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CollegiateZone Leadership Team
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Stuart Scandridge, Founder & CEO (Partner)
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Stu
Scandridge is the President and Founder of CollegiateZone, Enterprises,
LP, a
company that provides Career/College preparatory tools and utilities to
students. Over 30 years as a entrepreneur, Scandridge has successfully
developed,
managed and owned several leading organizations.
However,
his
real
passion has been to inspire young people. He decided to pursue his
dream of helping high school students achieve athletic success at the
college
level. In 2000, he created Topjock.Net, Inc. Topjock, a web-based
self-marketing tool, lets athletes showcase their talents to college
coaches in
an effort to participate in inter-collegiate sports, while maximizing
college
athletic scholarship opportunities.
A
few years later he expanded the company's vision to offer a tool for
performing
arts and science students to market their talents to college directors.
After
considerable research and further development, Scandridge raised
capital to
grow the business and produce an all in one web-based system. Out of
this
evolved CollegiateZone Enterprises, LP. CollegiateZone has four major
brands
(Topquest, MindSight, Topscholar, and Topjock) that offer a magnitude
of
unique services and features in which all students can benefit. In
addition,
the company has a complete database of all accredited colleges,
thousands of
records of college-specific scholarships, portable scholarships,
grants,
financial aid and endowments, and college directors and coaches.
Scandridge
lives
in
Houston, TX, where he is married and the father of 6 children, three
boys
and three girls. Firsthand experience with high school academics and
extracurricular activities, coupled with his understanding of college
requirements and the competitiveness of college and scholarship
opportunities,
has allowed Scandridge and his CollegiateZone team to develop and
deliver a
service that is unmatched.
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Rashena Lindsay, Chief Marketing Director
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Rashena Lindsay
has more than 10 years experience developing communications and
marketing strategies including corporate and employee communications,
external communications, and crisis communications, for companies like
Cingular Wireless, Sprint PCS and Hallmark Cards, Inc.
In her most
recent corporate position, Manager of Corporate Communication for
Houston Cellular and Cingular Wireless, Rashena was responsible for
creating the company’s strategic communications plan and overseeing the
implementation. Communication tactics included twice-weekly employee
emails, monthly newsletter, interactive video at employees’ desktops,
employee meetings, community relations events and establishing a crisis
communications plan.
She was pivotal
in the announcement and subsequent communications of the market launch
of Cingular Wireless. She developed design strategies, executive
speeches and produced videos to help employees transition from Houston
Cellular to Cingular Wireless.
Currently, she
consults on marketing and communications projects for healthcare, real
estate, security, and sports organizations including Memorial Herman
Healthcare System, Access2Athletes and Axiom Productions. Rashena holds
a Master’s degree in Marketing and Media, and a Bachelor of Science in
Broadcast Journalism and Corporate Communications
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CollegiateZone Investors
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Stuart Scandridge (Partner)
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see bio
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Chuck Watson (Limited Partner &
Chairman)
Chuck Watson is chairman and co-founder of Twin Eagle Resource Management, an energy marketing company founded in September of 2010. He is also chairman and CEO of Wincrest Ventures, a venture capital company he founded in 1994, and Thousand Hill Partners, a private equity firm he formed in 2010 to invest in First Sage Energy, an integrated energy company. Chuck was co-founder and chairman of Eagle Energy Partners, a Houston-based energy marketer established in 2003 and sold in 2008 to Electricite de France (EDF). Watson was also the chairman and chief executive officer of Houston-based Dynegy Inc., an asset based, integrated energy provider. He established NGC Corp., Dynegy's predecessor, in 1985 and served as chairman and CEO until his departure in May of 2002. Watson worked at Conoco following his Oklahoma State University graduation in 1972 until his departure in 1985.
Watson is currently on the board of Baker Hughes, Baylor College of Medicine, Shona Energy Company and Mainstream Renewable Power. Watson co-founded Caldwell Watson Real Estate Group in 1996 and brought the Houston Aeros, an AHL professional hockey franchise, to Houston in 1998. He is a minority owner of the Houston Texans NFL franchise and was Chairman of the 2004 Houston Super Bowl XXXVIII Host Committee. He is chairman of the board of CollegiateZone and the Sigma Chi Foundation and is a member of the board of Theater Under the Stars, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, and Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.
Watson was educated in business and economics at Oklahoma State University. He served as chairman of the OSU Foundation and was inducted into the OSU Alumni Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2001, Watson was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame and was named "Master Entrepreneur" by Ernst & Young.
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Gary Edwards (Limited Partner)
Gary W. Edwards
is a native of Wichita, Kansas, and received a BSCE from Kansas State
University in 1963. He’s a member and former chairman of the KSU
Engineering Advisory Council. In 1989, Edwards was inducted into the
KSU Engineering Hall of Fame. He also attended the Harvard Professional
Management Development Program, Southern Methodist University McGuire
Institute of Executives in the Oil and Gas Industry, and The Aspen
Institute.
