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Jeanne Gore

 
Jeanne Gore is a 1977 graduate of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville holding a Bachelor of Science degree in Fine Arts. Her career has encompassed working in sales for ten years for Fortune 500 companies as well as facility scheduler for the largest video and film production studio in the Midwest for fourteen years.  For the past ten years she has been project manager supervising custom home construction projects from inception to completion for several speculation builders and developers investing in the Lake of the Ozarks area.  Jeanne has been a licensed Missouri real estate broker since 2003. She is also co-author of Amazon.com Home & Garden bestseller, “So . . . You Want To Build A House.”

Ken Higgins

Ken was looking for a way he could use his knowledge and expertise in working with people and combine his interest in business and real estate. Business Brokerage seems to be the perfect match. Ken received his Bachelor of Science and a Master of Education degree from Drury College in Springfield, Missouri.

Past experiences include owning and operating a family owned pet industry business, he was a store manager with Wal-Mart and he currently works as realtor with Realty Executives of Mid Missouri.

Ken and his wife Karen have three sons and his hobbies include Golf and Quarter Horses.

William T. (Tom) Buckley, Jr.

Tom is the owner and CEO of FNBC and its affiliated companies based in Springfield, MO.

Tom has a varied background, rich in both franchised and independent business ownership. 

From 1975 to 1985 he owned and operated a chain of dry cleaning plants in the greater Kansas City area.  In addition he owned the Coit Drapery and Carpet Cleaning franchise and the Home Rug Cleaning Co. from 1983-1988.  He successfully sold these businesses during the 1980s and is proud to report that the buyers were also successful in the businesses.  Good sales make everyone happy.

Tom purchased and operated as a franchisor the Dr. Vinyl and Associates, Ltd. franchise company from 1986 to 2001, growing the system from 60 domestic units to over 200 units in 40 plus states and 10 master licenses in additional countries.  A Dr. Vinyl franchise owner offers a wide range of appearance repair and reconditioning services to auto dealers, for boats, medical applications and much more.

He sold a Master License for four countries in Europe in 1999 and subsequently sold the entire company to that Master Licensee in 2001, staying on with the company in administration and sales and to insure a smooth transition for several years thereafter.

Tom has continued to offer franchise consulting services and operated other businesses as well, such as an auto dealership, business to business direct marketing, and much more.

He is a firm believer in owning your own business; it is the surest path to wealth and more importantly, the satisfaction of being somebody who is making a difference.

Tom believes that FNBC has all the systems and personnel in place to continue its impressive growth, offering proven methods to help its licensed offices prosper and to satisfy the expectations of business buyers and sellers alike.

Larry Williams

Larry Williams is Vice-President and General Manger of First National Business Corporation and Vice-President of Telespond USA. He previously served as Affiliated Offices Marketing Coordinator for FNBC, including providing training and marketing assistance to agency owners, sales managers, and agents.

Larry also is a successful business broker with First National Business Corporation in Springfield, Missouri. He has listed businesses and brokered deals as small as $25,000.00 and as large as multi million dollar transactions. Larry previously served as General Manager of First National Business Company of Columbia, South Carolina, a full service business brokerage affiliate of FNBC.

Working with people and finding ways to make a positive difference and be supportive is a consistent theme of Larry’s career. His work experience includes military service, teaching, church work, sales, executive management, and business ownership.

After three years in the US Army, including a tour of duty in the First Infantry Division in Viet Nam, he returned to academic studies. Following his undergraduate degree, he took advantage of an academic scholarship offer and earned a Master of Arts Degree from Wheaton Graduate School and was given the Merrill C. Tenney Award as the outstanding student for the year. More graduate studies and ten years as a tenured professor at a university was followed by years of service in local churches.

Many productive years were spent in sales and sales management, as National Director of Church Resource Specialists with a church directory company. In this position Larry had twelve regional managers as direct reports ( each regional manager had responsibility for ten to twenty five sales representatives ) as well as a telemarketing department. He also was National Sales Manager with an educational book and media distribution company. Along the way he has owned and operated businesses, including a vending company, a deli franchise, investment properties, a specialty printing business, and other franchised restaurants.

An uncle who was a professional musician bought him a guitar before Larry was born. Music has been an on and off again love affair through out his life. There were several years where snow skiing was more than a passion. Reading, learning, watching and playing sports, traveling ( around this great country and many other countries ), motorcycling, and making new friends have been enjoyable and rewarding hobbies.

“I love business brokerage. Applying my life and work experience, and my personal dedication to helping others to the wonderful activity of business brokerage and franchise representation is exciting, challenging, and very rewarding.”

Tiffany Hughes

Tiffany Hughes enthusiastically joined FNBC-Lake of the Ozarks and has lived at Lake of the Ozarks for the past 28 years and is happily married with 3 small children. Being a mother allows her to bring patience, honesty, integrity, and the ability to multi-task and work through the most stressful situations with grace and tact to her work environment. She has a background in selling real estate, real estate office administration, great customer service skills, and pre-school teaching. She manages communication between clients and brokers, generates management reports, helps to coordinate administrative functions for the office and always greets people with a friendly smile and polite conversation. She lives by “The Golden Rule” and applies that to her every day life. “Making people feel at ease and comfortable enough to trust you is the first step of success.”