Pensacola Business Radio – Legislative Update Episode- 12.22.15 – Guests: Todd Thomson / Executive Director of Public Affairs

December 22, 2015 by Keith

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio - Legislative Update Episode- 12.22.15 - Guests: Todd Thomson / Executive Director of Public Affairs

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Todd Thomson/ Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce

Executive Director of Public Affairs

Todd Thomson is the Executive Director of Public Affairs for the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce. Todd has over 20 years of experience in Florida government and politics including serving as staff director for the redistricting committee in the Florida House of Representatives during the 2002 redistricting cycle. Todd Thomson has also has consulted on legislative campaigns on the federal, state and local levels as well as lobbying for a number of business entities.

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Dec. 9, 2015 – The Greater Pensacola Chamber – along with the Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce, Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce, Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce, Perdido Key Chamber of Commerce and Santa Rosa County Legislative Coalition – held its Legislative Luncheon in front of 250 community, business, state and regional representatives in downtown Pensacola today.

The Greater Pensacola Chamber released its priorities for the 2016 legislative year, which are broken into three categories: Creating a Better Business Environment, Cutting the Cost of Doing Business and Hometown Heroes.

To help create a better business environment, the Greater Pensacola Chamber recommends that state and local government officials act diligently when making economic development decisions and to streamline permitting and regulatory processes that sometimes hinder business opportunities. The Chamber also asks the Florida Legislature to be prepared to respond to any adverse judicial decision that might cause workers’ compensation rates in Florida to rise.

The Greater Pensacola Chamber endorses the entirety of Governor Rick Scott’s $1 billion tax cut proposal. Specifically, the Chamber calls for a 1 percent cut in the Florida Business Rent Tax, as well as elimination of the Income Tax on Manufacturing and Retail Businesses and the Sales Tax on Manufacturing Machinery and Equipment. The Chamber also fully supports the proposed increase in the amount of income exempt from the Florida Corporate Income Tax from $50,000 to $75,000.

To help improve the lives of our hometown heroes, the Greater Pensacola Chamber announces its support for two pieces of pro-veteran legislation. The Chamber urges the passage of HB 269, which would require the Florida Department of Children and Families to establish the Florida Combat Veterans Care Coordination Program. This program would provide combat veterans and their families with behavioral healthcare referral and care coordination services. The Chamber also supports SB 404, which would create the Veterans Employment Small Business Grant Program within the Department of Veterans Affairs. This program would offer small businesses in Florida a one-time grant of $3,000 for each veteran hired, or $5,000 for each disabled veteran hired.

“The Greater Pensacola Chamber supports these common sense proposals that will help grow our local businesses while creating a better quality of life for our hometown heroes,” said Todd Thomson, Executive Director of Public Affairs for the Greater Pensacola Chamber.

For more information about the Greater Pensacola Chamber’s legislative priorities or public affairs, contact Todd Thomson at (850) 438-4081 or tthomson@pensacolachamber.com.

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About the Greater Pensacola Chamber

Founded in 1889, the Greater Pensacola Chamber is driven to create a climate of growth and success, to ensure economic prosperity and to enhance the quality of life in Greater Pensacola. The Pensacola Chamber Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, oversees Leadership Pensacola and completed Vision 2015, a five-year plan for job creation that brought more than 8,000 jobs to the area within three years. These initiatives take a strategic approach to regional growth and community building with the goals of building a healthier, better-educated workforce; continuing to advance the region’s economic positioning; and improving community infrastructure. For additional information, please visitwww.pensacolachamber.com, facebook.com/pensacolachamber or follow @pcolachamber.

Pensacola Business Radio – Martelli’s TV Show – Interview – Guests: John and Marsha Martelli

December 17, 2015 by Keith

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio - Martelli's TV Show - Interview - Guests: John and Marsha Martelli

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John and Marsha Martelli

The Martelli’s are an American family who run one of the most successful sewing equipment companies in the country.

This family-owned operation, includes John and Marsha Martelli, along with their son, daughter, and grandchildren. When you’re working with family on a daily basis, there is bound to be a lot of drama. The Martelli’s know drama, but at the end of the day, they also know love. The show features a unique balance between doing what it takes to run a family business and highlights the likeability of the Martelli family themselves. It also features John Martelli’s love for inventing and displays the characteristics of an American family with a strong Italian heritage.

This show is currently in pre-production and plans to begin airing in the Spring of 2016.

The Martelli’s have a solid entrepreneur background and a strong Italian heritage.

The family was a part of the 12 million immigrants that entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island, a small island in the New York Harbor. It is now estimated that 40 percent of all current U.S. citizens can trace at least one of their ancestors to Ellis Island. The Martelli family were known for being hard workers and innovators. In fact, John Martelli’s father, Anthony, was known for stating, “If man built it, I can fix it”. History shows that the Martelli’s could not only fix what man built, but innovate and provide cutting edge inventions that help millions of families.

For over 20 years, John Martelli’s inventions have found enormous success, particularly in the field of sewing and quilting. The Martelli family have provided quilters and other sewing and crafting enthusiasts with the tools and accessories to pursue their art and express themselves.

