Matthew Hale/Heritage Bank
Heritage Bank, a state chartered commercial bank, has been serving metro Atlanta’s Southern Crescent since 1955. The independent community bank has six full service offices, features a well-rounded offering of commercial and consumer products, and is an active, involved member of the community it serves. Heritage Bank’s stock is traded under the symbol “CCFH”.
Courtney Bernardi/Oconee County Chamber of Commerce
Oconee County is the ideal place for living and working. The Oconee County Chamber of Commerce fosters quality of life and community through alliances to support economic growth. The Chamber is a volunteer organization of business and professional people. The primary function of a Chamber of Commerce is to act as the spokesperson for the business and professional community and translate into action at the will of its members.
What you will find in Oconee County is an inviting business and family-friendly environment. Businesses of all sizes call Oconee County home whether they are large manufacturing facilities such at Caterpillar with over 1,500 employees, or small home-based businesses with just 1 employee. Simply put, no matter the size of your business, they want to help you succeed. In 2018, niche.com ranked Oconee County as the “Best Georgia County to Live” and “Best Georgia County for Families” while countyhealthrankings.org ranked Oconee County as the #2 Healthiest County in Georgia. The county also boasts one of the top educational systems in the state of Georgia.
David Bradley/Athens Area Chamber of Commerce
Since 1904, the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce has served their members and the community by fostering relationships and strengthening the ties that have secured Athens’ position as the hub of northeast Georgia.
Today, 246 West Hancock Avenue serves as a “one-stop shop” for business in Athens by housing not only the Chamber of Commerce but also the Clarke County Mentor Program, the Department of Economic Development of Athens-Clarke County, Industrial Development Authority and Athens Cultural Affairs Commission. The Chamber has realized its vision of being the regional leader on issues vital to a thriving business community.
Jarvis Gray/The Quality Coaching Co.
The Quality Coaching Co. is a coaching, consulting, and training firm specializing in healthcare Quality Management and Organizational Excellence. The company’s mission is to help healthcare organizations deliver on their promise to advance quality, safety, and person-centered patient care. The company is led by Jarvis Gray, who has more than 14 years applying Lean Six Sigma methods to a variety of industries and, has personally coached over 40 healthcare leaders and teams in quality improvement fundamentals. He has amassed over 2,500 hours in course lectures and training time, and is well known throughout the metro-Atlanta market for his networking events and public workshops that promote foundations of achieving organizational excellence.
Mark Galvin/ePresence
ePresence provides personal branding services for individuals, executives and entrepreneurs. They leverage social media on an individual level since that is where the audience is most engaged.
Mark Galvin, CEO and Founder of ePresence, is a personal social media expert with 29 years of business management and hotel industry experience including stops with Marriott, Hyatt, Omni and IHG.
Pat Weatherly/Atlanta Kustom Wear
Atlanta Kustom Wear is an Atlanta-based, family-owned, direct to garment printing company. Their motto is “Life is better in a T-shirt”. They love designing custom artwork for special events, printing company logos for work-related shirts, and making an idea come to life with their printing. Atlanta Kustom Wear specializes in small print jobs and specialty designs. Life really is better in a t-shirt – your custom designed t-shirt!
Tarshish Jordan/Red Door Consulting
Red Door Consulting is a boutique professional development company that prides itself as an innovative leader in people transformation. The company offers over 80 soft-skills training courses covering topics such as leadership, effective communication, team building, and professional presence. Each course is based on an innovative and strategic approach to professional development that works at all levels – individuals, team, group, and organization.
Peter Hildebrandt/SCORE
SCORE is a national nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. They have been doing so for over fifty years. Because their work is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and thanks to their network of 10,000 volunteers, they are able to deliver our services at no charge or at very low cost.
