Having grown up in Panama City, Florida, Melissa was grateful to return to the Sunshine State after attending school in Mississippi. Graduating from Mississippi State University with her Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing with a concentration in International Business and her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish in 2021, Melissa now serves the Northwest Florida…
Hal George is the Legislative Aide at Doug Broxson, Florida State Senator. His experience includes Human Resources Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry, skilled in Labor Relations, U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Interviewing, Succession Planning, and Organizational Development. He has a BS focused on Public Relations/Image Management from…
Eric Randall is a 1991 graduate of Booker T. Washington high school in Pensacola, Florida. Immediately after high school, He enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served 8 years as a mechanical engineer. During his Naval career, Eric deployed with the USS Enterprise Battle Group to the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf in support…
Jim Benson served a 31-year career in Eastman Chemical Company, Division of Eastman Kodak. He later moved to a Startup Law Enforcement Software Company, SmartCOP. He later served tutoring students for college applications & Testing with Academic Center for Testing, LLC. He has previously served with Boys & Girls Club in Kingsport, TN, Parks &…
Charlie Sherrill is a Regional President for SouthState Bank, responsible for the bank’s growth activities in Northwest Florida and Southwest Alabama. A proud seventh-generation Pensacolian, he graduated with a finance and real estate degree from Florida State University and held various commercial banking roles with Hancock Whitney and Truist prior to joining SouthState. In the…
Gordon Sprague was born and raised on a family farm in Vermont. He served four years in the US Air Force and after attending college he worked for the Parks and Recreation Department in several southern cities. He then served as Assistant to the President for Fogelman Properties and as a Mutual Fund Money Manager…