Their company values innovation and continual improvement through the support of a dedicated research and development team. The Martelli’s believe that it really means something to offer a product that will be appreciated and recommended to others.

What sets Martelli Enterprises apart is their commitment to research, engineering, design, and testing for all of their products. Research and development is the starting point for providing the tools that allow you to execute your creative vision.

The Martellis business is family owned and operated. They are on the premises daily to oversee the many operations. The business began with four family members, and has now grown to include over 20 dedicated employees who are like an extension of the family.

As a new generation steps up to serve their customers, the Martelli’s anticipate preserving this unique combination–a corporate business with a family mentality.

Through ergonomically designed tools like the ErgoCutter, or through innovations in design like the adjustable height of our Longarm Quilting Machine and Work Stations, making life easier for you is what the Martelli’s are all about, allowing you to excel in your chosen craft!

Visit Martelli Enterprises website now to learn more about what they do.

www.martellinotions.com

Pensacola Business Radio- 12.17.15- FOODIE LIFE Ep. 3 — Keith Hoffert , Joe Abstone, Jarod – C.H.O., Brian Frazier

December 17, 2015 by Keith

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio- 12.17.15- FOODIE LIFE Ep. 3 -- Keith Hoffert , Joe Abstone, Jarod - C.H.O., Brian Frazier

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Foodie Life is a Culture Brand who’s mission is “To Seek the Flavor of Life through Food, Culture and the Human Experience.”

Foodie Life people—lovers of flavor, food, adventure, culture, night life, travel and —are a true community of their own. Our first move was to tap into the strength of that community by telling Foodie Life stories and uniting them around a lifestyle. Next, we are building the ecommerce program, launching with a fresh Foodie Life website design and a strategic email marketing plan to fuel online shopping. Introducing visuals and messaging giving the brand an edge that matches the energy of Foodie Life.

Foodie Life Radio Hour is a platform for Fellow Foodies to share some of their passions and experiences in the Hospitality and Culinary arena. A collection of funny stories, cultures, flavor and human experiences!!!

Chef Joe Abston, owner of Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom and The Tin Cow, oversees the culinary direction of Pot Roast & Pinot and Edible Invaders. A Pensacola Tate High School graduate homegrown chef learned the right way. Chef Abston started his culinary training at PJC before graduating from the culinary elite Johnson and Wales University, building the foundation for his epicurean adventure. Humbly Joe applied his education working around the world diversifying his culinary portfolio in such great places as the Ritz-Carlton and Le Bec Fin. Starting in 2008 Joe focused his energies in the downtown Pensacola area – a then small foodie scene. One of the earlier downtown revitalization pioneers, Joe was pivotal on the growth of the downtown area, and continues to further the downtown scene advocating for Gallery Night and chairing the up & coming Palafox Wine Walk. Chef Abston isn’t done yet with more exciting concepts early in the planning stages.

HOPJACKS TINCOW POTROAST & PINOT TWITTER FACEBOOK EDIBLE INVADERS

Brian Frazier / Gulf Coast Sauce Company

Wholesale & Retail Distribution – Product Development

Our original Sauce is a unique blend of tomatoes, jalapenos and spices resulting in a Sauce that fits no mold. Its spicy flavor and perfect consistency make it a great for everything from a dipping Sauce for fried shrimp and chips to a delightful addition to grits or a hot dog. And it won’t drip on your shirt.

The blend also makes a superb dry rub for steak and hamburgers. Try sprinkling a little on popcorn or your favorite chicken.

Gulf Coast Sauce Co LLC produces a bold and flavorful spicy sauce and a spice package that you can use to make your own sauce in a household blender.

The spice mix is also a great dry rub and seasoning for hamburgers and a variety of other dishes that need a little extra flavor.

The 12 oz. sauce retails for $7.00/bottle.

The mix retails for $5.00 and will make 44 oz. With the mix you can vary how hot you make the sauce by following the directions on the package.

Telephone: (850)733-9118

(757)214-1060

E-mail: BrianFrazier@GulfCoastSauceCo.com

Pensacola Business Radio – 12.17.15 – Guests: Annie Dike / Keys To The Kingdom, Randy Delaney / Versailles Event Center and Betty Roberts / One Blood

December 17, 2015 by Keith

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio - 12.17.15 - Guests: Annie Dike / Keys To The Kingdom, Randy Delaney / Versailles Event Center and Betty Roberts / One Blood

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WHY WE DO IT

To help your company and the market you serve Get The Word Out.

No Big Media ambushes, traffic reports, and commercial interruptions.

We feature Business Professionals interviewing their peers, drilling down

on the critical issues, and delivering practical information to an engaged audience.

Business Is Good. Your Work Matters. Share The Air.

Business RadioX ®

Get The Word Out

Annie Dike / Author-Preneur

Have Wind Will Travel

I was a lawyer until I quit. Six years in the practice taught me two very important things — 1) I love to write (while it was motions, briefs, and arguments then, I still knew I had uncovered my passion in the written word), but 2) I don’t like to do it in an office. Something told me I needed to get away, to travel, to sail, to live a different day every day and write about all of it. I now write full-time and spend the majority of my days cruising our 35-foot Niagara sailboat around Florida’s west coast, the ongoing adventures of which I chronicle on my sailing blog, www.havewindwilltravel.com, and sailing books available on Amazon. I hope you lose yourself in my stories, find yourself in my characters and relish every page. I will keep writing and sailing regardless. It beats the practice at least. Enjoy!

