Staff and Business Advisors

Our expert business advisors are passionate about helping businesses succeed. They bring extensive hands-on business experience to each client situation, ensuring you receive practical ā€œreal worldā€ advice that can be applied to daily operations. Business advisors’ expertise covers all key business areas, and they will work closely with you to develop productive solutions.

Our team is here to answer your questions, schedule meetings with business advisors, suggest relevant training, and assist with the signup process.

Staff

Kelly Bearden

Director
661-654-2856

Dr. Deborah Cours, PhD

Dean, School of Business and Public Administration & Executive Director for the Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Leah Brodbeck

Program Specialist
(661) 654-3815

Consultants

Maureen Buscher-Dang

Marketing, Social media, Websites, Public relations, Strategic planning

Circe Davalos-Cox

Finance & Business

Paul Edwards

Marketing

Jeff Johnson

General Business – Bakersfield

Jim Keeler

Value-Added Food

Justin S Powers

Artificial Intelligence, AI, technology, business models, financial projections, business plans

Larry Ray

Business

Jeff Simpson

Social media, Social media management, Content Creation

Jay Thompson

Business Management, Strategic Planning & Tax Planning

James Thomsen

Business Accounting/Budget, Business Management, Business Plan, E-Commerce, Exporting – Inyo & Mono
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