Keegan Evans
Keegan Evans, 25, is a co-owner of Wake Up Waffles; an online company that produces and sells high protein, gluten free waffle/pancake/baking mixes. Blending his passions for photography and fitness, Keegan embarked on the waffle journey with his fiancée/business partner Nicole in December 2016. They plan to expand their product lines and enter the retail market very soon. Keegan also co-owns Parker Lane Productions with his brother Colin where they produce Instagram content for a number of food companies.
Nicole Bergmann
Nicole Bergmann, 23, is a co-owner of Wake Up Waffles; an online company that produces high protein, gluten free pancake/waffle/baking mixes. Starting early on with a health and fitness-focused lifestyle she found the entrepreneurial bug and created the company with her fiancé Keegan Evans in December of 2016. With a successful 2 years and the ongoing ambition to build the company to its fullest, Nicole and Keegan plan on expanding in the near future.
Dylan Gilligan
I started my first business when I was 17 years old in my basement called Merch Buttons. I worked at Sears installing appliances in the day, played in a traveling band at night, then worked on Merch Buttons sales from 12am – 4am most nights. I made bulk order custom 1″ pin back buttons for Bands and Companies. After a while of being in business and hiring employees I decided to start offering Tshirts and Stickers to my customers. I outsourced to a company in Atlanta, GA for Tshirts. After a while I began to outsell the sales team in GA. They offered to buy Merch Buttons and move me to Atlanta to become head of sales at Terminus Tees. My first year there I doubled their yearly sales. After trying out Atlanta for a year and a half I decided the south was not for me and I would move back to upstate NY and start Upstate Merch in the fall of 2009. Since then Upstate Merch has had rapid growth each year. We are currently one of the larger apparel printing shops in New York. I am also a father of 2 kids, Rotarian, and an active community member.
Kevin Webb
He discovered his passion for health and fitness while playing various sports, mostly at Susquehanna-Valley High School. He graduated from SUNY Broome with a degree in Business, then attended the American Academy of Personal Training in Boston. He started his Personal Training business in the fall of 2012, and opened his first location of KW Fitness in Vestal in March of 2014. In October 2017, KW Fitness opened it’s 2nd location in Fayetteville, NY. KW Fitness prides itself on being the Premier Lifestyle Coaching Center for men and women who are frustrated with how far they have let themselves go. Unlike other gyms that pack classes and are lacking in support and accountability with programs that fail to deliver, KW Fitness ends the frustration by helping each client improve their quality of life through safe, effective personal training and nutrition programs that are customized to each individual, with guaranteed results.
Mandy Webb
Mandy Webb was born and raised in Syracuse, NY. When she was 19 years old, she began her first entrepreneurial venture by selling Cutco Cutlery: a high quality line of kitchen products. She was responsible for finding her own clientele, worked 100% on commission, and had to grow her business through referrals. She became one of the top all time sales reps for the company and, after 5 years, she moved to Binghamton to open her own district office and grow a team of sales representatives. Her team broke every territory record for the company and she taught hundreds of high school seniors & college students sales skills, public speaking skills, time management, mindset management, and goal setting. She closed her office in 2014 when KW Fitness #1 was opened and spent some time selling HR Software and Advertising for WBNG. Mandy jumped on board with KW Fitness full time in 2017 when they decided to open location #2!
Erin Cody
Erin Elizabeth Cody is the Associate Director, Enhancing Student Experience at Binghamton University’s Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development where she leads the Enhancing Student Experience Team of the Fleishman Center staff to solidify and enhance holistic graduate and undergraduate student experiential education programming and curriculum such as the Passport to Career Success, Explore Program for First Year students, Career Development Centralized Internship Program, JFEW/Binghamton Leadership & Career Development Scholars Program, Student Employment Initiative, and partnering across campus to foster a “culture of career preparedness.” Erin is honored to supervise a team of dynamic internship and career consulting professionals, who deliver the Nationally Recognized Exemplary level of service as well as over 700 programs and events that were attended by over 10,700 Binghamton students last year that the National Career Development Association has honored the Fleishman team for as leaders in higher education in late 2017. Erin has helped Binghamton students and alumni reach their career goals since July 2006. She is a Nationally Certified Counselor who completed her MS in Community Counseling and Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Professional Counseling at The University of Scranton and her Bachelor of Music in Music Education at Moravian College. Prior to working at Binghamton, Erin worked in Career Centers at Lafayette College, Penn State Altoona and The University of Scranton. Erin is honored to be a part of the Greater Binghamton community as a resident of Vestal, NY who engages in community service and is happy to join the YP Summit as a moderator today.
