Management
STEVEN V. MILLER
TBC Corporation & Affiliated Companies
Senior Corporate Counsel
JACK JOHNSON
The Franchise Insiders
CEO
JILL JOHNSON
The Franchise Insiders
President
Kristi Mailloux
Three20 Capital Group
Managing Partner
Todd Recknage
Three20 Capital Group
Managing Partner
MATTHEW GOURGEOT
Thryv
Head of Corporate & Business Development
ANTHONY M. FOLEY
Tint World
Director of Franchise Development
CHARLES J. BONFIGLIO
Tint World
Founder/CEO
CORY HIBBARD
Transworld Business Advisors
Vice President of Operations
MAX HOLVIK
Training Systems Design
President & CEO
David Wheeler
Tsource
Vice President of Technology and Security
KEN HUTCHESON
U.S. Lawns
President
AJ TITUS
United Franchise Group and Signarama
President
RAY TITUS
United Franchise Group
Founder and CEO
JASON R. ANDERSON
Vast CoWorking Group
President
JEFFREY LEACH
Vendasta
Director, Enterprise Sales
CHRIS DEIANNI
Vendasta (Broadly division)
Head of Business Development
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Honorary Members
CHERYL BABCOCK
Nova Southeastern University
Lecturer and Director
GARY FINDLEY
Restoration1
CEO
TONY FOLEY
United Franchise Group
Retired
MADISON JOBE
Wingstop Restaurants, Inc.
Retired
JOHN DIEP
Enterprise Florida, Inc.
Regional Director