Serving Calvert, Charles, St. Mary's Counties in Maryland
James Vasquez is an accomplished Entrepreneur and Business Consultant with over 20 years of industry expertise. Originally hailing from New York, James recently relocated to Southern Maryland, bringing with him a wealth of experience in start-ups, franchises, manufacturing, lead generation, acquisitions, operations, business development, and marketing across both traditional and online platforms. His extensive background includes working with business owners in diverse sectors such as manufacturing, professional services, wellness/fitness, and digital products, guiding them in building and scaling their ventures to achieve sustainable success. With a proven track record and deep understanding of various business models, James is recognized as a seasoned professional dedicated to driving growth and innovation in today's competitive business landscape.
Rebakah Jones has been a Licensed Massage Therapist for 14 years and a small business owner for 7 years. She is licensed in New York and Maryland and is a recently appointed Board Member for Maryland Board of Massage Therapy Examiners. Originally from Rochester, New York, she has a multitude of experience working in Administrate Management for the Rochester Educational System and Healthcare Industry. She is currently working on completing her Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts Integrative Studies online at the University of Brockport College.
Katrina is a well-respected coach, trainer and content marketing strategist for educational institutions, small businesses, and corporations. She was the former President and Lead Coach of JusTime Consulting Services, LLC for over 20 years whose core competencies are in workforce development, business development and collaborations, instructional design, comprehensive marketing, multi-generational workforce blending, multi-cultural business etiquette, personality assessments for team synergy, team conflict resolutions, leadership/emotional intelligence, and seller-buyer relationship cycles.
Katrina's true give-back spirit shines in her 1:1 coaching from life's awareness to executive directives to leveraging business value propositions. She is known for her unique approach to influence forward thinking behaviors through one-on-one assessments, improve group dynamics functionality by incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion, utilize personality matrices to uncover team conflicts and implement business etiquette approaches for multicultural generational workforce adaptability.
In her earlier career, Katrina was a corporate trailblazer as one of the first African American women to be promoted to the mid-atlantic region Endocrinology-Urology Specialty Division at Pfizer. In her spare time Katrina honors her "daily life joys " as an avid walker, devout foodie socials, hosting small gatherings, good reads /TV escapes and fond memories of her fur baby Peyton. Katrina's pride and joy is nestled in her Scholar Son and Doctor Daughter's stamp in the millennial world.
For more information about Katrina's career and contributions to the forward movement of educating business owners please connect with her on Linkedin.
Bill has an extensive background in small business lending in Southern Maryland, having held key management positions in both large and small commercial banks for 20 years. He is knowledgeable about financing options, loan structures, SBA loan programs including 7(a) and 504, financial projections, business evaluations, marketing and management assistance. His “hands-on” management in a true small business - a community bank – provided major insights. Bill joined the SBDC in May 2000. He has utilized his experience and expertise to benefit entrepreneurs and small businesses in the region.
Bill has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Accounting from Salisbury University in Maryland. Bill is also a graduate of the Graduate School of Retail Bank Management at the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia.
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Dr. Clinton served in the US Army and is a Vietnam Era Veteran. Dr. Clinton retired after 26 years with the Department of the Navy. He has years of specialized acquisition protection and management experience for small businesses. He is the owner of a Small Business Reserve, Veteran-Owned Small Business. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Project Management, Master of Business Administration in Operations Management, and Doctor of Theology (Th.D.).
