Bethany A. Menzies - Philanthropist
With more than 20 years of experience in executive sales, marketing and business development roles, Bethany has led and developed large teams of sales, business development, marketing and field support professionals, managed strategic client relationships and built and led related programs nationally. Before returning to New York City, Bethany launched and led business development for Deloitte in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, and managed key client relationships in Seattle.
Bethany's experience is drawn from her work with consulting firms, "Fortune 500" corporations, and venture-backed start ups.
Prior to Deloitte, Bethany led business development for Gartner Executive Programs on the east coast based in NYC where she was initially hired to focus on Wall Street firms and later expanded to include multi-industry "Fortune 1000" clients across the U.S. East Coast. Prior to Gartner, she built and led professional sales teams for two venture capital backed start-ups. Prior to her start-up experience, Bethany served in executive sales and strategic client relationship leadership positions for over a decade at a division of Thompson Reuters base in NYC. departing in 2000 as Vice President of Sales with responsibility of $140m in annual revenue.
Bethany earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1987 from the Pennsylvania State University, majoring in Marketing.
Bethany's current philanthropic work supports 'at-risk youth with potential', primarily focused on education and workplace development. She lives in NYC with her husband Euan and three dogs.
Melinda Pettit - Vice President and Controller
Melinda Pettit is the Vice President and Controller at Unified Industries Incorporated (UII). In addition, Melinda is serving on the board for Unified Resorts.
Melinda manages key partner relationships and leads the company's business financial efforts. Melinda brings over 25 years of financial and business experience ranging from small,privately and public owned businesses to large corporations.
Melinda furthered her education and skills at Strayer University. Melinda has been in an advisory capacity with SLC since 1991 and is involved in all financial aspects. Melinda acts as the Chief Financial Officer and in addition, Melinda servesas the Secretary for the SLC Board of Directors. Melinda is instrumental in regular discussions with the President and CEO regarding SLC in both financial and administrative mattersthat are pertinent to SLC's current and future position.