Amazon Author Page — http://www.amazon.com/Annie-Dike/e/B00T25NBVO

Curious about cruising? Come aboard! I write to share the stories and I film to share the journey with you. Sign up to follow via the blog, YouTube or Facebook and get videos, blogs and books on cruising, kite-surfing, silks and every adventure in between. If you enjoy the journey, check out my books on Amazon, show some love with a weekly donation through Patreon or just share it with others and let us know. We love to hear from followers and send them free cool stuff. Email or message me on Facebook. Get inspired. Get on board.

Keys to the Kingdom: A rising young lawyer who found the key by losing the lock Kindle Edition

by Annie Dike (Author)

Betty Roberts / One Blood

Media & Public Relations Manager

OneBlood is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) community asset responsible for providing safe, available and affordable blood to more than 200 hospital partners and their patients throughout most of Florida, parts of Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina.

We distributes nearly one million blood products annually, employ more than 2,000 people, operate more than 80 donor centers and deploy more than 200 of our signature Big Red Buses throughout our service area for blood drives. (Click here to view the OneBlood service area map).

OneBlood has multiple laboratories, manufacturing and distribution sites strategically located throughout our service area enabling quick response to hospital needs and availability of blood products.

Safety of the blood supply is OneBlood’s top priority. Every unit of blood undergoes more than a dozen tests to ensure it is safe for transfusion. Regardless of where the blood is donated in our service area, all blood samples are delivered via a OneBlood courier to Creative Testing Solutions (CTS), our state-of-the-art testing facility in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Click here to see video of our testing facility)

The blood center is heavily regulated by The Food and Drug Administration (FDA). We are required to follow all FDA rules and are subject to planned and unplanned inspections to ensure complete compliance.

Robert Delaney / Versailles Event Center

Owner

The Versailles operation will be managed by Randy Delaney who brings 33 years of experience in managing private country clubs in Charlotte, N.C., Atlanta, GA., and Pensacola, FL. Randy began his hospitality journey as a Pubic Relations professional on board the M.S. Starward Cruise Ship, one of the fleet of Norwegian-Caribbean lines out of Miami, FL. He lived on board the ship and traveled the Caribbean each week. His primary function was to engage as many passengers as possible on that week’s cruise and ensure that his new manifest of 600 passengers was pleased with all of the services provided by the cruise ship.

Randy received his degree in English & British Literature from the University of North Carolina – Charlotte in 1979, and worked his way through college as a server and bartender at Charlotte Country Club. Upon graduation he took a job as a sports writer with the Charlotte Observer, but never lost his passion for the unique challenges of managing the lofty expectations of the private country club set. He held his first management position as the Food & Beverage Director at Myers Park Country Club in Charlotte in 1982 and it was the beginning of his long and rewarding hospitality career. In addition to his degree at the University of N.C., Randy has completed programs at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., the Greystone Culinary Institute in California, and completed a Business Management Institute Masters Program at Cornell University in New York.

Randy’s military career included Paratrooper Training in Fort Benning, GA., where he received his Silver Wings in 1971, and Special Forces Training at Fort Bragg, N.C.. where he was awarded the Green Beret in 1972. This elite training set the tone for his long-standing drive to succeed in every endeavor. He expects great things from his staff and greater things from himself.

ABOUT US

Mission:

The Versailles Event Center & Bistro will meet the needs of diners and party planning clients in Pensacola and the surrounding area.

The event center meets all local business and private party needs by providing top tier service in its handsome Mediterranean-influenced venue. Guests who book directly with the management of The Versailles will have the option to conduct their events in a number of spaces located within its 9000 square foot facility. Those include:

– Le Grand Ballroom which seats 175 guests or 250 for cocktails

– Pinocchio’s Bistro which seats 75 guests and includes a 40′ mahogany bar

– The Athenian Room which offers luxuriously private dining for 24

– The Veranda which offers 24 seats on a covered and gated outdoor patio

– The Cigar Bar which likewise offers a covered patio for cigars & cognacs

	1504 W Intendencia St, Pensacola, FL 32502
	(850) 456-0737
	newsouthinvest@aol.com

For further information contact Manager Randy Delaney or Linda Massey.

Pensacola Business Radio – 12.15.15 Guests: Cliff Van Gestel and Carol Anne Mackey / Big Rhino Screen Printing, Rafi Perez and Klee Angelie / Rafi Was Here Studios, David Guarnieri Speakman / Gulf Coast Business Consulting

December 15, 2015 by Keith

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio - 12.15.15 Guests: Cliff Van Gestel and Carol Anne Mackey / Big Rhino Screen Printing, Rafi Perez and Klee Angelie / Rafi Was Here Studios, David Guarnieri Speakman / Gulf Coast Business Consulting

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WHY WE DO IT

To help your company and the market you serve Get The Word Out.

