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Brad Boling

Brad Boling

President

Boling Associates Advertising • NewMedia • Fine Arts

Education:
A 1968 Fresno High grad, I went to the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles where I earned my Bachelor’s Degree with Honors in Industrial Design and Graphic Design.

Mike Martin

Mike Martin

Operator/owner

Grocery Outlet

Education: Two years at Eastern Washington University, one year at Western Michigan University in the food marketing program.

Age: 50

Family: Michelle, wife. Two sons — Billy, who will manage the new store with wife Danielle, and Elliott. And one daughter — Micayla.

Beverly Gable

Beverly Gable

Co-owner

Frosted Cakery

What you do:
Frosted Cakery specializes in custom confections. We create cakes, cupcakes, cake pops, cookies and dessert tables for your event style. Wedding cakes, birthday cakes, 3D cakes are all made to order with a focus on your very special day.
We provide Dreams in Butter Cream and we also provide gluten-free items and have accommodated a variety of special dietary requests from customers. They just need to ask!

Douglas E. Noll

Douglas E. Noll

Principal

Noll Associates

What we do:
Help people solve difficult and intractable problems through mediation, facilitation, arbitration and leadership development.

Linda Danna

Linda Danna

VP/General Manager

KGPE-TV (CBS 47)

Where did you attend college and what degree(s) did you earn?
I attended Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas for 2 years.  In my junior year, I transferred to the University of Texas, Austin where I earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the college of communications in radio, TV & film.

Family:
Married to John Danna for 31 years. We have one son, John Mark, who recently graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and still lives in Ann Arbor.

Tell me a little about our local Channel 47 and your history there.
Channel 47 is referred to as KGPE-TV, CBS47. CBS47 is how we brand on air and in the community. We are the “On Your Side” station. This brand extends to all facets of our on air promotion, news coverage and community involvement. We serve the Central Valley of California, which includes Merced, Mariposa, Madera, Fresno, Tulare and Kings counties.

Dr. Kelvin Higa

Dr. Kelvin Higa

Physician

ALSA Medical Group, Inc.

What we do: ALSA Medical Group is dedicated to developing minimally invasive solutions to all general surgical problems. In so doing, we create the least amount of harm while trying to cure or control disease. We are dedicated to the ethical practice of medicine and to old-fashioned ideas such as altruism, compassion, dignity and respect.
We are also dedicated to the training of residents and fellows — the future of medicine.

Terry Ledbetter

Terry Ledbetter

Co-owner

The Ledbetter & Durfee Group, Inc.

What you do:
The Ledbetter & Durfee Group Inc., based in Lemoore, functions as a consulting firm in reducing property tax, conducting real estate meetingsand seminars. For general real estate, I have an active license in California and Oklahoma.  

Michelle Bracewell-Musson

Michelle Bracewell-Musson

Co-owner

Musson General Contracting

What we do:
After working in the commercial construction industry for over twenty years, my husband Rod and I started Musson General Contracting in 2005. MussonGeneral Contracting has built and been involved in commercial projects locally, throughout the Valley, and out of state. Projects range from commercial and industrial ground up structures to major and minor commercial tenant improvements for clients that represent both public and private sectors.

Zach Sheely

Zach Sheely

Pistachio grower/Professional opera singer

Education: I attended Westmont College from 2000-2004 and graduated with a BS in biology and a minor in chemistry.  

Age: 30

Family: I married my wife Dr. Dana Sheely September 23 of last year.  She is an internist and chief resident at UC Irvine and we will be moving to Sacramento in June of this year where she will be starting a fellowship in endocrinology. 

Charlotte Cooper

Charlotte Cooper

President

Eyes for the World

What you do: Eyes for the World collects eyeglasses for children in third-world areas who do not have them. The Lions Club distributes the eyeglasses.