Diane Denslow was an Associate Instructor in Entrepreneurship at the University of North Florida where she has taught numerous university classes on Entrepreneurship and Management for the past 20 years. Diane wrote and received a $500,0000 grant from the Blackstone Foundation to create a Blackstone LaunchPad at UNF. She Co-Directed this center that focused on providing workshops, speaker series, training, mentoring, and internships for students at UNF.

She was previously on the faculty at Florida State University teaching Entrepreneurship courses.

She also served as the Associate Director for the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship at FSU where she consulted with small business owners and developed programming to enhance small business development. Diane previously owned ABN Group, Inc., a Jacksonville based consulting firm specializing in business plan development, strategies for growth and financial analysis.

Gregory is currently the Administrative Director for the Jacksonville Small & Emerging Business Program for the City of Jacksonville. Greg previously was the Assistant Director of Special Programs at the Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UNF, Government Contracting Specialist with the Procurement Technical Assistance Center at UNF, and an Adjunct Business Instructor for FSCJ and UNF.

Gregory joined the United States Army in 1996. After years of active military service and reserve duty in leadership roles, Gregory began using his managerial skills in retail management and corporate operations for large corporations in Florida. After working multiple years in management roles, Gregory began building independent companies.

Gregory is currently a Doctoral Candidate at the University of North Florida in the study discipline Doctor of Education (ED.D) program..

Bob has extensive experience working with veterans and planning entrepreneurial programming Bob is a retired Navy Captain and served as Director of the University of North Florida Military and Veterans Resource Center until June 21, 2024. He is an adjunct professor for the US Naval War College, teaching a graduate course in National Security Affairs. He was formerly Chief of Military Affairs for the City of Jacksonville in the administration of Mayor John Peyton, and later managed a $30 million logistics and transportation contract for the Defense Logistics Agency at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.