Edwards joined
Conoco in 1963 as an Engineering Trainee, with a pipeline subsidiary in
Casper, Wyoming. He held various management positions in the company
before being elected Vice President of North American Marketing in
1983. Later, Edwards became V.P. of North American Refining, Marketing
and Transportation in 1985. He moved to London in 1987 after being
named Conoco V.P. of Refining and Marketing, Europe, and Chairman of
Conoco Ltd. Edwards returned to Houston in 1991, as Executive V.P. of
Refining, Marketing, Supply and Transportation, overseeing Conoco’s
global $25 billion downstream business. He retired from Conoco, Inc.,
as Senior Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and
Development in December, 2001, after 38 years with the company. In that
capacity, Edwards helped bring together Conoco and Phillips in the
largest merger of equals in history, to form ConocoPhillips. Earlier in
2001, he led the effort for Conoco to acquire Gulf Canada, a $6.5
billion transaction, the largest in Canadian oil and gas history. He
also served as a member of the Conoco Management Committee.
Edwards has been
on the board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute, a
Director and Vice President of the European Petroleum Industry
Association in Brussels, Belgium, and a member of the National
Association of Manufacturers Board. He currently serves on the boards
of Sunoco, Inc., Entergy Corporation, The Methodist Hospital, The
Yellowstone Park Foundation (Emeriti’s), The Club at Cordillera, and
the advisory boards of Compass Partners International, L.L.C., Game
Creek Club, and Theatre Under the Stars. He has also served as an
advisor to one of the Middle East state oil companies. He has served on
the board of Sunoco Logistics, Brand Services, The Hobby Center for the
Performing Arts, and The National Board of Junior Achievement, Inc.
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Edwards and his wife Peggy reside in Houston, where he is a member of
Chapelwood United Methodist Church and a former president of its
Administrative Board. They are the parents of two daughters and
grandparents of five grandsons. Edwards enjoys golf, skiing, fly
fishing, hiking, travel, and rooting for his five grandsons at their
sporting events.
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John Ogren (Limited Partner)
Mr. Ogren has 37
years of experience as CEO, senior management and operating levels. His
experience ranges from major NYSE companies, mid-cap Nasdaq to start-up
high-tech companies. He has a wide range experience in international
projects in the Europe and South America and lived and worked in the
US, UK and Canada. His current business activities include directing,
mentoring and investing. He also has a high level of interest and
involvement in innovations in public education.
Mr. Ogren is a
director of Core Laboratories and the John Wood Group PLC. He is an
advisory director of Intrepid Energy, a London based oil company and
non-executive Chairman of WellDynamics, a joint venture of Halliburton
and Shell.
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Rob McKee (Limited Partner)
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Larry Dubose (Limited Partner)
Larry G. Dubose,
age 56, graduated from Lamar University in 1973 with a degree in
Accounting and was employed by Price Waterhouse for a period of three
years. Although not active at present, Mr. Dubose is a Certified Public
Accountant in the State of Texas. In 1977 Mr. Dubose joined LaGuarta,
Gavrel and Kirk, a full-service real estate brokerage company. The
company negotiated transactions in all areas of real estate including
commercial, industrial, office building and syndication. The company
also employed a real estate management department and several
residential sales offices. He served as Chief Financial officer and
Vice-President for six years.
Dubose Model
Home Company was founded by Mr. Dubose in May 1985 for the purposes of
structuring model home purchases in sale/leaseback transactions with
builders on a national basis. The model homes are acquired and managed
on behalf of various limited partnerships. Since the company’s
formation it has grown significantly and currently manages properties
in numerous market areas nationwide. The company’s clients are
national, regional and local builders. In addition, the returns
achieved by the investors have resulted in a significant growth of the
partnership investments. Through Mr. Dubose’s efforts the entities have
purchased approximately $300 Million in model homes and have a very
profitable track record. The structure has also provided an excellent
opportunity for lenders to participate in a transaction that has a long
term documented history of success. Mr. Dubose has established numerous
credit lines with various institutions, including major syndicated
lines that involve several banks.
Since 1985 the
company has raised its own capital for the limited partnerships it has
formed to buy these model homes. The source of that capital has
primarily been individuals who are growth oriented investors. In 1998
the company began forming partnerships where the capital has been
raised by Broker/Dealer companies and their investors, who are
primarily interested in cash flow. In the twenty years of operation the
company has conducted its business in a manner which developed an
excellent reputation for performance and integrity among builders,
lenders and investors. In addition, during the real estate down turn in
the late 1980s, the company was one of the largest residential
management companies managing properties for institutions such as the
Federal National Home Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal
Home Loan Mortgage (Freddie Mac).
In 2004 Mr.
Dubose sold Dubose Model Home Company to local Houston Investors. At
the time of the sale the new owners named Mr. Dubose President of the
General Partner and President of the new operating company, Dubose
Model Homes USA. Mr. Dubose has an employment and consulting agreement
with the new owners. He has been appointed to a position on the Board
of Directors for NetREIT, a new offering scheduled to raise $150
Million in the next year. Recently he has accepted a position on the
Board of Directors for HomeVestors of America, Inc., a company that
provides franchising opportunities for residential real estate
investors on a national basis. Larry and his wife, Karen, have been
married for 28 years and have four children.
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