No Big Media ambushes, traffic reports, and commercial interruptions.

We feature Business Professionals interviewing their peers, drilling down

on the critical issues, and delivering practical information to an engaged audience.

Business Is Good. Your Work Matters. Share The Air.

Cliff Van Gestel / Big Rhino

Owner

Carol Anne Mackey / Big Rhino

Sales

Pensacola’s Custom Screen Printer

We’ve been custom screen printing and providing embroidery services in Pensacola, Florida since 1992.

Businesses, organizations, and individuals nationwide have trusted Big Rhino to provide their custom printing, custom embroidery, and design needs. No project is too large or too small, we get it done.

Our humble beginnings as a screen printer out of an old barbershop in Downtown Pensacola, eventually evolved into what is now known as Big Rhino Screen Printing and Embroidery. This transformation placed us in the position of leading the charge for better screen printing, not only in Pensacola, but throughout the United States.

Twenty (20+) plus years of knowledge and experience in the screen printing and embroidery industries goes into each and every project we finish. You can count on this knowledge and experience for your next project.

We are a fully functioning screen printer which provides Screen Printing, Embroidery, Direct-to-Garment printing, and Graphic Design services. Whether you are a business, a church, an organization, or just someone who needs custom printing or embroidery, we can help you with your next project.

BIG RHINO

Screen Printing & Embroidery

2709 N. Pace Blvd.

Pensacola, FL 32505

P: (850) 469-9028

E: service@bigrhino.com

H: Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST

Rafi Perez and Klee Angelie / Rafi Was Here Studios, LLC

Owners / Artists

Rafi Was Here Studios is the creative playground for Award Winning Contemporary Artist Rafi Perez and Jewelry Designer Extraordinaire Klee Angelie. The Studio began business in early 2012 bringing art and jewelry to the awesome people of Pensacola FL, and expanding internationally since.

Although Rafi and Klee have been creating art their whole lives it wasn’t until 2012 that they made it available to the public. They have been nonstop ever since.

Forged in the fiery hot sun of the open road, the bitter cold of Chicago snowstorms and the sticky wild swamplands of the Florida Everglades, Rafi Was Here Studios brings its contemporary brand of Art and Jewelry to delight and amaze you. Not to mention, Rafi and Klee are pretty awesome and easy to get along with.

Rafi is an award winning contemporary artist who creates emotionally charged works. He is best known for his use of texture and bold color palates in striking pieces that each has a story to tell.

Rafi is a self taught artist who spent years refining his own techniques and creating a style that is all his own.

He has a unique ability to absorb colors and emotions in a very abstract way and is somehow able to translate it into the high energy fine art for which he is known.

“He is driven to communicate visual qualities of perhaps the external environment which offers us freedom and inspiration as we cope with awesome focal points in the vast open space surrounding our existence. He attempts to show the internal passion of human sensuality that brings quality to our senses stimulating and extending our consciousness elevating life as individuals or sharing space with others around us. Ultimately Rafi seems to convey simple sophistication and intellectual freedom as he uses the visual language to express the human potential.” – Spiros Zachos (PO10TIAL Magazine)

Rafi’s work can be found in myriad of public and private art collections both in the United States and abroad, He currently lives and works in Pensacola, Florida.

Klee Angelie is a fine jewelry artist who creates original signature pieces that have a story and a history to reveal. Using old world techniques and a loving, nurturing approach to the creative process, her pieces posses a rawness and an energy that make them truly unique to her.

The work has been described as contemporary naturalist and wearable micro sculpture.

Coming from a musical background and a passion for harmony and rhythm, Klee has tapped into these themes and translated them into her jewelry creations. The result are pieces that are not only beautiful but have a flow and life about them that is palpable.

Klee was born and raised in Illinois, right outside of Chicago and devoted the majority of her time to music and creative arts in her area.

The hustle and bustle and the energy of the city, coupled with her passion for being creative lent itself to her unique contemporary but organic and original style.

Klee now resides and works out of her studio in Pensacola Fl. Her work can be seen at local markets and galleries and at charitable events which she supports. Her pieces are also available to the worldwide market via her online store.

David Guarnieri Speakman / Principal

Gulf Coast Business Consulting, inc.

David G. Speakman is an award-winning entrepreneur, strategic manager, and former U. S. National Executive Officer with The International Business Honor Society. In 2013, Mr. Speakman was awarded several notable accolades including the Entrepreneurship, Action & Us (ENACTUS) U. S. Southeastern Entrepreneurship Champion, and in the most widely used business strategy competition in the world, Mr. Speakman ranked in the Global Top 100 in Earnings Per Share & Return on Average Equity. In 2015, Mr. Speakman was honored to be named on the Mentors Guild list of Marketing Strategy Experts.

Holding two business degrees and nearly two decades of cumulative professional experience, Mr. Speakman has been a full-time business advisor & consultant to a wide array of organizations including restaurants, architectural firms, non-profit organizations, start-ups, and multi-national companies. Mr. Speakman graduated in the Top 5% from The University of Alabama’s Commerce & Business Administration Program with University Honors, specializing in Entrepreneurship, and minoring in Italian. Since 2003, Mr. Speakman has earned a total of 236 higher education credits from six separate institutions.