They provide:
Volunteer MENTORS who share their expertise across 62 industries
Free, confidential business MENTORING in person, via email or by video
Free business TOOLS, templates and tips
Inexpensive or free business WORKSHOPS (locally) and webinars (online 24/7)
Sandra Font/Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs
Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) is a non-profit organization that provides loans and business development resources to help its borrowers create and grow sustainable businesses which generate jobs.
The ACE Women’s Business Center (ACE WBC) is the educational arm of ACE. With a mission to empower women, minorities, and low-to-moderate income entrepreneurs through financial education and training, the WBC provides a full range of services for women at all stages of business planning, implementation, and growth.
Our services include: Long-term classes, workshops, seminars, webinars, one-on-one consultations and connections to resources.
Jorge Valentin-Stone/U.S. Small Business Administration – Georgia District Office
The U.S. SBA was created by the Small Business Act of 1953. Their mission is targeted to ‘for-profit’ small business concerns -pre and start-up or existing- to provide them with the technical assets/partners of the SBA and the training needed to launch and grow their businesses. By partners they refer to SCORE, UGA Small Business Development Centers (17 offices in GA) and our two Women’s Business Centers in Georgia; The Edge Connection in Kennesaw, GA., and the ACE WBC in Norcross, Georgia. With these partner assets the SBA strives to promote and help expand small businesses in Georgia, and the nation as a whole.
Studio operator and veteran sportscaster Mike Sammond has been interviewing local business leaders on Business RadioX since 2013, serving as a host or co-host on several shows from the Gwinnett studio. Mike is a former sports anchor at CNN Headline News and Sports Director at WRBL-TV in Columbus, GA. He has served as a talk show host on Atlanta Sports Radio 92.9 The Game, and is a longtime play-by-play announcer calling high school, college, and professional sports including games for the Atlanta Braves, Gwinnett Braves, Southeastern Conference, and the Arena Football League. He has also broadcast for Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and Olympic Channel News in Vancouver (2010), London (2012), Rio (2016), Tokyo (2020), and Beijing (2022). Follow Mike on Twitter and LinkedIn.
AMANDA PEARCH MARMOLEJOThe Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Business RadioX and Owner of Forsyth Business RadioX Studio, Amanda Pearch Marmolejo also serves as the host of the weekly show “Celebrating Powerhouse Women“. She has a tenured career in sales and marketing, specializing in brand awareness and driving engagement. Energizing and engaging, she is an active participant within the business community and you can often find her at business networking and civic events. Amanda is from the golf cart community of Peachtree City, but currently resides in Cumming with her husband Cameron. Follow Amanda on LinkedIn.
Local businessman Steven Julian has been one of the more popular hosts on Business RadioX since 2013 and is excited to be part of “giving a voice” to local businesses in and around Gwinnett. He serves as the colorful and comedic co-host of “Gwinnett Business Radio” and as the “slightly annoying” (his words, not ours) host of “The Tiffany Krumins Show” on iHeartRadio. After a 10-year career in pastoral youth ministry, Steven currently works in the financial services industry when he’s not playing radio. Steven and his wife Stacey have three children and reside in Suwanee. Follow Steven on LinkedIn.
After an 11-year career playing in the National Football League, Harper LeBel was working in the banking solutions business when he was introduced to Business RadioX. His former Atlanta Sports Radio 92.9 The Game co-host Mike Sammond invited him to appear as a guest on a show. More recently, Harper has joined the Business Radio X staff as a guest scheduler and on-air host. His radio background began in 2004 on the Atlanta Falcons Pregame Show on WGST Radio. He then moved to high school football broadcasting in Gainesville on WDUN Radio where he co-hosted pregame, halftime, and postgame shows before becoming an analyst on the Gainesville High School football broadcasts for six seasons, which included a state championship run in 2012. Harper has been a part of the Georgia State college football radio broadcasts since the school added the sport in 2010, and he is also currently working as a pregame and postgame host on the Atlanta Falcons Radio Network. Harper and his wife of over 30 years, Magda, have five children and reside in Suwanee. Follow Harper on LinkedIn.
