Business Advisory Board

Building Tomorrow's Business Leaders

We're incredibly grateful for our Business Advisory Board, a group of prominent CEOs and business leaders who are a vital link between the business community and Flagler College's School of Business. They actively support our students' success through resources, internships, mentorship, and career opportunities. Their dedication significantly enhances our educational programs and the prospects of our graduates.

Business Advisory Board Goals: 

  • Provide knowledge and skills needed by business graduates to be successful in the 21st-century workplace
  • Provide business resources by
    • Serving as guest lecturers and speakers
    • Supporting and placing interns
    • Identifying service learning opportunities
    • Offering networking and mentoring opportunities
  • Assist with job placement of Flagler College business graduates
  • Establish and support a Distinguished CEO Lecture Series.
  • Generate strategies to recruit and retain high-quality students in the business program competitively

Our Members

Joe Grass, Chair
Market President, Ameris Bank

Isabelle Renault, Vice Chair
President and CEO, St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce

Clint Pyle, Immediate Past Chair
Senior VP and CFO, Stellar

Martha Barrett
Retired Sr. VP, Bank of America

Joe Bateman
Retired Vice President of Government Relations, Union Pacific

Fred “Bo” Bozard '10
Owner, Bozard Ford Lincoln

Lundyn Davis Carter '06
Co-Founder and CEO, Laine London

Amy Casari
Group Talent Acquisition Manager, NE FL, Enterprise Mobility

Mike Conaton
Founding Partner, Cyprium Partners

Justine Cronk '09
Vice President, Computer Evidence Specialists (CES)

Caleb Diffell
CEO, Rulon

Justin C. Dolan '05
Independent Branch Leader
Charles Schwab

Kevin Flanigan
President, Miller Electric Group

Tanya Fjare '01
General Manager - Progressive Home
Progressive Insurance Company

Michael Flodin '86
CEO, Continuum Global Solutions

Mike Gardell
Sr. VP and St. Augustine Regional President, SouthState Bank

Joe Grass
Market President, Ameris Bank

Benjamin Hakimian
Founder and CEO, Hakimian Holdings

Armin O. Jabs
Retired Founder, President & COO
International Communications Group

Sunil Kumar
Global Business Development / GTM Lead, Amazon Web Services

Bobby McCullough
Retired CEO, HCA Healthcare

Paul McGuire
Retired Vice President of Marketing & Sales, Union Carbide Corporation

Raghu Misra
Founder, The Link

Laura Neal '98
Executive Vice President - Brand Communications, PGA Tour

Michael Prince
Retired CIO, Burlington Coat Factory

Kevin Smith
Founder & CEO, OnPoint Sports Strategies; Managing Partner, The Collective Best

The Need

Your contributions to this program will help provide the following resources:

  • Scholarships
  • Endowed Professorships
  • Business Speaker Series
  • Experiential opportunities for business administration students

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