In an effort to help Gulf Coast businesses grow, improve, and innovate, David shares the business insights he has gained through formal education, training, research, and professional experience with entrepreneurs, professionals, businesses and organizations.

David G. Speakman

Principal Business Advisor

(251) 942-2548

david@gulfcoast-business.com

Mark L. Olshefski, MHRM

Director of Business Development, Corporate Security & Photography

(850) 496-0753

Joseph J. Leccese, CGCBC

Sales Management & Business Development

(850) 393-8708

James S. Long, Jr.

Senior Executive Business Development Consultant

(443) 974-5200

Gulf Coast Business

GUIDING BUSINESSES TO SUCCESS WITH INFORMED & INDEPENDENT ADVICE

As a business owner you may assume that professional business consulting is a luxury only large companies can afford. Don’t be so sure. Gulf Coast Business offers consulting services that not only fit your budget, but usually pay for themselves through increased sales or improved efficiency.

Whether you need a high-level review of your strategy and competition, new ideas for marketing, or tactical advice on information technology, finances, or personnel, we can help. Our consultants have the training to grasp complex business issues – and the experience to know which ones really matter.

Why not let an informed, independent partner help clarify your company’s most critical issues and objectives? Call 251-942-2548 or simply scroll down to schedule a meeting.

SMART SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS OWNERS

If you own or manage a business, you probably want to plan for the future, take control of your finances, or simply fix nagging problems that impede productivity. But with so many other pressing concerns, who has the time?

We do. At Gulf Coast Business, we understand the unique challenges that small business owners face, from managing day-to-day operations to sales, marketing and beyond. Please schedule a FREE initial consultation below.

FROM STRATEGIC GOALS TO DAILY OPERATIONS

At Gulf Coast Business, we offer a variety of consulting services for business owners. These are designed to address everything from major strategic issues to more basic problems affecting everyday business practices. Our services include, but are not limited to:

Small Business Consulting
Strategic Business Analysis & Management
Management & Organizational Consulting
Entrepreneurship, New Venture, & Startup – Consulting & Development
Operations Management Consulting
Financial & Managerial Accounting Decisions
Marketing & Advertising Consulting
- Comprehensive Social Media Marketing
- Traditional Marketing Strategic Development

No matter what your needs, we promise to deliver objective, informed advice, and actionable plans for improving your business.

Pensacola Business Radio – 12.10.15 Guests: Pam Hatt / Pen Air Federal Credit Union, Danny Mortimer and Joel Freeman / Card Payment Solutions, LLC

December 10, 2015 by Keith

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio - 12.10.15 Guests: Pam Hatt / Pen Air Federal Credit Union, Danny Mortimer and Joel Freeman / Card Payment Solutions, LLC

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WHY WE DO IT

To help your company and the market you serve Get The Word Out.

No Big Media ambushes, traffic reports, and commercial interruptions.

We feature Business Professionals interviewing their peers, drilling down

on the critical issues, and delivering practical information to an engaged audience.

Business Is Good. Your Work Matters. Share The Air.

Pam Hatt / Pen Air Federal Credit Union

Marketing Director

Pam Hatt Oversee all aspects of Marketing, Membership, and Business and Select Employer Group Development for Pen Air FCU with assets of $1.3B, 18 branch locations, including three student run credit unions, and over 96,000 members located in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties in Florida and Baldwin and Mobile Counties in Alabama.

At Pen Air Federal Credit Union respect is a guiding principle. An unshakeable belief in dreams and the can-do attitudes that make them real. As the largest and oldest local credit union in Pensacola, Florida with $1.2 billion in assets, we are dedicated to enhancing lives through exceptional service, strength and financial solutions. We currently have 18 locations in Northwest Florida and Southeast Alabama, including three student-run credit unions at area high schools. We are a not-for-profit, member-owned financial institution, serving our community and improving since 1936.

Mission Statement

Enhancing Lives through Exceptional Service, Strength and Financial Solutions.

Vision Statement

Be the financial services provider and employer of choice through our commitment to:

A culture of TRUST and RESPECT
A team of ENGAGED and KNOWLEDGEABLE professionals
Timely, accurate and PERSONALIZED SERVICE
Financial STRENGTH and STABILITY
Organizational EFFICIENCY
STRONG community PARTNERSHIPS

Learn more at penair.org/BrandStory

OUR BRAND STORY

All of us share something great here – a vibrant and important connection to our community. To keep it strong and healthy we have to take care of it, which means taking care of each other.

You and your goals matter. We understand that you’re trusting us with your money, time, and dreams…and we don’t take that lightly. In fact, we’re here for you because we share those dreams, as well as a mutual respect for the values that connect us – values like family, community, service and financial integrity.

We’re committed to helping you improve your life, and we take very seriously the trust you bestow upon us to help you reach your financial goals. That’s what motivates us to deliver the personalized solutions you deserve.