Jeimy Arias – Host of Conexion Latina Atlanta
Owner of Coach Jeimy
Leta Brooks – Host of Status Life with Leta
Owner of Status Home Design
Randy Brunson – Host of Stewarding Family Wealth
President/Chief Executive Officer of Centurion Advisory Group
Dr. Genie Burnett – Host of Food, Faith & Feelings
Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Manna Fund
Craig Frankel – Host of Wealth Matters
Partner/Attorney at Gaslowitz Frankel
Mark Galvin – Host of How’s Your ePresence?
Founder/Chief Executive Officer of ePresence, LLC
Adam Gaslowitz – Host of Wealth Matters
Partner/Attorney at Gaslowitz Frankel
Stan Hall – Host of That’s the Ticket!
CEO of Gas South District and Explore Gwinnet
Derek Hays – Host of Injury Insider with Derek Hays
Owner/Attorney at Law Office of Derek M. Hays
Luke Jeraci – Host of Free Game
Agent at US Health Advisors
Heather Loveridge – Host of Giving Back to Gwinnett
Owner of Magnolia Media Group
Chrystal Mansour – Host of Business Made Simple
Co-Owner of Mansour International
Tim Mansour – Host of Business Made Simple
Co-Owner of Mansour International
J.D. Mealor – Host of Regions Business Radio
Senior VP and North Georgia Market Executive of Regions Bank
Bryan Mulligan – Host of TravelSafely with Bryan Mulligan
President of Applied Information
Brian Peart – Host of Top Realtors of Atlanta
President at Commercial Capital Limited
Robert Port – Host of Wealth Matters
Partner/Attorney at Gaslowitz Frankel
Al Simon – Host of Simon Says, Let’s Talk Business
Trainer/Coach/Consultant of Sandler Training by Simon, Inc.
Rick Strawn – Host of Case in Point
President/Chief Executive Officer of Paradigm Security Services
Steven Tomlinson – Host of What’s Going On In There?
President/Chief Executive Officer of Paradigm Security Services
Stephanie Wolfe – Host of Work Well with Stephanie Wolfe
National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach of Whole Food Health Coach
Duffie Dixon/Communications and Media Expert
Duffie Dixon is a multiple Emmy award winning journalist with 27 years of experience in the television business, including 14 years as a news reporter with WXIA-TV (11 Alive) in Atlanta. She is now engaged as a communications and media expert focused on helping businesses and individuals exceed their potential in messaging, presenting and networking. She is passionate about storytelling across multiple platforms including Business Radio X, and she currently serves as the host of the weekly show “Leader Dialogue“.
This is an experimental post — to help determine if / how to give Authors (Studio Partners) more “real estate” that they can have complete control over.
Stage1: Create and then make Mike the Author >>> DONE
Stage 2: Talk this through on the phone call >>> TBD
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Kevin Bryant/Canton Place Development
Canton Place Development is comprised of individuals who came together to create an exciting community-based development in the heart of Historic Roswell. Co-founders Kevin Bryant and Abby Port are dedicated to enhancing the City of Roswell and giving its citizens much needed amenities including a boutique hotel, community garden, and parking solutions. Dion Meltzer of Meltzer Properties is active in Atlanta real estate and equity investor/partner in Canton Place Development. Legendary Atlanta developer Claude A. Petty, Jr. is its chairman.
This team is leading the development of the 125-room new boutique hotel and mixed-use space in Historic Roswell that will be home to restaurants, retail shops, urban markets, office space, parking and lifestyle amenities within an easy walk to Canton Street.
John Herbert/Herbert Legal Group
Herbert Legal Group believes that legal services are essential for every business. They believe that quality legal solutions can be efficiently delivered to businesses of all sizes. They believe that their time is no more important than your time. They believe that with efficiency and transparency, legal solutions can protect your brand, your income and your future while meeting your cash flow. Herbert Legal Group is off the clock and on your side.
