Jesse Baskir

Counselor with 21 years experience leading complex projects, developing IT tools, and collaborating across organizational units. Demonstrated success leading multi-disciplinary teams, overcoming obstacles, and collaborating with IT, finance, and operations.

Carl Baumann

Counselor and mentor specializing in writing business and marketing plans, business financial management, strategic planning & objective setting, organization & process improvement (process mapping) and general business management. Experience in management, finance and accounting for a subsidiary of a Fortune 25 company and in banking. Education: BSBA UNC – Chapel Hill and EMBA Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University.

Walt Brittle

Counselor and mentor with broad management experience in large and small companies including  start-ups and turnarounds. He currently operates a small consulting firm providing FDA compliance and ISO Quality System engineering.  Walt has served as CEO of seven corporations and has over 10 years of professional business consulting experience - Strategic Planning, NPD, M&A, Marketing, and Finance.  Education: University of Miami; BBA-General Management, MBA-Finance and Marketing.

Donald R. Brewer

Business counselor specializing in general management and business planning. Formerly CEO of small to mid-sized companies manufacturing industrial products and packaging machinery; before that, extensive management and consulting experience in logistics and most other functional areas at DuPont, Cain Chemical, Occidental Chemical, P&G. Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and MBA-Finance from Stanford University.

Bob Caldwell

Counselor, consultant, and entrepreneur with broad business experience in human resources, conflict resolution, b2b sales/marketing, general management, and communications. Seventeen years in heavy manufacturing (integrated steelmaking) followed by entrepreneurial startup, twenty-year growth, and ultimate sale of small business services company. Board of directors’ experience, including chairman of the board for international business services provider. BS (Economics) and MBA (Industrial & Labor Relations). Fellow and mentor, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, State University of New York

Bill Cunningham

Commercial Loan Officer, Senior Loan Officer, Realtor

John C. Custer

Mason & Hanger - Chairman, Admin., Construction, Foreign Operations, Govt. Contracting, Engineering

Alan Fenwick

Counselor, consultant, and mentor with over four decades of  business experience in project management, strategic planning, sales/marketing, mergers and acquisitions, new venture analysis, contracts and general management. Career focused on aerospace industry (including 23 years with Boeing) and diversification activities.  BS, MBA, and LLB.  Significant international experience in Europe, China, and other countries in the middle/far east.  Currently mentoring students in Durham Tech's "Fast Entrepreneur" course guiding people toward development of strong business plans. 

Martin Ginsberg

Pharmacist, Dentist specializing in TMJ/TMD. On hospital staffs, university faculty. Did legal work for attorneys and insurance.

Jim Gray

Counselor with retail management and design experience as an owner of Gray Brother’s Furniture and Interiors. Currently he is a real estate broker with Keller Williams Realty in Chapel Hill and serves as Director of Development for the North Carolina Council of Churches in Raleigh. Jim’s passion is making life better for others and he has served with the Red Cross, Hospice, Habitat for Humanity, Rainbow Center for Children, and Old Wilkes, Inc. among others. He is also president elect of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Kiwanis Club. Education: University of North Carolina.

Richard Henry

Counselor and mentor with experience in operations, project planning, sales contracting, strategic planning and supply chain management. Held senior management positions in top-five, pharmaceutical companies (AstraZeneca, Merck). Former small business owner. BS-Penn State.

Dennis "Denny" Holland

Counselor and mentor with over 35 years of broad management experience in all sizes of businesses, from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups and turnarounds. Denny currently operates his own management consulting practice which focuses on strategic business development and executive coaching, counseling & mentoring. Technically educated as a Chemical Engineer, he progressed from R&D, manufacturing and engineering, through sales and marketing, to general management. He’s a graduate of Gannon University in Erie, PA and management programs at Harvard and Northwestern Universities. He has been active with SCORE for the past 11 years, first in the Philadelphia, PA area, then in Naples, FL.

Everett Kemp

Counselor and mentor specializing in strategic planning, business startup and business improvement. He spent 30 years with the DuPont Company managing various electronics businesses, including turning around 5 problem businesses and starting a new venture. For 10 years he lived and managed in Asia. He reads, writes, and speaks Japanese. He left DuPont to turn around Palomar Systems in San Diego and now does consulting for business improvement, marketing into Asia, and merger/acquisitions. He has an engineering degree from Iowa Sate University, and a MBA from Edinburgh Business School in Scotland.

Gary Kibler

Counselor and mentor specializing in business planning, marketing management and new product development with experience in textiles, school and office products and electronics industries. Former corporate marketing manager for 16 years and business owner for 12 years. Education: MBA from UNC-Chapel Hill.

John S. Kiley

Formerly President, American Metal Moulding, Edison, NJ; co-founder, AmRod Corp. Newark, NJ, VP and GM of the Automotive Division of The Essex Group, Ft. Wayne, IN. National and international consulting focused on M&A due diligence and Operations and Manufacturing "turn around" issues. BS, Engineering, Penn State University.

Scott King

Tim Knechtel

Counselor with life insurance industry experience specializing in sales force compensation, business planning, start-ups, raising capital, distribution systems and negotiation of contracts. Education: Graduated from the University of Toronto and attended business school at the University of Michigan.

Martin Leppitsch

Martin has fifteen years of professional experience in software development, project management, IT management, operations, and most recently technology consulting, with small to mid-size organizations. Industry experience includes e-commerce, communication, education, publishing, and organic food. Education: BS Computer Science and Communication Studies, VA Tech; MBA, Duke Fuqua School of Business.

Glenn Marek

John McLaughlin

Counselor and mentor specializing in AGRA business, international business, import/export, and marketing. He held positions with Cargill, Inc., Pillsbury, Red River Commodities, L. M. Fischel, N. V. Deli, MGE as an International Trade Consultant.

Hugh Morrison

Business counselor with experience in human resources as well as contract law, sales, marketing, and medical product manufacturing. Formerly Sr. VP and General Counsel, German-owned medical device company, Bethlehem PA. Education: University of Michigan law school. Not admitted to practice in the state of North Carolina.

Hal Myers

Robert Risley

Counselor and mentor in financial management specializing in controller functions, financial planning and analysis, and process improvement. Experience in finance and accounting with General Electric as well as several small privately held companies. Education: Bachelor in Business Administration in General Management/Finance, University of Massachusetts.

Marijane Whiteman

Counselor and mentor specializing in business planning, operations, software development, systems engineering and publishing. Professional experience includes IBM, Mini-Computer Systems (COO), Storage Technology (Dir. of Operations), Contractors Register (COO). Education: BS and BA St. Johns University.

John Wyman

Counselor, mentor and course instructor at Durham Tech specializing in business startups and teaching entrepreneurs how to manage “by the numbers” using an Excel budget. John also serves as mentor and coach for Kenan-Flagler graduate students. He is a Graduate of Bowdoin College, a Viet Nam Veteran, and retired executive of AT&T after which he started and operated a successful process re-engineering international consultancy for Engelhard Corporation.