Member Service Center
memberservicecenter@penair.org
850.505.3200

Mortgage, Home Equity Loans
mortgagelending@penair.org
850.505.3200 Ext. 8360

Asset Management
assetmanagement@penair.org
850.505.3200 Ext. 8332

Business Solutions
businesssolutions@penair.org
850.505.3200 Ext. 8470

Sponsorships
marketing@penair.org
850.505.3200 Ext. 7770

Important Numbers

Lost/Stolen Card 850.505.3200 Option 2

Fax 850.458.2367

Flex-Tone 850.479.9500

Flex-Tone Toll Free 800.338.1677

Nationwide 877.473.6247

Danny Mortimer and Joel Freeman / Card Payment Solutions, LLC

Danny Mortimer is an honest to goodness bona fide Panhandle local; born at the NAS Hospital and raised right here in Pensacola. He has over 35 years’ experience coast-to-coast in outside sales, sales management, and business ownership.

In 1981 he was recruited into the life insurance industry and soon added to his portfolio a number of securities licenses with the SEC as well as certified financial advisor. He grew his financial practice to well over 100 agents before transitioning into the wireless communication industry from 1998 – 2003 where as a broker he focused primarily on wireless solutions for businesses.

From 2003 – 2007 he was quite successful in the trade show industry. As part owner of a company manufacturing portable modular tradeshow equipment and producing high resolution digital graphics, Danny set up distribution networks throughout the world but primarily in North America. He grew this company well over 300% in just 3 years by developing solid reseller relationships with several of the largest franchise companies in the world such as Sign-A-Rama, FastSigns, Signs Now, and Allegra just to name a few.

In 2008 he came full circle back to the financial industry, this time in the bank card segment as a merchant processing broker. His financial and sales management experience uniquely qualified him to help build a successful team for Card Payment Solutions along with his own residual portfolio of merchant clientele here locally and throughout the Southeast.

Danny was blessed to marry his Woodham High School sweetheart, Angela Bills. They currently call the Greenville area of South Carolina their home but can’t seem to stay away from the Panhandle. A growing clientele and agent base here along with their family, kids, and grandchild keep them coming back at least every other month or so.

Card Payment Solutions is a leading provider of credit card processing, merchant accounts, and shopping carts for small and medium sized merchants located across the United States. Our payment processing services enable merchants to process both traditional card-present, or “swipe” transactions, as well as “card-not-present” transactions. Our management’s experience and cumulative knowledge in providing payment processing services to merchants give us the ability to effectively identify, evaluate and manage the payment processing needs and risks that are unique to small business.

Pensacola Business Radio – 12.08.15 / Guests: THRIVE – Karen Toth, Kevin Miller and Mike Findeisen

December 8, 2015 by Keith

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio - 12.08.15 / Guests: THRIVE - Karen Toth, Kevin Miller and Mike Findeisen

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WHY WE DO IT

To help your company and the market you serve Get The Word Out.

No Big Media ambushes, traffic reports, and commercial interruptions.

We feature Business Professionals interviewing their peers, drilling down

on the critical issues, and delivering practical information to an engaged audience.

Business Is Good. Your Work Matters. Share The Air.

Kevin Miller

kevinmthrives.le-vel.com

email: canyon105@gmail.com

Mike Findeisen

mefthrives.le-vel.com

email: mfindeisen@coastalpaymentsystems.com

Karen Toth

email: ktoth@paradigmtelecom.com

The THRIVE Experience is an 8 week premium lifestyle plan, to help individuals experience and reach peak physical and mental levels. You’re going to live, look, and feel Ultra Premium like never before! Results from the THRIVE Experience are high impact, and can slightly differ for everyone – depending on which areas of your lifestyle need the most help – and depending on your 8 week goal. Whether your goal is to lose weight, get in the best shape of your life, or simply be the best you can be, we know the THRIVE 8 Week Experience will get you THRIVIN’ in all areas of your life! Individuals on the Experience will enjoy premium support and benefits in the areas of:

> Weight Management > Cognitive Performance
> Digestive & Immune Support > Joint Support
> Lean Muscle Support > Aches & Discomfort Relief
> Anti-Aging & Antioxidant Support

THRIVE by Le-Vel is something that’s hard to explain, and challenging to describe… it’s something that can only be experienced.

brand philosophy

Premium Level: Premium Lifestyle

Le-Vel was created and envisioned with a greater purpose, a premium plan. This plan is not to create a product, or a product line, but to build a global brand, a new icon. A brand that encompasses ultra premium products: premium product lines. The new brand, for the better lifestyle, premium-seeking consumers.

The largest and most successful companies in the world are extremely good at one thing. They build brands, not products. They are so good at this one focus, they can literally put their logo on anything and it is passionately accepted worldwide. As the Le-Vel vision is birthed with THRIVE, it will continue on with all of our brands and future premium products. Le-Vel will be a global giant; our logo will be on many different products, wherever you go, our logo will go with you. The quality, passion and efficacy with one product line, will flawlessly continue on to all product lines, because the true focus, our passion will always remain at its inception, The Brand: Le-Vel.

