Mentor Bios

Name	Background	Mentoring Partner	Reason for becoming a mentor
Reid Conklin	Financial Services	Rebecca Hattaway	I was fortunate enough to have some great mentors who made a difference in my life and career and I want to do the same for others.
Mike Butler	BS/EE Vanderbilt Univ. MBA Furman Univ. 20 years with General Electric in manufacturing, primarily in Lighting Products. (1970 – 1990) 20 years with Char-Broil BBQ Grills retiring as President. (1990 – 2009)	Will Smith	Desire to teach or mentor young people. Retirement has given me the time to participate as a mentor. Lots of experiences to share.
Rick Cogdell		Ridley Griggs
Gray Ferguson	Over 35 years in operations management, specifically the field of hospitality, club, and resort operations.	Allison Matulia	I have the pleasure of working with many college age adults and enjoy helping them understand their opportunities and to establish priorities.
Angie Grant	Director of Catering/Member Concierge with Reynolds Plantation for over 10 years	Caroline Faber	This is a great chance to further the mentees life by sharing my professional and personal experiences. Also, this allows me the opportunity to fine tune my coaching skills which can be applied to my own team.
Jane Hutterly	Executive Vice President of Worldwide Corporate & Environmental Affairs at S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., President of Johnson Keland Management, Inc.	Meghan Williams
Bob Lee	Vice President of Marketing & Communications at Prudential Financial, Brand Manager at Carnation Company and General Mills, Vice President of Marketing at Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Vice President of Branch Marketing at Fidelity Investments. Captain in the U.S. Air Force between 1968 and 1972.	Shelby Riley	Following my several years of part time teaching at GCSU, I was looking for an opportunity to continue interaction with business school students, and to share my experiences and insights from my business career.
Mike McCabe		David Smith
Larry McDonald		Haley Schmidt
Bobbie McDonald
Rich Perry	MBA University of South Carolina. 20+ years in Corporate Strategy and Finance with Pepsi, Washington Mutual and Fleet Boston.	Brandon Deraney	I feel like everyone can use some encouragement and perspective. My current area of focus and passion – Loving Leadership and culture.
Bob Pettibone	(Retired) Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.	Rick Bartra	Hopefully can share some experiences learned over a 37 year business career. In addition, I always learn more from my partner than I mostly provide.
Bill Shirey	1) Senior Research Associate in Toxicology, The Squibb Institute for Medical Research, New Brunswick, N.J., 1968-1971; 2) Private Small Animal Veterinary Practice, San Jose, California 1973-2008.	Kim Nguyen	I mentor because I had some great mentors in my career. They played a very valuable role in my academic and professional life. They help you believe in yourself and encourage you to do things you may have thought impossible.
Gary Strack	23 years as CEO of two major healthcare systems. Taught graduate level classes at the University of Florida.	Timothy Cary	My philosophy is Learn, Earn, and Return to others. Mentoring young adults is one important way of returning to others.
Tom Weglewski	Coopers & Lybrand (CPA): tax planning and compliance ARMCO (US steel producer): finance/tax, international tax planning ALCOA (World leader in aluminum) finance/tax, Retired as Tax Counsel Extensive work in mergers, acquisitions and dispositions of assets and companies mostly in the international context	Akwai Agoons	I am a mentor so that my business and life experiences live on now that I am retired. It is satisfying to help young people be successful and realize that they have the same doubts that we had in our life journeys.
Anissa DeRieux	CPA, Graduated GA College in 1989, Currently Chief Financial Officer for Flint Electric Membership Corporation	Laura Ritter and Kandace Singleton	I was blessed to have (and still have) a mentor in my professional career. He is as much a friend as a mentor after 25 years. I want to give back to hopefully become that same person for another young adult/new professional.
Charles Hall	Partner, McNair, McLemore, Middlebrooks & Co., LLC	Daniel Giddens and Tanner Glenn	When I was a young man, I always desired to have an older person mentor me, something I never had. So I thought I would offer to do this for others.