Our team
Meet the BEST team
The headquarters team in Palm Harbor, Florida, the lead facilitators who run the room, and the event staff who make more than 10,000 programs run on time.
Leadership
Who runs BEST
Scott Flynn
Founder and CEO
Founded BEST in 2010 in Clearwater Beach, Florida, on one idea: every group deserves a great event, whatever its size. Sixteen years and a million participants later, that is still the whole company.
Roy Charette
Managing Partner
Leads the business alongside Scott and is BEST's voice on charitable team building, quoted in BizBash and InBusiness on how giving back raises engagement.
Cathy Israel
Chief Operating Officer
Runs day-to-day operations for every BEST program, from the first call to the last shipment.
Headquarters
The team in Palm Harbor
Sales, program management, creative and production, all under one roof in the Tampa Bay area.
Sales
Karen Cubberley
Sales Manager
Mychelle Corbett
Sales Manager
Joe Groves
Sales Manager
Jessica Hendricks
Sales Assistant
Programs and professional development
Steve Ockerbloom
Professional Development Director
Keirsten Kirschbaum
Program Manager
Sara Morris
Program Manager
Jonathan Ruales
Program Manager
Creative and production
Michael Davis
Lead Graphic Designer
David Israel
Production
Operations and technology
Trish Flynn
Executive Assistant
Thomas Boles
App Development
Lead facilitators
The people who run the room
Lead facilitators average 12 to 25 years of experience and train continuously. The ones with a profile link to it.
Steve
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Paul
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Russ
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Bradley
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Indy
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Hattie
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Peter
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Dan
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Ben
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Badari
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Max
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Adam
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Christa
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Ainsley
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Greg
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Cheryl
Lead Facilitator
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Event staff
And the crew behind every event
More than 100 event staff across the country set up, score and pack out every program.
Plan your event with BEST
Tell us your group size, dates and goals and a program specialist will send a same-day quote.