To build the Premium Lifestyle Company, we knew we had to look further than just a product, we had to envision a larger purpose, a deeper reason for what we were doing. We had to create the one and only Premium Lifestyle Brand.

Jason Camper and Paul Gravette share a vision for premium products that offer an opportunity to live a premium lifestyle.

With over 41 years of combined experience in the Health & Wellness industry, Jason and Paul’s vision was to create a company, a brand, a product line that had never been seen before. Their commitment and passion to Premium Grade raw ingredients and using a higher level of nutrition to formulate Thrive was the key to Le-Vel’s success from the beginning.

Pensacola Business Radio- 12.03.15 – Guests: Andrew Martin / Atlas Financial Strategies, Tom Koenig / King Sized Solutions

December 3, 2015 by Keith

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio- 12.03.15 - Guests: Andrew Martin / Atlas Financial Strategies, Tom Koenig / King Sized Solutions

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WHY WE DO IT

To help your company and the market you serve Get The Word Out.

No Big Media ambushes, traffic reports, and commercial interruptions.

We feature Business Professionals interviewing their peers, drilling down

on the critical issues, and delivering practical information to an engaged audience.

Business Is Good. Your Work Matters. Share The Air.

Andrew Martin / Atlas Financial Strategies

President / Owner

At Atlas Financial Strategies, it has been our pleasure to serve the Pensacola community and its surrounding areas. Our mission has always been, and will continue to be, to strive to provide our clients with the very best financial service available as well as a client experience that is second to none. We understand that our recommendations will impact you and your family for years to come. Therefore, we are very careful to make certain that the plan we suggest is suitable to you and fits your objectives.

Atlas Financial Strategies provides financial and retirement planning services to businesses and individuals. Being a leader in the financial services industry means continually striving for improvement. To keep pace with clients’ needs, Atlas Financial Strategies has access to new products, expanded quality service, and pioneered new technologies. Breaking new ground is part of the tradition. For Strength and Guidance, trust Atlas Financial Strategies.

Atlas Financial Strategies, LLC provides Insurance and financial services to both small and large businesses, alike. From employee benefits to succession planning, our goal is to keep you as a business owner focused on one thing: running the business. Atlas Financial Strategies, LLC offers:

Retirement plan administration including 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), Simple IRA, and SEP IRA
Group benefits including Life, Health, Dental, Vision, and Disability insurance
Key Person insurance
Buy/Sell agreements
Voluntary payroll deducted life insurance*
Executive carve-out plans

Executive Benefits

The success of most businesses is tied into the talent, passion and work ethics of their key executives. Executive benefit packages can help you attract, motivate, and retain high-caliber employees and keep your company healthy and stable. We can help you with non-qualified plans, supplemental employee retirement plans, split dollar plans, and more.

Succession Planning

Succession planning allows owners to leave their business on their own timeframe while preparing their company to be transferred to family members, key employees, an outside party, or even a charity. This must be done in a way that achieves personal financial security, maintains harmony, and achieves maximum value for the business.

Key Person Insurance

Key person life insurance offers a death benefit that indemnifies an employer for the loss of one of its most important assets – the key person. This can help assure continuity of the business for employees, customers and creditors, and protects against losses in sales, momentum, and credit. It can also be used to recruit and develop a replacement for the employee.

Buy-Sell Agreements

A buy–sell agreement is a legally binding agreement between co-owners of a business that governs the situation if a co-owner dies or leaves the business, whether by force or by choice. A funded cross-purchase buy-sell plan utilizes life insurance to ensure that the arrangement is properly funded so that there will be money when the event is triggered.

Deferred Compensation

Deferred compensation is a written agreement between an employer and an employee where the employee chooses to have part of his or her compensation withheld by the company, invested on their behalf, and distributed back to them at a pre-determined point in the future. Deferred compensation can be used as a flexible way to attract and incentivize key employees.

Atlas Financial Strategies, LLC

7282 Plantation Road, Suite 400

Pensacola, FL 32504

Phone: (850) 542-4803

Tom Koenig / King-Sized Solutions

Owner / Independent Consultant

Mr. Tom Koenig is a retired United States Air Force Master Sergeant, who worked in the personnel field the latter half of his 22-year career. As a Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist and a 2003 graduate from St. Leo University with a degree in Human Resource Management, Mr. Koenig specializes in studying the identity theft crime and teaching solutions to small businesses and large corporations. After having served for six years on the local Gulf Coast Crime Stoppers board of directors, and attending over 20 corporate training events across the country, Tom stays informed on local and national crime trends pertaining to I.D. theft issues. As the owner of King-SizedSolutions, LLC, Mr. Koenig works as an independent associate for a company that provides family and small business legal plan memberships, and an ID Theft restoration plan for today’s fastest growing white-collar crime.

www.tomkoenig.biz

www.kingsizedsolutions.biz

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Pensacola Business Radio- 12.01.15 Guests: Jim DeStafney / Blues Angel Music, Heather Bragg / Creative Cuisine LLC, Chris Jadallah / Calliope Films

December 1, 2015 by Keith

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio- 12.01.15 Guests: Jim DeStafney / Blues Angel Music, Heather Bragg / Creative Cuisine LLC, Chris Jadallah / Calliope Films

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Broadcasting live from DeVilliers Square, we interview the city’s best and brightest Business Owners, Community Leaders and Budding Entrepreneurs.

