OUR COUNSELORS
The volunteers of SCORE Corpus Christi have rich and varied business backgrounds. Counselors share their business expertise and knowledge in all aspects of small business. In addition to their expertise in general business counseling, each counselor has specific areas of proficiency. Before requesting your counseling session, take a moment to browse through this section to see if a specific counselor would be a good match for your needs.
Robert Browning
- Experience: Owner of Browning Brothers, Inc. in Corpus Christi, TX from 1958 to 2007 which sold furniture, carpet and window treatments; also provided interior design service for commercial land residential spaces
- Skills: sales, marketing and advertising in the retail industry
Ralph Coker
- Experience: Petroleum refining industry–starting as an engineer and rising to refinery plant manager.
- Skills: Administration, budgeting, business plans, construction, engineering, human resources, law and legal, management, manufacturing, training, environmental compliance, industrial safety
Lloyd DeVries
- Experience: Owner of envelope manufacturing business, also has experience in printing
- Skills: Accounting, business start–up, administration, banking, credit and collection, financial analysis, human resources, inventory control, management, manufacturing, marketing, office management, purchasing, sales, business buy/sells
Phil Ellenberger
- Experience: Extensive experience in manufacturing, production management, sales, marketing, consulting, mergers and acquisitions, and construction
- Skills: General management, industrial engineering, industrial marketing, consulting, quality systems, business turnaround
Jack Green
- Experience: Registered professional electrical engineer, owned an industrial electrical repair shop for 15 years.
- Skills: Construction, Contractors, Consulting, Electrical Engineering, Government contracts, purchasing/procurement.
May Kollaja
- Experience: Owner of a family architectural casework manufacturing and store fixtures business; had customers throughout the U.S.
- Skills: Accounting, budgeting, credit & collections, human resources, insurance, manufacturing, office administration, taxes, non–profit start–ups
Reid McCombs
- Experience: Accounting, general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, job costing, budgeting, employee benefits, federal tax preparation, financial statements, financial analysis, accounting computer software.
- Skills: Accounting, office administration, business taxes, financial planning, accounting software and benefit management.
Ben McDonald
- Experience: Attorney with specialties in all areas of business law.
- Skills: Administration, office management, finance, agriculture, banking, start ups, credit and collections, franchising, insurance, community and social services, non profit, public administration, construction, training, legal, leasing, real estate consulting.
Jack Painter
- Experience: Ranch management, owner of consumer finance company, real estate loans, home builder and rental property management.
- Skills: Administration, credit & collections, insurance, law & legal, leasing, real estate.
Eric Peterson
- Experience: Manager of accounting, controller, financial analyst and internal auditor in the electronics, steel and mechanical equipment manufacturing industries and the engineering design and consulting industry.
- Skills: All phases of accounting, administration, budgets, plans and strategies, business plans, taxes, cash flow management and financial planning.
Frank Sotrines
- Experience: Professor of Business Administration–Management/Marketing. Former SBID SBDC Director. Direcotr of Training and Development for Vocational Training School.
- Skills: Consulting, Business Planning, General Marketing, Training.
Charles Tryon
- Experience: Information security, insurance, business services, sales & marketing, consulting, real estate
- Skills: General management, general marketing, non profit associations, real estate, information security, consulting