Jim De Stafney / Blues Angel Music

Owner

BAM was opened in August of 1997 by Retired Navy Captain / Fighter Pilot Jim DeStafney, and has grown from a 1,000 sq. ft., one-man guitar shop into a 15,000 sq. ft., full-line, world-class music store.

We provide a great selection of new, used and vintage guitars and amps for both the professional musician as well as the beginner. We also have become Pensacola’s number 1 Band and Orchestra Instrument Dealer.

Our expert staff is always eager to answer any question and meet your musical needs including all music instrument repairs! It has always been our goal to be the “go-to” place for local working musicians, Students, and local families. We also offer a wide variety of Band Instruments to Rent or Buy.

Blues Angle Music provides service on music instruments and repair on music instruments. Our Master Luthiers and electronics technicians work full time in the fully-stocked repair shop to give you the best quality guitar and amp repair possible. Jim, Todd, Noel, Floyd, and Grant work on your instrument or amp with the same attention to detail and efficiency as if it were their own.

We service and repair:

Electric Guitars
Acoustic Guitars
Mandolins
Banjos
Violins
Cellos
Brass Instruments
Woodwind Instruments
Keyboards
Tube Amplifiers
Solid-State Amplifiers
Electronics

The Blues Angel Music Foundation

“Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.” —Napoleon Bonaparte

Our Vision:

The Blues Angel Music Foundation aims to make a positive impact on the Greater Pensacola Area through the promotion of music education, instruction, and therapy throughout the lifespan of any and every individual it touches.

Our Mission:

We will seek out and support organizations, scholarships, and other efforts to engage the mind and body through music.

About the Blues Angel Music Foundation

In 2012, before there was a foundation, Jim and Nan DeStafney, owners of Blues Angel Music, knew they wanted to help make a positive difference in the lives of people through music. From their own pockets, they made donations to many local organizations including the Belmont Youth Band, the Pensacola Choral Society, the Pensacola Symphony, the Waterfront Rescue Mission, and Guitars for Vets. But that wasn’t enough.

They began looking for groups who were making strides in providing music therapy. It has long been accepted that music can connect to parts of the brain beyond control of the conscious mind. Science and brain imaging have shown us that the brain has the ability to heal and change. This same science has taught us that music therapy can help patients overcome language, cognition, and motor control problems that were once believed to be beyond rehabilitation.

Then, in September of 2014, a $200 donation to their efforts changed things and the Blues Angel Music Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was born.

Why Music Matters

Music majors are the most likely group of college graduates to be admitted into medical school. Research has shown that piano students are better equipped to comprehend mathematical and scientific concepts. Of course, America needs more and better physicians, scientists and mathematicians.

Playing and learning music benefits people of all ages — and it’s proven fun! The Blues Angel Music Foundation advances active participation in music education, instruction, and therapy across the lifespan of every individual willing to participate by supporting philanthropic giving and public service programs.

The BAM Foundation is an active representation of the desire of the staff and customers of Blues Angel Music to spread the power of music to places where it doesn’t currently exist. It is funded directly by BAM through fundraising and by direct, tax deductible, donations from people like you.

Make a donation today and change someone’s life forever.

Heather Bragg / Creative Cusine

Personal Chef & Owner

With a Personal Chef, you can enjoy “Food at Your Place, Cooked to Your Taste”! Chef Heather, owner of CrEAT!ve Cuisine, LLC, can be your “What’s for dinner?” solution!

Chef will come to your home, assess your dietary needs and requirements, create a personalized menu for you, and help determine how often you would like your service. Pricing is based on how many entrees you choose, the type of entrees, and frequency of service. On your cook date, Chef will shop for groceries and arrive with her equipment. Then she preps, cooks and packages all entrees, stocks your refrigerator/freezer with delicious meals, leaves re-heating instructions ready for you, and tidies your kitchen!

Should you need food or baked goodies prepared for a special event, gathering or party, Chef will happily assist you in making your event a success!

If you are ready to start enjoying some CrEAT!ve Cuisine and save yourself time and energy, then contact Chef Heather today! You can also find her on Facebook at /Chef.Heather74. It’s time to get creative with your cuisine! Buon Appetito!

Chris Jadahalla

Ameriprise Financial + Calliope Films

Calliope (or beautiful voice) is the Greek Muse of epic or heroic poetry. She was seen to be homers muse as well as the inspiration to the Odyssey and the Iliad. It’s these epic ideals that that Calliope films is based upon.

At Calliope films, we offer video production on any level. Projects we have worked on in the past consist of:

– Commercials

– Weddings

– Short films

– Training Videos

– Demo Reels

– Music Videos

– Infomercials

We have the tools to provide any video production work needed.

When it comes to commercials or any type of project that involves Pre-production. We will sit down with you and design a project to suit your needs.

We are more than happy to travel to you to produce you project.

For every production we have a package deal to Include both video and photography if both are desired.